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Food Survey Made
In Rappahannock <
By Ruth Ballard
A national survey to leam what foods families are eating in 1955 is being made in Rappahannock County, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced today* Metropolitan Richmond and the counties of Warren, Northumberland and Augusta are aslo included in Virginia’s areas selected as the places in which a cross-section of house holds will be visited.
This new survey, dealing with home consumption1 of - specific foods, is the first to include both city and rural households on' a nation-wide scale since the war year 1942. Scientists in both the Research and Marketing Services of the Department are participating in the project, which is carried out under the Federal Research and Marketing Act.
The survey, Dr. Stiebling explains, will provide current facts and figures needed by nutritionists, home economists, and market analysts. Such data provide a basis for educational programs to im- 4 prove food use from a nutritional point of view and for finding out whether large groups of families have low consumption of importdisc
of antique furniture and brica-brac which will be sold from the floor. Old dolls will also be displayed and sold.
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