30 BULLETIN 410, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE X XI.—Average annual consumption of fuel and oil per family; percentage of fuel 
bought and furnished by farm (950 families). 
Coal. Wood. Total fuel. Oil. 
Location of regions in which 
study was made (county 
Fur- 
and State). Tons. | Value. | Cords. | Value. | Value. Bought, Dished | Gale | vain, 
by lons. 
farm. 
Per ct. 1eP er ct: 
Oxford) Me: 5. 22s e asses 0.9 | $6.39 13.5 | $46.40 | $52.79 74 26 63.0 $7.56 
PamoillesVbos vee sesee ee wl 1.01 14.3 | 65.40] 66.41 4 96 39.0 4.61 
Otsogo, N. Y .... =. See ee 2.5 | 16.00 12.3 | 54.80] 70.80 24 76 56.6 5.79 
IBMCKS Ghats ets ee eae 4.9 | 26.90 6.2 | 19.00] 45.90 61 39 63.0 6.37 
Gloucester, N. J...-.-. 25534522 4.7 | 30.69 5.6 | 20.91} 51.60 70 30 92.0 9.20 
Gaston; Ni @i oes SSS SIS ee ae 14.0 | 43.58] 43.58 4 96 22.0 3.10 
ATOUD Gas? | kes ea bee em aN ee ee Ae Sa|meol OO) |e ade GON mene ee 100 34.5 5.18 
Meliennan’, Tex sit fies 2.0| 17.35 6.1} 19.30} 36.65 89 11 55.4 7.58 
Champaign, Ohio.........-. 5.7 | 23.70 12.0 | 32.50] 56.20 46 54 50.0 4.88 
Jefferson? Wis. 2222S, L782. 3.0 | 20.70 7.5 | 38.80 | 59.50 40 60 46.7 5.78 
Montgomery, Iowa..-......-- 3.9 | 29.57 4.8 | 22.40 |159.77 49 51 56.0 6.92 
Clouds Kanss. 1222 ee 1.4 12.7 4.9 | 12.20 |231.00 42 |. 58 81.4 (a2 
Gass, N. Dako. 4:2 mie ttes Seiaios 36.8] 62.00 5.6 | 38.75 | 100.75 83 17 61.3 7.97 
Santa Clara, Cal. .3....-..... 3 2.84 7.4 | 42.58} 45.42 56 44 53.0 6.36 
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1 Includes $7.80 worth of cobs. 
2 Includes $6.10 worth of cobs. 
33.7 tons hard coal and 3.1 tons soft coal. 
The consumption of wood per family and per person is shown 
in Table XXII. The average quantity of wood used per family is 
9.4 cords. The farm supplied, on an average, 8.2 cords and 1.2 
cords were bought. The farm thus furnishes 87 per cent of the 
wood used for the families visited. The farm wood lot, the orchard, 
and scattered trees cn the farm furnish the wood for the wood stove. 
TaBLE XXII.—Annual consumption of wood per family and per person (950 families). 
Consumption per family. 
Con- 
Location of regions in which study was made (county and sumption 
State). Fur- per 
Total. | Bought. | nished by} person. 
farm. 
Cords. Cords. Cords. Cords: 
OxfordicMies Sto ass BEL ee ee EE 13.5 0.9 12.6 3.0 
PAIN GLO NE sy. coset Pa REY cme EP el Sige 14.3 .4 13.9 3.0 
OTSegOENET YES). SAULT AOE EY TES eS ed eee See 12.3 22 12.1 3.1 
BUCKS; HRA S. Sos easces ot see Seems oe. One ees Sein see ees 6.2 -4 5.8 1.2 
Gloucester Nad =8o okie aes fea eee es Pee eee ee ee ee 5.6 1.4 4.2 1.2 
GastonsiNg Ciro hss Soees a ea cek pee ene ee so ee eee 14.0 6 13. 4 3.1 
Troup, Gas hic’. “POST. ASPET eh BEA eee Ee TZSMELEE See 17.8 3.3 
MeInennant J Dex: os Meno soe one eee at een tn ge ene Oe are eee 6.1 4.8 1.3 1.1 
Champaign 7Ohio 21483 =.3 . 5. Pee EE eee ee 12.0 ar 11/3 2.9 
Jefferson; ‘WiS>.2-25.25 3.35 Se Sa ee ee eee eee 7.5 6 6.9 1B: 
Montpomery; Towali:. 332 ae". G3. Pea ELE EME ae - te | Eas ee 4.8 157, 
Cloud; Kans. - 75.5; 22 Ge ees ee eee eee ae ee ere 4.9 sil 4.8 pit 
Cass, Ne akc -ff 5359. SYS EE Ee eee eee eee Se 5.6 3.1 | 2.5 9 
Santa Clara, Cale. ete = 5 leo SS SS ae ee eee omnes 7.4 3.9 | 3.5 1.5 
Average, allifamilies™ os 224) shen ee eee Se 9.4 1.2 8.2 2.0 
