2 BULLETIN 410, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Annual value of food, fuel, and use of house— 
4 ished by farm.. $424 (66 per cent). 
Average per f y, $642 Bourht- 2.7. 245-4. 6. 218 (34 per cent). 
Annual value of food— 
Animal casa 58 per cent 
Groceries. . . 25 per cent| From farm.. 58 per cent. 
Average per family, $448. Vesctables. ae 11 per cent{Bought...-. 42 per cent. 
Fruits iad 34 ae a Be 6 per cent 
Annual value of fuel— 
Wood (9.4cords).. $36. 30 
Coal (2.6 tons).... 17. 85|From farm.. 54 per cent. 
Oil (55 gallons)... 6. 33; Bought-..--- 46 per cent. 
Corn cobs(lload). 1.07 
Annual value of use of house— 
Average per family, $132. 
Annual value of housework— 
Average per family, $62. 
Furnished by family.. $217 (95 per cent). 
Average per family, $228 Fired \:tereneiv: 2.) 11 (5 per cent). 
It was found that the average annual value of meats (other than 
poultry) consumed per family was $107.25; of poultry products, 
$55.40; and of dairy products, $98.36. (The quantity of dairy prod- 
ucts consumed was equivalent to 2,640 quarts of milk.) 
Meats constitute the most important group of foods. As it 
increases relative to the other groups the total value of food con- 
sumed per family increases. Those families having a relatively 
oreater consumption of either groceries, vegetables, or dairy products 
use relatively less meats, and their total consumption of food is less 
in value. 
Families living on their own farms reported higher consumption of 
food and a larger proportion of food derived directly from the farm 
than did those living on rented farms. 
The average quantity of fruit canned annually per family was 122 
quarts; of vegetables, 32 quarts. 
The cost of board (as of hired hands) in food, fuel, and housework 
was shown to be $129 per year. Thirty-one per cent of this repre- 
sents cash outlay. 
SOURCES OF DATA. 
The data presented in this bulletin were collected during the 
summers of 1913 and 1914. The results of the 1913 study have been 
published in Farmers’ Bulletin 635, What the Farm Contributes 
Directly to the Farmer’s Living. In that study records were taken 
from 483 farm families distributed over 10 areas in as many States. 
Four additional areas were visited during the summer of 1914. A 
greater number of families per area were visited in this study than in 
that of 1913, thus permitting more detailed analysis of the data. The 
data from all areas are included in the tables only where the number 
of records were sufficient to do justice to the study. 
le 
