Rural Family Living, 1951

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rural Family Living, 1951: Charts This chart book brings together available material on the economic situation of rural families. The subjects covered are: Population, Income, Prices, Family Spending, Food, Housing, and Clothing. Because this chart book was prepared primarily for use at the Agricultural Outlook Conference, the emphasis is on rural families. Some material on urban families is presented also. This is in part be cause of an interest in making comparisons of rural and urban living and in part because recent data on family food consumption and clothing inventories are available only for city families. These subjects are Of special interest to home economists, for whom this chart book is prepared. Some of the data used in preparing the charts are drawn from re search carried on by the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics. In addition, other sources are used: Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Rural Electrification Administration, Department of Agriculture; Census Bureau and Office of Business Economics, Department of Commerce; Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and summaries of farm home accounts from the State colleges of agriculture. Charts.-reproductions (photographic prints) of all charts in this book are available. Sizes suitable for wall charts may be purchased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.