The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-05-31
FARMERs AND TEE CENSUS.


The census year began June 1, 1899, and
ends May 81, 1890. Each state has from
one to eleven supervisors districts. There
are l75 supervisors in all. There are 1900
enumerators, who in all parts of the
country will begin their work Monday
morning, June 2, $780, Every farm will
be visited before June 80, and the follow
ing questions will be asked, keeping In
mind that the figures you are to give nearly
all pertain to the crops of 1889, and not to
the growing crops of 1890:
~ Your name as occupant Of the farm,
~ Are you owner, renter for money, or
for share OF the crops of the farmP (3l
Are you white oil black9 (4) Number Of
acres OF land, improved and unlmproved
(o) Acres irrigated. (6) Number of artesian
wells flowing. (7l Value Of farm, buildings,
implements, machinery, and live stock.
ls) Fences: Cost of building and repairing
l9) Cost of fertilizers. (1O) Labor: Amounts
paid foi labor, including board; weeks of
hired labor, white or black. (1l) Products:
Estimated value of all farm productions
sold consumed, or on hand for 1899. (l2)
Forestry; Amount of wood cut, and value
of all forest products sold. (13) 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. (l4) Sugar:
Cane, sorghum, maple, and beet; sugar
and molasses; acres; product and value of
each, t15) Castor Beans; Acres. (l6)
Cereals: Barley, buckwheat, Indian corn,
oats, rye, wheat; acres, crop, amount of
each sold and consumed, and value. (1D
kiee: Acres, crop, and value. (1s) Tobacco:
Acres, crop, amount sold, and yalne, t19)
Peas and beans Bushels, and value OF
crop sold. (20l Peanuts: Acres, bushels
and value. (21) Hops: Acres, pounds, and
value. (22l Fibers: 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. t25) Sheep: Number on hand June l,
1880, of "fine woor ''long WOOL" and
"all other;" number of lambs dropped in
1899; "spring lambs;" sold in 1889; sold in
1889 other than "spring lambs;" slaughter
ed for use on farm in 1889; killed by dogs
IN 1889; died from other causes in 1889.
(2o) Wool: ShOrn spring of 1890 and fall of
1889. 1917 Goats: Number of Angora and
common. t2sl Dogs: On farm June l, 1890.
(29) Neat Cattle Working oxen, milch
cows, and other cattle on hand June /.
1890; number Of pure bred, grade and
common; calves dropped in 1880; cattle
sold in 1885, slaughtered for use ON the
farm, and died in 1889. 1907 Dairy: Milk
total gallons produced on farm; sold for
use In families; sent to creamery 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 OF
factory; sold other than to creamery or
factory. Cheese-pounds made on farm
and sold in 1889. (S1) Swine; Number on
hand June l, 1890; sold In 1880; consumed
on farm and died in 1889. 1927 Poultry
Number each Of chickens, turkeys, geese,
and ducks on hand June l, 1889; value Of
all poultry products sold; eggs produced,
sold, and value In 1889. 1881 Bees Mum.
her stands, pounds of honey and wax pro.
duced, and value. (34) Onions: Field crou
humber of acres, bushels produced and
sold, and value. 1857 Potatoes: Sweet and
Irish, bushels produced and sold. 1891
Market Gardens and Small Fruits: Mum,
Der of acres IN vegetables, blaekberries
eranberries, raspberries. strawberries, anC
other small fruits, and total Yalne Of pro
ducts in 1888. (S7l Vegetables and Fruits
for Canning: Number Of acres, and pro
ducts, Ia bushels, Of peas and beans, greer
corn, tomatoes, other vegetables and fruits
1887 Orchards: Apples, apFicots. cherries
peaches, pears, plnms, and pFunes, anC
other orchard fruits; In each the numbe
of acres, crop In 1883, number bearinl
trees, number Of younR trees not bearing
and value Of all orchard products sold
1897 Vineyards: Number Of acres In vine
Bearing and in young vines not bearing
products Of grapes and raislns, ard Valu,
IN 1899.
Besides these questions ON the regnlaI
Agricultural sehudule No. 2, snprlniend
ent Robert P. Potter has ordered asTeTa
special investigations in the interests o