The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14

A. Amount spent in cash for farm labor (exclusive of house work).
 B. Estimated value of house rent and board furnished farm lagorers In addition to cash wages paid.
 c. Amount spent for hay. grain. and other produce tnot raised on the farm) for feed of domestic animals and poul- try.
 D. Amount spent for manure and other fertilizers.
 No inquiry is made regarding house. hold or personal expenses. or expendi- lures for repairs or Improvements. Each of the four questions asked is of fundamental importance in its bear- ing on agriculture as an indusery.
 2. Live stock:
 A. Number of young animals of each kind born on the farm in 1909.
 B. Number of animals of each kind purchased in 1909 an dth eamount paid; number sold and amount received; and number and value of those slaugh- tered on the farm.
 8. Wairy products.
 A. Quantities and value of milk. but ter and cheese produced on the farm in 1908.
 B. Quantities of milk. butter. cream. butter fat and cheese sold in 1909 and amounts received.
 1. Poultry and Eggs:
 A. Value of poultry of all kinds raised in 1909. whether sold. consumed or on hand.
 B. Amount received from poultry sold " c. Quantity sand value of eggs sold in 1909.
 5.Wool and Mohair:
 Number and total weight of heeces shor min 1909 and amount received from sales.
 6. Crops:
 For each crop harvested on the farm in 1909 give the number of acres, the quantity produced, and the value of the product. The number of acres of each crop to be planted for havrest in 1910, will also be called for by the enurnerator. Tl.is cannot be deters mined much before the date of the enumeration. Instead of giving the number of acres fin orchards and vine yards, give as nearly as possible the number of trees and vines Of bearing age. The quantity of certain fruit products; as cider. viniger. wine. and dried fruits prodced in 1909 will be required, as will also the quantity and value of sugar, syrup and molasses produced from cane, sorghum, sugar beets and maple trees.
 '. Sales of specificed products or 1909:
 A considerable part of the annual production of corn, oats. barley, Kan. !, corn. mile maize, hay. fiax-fibre ana etraw. other stray. corn stalks and cotton seed is usually consumed on the farm. Owing to this fact a report will he asked concerning the quantity of each of these products sold m lsVs' ana tne amounts realized therefrom
 &. Forest Products ,.
 The value of all forest products cu or produced in 1909 for farm consunp. ton will be asked. as VIII Also .oe value of similar products cut or pro ,,uced for gale, including receipts iroH' the sale of standing timber
 Q. Irrigation: ,,,,
 Farmers who irrigate their land VIII ha asked to report the source troin which water is obtained, tn enumne, of acres of pasture land irrlgateo' Al' the total irrigated acreage. .a+
 rhis outline covers every Important ouastion that will be asked concern me inc farm products of 1909. Amer ican agriculture Is so diversified anu so highly specialized in many or US branches, that any schedule deslgneo ,a secnre A fairly complete exhibit of its resources and operations must necessarily contain large number or inouiries. The average farm operatog will not be called upon to answer ohe- seventh of the printed quesuons' hence the somewhat formidaple ap- pearance of the schedule should oc- casion no alarm.
 Four Months Remain.
 More than four months remain in which to review the results of the year 1909 and prepare for the Vislt or inc enumerator. But preparation written record should be commenced at once. No one should attempt 10 complete 1t in one evening, but the work should be divided as indicated in the above outline, one evening De- ing given up to farm expenses a sec ond to live stock, third to dairy products and so on through the list. Tn this way, each topic can be given the consideration 1t deserves, and the resulting figures are certain to be more accurate than if compiled has, tily.
 Horticulture has made greater pro- yress In the United States during the past 100 years than in any other coun- try of the world since the beginning of history. From a primitive means of subsistence, pursued by each in- dlvIdual farmer without knowledge of the methods or experience of farmers in other sections of the country, 1t has developed into our most highly or ganized national business. It's bibli- ography and current literature are more extensive than those of any oth- CT branch of industry. It's study as an industrial science enters largely into the curriculum of our most fa- nous educational institutions. It has hundreds of colleges, academies. and high schools of It's own. Government farms and experiment stations are found in every State and territory. Bulletins describing in detail the re- suits of scientific research are issued by-~the million and reNch the most re- mote parts of the country.
 Much Depends On First.
 The real beginning of this splendid development can be traced directly to the first farm census. The statistics published in 1853 became the corner stone of the present structure. Given tangible facts upon which to base their claims to recognition. the rep resentatives of the farm population in Congress laid the foundation of the Federal Department of Agriculture. Members of state legislatures, using the census figures, obtained liberal appropriations for agricultural schools and made the study of agriculture