Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-05-28
Farmers and the Census.

Inc CENSUS year bcSdi JuhS - A~o'i 49,
ends MAY 81, 1890. Each state has from one
to eleven supervisors districts There are
Us supervisors in all. There are 42,ooo
enumerators, who in all parts of the country
will begin their work Monday morning,
June 3. 1890. Every farm will be visited
before June 80, and the following questions
will be asked, keeping in mind that the fig-
ures you are to give nearly all pertain to the
crops of 1889, and not to the growing crops
of 1890:
(1) Your name as occupant of the farm.
t2) Are you owner, renter for money, or for
share of the crops of the farm? (3) Are you
white or black? az Number ofacres OF land,
improved or unimproved. (5) Acres irri-
gated C6) Number of artesian wells flow
ing. (7) Value of farm, buildings, imple-
ments, machinery, and live stock. (S)
Fences: Cost of building and repairing. (9)
Cost of fertilizers. (1O) Labor Amounts
paid for labor, including board weeks OF
hired labor, white or black. Cll) Products:
Estimated value of farm productions sold,
consumed or on hand for 1889 (l2) For
estry Amount of wood cut, and value OF all
forest products sold 1S) Grasslands: Acres
of each kind ofgrassland cut for hay or pas
tured tons of hay and straw sold; clover
and grass seeds produced and sold; silos
and their capacity. IA Sugar: Cane
sorghum, maple, and beet; sugar and molas-
SEES; acres, product and value of each. Cl5)
Castor Beans Acres. (l6) Cereals: Bar
ley, buckwheat, Indian corn, oats, rye, wheat;
acres, crop, amount of each sold and con-
sumed and value. az Rice Acres, crop,
and value (1S) Tobacco: Acres, crop,
amount sold, and value. (19) Peas and
Beans Bushels, and value OfcrOp sold. (2O)
Peanuts: Acres, bushels, and value. III
Hops Acres, pounds, and value. (22) FL
bers Cotton, flax, and hemp; acres, crop
and value (23) Broom Corn: Acres,
pounds, and value. ga Live Stock Horses,
mules, and asses; number on hand June l.,
$780, number foaled in 1889; number sold
in 1889; number died in 1889. (25) Sheep;
Number on hand June 1, 1890, of "fne
wool, '1ong WOOL and "all other" num-
Der of lambs dropped in 1889; Spring
lambs" sold in 1889; sold in 1889 other than
Spring lambs" slaughtered for use on farm
: in 1889; killed by dogs in 1889; died from
other causes in 1889. (26) Wool: Shorn
spring of 1890 and fall of 1889 (27) Goats {:
Number of Angora and common. (2Sl Dogs:
On farm June l, 1890. (29) Neat Cattle {:
Working oxen, mich cows, and other cattle
on hand June l. 1890; 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. 1907 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 raising cream for sale, in
Guiding 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.
Cheese-pounds made on farm and sold in
1889. (3l) Swine: Number on hand June
l, 1890; sold in 1889 consumed OH farm and
died in 1889. 1927 Poultry: Number each
of chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks on
hand June /, 1889; value of all poultry
products sold; eggs produced, sold, and
value in 1889. (33) Bees: Number of
stands, pounds of honey and wax produced,
and value. (94) Onions Field crop-num-
Der of acres, bushels produced and sold, and
value. (35) Potatoes: Sweet and Irish,
bushels produced and sold 1867 Market
Gardens and Small Fruits Number of acres
in vegetables, blackberries, cranberries, rasp-
berries, strawberries, and other small fruits,
and total value of product in 1889. (37)
Vegetables and Fruits for Canning Num-
Der of acres, and products, in bushels, peas
and beans, green corn, tomatoes, other vege-
tables and fruits. 1881 Orchards: Apples
apricots, cherries, peaches, pears, plums, and
prunes, and other orchard fruits; in each
the number of acres, crop in 1889, number
Of bearing trees, number of young trees not
bearing, and value of all orchard products
sold (39) Vineyards : Number of acres in
vines bearing and in young vines not bear
ing products of grapes and raisins, and
value in 1889.
Besides these questions on the regular
Agricultural Schedule No. ?, Superintend
ent Robert P. Porter has ordered several in
vestigations in the interests of agriculture
among which are Viticulture, 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 and
Bee Associations, Farmers Clubs, GSsnges,
Alliances, Wheels, Unions, Leagues, etc.
In no part of the census work have the
lines been extended more than in the direc-
ton of agriculture, and if farmers will now
cheerfully cooperate with the enumerators
and other officials in promptly furnishing
the correct figures more comprehensive re-
turns regarding our greatest industry will be