The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-09-07
Durand to Make Effort
to Secure Correct Data

and value OF his farm that is, the
acreage and value of; and kept ans
cultivated by him; also the area o
land in his farm covered with wood
land; and finally. that which is utiliz
ed for specified farm purposes.
Each farmer will be asked to give
the acreage. quantity produced ans
value OF each crop. including grains
hay, vegetables, fuits, cotton, tobacco
etc, raised on the farm in the sea
son Of 1909.
Each farmer will be asked to re
port the number and value Of al
domestic animals, poultry and swarm'
Of bees on the farm on April Is. 1910;
also the number and value Of youne
animals, such as calves, colts, lambs
pigs; and young fowls. such as chick
ems. turkeys. ducks, etc, raised in
1909 He will be further asked tC
state the number and kind of animals
sold during 1909 and the receipts
from such sales, the number purchas
ed and the amount paid therefor; and
also the number slaughtered for food
and the value Of such animals.
"The law requires a report Of the
number of COWS kept for dairy pur
poses in 1909, and the total estimates
amount of milk produced on the
farm; also the amount of butter and
cheese sold and the amount received
from such sales.
in addition to the inquiry regard
ing animals on the farm April IS, 1910
the census will seek to ascertain the
quantity and value Of all eggs, honey
ana wax produced on the farm in
1909.
"Of the expenditures of the farm,
the census schedule viii call for a
statement of the amount paid farm
labor; the amount paid for feed for
live stock and the amount expended
Tor fertiilzers, 8t
III the farm changes iowners.1 or
tenants between the crop fNear, 1909,
and the date Of enumeration, 1t is re-
quested that the occupantdDf the farm
in 1910 shall secure the fnbave infor-
nation relating to the farmv for the
year 1909 The owner or1tsmant this
year shall leave his book Eetord with
his successor" INC
Farmers need not fear that the in
formation they give to the census en-
umerators win be used in any way to
their detriment as the census act pro-
vides that the information shall be
used only for the statistical purposes
for which it is supplied mo publi-
cation shall be made by the census
Office whereby the data furnished by
any particular establishment can be
identified, nor shall the director of
the census permit anyone other than
the sworn employees Of the census
Office to examine the individual re-
ports, is the way the law reads Fur
thermore, the information reported on
the agricultural schedule viii not be
used as basis of taxation~pr com
municated to any assessor. Sd
Refusals to answer questions ask
ed by census enumerators #fe made
illegal agd a penalty is proyided for
this as well ais for the giving Of false
answers to the inquiries. fines and
imprisonment or both in cases Of vio-
lation of the secrecy imposed upon
supervisors, enumeratorss Ie special
agents and other employees Of the CEN
sus Office is provided in the act.
The Importance of the agricultural
census hardly can be overestimated
since the total fixed capital invested
in agricultural pursuits in 1900 wal
more than four times that of manu-
factures of the country, the total be
ing $20,5I4,001, 1913. 1t is estimated
by a process Of calculation called
"arithmetical progression" the meth
oo chosen by the census bureau, that
next years census will show almost
100000 more farms in operation than
in 1900 with total in round figures
of about 100000, Prof Powers. chief
statistician of the census Office. esti-
mates that the 1910 census win show
an increase of several millions in the
number Of people employed on the
farms of the country In 1900 there
were 10,433, 1SS males and females
over 10 years of age engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits.