Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-19
The FOURTEENTH
DECIMAL CfkSUS

0AVkteiTA " TSS
remuneration Begins January 2, 1920
The census is required every ten
years by the Constitution of the Unit
ed States and by Act of Congress.
I,ha feo date named for beginning the
1920 census is January 2, but the
census Day is January l.
In cities the population enumera-I
ton will be completed in two weeks
Inc enumeration of farms will be
completed within thirty days.
Inc censuses of manufa ctures,
MINES and qUarries, oil and gas wells
ana forestry and forest products will. i
as rule be, taken by special agents.
and by correspondence and not bvi
enumerators.
The census is the means by which
the Government ascertains the in
crease in the population. the sta
tlst!cs concerning agriculture. and
the vital information concerning the
resources of the Nation.
Census For S atist' cal Purposes Oniy
The census inquiries are defined BY
act of Congress.
The information gathered is strict
ly confidential, made so by law.
Census information can not under
any circumstances be used as a basis
for taxation, nor can it be used toI
harm any person or his property.
1t hos nothing whatever to do with
detection, arrest, prosecution or pun
lshment of any person for any VIC a.
tion of any law.
Important Questions Asked of all
1. Age at last birthday.
2. Each person ten years of age
and over will be asked whether he is
able to read or write
3. Each person viii he asked his
) birthplace as well as the birthplace
OF father and mother.
a. If foreign born the date of ccm-
, ing to the United States will be ask
ed. and if paturalized. the date of be-
coming a citizen; also mother tongue
or native language
5. Each head of a family will be
: asked whether his home is owned by
him or rented. If owned, whether
E the home is mortgaged or free of
] debt
6. Each person will be asked his
s occupation and whether he is an en-
e ployer or an employee or is working
" on his OVn account.
r The answers to the above questions
q give valuable and vital information to
the Government concerning the health
q welfare and progress of the persons
under its protection.
Important Questions Asked of
: Farmers
l. Each occupant of farm vii
y be asked how many years, if any. he
q worked on farm for wages; how
e many years, if any, he was a tenant
e and how many years, if any, he farm
as an owner.
2 Whether he (a) owns, or (b)
rents, or (c) partly owns and partl!
rents his farm, or whether (d) tn
y operates the farm for others as +;
manager or superintendent
:. 3. How many acres in his farm
D Number of improved acres? Numbe
of unimproved acres and number D
acres Of woodland
d. Total value of farm? To+a
er value of buildines? Valua of 'mple
10, mehts and machinery on farm?
ok W'"+her farm is m2rtaged? I
ill so. the amount of mortgare?
w. 6. Expenses for feed fertilize
en- and lahor in the year 1919?
'e- 7. Several questions concerning
artificial drainage cf his farm
+. 8. Number of cows, horses, sheer
no chickens and other domestic animal
on on the farm January /, 1920?
nd 9. Quantity and acreage of a
MS crops grown on the farm in 1920, ir
On, Guiding fruits and vegetables?
ast 10. Quantity of milk and butte
Ick sold eff the farm during the yea
nd 1919?
10, H. Acreage of timber land .
ws farm and value of forest produces.
me Correct answers to the above cues
am tions are of the utmost importanc
The United States Department {
Agriculture assisted the Census Bl
reau in preparing the questions O
g- the agriculture schedule and appea
to farmers everywhere to keep far
records for census purposes.
Copies of the Agriculture schedu
can be had in advance by any farm'
by writing to the Director of tt
b Census, Washington, D. c.
Farm Defined
A farm for purposes Of the\ censl
IS includes all the land cultivated by
& single farmer either by his own lab,
alone or with the help of hired labc
e 1t may be in two or more separa
B tracts but it issall under one manag
& ment.
The land cultivated by sha
hand or cropper, or by cash retain
- constitutes a separate farm and
- not to be counted as the owners far
or included in it, but should be r
ported in the name of the tenant.
Identification Cards Carried By
EnumeratOrs
Census enum orators will carry ide
tifcation cards as well as writ.
commissions. These will be shov
promptly by the enumerators up
request of any person.
In all cases where persons are su
picious of impostors these identifc
ton cards should be demanded. 1t
against the Federal law to imperso
ate a Censrs official, and importo
should be reported to the authoriti
Census Questions Must Be Answe
ed
The Act of Congress providin"
he Census makes it, the duty Of
parsons to furnish the lnioln1atl
asked for by the enumerators to
out the census schedules. No p,
sons should hesitate, neglect or
fuse to answer fully and accurat
all the enumerator's questions.
only asks the questions necessary
ill the schedules as required by
Act of Congress. S>
Keepers OF hotels, apartm
! houses, boarding or lodging houses,
tenements, must assist the enumer
or in getting the information conce
ing the persons living in such hot
and houses.
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