Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-05-29
FARMERS AND THE CENSUS.

There are It's supervisors in all. There
are $4,000 enumerators, who in all parts
Of the country will begin their work
Monday morning, June 2, 1890. Every
farm will be visited before June 80, and
the following questions will be asked
Keeping in mind that the figures you are
to- give nearly all pertain to the crops oi
1855, and not TO the growing crops oil
1890:
!. Your name as occupant of the farm
q Are you owner, renter for money
or for share OF the crops of the farm?
3. Are You white or black?
4. Number of acres of land, improved
and unimproved.
5. Acres irrigated.
| 6. Number of artesian wells flowing.
Z. Value of farm, buildings, imple-
ments, machinery and live stock.
8. Fences. Cost of building and re-
pairing.
8. Cost of fertilizers.
10. Labor-Amounts paid for labor, in
cluding board; weeks of hired labor,
white or black.
II. Products Estimated value of all
farm productions sold, consumed or on
hand for 1889.
| IL. Forestry-Estimated value of wood
cut, and value of all forest products sold.
13. Grass lands-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.
IA. Sugar-Cane, sorghum, maple and
beet, sugar and moiasses, acres product
and value of each.
Is. Castor beans-Acres.
16. Cereals Barley, buckwheat, Indian
corn, oats, rye, and wheat, acres, crop,
amount of each sold and consumed, and
value.
IL. Rice-Acres, crop and value.
is. Tobacco-Acres, crop, amount sold
and valne. ....
10. Peas and beans-Bushels, value of
crop sold.
20. Peanuts-Acres, bushels and value.
81. Hops-Acres, pounds and value.
%. Fibers-Cotton, fax and hemp,
acres crop and value.
%. Broom corn-Acres, pounds and
value.
| "a. Live Stock-Horses, mules and
asses, number on hand June l, 1890,
number foaled in 1889, number sold in
1889, number died in 1889.
25. Sheep-Number on hand June l,
1890, of fine wool, long wool and all
other, number 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.
%. Dogs-On farm June /, 1890.
| 20. Neat Working oxen, milch
COWS and other cattle on hand June /,
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.
30. Dairy Milk, total gallons pro-
duced on farm, sold for use in families,
sent to creamery or factory, used on
farm including for butter and cheese,
used on farm in raising cream for sale
including for creamery and 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.
| 81. Swine-Number on hand June l,
1890, sold in 1889, consumed on farm
and died in 1889.
80. Poultry-Number of chickens,
turkeys, geese and ducks on hand June
/, 1889, value of all poultry products
sold, eggs produced, sold, and value in
1890
| 80. Bees-Number of stands, pounds
of honey apd wax produced, and value.
"a. Onions-Field crop, number OF
acress bushels produced and sold, and
value.
35. Potatatoes Sweet and Irish, bush
els pEoducedan sold.
36. Market gardens and small fruits
Number OF acres in vegetables, black
berries. csanberries raspberries, straw
berries asd all other small fruits, and
total value of products in 1889.
81. Vegetables and fruits, for canning
--Numbex 81 acres, and products, in
bushels. OF peas, beans, green corn, to-
matoes, @ther vegetables and fruits.
3S. Orchards Apples, apricots, cher
riess peaches, pears, pluns, prunes and
other orchard fruits, in each the number
of acress crop in 1889, number of young
trees not bearing, and value of all or
chard products sold.
80. Vineyards Number of acres in
vines bearing and young vines not
bearing, products of grapes and raisins,
and value In 1889.
Besides dhese questions on the regular
agricultural schedule No. 2, Superintend-
ent Robert P. Porter has ordered several
special Investigations in the interests OF
agriculture among which are viticulture,
nurseries, florists, seed and truck farms,
emi-tropic fruits, oranges, ETC., live
stock on the great ranges, and in the
cities and Villages. also the names and
number of all the various farmers or
CARNATIONS saeh as agricultural and
horticultural societies, poultry and bee
associations, farmers clubs, oranges, al
iances, wheels, unions, leagues, etc.
In no part Of the census work have
The lines been extended more than in the
direction of'asricultnre, and if farmers
will now dheerfuiiy cooperate with the