Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
FARMERS AND THE CENSUS.
How the Farmers May Facilitate the Work Of
the Census Enumerators.


the Census EnumeratOrs.
The census year began June l, 1889,
and ends May 81, 1890. Each state has
from one to eleven supervisors districts.
There are IT'S supervisors in all. There
are A., 900 enumerators, who IN all parts
Of the country will begin their work Mon
day morning, June 2, 1890. Every farm
will be visited before June 80, and the
following 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:
ID Your name as occupant of the
farm. (2) Are you owner, renter for
money, or for share of the crops of the
farm? (3) Are you white or black? ~
Number of acres of land, improved and
unImproved. (5) Acres irrigated. (6)
Number of artesian wells flowing. %
Value of farm, buildings, implements,
machinery and livestock. 90 Fences:
Cost of building and repairing. 90 Cost
of fertilizers. QO) Labor. Amounts
paid for labor, including board; weeks
of hired labor, white or black.
QD Products: Estimated value
of all farm productions sold,
consumed, or on hand tor
1883. Q2) Forestry: Amount Of wood
cut and value of all forest products sold.
N3) Grasslands: Acres of each kind of
grassland cut for hay or pasture: tons of
hay and straw sold, clover and grass
seeds produced and sold; silos and their
capacity. (l4) Sugar: Cane, sorghum,
maple, and beet; sugar and molasses;
acres, product and value of each. ll5)
Castor beans: Acres. Q6) Cereals:
Barley, buckwheat, Indian corn, oats,
rye, wheat; acres, crop, amount OF
each sold and consumed, and valusf
% Rice: Acres, crop, and vslgs
(lS) Tobacco: Acres, crop, amount sote
and value. (9l Peas and beaks:
Bushels and value of crop sold. CSO
Peanuts: Acres, bushels and vslua.
CID Hops: Acres, pounds and valn6,:
(22) Fibers: Cotton, fax and hemP%
acres, crop and value. (2S) Broomoorn !;
Acres, pounds and value. (24) LiYsf
stock: Horses, mules and asses; nuD3ss
Der on hand June l, 1890; number tossed
In 1889; number sold in 1889; number
died in 1889. (25) Sheep: Numberfon
hand June l, 1890, of "fine wool, -
"long wool'' and "all o:her;" number
of lambs dropped in 1889; "spring
lambs sold in 1889; other
than "spring lambs;'' slaught-
cred for use on farm in 1889;
killed by dogs in 1889; died from other
causes in 1889. (26) Wool: ShorpS
spring OF 1890 and fall of 1889. 80
Goats: Number of Angors and common.
(2s) Dogs; On farm June /, 1890. (29)
Neat cattle: Working oxen, mich
COWS and other cattle on hand June /,
1880; number OF pure bred; grade and
common; calves dropped in 1889; cattle
sold in 1889, slaughtered for use on the
farm, and died in 1889. (30) 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 in making
cream for sale, including for creamery
or factory. Butter: Pounds made on
farm and sold in 1889. Cream; Quarts
sent to creamery or fsctary;
sold other than TO creamery
or factory. Cheese: Pounds made
on farm and sold in 1889. (3D Swine:
Number on hand June /, 1890; sold in
1883; consumed on farm and died in
1889. [S2) Poultry: Number each of
chickens. turkeys, geese and ducks on