The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-30

paid for labor, including board; weeks of
hired labor, white or black. IL, Products:
Estimated value of all farm production
sold, consumed or on hand for 1889. IL,
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, sorghum, maple and beet, sugar and
molasses; acres, product and value of each.
Is, 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. Is, Tobacco: Acres,
crop, amount sold, and value. 10, Peas
and beans: Bushels, and value of crop sold.
20, Peanuts: Acres, bushels and values. 21,
Hops: Acres, pounds, and value. %, FL
bers: Cotton, fax. II hemp; acres, crop.
and value. 90, Broom Corn: Acres, pounds,
and value. "a, Live Stock: Horses, mules,
and asses; number on hand June 1. 1890;
number foaled in 1889; number died in
1889. 25 Sheep: Number on hand June l.,
1890; of s6ne wool.'' 'long WOOL" and "all
others;' : number of lambs dropped in 1889;
ssspring la1nbs' 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. %.
Wool: Shorn spring of 1890 and fall of
1889. 81. Goats: Number of Angora and
common. %. Dogs: On farm June LIST,
1880. 80. Neat Cattle: Working oxen.
mich COWS and other cattle on hand June
LIST, 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 1889. 80. 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.
I Butter-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. 81. 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 jun l, 1889; value of
! all poultry products sold; eggs produced,
r sold and value in 1889. 80. Bees: Number
J of stands, pound of honey and wax pro.
number of acres, bushels produced and
4 SOlu. d4lN NAluCs ccs l. blcSS soNSSI Az
S Irish, bushels produced and sold. sc
Market Gardens and Small Fruits: Number
!, of acres in vegetables, blackberries, Gran.
u berries, raspberries, strawberries, anc
v other small fruits, and total value Of prod.
e ucts in 1889. 81. Vegetables and Fruit:
It for Canning: Number of acres, and prod
j., ucts, in bushels, of peas and beans, greer
;, corn, tomatoes, other vegetables and fruits
3S. Orchards: Apples, apricots, cherries
peaches, pears, plums, and prunes anc
other orchard fruits; in each the number
of acres, crop in 1889, number of bearing
trees, number of young trees not bearing
u and value of all orchard products sold
S 80. Vineyards: Number of acres in vines
bearing and in young'rvines not bearing
products of grapes and %ralsins, and value
in 1889.
2 Besides these questions on the regular
Agricultural Schedule No. 2, Sup~erinten-
dent Robert P. Porter has ordered several
special Investigations in the interest of
agriculture, among which are Viticulture,
Nurseries, Florists, Seed and Truck Farms,
Semi-Tropic fruits, oranges and ETC.,
live stock on the great ranges, and in
cities and villages; also the names and
number of all the various farmers organi-
cations, such as agricultural and horticul-
tural societies, poultry and bee associa
tons, farmers clubs, oranges, alliances,
wheels, unions. leagues and etc.,
In no part of the census work have the
lines been extended more than in the direc-
ton of agriculture. and if farmers will
now cheerfully cooperate with the enumer-
ators and other officials in furnishing the
correct figures more comprehensive re-
turns regarding our greatest industry will
| be obtained than ever before.