The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-12-03
DEFINITION OF
 FARM GIVEN BY
 CENSUS BUREAU

1 WASHINGTON, D. C.,-what is a |farmo
 Seems foolish question to ask doesn't it2 Almost anyone can tell oT-hand just what a farm is and knows one when he sees 1t.
 But do you happen to know the Interpretation Uncle Sam places oh Ithe word farm" for census purposes No? Then read how his bureau of .the census defines the word:
 "A farm for census purposes Is ai' the land which is directly farred b, one person conducting agricultural operations, either by his own labo or with the assistance of member. of his household or hired employees.
 In further explanation of this defni ion the census bureau points out that the term "agricultu,a al orera tions' Is used as a general term re ferring to the work of growing crop producing other agricultural produc. and raising domestic animals poult or bees.
 From this definition it will be seer that a farm consists of a single trac of land or of a number of separat and distinct tracts. And these severa tracts may be held under diffcren, tenures as, for instance, when one tract is own by the farmer and an other is rented by him. Thus if a man who owns 100 acres rents ar additional ten acres from some one else and operates both the loo acres and the ten acres, then his "f2rm'' includes both tracts of land comprIs- ing l1O acres.
 By the same token when a land IoWner has one or more tenants. rent CTS, croppers or managers. each lit- ierent tract of land operated by an, .uch tenant, renter, cropDer or man ager is considered a separate and distinct farm by the bureau. Or ro .giVe an example, if man owing 12r
 creS of land rents 40 acres to a ,anant and farms the remaining so acres himself his farm is the 80 acres which he operates, not the l20 acres which he owns, while the 10 acre tract which he rents to a tenan, com prises a separate farm to be report
 d 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 a laIm? A small vegetable garden or
 chicken yard accommodating few busy hens will not be allowed to quail lv as a farm" in the census no mat
 r with what pardonable pride and satisfaction the proprietor may view
 is agricultural enterprise.
 Put if the garden or chicken yard "Tpands until it covers not less than three acres of ground, or until it rv-
 Hires for its care the continuous
 vice of at least one person, or yields products annually to the value of $25O or more, it comes within the census definition of farm and will be recognized as such and counted.
 The agricultural schedule contains many questions regarding farm val ties, expenses and live stock as well as the acreage and quantity of crops raised in the year 1919. Census bureau officials are urging farmers everywhere to prepare for the census
 numerator by looking over books ana records so that accurate answers may be furnished to questions
 In this connection the bureau of the census emphasizes the fact that the information furnished to census talk CTS is absolutely confidential, made so by act of congress, and that under no circumstances can any such infor- nation be used as a basis for tax ation.
 "Co-operation between farmers and the census officials next January is more necessary and vital than ever before," declares Director of the Cen sus Sam L. Rogers. "The world war and the part that the farmer played in it and will continue to play in the rehabilitation of Europe serve to make the agricultural section of the Four teenth DeCennial Census the most i'm pOrtant in the nations history. Ab solute accuracy and completeness in the census returns is the goal toward which every citizen should strive.'