Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-06-07
Farmers and tho Census.

and ends May 31, 1S90. Each state has from one to eleven supervisors districts.
 There are 175 supervisors in all. There
 are 42,O00 enumerators, who in all parts
 of the country will begin their work
 Monday morning, June ?, 1880. Every
 farm will be visited before June 30. 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 80.
 l. Your name as occupant of the farm. 9 Are you owner, renter for money, or for share of the crops of the farm? 3.
 Are you white or black? f. Number of acres of land, improved and unimproved.
 ,. Acres irrigated. 6. Number of artesian wells flowing. '. Value of farm,
 buildings, implements, machinery, and
 live stock. s. Fences: Cost of building and repairing. 9. Cost of fertilizers
 10. Labor: Amounts paid for labor, ln- cluding board; weeks of hired labor, white or black. Il. Products: Estimat- ed value of all farm productions sold, consumed, or On hand for 1SS9 12
 Forestry: Amount of wood cut, and va lue of all forest products sold. l3. Grass lands: Acres of each kind of grassland cut for hay or paEtured; tons of hay and straw sold; clover and grass seeds pro- duced and sold; silos and their capacity
 l4. Sugar: Cane, sorghum, maple, and
 beet; sugar and molasses; acres, pro- duct and value of each. 15. Castor Beans: Acres. 16. Cereals: Barley, buckwheat, Indian corn, oats, rye, wheat; acres, crop, amount of each sold and consumed, and value. +. Rice: Acres, crop, and value. IS. Tobacco: Acres, crop, amount sold. and value. l9. Peas and Beans: Bushels, and value of crop sold. 20. Peanuts: Acres, bushels, and value. 21. Hops: Acres, pounds, and va lue. 22 tiacrs: Cotton, flax, and hemp; acres, crop, and value. g. Broom Corn: Acres, pounds, and value 24. Live Stock: Horses, mules, and asses; mum Der on hand June l, 1890; number foaied 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 lambs dropped in 1889; ''spring lambs" sold in 1883; sold in 1889 other than spring lambs;" slaughtered for use on farm in 1889; killed by dogs in 1889; died from other Causes in 1S89 26 Wool: | Shorn spring Of 1890; and fall of 1889. | ?. Goats: Number of Angora and com mon. B. Dogs: On farm June l, 1890. | g. Neat Cattle: Working oxen, milch | COWS, and other cattle on hand June 1. | 1890; number of pure bred, grade and common; calves dropped in 1889; cattle sold in 1869, slaughtered for use on the farm, and died in 1889. (3O) Dairy: | Milk-total gallons produced on farms: | sold for use in families; sent to cream cry or factory; used on farm, including for | butter or cheese; used on farm for rais- 1 ing cream for sale. including for | creamery or factory. Butter-pounds made on farm and sold in 1889. Cream quarts sent to creamery or factory; l sold other than to creamery or factory; Cneese-pounds made on farm and sold in 1889. (3l) Swine: Number on hand June l, 1890, sold in 1889; consum- ed ca farm and died in 1889. (32) Poultry: Number each of chickens. Turkeys, geese and ducks On hand June 1, 1889; value of all poultry products sold; eggs produced sold, and value in 1889. (33) Bees: Number of stands. ! pounds of honey, and wax produced. and value. (35) Onions: Field crop-Num- bers of acres. bushels produced and sold, and value. (35) Potatoes: Sweet and Irish, bushels produced and sold (3Sl Market gardens and small fruits: Mum per of acres n vegetables, blBckberries. cranberries, raspberries. strawberries. and other small fruits, and total value of products in 1889 (37l Vegetables and fruits for canning: Number of acres; and products, in bushels. of peas and beans, green corn and tomatoes. other vegetables and fruits. (38} Orch ards: Apples, apTicots, cherries. peaches, pears, plums, and prunes, and other orchard fruits; in each the mum Der of acres in crop in 1889, number of bearing trees. number of young trees not bearing, and value Of ali orchard pro- ducts hot sod. (39) Vineyards: Mum Der Of acres in vines bearing and IL young vines not bearing; products of grapes and ralsins, and value in 1859.
 Besides these questions on the regu lar Agricultural Schedule No. 2, Superin- vende3t Robert P. Porter has ordered
 eTeral special investigations in the in terests Of agrculture, among which are Viticulture, Nurseries, Florists, Seed Truck Farms, Semi-tropic Fruits, Or anges, etc, Live Stock On the great rang, s, and cities and villages; also the name and humber of al the various farmers'- organizations, such as 4 Agricui- tural and Horticultural Societies, Poultry and Bee Associations, Farmers Clubs. Oranges, Alliances, Wheels, Unions, Leagues, etc.
 Iu no part of the census work have the llneS been extended more than in the direction of agriculture, and if the farmers will now cheerfulIy corporate with the enumerators and other officials m promptly furnishing tl:e correct figures more comprehensive returns regarding our greatest industry will bs obtained than ever before.