Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-02
CENSUS QUESTIONS.
List of Questions to be Asked the
People by the Census Enumer-
atOrs This Spring.

enumerators this spring, when they
take the decennial census of the
United States:
The following information will be
obtained in the, cities of the district:
Residence number of the family.
Number composing the family.
Name of each person in the fam
lily.
Relationship of each to the fam
lily.
Sex, color and age of each mem
Der.
Whether single, married or di-
vorced.
If mother, how many children
are living now.
Birthplace, place of father and
mother.
If of foreign birth, how many
years in the United States.
What language is spoken.
Trade or profession.
Employer, employee or working
on own account.
Number of weeks work since
1909.
Whether able to read or write.
Whether home is owned or rented.
Whether a survivor of the union
or confederate army.
Whether blind or deaf or dumb.
The following information will be
secured from those living in the
country:
Location of farm, together with
the questions asked of the city
population.
Farm acreage April Is, 1910:
Total number of acres in this
farm. (Give here all lands operated
or farmed by the farm operator,
including all outlying or separate
fields, meadows, pastures or wood
lands operated by him as owner,
tenant Or manager. Do not include
land operated or cropped by any
other than the one whose name is
given under Inquiry ID
= Improved land in this farm. (Give
here all land regularly titled or
moved, land pastured and cropped
in gardens, orchards, vineyards,
buildings.)
Woodland in this farm. (Give
here land covered with natural or
planted forest trees, whose principal
value is in frewood, timber, or 9TH
er forest products, which it will now
or later yield.)
All other unimproved land in this
farm.
Farm value April Is, 1910:
Total value of this farm with all
buildings and improvements, but
not implements and machinery.
Value of all buildings on this
farm included above.
Value of all implements and ma
chinery belonging to this farm. Gin
clude all implements, machinery,
tools, wagons, carriages, harnesses,
etc.; all apparatus for making but
ter and cheese. for ginning cotton,
for making cider. wine, sugar mo-s
lasses, and sorghum, for drying
fruit, for thrashing grains and for
similar purposes, together with en-
gines and other motors.)
Mixed tenure: If answe rs to In
quiry 6 is part owner" or share
cash" tenant, give.-
Land and buildings in this farm
owned by farm operator.
Total acres; total value; acres
improved.
Land and buildings in this farm
rented by farm operator from others
for cash or fixed amount of labor
or products.
Total acres; total value; acres
improved.
Land and buildings in this farm
rented by farm operator from others
for share of products.
Total acres; total value; acres
improved.
Mortgage indebtedness April Is.
1910:
If the farm operator owns any or
all of the land in this farm, state
whether such land Is mortgaged.
Amount of mortgage Indebtedness
Aprll Is, 1910.
Farm expenses:
Amount spent in cash in 1899 for
farm labor exclusive of house
work..
Estimated value of house rent and
board furnished farm laborers in
1909, in addition to cash wages re-
ported above.
Amount spent in 1909 for hay,
grain and other produced not raised
on this farm for use as feed OF
domestic animals and poultry
Amount spent in 1909 for manure
and other fertilizers.
Land owned but not operated by
this farmer: A
If farm operator owns land leased
to or farmed by others as tenan.
(renter or cropper) or manager, re-
port here.
Number of acres farmed by 9TH
ers.
Value of land and buildings farm
ed by others.
Number of farm tenants and man
ayers,
Domestic animals on farm April
10, 1910:
Cattle
Cows and heifers kept for milk,
born before Jan. 1, 1909.
Cows and heifers not kept for
milk, born before Jan. 1. 1909.
Heifers born in 1909.
Calves born after Jan. 1. 1910.
Steers and bulls born in 1909.
Steers and bulls not kept for
work, born before Jan. 1, 1909.
Steers kept for work, born before
Jan. l, 1909.
Hogs and pigs born before Jan. 1.
1910.