The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-09

and agricultural products. The name
of the occupant of each farm is taken:
the number of acres in each farm.
subdivided into the number of acres
improved and unimproVed- Irrigation
figures will be gathered this year,
showing the number of acres under
irrigation; the source of water sun
ply, whether stream, well or reser-
voir; depth of well, and power used in
lifting water.
The number of acres under fence
and not under fence is taken, and the
different kinds of fence-stone. rail.
board, hedge, and wire, together with
the number of rods and cost per rod
of each.
The cash value of the farm is re-
corded, the value of the buildings. and
the value of all implements and ma
chinery-
Under crop acreage the number of
acres sown last fall or sown or to be
sown this spring of the following
crops is recorded: Winter wheat,
spring wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley,
buckwheat. Irish potatoes, sweet po-
tatoes, sugar beets, castor beans, cot
ton, fax, hemp, tobacco, broom corn,
sorghum for syrup. sorghum for feed,
salem corn, bushels of corn on hand
March 1, bushels of wheat on hand.
Under grasses under cultivation fig
ures are taken for timothy, clover,
blue grass, alfalfa, orchard grass, and
other tame grasses.
Under the subject of hay figures
are taken of the number of uncuIti-
waited land under fence for meatIoy
hay cut and number of tons of prai-
RE hay cut
The amount and value of dairy
products made by each family is
it. Likewise figures for bees, poultry
wool and wood The usual live stock
figures are called for, including the
number of dogs, and the number of
sheep killed by dogs and wolves dur
ing the past year.
Mines and Mining.
The mining statistics include the
name of owner of each mine, post
capital invested in appliances, value
of product, number of employees, aver
erage daily wages paid, and total
amount paid employees during the past
Oil ana Gas.
Under oil production the name of
each operator is recorded, the total
number of productive wells owned,
average flow of wells per day in bar
rels. quantity of production for year
ending March 1 in barrels, and the
number of productive wells drilled
during the past year.
The gas statistics are the same as
for oil, except that the flow is taken
in cubic feet instead of barrels, and
the production in value instead of
barrels.
Under manufacturing statistics is |
taken the name of each corporation |
company or individual manufac curing |
articles to the value of $500 a year, |
their postomce address; name of bust |
ness, manufacture or product; capital |
invested; motive power used; aver |
age number of hands employed, Civ |
ing sex and age; total amount paid in |
wages during the year; number of
months in actual operation; raw ma |
terial used, giving kind, quantity and |
value; the production, giving kind, |
quantity and value
Wages and Prices.
Schedule 6 relates to the wages of Ia |
ducts. The average wages are called for |
for the following classes: Farm laborers
penters, bricllayers and masons, painters,
wagon makers, blacksmiths, shoemaSers,
harness makers, tailors, printers, clerks, |
timers, millers, milliners and dressmak-
ers, seamstresses, washerwomen. domestic
The price of products include wheat,
corn, fat cattle. stock cattle, milk cows,
fat hogs and stock hogs.
Schools.
Schedule relates to schools. The num-
Der of the district is recorded, the number
of school houses, their value, value of
other school property and the average sal |
airy paid teachers.
Libraries.
The number of libraries in each town |
ship are scheduled. dividing public from |
20 books, exclusive of school books, are |
recorded, with the number of volumes in |
each.
Schedule records the number of church |
organizations in each township. their de- |
number of members and the |
value of church property.
Schedule 10 is to give the name of each |
newspaper, its politics, when established, |
and their CIRCULATION. A good many pub
fishers viii fill in this last column with |
their fingers crossed.
Schedule II relates to the uufortunates.
The name. sex, age and color of each of
the following classes is taken: Deaf and
dumb, insane. blind idiotic. The names
and addresses of their parents or guar
dians are recorded and whether they have
attended school.
Pauperism and Crime.
Under schedule y is recorded the names
Of all persons supported at public ex-
Dense, in whole or in part, together with
the annual cost of supporting each per-
son, and whether they are natives or for
eigners.
A record is also made of each person