The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-21

been. or we're you. a tenant? How
n,anv wears have you farmed as an
owner? How long have you operated
this farm? If you rent all OF this
farm what do you pay as rent? II
you rent any farm land from others
or manage any farm land for others,
give name and address of owner Of
/ land.
Other new questions in the coming
census involve the amount Of land
from which no crop was harvested
/ this year because of crop failure; crop
land lying idle or fallow in 1919; pas
ture land in each farm. The farmer
is also requested to give the total val
ne of his farm January 1, 1920, as
well as the value of all buildings on
the farm and the value Of implements
and machinery belonging to the
farm. If any encumbrances exist
against the property he is asked to
specify the total amount of debt on
the land on the day the census is tax
en-. and the rate of interest he pays on
this debt.
Under the head of farm expenses,
each farmer is asked to state the
amount expended in 1919 for hay,
grain, mill feed and other products
not raised on the farm which he used
for feed for domestic animals and
poultry; the amounts of cash eXpend-
ed for manure and fertilizer and for
farm labor, exclusive of homework.
He is also to give the estimated val
ne of the house rent and board fur
nished farm laborers in 1919 in adj
dition to the cash wages.
Information on Unimproved Land
Special attention is also to be Civ
en- to the matter of drainage, partic-
ularl with regard to the area of the
farm which has been improved by
drainage and whether a drainage or
| levee district OF some form of stock
company was organized to handle
drainage He is asked to tell the
amount of land provided with artific
ial drainage and the additional area
needing drainage, with respect to that
needing drainage only, drainage and
clearing, or clearig only. The sta
tistics for the crop and live stock re
ports are quite similar to those used
during previous ears, although some
minor notifications have been made.
There are other new items listed
under the caption of farm facilities
which include particulars regarding
the number of tractors on the farm,
the number of automobiles, motor
trucks, whether the farm has a tele-
phone, water system and gas or cleo
! trio lights Information is also re
quested as to whether there is local
or cooperative marketing club, and
| farmers are asked to give the value
of all farm products sold through or
to such organizations in 1919, and al
so the cost of supplies purchased
through the assistance of such an as
ISOLATION.
Complete information is also asked
regarding the orchard fruits, sub
tropical fruits, nuts, small fruits, fruit
products or grape products, and
greenhouse and dollhouse areas and
equipments which are produced or
which are used on each farm.
In order to ascertain the timber and
lumber resources of each farm, three
forester questions are asked; The
number of acres of understandable tim
Der, consisting principally of trees of
saw-log size; the value of all forest
products of the farm at the date spec
flied which have been sold or are for
sale; and the value of all homegrown
products which have been or will be
used on the farm.