Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-01-02
City Enumeration Expected To
Take Two Weeks and Farms
a Month
I'll. A. DfMOCK WILL TAKE
COUNT IN LADYSMITH
Read Over List Of Questions That will
he Asked You and BE Prepared
10 Answer Them

The work of taking the Fourteenth
Dccennial Census of the United States
commences today. The enumerators
for Rusk county were announced by
! Supervisor Willis V. Slverthorn. of
WauSau, Wis last week They are:
District 179-Towns of Atlanta Muir
iy and Wilson, Herbert Cotton.
District 1S0-Towns of Big Bend and
| Washington, Matt Stevens.
District 1S1--Towns of Big Falls.
Dewey and Village of Tony, Carl G.
Wickman.
District 1S2-Village of Bruce and
/ Town of Th0rnapple, Chas. Brainerd.
! District 1S3-Town of Cedar RAPIDS.
Village of Glen Flora and Town of
True. John Erickson
District 1S4-Village of Conrath.
! town of Grow and town of Grant, ]. A.
Schmidt
District 1S5-Towns of Flambeau
and Hubbard. \. A. Hadden.
District 1S7 - Village of Ingram
, towns of Richland and South Forks
Milton w. Perry.
District 1S9--City of Ladysmith. III.
\. DimOck
District 100-Town of Marshall. Vii
lage of Sheldon and town of Willard.
James w. Myatt
District 191--Towns of RuSk and
Strickland, Michael JawOrski.
District 192-Town of Stubs and
Uillon of InI
mierkOwSki.
The census is required every ten
years by the Constitution of the United
States and by Act of Congress. The
date named for beginning the 1920 cen
sus is January ., but the Census Day"
is January l.
In cities the population enumeration
will be completed in two weeks.
The enumeration of farms will he
completed within thirty days.
Important Questions Asked of All
l. Age at last birthday.
. Each person ten years OF age and
over will be asked whether he is able
to read or write.
3. Each person will lie asked his
birthplace as well 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 hecOm-
ing citizen also mother tongue or ma
tive language
:. Each head of family will be
asked whether his home is owned by
him or rented If owned. whether the
home is m0rtgaged or free of debt
g. Each person will be asked his oc-
cupation and whether he is an employed
or emplOye or is working on his own ac-
count
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 Farmers
l. Each occupant ola farm will be
asked how many years, if any, he
worked on Il farm for wages: how
many years, if any, he was Il tenant:
and how many years. if any, he farmed
as an owner.
.. Whether he (a) owns or OBJ
rents, or (c) partly owns and partly
rents his farm or whether (d) he OPP
crates the farm for others as man
ager or superintendent.
3. How many acres in his far m?
Number of improved acres? Number
of unimproved acres and number of
acres of woodland?
4. Total value of farm? Total value
of buildings? Value Of implements and
on farm?
5. 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 the
artificial drainage of his farm.
g. Number of cows, horses, sheep,
and other domestic animals on
the farm January /, 1920.
g. Quantity and acreage of all
crops grown on the farm in 1919, i'm
Guiding fruits and vegetables?
10 Quantity of milk and butter
sold off the farm during the year 1919?
II. Acreage of timber land ON farm
and value of forest products.
Correct answers to the questions are
of the utmost Importance The United
States Department of Agriculture as
sisted the Census Bureau in preparing
the questions on the agriculture sched-
ule and appeals to farmers everywhere
TO keep farm records for census pur-
poses.