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FARM AND HOME.
COUNTING THE PEOPLE.
Some of the Inquiries to be made by the

Some of the Inquiries to be made by the
Census Enumerators in June.
The Eleventh Census of the
United States will be taken during
the month of June. The census
enumerators will begin their work
on Monday, June 2, and will visit
every house and ask questions
concerning every person and every
family in the United States. The
questions that will be asked call
tor the name of every person re-
siding IN the United States on the
first day OF June, with their sex
and age, and whether white, black,
mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, OF
Indian. inquiry will be made also
OF every person as TO whether they
are single, married, widowed, or
divorced, and, if married, whether
married during the census year.
The place of birth of each person,
and the place of birth of the father
and mother OF each person, will
also be called for, as well as
statement as to the profession,
trade, or, occupation followed and
the number of months unemployed
during the census year. For all
persons ten years OF age or over a
return must be made by the
enumerator as to the number able
to read and write, and also the
number who can speak English.
For those who can not speak
English the particular language or
dialect spoken by them will be
ascertalned. For children of
school age, also, the number of
months they attended school will
be recorded by the census enumer-
orators. In the case ofmothers an
inquiry will be made as to the
number OF children they have
had. and the number of these
children Lying at the present time.
This inquiry is to be made OF all
women who are or have been
married, including all who are
widows or have been divorced.
Foreign-born males of adult age,
that is 81 years OF age or over, will
be asked as to the number years
they have been in the United
States, and whether they ere
naturalized or have taken out
naturalization papers. Of the
head of each family visited the
question will be asked as to the
number of persons IN the family,
and whether his home is owned or
hired; also, if owned, whether the
home is tree from mortgage in
cumbrance. If the head of the
family is a farmer, similar IN
qulrles will be made concerning
the ownership of the farm. In ad-
dition to these inquiries, all OF
which are made on the population
schedule, the law under which the
census is taken makes provision
for special inquiries concerning
such of the population as may be
mentally or physically defective in
any respect, that is, insane, feeble.
minded, deaf, blind, or crippled, OF
who may be temporarily disabled
by sickness, disease, or accident
at the time of the enumerator's
visit. Certain special inquiries
will also be made concerning IN
mates OF prisons and reformatories
and of charitable and benevolent
institutions. Besides this, {
statement will be called for con
cerning all persons who have dice
during the census year, giving
their name, age, sex, occupation
and cause of death.
This official count of the peopl'
comes but obce IN ten years, ant
every family and every person
should consider it to be their duty
to answer the questions ofthe cen
sus enumerators willingly ant
promptly, so that definite and &C
curate information may be gained
concerning the 65,000,0O0 peopl'
living within the bounds of TIL
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