VALUE OF FOOD, FUEL, AND USE OF HOUSE, 15 
In Table XII the division has been made by the value of dairy 
| products consumed. Increase in dairy products used is accom- 
panied by an appreciable decrease in the use of meat products, but 
no consistent variation in the other classes of foods. Dairy products 
are distinctly farm products, and the relative value of food furnished 
by the farm increases with the increase in value of dairy products 
used. There is no consistent variation in the value of total consump- 
tion of food. 
‘ 
TaBLE XII.—Relation of the relative quantity of dairy products consumed to that of other 
classes of food and the total consumption of food. 
NEW JERSEY. 
Average percentage of total consumption. 
49 51 93. 64 
le me Total 
: UTE ASV OL 9 | perenne GEIS aal GEASS PEL ST || A COLLs 
Se oes ber of] age Fur sump- 
Pier ae 2 | fami |: S120. 6 he Veco. | Meat |Poultry| Dairy | nisned tion 
; lies. | family. Barias Fruits. Paste prod- | prod- | prod- b Bought.| per 
y *} ucts. ucts. ucts. ae person 
10 and less.... 41 4.6 25.1 4.9 12.7 38.5 10. 2 8.6 41 59 | $123.54 
1D OAs esse 51 4.6 24.4 5.1 13.1 34.1 10.0 13.2 49 51 | 117.74 
16 and over... 33 4.9 25.4 5.2 12.5 26.6 10. 2 20. 1 52 48 | 118.85 
MAINE. 
19 and less....} 53 4.4 27.0 7.6 10.7 27.6 10.5 | 16.2 45 55 | $98.19 
20 tO 25...-.-- 50 4.5 26.3 6.6 10.0 24,2 10. 2 22.4 47 . 53 92. 56 
26 and over... 45 4.6 24.3 13 9.0 20. 0 8.3 | 30. 9 
_An increase in the proportion of groceries used is accompanied by 
a decrease in the proportion of meat and poultry products. (Table 
XIII.) The less expensive grocery items seem to replace a large pro- 
portion of the more expensive meats. The value of the total con- 
sumption here again varles inversely with the relative proportion of 
groceries used. : 
Meats constituting such a large proportion of the total food value, 
their variation necessarily affects the total value of food consumed 
more than that of any other group. Only about one-third of the 
meat (not including poultry) used in these two areas is furnished by 
the farm, so that the variation in meat used also very appreciably 
affects the relative value ‘of total food bought and furnished by the 
farm. The data indicate that the expenditure for meats and the 
value of the total consumption of food may be materially reduced by 
the increase in the use of vegetables, poultry products, and dairy 
products, the groups of foods which are largely furnished directly by 
the farm. 
