The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-08
NAMED TO TAKE
FARM CENSUS
Persons to Help in Taking
Farm Census in County
Are Named.
ONE VACANCY LEFT
Raymond G. Powell and Muir
rice Whelan Are Named:
One Vacancy Left.

Indications that preparations are
now under way for the taking of a
farm census in Kenosha county in con-
nection with the Census of Agriculture
being made throughout the nation I'M
der the auspices of the Department of
| Commerce, was given today when an
nouncement was made by Leroy Thorn
as, supervisor of the taking of this
census for the Fifth District of Wis
consin, of his appointments of two
enumerators for the work in Keno
sha county.
Raymond G. Powell has been named
as the enumerator for Bristol, Pleas
ant Prairie and Salem; Maurice JOS
eph Whelan was named for the city
of Kenosha, Paris and Somers. At the
same time it was announced that the
appointment was still open for E. D.
/ 56 in Kenosha county, this district con-
sisting of Bristol, Randall and Wheat
land with 402 farms in 1920. Applica-
tion for this district should be sent to
the Supervisor Of the Fifth district
at Milwaukee, care of the U. S. APP
| pfalSerS stores building.
Named for Racine County.
Appointments for Racine county
were announced at the same time to
be as follows: Arthur H. Lewnan, Bur
lington, Rochester and Waterford; Miss
Elsie Schelling, town of Caledonia;
Mrs. Lily Arneson, Pearce, Mount
Pleasant, Racine city and Sturtevant
village; Ray S. Hamper, Norway and
Raymond.
A vacancy also exists in Racine coun-
ty for one district, this being for the
Dover, Union Grove and Yorkville,
with 404 farms in 1920.
In connection woth the announce
ment, the following bulletin from the
Department of Commerce was made
public showing the nature of the CEN
sus which is to be made:
Covers Past Crop Year.
+ The Department of Commerce is
about to take census of agriculture
covering the crop year 1924 and re-
lating to conditions on or near Jan.
| /, 1925. This is the first census of
agriculture to be taken midway be-
tween the decennial censuses; the act
of congress authorizing it is based on
the belief that, with rapidly changing
conditions in agriculture, there should
be stocktaking as often as every
five years. The work of taking the
census will begin on Dec. 1, and is to
be completed on or before Jan. 81.
AS rapidly as possible after the re-
ceipt of returns statements will be
released for the press, by the census
bureau at Washington, relative to pro-
duction of the principal farm crops
and the values of farm properties, in
GLIDING land, buildings, machinery and
| livestock.
The enumeration will require the
services of $4,000 to 10000 enumera-
tors acting under the direction of 212
supervisors, who have for the most
part been selected from the employees
of the bureau of census and the de-
partment of agriculture. Employees of
the forest service will secure the CEN
Gus returns for most of the farms
within the national forest reserves in
Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida,
Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Tonnes
see, Utah, Washington, West Virgin
ia and Wyoming.
Questionnaires to Farmers.
Sample missionaries are being
widely distributed to the farmers, to
familiarize them with the information
soon to be called for by the enumera-
tors. In addition to the. usual inquir-
les relative to production, values and
farm expenses, the schedule calls for
the amount of taxes paid by the farm
operator on farm property, including
real estate tax, personal property tax
and special assessments. 1t is impor-
tant to ascertain just what the bur-
den of taxation resting upon the farm
really is and how it compares with the
amount of taxes paid by other inter-
ests. This may point the way to a
more equitable adjustment of the tax
burden.
Heretofore the census of agriculture
has always been taken in connection
with a complete census of population.
This time it will cover the farm popu-
lation only, showing the number of
persons living on the farm, including
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farm laborers and their families. These
persons will be classified as under or
over ten years of age and as white or
Ecolored.
The extent to which farm operators
used the purchasing and selling facili-
ties of farmers organizations will be
| brought out by two Inquiries; one call
ing for the value of products of the
farm sold through farmers market
ing organization, and the other calling
for the value of all farm supplies pur-
chased from or through a farmers
| organization. An additional index to
the marketing conditions will be
brought out by answers to inquiries as
to the kind Of road adjoining the farm,
whether concrete, brick, macadam,
gravel, improved dirt or unimproved
dirt, and the distance to the nearest
market town. Through inquiries of
| this character the census seeks to Sc
cure information relative to conditions
upon which to a considerable degree
| the success of farm operation depends.
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