Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-06
THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.
LIST OF QUESTIONS WHICH WILL BE
ASKED BY THE ENUMERATORS.
Thirty Inquiries which Every Citizen
Must Answer-A Special Additional
List of 80 Questions for Farmers
Census of manufactures,


to answer:
l. Give Christian name in FULL initial of
middle name and surname
2. Whether soldier, sailor or marine
during the civil war United States or con
federate), or widow of such person.
3. Relationship to head of family.
4. Whether white or black, muatto
quadroon, octoroon, Chinese, japanese or
Indian.
3. Sex.
6. Age Mt nearest birthday. If under
one year give age in months.
Z. Whether single, married widowed or
divorced.
s. Whether married during the census
year June /, 1889, to May 81, 1907
8. Mother of how many children; the
number of those living
10. Place of birth.
II. Place of birth of father.
II. Place of birth of mother.
10. Number of years in the United
States
Ia. Whether naturalized.
ID. Whether naturalization papers have
been taken out
IT.. Profession, trade or occupation.
II. Months unemployed during the cen
sus year June T. 1889, to May 81, 1900
IS Attendance at school lin months
during the census year June /, 1889, to
May 81 1900
~. Able to read?
30 Able to write
81. Able to speak English? II not, the
language or dialect spoken
~. Whether suffering from acute or
chronic disease, with name of disease and
the length of time afflicted
23 Whether detective in mind sight,
learning or speech, or whether crippled,
MANNED or deformed-name of defect
"a. Whether a prisoner, convict, home
less child, pauper.
% aud % Is the home you live in hired
or is it owned by the head or by member
of the family
p. If owned by head or member of fam
| lily, is the house free from mortgage or en-
| cumbrance
%. If the head OF the family is farmer,
is the farm which ne cultivates hired, or is
1t owned by him or a member of his fam
| lily?
30 If owned by head or member of fam
| lily, is the farm free from mortgage incum-
brance?
30 If the home or farm is owned by
head or member of family, and mortgaged,
give postoiice address Of owner.
Every farm will be visited before June
3d. and the following questions will be an
swered keeping in mind that the figures
you are to give nearly all pertain to the
crops of 1883, 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 farm
j. Are you white or black?
4. Number OF acres of land, improved
and unimproved
D. Acres irrigated.
g. Number of artesian wells flowing.
T. Value of farm, buildings, implements,
machinery and live stock.
g. Fences--Cost of building and repair
| ing.
g. Cost of fertilizers.
TO- Labor-Amounts paid for labor, In
Guiding board; weeks OF nired labor, white
! or black.
H. Products-Estimated value of al |
farm productions sold, consumed, or on
land for 1889.
| - Forestry-Amount of wood cut and
value of all forest products sold.
10. Grass lands-Acres of ca oh kind of
grass land cut for hay or pastured tons of
hay and straw sold clover and grass seeds
produced and sold; silos and their capacity.
A. Sugar-Cane, sorghum, maple and
beet; sugar and molasses acres, product
and value OF each.
-. 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.
1S Tobacco-Acres, crop, amount sold
and value,
49, Pease and beans-Bushels, and value
of crop sold
90 Peanuts-Acres, bushels and value
81. Hops-Acres, pounds and value
%. Fibres-Cotton fax and hemp; acres,
crop and value,
%. Broom corn.-Acres, pounds and
value.
"a. Live stock-Horses mules and asses:
number on hand June /, 1890; number foal
ed in 1889; number sold in 1899; number
died in 1889.
%. shecp-Number on hand June /. 1890,
of Zine wool" 'long WOOL and " all
other;' number of lambs dropped in 1889:
spring lambs sold In 1899; sold in 1889
other than spring lambs" slaughtered for
use on farm in 1889; killed by dogs in 1899;
died from other causes in 1889
26. Woo--shorn spring of 1890 and fall
of 1899.
81. Goats-Number of Angora and COM
mon.
%. Dogs-On farm June /, 1890.
30. Neat cattle-W orking oxen, mich
cows and other cattle on hand June |,
1890; number of pure bred, grade and com
mon; calves dropped in 1899; cattle sold in
1882 slaughtered for use on the farm, and
died in 1889
80 Milk-total gallons produced
on farm; sold for use in families; sent tc
creamery or factory; used on farm includ
ing for butter or cheese; used on farm in
raising cream for SALE including for cream
cry or factory Butter-pounds made or
farm and sold in 1899, Cream-quarts SEM
to creamery or factory; sold other than tc
creamery or factory. Cheese-pounds made
on farm and sold in 1889.
! 81. Swine-Number on hand June l.
1890; sold in 1889; consumed on farm anc
died in 1889.
80. Poultry-Number each of chickens
turkeys, geese and ducks on hand June
1889; value Of all poultry products sold
eggs produced, sold and value in 1889.
49, Bees-Number of stands, pounds O
J honey and wax produced, and value.