Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-12-24

task of taking the 1920 census by max
ing frequent use of the information
set forth in this leaflet to impress peo-
pie with the great importance of the
coming census and to urge them to
prepare for the coming of the census
enumerator so that correct and COM
plete answers may be- given.
Sam. L. Rogers. director Of the CEN
sus, sends The Tribune, the following
information which we pass to our
readers:
The census is required every ten
years by the Constitution of the Unit.
ed States and by Act of Congress. The
date named for beginning the 1920
census. is January 2, but the Census
Day. is January l..
In cities the population enumerat-
ton will be completed in two weeks.
The enumeration of farms will be
completed within thirty days.
The census of manufactures, mines
and quareies, oil and gas wells, and
forestry and forest products, will as
rule, be taken by special agents and
by correspondence, and not by enum-
orators.
The census is the means by which
the Government ascertains the in
crease in the population, the statistics
concerning agriculture, and the vital
information concerning the RESOURCES
of the Nation.
Census for Statistical Purposes Only.
The census inquiries are defined by
act of Congress.
The information gathered is strictly
confidential, made so by law
ConSnc in finy, non ,,,,1or
any circumstances be-used as a basis
for taxation, nor ca n it be used to
harm any person or his property.
It has nothing whatever to do with
detection, arrest, prosecution, or pun
ishment of any person for any viola
ton of any law.
Important Questions Asked Of All
Persons.
, 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 will be asked his
birthplace as we'll as the birthplace
of father and mother.
4. If foreign born the date Of COM
ing to the United States will be asked
and, if naturalized, the date Of becom-
ing citizen; also mother tongue or
native language.
5. Each head of a family will be ask
ed whether his home is owned by him
or rented. If owned, whether the
home is mortgaged or free of debt.
6. 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 its protection.
important Questions Asked Of
Farmers
1. Each occupant of farm will be
asked how many years, it any, he
worked on farm for wages; how
many years, it any he was a tenant;
and how many years, If any, he farm
ed as an owner.
2. Whether he (a) owns, or (b)
rents, of (c) partly owns and partly
| rents his farm, or whether (d) he op-
crates the farm for others as a man
ager or superintendent.
3. How many acres in his farm ?
Number Of improved acres? Number
of unimproved acres and number of
acres of woodland?
4. Total value of farm? Total val
ue of buildings? Value of implements
and machinery on farm?
S. Whether farm is mortgaged? If
so, the amount of mortgage?
6. Expenses for feed, fertilizer, and
labor in the year 1919?
Z. Several questions concerning ar
tificial drainage of his farm.
8. Number Of cows, horses, sheep,
chickens. and other domestic animals
on the farm January 1, 1920?
9. Quantity and acreage of all crops
grown on the farm In 1919, including
fruits and vegetables?
10. Quantity of milk and butter sold
off the farm during the year 1919?
| H. Acreage of timber land on farm
and value of forest products.
Correct answers to the above ques-
lions are of the utmost importance.
The United States Department of Az.
riculture assisted the Census Bureau
in preparing the questions on the agri.
culture schedule and appeals to farm.
ers everywhere to keep farm records
for census purposes. -
Copies of the Agriculture schedule
can be had in advance by any farmer
by writing to the Director of the Cen.
sus, 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.
It may be in two or more separate
tracts, but it is. all one farm If 1t is all
under one management.
The land cultivated by share hand
or ~cropper, or by a cash renter, con,
Estitutes separate farm and is not to
be counted as the owners farm or In.
lcluded in it, but should be reported
in the name of the tenant. f. , @ss...@
Identification cards carried BY
- Enumerators..- r. -:*s5. = =
Census enumerat0rs will carry iden.
LITIGATION cards as well as written com.
missions. These will be shown
promptly by the enumerators upon re-
| quest OF any person. s 3
In all cases. where persons are sus-
picious OF imposters these sindentih-
cation cards should be demanded. It
is against the Federal law to Inner
senate a Census official, and imposters
should be reported to the authorities.
Census Questions Must 9a Answered.
| The Act OF Congress providing Tor
the Census makes It the duty Of M