The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-04

iii,. :::;ttt,.. .ntrIIr:Ii u. lie Census
::',ccyri;!F !.--iie;! tie following circu-
lar
,i!ic cvn&u, zeal began jane l.
1889. and cn.!;; May 81. 1890. Each |
!ot;te has ty,o',: on. TO eleven super
vlso,'s districts. TicIe arc It's su-
pcry!sors II all There are $4,000
cnHmcratols, who i. all parts of the
country viii begin their work Monday
June ., 1896. Every farm
viii be visited before June 80, and
the following questions will be asked,
keeping il mind that tie figures you
arc to give nearly al pertain to the
crops OF 1889. and not to the growing
crops OF 1890:
~ Your name us occupant OF the
arm. ~ Are you owner, renter for
money, OF for share OF the crops OF
the farm? (3) Are you white or black?
~ Number OF acres Of land, improw
cd and uni,nproved. (5) Acres ir1igat-
ed. c. Number OF artesian wells
lowing. (7) Value Of farms, build
;ngs, implements, machinery, and
live stock. (S) Fences: Cost of build
ing and repairing. (9) Cost of fertili-
zers. (l0 Labor: Amount paid for
labor, including board; weeks OF hir-
ed labor. white or black Ql) Pro
ducts: Estimated value of all farm
productions sold, consumed, or on
hand for 1889. (12) Forestry: Amount
Of wood cut, and value Of al forest
products sold. G3) Grasslands;
Acres OF each kind OF grassland cut
for hay o. pastured; tons of hay and
straw sold; clover and grass seeds
produced and sold; silos and their
capacity. Q4) Sugar; Cane, sor-
ghum, maple, and beet; sugar and
molasses: acres, product, and value Of
each. Q5) Castor beans: Acres. (1G)
Cereals: Barley, bucllwheat, Indian
corn, oats, rye, wheat; acres, crop,
amount of each sold and consumed,
and value. (17) Rice: Acres, crop,
and value. QS) Tobacco: Acres,
crop, amount sold, and value. (19)
Peas and Beans: Bushels, and value
of crop sold (20) Peanuts: Acres,
bushels, and value. (21) Hops: Acres,
pounds, and value. (22) Fibers: Cot,
ton, fax, and hemp; acres, crop, and
| value. (23) Broom corn: Acres
pounds, and value (2D Live Stock
Horses, mules, and asses; number on
hand Jund l, 1890; number foaled II
1880: number sold in 1889; number
! died in 1889. (25) Sheep: Numbe,
on hand June l, 1890, of fine wool,
'long wool, aad "all other;" number
| of lambs dropped in 1889; 'splinG
lambs sold in 1899; sold in 1889 9th
er than "spring lambs" Slaughtered
for use on farm in 1889: killed by
| dogs in 1889; died from other cause:
in 1889. (26) Wool: Shorn spring
Of 1890 and fall Of 1889. (27) Goats
Number Of Angora and common. (29
Dogs: On farm June =, 1890. (29
Neat Cattle: Working oxen; milct
! COWS, and other cattle on hand June
l, 1890; number of pure bred. grade
and common; calves droppcdin 1889
| cattle sold in 1889, slaughtered fol
use on farm, and died III 1889. go
Dairy: Milk-total gallons produced
on farm; sold for use in families: SEN
to creamery orfactory; used on fam
including for butter or cheese; uscc
on farm in raising cream for sale, III
cluding for creamery or factory. But
ter-pounds made On farm anu solo
in 1890. Cream-quarts sent tx
| creamery orfactory; sold other thar
to creamy or factory. Cheese
pounds made on farm and sold II
1889. (31) Swine: Number On hant
June l, 1890: sold in 1889; consumed
on farm and died in 1889. 1927 Poul,
try: Number each of chickens, tr1r'
keys, geese, and ducks on hand juno
l., 1889; value of all poultry sold
eggs produced, sold, and value in 1889
(33) Bees: Number of stands, pounds
of honey and wax produced, anc
=! value. (3D Onions: Field crop
| number OF acres, bushels produced
| and sold, and value (35) Potatoes
Sweet and Irish, bushels produced
and sold (36) Market garden and
| small fruits: Number of acres in We
getablcs, blackber1ies, cramberries,
raspberries, Strawberries, and other
small fruits, and total value of pro.
ducts in 1889. (37) Vegetables and
fruits for canning: Number ofacres,
produrts, III bushels, of peas and
beans, green corn, tomatoes, other
vegetables and freits. (3S) Orchards:
Apples, apricots, cherries, peaches,
pears, plums, and prunes, and other
orchard fruits; in each the number OF
acres, rrop in 1889, number OF bear
ing trees, number Of young trees not
bearing, and value of all orchard pro
duets sold. (39) Vineyards: Number
Of acres in vines bearing and in
young vines not bearing; products
OF grapes and raisins, aad value in
1889.
Besides these questions on the
regular Agricultural Schedule No. .:
Superintendent Robert ?. Porter
has ordered several special investiga-
cations in the interest Of agriculture,
among which are Viticulture, Nurse
rics, Florists, Seed and Truck Farms,
Semi -tuopic Fruits, Oranges, etc,
Live stock on the great ranges, and
in cities and villages; also the names
and number Of all the various far
mers' organizations, such as Agricul-
tulral anCi horticultural Societies Poul-
Try and Bee Associations, Farmers
Clubs, Oranges, Alliances, WhoclA
Unions, Leagues, etc
In no part of the census work have
the lines been extended moro than in