Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-28
CENSUS QUESTIONS.
THOSE THE FARMERS WILL HAVE
TO ANSWER.
Every Farm to Be Visited Before June
3oth-The Statistics Will Be Useful
and Interesting.

ana interesting.
The census year began June l, 1889,
and ends May 81, 1890. Each state has
from one to eleven supervisors districts.
There are 175 supervisors in all. There
are AZ, 900 enumerators, who in all parts
of the country will begin their work
Monday morning, June 2, 1890. Every
farm will be visited before June 30th,
and the following questions will be
asked, keeping in mind that the figures
you are to give nearly all pertain to the
scrops of 1889. and not to the growing
crops of 1S90
l, Your name as occupant of the
farm. Are you owner, renter for money
or for share of the crops of the farm?
8, Are you white or black? 4, Number
OF acres of land, improved and unim-
proved. 5, Acres irrigated. 6, Number
of artesian wells flowing. Z, Value of
farm, buildings, implements, machinery
and live stock. s, Fences: Cost of
building and repairing. 8, Cost OF fer
tilizers. 10, Labor: Amounts paid for
labor, including board; weeks OF hired
labor, white or black. IL, Products:
Estimated value of all farm productions
sold, consumed or on hand for 1889. II,
Forestry: Amount of wood cut, and
value OF all forest products sold. 13,
Grasslands: Acres of each kind of grass
land cut for hay or pastured; tons of
hay and straw sold; clover and
grass seeds produced and sold );
ssilos and their capacity. IA,
Sugar: Cane, Sorghum, maple and
beet; sugar and molasses acres, pro-
duct and value of each. Is, Castor
Beans Acres. 16, Cereals Barley,
buckwheat, Indian corn, oats, rye,
wheat; acres, crop, amount of each sold
and consumed, and value. II, Rice !:
Acres, crop and value. 18, Tobacco ::
Acres, crop, amount sold and value. 49,,
Peas and Beans: Bushels and value
<of crop sold. 20, Peanuts Acres, BUSH
els and value. E2l, Hops: Acres, pounds
and value. %, Fibers Cotton, fax
and hemp; acres, crop and value. 20,
Broom Corn: Acres, pounds and value.
"a, Live Stock: Horses, mules and
asses; number on hand June l, 1890;
number foaled in 1889; number sold
lnl 1889; number died in 1889.
25, Sheep: Number on hand June l,
1890, of 'fine WOOL" and "all other;''
number of lambs dropped in 1889;
spring lambs sold in 1889; sold in
1889 other than "spring lambs - slaugh-
tered 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 common. 2S, Dogs On
farm June l, 1890. 20, Neat Cattle
Working oxen, milch cows, and other
cattle on hand June l, 1890; number
of pure-bred, grade and common
calves dropped in 1885, cattle
sold in 1889, slaughtered for use on the
farm, and died in 1889. 80, Dairy
1Milk-total gallons produced on farm !;
sold tor 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.
Cbeese-pounds made on farm and sold
in 1889. 81, Swine: Number on hand
June /, 1890; sold in 1889; consumed on
farm and died in 1889. 32, Poultry:
Number each of chickens, turkeys,
geese and ducks on hand June l, 1890;
value of all poultry products sold;
eggs produced, sold and value
in 1889. SO, Bees: Number of
stands, pounds of honey and wax pro-
duced, and value. "a, Onions: Field
crop-number of acres, bushels produced
and sold, and value. 35, Potatoes {:
Sweet and Irish, bushels produced and
sold. 36, Market Gardens and Small
Fruits Number OF acres in vegetables,
Snlackberries, cranberries, raspberries,
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total value of products in 1889. 38, Veg
-etables and Fruits for Canning: Num-
Der of acres and products, in bushels, of
peas and beans, green corn, tomatoes,
other vegetables and fruits. 3S, Or
peaches, pears, plums and prunes, and
other orchard fruits; in each the num-
Der of acres, crop of 1889, number of
bearing trees, number OF young trees
not bearing, and value of all orchard
products sold. 80, Vineyards: Number
of acres in vines bearing, and in young
vines not bearing product of grapes and
.raisins, and value in 1889.
Besides these questions on the regular
agricultural schedule No. 2, Superin-
tendent Robert P. Porter has ordered
several special investigations in the in
terest 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 number of all the various farmers
organizations, such as agricultural and
horticultural societies, poultry and bee
associations, farmers 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 farm
/. ers will cheerfully cooperate with
the enumerators and other officials in
promptly furnishing the correct figures
more comprehensive returns regarding
our greatest industry will be obtained