Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-11-07
Fourteenth Decennial Census

a farm?
Seems a foolish question to ask.
doesn't il? Almost anyone can tell
off-hand Just What farm is and
knows one when he sees it,
But d. you happen to know the
Interpretation Uncle Sam places on
the word farm for census pur-
poses? No? Then read how his
Bureau of the Census defines the
word:
"A farm for census purposes is
all the land which is directly
farmed by ore person conducting
AGRICULTURAL operations. either by
his own labor or with the assist
ance of members of his household
or hired employees.
III further explanation of this
definition the Census Bureau points
out that the term agricultural OPP
erations" is used as general term
referring to the work of growing
crops, producing other agricultural
products and raising domestic ami
mails, poultry or bees.
From this definition 1t will be
seen that farm may consist of a
single tract of land or or number
of separate and distinct tracts And
these several tracts may be held
under different tenures as, for in
stance, when one tract is owned by
by him. Thus if man who owns
loo acres rents an additional ten
acres from some one else and oper-
/ ates both the 100 acres and the ten
acres then his farm includes both
tracts of land comprising 10 acres
By the same token when a land
renters, choppers or managers, each
different tract of land operated by
any such tenant, renter, cropper or
manager is considered a seperate
and distinct farm by the Census
Bureau. Or, to give an example, ii
a man owning 1910 acres of land
rents 40 acres to a tenant and farms
the remaining so acres himself. his
farm is the so acres which he oper-
ates, not the 100 acres which he
owns. while the 40 acre tract which
he rents to tenant comprises a
separate farm to be reported in the
name of the tenant.
Another question to be deter
mined is how important does an ag-
ricultural enterprise have to be in
order to secure recognition in the
census as farm? A small vege-
/ table garden or a chicken yard ac-
commodatinG a few busy hens viii
not be allowed to qualify as &
farm" in the census no matter
with what pardonable pride ant
satisfaction the proprietor may view
his agricultural enterprise.
But if the garden or chicken yart
expands until it covers not les
than three acres of ground, or unit
it requires for its care the contin
uous services of at least one person
or yields products annually to tn
value of $3.50 or more. it come
within the census definition of
farm and will be recognized as sucl
and counted.
The agriculture schedule contain
many questions regarding farm val
us. expenses and live stock as wei
as the acreage and quantity o
crops raised in the year 1919. Cen
sus Bureau officials are urging far
mers everywhere to prepare for tn
census enumeration by looking owe
their books and records so that ac
curate answers may be furnished t
questions.
In this connection the Bureau Q
the Census emphasizes the fact tina
the information furnished to censu
takers is absolutely confidential
made so by Act of Congress, an
that under no circumstances ca
any such information be used as
basis for taxation.
Cooperation between farmers an
. the census officials next January
, more necessary and vital than eve
before" declares Director of tn
Census Sam l.. Rogers. The worl
war and the part that the farme
played in 1t will continue to pla
in the rehabilitation Of Europe serv
, to make the agriculture section {
the Fourteenth Decenn1al Censu
the most important m the tn
Nations history Absolute accui
aacy and completeness in the Ger
sus returns is the goal toward whic