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ne PrciysIsns for taxing tha Tenth
Censas.

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81 The Tenth Uenapss Rae gna}tef 4 oae OF
general interest, sod thO Mtss ai The state.
tnenlA therein referring Miss5asf Ars cqaal'
ID applicable TO other Siaissi
on March Q, 1870 Cpagiesa pAsssd a law
providing "that cenqpa 4 ta lsllon,
weSlth and industry q fae UNN9 Sistes
shall be taken Or or for re lste daaa 2. 1880, =
aud established, 10 shp h3plrtnqllt oi the
iptetlOr, Census otiltN, y 4 thitt oiilcer
called ,hu snperintendsnt * ttp Census, 70
he spp0lntod Oy the Fresidegt, and onamor.
ssoFs, % ba deeignated Ana amployA by the
Supervisors pf Census Win the e9a.ent q
tae Superintendent, Prof EfsuoisA. Wax.
ssgiesl sssAs- sfi7a f'ss's - q isa
Ths law tsouttcs The secretagy et the In.
/ tsrior 70 desigla,c the number oi Supssvtsors
l OF tho ceasus 20 bo appotnsel Ia each State,
/ tronh Fesidents oi suen State, not y exceea,
in all, one handred and fiitg. Ihe SecrslsrY
pi tBo IpWrs0r aas AnpOrtlonedto Iissouri
4 seven Supervisors OF Census, hgt has not vel
1 INOY. ist1 teAignRtsd tha bon Bdsries OF the
seven disuisls, bus will DO 50 at 40 early
date. Tho teyen Supervisors 6 Eensns will
nnt be appointed before December, 1919, and
4 probably not before January, 1850.
i The law provides that 'eAch Superyisor
of Cepshs snnll, upon the Compilation Of bis
! duties 20 tho satisfaction ot the Secretary OF
/ the Interior, Fecesye tauButn Ol Eve hundred
| dorRst, Ia fifil compensation for aH services
rendered and expBusea ipcuised BY him e.
cept an kll6whaCe loy clerk hire Uiay DO
made. at tie d!seelioa Of Tho soperiniend-
4 lsnt OF Censns.'s
applications for appoiutmea. TO the posi-
tjoa az Supety;sag af CO saa may b0 address
Cd 10 tho Steretarv of the lnlszioT'
The actual Roris pf euamefation within
each Supervisors dH'rtNl Sill ba performed
hy the euuuieFs iore, % "a da9ignelod anu ein-
pioVel hs tho Sepefvisss ot each distTitt
when sppolessi teitAsSae ooasBnt of.ho
Saporintan dasIs. Y'be e6nneTes0rs VIII not
6g appointed untl aitsr ,he sppcirtmeng aud
cOpHtmal;aG ot theSapervsars, Eash Seper
visor ot CenEas will bppcrton his district
tnao subdivisions most cNaYenieat Tor tho
purpose Of onurmerasion, NOT 70 sSceed tour
thousand inhabitants 10 oeeo snodivieon aus
e0rdiug TO tho census ui 1910. To the g.eat
majority Of instances rho subdivisions or emu.
,uefatiOa distttrts viii epntRin lfss than inur
thousand inhabitants, aud Va AL probability
each municipal tnwash IN Will compose ssub.
diyisson, excepting tuwneOips whose popnla-
uoa may exceed the maximun limit
Applications Tor appointment 10 tho posi-
ton OF enunerat0r must Do addressed 10 ihe
Snpersssor Oh the di,tttcl in which the APP
pli,ant rcsjdes, and each enumeratoF must bn
| resident al his SUBDIVISION, klsnOe npplic4-
tsan for sapaialznant ss ennfoprsIor prior e
! fho Rpno,p thiant III the respective Supsrvi
aNrs arc premature and can bo " no soryice,
'fho onumeratoR VIII commence on the lttai
Mondav IN June, 1850. sud IN citles having
over 1000 iahabitanls under tho census OF
1870 within two weeks from The htst Monday
N Iuno, 1850. and must be completed 10 The
country on or before July lst, 1850. The
co7anonsaticp allowed to any ouumerat0r IN
4 any djttriot east Of tho lO0.h mnfcdan taHd
consequently iu tho whmo SiatC az Missouri
will not exceed an average OF 81 per day o
} 10 hours actual iield work each, and can not
therefore, muth exceed Slu0.
Having received numerous letters rolaslvt
to tbe appointment ol Supervisors and eau
meyntors. aud tho taking OF the Tenth Census
IL deemed the foregoing iuiotmatiun OF sun
, rient Importance 70 Justify its publication
Tina attention OF The people oi Missouri cai
; pot h To urgently csl led To tho imnor.Ruo
Of securing 'ull and copplete census Of 10
} popnlation, wealth and Industry OF on
great State whit viii place her 10 her iastl
prnud position among her tister StatOs,
desirs to csll tha attention Of The agTicul
: turltts OF the State ~ the tao. thai Prof.
A. Walker, Suppriatondlnt OF the Census
, has Issued circular in relation 10 pFoduc
J tons Of agriculture, intended 20 secur
greater accuracy than In the last three censu
IN tho agricultural schedule. by tue ACT q
March 3r5, the retnrns arc required TO b
made Of tho Chief prodpetlons Ql aSrenitur
''duriHg tho year ended June lsl," Ihore
2 no diaunet agricultural year which ends dun
, lot, and thero rs reAsou 10 holieva tnat u
statishcis OF RgricnluturN from 1901 20 lai
in regard 10 many principals products en-
braeea portion Of two ,lihHent efopa, as h
= enumeration waS protrRgied through sewers
: months The litbhity error y drrreaged b
: the limitation by law OF the time Tor N
present ceusus to the month OF June, Thor
: are certain pT0duc.ions, a. dairy products
Z meat eic,, when tho prodnct is gathered da
p by day, which ehould ba given for the yea
from June l. SO, TO May 81, 1880.
7 la view Of tho requirements oi tho law "a
!. of tho great tunpor,Nucg og sncurS,e rtNtstiU
y information relative 10 agriculture, Is deou
o ca TO be highly desirable that isgmets sh0ul
l prepare themselves Ia advance 70 give the II
e formation with prompt0esa aud accuracy,
is urgently recommended, therefore, III,
u agricultural journals aud tho officers Of ayr
d cultural socities and cluba give publicity
r, this announcement. and that all porsons e
Ie gagged 10 agriculture who shall receive th
70 circular, or shall see II In the public print
h mako notas from time 10 time Of tho qushl
tics and values OF their several crops gather,
and tha number OF acres or land planted,
VI order that their statements, when made TO q
lp enumerator, may be OF the hlghest pesslb
OF value.
"a 10 remove any doubts thA, may arise 90
to cerupg tho craps 70 ha reformed IN tho oe
aus, the following table presents the sever
crops specifically mentioned 10 the agriou
n turai schedule, arranged accordingly as lhi
ld fSl into the calender year 1870 or that
r. 1880, or are 20 be returned Tor the twe
,y months bsG'nlng June !, 1879, aud olosiI
10 MAY 81, 1850:
de OF tho crop OF the calender yoar OF 81
Wheat, corn, rye, Oata, barley, buckwhei
Nak 80