Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-11-07
WHO CAN TELL US
WHAT IS A FARM?
This Will be One of the Pertinent
Questions Connected With
Census Enumeration.

NaShhiSe ANO'' w nov 80
farm?
Seems foolish question to ask,
doesn't it? Almost anyone can tell
off hand just what farm is and will
know one when he sees it.
But do you happen 90 know the in
depreciation Uncle Sam places on the
word farm" for census purposes?
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
one person conducting agricultural
operations, either by his own labor or
with the assistane of members of his
household or hired employees"
In further explanation of this def
milton the Census Bureau points out
that the term agricultural opera
tions is usel as general term re-
ferring to the work of growing crops,
producing other agricultural products
and raising domestic animals, poultry
or bees.
From this definition 1t will be seen
that farm may consist of single
tract of land or of number of sep
arate and distinct tracts. And these
several tracts may be held under diff
ferent tenures as, for instance, when
one tract is owned by the farmer and
another is rented by him. Thus if a
man owns 100 acres rents an addition
al ten acres from some one else and
operates both the 100 acres and the
ten acres, then his farm" includes
both tracts of land comprising 10
acres.
By the same token when the land
owner has one or more tenants, rent
ers, choppers, or managers, each diff
ferent tract of land operated by any
such tenant, renter, cropper or man
ager is considered a separate and dis
tinct farm by the Census Bureau. Or,
to give an example, if man owning
120 acres of land rents 40 acres to a
tenant and farms the remaining 80
acres himself, his farm is the 80 acres
which he operates, not the 120 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 determined
is how important does an agricultural
enterprise have to be in order to Sc
cure recognition in the census as q
farm? A small vegetable garden OF
chicken yard accommodating few
busy hens will not be allowed tc
qualify as farm" in the census nc
matter with what pardonable pride
and satisfaction the proprietor may
view his agricultural enterprise
But if the garden or chicken yard
expands until it covers not less than
three acres of ground, or until it re-
quires for its care the continuous
services of at least one person, OF
yields products annually to the value
of $3.50 or more, it comes within the
census definition of a farm and will
be recognized as such and counted.
The agricultural schedule contains
many questions regarding farm val.
ues, expenses and live stock as vel
as the acreage and quantity Of crops
raised in the year 1919. Census Bur.
eau officials are urging farmers ev.
erywhere to prepare for the censu.
enumerator by looking over Their
books and records so that accurat,
answers may be furnished to ques
tions.
In this connection the Bureau of tn,
Census emphasizes the fact that tn,
Information furnished to the census
takers is absolutely confidential, made
so by the Act of Congress, and thai
under no circumstances can any sucl
information be used as basis fol
taxation.
SOTOl'Ni bNlNttll bllt ldIlIltIl
and the census officials next Januar!
is more necessary and vital than eve
before" declares Director of the Cen
sus, Sam. l.. Rogers. "The world wa
and the part the farmer played in i
and will continue to play in the re
hablitation of Europe serve to max
the agricultural section of the Four
teenth Decennial Census the most i'm
portant in the Nations history. Alb
solute accuracy and I, eteness il
the census returns is the goal towar
which every citizen should strive"
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The Republican wave seems to b
sweeping over Utah again, and is be