Evening star., 1934-10-09
.25,ODO WILL WORK
ON FARM CENSUS.
Two Thousand Jobs Here to
Be Filled by Civil Service
Certification.

Approximately 25, 900 temporary jobs
between 1900 and 1000 Of them in
Washington-will be created by the
1885 census of agriculture, the ques-
tionnaire for which has just been COM
pleted and made public by the Census
Bureau.
All the Washington workers will
have to be certified by the Civil Serv-
ice Commission, it was announced, but
field workers either will be taken from
relief rolls throughout the country or
the jobs will be handed out as patron
age.
The census Of agriculture, author
lied several years ago by Congress as
a regular quintennial project, 10 all
that is left of the elaborate plans made
during the last session Of Congress to
incorporate it with q new census OF
unemployment.
School Is Opened.
Already q school for supervisors,
with 80 persons enrolled, has been
opened by the Census Bureau in the
Commerce Department Building with
daily sessions being held under direct
supervision of DR.. Stuart A. Rice, as
sistant director of the bureau. William
L. Austin, director, however, will super
wise the actual collection and tabula-
ton of the data to be gathered during
January.
All the field work, according to
Director Austin, is expected to be
completed within 80 days. The cler-
ical force in Washington, however, is
expected to be employed for a much
longer period tabulating the returns
from the field. Just how long the
work here will be continued could not
be estimated, but it is the plan Of
officials of the Census Bureau, Agri-
culture Department, Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration, Farm Credit
Administration and other interested
Federal and State agencies to have
the tabulation completed in time to
submit a definite program to Congress
which convenes In January.
The schedule of questions for the
1885 farm census has been reduced to
about one-third of the number COW
cred in the 1880 census, it was ex-
planned. It is divided into eight major
sections comprised of 100 questions
covering practically every ramtncation
Of the farm industry.
Nature Of Questions.
The questions cover farm tenure,
farm acreage, the total value of the
farm, the acreage and yield Of the
chief field crops and vegetables; the
number OF trees and. yield OF the
chief fruits and nuts, the number and
value of each class of live stock, poul-
try and eggs, and farm population.
Another valuable feature. according
to Director Austin, will be the replace
ment Of 1880 census figures of rural
population. 1t Is believed that because
of the depression there has been q
tremendous migration from urban tc
rural centers and halt Of the former
trend from farms to the cities.
Almost simultaneous with the an
nouncement of plans for the new
census, A. A. A. officials made public
figures to show that farm income
during June. July and August. 1884
was at the highest three-month leve
reached since the rise which started
after the first quarter of 1888, anc
about SO per cent below the pre-
depression level"
The figures were announced bI
Louis H. Bean, economic adviser II
the A. A. A. He said the three
months income totaled $500. 900 900
including s133 900 900 in Dement'S ane
other payments made 10 farmers b!
the Government. This compared with
81. 1.3l6 900, 900 for the corresponding
period of 1888 and s913,ooo, 900 in tht
1882 period.