FAMILY LIVING IN FARM HOMES. a4 
Taste 12.—Relation of the capital invested in the farm business for the year ending March 
1, 1919, to average total household expenditures and proportion thereof devoted to ad- 
vancement, among 402 farm families, Livingston County, N. Y., for the year ended 
September 1, 1921. 
Total household expenditures per 
cost-consumption unit. 
Average amount of 
Number offarms.| capital invested per 
farm Devoted to ad- 
Amount of capital : A vancement. 
invested. g a 
alg /2}a |8 14 /a}8)2 la le /3 
Ca as & a. = 3 & = al = 
ee = = e =o = E = a es a = 
oO |e < ° = < eo) = LO H < 
Dolls.| Dolls.| Dolls. Dolls.| Dolls.|Dolls.|P. ct.|P.ct. |P. ct. 
Less than $7,500. ....- 50 a 54 | 5,523 | 6,056] 5,563} 434 | 416] 433 | 13.4 | 13.2; 13.4 
$7,500 to $12,499...... 66 22 88 | 10,259 | 10,130 | 10,227 | 525 | 496| 517 | 15.3] 116) 143 
$12,500 to $17,499... . 78 19 97 | 14,974 | 15,253 | 15,028 | 563 | 495 | 550] 17.5) 17.3 | 17.5 
$17,500 to $24,999. __.- 55 26 81 | 20, 204 | 21,494 | 20,618 | 590| 611} 597 | 20.7 | 20.6 | 20.7 
$25,000 to $39,999... ..- 34 25 59 | 30,035 | 32,519 | 31,087 | 745 | 706 | 729 | 22.5) 18.6 | 20.9 
$40,000 and over...... 12 11 23 | 49,578 | 54,172 | 51,775 | 891 | 864 78 | 20.9 | 25.7 | 23.2 
ee) a Ss ee Se a ee eS 
Wont 5250-=5- - 295 LTA Bi ap ENE OEE. eee Bae bee ees MRE pdb ce: eee 
1 Se apne 16,436 | 23,407} 18,291 | 572| 608} 582} 17.6] 18.0; 17.7 
TaBLE 13.—Relation of the labor employed, including the operator’ s time, in the farm bust- 
ness for the year ending March 1, 1919, to average total household expenditures and the 
proportion thereof devoted to advancement among 402 farm families, Livingston County, 
N. Y., for the year ended September 1, 1921. 
Average work units | Total household expenditures per 
Number of farms. employed per farm. cost-consumption unit. 
Devoted to 
Number of work a ae s a ‘ : advaneement. 
units employed. = a g = 3 2 
o = = * g ~ = = a = =| n 
"e Beag crie ae ee aD 2/4 = &.|4,|4 
elaq)/ils |e | & |e} e+ |s8/e8| & 
Ao srt ia E 2 = Bele) 2) ee ee 
— — i) | — (>) — 
oof +<4-+ 3 = a —P ote} 4 jo. be < 
| Dolls.|Dolls.|Dolls.| P. ct. | P.ct.| P. ct. 
Less than 200......... 56 3 59 152 173 153 | 456 438 | 455 |13.7}11.0] 13.5 
5 11.9] 146 
13:9: 8759 
19.5 18.4 
20.0 | 283 
26.9 | 26.9 
°°" 449"|° 7572") 608 | 7582°|17.6 | 18.0 | 17.7 
It will be observed that the average proportion of the total expendi- 
ture for advancement is here given as 17.7 per cent, whereas the 
corresponding figure in Table 9 (p. 24) is 19.8 per cent. This dis- 
crepancy is due to the fact that the figure in Table 13 was obtained 
_by averaging the percentages for individual families rather than from 
the average for all families. : 
According to Tables 11, 12, and 13 the total expenditure per cost- 
consumption unit increases fairly regularly as the size of the farm 
business increases, whether measured by acres operated, capital 
invested, or work units employed. This indicates that among the 
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