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BULLETIN 1466, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
from 54.4 per cent to 30.T per cent as the average total value rises 
from $486.10 to $3,778.60 per family. On the other hand, the pro- 
portion for clothing increases regularly from 11.6 per cent to 16.4 
per cent with the increased value of all goods used. Similarly, the 
proportion devoted to advancement goods increases from 1.9 pel- cent 
to 13.4 per cent. The proportions for the maintenance of health and 
for insurance increase somewhat irregularly. The proportions for 
rent, furniture and furnishings, personal goods, and unclassified 
goods remain about the same or vary without regard to the rise in 
the average value of all goods used. 
Distribution of the Average Values of Goods Among the Principal Groups 
of Goods, by Increase in the average value of all goods Used. 
During One Year 
2.886 FARM FAMILIES OF SELECTED LOCALITIES. OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922 -*24 
Owners and Tenants, Including Hired Men 
AV. OF GOODS 
SFECIFIED 
IS OFAV. 
OF ALL GOODS 
50 
40 
30 
20 
10 

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^■Food 
412 
All Other 
% 
250 
Others 
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5^ 
— • — Clo th inq 
K.5 
Rent 
— 
* Advancement 
J r— "~ 
66 
— —Advance- 
Hundreds ^Under 6 6to9 9tOl2 12 to 15 15 to 18 l8to2l 2lto24 24to27 27to30 30 & Over 
of Dollars 
119 
Average Value in Dollars - All Families 
1,339 1,639 1532 2.240 Z529 
2.854 
3.779 
All 
Families 
1.597 
Fig. 6.- — The percentage that the value of food forms of the value of all goods decreases 
from over 54 per cent to almost 31 per cent, with an increase of approximately §3,000 
in the value of all goods used, on an average. Obversely, the percentages that the 
values of clothing, advancement, and all other goods form increase, although less mark-. 
edly. The percentage that the value of rent forms of the total value of all goods 
remains almost stationary with increased value of all goods used 
The proportion of all family living provided by direct purchase 
shows a marked and rather regular increase from 44.4 to 68.3 per 
cent with the rise in the average value of all goods, from $486.10 to 
$3,778.60. Roughly, over half the family living is furnished by the 
farm, without direct purchase with families using less than $600 
worth of goods in comparison with about three-tenths furnished with 
families using $3,000 or more worth of goods per year. 
It is interesting to note that the percentage that the value of pur- 
chased food is of the value of all foods used remains about the same 
or varies only slightly with little regard to the value of all goods 
used. Roughly, from two-thirds to seven-tenths of the food is fur- 
nished by the farm, regardless of the average value of all family 
living. 
