The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-24
AGRICULTURAL
CENSUS HAS
NEW FEATURES
Farmer Must Enumerate
Autos, Tractors, Telephone
and Other Improvements

among lIe new ledSufeS lncluueu
in the approaching 1920 census of ag-
riculture will be series of questions
relating to the amount of corn and
other crops raised for silage purposes.
These statistics on silage, which are
to be collected by the Bureau of the
Census in accordance with the recon-
mendations made to that Bureau and
to Congress by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, are expected
to furnish accurate and comprehen-
sive figures on this important phase
of farming which have heretofore
been lacking. The facts and figures
gathered in the census on this subject
will be tabulated, so as to show what
each county as well as what each
State produced in the way Of silage
during the year 1919.
The Census Bureau also announces
the inclusion in the farm schedule of
questions to show how many farmers
own tractors and automobiles and
how many have heating and lighting
plants and telephones in their homes.
These questions are designed prim-
arily to make known the better liv-
inc conditions and modern improve
ments on farms in all sections of the
country The Census Bureau, in in
Guiding these questions for the 1920
census, was guided by suggestions
from leading farm economists as well
asby communications from farmers,
organizations. The Department OF
Agriculture is also interested in these
questions and gave its endorsement
to the plan.
Copies OF Schedules for Farmers
To secure cooperation on the part
of the farmers and interest them in
the census, the Bureau of the Census
has distributed more than million
copies of the agriculture schedule
through the medium of several farm
publications which have a wide circu-
lation. The farmers who received
these copies will thus have an oppor-
tunity to study the questions in adj
vance and be ready to give prompt
and accurate information to the CEN
sus enumerator when he calls during
the month of January. Any farmer
who desires a copy of the agriculture
schedule in advance may secure one
by writing to the Bureau of the Cen
sus, Washington, d. c. An extra sup
plv of the schedules has been printed
for this purpose.
That the individual farmer will
realize the advantage of keeping a.
more accurate tab on what his farm
is yielding is one result of the census
hoped for by the Department of Ag-
riculture. The schedule of questions
which will be used in the approach
ing census will help the farmer I'M
getting started in this work inasmuch
as it sets forth the subjects in which
the Government is interested, and
thus provides a model which any
farmer can easily adapt to his own
needs.
When Reports Will Be Ready
The published results of the 1920
census will be issued by the Census
Bureau as rapidly as possible. No
precise time can be set in advance
as to when the first reports will APP
pear, but it is thought that the pre-
liminary bulletins will be issued with
in three months after the completion
of the enumeration. Later a series of
bound volumes appropriate for use as
reference books in libraries and
shoots will be published.
These publications will show forI
each county, for each State, and for
the country as whole, the number
of farms, the total acreage of farm
lands, the value of farm property, the
of the different kinds of live
stock, the acreage and production of
all the important crops and many
other items of interest connected with
the farming industry.
The bulletins of the Census Bureau
will be widely distributed and every
effort will be made to make them of
the greatest possible value to the
farmers who furnished the informa-
ton which they contain.