The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-05-28
Farmers and the Census.

The census year began June I. 1859 ard ends
May 81, 1890. Each state has from one to eleven
supervisors districts. There are a. eco enum-
orators who in all paris of the country will be
gin their work Monday morning. June 8. 1899
livery farm will be visited before June 80, aud
the following questions will be asked keeping
in mind that the figures you are to give nearly
all pertain to the crops of 1859, and not to the
growing crops OF 1885,:
~ Your name as occupant CT the farm. ~
Are you owner. renter for money, or for share
ofthe crops of the farmp (3) Are you white or
black2 ~ Number of acres of land, improved
and unimproved, (5) Acres irrigated (6) Num-
Der or artesian wells flowing ~ Value of fam,
buildings, implements. machinery and live
stock. ls) Fences: cost of building and re-
pairing (9 Cost of fertilizers uU) Labor:
Amo UNITS paid for labor, including board weeks
of hired labor white or black. (I) Products:
Estimated value of all farm productions sold,
consumed. or on hand for 1889. (l2) Forestry:
Amount OF wood cut, and value of all forest
products sold. (l3i Grasslands Acres CT each
kind of grasslann cut for hay or pastnred; tons
Of hay and stray sold; clover al d grass seeds
produced and sold; silos and their capacity
Q4) Sugar: Cane, sorghum. maple and beet;
sugar sEd molasses; acres. product and value
of each. Q5) Castor Beans: Acres. (i6) Ce-
reals: Barley. buckwheat, Indian corn, eats.
rye. wheat; acres, crop, amount of each sold and
consumed, and value. on Rice: Acres, crop
and value. 49, Tobacco: cres. crop amount
sold, and value. (19) ieas and Beans: Bushels.
and value of crop sold, (20) Peanuts: Acres,
bushels and value. (21) Hops: Acres pounds
and value (2a) Fibers: Cotton, flax and hemp;
acres. crop ana value. (23) Broom Corn: Acres,
pounds AID value. (a4) Live Stock Horses,
mules and asses; number cn hand June /. 1893;
number foaled in 1859; number sold in 1888
number died in 1889 laoj Sheep: Number on
hand June 1. 1890, off, fine Wool" long wool -
and 'all other;" number OF lambs dropped in
1859; "spring lambs sold in 1859; sold in 1859
o.her than "spring lambs;" slaughtered for use
ON farm in 1853; killed by dogs in 1879; diea
from other causes in Is g. (26) Wool: sborn
spring OF 1s90 and fail OF 1859. (2D Goats :
Number of Angora ar common. (2O Dogs: On
fam June !. 1s9o. (ss) Neat Cattle: " orkin,.
oxen, mileh COWS, and other cattle on hand
june /, 1890; number of pure bred. grade ana
common; calves dropped in 1859: cattle sod in
1882 slaughtered for use on the farm and died
inIsS9. (30) Dairy: Milk--total gallons pro-
duceu on farm; sold for use in families; sent to
creamery or factory; used on farm. jnelnding
for butter or cheese; used on farm in raising
cream for sale, including for creamery or
factory. Butter-pounds made on farm an !
sold in 1889. Cream-quarts sent to creamery
or factory; sUld other than to cream, ry or
factory. Cheese-pounds made on farm and
sold in 9. (31) Swine: Number on hand June
]. 1890; sold in 1889; consumed on farm and
died in 1889 (82) Poultry: Number each of
chickens. turb eJs, geese and ducks on hand
June 1859; value of all poultry products sold ;
eggs produced, sold and value in 1859 (33l
Bees: Number of stands. pounds Of honey ard
wax produced, and value. tS4J Onions: Field
crop-number of acres. bushels pre- uced and
sold, and value. 1867 Potatoes: Sweet and Irish,
bushels produced and sold. 1857 Market Gar
dens and Small Fruits: Number of acres in
vegetables, blacKberries. cranberries. raspber-
ries, strawberries and otker small fruits. and
total value of products in 1879 (S) Vegetables
and Fruits for Canning: Number OF acres and
products in bushels. of peas and beans. green
corn. tomatoes. other vegetables and fruits
t3s) Orchards: Apples. apricots. cherries. pears.
peaches, plums. and prunes, and other orchard
fruits; in each the number of acres, crop in
1sS9. number OF bearing trees, number of young
trees not bearing, and value OF all or. hard
products sold. 1897 Vineyards: Number OF acres
in vines bearing and in young vines not bear
ing; products CT grapes ard raisins, and value
in 1899.
Besides these questions ON the resu ular Agri
cultural Schedule No. 2, Superintendent RoBr.
p. PORTER has ordered several special investi-
cations in the interests of agriculture, among
which are Viticulture, Nurseries. Florists. Seed
and Truck Farms, Semi-tropie Fruits, oranges,
sc Live Stock on the great ranges, and in
cities and villages; also the names and number
OF all the various farmers organizations, such
as Agricuturai and Hert cultural St cieties,
Poultry and Bee Associa ions, Fan mers' Clubs,
Oranges. Alliances. w heels. Unions Leagues.
sc. ...,
been extended more than in the direction of
Agriculture, and if farmers VIII now cheerfully
co-operate with the enumeFat3rs ana other Of
ficiats in promptly furnishing the correct
figures more comprehensive returns regarding
our greatest industry will be obtained than
ever before.