Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-24

Cooperation Of Every One
Urged to Assist in Big Task
Enumerators Soon to Get
on the Job,

Enumerators Soon to Get
on the Job,
The taking OF the new census starts
next mOpth. Director Goddard for
Idaho, who Is in charge OF the enumer-
ators soon to be started to work. has
received the following from Washing
ton which the public will be inter-
ested in:
when the census enumerator calls
on You In January he ". going to ask
how many gallons OF milk were pro-
duced on your farm in 1919. Will you
be able to tell him? And when he
asks this question, remember that he
wants YOU not merely to tell him how
many gallons you sold, or used In max
ing butter and cheese. or consumed
In your own household, but to report
every gallon produced, including even
that fed to animals. Nor win he stop
with this question, but will keep right
on until he has asked six more as fol-
lows: sEl
"Eirst--IIow many gallons Of milk
did you sell in 1913?
"Second-How many gallons of cream
did you sell In 1872,
Third-How many pounds of but
terfat did you sell in 1913?
"Fourth-How many. pounds Of but
ter did you make in 1918?
''Fifth--How many pounds of butter
did you sell in 1919?
"Sixth--How many pounds of cheese
did you make in 1912
Then, as il all these were still not
enough, he will ask you how much
was received in 1919 from the sale of
each one Of these products which you
sold.
HARD TO ANSWER.
1.-THE census bureau is willing to
admit that, OF all the questions which
will be asked in the farm census. those
relating to dairy products will be
among the hardest for you to answer.
Yet the bureau is unwilling to omit
these questions from the schedule to
be used in the coming census, when
it's figures show that there were pro-
duced in 1909 almost six billions gal
Ions Of milk--enough to cover us
acre farm 10 feet deep--and that nearly
$500 O0O, 900 We're received by the farm
ers of the United States from the sale
of dairy products.
"In some sections of the country
dairying constitutes an important part
of the farm business. IL you are a
farmer in such a section you probably
sell but single dairy product. such
as whole milk, for example; and since
its sale provides an important part of
your income you should be able to tell
with ease not only the total amount of
milk sold and the amount received for
1t during the year. but also your total
production of milk, for whatever pur-
pose used.
In other sections of the country the
production of milk and butter is given
no special consideration. II you are a
farmer in, such a part of the country
you think principally of the corn, the
~ . Al.
raise. while IL you think, at all OF the
milk and butter produced you think OF
them as being merely incidental in the
| operation OF your farm. Yet you have
an abundance of milk and cream and
butter to use 3G5 days in the year and
YOU may receive quite tidy sum from
the sale of milk or butter besides.
you may have kept absolutely nc
record or account of your milk pro-
duction in 1919. In fact, you may have
never have given II a thought and may
have no idea how many gallons were
produced. You want to give the
enumerator this information, but how
can you do it, III
Let us see. Suppose that during
January, February and March-90 days
you had two cows which gave al
average one and one-half gallons eacf
per day. That makes 40 gallons. Ii
April, with 80 days, you had three cow.
giving the same average amount. Tina
makes 1876 gallons more. Then in May
June. July, August, September ant
October, 1874 days-you had four COWS
and the average per day for thes'
months was two gallons COW. Tha
makes 1472 gallons during thes'
months. In November and December
81 days, you had three cows which wer'
still averaging two gallons a day, max
ing 366 gallons more. That makes
total Of 2243 gallons, but call it 225
gallons just to make the number even
OF course, no one will say that tina
number is absolutely exact. yet yo'
would be willing to admit that it is
mighty close guess. When thousan,
other farmers have estimated thel
milk production In the same way tn
total will be exceedingly close to tn
actual number OF gallons produced. i
any event, where no records were KEEP
an estimate must be made. and this i
probably the best method of making 1
and you or your wife is undoubtedl
the best person to make it, In tn
same way you can figure the tots
amount of butter made as well as tn
number OF pounds sold and the amour
received for 1t.
"Now get some paper and penc
and do a little figuring, so that whe
the enumerator cornerstone time
January, remember--you will have a
i, your figures ready for him.
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