The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-05-24
THE CENSUS BNUMBRATORS
AND WHAT THEY WILL ASK.
Work Begins June ist.-Ranchers
Attention.


One week from next Friday the cen
sus enumerators in all parts OF the
United States will begin the work of
taking the twelfth census, and must
complete their labors within the month
of June As before mentioned in our
columns, the enumerators for this coun-
ty, with their respective districts, are
as follows: Newark Hamilton and
White River precincts, Thos. S. Rob-
nson; Ely and Cherry Creek precincts
A. T. Stearns; Aurum, Oseeola aad
Snake Valley precincts, w. J. Stewart
The principal fields OF inquiry by the
regular enumerators in this section will
be three: population, mortality and
agriculture.
The statistics of population include
the name, race, sex, age, date and place
of birth, place of parents birth, occu-
patton and education of each person re-
siding in the district ON June l, 1900.
The mortality statistics include about
the same facts concerning each person
who died in the district during the
year ending June |. 1900, together with
the date and cause of death and name
OF attending physician.
The agricultural statistics are the
most complicated OF all and will set tho
ranchers to scratching their heads
when the enumerator comes around.
II you are ranchsr, look over the fol-
lowing questions AID get your answers
ready.
How many acres in your farm, inn
proved and unimproved, on June ], 1900?
How many acres improved, also how
many unimproved?
How many acres owned by occupant,
and how many rented:
Value of entire farm with improve
ments on June /, 1900? Also value of
improvements and machinery?
Estimated value of all farm products
(sold, consumed, or on hand for 1899?
Amount expended for farm labor,
including value of board furnished?
Number of acres irrigated IN 1899 by
bitches from natural streams? By
D0npbu OF dlbesldD well Ndbefs
The number Of acres harvested, the
amount prod duced and the value OF each
individual crop raised in 1899, such as
wheat, oats, bassey, rye wild hay, al
falfa, other tame grasses, potatoes veg
etables and small fruits, orchard fruits,
etc
1899 which have been fed on the farm
to animals or poultry?
Number and value, June |, 1900, of
all the animals on the farm, whether
belonging to the occupant or to others?
These animals must be classified ac-
cording to kind, sex and age, and in
clude range stock
Number of pure blooded animals, re-
corded or eligible to record, on FARM
Amount received in 1899 from the
sale of live animals which were raised
on this farm?
Market value of the meat and other
animal products of all the animals that
in 1899 were slaughtered on the farm?
Quantities produced, quantities sold
and amount received in 1899 from sales
of milk, cream, butter and eggs? Also
value of dairy products consumed on
the farm in 1892
Number and value of chickens, tur-
koys, geese and ducks on hand June |?
Quantity and value OF eggs produced
in 1899?
The value of this agricultural census
will depend entirely upon its accuracy,
and the accuracy OF the whole will de-
pend upon the accuracy of each indiv-
idual farmer. No assessor or other
person not connected with the Census
Bureau will have access to the figures
submitted TO the enumerators and it is
to the interests of all that these figures
be as exact as possible.