The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
IMPORTANT FACTS
 ABOUT IHE CENSUS
Comprehensive Summary of Its Pur- pose. Information Sought and Why Enumeration Begins on Janu-
 ary 2. 1920.

For the information of readers of The Star and the general public the following authoritative matter relative to the Fourteenth Decennial Census of the United States is given:
 The census is required every ten years by the Constitution of the Uni ted States and by Act of Congress. The date named for beginning the 1920 census is January 2, but the Cen sus Day Is January l.
 In cities the population enumera- tion will be completed in two weeks.
 The enumeration of farms will be completed within thirty days.
 The censuses of manufactures. mines and quarries, oil and gas wells, and forestry and forest products will. as a rule. be taken by special agents and by correspondence, and not by enumerators.
 The census is the means by which the Government ascertains the in crease in the population, the statistics concerning agriculture. and the vital lnfOEmAtibN tuu1tluAiH AAN tNeeAA N1a of the Nation.
 Census for Statiscal Purposes Only.
 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 basis for taxation, nor can it be used to harm any person or his property
 1t 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.
 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.
 g. Each person will be asked his birthplace as we'll as the birthplace of father and mother.
 {. If foreign born the date of coming to the United States will be asked and. if naturalized, the date of becom- ing a citizen; also mother tongue or native language
 .. 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 deb,
 6. Each person will be asked his occupation and whether he is an em- 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 and welfare and progress of the per sons under it's protection.
 Questions Asked of Farmers
 l. Each occupant of farm will be asked how many years, if any, he worked on farm for wages; how many years, if any. he was a tenant; and how many years, if any, he farm ed as an owner
 2. whether he ta) owns. or (b) rents, or fc) 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
 {. Total value of farm? Total value Of buldings2 Value of implements and machinery on farm?
 2. Whether farm is morgaged? If so. the amount of mortgage2
 6. Expenses for feed, fertilizer, and labor in the year 1919?
 :. Several questions concerning ar tificial drainage of his farm.
 s. Number of cows, horses, sheep, chickens, and other domestic animals on the farm January |. 1920?
 g. Quantity and acreage of all crops grown on the farm in 1919, including fruits and vegetables?
 i0 Quantity of milk and butter sold off the farm during the year l9l92
 II. Acreage of timber land on farm and value of forest products.
 Correct answers to the above ques- lions are of the utmost importance. The Unied States Department of Agriculture assisted the Census Blu reau in preparing the questions on the agriculture schedule and appeals 10 farmers everywhere to keep farm re- cords for census purposes
 Copies of the Agriculture schedule can be he'd in advance by any farmer by writing to the Director of the Cen sus. Washington, D. c.
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