The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06

will be asked to state the acreage and
value Of his farm: that n. the ecrc-
age and value Of land xept and cuiti-
waited by him; also the area Of land
in his farm covered with woodland:
and finally, that which 10 utilized for
specified farm purposes.
Each farmer will be asked to give
the acreage. quantity produced and
value of each crop, including grains.
hay, vegetables, fruits, cotton, tobacco.
etc, raised on the farm in the season
of 1909.
Give Number Of Anfnals.
Each farmer win be asked to report
the number and value Of all domestic
animals poultry and swarms Of bees on
the farm on April Is. 1910; also the
number and value Of young animals.
SUCH as calves. colts, lambs. pigs; and
of young fowls. such as chickens, tur-
keys. ducks. etc. raised In 1908. He
win be further asked to state the
number and kind OF animals sold du-
ring 1909 and the receipts from such
sales. the number purchased and the
amount paid therefor. and also tho
number slaughtered for food and the
value OF such animals
Tho law requires q report Of the
number OF cows kept for dairy pur-
poses In 1909. and the total estimated
amount Of milk produced on the farm I;
also the amount OF butter and cheese
sold and the amount received from such
sales. -
TN addition to the Inquiry regarding
animals on the farm April Is, 1910. the
census will seek to ascertain the guam
tity and value Of all eggs. honey and
wax produced on the farm In 1903.
"of the expenditures of the farm, the
census schedule will call for state-
ment OF the amount paid farm labor:
the amount paid for food for live stock;
and the amount expended for fertili-
gers.
III the farm changes owners or ten
ants between the crop year. 1903. and
the date Of enumeration. II Is request
ed that the occupant of the farm N
1910 shall secure the above information
relating to the farm for the year 1909.
The owner or tenant this year Shall
leave his book record with his success
sor."
Information Confldential.
Farmers need not fear that the in
formation they give to the census
enumeratorS will be used in any way
to their detriment as the census act
provides that the Information shall be
used only for the statistical purposes
for which 1t Ia. supplied. mo pubiica-
ton shall be made by the census office
whereby the data furnished by any
particular establishment can be iden-
tilted. nor shall the director of the
census permit anyone other than the
sworn employees of the census once to
examine the individual reports" is the
way the law reads. Furthermore, the
Information reported on the agricultu-
raj schedule will not be used as a ba-
sis of taxation or communicated to any
assessor.
Rerusals to answer questions asked
by census enumerators are made Illegal
and a penalty 10 provided for this as
well az for the giving Of false an
swers to the inquiries. Fines and i'm
prisonment or both In cases of viola
ton Of the secrecy imposed upon SUI
pervisors, enumerators, special agents
and other employees Of the census ONCE
Is provided In the act.
Census "a Imp0rtant.
The Importance OF the agricultural
census hardly can be over-estimated
since the total fixed capital Invested In
agricultural pursuits in 1900 was more
than four times that OF manufactures
of the county, the total being $2O.51x.-
001,83S. 1t IL estimated by q process Of
called "arithmetical pro-
greasion." the method chosen by the
census bureau, that next years census
will show almost 100000 more farms in
operation than In 1900 with q total in
round figures OF about 5000, 900. Pro-
lessor Powers, chief statistician Of the
census once. estimates that the 1910
census will show an increase of sew
eral millions In the number of people
employed on the farms of the country.
In 1900 there were 1o.Iss.18s males and
females over 10 years of age engaged
In agricultural pursuits.