8 BULLETIN 410, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
TaBLE TV.—Average annual value of the food of 950 farm families. 
Food consumed per family. Per cent of food 
Mamita consumed. Total 
County and State. of faxi—_ | AA $A _|]__—__| Cons p- 
lies. Furnished Furnished a 
Bought. by farm. Total. | Bought. by farm. 
Oxford, Me. Scania tae OA SEER E 148 | $198.55 | $224.87 | $423.42 53. 2 46.8 $94. 88 
Mamorlle Wii 2 S2 ee ee ee oe 49 169.17 192. 43 361. 60 46.8 53. 2 75. 34 
OtsecosNe. Yass Ae sate e i 55 186. 71 189. 60 376. 31 49.6 50. 4 94.08 
Bucks Pasi e eee sae ea- cea 43 190. 32 201. 69 392. 01 48. 6 51.4 75. 40 
Gloucester wNE Dr ss 45-2 ee 126 297.41 264. 94 562. 35 52.9 47.1 120. 26 
Gaston siNGCrs sso) ose eee 55 71. 28 330. 65 401. 93 17.7 82.3 89. 32 
FGroup; (Gai tases eS tee ee 50 104. 43 376. 03 480. 46 21.7 78.3 88. 97 
Melennan loxtep a a sereneee 44 213. 47 275. 62 489. 09 43.6 56. 4 92. 30 
Champaicns Ohio 4.—-=-- tee 44 124.98 248, 28 373. 26 33. 5 66. 5 91.07 
JEMCTSONMVASE cet eer eee Pes 51 143. 25 209. 44 352. 69 40. 6 59. 4 80.16 
Montgomery, Iowa...-.--------- 46 146. 43 297. 28 443.71 33. 0 67.0 105. 67 
Cloud Wkans#=- ace eae 46 157. 41 292. 48 449, 89 35.0 65.0 99. 97 
Gass Nie) tke. Be ee f 109 279. 28 384. 95 664. 23 42.0 58. 0 107. 03 
SantaClaranCaleees serene ee 84 323. 51 176. 40 499, 91 64.7 35.3 101. 57 
All familiesoasoso-seseee2 
950 | 186.16 261. 76 447.92 | 41.6 | 58. 4 94. 00 
CLASSES OF FOOD. 
The different items of food used fall naturally into certain groups. 
In order to facilitate the discussion, the different articles of food 
have been divided into four classes, namely, groceries, animal products, 
fruits, and vegetables. 
Groceries do not include all articles bought, but only those most 
generally bought, such as coffee, flour, sugar, bread, sirups, soda, etc. 
In this class are also included lemons, oranges, bananas, and raisins. 
The farmer naturally associates these with grocery items, and on 
most farms they really do not take the place of other fruits. 
Animal products include all meats, eggs, butter, milk, cream, lard, 
cheese, and honey. 
Fruits include all fruits, fresh, dried, and canned, except those 
listed under groceries. 
Vegetables include all vegetables, fresh, dried, and canned. 
Table V shows the relative importance of the different classes of 
foods for the different areas, animal products being easily the most 
important in value with 57.8 per cent of the total, followed by gro- 
ceries with 24.8 per cent, vegetables 11 per cent, and fruits 6.4 per 
cent. 
The last three classes may be termed the farm products group. 
They include those items of food which are distinctly farm products. 
They constitute approximately 75 per cent of the total value of the 
food consumed. Instead of 75 per cent of the food consumed being 
furnished by the farm, however, we find only 58 per cent of it is 
furnished (see Table IV), showing that nearly one-fourth of the farm 
products consumed by farm families are bought rather than taken 
from the home farm. It is not intended to imply by this statement 
that all should be raised. The most important articles bought in 
this group are meat and butter. The meat bill could, no doubt, be 
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