Show I TO GET MOST FROM FAMILY'S DOLLARS OLLARS Operation Co-Operation Is Necessary to Get Best Results Prepared by bT the United States Department of or Agriculture Most farm women try to stretch their housekeeping dollars as far tar as possible but the their skill In this art varies widely This Is shown by cost of living studies made by the Department Depart Depart- Department ment of ot Agriculture Many farm families families families lies fall fail to pet get et the quantity of ot vegetables vegetables vege vese- tables and fruits that could be had from the tIle farm at low cost In comparison compari compari- son with the market prices of ot these products Less than one-half one of ot the total amount of ot food products consumed by farm families In New London Conn In 1923 was furnished by the farms The remainder was provided b by direct purchase Similar high percentages percentages percentages per per- j of purchased as compared with grown farm-grown table supplies have been recorded in other localities Farm Farin families It Is declared could live more cheaply were their meals better I planned and prepared and provided to toa a greater extent from the farm and the garden Savings are often possible says the department through more efficient use of fuel and household supplies Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times waste In the use of the automo automo- automobile bile and excessive auto operation costs can be lessened Expenditures for I education and advancement are desirable desirable de de- but money for these purposes should not be spent lavishly merely because because because be be- cause cause the purpose Is regarded as educational educational educational edu edu- or spiritual One way of stretching the dollar Is Isby isby isby by setting up a definite goal for family improvement Failure to plan expenditures expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures often means that vital needs such as those for Insurance health and recreation cannot be met When all members of the farm tann family understand understand understand un un- un- un where the family Income goes and operate co-operate In attaining a definite goal In family living a given amount of ot money will go much further In the Connecticut study the average annual expenditure of ot families was found to be 1492 1402 compared with 1 1540 1540 1 for tor families In Ohio l G for families In Iowa and 1558 for families In Alabama Only 40 per percent percent percent cent of or the Connecticut farm homes homets studied were completely modern Expenditure Ex for advancement averaged 81 81 per family or 54 4 per cent of ot the total value of goods consumed This proportion was lower than that of or the families In Alabama and Iowa but butI I slightly higher than that of ot the families families lies les in Ohio |