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Purchases of dairy products: Summer and winter surveys in Sacramento show seasonal expense and sources of dairy products
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Jessie V. ColesAuthor Affiliations
Jessie V. Coles is Professor of Home Economics, University of California, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 8(2):13-14. DOI:10.3733/ca.v008n02p13. February 1954.
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Abstract
A major item of food expense of 262 Sacramento families–interviewed in one week in August 1952 and again in January 1953–was the reported average weekly expenditure for dairy products of $5.60 per family in summer and $4.74 in winter.
Coles J. 1954. Purchases of dairy products: Summer and winter surveys in Sacramento show seasonal expense and sources of dairy products. Hilgardia 8(2):13-14. DOI:10.3733/ca.v008n02p13
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