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BUTJiETIN 1466, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 18. — Relation of cwres operated per farm 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 
Fami- 
lies re- 
port- 
ing 
Size 
of 
family 
Average value of— 
Acres per farm 
All goods used 
Food 
Cloth- 
ing 
Rent 
Ad- 
vance- 
ment 
Total 
Fur- 
nished 
by farm 
Pur- 
chased 
All 
others 
All 
Num- 
ber 
1,767 
Per- 
sons 
4.4 
1,703 
$725 
$978 
$678 
$253 
$225 
$124 
$423 
Less than 25 
83 
336 
506 
359 
152 
125 
82 
57 
30 
37 
4.5 
3.9 
4.2 
4.6 
4.5 
4.7 
4.3 
5.0 
4.7 
4.7 
1,347 
1,382 
1,542 
1,726 
1,882 
2,113 
2,066 
2,305 
2,290 
3,086 
578 
602 
676 
743 
807 
850 
807 
960 
953 
1,170 
769 
780 
866 
983 
1,075 
1,263 
1,259 
1,345 
1,337 
1,916 
641 
594 
631 
691 
731 
779 
742 
828 
843 
981 
217 
201 
222 
259 
300 
316 
314 
333 
322 
434 
144 
175 
212 
234 
249 
273 
266 
321 
275 
408 
60 
79 
102 
122 
137 
204 
200 
207 
255 
304 
285 
25-74 __ 
333 
75-124 
375 
125-174 _ 
420 
175-224 
465 
225-274 
541 
275-324 _ 
544 
325-424 
616 
425-524 
595 
959 
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION 
All 
1,767 
4.4 
Per cent 
100.0 
Per cent 
42.6 
Per cent 
57.4 
Per cent 
39.8 
Per cent 
14.8 
Per cent 
13.2 
Per cent 
7.3 
Per cent 
24.9 
83 
336 
506 
359 
152 
125 
82 
57 
30 
37 
4.5 
3.9 
4.2 
4.6 
4.5 
4.7 
4.3 
5.0 
4.7 
4.7 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
42.9 
43.6 
43.8 
43.1 
42.9 
40.2 
39.1 
41.6 
41.6 
37.9 
57.1 
56.4 
56.2 
56.9 
57.1 
59.8 
60.9 
58.4 
58.4 
62.1 
47.6 
43.0 
40.9 
40.1 
38.9 
36.9 
35.9 
35.9 
36.8 
31.8 
16.1 
14.6 
14.4 
15.0 
15.9 
15.0 
15.2 
14.4 
14.1 
14.1 
10.7 
12.6 
13.7 
13.6 
13.2 
12.9 
12.9 
13.9 
12.0 
13.2 
4.4 
5.7 
6.6 
7.0 
7.3 
9.6 
9.7 
9.0 
11.1 
9.8 
21.2 
25-74 
24.1 
75-124 
24.4 
125-174 
175-224 
24.3 
24.7 
225-274__ 
25.6 
275-324 
26.3 
325-424 . 
26.8 
425-524 
26.0 
31.1 
NUMBER OF YEARS OPERATOR HAS BEEN A FARM OWNER 
The number of years the operator has been a farm owner was 
available for only 778 of the owner families. Eecords for these 
families were classified on the basis of years of ownership into 10 
groups starting with less than 2.5 years and continuing by 5-year 
periods to 42.5 years or over. The average values of goods and the 
percentage distribution of these values among the principal groups 
of goods, as ascertained for each period of farm ownership, are 
shown in Table 19. 
