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Show i . curtailed, how to get along on less. The variety of food obtainable by rural families was much greater than that obtainable by city folks; chiefly because the rural families raise a garden. Rural Food Costs Cut In Half Says Expert 1 . "Although rural people are buy-! buy-! ing only about half as much food as they did prior to the period of economic distress, our survey shows that their diet is actually better at the present time." That's how Mrs. Rena B. May-cock, May-cock, assistant director of the extension ex-tension service in charge of home j economics, summed up the condi- ! tion of the rural people in the state ; of Utah. j Mrs. Maycock is in Utah county cooperating with Mrs. Amy Jones, i county home demonstrator in check ing over the home accounts, started on Utah farm homes this year. The survey recently conducted by Mrs. Maycock, shows that the families formerly spending $300 per year for food were now spending about $150 and down to as low as $75. Although their diet may be more monotonous now, it is even more nutritious, she said, The home-economics extension division is not advocating that people peo-ple should not buy. she said, but showing people whose incomes are |