Dodge City times., 1890-05-30
farm? 3. Are Jon white or black?
I. Number Of acres Of land. imnroyed

farm? 3. Are you white or black?
4. Number Of acres of land, improved
Or uuimrroved. 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 repairing.
9. Cost Of fertilizers. 10. Labor: A.
mounts Paid for labor, including board;
weeks of hired labor, white or black.
Products: Estimated value of all farm
productions sold, consumed, or on hsnd
for 1889. II. Forestry: Amount of
wood cut, and value Of ali forest pro-
ducts sold. IL. Grasslands: 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. ii. Su-
gar: Cane, sorghum, maple, and beet;
sugar and molasses; acres, product, and
value of each. Is. Castor Beans:
Acres 16. Cereals: Barley, buck
wheat, Indian corn, oats, rye, wheat;
acres, crop, amount of each sold and
consumed, and value. II. Rice:
Acres, crop, and value IS. Tobacco:
Acres, crop, amount sold, and value.
10. Peas and Beans: Bushels, and val
ue of crop sold. 20. Peanuts: Acres,
bushels, and value. q. Hops: Acres,
pounds, and value. 90. Fibers: Cot
ton, flax, 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. %. Sheep: number on
hand June l, 1890, of slime WOOL
"long wool, and "all other;;'' number
Of lambs dropped in 1889: "spring
lambs sold in 1889; sold in 1889 9TH
er 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. q. Goats:
of Angora and common. %.
Dogs: On from June !, 1890. 90.
Neat Cattle: Working oxen, mich
COWS, and other cattle on hand June /,
1890; number of pure bred, grade and
common; calves dropped in 1889; cat
lie sold in 1889, slaughtered for use
IN the farm, and died in 1889. 30.
Dairy: Milk-total gallons produced on
'arm; sold fol- use in families; sent 20
creamery or factory; used on farm, in
;luding for butter and cheese; used on
'arm in raising cream for sale, includ-
ng for creamery or factory. Butter
pounds made on farm and sold in 1889.
sent to creamery or
'actory; sold other than to creamery or
factory. Cheesc-pounds made on
'arm and sold in 1889. 81. Swine;
number on hand Jnne /, 1890; sold in
1889; consumed on farm and died in
1886. 81. Poultry: Number each of
chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks on
land June l, 1889; value of all poul-
try products sold; eggs produced, sold,
md value in 1890. 80. Bees: number
If stands, pounds of honey and wax
produced, and value. 81. Onions:
Field crop-number of acres, bushels
produced and sold, and value. 35.
Potatoes; Sweet and Irish, bushels
,rodnced and sold. 36. Market Gar
lens and Small Fruits: Number of a.
res in vegetables, blackberries, crau-
berries, raspberries, strawberries, and
,ther small fruits, and total value of
products in 1889. 81. Vegetables and
Fruits for Canning: Number of acres,
md products, in bushels, of peas and
,eans, green corn, tomatoes, other veg
.tables and fruits. 80. Orchards: Ap-
,les, apricots, cherries, peaches, pears,
,lums, and prunes, and other orchard
'ruits; in each the number of acres,
,rop in 1889, number of bearing trees,
number of young trees not bearing,
nd value of all orchard products sold.
'9. Vineyards: number Of acres in
7iues bearing and in young vines not
'aarirg; products of grapes and raisins,
md value in 1889
Besides these questions on the reg
liar Agricultural Schedule No. .,
ROBERT P. PORTER
las orderded several special investigat-
ons in the interests of agriculture,
.mong which are Viticulture, Nurseri-
IS Florists. Seed and Truck Frams,
'emi-tropic Fruits, Oranges, etc, Live
stock on the great ranges, and in cities
md villages; also the names and num-
yer Of all the various farmers organ I
cations, such as Agricultural and Hort
cultural Societies, Poultry and Bee
Associations, Farmers Clubs, Oranges,
Alliances, Wheels, Unions, Leagues,