The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-11-27
HOW MUCH We OWE THE FARMER
Government Issues Appeal
to Agriculturists to Tell
All About Their Business.


number and value Of domestic animals
not on farms and ranges and the acre
age Of crops planted and to be planted
during the year of enumeration and
the acreage Of crops and the quantity
and value Of crops and other farm
products for the year ending Dec. 81
next preceding the enumeration"
Personal Information.
Under this head farmers will be ask
ed to give their names, postofi1ce ad
dresses, color or race, ages, nations In
which born, tenure, length Of residence
on farms and II tenants the names
and addresses Of the persons from
whom land Is leased.
By obtaining the ages Of farmers the
census will be able to classify farm
property by age periods OF the op-
orators and thus show what proportion
81 all farm wealth Is controlled by
~rmers under twenty-five years Of
age, between forty-five and fifty years
Of age or for any other age period.
The rate of gain In wealth as the
farmers increase in age will be gen.
eral index to the proftableness Of
farming as an occupation III different
sections of the country.
The question Of tenure from many
standpoints. is one Of the most inter
estlng on the schedule. The three
principal tcrnres are owner, cash ten
ant and share tenant. Formerly the
decrease in number Of owners and the
Increase In number Of tenants were de-
piored by many writers as an indica-
ton that farm lands were passing into
the hands Of capitalists and that ten
ants had correspondingly less oppor-
tunity Of becoming farm owners. The
constant relative increase In the num-
Der Of tenants Is now believed to indi-
cate that a steadily increasing number
Of farm labrers are rising through
farm tenancy to farm ownership and
that growing number Of farm own
ers become independent in later life
and retire from active management.
In other words, tenancysis regarded as
the stepping stone whereby young
farm laborers ultimately become farm
owners. -
General information Regarding
Acreage, Values and Expenses.
Each farm operator will be required
to state the total number or acres In
his farm and also the number Of acres
Of improved land. The number Of
acres Of timbered land will also be
called for.
Farm Values. Statements will be re-
1uired IT tile value Of all land in the
the farm and that Of I'LL implements
ments the value Of all buildings on
the farm and that Of all implements
and machinery belonging 10 the farm.
ln preparing statements Of value OF
these classes Of property It should be
borne In mind that the figures desired
IRE the values on April Is. 1910. and
should be determined By carefully es-
tin,ating the amounts that could be
realized from sales under average con-
/ ditiQns. y,
/, Farm Expenses. Under this head In
| quiry win be made for the total
amount expended for farm labor In
! 1909, exclusive Of expenditures for
housework. In view Of the marked
rise In farm wages during the past ten
years. 1t will be interesting to ascertain
whether or not the average farmer ID
expending more for help than at the
! tim. Of the last census.
/ A third question calls for the amount
/ paid In 1909 for manure and other fer.
tilizers. In 1890 the average for the
United States was only $40 per farm
A new question In farm census In
vestigations calls for the amount paid
! in 1909 for hay, grain and other arti
cles not raised on the farm. but pur
chased for feed Of domestic animals
and poultry.
Crops and Animal Products.
Crops.-Four facts are required to b.
ascertained regarding each principa
crop grown on the farm in 19O0-th'
number OF acres harvested. the guam
tity produced. the value Of the produc
and the number of acres sown o
planted for harvest In 1910. The val
ues given should be based upon price
received In the local markets.
The crops called for on the schedul
are as follows:
i (A) Crops Grown Exclusively 70
Their Grain or Seed. class II
cludes corn, oats, wheat. durum 9
.. macaroni wheat, emmer or spelt. bal
ley, buckwheat. rye. Kafiir corn an
milo maize. rice, clover and other graa
seed, flaxseed. peanuts, dry peas, con
mon beans and dry soy beans,
(B) Crops Grown Exclusively Ft
Hay and Forage.-In this class al
. timothy clover. timothy and Glove