Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-05-27

reference TO the statements OF heads
of families respecting afflicted fami.
lies of their household. The law
rexuires q return in the case of each
blind, deaf and dumb, insane or idi-
otto, or crippled person. 1t not in
frequently happens that fathers and
mothers, especially the latter, are
disposed to conceal, or even DENY
the existence of such infirmities on
the part Of children. In such cases,
if the fact is personally known 10
ths enumerator, or shall be ascer-
tanned by inquiry from neighbors,
it should be entered on the sched-
nles equally as if obtained from the
head OF the family. A second class
of cases under this head concerns
the reporting Of the values produced
in agricultural or other occupations.
The enumerator is not bound by
any statement which he knows or
has reason to believe to be false.
His duty is to report the actual facts
as nearly as he can ascertain them.
The enumerator is prohibited by
law from delegating to any person
his authority to enter dwellings and
to interrogate their inhabitants.
The work Of enumeration must be
done By the enumerator in person,
and cannot bo performed by proxy.
The notes on the schedules contain
explanations and directions for use.
The schedule of population takes
June 1st, 1880, as starting point,
and includes the following questions:
Name OF street, house number; the
name of each person in family the
color, sex and age of each person !;
the relation of each person to the
head Of the family what persons
are single, married, widowed or di.
vorcsd, and who, if any, were mar
ried during the census year the oc
cupation of both males and females,
the number of months any person
has been unemployed during the
census year; statement of the
sickness or temporary disability of
any person q. the time of the enum.
orators visit; if there are any blind,
deaf and dumb, idiotic, insane,
MANNED, crippled or bedridden per-
sons in the family how many at
tended school within the census
year if there are any who cannot
read or write the place of birth of
each person, and the places of birth
of his or her father and mother. All
persons will be included in this
enumeration who are living on June
l, 1880, as we'll as members of fam.
lilies who may die after that time ;
but children who are born after
that date will be omitted. The
questions as to occupation and the
ability to read and write are not to
be asked with regard to children
under 10 years of age.
The schedule of agriculture con-
tains 100 questions. The person
who conducts the farm is to state if
he is the owner, or If he rents for
money or share Of the products !;
what part of his farm is improved.
and unimproved, the value of his
farm, including land, fences, build.
ings, farming implements, machin-
cry and live stock; the cost of
building and repairing fences, the
cost Of fertilizers, the amount of
farm wages, the number of weeks
of hired labor excluding housework,
the estimated value of farm produo
tions, and the average of grass lands
mown and the products harvested
in 1879; the horses, mules and neat
cattle, and their products on hand
June l, 1880, the milk disposed of,
and the butter and cheese made in
1879 the number of sheep and
lambs on hand June /, 1880, and the
number born, disposed of, slaugh.
tered or lost from different causes
in 1879; the number of fieeces the
number of swine on hand June 1,
1880,the number poultry on hand
juno |, 1880: the eggs produced in
1879; statement OF the crops of
1879 of barley, buckwheat, Indian
corn, oats, rye, wheat, Canada peas,
beans, flax in its different forms,
hemp, sorghum and maple sugar
and molasses, broom corn, hops.
Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, APP
pies and peaches, with the total
value of orchard products of all
kinds, the value of produce sold from
nurseries, the grapes sold and the
wine made, the value of produce
sold from market garden, the hon.
ey and wax produced, the amount
of wood cut in forest and the value
of all forest product.
The schedule of manufactures ex.
cludes boot and shoe factories,
cheese and butter factories, Touring
and grist mills, salt works, lumber
and saw mills, brick yards and tile
works, paper mills, coal mines, agri-
cultural implement works, and quar-
ries, which will be reported ON
special manufacturing schedule. In
the general schedule of manufactures
the term productive industry" is
used to denote not only all factories
and large works, but also the me-
chanical trades, as blacksmithing,
carpentering and ooopering. Every
shop is to be included, the rroduc.
ton of which is $500 annually, in
Guiding costs of materials, and the
kind of business is so be described
specifically. The questions are as
to the name of the corporation,
company, or individual; the name
OF the business, manufacture or pro-
duct; the capital invested, the
greatest number of hands employed
at any one time during the year,
the average number of hands EN-.
ployed, including males above SIX
teen years, females above fiftesn
years and children and youth; the
number of hours of ordinary daily
labor from May to November and
November to May the average
days wages for skilled mechanics
and ordinary laborers the amount
paid in wages during the year the
months in operation on full time,
three.quarters time and two-.hirds
time, and the number Of months of
idleness the value of material, in.