Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-06
Government Issues Appeal
to A8riCuIturists to Tell
All About Their Business.


whom land is leased.
By obtaining the ages of farmers tn
census win be able to classify farm
property by age periods of the or
orators and thus show what proportion
OF all farm wealth is controlled b,
FARMERS under twenty-five years O
nge, between rorty-f1ve 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 a Se--
eral index to the profitableness of
farming as an occupation in DIFFERENT
sections of the country.
The question of Tenure. from many
standpoints, is one of the most inter
est1ng on the schedule The three
principal tenures are owner. cash ten
ant and share tenant. Formerly the
decrease In number of owners and the
Increase in number of tenants were de-
plored by many writers as an indica-
don that farm lands were passing into
the hands OF capitalists and that ten
ants had correSpoRdipgly less oppor-
tun1ty of becoming farm owners. The
constant relative increase in the num-
Der of tenants is now believed to indf-
cate that a steadily increasing number
Of farm labore.s are rising through
farm tenancy to farm ownership and
that growing number of farm own
ers become Independent in later life
and retire frsm active management.
In other words, tenancy is regarded as
the stepping stone whereby young
farm labores ultimately become farm
owners.
General Information Regarding
Acreage, Values and Expenses.
Each arm operator will be required
to stat, the total number of acres in
his fam and also the number of acres
Of improved land. The number of
acresf of ttmbered land Will also be
caIld for.
Tarm Values.-Statements will be re-
Qrred of the value of all land in the
tie farm and that Of all implements
nents; the value OF all buildings on
he farm and that OF all implements
and machinery belonging to. the farm.
In preparing statements of value Of
these classes of property it should be
borne in mind that the figures desired
are the values on April 10, 1910, and
should be determined by carefully es-
timating the amounts that could be
realized from sales under average con-
ditions.
Farm Representatives, this head in
quiry will be made for the total
amount expended for farm labor in
1909, exclusive of expenditures for
lousework. In view of the marked
rise in farm wages during the past ten
years, it viii be interesting to ascertain
or not the average farmer is
more for help than at the
lime Of the last census.
a third question calls for the amount
paid in 1909 for manure and other fer
-ilizcrs. In 1899 the average for the
United States was only SO per farm.
4 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 be
ascertained regarding each principal
crop grown on the farm in 19O9-the
number of acres harvested, the guam
ity produced, the value of the product
and the number of acres sown or
planted for harvest in 1910. The val
les given should be based upon prices
received in the local markets.
The crops called for on the schedule
are as follows:
(A) Crops Grown Exclusively For
Their Grain or Seed.-This class in
,ludes corn, oats. wheat, durum or
aacaroni wheat, emmer or spelt, bar
ey, buckwheat, rye, Kafhr corn and
milo maize, rice, clover and other grass
iced, fiaxseed, peanuts, dry peas, COM
non beans and dry soy beans.
OBJ Crops Grown Exclusively For
Hay and Forage-In this class are
timothy, clover, timothy and clover
mixed, alfalfa. millet and Hungarian
grasses, other tame or cultivated
grasses; wild, salt or prairie grasses;
small grains cut green for nay, peas
md beans cut green for hay and coarse
orage crops.
Co Crops of Sundry Classes.-Under
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potatoes and yams. tobacco cotUon' |
hemp, broom corn and hops.
CD Crops Grown For Sugar or Sirup-
Sugar beets. sorghum cane and sugar
.ane are the crops included in this
lass. The number Of maple trees
apped in 1909 may also be asked.
Co Fruits and Nuts.-For the princi-
al kinds of orchard fruits. grapes, |
ropical fruits and nuts farmers will |
'e asked to give the number OF trees
nd vines of bearing age. the number
f young trees not bearing, the guam
tiles produced or harvested In 1909 |
nd the value of the products TheZI
creage, product and value Of small
ruits, including Strawberries. rasp-
errfes, bIackberries, currants, goose
erries and cranberries. are to be re-
orted for the crop year 1909
TEyN Tho orTIroora for will