Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-16
WAR EMERGENCY CENSUS
 OF STATE FARMS
Has Just Been Completed by, Staff of One Thousand Volunteer Workers.


 A war emergency census of all the farms in four Connecticut. counties has been completed by stan of vol- unteef census takers, 1000 strong, and greater food production and eonser- Vauon is the immediate result expect ed by the Connecticut State Council of. Defense. which authoried the sur vey The work was done in Fair neld New Haven; Holland and Hart tord counties. Litchfield county al- ready had completed it's farm survey Efficiency and speed. characterized the work in each county. The farn- CTS showed splendid cooperation by readily filling out the census blanks, mus giving the< state government the needed information regarding their re- sources in labor, livestock and ma eaInery, together with their plans for 1918 crops.
 The thousands of census reports collected since the first day of the campaign. March 25, have been as- sembled at the State Library in Hartford. This week the extension i livestock. men of Connecticut Agri- I cultural college are doing irnperta 1st statistical work with the individual census returns. They are. coding the various breeds of horses, cows, sheep swine. poultry and bees so that the state will possess a livestock census classified by breeds, Upon completion of their work. State Librarian George S: Goddard viii set in motion the tab ulation machinery which performed a great service for the state last year in the tabulation of the state mili- tary census.
 Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven and Holland counties conducted the agri- cultural survey through their county farm bureaus. Each town had from six to fifteen practical farmers mak- ing the canvass in their neighbor- , hood. They received their appoint ment from the chairman of the loca War Bureau and were under the su. pervision of the county farm agents } and their assistants. Litchfeld coun. tvs survey was taken earlier in thu } year and served as a working model ) M:3ddleseX, New London and Windhan 3 counties will take their farm censu next fall
 Some of the conspicuous advantage ? of taking the farm survey have beel 5 demonstrated while the actual -censu Was in progress. County agents hav learned through perusal of census ra ports that certain farmers had live stock to Sell or that others wanted t
 buy. With this knowledge they hay
 been able to bring together the me
 who were in the market to sell an l those who were ready to buy
 Unoccupied farms and those for sal
 or to rent have been located by censu methods and steps are being taken t iutilize these farms this season be
 cause of the patriotic necessity of SC Touring food from all tillable land. I
 Holland county, the county agent wa
 enabled through the census reports { 1. place $200 worth of seeds with tn
 farmers who were planting thei
 spring wheat and who otherwis
 would have been unable to get it.
 Litchfield county's recent survey
 beinr followed up by having an eS
 pert in farm machinery visit the farm
 CTS who have grain harvesting an
 threshing machinery. He is learnir
 about the condition of the macbine1
 as to whether it is in need of repail
 and in addition how much outsif
 work the owner can do for his .neigl
 bors. Reports from the Litchfield coul
 ty survey indicate that the farme
 will make a gratifying increase in u
 area of grain to be planted
 I- As soon as the census reports a Is turned over to State Librarian Go Id ard, by the extension livestock m, let he will proceed to tabluate the lab st resources and employment needs
 the farmers, the intended crops f r. 1918 and the labor saving machine on on hand As the first farm census of the state since 1S45. It's value ca O. not fully be appreciated at this tir Id because of the many purposes gwhi as it can fulfill both in war time and O. years of peace. It provides an agr b. cultural mailing list for the state go b. ernment that will be of inestimat n- value in distributing necessary i O. formation among the farmers and b. turn securing facts from them a,7 l