Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-05-29

| Official summary OF the Questions
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official summary OF the Questions
They win Have 10 Answer.
The census year began June 1st, 1889,
and ends May 3lst, 1890. Each state has
from one to IL supervisors districts.
There are It's supervisors in all. There
are AZ, 900 enumerstoTs, who in all parts
of the country will begin their work
Monday morning, June I'd, 1880. Every
farm will be visited before June 30th,
and the following questions will be
asked, keeping III mind that the figures
you are to give nearly all pertain to the
crops of 1889, and not to the growing
crops of 1890:
"a Your name as occupant OF the farm.
az Are you owner, renter for money, or
Tor share OF the crops of the farmp t3)
Are you white or blackS a, Number OF
acres of land, improved and unimproyed.
(5) Acres irrigated. (6) Number of
artesian wells flowing. % Value of
farm, buildings, implements, machinery
aud live stock. (S) Fences: Cost Of
building and repairing. (9) Coat of fer
tilizeis. (l0) Labor: Amounts paid for
labor, including board; weeks OF hired
labor. white or black. (lD Products /:
Estimated value Of all farm productions
sold, consumed, or on hand for 1889.
<l2) Forestry; Amount of wood out,
and value OF oil forest products sold.
l3) GrRsBlRnds Acres OF each kind of
grassland cut for hay or pasturad; tons
OF hay and straw sold; Glover and grass
| seeds produced and sold; siloB and their
capacity. (l4) sugar: Cane, sorghum,
maple, and beet; sugar aud moiasseg;
acres, product aud value of each. 15)
castor beans; Acres. 16) cereals Bar
ley, buckwheat, Indian corn, oats, rye,
wheat acres, crop, amount Of each sold
and consumed, and value. 40 Rios
Acres, orop, and value. as Tobacco
Acres, crop, srnOlnt Sold and value.
| (l9) Peas and Beans Bushels, and value
OF crop sold. COY Peanuts; Acres
bushels, and value. (2D Hops: Acres,
pounds and value. (22) Fibers; Cotton,
max and hemp; acres, crop and value.
| (23) Broom corn: Acres, pounds and
| value. (2i) Live stock: Horses mules
and asses; number on hand June LIST,
1890; number foaled 10 1889; number
| sold in 1883; number died in 1889.
| (25) Sheep: Number on hand June LIST,
1890, of tfne wool" long wOoln aud
"all other;" number Of lambs dropped
in 1889; 'spring lambs" sold in 1889;
| sold ~ 1859 othGs than '6pring lambs;h
slaughtered for use on farm in 1859;
1 killed By dogs in 1883, died from other
causes in 1889. (2G) Wool: Shorn
spring Of 1870 aud fail of 1889. (27j
Goats; Number of Angota and cou.
mon. (2N) Dogs: On farm June Isl
1880. (z3J Neat cattle: Working oxen,
mich COWS and other cattle on hanc
June LIST, 1880; number of pure bred
grade and common; calves dropped il
1889; cattle sold il 1859, slaughtered tul
use on the farm, and died in 1883. $50,
Dairy: Mltk-total gallons produced OF
farm; sold for uss IN families; ssnt tC
creamery or factory; used on farm, iu
Guiding for butter or cheese; used OF
farm in raising cream for sale, including
for creamery W factory. Buttsr-pound!
made on farm aud sold in 1889. Dream
quarts sent to creamery or factory
sold other than to creamery d
factory. Cheese pounds made on faru
and sold in 1859. (3i) Swine: Numbs
Oh hand June 1st. 1880; sold ia 1883
consumed On farm and died in 1889. (32
Poultry Number each Of chickens
turkeys, geese and ducks on hand Jun
LIST, 1883 value OF all poultry product
sold; eggs produced, sold, aud value il
1859. $3.50 Bees: Number of stands
pounds OF honey and wax produced, an,
value. (34) Onions: Field crop-num
Der of acres, bushels produced and sold
and value. 1867 Potatoes Sweet ant
Irish, bushels produced aud sold. (36
Market Gardens and Small Fruits: Mum
Der of acres in vegetables, blackbsrries
oranberrtss, respberries, straw berries AM
other small frnits, and total yalu
OF products in 1889. $50 Vegetables an,
fruits for canning: Number OF acres. an,
products, in bushels, OF peas and beans
green corn, tomatoes, other vegetable
aud fruits. (3s) Orchards: Apples, apri
cots, cherries, peaches, pears plums al,
prunes, and other orchard fruita; in eaol
the number Ct acres, crop in 1889. mum
Der of bearing trees, number OF youn
trees not bearing, and value OF all orchar,
products sold. $50 Vineyards: humble
OF acres in vines bearing and in younl
vines not bearing; products OF grapes am
raisins, and value III 1883. sgxFiI
Besides these questions on the regula
agricultural schedule No. Q, Superin
tendent Robert T.. Porter has ordere,
several special investigations in the in
terests of agriculture, among which ar
vltloulture, nurseries, florists, seed AM
truck farms, semi-tropic iruit1, oranges
etc., live stock on the great ranges, nuC
in citIes and villages; also the names ant
number Of all the various farmers' Organ
izatIons, such az agricultural and horti
cultural societies, poultry and bee sssu
Citations, farmers' clubs, oranges, ALI
anoes, wheels, unions and leagues.
In no part OF the census work have tn
lines been extended more than in the di
rection of agriculture, and il the farmer
will now cheeriully cooperate with tn
enumerRtors and other Officials ii
promptly furnishing the correct fyure
more comprehensive returns regardin,
our greatest industry will be obtained
than ever before.
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