The Newtown bee., 1909-11-19

for housework. There will also be an inquiry as to how much was paid for fertilizer during 1909, One of the new questions calls for the amount paid during this year for hay, grain and other articles not raised on the farm but purchased for feed of do- nestle animals and poultry. Four facts are required to be aseertained regarding each principal crop grown on t&e farm in 1909; The number of acres harvested, the quantity pro- dueed, the value of the product, and the number of acres sewn or planted or to be sown or planted for harvest
 in 1910. inen there are a lot of miscellaneous questions regarding the 1909 operations which a farmer cannot answer accurately unless he has kept some kind of a record. For instance, there will be an inquiry as to the number of maple trees in 909; the enumerators will want to know the number of fruit trees of bearing age, the number of young trees not bearing, the quantities produced or harvested in 1909 and the value of the product. The enumerators will also ask for the acreage and values of all vegetables grown in 1909; for the value of all firewood, fencing material and other forest products cut in 1909 for farm consumption, and the value in lump sum of all fire wood, logs, railroad ties, telephone and telegraph poles, material for fencing and barrels, or other forest products, cut in 1909 for sale, to- gether with all amounts received in 1909 from the sale of standing tim bers on the farm. Inquiry will be made for the number of animals sold alive in 1909 and the amounts re- ceived also for the number and val ue of animals slaughtered for home consumption CT for sale. Farmers are also asked to keep careful rec ord sf the number Of animals of each kind purchased during the year and the amount paid for them. The enumerators will even want to know the number, weight and value of all
 fleece of wool sold in 1909. The government never has been able th obtain an accurate statement of dairy products. 1t seems that the great majority of farmers, to whom the dairy is a comparatively unimpor- tant feature of the farm, keep abso- lutely no account of the quantities of butter and milk produced or of the quantities consumed at home. So it is especially desirable, the di- rector of the census says, that there should be some bookkeeping on dairy products. The enumerators when they show up will want to know in hurry the number of gallons of milk produced in 1909, gallons sold, amount received from sales; the number of pounds of butter produc- ed, the value of the product, pounds sold, and the amount received from sales the same information with reference to cream will be demanded. As to poultry, the enumerator will insist on knowing the value of all poultry raised during the year, the amount received from the sales of poultry, dozens of eggs produced. dozens of eggs sold, and the amount received from sales of eggs. If farmer happens to bs bse-keepsr the enumerator will want to know the number of pounds of honey pro- ducM during 1909 and its value
 The information with reference to live stock, which the government will insist on having can hardly bs supplied, it is pointed out, unless ia 'mers can bs persuaded to put their thinking caps" on immediate ly and start thsir bookkeeping. The l information called for includes 8 statement of the number of calves
 lambs, colts, mule colts and pigs brought forth on the farm during 1909. Every farmer will also be ex- pected to tell tho snumerator how many cows were regularly milked for more than three months during 1909. In addition to the detailed special information, which the farmer must be prepared to furnish
 must supply t'e enumerator with the amount of his mo- gage indebt- edness, the number of acres of IT, rigated land leased to other farmers It will thus be seen that there is a fine opportunity for the farmers oi the land to get some experience in bookkeeping if they are to be pre-, pared to supply the government with accurate information.