The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-15
farmers TO FEEL THE CENSUS PROBE

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domestic animals, poultry and
sWarms of bees on the farm on April
10, 1SlO; also the number and vaIue
OF young animals, such as calves
colts, lambs, pigs, and of young
IoWls' such as chickens, turkeys,
ducks, etc., raised in 1909. He will
De further asked to state the num-
per and kind of animals sold during
19O9 and the receipts from such
sales, the number purchased 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 esti-
mated amount Of milk produced on
the farm; also the amount of but
ter and cheese sold and the amount
received from such sales.
In addition to the inquiry re-
garding animals on the farm April
10, 1910, the census will seek to as
certain the quantity and value of all
eggs, honey and wax produced on the
farm in 1909.
OF the expenditures of the farm
the census schedule will call for a
statement of the amount paid farm
labor; the amount paid for food for
live stock, and the amount expended
for fertilizers.
, If the farm changes owners or
tenants between the crop year, 1909.
and the date Of enumeration it is
requested that the occupant of the
farm in 1910 shall secure the above
information relating to the farm for
the year 1909. The owner or ten
ant this year shall leave his book
with his successor"
Assurance to the Farmer.
Farmers need not fear that the fns
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 pur-
poses for which it is supplied mo
publication shall be made by the CEN
sus office whereby the data furnished
by any particular establishment can
OF the census permit anyone other
than the sworn employees of the CEN
sus Office to examine the individual
reports" is the way the law reads
Furthermore, the information report
ed on the agricultural schedule will
not be used as basis of taxation
or communicated to any assessor.
Refusals to answer questions asked
by census enumerators are made il
legal, and penalty is provided for
this as we'll as for the giving of false
answers to the inquiries. Fines and
Imprisonment, or both, in cases of
violation of the secrecy imposed up
on supervisors, enumerators, 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 was
more than four times that of manu-
features of the country, the total be-
ing $780, 1888. 1t is estimated
by a process of calculation called
"arithmatical progression, the
method chosen by the census bureau,
that next years census will show
almost 100000 more farms in opera
ton than in 1900 with a total in
round figures of about 100000.
Prof Powers, chief statistician of the
census office, estimates that the 1910
census will show an increase of sew
eral millions in the number of peo-
pie employed on the farms of the
country. In 1900 there were 49,
433,1SS males and females over ten
years of age engaged in agricultural
pursuits.