Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-11-15
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1879.
0faoiaIPaper ofthe County and Village


Next year the tenth q. s. census is to
be taken, 'and Ethe government desires
that it should be as complete as possible.
This census will be an important one
and will not be confined to the enumera-
tion Of the population of the different
states and territories, but agricultural
statistics will be one of the prominent
and important features. 1t will also in
clude the value of forest products and of
home manufactures. 1t is highly i'm
pOrtant to our state, which is interested
so largely in agriculture, lumber and
manufacturing, that true return of all
these should be made. Francis A. Walk
er, Superintendent of the Census has is
sued circular showing just what will
be required, and for the benefit of the
citizens of this section we give it place
In our columns. From it, it will be seen
that the statistics are mostly for the
products of this year, and it would be
well for our farmers and manufacturers
to note down, while they may be able to
definitely obtain the statistics required
and before they escape their memory, an
exact statement, so that when the census
taker visits them they may be able to
give the desired information at once.
The following is the circular:
There is no distinct agricultural year
xph fhn 1f "A
there is reason to believe that the sta
tistics of agriculture from 1850 to 1870,
in regard to many of the principal pro-
ducts, embraced portions of two differ
ent crops, inasmuch as the enumeration
was prOtracted through three, four, and
even five months,
is provided that Tenth Census shall be
taken and completed during the month
OF June, 1880: This provision greatly
reduces the liability to error which has
been noted. iA
As the enumeration commences on
the first of June and closes on or before
the thirteenth, all the crops which are
gathered once year will fall pretty
clearly on one side or the other of the
dividing line.
Thus the crop reported in the census
will be that of 1879, gathered in the fall
Of that year; while the wool clip or 'wOOl
crop" will be that of the spring of 1880
except in portions of California and
Texas, where both a fall and spring
crop will be secured.
For certain of the productions of agri-
culture, however, there is no harvest,
in the usual sense of that term; but the
product is gathered week by week, or
day by day, as it matures-milk, butter,
cheese, meat, fall into this class.
In view of the requirements of the
law, and of the great importance of ac-
curate statistical information relative
to agriculture, it is deemed to be highly
desirable that farmers should prepare
themselves in advance to give the in
formation with prOmptness and accura-
cy. 1t urgently recommended, there
fore, that agricultural journals and the
officers of agricultural societies and
clubs give publicity to this announce
ment, and that all persons engaged in
agriculture who shall receive this cir
cular, or shall see it in the public prints,
make notes from time to time of the
quantities and values of their several
crops gathered, and the number of acres
of land planted, in order that their state
ments, when made to the enumeratOrs,
may be of the highest possible value.
To remove any doubts that may arise
concerning the crops to be returned i'm
the census, the following table presents
the several crops specifically mentioned
in the agricultural schedule, arranged
accordingly as they fall into the calen-
dar year 1879, or that of 1880, or are to
be returned for the twelve months begin
ming June 1, 1879, and closing May 81,
1880.