Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-05
Farmers and the Census.

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and ends May 81, 1890. Each state has
from one to eleven supervisors dis
trlcts. There were It's supervisors In
all. There are 1900 enumerators,
who In all parts OF the country will be-
gin their work Monday morning, June
2, 1890. Every farm will be visited be-
fore June 80, and the following ques-
tions will be asked, keeping in mind
that the figures you are to give, nearly
all pretain to the crops Of 1859, and
not to the growing crops Of 1880: z
N Your name as occupant Of the
farm. (2) Are you owner, renter for
money, or for share of the crops of the
farm2 (3) Are you white or black? (4)
Number Of Acres of land improved and
unimproved. (5) Acres irrigated. (6)
Number of artesian wells flowing. (7)
Value Of farm, buildings, implements,
machinery, and live stock. lS) Fences:
Cost Of building and repairing. 10y
Cost of fertilizers. (10) Labor: Amounts
paid for labor, including board; weeks
of hired labor, white or black. (11)
Products: Estimated value of all farm
products sold, consumed, or on hand
for 1889. (l2) Forestry: Amount of
! Y,
ducts sold. Q3) Grasslands: Acres Of
each kind of grassland cut for hay or
pastured; tons of hay and straw sold;
clover and grass seeds produced and
sold; silos and their capacity. Q4)
Sugar: Cane, sorghum, maple, and
beet; sugar and molasses; acres, product
and value of each. Q5) Castor Beans:
Acres. (l6) Cereals: Barley, buck
wheat, Indian corn, oats, rye, wheat;
acres, crop, amount of each sold and
consumed, and value. az Rice: Acres,
crop, and value. (18) Tobacco: Acres,
crop, amount sold, and value. Q9)
Peas and Beans: Bushels, and value
of crop sold. (2O) Peanuts: Acres,
bushels and value. (2l) Hops: Acres,
pounds, and value. (22)Fibres: Cotton,
fax, and hemp; acres, crop, and value.
(23) Broom Corn; Acres, pounds and
value. (24) Live Stock: Horses, mules,
and asses; number on hand June l,
1890; number foaled in 1889; number
sold in 1889; number died in 1889. (25)
Sheep: Number on hand June 1. 1890,
of ''fine WOOL" "long wool" and "all
other" number OF lambs dropped in
1889; 'spring lambs'' sold in 1889; sold
in 1889 other than "spring lambs"
slaughtered for use on farm in 1889;
killed by dogs in 1889; died from other
causes in 1889. (26) Wool: Shorn
spring of 1890 and fall of 1889. (27)
Goats: Number of Angora and COM
mon. (2S) Dogs: On farm June l, 1890.
(29) Neat Cattle: Working oxen, mich
cows, and other cattle on hand June l,
1890; number of pure bred, grade and
common; calves dropped in 1889; cattle
sold in 1889, slaughtered for use on the
farm, and died in 1889. (30) Dairy:
Milk-total gallons produced by farm;
sold for use in families; sent to cream
cry or factory; used on farm, including
for butter or cheese; used on farm In
raising cream for sale, including for
creamery or factory. Butter-pounds
made on farm and sold in 1889. Cream
quarts sent to creamery or factory;
sold other than to creamery or factory.
Cheese-pounds made on farm and
sold in 1889. (31) Swine: Number on
hand June l, 1890; sold in 1889; con-
sumed on farm and died in 1889. 1927
Poultry: Number each of chickens,
turkeys, ducks, and geese on hand
June 1, 1889; value of all poultry pro-
ducts sold; eggs produced, sold, and val
ue in 1889. (39) Bees: Number of
stands, pounds of honey and wax pro-
duced, and value. (34) Onions: Field
crop-number of acres, bushels produc-
ed and sold, and value. 1857 Potatoes:
Sweet and Irish, bushels produced and
sold. (36) Market Gardens and Small
Fruits: Number of acres in vegetables,
blackberries, cranberries, raspberries,
and other small fruits,
and total value of products in 1889. (37)
Vegetables and Fruits for Canning:
Number of acres, and products, in
bushels, of peas and beans, green corn,
tomatoes, other vegetables and fruits.
1881 Orchards: Apples, apricots, cher
ries, peaches, pears, plumbs and prunes,
and other orchard fruits; in each the
number of acres, crop in 1889, number
of bearing trees, number of young trees
not bearing, and value of all orchard
products sold. 1897 Vineyards: Num-
ber of acres in vines bearing and in
young vines not bearing; products of
grapes and raisins, and value in 1889.
Besides these questions on the regu-
lar Agriculture Schedule No. 2, Super
intendent Robert P. Porter has ordered
several special investigations in the in
terests of agriculture, among which are
Viticulture, Nurseries, Florists, Seed
and Truck Farms, Semi-tropic Fruits,
Oranges, etc., Live Stock on the great
ranges. and in cities and villages; also
the names and numbers of all the vari-
GUS farmers organizations, such as Ag-
ricultural and horticultural Societies,
Poultry and Bee Associations, Farm
er's Clubs, Oranges, Alliances, Wheels,
Unions, Leagues. etc.
In no part of the census work have
the lines been extended more than in
the direction of agriculture, and If
farmes will now cheerfully cooperate
with the enumerators and other officials
in promptly furnishing the correct fig
ures more comprehensive returns re-
garding our greatest industry will be
obtained than ever before.
A young lady living out West has
written a letter to Secretary Tracy,
making fearful appeal for the present
of a banjo. She explains why she
makes the request by saying that she
made known her desire to President
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