New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-11-05
CENSUS INTERPRETATION OF
THE Word e i ARM.

CENSUS INTERPRETATION OF
THE WORD ssF ARM I;
Washington Nov: What is 4
farm?
Seems a foolish question TO ask, doesn't
lit? Almost any one can tell off-hand
just what a farm lis and knows one
when he sees it.
& But do you happen to know the
interp 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 farned by one
person conducting agricultural opera
)tions, either by his own labor or with
! the assistance Of members Of his house
hold or hired employ
In further explanatiio Of this defini-
Ition the Census Bureau points out that
| the term agricultural operations is
used as a general term referring to the
work Of growing crops, producing other
agricultural products and raising do
nestle animals, poultry or bees.
From this definition it will be seen
that a farm may consist Of single
tract Of land or Of a nun Der Of separate
and distinct tracts. And these several
tracts may be held under different
| tenures as, for instance, when one tract
lis owned by the farmer and another is
rented by him. Thus if man who
owns 100 acres rents an additional ten
lacres from some one else and operates
both the 100 acres and the ten acres,
then his farm includes both tracts
I of land comprising 10 acres. 5
By the same token when a landowner
has one or more tenants, renters, crop
Ipers or managers, each different tract
of land operated by any such tenant,
renter, cropper or manager is consid-
Eered separate and distinct farm by
the Census Bureau. Or, to give an
example, if a man owning 100 acres Of
land rents 40 acres to tenant and
farms the remaining 80 acres himself,
his farm is. the 80 acres Whichshe operates
not the 100 acres which he owns, while
the 40 acre tract which he rents to a
tenant comprises a separate farm to be
reported in the name Of the tenant.
Another question to be determined
lis, how important does an agricultural
enterprise have to be; in order to secure
recognize in the census as farm?
a small vegetable. garden ora chicken
yard accommodating a few busy hens
will not be allowed equality as a If rrn''
lin the census no matter with what
Epardonable pride and satisfaction the
proprietor ma view his agriicu Itural
enterprise.
But if the garden or chicken yard
Hexpands until it covers not less than
three acres Of ground, or until it requires
! for its care the continuous services of at
least .sone person. Or Yields pllllsscts
annually to the value. Of $3.50 81, more,
comes within the census definition
of 2 farm andsWill be recog nized as such
and counted.
81 The agriculture schedule contains
many questions regarding farm valGes,
expenses and live stock as well as the
acreage and quantity Of crops raised
in the year 9 ts. Census Bureau
officials are urging farmers every where
Ito prepare for the censgs nU1nerator
by looking over their books and records
| 50 that ace rate answers may be fur
1nished to questions.
In this connection the Bureau Of the
fCensus emphasizes the fact that the
inform alton furnished to census takers
is absolutely confidential, made 50 by
Act of Congress, and that Under no
circumstances can any such inform alton
Ebe used as a basis for taxation