Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-18

for them, and in consequence they
have petitioned the Board for 20 per
cent additional.
Those present at the meeting were
the following:
G. McMasters-Decorah Corp.
E. J. Gillett-Decorah Corp.
A. McMillan-Fort Atkinson Corp.
Andrew Lane-Decorah Twp.
M. Lee Hathaway-Ridgeway Corp.
A. H. Knudtson-Ossian Corp.
John J. Soukup-Sumner Twp.
w. L. Curtis-Orleans Twp.
Walt Kendall-Fremont Twp.
r. M. Miller-Burr Oak Twp.
Geo. M. Anderson-Frankvil Twp.
o. G. Carlsborg-Glenwood Twp.
N. H. Gjevre-Springfeld Twp.
A. T. Istad-Madison Twp.
l. B. Olson-Calmar Twp.
Thomas Hoey-Jackson Jet. Corp.
Henry Standardization Twp.
w. o. Observation-Disclosures Twp.
o. M. Selnes-Hesper Twp.
John Washington. Twp.
Valentine Barth-Pleasant Twp.
M. A. Naturalization Twp
Peter Leseth-Canoe Twp.
F. w. Harvey-Bloomfield Twp.
Hans II. Dalaker-Military Twp.
G. A. Meyer-Calmar Corp.
Each Of the assessors werel given a
bundle of books, cards, etc. weighing
upwards of fifty pounds, which are
the supplies they will need in this
work.
The supplies consist of four cards-a
population schedule, farm schedule,
city and town schedule and an agri-
cultural road schedule. AS every per-
son in the county will be compelled to
answer at least part of these ques-
tions we give below an exact copy of
the four cards. -, =
Below, is the population schedule,
which must be filled out for every per-
son in the county, both adults and
children:
POPULATION SCHEDULE.
Card No. county; township; city |;
read can you write color age place
of birth ;.place of birth, mother place
of birth, father; do you own your
home or farm entire value OF home or
farm how much incumbrance on your
home or farm if you are foreign born,
are you naturalized; years in the
United States years in Iowa; conjugal
conditions, single, married, widowed,
divorced, separated; months in school
in 1904, public, high, private, college /;
occupation months employed in 1904
service, in civil war, Mexican, Span
ish; company, regiment, state; class
of service, cavalry. infantry, artillery,
navy; date of enlistment ; date of dis
charge; remarks signed assessor.
The following schedule is to be filled
out for farmers, and a farmer under
the instructions is any one cultivating
three acres of land or over:
AGRICULTURE.
Card No. ; county; township; city;
note-answer all questions as of the
date of December 81, 1904 name of &C.
cupant; p. o. address place of birth
color; years in the U. s.. years in
Iowa tenure owned, managed, cash
rent, share rent; No. of acres in farm
improved; unimproved; No. acres
owned by occupant; rented by occu-
pant No. of acres cultivated; No. of
acres in pasture value of farm not in
Guiding buildings; value of buildings
ON farm total value of farm value of
all implements and machinery. Gen
eral farm products for 1904. Farm
products must be estimated in acres
harvested quantity produced in bushels
and value in dollars of the following
cereals: Corn; wheat; oats barley
rye; buckwheat; flax seed; clover
timothy; potatoes, Irish, sweet sweet
corn and blank space was here left
too fill in other cereal seed produced
clover; timothy; millet; hungarian
alfalfa; wild hay; forage crops. Ami
mails registered or entitled to be reg
istered must be listed as breed of,
number and value in dollars as fol-
lows: Horses CATTLE sheep; swine
and other animals. Farm fowls on
Dec. 81, 1904, must be listed in num-
Der and value in dollars in the fol-
lowing order. Chickens; ducks
turkeys geese; eggs by dozens. Farm
animals must be listed in the follow
ing order giving age in years, num-
Der and value in dollars: Calves
steers /, Q and 3 years ,and over
bulls, year and over heifers, year
and under 2; COWS kept for milk, 2
years and over; cows not kept for
milk, Q and over; colts, under
year; horses, year and under; 2
years and over mules, all ages lambs,
under l year; sheep, ewes, year and
over; sheep, rams and weathers,
year and over; swine, all ages; goats,
all ages asses and burrOs all ages
all others. Dairy products should be
listed by pounds and value in dollars
Milk; butter; cheese. Wool, pounds
and value. Vegetables for 1904 must
be listed under acres, quantity and
value in dolla's: Tomatoes; onions
cucumbers melons. Fruit produced
in year of 1904 should be listed in
acres, number of bearing trees, guam
THY produced, ind value in dollars
Apples; peaches, pears; plums cher
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