The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-12-16

Enumeration Begins January z, 1920.
The census is required every ten
wears by the Constitution of the
United States and by Act of Con-
press. The date named for begin
ning the 1920 census is January z,
bat the "Census Day" is January l..
In cities the population enumera-
ton will be completed in two weeks.
The enumeration Of farms will be
completed within thirty days.
The censuses of manufacturers,
mines and quarries, oil and gas wells,
and forestry and forest products will,
as rule, be taken by special agents
and by correspondence, and not by
enumerators.
The census is the means by when
The government ascertalns the IN
3 crease in the population, the stats
tics concerning agriculture, and the
vital information concerning the re-
sources of the Nation.
censu. for Statistical Purposes Only.
The census inquiries are dehned py
act of congress.
The information. gathered is strict
{ " confidential, made so by law.
+ Census information can not under
any circumstances be used as basis
for taxation. nor can it be used TO
harm any person or his property.
It has nothing whatever to DO with
detection, arrest, prosecution, or
punishment of any person Tor any
violation of any law.
A Important Questions Asked OF All
Persons.
/. Age at last birthday.
2. Each person ten years OF age
and over will be asked whether ne IS
able to read or write.
3. Each person will be asked his
birthplace as well as the birthplace
of father and mother. I.
4. If foreign born the date OF
coming to the United States Will De
asked. and, if naturalized, the date OF
becoming g. citizen; also motner
tongue or native language, -,
S. Each head Of family will be
asked whether his home is owned Dy
him or rented. If owned, whether
the home is mortgaged or free OF
debt.
s. Each person will be asked his
occupation and whether he is an en-
ployer or employee or is working on
his own account.
The answers TO the above questions
give valuable and vital information
to the government concerning the
health, welfare, and progress OF the
persons under it's protection.
Important Questions Asked OF
Farmers.
/. Each occupant of a farm will
be asked how many years, if any, ne
worked on a farm for wages; how
many years, if any, he farmed as an
owner. ~
2. whether he (a) owns, or (b)
rents, or (c) partly owns and partly
rents his farm, or whether (d) ne
operates the farm for others as a
: manager or superintendent.
3. How many acres in his farm!
I Number of improved acres? Number
of unimproved acres and number OF
acres of woodland?
d. Total value of farm? Total
value of buildings? Value OF imple-
ments and machinery on farm! :,
J 5. Whether farm is morteaged!
If so, the amount of mortgage!
6. Expenses for feed, fertilizer,
and labor in the year 1919?
Z. Several questions concerning
artificial drainage of his farm.
8. Number of cows, horses, sheen,
chickens. and other domestic animals
on the farm January 1, 1920? :,
9. Quantity and acreage of all
crops grown on the farm IN 1919 IN
cluding fruits and vegetables,
10. Quantity of milk and butter
sold off the farm during the year
1919?
II, Acreage of timber land on
farm and value of forest products.
: Correct answers to the above ques'
tions are of the utmost Importance:
The United States Departmen. OF
Agriculture assisted the Census
Bureau in preparing the questions on
the agriculture schedule and appeals
to farmers everywhere to keep farm
j records for census purposes.
Copies of the Agriculture schedule
can be had in advance by any farmer
by writing to the Director OF the
Census, Washington, D. c.
Farm Defined.
A farm for purposes Of the census
includes all the land cultivated by
a single farmer either by his own
! labor alone or with the help Of hired
labor. 1t may be in two or more
separate tracts, but it is all one farm
if it is all under one management.
The land cultivated by a share
hand or cropper Or by a cash renter
constitutes a separate farm ard is not
to be n5ed as the owners faTm ..
includet; in it, but should be report
ed in the name of the tenant.