Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-05-29
FARMERS AND THE CENSUS.

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 1900 enumerators, who in all parts
of the country will begin their work on
Monday morning, June ,. 1890. Every
farm will be visited before June 3Oth,
and the following 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:
l \ our name as occupant of the farm
Are you owner, renter for money, or
for share of the crops of the farm? 3
Are you white or black? Number of
acres of land. improved or unimproved
3 Acres irrigated. Number of artesian
wells flowing. Value of farm, build
ings, implements, machinery, and live
stock. s Fences: Cost of building and re-
pairing 9 9Cost of fertilizers. 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
grassland cut for hay or pastured: tons
of hay and straw sold; clover and grass
seeds produced and sold; silos and their
capacity. IA Sugar: Cane, sOrgham, ma
pie, and beet; sugar and molaSeS; acres,
product, and value of each. 10 Cereals:
Barley, bnckwheat, Indian corn. oats. rye,
wheat; acres, crop, amount of each sold
and consumed, and value. IL Rice: Acres,
crop, and value. II Tobacco: Acres. crop,
amount SOld and value Is Peas and
Beans: Bushels, and value of crop sold.
10 Hops: Acres, pounds, and value. 20
Fibers: Cotton, flax, and hemp; acres, crop,
and value. 2l Broom Corn: Acres, pounds,
and value. % Live Stock: Horses, mules,
and asses; number on hand June l, 1890:
number fOaled in 1889: number sold in
1889; number died in 1889 % Sheep:
Number on hand June l, 1890, of " fine
WOOL "long WOOL" and :" all Other;"
number of flambs dropped in 1889: "spring
lambs" sold in 1889: sold in 1899 other
than "spring lambs;' slaughtered for use
on farm in 1889; killed by dogs III 1889;
died from other causes in 1889. u Wool:
Shorn spring of 1890 and fall of 1899 %
Goats: Number of Angora and common.
l.. = ~
Cattle: Working oxen, mich cows, and
other cattle on hand June |. 1890; num-
of pure bred, grade and common: calves
dropped in 1883; cattle sold in 1889,
slaughtered for use on the farm, and died
in 1889. % Diary: Milk-total gallons
produced on farm; sold for use in fami-
lies; 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. But
ter-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. 90 Swine: Number on
hand June l, 1890; sold in 1889: consumed
on farm and died in 1889. 80 Poultry:
Number each of chickens, turkeys, geese,
and ducks on hand June |, 1899: value of
all poultry products sold; eggs produced,
sold, and value in 1889. 81 Bees: Number
of stands, pounds of honey and wax pro
duced, and value. 30 Onions: Field crop
number of acres, bushels produced and
sold, and value. 80 Potatoes: Sweet and
Irish, bushels produced and sold. "a Mar
ket Gardens and Small Fruits: Number
of acres in vegetables, blackberries, cram
berries, raSpberrieS, Strawberries, and
other smallss lssfruits, and total value of pro-
ducts in 1889. 80 Vegetables and Fruits
for Canning: Number of acres, and pro-
ducts, in bushels, of peas and beans, green
corn, tomatoes, other vegetables and
fruits. 36 Orchards: Apples, apricOts,
cherries, peaches, pears, plumS, and
prunes, and other orchard fruits; in each
the number of acres, crop in 1889, num-
Der of bearing trees, number of young
trees not bearing, and value of all or
chard products sold. 81 Vineyards:
Number 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 regular
Agricultural Schedule No. 2, Superinten-
dent Robert p. Porter has ordered sever
al special investigations in the interests
of agriculture, among which are Viticul-
ture, 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 organ
izations, such as Agricultural and Horti-
cultural Societies, Poultry and Bee As
sociations, Farmers Clubs, Oranges, Al
liances, Wheels, Unions, Leagues, etc.
In no part of the census work have the
lines been extended more than in the di-
rection of agriculture, and if farmers
will now cheerfully cooperate with the
enumerators and other officials in prompt
ly furnishing the correct figures more |
comprehensive returns regarding our
greatest industry will be obtained than |
ever before.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.