VALUE OF FOOD, FUEL, AND USE OF HOUSE. 27 
family, the average consumption of food per person, and the per- 
centage of the food bought and furnished by the farm. There seems 
to be a slight tendency for the owner families to be larger than the 
tenant families, though it is not sufficiently marked to warrant fur- 
ther mention of it, the average of the 601 owner families visited being 
4.8 persons and that of the tenant families 4.7 persons. 
The difference between the two groups in the consumption of food 
per person is more pronounced. With the exception of the Maine 
and Iowa areas, the owner families use more food per person than 
the families renting farms. The average consumption per person of 
all the families living on their own farms is $100.60 and that of the 
tenant families is $90.57, a difference of $10 per person and $48 per 
family. The reason for this difference is probably, in part, that the 
owner families are as a class better off than the tenant families. 
The tenants seem to buy a slightly greater proportion of their food 
than do the owners. This fact does not hold true in all the areas, 
but the average for the 11 areas studied shows that the owner fami- 
lies buy 40 per cent of the food they use and the tenants about 43 
per cent. This slight variation may not have any significance, but 
it is probably true that for a series of years the fruit trees and gardens 
on the average tenant farm do not receive the attention they do on 
the farms operated by owners. ‘The tenant’s first care is his rent, 
and he may devote more time to his crops and live stock than to the 
farm food products for family use. 
TaBLE XIX.—Comparison of food used on ownea and on rented farms, showing part 
bought and part furnished by the farm. — 
Percentage of total 
Total food— 
Number | Average hike asa i 
County and State. Tenure. offami-| sizeof | tion ey 
lies. family. re a Fur- 
1D * | Bought. |nished by 
farm. 
Owners.....-.---- 139 4.5 $94. 72 52.6 47.4 
Oxford, Me...---...---.----.--- Penants Gea leat 9 3.6 97. 87 62 2 37.8 
WMELS Wie eee eee w 45 4.0 3. 9D 2 50.8 
Otsego, N. Y......-----------+-- Tenants eo) 10 4.0] 93.24 49. 8 50.2 
WHIErS yee ten 94 4. 4 122. 56 51.9 48.1 
Gloucester, N.J................. Ai euaats Ua 32 5.5) 73.13 55.4 44.6 
Owners......--.-- 44 4.4 3. 80 16.3 83.7 
Gaston, N.C...-..----+--+++++4- Monantse ie i 49) 7181 24.3 75.7 
Owners......----- 36 5.7 89. 82 20.6 79.4 
Troup, Ga.---.-----------++--+- Tenants... 2-2. 14 49) 84.22 25.2 74.8 
MeESOy We 21 5.7 3. 88 43.6 BO: 4 
McLennan, Tex...-..--.--.-.-.- Menants........... 23 5.4) 83.70 43.7 56.3 
b A Owners: 34.5222.) 25 4.0 2.39 33. 0 67.0 
Champaign, Ohio............... Meonantse ee. 19 4.2| 90.93 34.2 65.8 
Owners....-.-.-.- 32 4.5 102.71 32. 2 67.8 
Montgomery, Iowa...........—- Menstitse ue an 14 B05 I Meee 35. 4 64.6 
Owner 29 4.4] 103.73 35.5 64.5 
Cloud, Kams...--.....------.-.- Menantent gs 17 4.7 92. 90 34.1 65.9 
Owners........--- 71 6.5 109. 85 41.5 58.5 
_ Cass, N. Dak......-.------------ ie 38 5.7 | 101.08 43.4 56. 6 
Owns ene. 65 4.9 | 103.27 64.7 35.3 
Santa Clara, Cal................. NiReraies ASI 19 5.1 | (95,97 64.8 35.2 
is Owners........... 601 4.8 | 100.60 40.1 59.9 
All families. ..--..--.-.-.. Monsanto aye 206 4.7| 90.57 42.9 Br t 
