Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-06-29
THE CENSUS OF 1860.

points Whereupon they Will be inquired Of that they
may be prepared, in advance to give the census
taker prompt and satisfactory replies to his ques-
tions. 1t is not with us obligatory on the citizen
as was the custom in Rome in the early history of
civilization, TO go in person to the Censor to make
declaration of our names, ages, lands, and wealth.
or suffer heavy penalties for the neglect but in
keeping with the liberal spirit of our age, the
Censor comes to us, not for the purpose Of making
inquisitoral search into the value of our worldly
goods to determine what amount Of tax our estates
will annually yield without being too much debili-
ated to afford generous revenue, enfeebled as
to fail of certain income to the State; but simply
for the information of the community at large and
the proper balance of political organization to
learn how we multiply, where we increase, what
we produce what we carry abroad, and what we
consume at home.
AS with a properly regulated family or a well
conducted business concern, such investigations are
useful and necessary for wise and judicious ad-
mnstraton of their affairs, so with the country at
large the decennial exhibition ofour population and
is important and Interestingly and no class
of the community being more directly concerned
in understanding the condition of other interests
and making known their own position and relative
consideration than the farmers, it is to be hoped
that as they have heretofore done they will now
render prompt correct and full return of all those
details required by the census-taker in conformity
with the law Of the land. That our readers may
understand the precise nature of the information
which will be sought and for which application
will be made to them in the month June we insert
list of the various interests pertaining to agricu-
ture which are to be enumerated in the eight CEN
sus which embrace it will be observed all the lead
ing and many of the minor interests of the farming
community.
The Superintendent of the Census has kindly
furnished us with the instructions to the marshals
from which we extract the directions relating to
the agricultural schedule.
General Instructions. In many agricultural re-
turns the amount stated must sometimes be estimated
as the number of bushels of wheat or of oats but
under other headings, as to the number of live
stock, the precise number or amount can usually be
stated The assistant must use his discretion in
assisting farmer to estimate fairly and accurately
the amount of his crops, when he keeps no exact
account and in all instances it is desired to make
the nearest approximate returns which the case will
admit of.
The returns of all farms or plantations, the pro-
duce of which amounts to one hundred dollars in
value are to be included in this schedule; but it is
not intended to include the returns of small lots
owned or worked by persons following mechanical
or other pursuits or where the productions are not
one hundred dollars in value.
Heading l. Name Of Owner, Agent or Manager
of the Farm or Plantation.-Under this heading
insert the name of the person residing upon or hav
tenant. When owned or managed by more than
one person, the name of one only may be enter
ed.
Headings 2 and 3. Acres of Land Acres I'm
proved.-Under this heading insert the number of
acres of improved land, by which is meant all past
ure meadow, and arabic land which has been re-
claimed from state of nature and used for grazing
grass tlage other purposes of production. Acres
Unimproved. Under this heading insert the num-
Der of acres of unimproved land, by which is meant
all the land belonging to each proprietor which
does not come under the term improved, but il is
Dot necessary that it should be contiguous The
quantity embraced under the two heads improved
and unimproved' includes the whole number of
acres owned by the proprietor. Irreclaimable mar
shes or bodies of water of greater extent than ten
acres are to be omitted.
Heading4. Cash value of Farms-The actual
cash value of the whole number of acres, improved
and unimproyed, stated in dollars.
Heading s. Value of Farming Implements and
Machinery.-Under this heading place the aggre-
gate value of all the farming planting implements
and machinery, including wagons, threshing-ma-
Chimes cotton-gins sugar-mills in fact, all imple-
ments and machinery used to cultivate and pro-
duce crops and fit the same for market or consump-
ton.
Headings to 10. Live stock-Horses, Asses
and Mules, Mich Cows, Working Oxen other Cat
tie Under general heading LiUe Stock ST. June,
1860, of the whole number of animals which belong
to the farm on the lst day of June, the number of
each description thereof to be inserted under the
proper headings taking care that under heading
Oher Cattle you insert the number of all cattle not
before enumerated which are one year old and
older.
Heading IL. Sheep.--The number of all sheep
which, on the lst day of June, 1860, were one or
more years old.
Heading IL. Swne.-The number of swine on
the farm on the lst day of June
| Heading 3. Value of Live Stock.-Inasmuch as
the foregoing entries will not embrace all the live
stock it is intended that the aggregate value
description of live stock owned on the lst day of
June shall be inserted in column l3.
Headingsl4 to 10. Wheat bushels of; Rye bush
els of; Indian Corn, bushels of; Oats bushels of ;
Rice, lbs of; Tobacco lbs. of; Ginned Cotton bales
Of 400 lbs each; Wool lbs. of; Peas and Beans
bushels of; Irish Potatoes, bushels Of Sweet Pota-
toes, bushels of Barley, bushels of; Buckwheat,
bushels of; Value of Orchard Products in dollars;
Wine, gallons of; Value of Products of Market Gar
deus; Butter, lbs of; Cheese, lbs of; Hay tons of;
Glover Seed bushels of Grass Seeds, bushels of ;
Hops, lbs of; Dew-rotted Hemp tons of; Water
rotted Hemp tons of other prepared Hemps tons
of; Flax lbs of; Faxseed, bushels of Silk Cocoons
lbs Of; Maple Sugar, lbs of; Cane Sugar, hhds of
1000 lbs; 'Molasses, gallons of and from what
made; Beeswax, lbs of Honey, lbs of; and value
of Homemade Manufactures--Insert in the appro-
pirate columns the whole namber of tons, bales
bushels, pounds, or value. according to the several
headings Of the various crops produced within the
year ending June |, 1860. The quantity of grain
gathered during the year is to be recorded, and all
productions of the year. although they may not
have been sold or consumed, are to be enumerated
in their proper places; but nothing produced after
the first day of June is to be inserted Enumerate
such hemp as may have been prepared for market,
or give the quantity of prepared hemp which would
be produced were it in marketable condition, the
growth of the year ending the LIST day of Juae. BY
market gardens (?9) are meant such as are devoted
TO the production of vegetables and other articles
for sale, and may include nurseries. In enumera-
ting clover and grass seeds (33, 3f you are to in
clude only that which has been cleaned for use, or
prepared for the market. In column (44) for mo-
Ilasses wherever this article is not produced from
the cane, you will designate the kind Of molasses,
by inserting in the space over the figures in each
case the letter for maple and the letter for
gum or you may write out these words in full
over the figures describing the quantityj the latter
would be the most satisfactory mode. Where the
nolasses is made from cane, the space may be left