Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-29
Farmers and the Census.

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1880, and ends May 81, 1890. Each
State has from one to eleven super
visors' districts. There are 175
supervisors in all. There arc $4,000
enumerators, who in all parts of the
country will begin their work Mon
day morning, June 2, 1890. Every
farm will be visited before June 30,
and the following questions will be
asked, keeping in mind that the fig
ures you arc to give nearly all per-
tain to the crops of 1889, and not
to the growing crops of 1890:
CD Iou name as occupant of
the farm. (2) Are you owner, renter
for money, or for share Of the crops
of the farm2 (3) Arc you white or
black? (D Number of acres of
land, improved and unimproved.
(5) a res irrigated. (6) Number of
artcsian wells flowing. O Value Of
farm, buildings, implements, machi-
merry, and live stock. (S) Fcnccs :.
Cost of building and repairing. (9)
Cost of fertilizers. QW Lobor.'
Amounts paid for labor, including
board; weeks of hired labor, white
or black. QD Pro0uctS:. Estimated
value of all farm productions, sold,
consumed, or on hand for 1880. Q2)
Forest,y:: Amount of wood cut,
the value of all forest products sold.
QO Gr0sSitmtls. Acres Of each
kind of grassland cut for hay or
pasturcd; tons of hay and straw
sold; clover and grass seeds pro-
duced and sold; silos and their capa-
city. QD ,Suyar: Cane, sorghum,
maple, and beet; sugar and molasscs;
acres, product and value of each.
QO castor Beons:: Acres. U6)
Ccreols.: Barley, buckwhcat, Indian
corn, oats, rye, wheat; acres, crop,
amount Of each sold and consumed,
and value. QO Rice: Acres, crop,
and value. QS) Iobucco: Acres,
crop, amount sold, and value. U9)
Peas and Bc0nS.. Bushels, and
value of crop sold. (20) Peanuts :.
Acres, bushels, and value. (2D
Iops: Acres, pounds, and value.
(22) Fibers.: Cotton, flax, and hemp;
acres, crop, and value. (23) Broon,
corn: Acres, pounds, and value.
(2D ,Line ,rtoch. Horses, mules, and
asses; number on hand June |, 1890;
number foalcd in 1889; number sold
in 1889; number died in 1889. (25)
.Hecp: Number on hand June l.,
1890, of "linc WOOL" "long WOOL"
and call othcr;' number OF lambs
dropped in 1889; "snring lambs"
sold in 1880; sold il other than
"spring lambs;" slaughtered FOR use
on farm in 1889; killed by dogs in
1899; died from other causes in 1899.
(2G Wool: Shorn spring of 1890
and fall of 1880. 2O coats: Mum
Der Of Angora and common. (2S)
Dogs: On farm June ], 1890. (20)
Neat CuUie:: Working oxen, milch
cows, and other cattle on hand June
I, 1890; number Of pure bred, grade
and common; calves dropped in 1899;
cattle sold in 1880, slaughtered for
use on farm, and died in 1880. (3O)
DairV:: Milk-total gallons pro-
duccd on farm; sold for use in fami-
lies; sent to creamery or factory;
used Oh farm, including butter or
cheese; used on farm in raising cream
for sale, including for creamery or
factory. Buttcr-pounds made on
farm and sold i'm 1889. Cream
quarts sent to creamery or factory;
sold other than to creamery or lac
tory. Chcesc-pounds made on
farm and sold in 1880. (3D ,S,cinc!
Number on hand June |, 1890; sold
i'm 1899; consumed on farm and died
in 1899. (32) pou/tyy: Number
each o, chickens, turkeys, geese, and
ducks on hand June |, 1880; value
OF all poultry products sold; eggs
produced, sold, and value in 1880
(33) ices - Number Of stands
pounds Of honey and wax produced,
and value. (3I) O,HonS-I'icll crop
-numbcr Of acres, bushels produced
and sold, and value. (35) pohutoc$--
Sweet and Irish, bushels produced
and sold. (3G) Murhct Gon'cuH
and ,SnoU TiWits-N Number of acres
in vegetables, blackbcrrics, cranbcr-
rics, strawberries, and other small
fruits, and total value Of products IN
1880. (3D Icgctob/cs and Truit,
for Cto'niny--Numbcr Of acres, and
products, i'm bushels, of peas and
beans, green corn, tomatoes, other
vegetables and fruits. (3S) Or.
chortI$--Arplcs, apricots, cherries
| prorhrs Drars blumS and prunps