The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-06-05
Farmers and the Census.

lS9O. Every farm will be visited be
fore June 80. and the following ques-
tionS will I've asked, keeping in mind
that the figures YOU are to give nearly
all pertain tu the crops of 1888, and
not to the growing crops of 1890:
/. Your name as Occupant of the
farm. =. Are you owner, renter Tor
money, OF for share of the crop of the
farms 3. Are yOr White or black i.
Number of ceres of land improved
and unimproved. >. Value of farm,
buildings, implements, machinery .
and live stock. 6. Fences: Cost of
building and repairing. I. Cost of
fertilizers. &. Amounts paid for Ia
Dor. including board. 9. Estimated
value uf all farm productions sold,
rfnshmctl, or on hand for 1882. 10.
amount of wood cut, and value of
forest produces sold. II. 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. 10.
sugar Cane, SORGHUM, maple, and
beet; sugar and meiasses; acres, pro-
/ duet aud value of each. Is. Cereals:
corn, oats, rye, wheat; acres, crop,
amount of each sold and consumed,
and value. II. Rice; Acres, crop,
and value. -. Tobacco: Acres, crop,
amount sold, and value. Is. Peas
and beans: Bushels, and value of crop
sold. II. Peanuts: Acres, bushels,
and value. Is. EbCrS: Cotton, flax,
and hemp: acres, crop, and value.
10. Lice Stock: Horses, mules, and
asses: number on hand June J, 1890;
nttmber foalcd in 1889; number sold
in 1889; number died in 1889. 20.
Sheep: Number on hand June /, 1890;
of "tne WOOL" "loDg WOOL and ''atl
other;" number of lambs dropped in
1889; "Spring Iambs;" slaughtered for
use on farm in 1889; killed by dogs in
1889; died from other causes i'll 1889.
81. H'ooi: Shorn Spring of 1890 and
fall of 1889. ~. Goats: Number OF
Angora and common. %. Dogs: On
| farm June l, 1890. p. Neat cattle:
Working oxen, milch COWS, and 9th
err cattle on hand June l, 1890; mum
Der of pure bred, grade and common;
calves dropped in 1889; cattle sold III
1899, slaughtered for use on the farm,
and died in 1889. %. 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 III
raising cream fol sale, Including for
creamery OF factory. Butter-pounds
made on farm and sold in 1889. p.
1890; sold in 1889; consumed on farm
and died in 1889. ~. Poultry: Num-
Der each of chickens, turkeys, geese,
and ducks on hand June l, 1889; val
ue of all poultry products sold; eggs
produced, sold, and value in 1889.
%. Bees: Number of stands, pounds
of honey and wax produced, and val
he. %. Pota toes: Sweet and Irish,
bushels produced and sold. 30. Veg
etabtes and Fruits for CanniG9: Mum
Der of acres, and products, i'll bush
els, of peas and beans, green corn,
tomatoes, other vegetables and fruits.
81. Orchards: Apples, apricots,
cherries, peaches pears, pfums, and
pruncs, and other orchard fruits; in
each the number Of acres, crop in
1889, number of bearing trees, num-
Der of young trees not bearing, and
value of all orchard products sold.
81. Vineyards: Number of acres IN
vines bearing and in young vines not
bearing; product of grapes and raj
sins, and value i'll 1889.
Besides these questions on the reg
tslar Agricultural Schedule No. q
Superintendent Robert p. Porter has
ordered several special Investigations
in the interest Of agriculture, among
which are Niticulture, Nurseries,
Florists, Seed and Truck Farms,
Semi tropic Fruits, Oranges, etc, Live
Stock on the great ranges, and IN
cities and villages; also the names
and number of all the various farmers
organizations, such as Agricultural
and Horticultural Societies, Poultry
aud Bee Associations, Farmers Clubs,
Oranges, Alliances, Wheels, Unions,
Leagues, etc.
In no part of the census work have
the lines been extended more than i'll
the direction of agriculture, and If
farmers will now cheerfully cooper
ate with the enumeratOrs and Other
officials in promptly furnishing the
eorreet tigares more comprehensive
returns regarding our greatest indus
try will he obtained than ever be
fora