16 BULLETIN 410, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLE XIII.—Relation of the relative quantity of groceries consumed to that of other 
classes of food and the total consumption of food. 
NEW JERSEY. 
Average percentage oi total consumption. 
Total 
Oe Ss PES 
Groceries, per | berof) age Fur- sump- 
cent of total. |iami-| size tae Vege. | Meat |Poultry| Dairy | .iheq tion 
lies. | family. erite Fruits. fahid prod- | prod- | prod- b Bought.| per 
ucts. ucts. ucts. ee person 
m. 
20 and less....| 32 4.7 17.9 4.8 12.5 40.9 11.2 12.7 49 51 | $133. 44 
2Int OS eee eae 55 4.8 24.9 Bad, 13.2 32.5 9.7 14.5 49 51] 122.60 
29 and over...} 39 4.5 32.5 5.2 12.3 21.2 9.8 13.0 42 58 | 105.59 
MAINE 
24 and less..-.| 56 4,2 20.9 Wee 9.4 25.8 11.2 PAST 50 50 | $110. 84 
PHO AW A455 58 59 4.8 27.3 7.4 10. 2 24.4 9.2 213 47 53 89.56 
31 and over.-.| 33 4,2 34.1 6.6 10.4 19.9 fod: PANS il 40 60 80. 84 
SIZE OF FAMILY AND FOOD PER PERSON. 
The number of persons in the family bears a direct relation to the 
value of food consumed per person. Table XIV shows that this 
variation is not limited to the total consumption, but applies also to 
the quantity bought and that furnished by the farm. The families 
were divided into three groups, the first group consisting of families 
f 2 and 3 persons, the second of families of 4 and 5 persons, and the 
third of families of 6 persons and more. The value of total consump- 
tion per person for the first group averages $114; for the second 
group, $96; and for the third, $84. The values of supplies bought 
per person for those groups in the same order average $49, $40, and 
$35, and the values of food furnished by farm are $65, $56, and $49, 
respectively. The relative value bought and furnished, however, 
does not vary in the different groups; that is, the percentage of fhe 
total consumption bought and furnished by the farm is about the 
same for large families as for small families. The value of the con- 
sumption of the different classes of food is also relatively the same, 
indicating that there is more economical utilization of food products 
in large families than in small families. 
