The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-15
their Cooperation Is ASkedlby
Director Durdnd.
|fgRES AGRICULTURAL DATA

l1I.yAE ~
S.ocoss of the Task of Securing Ac-
crate Farm Statistics Rests Large
" With Farmers. Questions to Be
pnt Now Being Framed. Great
Good Is Expected to Be Accom-
nfshed by Direct Contact With the
People.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Farm econ
.msts and scientists learned in ag-
-icnItural problems, appointed as ex-
,or+ special agents for brief term,
sro now in Washington assisting
census Director Durand and his staff
!, the formation of the agricultural
]. sebedule of the thirteenth census, so
that the questions to be asked by
Ehp census enumerators shall be east
II comDrehended by the farmers of
he country and so draw out the in
formation ordered by congress to be
aaertained
At the same time these practical
steps are being taken by the census
bureau the farmers themselves will
be called upon to help push the sta
MYSTICAL pillow over the countrywide
HELD Of farm data.
\ 1t will be suggested by Director
Durand to the farmers that the work
\ Ot securing accurate returns at the
coming census of agriculture, which
will be taken April Is, 1910, at the
same time as the count of popula-
$iOn, will be greatly facilitated if
&he farmers will keep or provide
ome sort of written record of their
Warm operations during the year
sH9O9.
Comprehensive and Accurate.
4 This effort to secure the farmers
PERSONAL cooperation is but one of
b number of ways and means chosen
kn the effort to secure an accurate,
Rkgpeditious and economical census
Oncerning population, agriculture,
manufacture, mines and quarries,
(which are the subjects of inquiry de-
Eined in the census law.
Great good, it is expected, will be
accomplished by getting into direct
EOntact and cooperation with the
Farmers. Some of the instrumental
pies which will be used to reach him
Eand which promise practical results
#re the state commissioners and
plate boards of agriculture, the state
agricultural colleges, the Farmers :
Unions, the Patrons of Husbandry,
Ehe farmers Institutes and the ag-
sllcultural experiment stations; in
pact, all the existing organizations for
fthe education and betterment of
Farmers; while the public press will
lDe an important factor in this work.
II is estimated that millions of farm
EeS will be reached at their homes
sOT at their mutual improvement
meetings by the contemplated meth
lOd Of circulation preparatory infor-
smatOn.
What Questions Will Relate To.
The questions about farm opera
IaOnS will relate to the present calen-
Lar year, 1909, but on the other
uand, the inquiries regarding farm
Equipment are directed toward the
Farmers possessions of this kind on
'.ae day and date of the enumeration,
|Aprl 10, 1910. The latter division
II inquiry really amounts to an in
sentory, The necessity of some writ
I,el or permanent record by the
farmers themselves of farm opera
IuOas Is obvious and its value in fur
uSlihg data more reliable than guess
'OfK is equally evident.
What Are to Be Recorded.
IN order that the farmers may be-
lsl at once Director Durand indi-
|ta'eS as follows what operations are
II Oe recorded, although the sched-
IL IS still incomplete in shape.
u,r zach person in charge of a farm
I De asked to state the acreage
aauu value of his farm; that is, the
pIeage and value of, and kept and
. .ns by him; also the area OF
aul IN his farm covered with wood
wy aua' and, finally, that which is util-
'' ~, Tor specified farm purposes.
Hach farmer will be asked to
knsS the acreage, quantity produced
r ru value of each crop, including
En aus hay, vegetables, fruits, cot
W, tobacco, etc, raised on the farm
= o me season of 1909.
zach farmer will be asked to re-
"' The number and value of all