VALUE OF FOOD, FUEL, AND USE OF HOUSE. 3 
| <A study of this kind is merely indicative in nature; no two families 
| are alike in their tastes or financial ability to purchase what is most 
| desired. Weather and other conditions limit the quantity and 
| quality of products furnished by the farm for family use. The 
| average of a large number of families is thus the best measure of the 
_ consumption per person or per family of food and fuel and the pro- 
portion of these furnished by the farm. 
_ The data were obtained by the survey method, the enumerators 
being experienced men trained in that particular line of work. Few 
families keep an account of expenditures for household purposes or a 
record of products taken from the farm for house use; but careful 
questioning enables the enumerator to secure fairly accurate data. 
REGIONS STUDIED. 
Data were collected in 10 different are as in the year 1913. The three 
cotton-growing areas visited were in Gaston County, N. C.; Troup 
and Meriwether Counties, Ga.; and McLennan County, Tex. The 
types of agriculture in the North Carolina and Georgia areas were 
fairly similar, cotton and corn being the main crops. In the Texas 
area, however, a definite rotation of corn, oats, and cotton is fol- 
lowed. Farming is here done more extensively. The annual rain- 
fall is considerably less than in the other two cotton-growing areas 
visited. Cloud County and Montgomery County, both important 
corn-erowing districts, were selected for the work in the States of 
Kansas and Iowa, respectively. The chief crops grown in the 
Kansas area are corn, wheat, and alfalfa, though some farmers raise 
only corn and alfalfa. A series of dry years has discouraged the 
growing of all but afew vegetables. In the Iowa area the agriculture 
is more diversified, considerable oats and wheat being grown. Hog 
raising is an important industry in both these sections. The Jefferson 
County, Wis., area is wholly a dairy section. The money crops 
raised are oats and barley. Considerable pure-bred Holstein and 
Guernsey live stock is raised here. General farming is the prevailing 
type in Champaign County, Ohio, and in Bucks County, Pa. Corn, 
oats, wheat, and hay are the principal crops, with small dairies on 
many of the farms. In Otsego County, N. Y., and Lamoille County, 
Vt., dairying is the chief enterprise. The growing seasons here are 
appreciably shorter than in any of the other areas. | 
In 1914 more specialized sections in New Jersey, Maine, North 
Dakota, and California were visited. The New Jersey area in 
Gloucester County was distinctly market gardening or trucking. 
Much of the produce was hauled by the farmer to Philadelphia, a 
distance of about 10 miles, affording a good opportunity to buy house- 
hold supplies. Vegetables and fruits were raised in great variety. 
