The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1900-01-12
Interesting Facts about the
Census.

| Inc next enumeration OF Agricul-
ture will be taken in June, 1900, OF
the products of 1899.
,. Instead of recording several farms
on one schedule in the Twelfth census,
as heretofore, each farm will will be
accorded seperate blank, the entries
on which will not be know n to any save
sworn officers of the Department. No
names will be published in connection
with information secured from the
people.
3. Tax assessors, collectors and
equaliZers can not serve as enumer-
ators. or have access to the Census
returns, or to the information therein
contained.
4. There are more than 5000, 900
farms, plantations, ranches, stock
ranges and market gardens in the
United States, all of which, for Cen
sus purposes, will be designated as
'farms.'
5. A farm is all land cultivated
or held for agricultural purposes un-
der one management, whether in
single body or separate parcels.
6. The enumerator will ask for the
size and value of buildings, and the
aggregate value of all machinery,
implements, vehicles, harness, etc,
used hareon; and the amount of land
owned and leased, respectively by
said occupant.
He wi also ask for the acreage
of improved, unimproved, and irri-
gated lands.
8. The designation leach CROP
includes all grains, cotton, corn, rice,
sugar cane, sugar beets, sorghum,
hay, clover, wild grasses, gathered
forage, flax, hemp, hops, peanuts,
tobacco, seeds, nuts, tropical fruits,
orchard fruits, nursery and green
house stock, broom corn, Irish
potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams,
all vegetables, including the product
of all family, truck, and market
gardens, ETC.; also new or unusal
crops, when found.
8. The enumerator will ask for the
number and value of the live stock on
the farm June l, 1900, which will be
reported under number of heads.
such as horses, colts, mules, asses,
cows, heifers, steers, bulls, ewes,
rams, lambs, swine, goats, chickens
including guinea fowl, turkeys,
geese, ducks, bees, etc.
10. He will also ask for the guam
tity and value of milk, cream, butter,
cheese, ralsins. prunes, molasses,
sirup, sugar, eggs, beeswax, honey,
wool, wine, cider, vinegar, dried and
evaporated fruits, forest products,
poultry and meat products, and gen.
orally, all articles made at home, or
from the farm materials in 1899.
II. If person who moves from a
farm between the end Of the crop
year 1899 and June l. 1900, will leave
written record of the products and
crops of that farm for 1899 where it
will reach the appropriate enumerator,
the statistics of his operations for that
year will not be lost He will be re-
quired to give the enumerator of the
district in which he lives on June l,
1900, the acreage, value, building,
machinery, implements, and live
stock Of the farm he then occupies.
y. IF every farmer will begin at
once to prepare a careful record Of
all the facts which the enumerator
will be instructed to record in June,
1900, he will save time for himself and
the officer, and assure more accurate
returns to the Government.
13. The twentieth century will be-
gin on January |, 1901. Therefore,
the pending Census will afford to
future generations measure Of the
strength and condition of the United
States at the threshold of the new
hundred-year cycle. For that reason
everyone should take an active interest
in making it as nearly perfect as
possible. If each farmer will make his
own report perfect, the aggregated
report OF every community and for the
nation, will be perfect.
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