Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-06
now MUCH We owe THE FARMER
Nation win Try TO Find Out
In Next Years Census Fig
ures---CaIl For Information.
0WN HE thirteenth general census OF
81 the United States will be taken
E beginning .Aprd is, 1910. About

EA beginning April 10, 1917. Apout
65y00O enumerators viii engage
then In the huge task of counting
! every man, woman and child in the
country and Of ascertaining for each
Individual the. color, sex, age, conJu-
gal, condition, place of birth, place OF
birth or parents, number or years In
the United States, citizenship, occupa-
ton, employee, whether or not en-
ployedsat the date of enumeration and
the number of months employed dur
Ing the preceding calendar year. In
addition. congress has provided Tor the
collection of detailed Information re-
gardfng the three principal productive
Industries OF the country-agrlcuiture
manufactures ana mines and quarrfes.
The census OF 1900 showed that the
limited States Is still primarily an ag-
ricuiturai country. The total value OF
all farm property on June 1, 1900, was
nearly twenty and one-hah billions OF
dollars, a sum more than twice that
OF the aggregate capital invested In
manufactures, which was approximate
Fly $9.soooOo.ooo.
Agriculture is the great unorganized
industry with respect to book records
OF its operations Upward of 100000
farmers are conducting farm opera
tionsson separate farms at the present
time.
The Educational Standpoint.
Aside from the fact that the census
OF agriculture supplies the data upon
which all official estimates of farm
products are based for the ensuing ten
years, the information obtained is Of
great value from the educational stand
point. While comparatively few farm
ers make personal use of the large
volumes of farm statistics issued by
the census bureau, it should be borne
In mind that the data thus published
provide the agricultural colleges and
the great body of writer's for the ag-
ricultural press and for economic peri
odiqals with the facts upon which
their most valuable studies and anal
yses are based.
The farm census is taken primarily
for the benefit of the farmer.
y To what extent the very marked in
crease during recent years in the cos
of living and especially in the cost d
certain kinds of farm produce is de
TO shortage in production is question
of vital moment to a vast numbe OF
people. The farmer and the Uban
consumer alike desire INFORMATION
along these lines. 1t lies with thffarm-
er TO provide it.
How the Farmer Can Flp.
BY preparing an accurate account Of
their farm operations durin' the year
ending Dec. 81, 1909. and ~ making
an inventory on April 10. 1910, OF ali
their farm possessions tn farmers OF
the country can render tie census bu-
reau and the public ut Urge an lneSti-
mable service. 1t is M to be expect
cd that farmers viii eer keep as com
pIete accounts as o. manufacturers
and merchants. IT, very nature Of
their OCCUPATION, tie long hours and
arduous labor of ne summer months
area partial bar 2 scientific bookkeep-
ing The fact tlat large part OF his
daily bread is Supplied from his own
farm instead Il being purchased out
of cash on had naturally causes the
farmer to pIace an uncertain value on
the nroduct, consumed in his home.
Nevertheless a constantly increasing
number of farmers are keeping accu-
rate recodssor their daily receipts and
expe5sszs and OF the exact quantities
of al aasses Of products grown or
raised On their farms.
In oder that the great majority of
faruo.rs who. do not ordinarily keep
:bool records OF their farm operations
lmag be given In opportunity to famil-
ia-ize fnemselyeSswith the scope of the
,ctnsus to be taken next April an out
Inc ofzthe schedule is here presented.
Every farm operatorr1s strongly urged
TO Study this outline carefully and to
write down the answer to each ques-
tomas soon as the necessary iEforma-
ton becomes available. When COM
pleted the notebook should be laid |
aside for reference when the enumera-
tor calls.
Scope of the Next Farr Census.
Section 8 of the act authorizing the |
thirteenth census provides that "the |
schedules relating to agriculture shall /
include name, color and country of /
birth OF occupant of each farm; ten
ure, acreage of farm, acreage of wood /
and and character OF timber thereon:
value of farm and improvements, value
Of sarm implements, number and value
IF live stock on farms and ranges,
number and value of domestic animals
not on farms and ranges and. the acre
age of crops planted and to be planted
Turing 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 pSeceding the enumeration"
Personal Information.
Under this head farmers Will be ask
ed to give their names, postofhce adj
dresses. color or race. ages. nations in