The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-12-30
County Superintendent Handling Job
Of Sending Out Schedules To Be
Studied by Farmers over
Grady County.
OBJECT IS TO ACQUAINT
PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONS
Not Only Number Persons Required,
But Farmer Must Enumerate
Stock, Fruit Trees, Cotton All
Farm Products

In order that the farmers of Grady
county may be in ~ measure familiar
with the statistics they are required
% furnish to the government census
enumerators when they start their
zig job January 2, Moman H. Shep-
ard, county superintendent has secur
ed quantities OF sample schedules
which he is mailing out
Mr., Shepard's plan Is to mani these
schedules, which are identical with
the sheets that the enumerators viii
be requirer to fill out, are being mail
ed to farmers, school boards and
teachers throughout the county.
The blanks contain many questions
that must be answered by the people
throughout the country Contrary to
the belief of some that the idea of
the census is to ascertain the number
OF persons in every town, county or
city, the enumerators win be required
also to gather information on many
other subjects.
The farmer will be asked to answer
questions as to the number of apple,
peach, pear, plum, prune and cherry
trees he has on his place. How many
nut. bearing trees, the quantity OF
small fruit such as strawberries
blackberries and the like he grows.
The farmer will be required to gell
how much dried fruit and cider was
produced by him in 1919. He will be
required to give details as to the pro
duction of his land as to fruits lie
will be required to tell whether or not
he rents all or a part of the land
that he tills The government also
wants to know how many years he
has been a tenant, in the event he
does not own his farm If he pays
rent, the government wants to know
how much.
If he owns his own farm, the emu
merators will be required to find out
whether or not the land is clear of
eneumbrance, and il not, how much
the purchasers owes on it, The total
number of acres in his farm will be
asked, also the number of acres in
cultivation, how much improved, how
much in woodland or other unim
proved land.
The blanks have spaces for an ex
pense account for the farm. The
farmer will be asked how much he
spent for hay, grain, and mill feed
during the year. How much he spent
for labor will also be required. He
must tel The total value of his farm
ON January l, 1920. It is also point
ed out in the blanks that the infor-
nation given the enumerators will be
held as strictly confidential and will
not be furnished to assessors or 9th
er officers.
The census enumerators must find
out how many acres there were on
each farm from which no crop was
harvested last year because of crop
failure, how much pasture the farm
contains and how many acres of idle
land there are.
Livestock to Be Counted.
Not only does the census pertain to
the number of persons in the country,
the government wants to know how
many horses, mules, cows, hogs,
sheep, chickens, turkeys. ducks,
geese, guineas and pigeons there are
in the United States.
Not only that, but the yearlings
must be recorded in one class with
the two-year-olds and over in an
other How many heifer calves has a
farmer? How many bull calves?
How many lambs? are some Of the
questions.
If farmer sold any milk during
the year, the census authorities want
to know it. The number of pounds
If butter fat sold in 1919 forms an
other question The number Of eggs
sold. tchicken eggs only being in
cluded) must be known and the num-
Der of chickens raised must be told.
Something About Crops.
How much corn, wheat, oats, bar