The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-25

| "utlcS oi VIC HFSt Ouv Oh June next,
and to prosecute the same, without in
tormission, Oh each week day until the
work Of enumeration shall have been
completed. The original Act Of Con-
grcss provided for the completion of
the work In thirty days, and required
the Enumcrators to forward their re-
turns to the Supervisor on or before
the first day Of Ja4y of the present year
but by ali asaacEdnaent Of the Act, up
proved April 20, 1880, the time for
making returns to the Supervisors has
been extended fiftccaa days, that is to
say, until the 10Th day of July ofthc
present year. Enumcrators arc re-
quircd to visit personally every house
in their respective districts, to make
daily reports both to tho superinte4ad-
ent at Washington and to the super
visor, and to kccpa memorandum Of
each days work with reference TO the
number Of hours engaged. -Four reg
ular schedules or sets Of blanks aro fur
nishcd to each Enumeratorto for the gcn-
cral work Of enumeration in tbs cOun-
ty, designated as nos. l, 9, 3 n!I 5, and
covering the following subjects ofin-
quiry, in tho order named: population,
agriculture, manufactures and NOR
tality.
Inquiries on schedule no. arc di-
rcctcd to asccrtaining the names Of
persons enumerated; their personal
description, embracing color, sex, and
age; relationship of members Of fami-
lies; civil condition, whether single,
married, widowed, or divorced; pro-
tcssion, occupation or trade; health,
and physical infrlnitics If any: cdu-
cation; nativity, embracing place Of
birth Of person enumerated, and places
| of birth of parents of said person.
Inquiries Oh schedule no, 2 include
one hundred and four questions on ag-
| ricultural statistics, and cover tho fol-
lowing heads: name Of farmer; tenure
| or irlntiots OF farmer to the farm; no.
of acres improved and unimprovcd; /;
values Of farm, farming implements,
and live stock; cost of building and re-
pairing fences in 1879; labor; grass
| lands; neat cattle and their products,
on mnd June 1, 1880, and movement
in 1879; sheep; swine; poultry on
hand June /, 1880, exclusive Of spring
hatching, eggs produced in 1879; rice
1879; cereals, area and crop in 1879;
fibre, area and crop in 1879; sugar for
| 1879, embracing cane, sorghum, and
maple; cOw-pcasc and beans for 1879;
Irish and sweet potatoes for 1879;
tobacco, 1879; orchards, 1879; nurse
ries; vineyards; market gardens bees,
! 1879; and forest products. proper
| ly and accurately taken, these statis-
tics will be of incalculablc value, aud
If they show, as is anticipated, consid-
crablc progress in this greatest ofall
branches Of industry during the past
ten years, the exhibit will rebound to
tho advantage and benefit Of the whole
country, especially the Southern States.
| With reference to the enumeration of
farms, the subjoincd extracts arc taken
from the handbook f"Instructions to
Enumcrators," forwarded from the
Census Office Of the Interior Depart
mcnt: "Farms, for the purpose Of the
agricultural schedule, include all con-
| siderable nurseries, orchards, and mar
kct-gartlcns which are owned by scpa-
rate parties, which arc cultivated for
pccnniary profit, and employ as much
as the labor Of one ablc-bodicd work
man during tho year. Mere cabbage
and potato patches, family vegetable
gardens, and ornamental lawns, not
constituting portion Of Il farm for
general agricultural purposes, will be
excluded. No farm will be reported
| OF less than three acres, unless five
hundred dollars worth ofproduce has
been got of from it during the year. A
farm is what is owned or leased by one
man and cultivated under his care. A
distant wood-lot, or sheep pasture.
even if in another sub division or dis
trict, is to be treated as q part of the
farm; but wherever there is resident
ovcrsccr or manager, there farm is
to be reported"
Tho inquiries OH schedule no. 3, re-
lating to manufactures, refer not only
to all factories and large works, but
also to the mechanical trades, rs black
smithing, coopering, carpcntcring,
ETC., where the production reaches five
hundred dollars annually. Special at
tcntion, however, is directed to the
fact that tho following classes Of man
utacturing establishments must be re-
ported on special schedules, hcrcinaf-
ter referred to, and are not to be en-
tered Oh tho regular schedule dcsig-
mated ne 10. 3, that is to say: boot
and shoe factories; cheese and butter
factories; Touring and grist mills;
salt works; lumber mills and saw
mills; brick yards and tile works;
paper mills; coal mines: agricultural
implement works; and quarrics.
On regular shebule no. arc enter
cd the names Of NIL persons who died
during the year ending May 81, 1880;
their personal description; civil conti.
tion; nativity; profession, occupation
or trade; month in which person died;
disease CT cause Of heath; how long a
resident in the county; place whore
disease was contracted; and name of
attending physician. Great care is
cnjoincd upon the Enumerators in fill
ing out this schedule.
In addition to tho regular schedules
heretofore treated Of, special and sup
plemental schedules have boon placed
in tho hands Of tho enumerators, with
inquiries covering special manufac-
lures, and statistics Of the defective,
dependent and delinquent classes.
Under the head Of special manufac-
lures a!' embraced agricultural implc-
memts; paper mills; boots, shoes and
leather; brick-yards; tile works; lum-
ber-millS and saV-mills. flour nd or,.; ot