The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-06-03
COUNTING THE PEOPLE.
Some of the Inquiries to be Made by
the Census Enumerators in June.

the Census Enumerators in June.
The Eleventh Cen sus of the United
States will be taken during the month
of. June. The census enumerators
will begin their work on Monday,
June I'd, and will visit every house
and ask questions concerning every
person and every family in the United
States. The questions that will De
asked call for the mama of every per
son residing in the United States on
the first day of June, With their sex
and age, and whether white, black,
mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, or Chi
nese, Japanese, or Indian. Inquiry
will be made also of every person as
to whether they are single, married,
widowed, or divorced, and, if mar,
ried, whether married during the cen
sus par. The place of birth of each
person, and the place of birth of the
father and mother of each person,
will also be called for, as we'll as a
statement as to the profession, trade,
or occupation followed and the num-
bea of months unemployed during
the census year. For all persons ten
years of age or over a return must
be made by The enumerator as 20 the
mum Der able to read and write, and
also the number Sho can speak Eng
ish. For those who cannot speak
English the particular language or
dialect spoken by them will be ascer-
tanned For children of school age
also, the number of months they at
tended school will be recorded by the
census enumerators. In the case of
mothers an inquiry will be made as to
the number of children they have
had, and the number of these children
living at the present time. This in.
Quiry is to be made of all women who
are or have been married, including all
who are widows or have been divorced.
Foreign born males of adult age, that
is, Il years of ago or over, will be
asked as to the number of years they
have been in the United Sta es, and
whether they are naturalized or have
taken out naturalization papers. OF
the head of each family visited the
question will be asked as to the mum
Der of persons in the family, and
whether his home is owned or hired !;
also, if owned, whether the home is
free from mortgage incumbrance, If
the head of the family is farmer,
similar inquiries will be made concern
ing the ownership of the farm. In
addition to these inquiries, all of
viii h are made on the population
schedule, the law under which the
census is taken makes provjsi n for
special inquiries concerning such of
the population as may be mentally or
physically defective in any respect,
that is, insane, feeble minded, deaf,
blind or crippled, or who may be
temporarily disabled by sickness, dis
ease or accident at the time o. the
enumerator's visit. Certain special
inquiries will also be made concerning
inmates of prisons and refornatories
and of charitable and benevolent in
stitutiOns. Besides this, a statement
will be called for concerning all per
sons who have died during the census
year, giving their name, age sex, oc,
cupatIon, and cause of death.
This official count of the people
comes but once in ten years, and
every family and every person should
consider il to be their duty to answer
the questions of the census enumera
tors willingly and promptly, so that
definite and accurate information may
be gained concerning the $4,000, 600
people wing within the bounds of
this great country.
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