Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-29
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DENTAL.
"A detinitepanswer must be made 10
every question on this schedule that
applies to the farming industry as con-
Quoted on the farm of which it is
report.
In the absence of book accounts of
the quantities and values of the farm
products Of 1899, careful estimates of
each must be given" If the enumera-
tors Tor the several townships are, well
informed Gas they should be) on the
average production and value of the
different farm crops of last year, as
well as the comparative value of farm
animals, they can materially assist the
farmers in making up their estimates
and the work will be rendered pleasant
and easy all around.
The following are the principal
questions that appear on schedule
No. .:
Question 6, total number of acres,
June 1, 1900, in farm (including, all
outlying or separate meadows, pas
lures, wood lots, marshes, etc.,; ~
number of acres June 1, 1900, of unim-
proved land ii. e., land which has never
been plowed, mown or cropped, in
GLIDING land once cultivated but now
grown up to trees and shrubs; ts)
number of acres June /, 1900, of i'm
proved land Gncluding all reported as
unimproved; co. number of acres in
this farm, June 1, 1900, owned by the
occupant: toy number of acres rent
ed or leased, June 1, 1900, of entire
farm Gncluding all owned or leased
land contained there), together with
the value of the building and other
permanent improvements; (12) value
June /, 1900, of all the
buildings on the farm; Q3'
June l., 1900, of all implements aud
machinery belonging to the farm, in
GLIDING all ordinary implements, all
wagons, carriages, sleighs, harness,
ETC., and all apparatus for making
butter and cheese, for ginning cotton,
for making cider, wine, sugar, molass-
es and sorghum. for drying fruit and
for threshing grain, or for similar
purposes, together with the engines
and other motors for propellipg the
same; {14) estimated value of all farm
products (sold, consumed or on HANDY
for 1899; (i5) amount expended in
1899 for fertilizers; G6) amount ex-
pended in 1899 for farm labor (exclu-
sie of house work) including the
value of board furnished.
The acres harvested, quantities pro-
duced and values of products of coru,
wheat, oats, barley, rye, blickwheat,
faxseed, hay and forage crops, tobac-
co, hops, hroomcorn, beans, peas and
potatoes, Irish and sweet; also cab
bages, tomatoes, sweet corn, onions,
cucumberS, Watermelons and other
melons, Strawberries, raspberries,
blackberries, dewberries, currants,
gooseberries and other small fruits,
The number of acres, number Of trees
and vines, of apples peaches, pears,
plums, cherries, apricots, grapes and
nuts.
The acres and production OF wild
hav, millet and hungarian, alfalfa, clo-
yer, grains cut for hay, forage crops,
total hay and forage crops.
Acres, quantities fold ands receipts
from sugar cane, sugar beets and. sor-
ghum cane. Value of grapes, small
Fruits. and sNegeta bles. orchard fruits
and nuts, the Quantities produced CT
cider, vinegar, wine and dried fruit.
The number, age and value Of all
kinds of farm animals, number Of
pure-blooded animals, dairy product
sold and receipts from such; total VAL
ue of all milk, cream, butter and
cheese, produced on the farm and con-
sumed in 1899.
The number OF feeces of wool and
goat hair with total weight and val
ues, number of chickens. turke Us,
geese and ducks over three months
old on hand June 1, 1900, value of III
poultry raised in. 1895 dozens of
eggs produced in 1899, with value;
number of swarms or hives of bees on
hand June l., 1900, with total value;
number of pounds of honey and wax
produced in 1899, with total value;
also the receipts in 1899 from the sale
of live animals raised on, the farm,
market value Of the meat and other
animal products of all animals slaught-
cred on the farm in 1899, with the
receipts from the sale of hides and
carcasses of animals dying from dis
eases or accident in 1899.