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better values for money spent will be realized most readily through 
an attempt to attain a definite goal set by all members of the family. 
Why can not each farm family set up its own goal for a more 
rational standard of living? Every family has some idea of what 
its living has cost in money during the last year. Using this as a 
mere starting point, why not add estimates of the values of goods 
furnished by the farm and distribute the value of all the goods on 
the basis of one or other of the sets of the averages given in Table 
12 ? This will enable the family to see how the plan looks on paper. 
The plan can then be revised and reshaped at the beginning of each 
year in counsel with all members of the family in such a way that 
each will have a better understanding of where the money goes and 
a greater desire to help attain a definite goal in family living. 
