THE FARMER'S STANDARD OF LIVING 
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VACATION FROM WORK 
Vacation from farm or home work means periods of rest or relax- 
ation of at least a day's duration off the farm or away from the farm 
home. Partially, these periods of vacation covered motor or other 
trips to cities, or to mountain or other summer or winter resorts. 
Often they are limited to one or two days' camping trips to near-by 
woods or lakes. Sometimes they mean attendance at county or State 
fairs and occasionally they are visits to relatives or friends living 
in distant localities. 
RELATION OF VACATION TO VALUE OF GOODS USED 
The relation of days' vacation to the value of goods used was 
studied similarly for both the operator and the home maker. All 
schedules on which the number of days' vacation was reported, in 
each case, were sorted on this basis into six groups : Xone, 1-4, 5-9, 
10-14, 15-29, and 30 and more days. The average values of all goods 
and of the principal groups of goods were determined and the per- 
centage distribution of the value of all goods for the principal uses 
was ascertained. Since the results were practically the same in both 
cases only the figures for the home maker are presented in tabular 
form. (Table 17.) 
Table 17. — Relation of the home maker's vacation from home and farm work to 
value per family of goods used during one year and to distribution of this 
value among principal groups of goods. Farm families of selected localities 
in 11 States, 1922-1924, owners, tenants, and hired men 
Fami- 
lies re- 
port- 
ing 
Size 
of 
family 
Average value of— 
Days vacation 
All goods used 
Food 
Cloth- 
ing 
Rent 
Ad- 
vance- 
ment 
reported 
Total 
Fur- 
nished 
by farm 
Pur- 
chased 
All 
others 
AIL. . 
Num- 
ber 
1,657 
Per- 
sons 
4.5 
$1, 607 
$686 
$921 
$682 
$237 
$182 
$114 
$392 
. 
1,209 
129 
143 
113 
31 
32 
4.7 
4.4 
4.0 
3.8 
4.0 
3.9 
1,526 
1,697 
1,896 
1,825 
1,994 
1,878 
677 
696 
723 
712 
732 
697 
849 
1,001 
1,173 
1,113 
1,262 
1,181 
683 
671 
683 
673 
739 
694 
224 
254 
290 
256 
291 
301 
163 
216 
239 
251 
182 
219 
98 
125 
159 
154 
253 
223 
358 
1-4 
431 
5-9. 
525 
10-14 
491 
15-29 
529 
30 and over 
441 
PEKCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION 
All. 
1, 657 
4.5 
Per cent 
100.0 
Per cent 
42.7 
Per cent Per cent 
57. 3 | 42. 5 
Per cent 
14.8 
Per cent 
11.3 
Per cent 
7.1 
Per cent 
24.3 
0.. 
1,209 
129 
143 
113 
31 
32 
4.7 
4.4 
4.0 
3.8 
4.0 
3.9 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
44.3 
41.0 
38.1 
39.0 
36.7 
37.1 
55.7 
59.0 
61.9 
61.0 
63.3 
62.9 
44.8 
39.5 
36.0 
36.9 
37.1 
36.9 
14.7 
15.0 
15.3 
14.0 
14.6 
16.1 
10.7 
12.8 
12.6 
13.8 
9.1 
11.6 
6.4 
7.4 
8.4 
8.4 
12.7 
11.9 
23.4 
1-4 
25.3 
5-9 
27.7 
10-14. 
26.9 
15-29 
26.5 
30 and over 
23.5 
•* 
There is a slight relation between the number of days' vacation of 
the home maker and the total value of all goods used. (Table 17.) 
