The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-10
FACTS ABOUT CENSUS.

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crops 1S49. The next enumera-
ton of agriculture will be taken in
June, 1900, of the products Of
1899.
2. Instead of recording several
farms one schedule in the twelfth
census, as heretofore, each farm
will be accorded a separate blank,
the entries on which will not be
known to any save sworn officers
of the department. No names will
be published in connection with in
formation secured by the people.
3. Tax assessors, collectors and
equalizers cannot 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 census purposes, will be desig-
mated as farms. +"
5. A farm" is all the land
cultivated or held for agricultural
purposes under one management
whether In a single body or sep
arate parcels.
8. The enumeration will ask for
the size and value of each farm,
the value of buildings, and the
aggregate valne of all machinery,
implements, vehicles, harness, etc,
used thereon; and the amount of
land owned and leased, respective
ly, by said occupant.
Z. He will also ask for sthe
acreage and value of each crop,
and the acreage of improved, I'M
improved and irrigated lands.
9. The designation each CT OPP
includes all grains, cotton, corn,
rice, sugar cine, sugar beets, sor-
ohum. hay, clover, wild grasses,
gathered forage, flax, hemp, hops,
peanuts, tobacco. seeds, nuts tropl-
cal fruits. small fruits, orchard
fruits, nursery and greenhor e
stock, broom corn, Irish potatoes,
sweet potatoes and vans, all veg
etables, including the product of
all family, truck and market gar
dens, etc.; also new or unusual
crops, when found.
: 3. The enumeration will ask for
the number and value of the live
stock on the farm June /, 1900,
which will be reported under a
number of heads, such as horses,
colts, mules, asses, COWS, heifers,
steers, calves, bulls, ewes, rams,
lambs, swine, goats, chickens On
Guiding gninea fowls, turkeys,
geese, ducks, bees, etc.
10. He will also ask for the
quantity and value of milk, cream,
butter, cheese, raisins, prunes,
molasses, sirup, sugar, eggs, bees
wax, honcy, wool, wine, cider,
vinegar, dried and evaporated
fruits, forest products, poultry
and meat produc S, and, generally
all articles made at home, or for
tlc home, from farm materials in
1899.
II. If Il person who moves
from a farm between the enl of
the crop year 1899 and June l,
1900, will leave written record
of the products and crops OF that
farm for enumerator, the statistics
of his operations for that year
will not be lost. He will be re-
quired to give the enumeration of
the district IN which he lives on
June /, 1900, the acreage, value,
buildings, machinery, implements
and live stock of the farm he then
occupies.
-. If every farmer will begin
at once to prepare Il careful record
of all the facts which the enumer-
ator will be instructed to record
in June, 1900, he will save time
for himself and the officer, and in
sure more accurate returns to the
Government.
10. The twentieth century will
begin January 1, 1901. Therefore,
the pending census will afford to
future generations q measure of
the strength and condition OF the
United States at the threshold of
the new hundred-year cycle. For
that reason every one should take
an active interest IN making as
nearly perfect as DOsslble IF