ns | .12
1 can salmon | .27 | 1 lb. prunes | .24
_Dairy Products_ | | _Bread, Cereals, etc._|
1 doz. eggs | .61 | 12 lbs. bread | 1.28
1 lb. butter | .66 | 2 lbs. flour | .16
1/2 lb. oleomargarine | | 1 lb. corn meal | .07
or lard | .18 | 1 lb. rice | .16
1 lb. cheese | .41 | 1 lb. macaroni | .16
14 qts. milk | 2.10 | 3 lbs. sugar | .33
_Vegetables_ | | 3 lbs. rolled oats | .21
1-1/2 pks. potatoes | .77 | 1 pt. molasses | .12
3 lbs. carrots | .12 | _Tea, Coffee, etc._ |
2 lbs. onions | .13 | 1/4 lb. tea | .15
3 lbs. cabbage | .14 | 1/2 lb. coffee | .23
2 lbs. dried beans | .23 | 1/2 lb. cocoa | .22
1 can tomatoes | .15 | Condiments | .11
| | |--------
| | Total weekly cost |$11.00
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From the food budget itemized in Table 1, which must be regarded as a
minimum, it appears that the least that can be allowed for food for a
man, wife and three children under fourteen years of age in Fall River
in October, 1919, is $11 a week.

TABLE 2: MORE LIBERAL WEEKLY FOOD BUDGET FOR A MAN, WIFE AND THREE
CHILDREN UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE IN FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS,
OCTOBER, 1919

(National Industrial Conference Board)

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| Cost, | | Cost,
Item and amount |October, | Item and amount |October,
| 1919 | | 1919
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_Meat and Fish_ | | _Fruit_ |
2 lbs. flank |$ .32 | 3 qts. apples |$ .27
1 lb. hamburg | .25 | 1/2 doz. oranges | .24
3 lbs. leg mutton | .75 | 1/2 doz. bananas | .23
1/2 lb. bacon | .21 | 1/2 lb. raisins | .12
1 lb. dried cod | .20 | 1 lb. prunes |