Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ..."rations" as wages. These amounted in value to about $100 in the course of a year. The mother took in some washing for which she also obtained "rations." No live stock was owned by the family and almost no farm implements. The meats used were very fat and were prepared for the table by frying. No beverages or accessories were purchased during the study, with the exception of 3 cents' worth of salt. The number of ineals taken was as follows: Meals. Man 87 Woman (87 meals X 0.8 meal of man), equivalent to 69 Child (87 meals X 0.4 meal of man), equivalent to 35 Visitor 1 Total number of meals taken equivalent to 192 Equivalent to 1 man 64 days. The dietary study is summarized in the following table: Table 2.--Dietary study of a negro family near Franklin, Va. (No. 812). For explanation of numbers in parentheses, see Appendix, p. 43. DIETARY STUDY No. 213. This study, which was made with a family of five persons, began May 5, 1897, and continued 30 days. The family consisted of the father, 43 years of age, weighing 165 pounds; his stepson, 23 years of age, weighing 147 pounds, and three children--a girl 17 years old, a boy 15 years old, and a girl 13 years old--weighing 120,115, and 115 pounds, respectively. The family was in good health. They occupied two log cabins, each with one room and a loft. The cabins were situated in 5 acres of ground on a slight rise of land. The rent paid was $20 per year. They had a good well, but no sanitary arrangements. Peanuts and garden vegetables formed their principal crops, but the character of the soil was such that large crops were not raised. They had a few farm implements and some live stock, namely, a cow, a steer, and pigs and chickens. The father earned about $50 a year, and some...