Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-05-30
FARMERS AND THE CENSUS.

The census year began June l, 1889,
and ends May 81, 1890. Each State
has from one to eleven supervisors
districts. There are l75 supervisors
in all. There are 1900 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 fol-
lowing questions will be asked, keep
ing in mind that the figures you are
to give nearly all pertain to the crops
of 1889, and not to the growing crops
OF 1890:
(D Your name as occupant OF the
farm. (2) Are you owner, renter for
money, or for share of the crops Of
the farmi (3) Arc you white or
blacki l4) Number Of acres of land,
improved and unimproyed. (5) Acres
irrigated. (6) Number of artesian
wells flowing. (0 Value of farm,
buildings, implements, machinery and
live stock. (S) Fences; Cost ofbuild-
ing and repairing. (9) Cost of fertili-
zers. (10) Labor. Amounts paid for
labor, including board; weeks OF hired
labor, white or black. Ql) Products:
Estimated value OF all farm produc-
tions sold, consumed, or on hand for
1890. Q2) Forestry: Amount of wood
cut, and value of all products sold.
Q3) Grassldnds. 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
aud their capacity, (l4) Sugar Cane,
sorghum, maple, and beet; sugar and
molasses; acres, product and value of
each. Q5) Castor Beans. Acres.
(16) Cereals; Barley, buckwheat, In
dian corn, oats, rye, wheat; acres,
crop, amount Of each sold and con-
sumed, and value. "a Rice: Acres,
crop, and value lis) Tobacco: Acres,
crop, amount sold, and value. 19)
Peas aud Beans: Bushels, and value
of crop. (20) Peanuts: Acres, bush
els and value. (2l) Hops: Acres,
pounds, and value. (22) Fibres
Cotton, flax and hemp; acres, crop, |
and value. (23) Broom Corn; Acres,
pounds, and value. (24) Fine Stool;
Horses, mules, and asses; number on
hand June /, 1890; number foaled in |
1889; number sold in 1889; number
died in 1889. (25) 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 1889; sold in 1889 9TH
or than ''spring lambs;" slaughtered !
for use ON farm in 1889; killed by /
dogs in 1889; died from other causes
in 1899. (26) Wool: Shorn spring of
1890 and fall of 1889. (27) Goats
Number of Angora and common. (2S)
Dogs On farm June /, 1890. COY
Neat Cattle. Working oxen, milch
COWS, and other cattle on hand June
/, 1890; number of pure bred, grade
and common; calves dropped in 1899;
cattle sold in 1889, slaughtered for
use on the farm, and died in 1889:
(30) Dairy: Milk-total gallons pro-
duced on farm; sold for use to fami-
lies; 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. Butter-pounds made on
farm and sold in 1889. Cream
quarts sent to creamery or factory;
sold other than to creamery or factory. I
Cheese pounds made on farm. and
sold in 1880. (31) iSicine.: Number on
hand June /, 1890; sold in 1889; con-
sumed on farm and died in 1889. (32)
Poulirv. Number each Of chickens,
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