San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-30
FARMERS AND THE CENSUS.

in all. There are $4,000 enumerators.
who in all parts of the country will
begin their work Monday morning,
June 2, 1890. Every farm will be
visited before June 30, 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 1859, and not to the growing crops
of 1890:
| Q) Your name as occupant of the
farm. (2) Are you owner, renter for
money, or for share of the crops OF
farm? (3) Are you white or black?
| az Number ofacres of land, improved
and unimproved. (5) Acres irrigat-
ed. (6) Number of artesian wells
flowing. (7) Value of farm. build
ings, implements, machinery, and
live stock. (S) Fences: Cost of build
ing and repairing. (9) Cost of fertili-
zers. I10) Labor: Amount paid for
labor, including board; weeks of
hired labor, white or black. (lD
Products: Estimated value of all
farm productions sold, consum ed, or
on hand for 1889. ~ Forestry:
Amount of wood cut, and value of al
forest products sold. Cl3 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. Q4 Sugar: Cane, sorghum,
maple, and beet; sugar and mOlasses;
acres, product and value of each.
15) Castor Beans; Acres. (16) Cereals:
Barely, buckwheat, Indian corn,
oats, rye, wheat; acres, crop, amount
of each sold and consumed, and value.
an Rice: Acres, crop, and value.
(1S) Tobacco. Acres, crop, amount
sold, and value. 90 Peas and Beans:
Bushels, and value of crop sold. (20)
Peanuts: Acres, bushels, and value.
C2r) Hops: Acres, pounds, and value.
(22) Fibers: Cotton, flax, and
hemp; acres, crop, and value.
(23) Broom Corn: Acres, pounds,
and value. CA Live Stock, Horses,
mules, and assess; number on
hand June |, 1890; number fOaled in
1889; number sold In 1889; number
died in 1889. (25J Sheep: Number
on hand June l, 1890, of fine WOOL"
'Iong WOOL" and "all other" num-
Der of lambs dropped in 1889; "spring |
lambs" sold in 1889; sold in 1889 other |
than "spring Lambs" slaughtered for
use on farm in 1889; killed by dogs in |
1889; died from other causes in 1889. |
(26) Wool: Shorn spring of 1890 and |
fall of 1889. (27) Goats: Number of |
Angora and common. (2S) Dogs: On |
farm June /, 1890. (29) Neat Cattle: |
Working oxen, mich cows, and other |
cattle on hand June ], 1890; number |
of pure bred, grade and common; |
calves dropped in 1889; cattle sold in |
1889, slaughtered for use on the farm,
and died in 1886. 800 Dairy: Milk |
total gallons produced on farm; sold |
for use in families; sent to creamery |
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 or factnry;
sold other than creamery or factory.
Cheese-pOunds made on farm and
sold in 1889. (3l) Swine: Number on
hand June l, 1890; sold in 1889; con-
sumed on farm and died in 1889. (32) |
Poultry: Number each of chickens,
geese, and ducks on hand June !,
1889; value Of all poultry pro-
ducts sold; eggs produced, sold,
and value In 1889. (33) Bees: Num-
Der OF stands, pounds of honey and
wax produced, and value. (34) Onions:
Field crOp-number of acres, bushels
produced and sold, and value. 49,
Potatoes: sweet and Irish, bushels
produced and sold. 1861 Market gar
dens and small fruits Number of
acres in vegetables, black berries,
Gran berries, raspberries, strawberries,
and other small fruits, and total value
of products in 1889. (37) Vegetables
and fruits for canning: Number of
acres, and products, in bushels of |
peas and beans, green corn, tOma-
toes, other vegetables and fruits.
(3S) Orchards; Apples, apricOts,
cherries, peaches, pears, plums and |
prunes, and other orchard fruits; in |
each the number OF acres, crop in 1889, |
number of bearing trees number of |
young tsees not bearing, and value of |
all orchard products sold. (39) Vine
yards: Number of acres in vines
bearing and in young vines not bear
ing; products of grapes and raisins, |
and value in 1889.
Besides these questions on the re- |
gular Agricultural Schedule No. 2, |
superintendent Robert P. Porter has !
ordered several special Investigations
in the interests of agriculture, among |
which are Niticulture, Nurseries, |
Florists, Seed and Truck Farms, |
Semi-troplc Fruits, Oranges, etc,
Live Stock on the great ranges, and |
in cities and villages; also the names
and number of all the various farmers |
organizations, such as Agricultural
and Horticultural Societies, Poultry |
and Bee Associations, Farmers Clubs,
Oranges, Alliances, Wheels, Unions,