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The original documents are located in Box 34, folder "Census of Agriculture" of the
William J. Baroody Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 34 of the William J. Baroody Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
OF THE UNITED PREST THE OF
1974 Census of Agriculture
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
A periodic census of all the American people is required by the
Constitution as the basis for apportioning representation in Congress.
In addition, Congress has since 1840 provided for a special census of
agriculture to periodically meet the Nation's requirements for reliable
and timely statistics on this indispensable segment of our economy.
The 1974 Census of Agriculture has just begun. Statistics for more
than 2.5 million farms will be collected to provide measures of the farm
industry and agricultural economy for the Nation, each State, and every
county. These data will be aggregated for use by virtually every segment
of American society-farmers and their representative groups, the Con-
gress, Federal agencies, State and local governments, educational insti-
tutions, private businesses, and consumer organizations.
Under the statute authorizing this Census, receipients of census ques-
tionnaires are required to answer the questions in those questionnaires
that apply to them, their families, and their farms to insure the accurate
compilation of these statistics. The sole purpose of the Census is to secure
general statistical information regarding agriculture and related resources
of the country. No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the in-
formation required. The Census has nothing to do with taxation or the
enforcement of any National, State, or local law or ordinance. The Cen-
sus Act expressly provides that there will be no public or private disclosure
regarding any person or his affairs. To assure the due protection of the
rights and interests of the persons furnishing information, every employee
of the Census Bureau is prohibited, under heavy penalty, from disclosing
any information that may thus come to his knowledge.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the
United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that under
the law it is the duty of every person from whom information is sought
in connection with the 1974 Census of Agriculture to reply to the ques-
tions in the questionnaire.
Prompt, complete, and accurate responses to all official inquiries made
by Census officials are of great importance to our country. Therefore, I
ask affected Americans for their full cooperation in the 1974 Census of
Agriculture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth
day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hun-
dred and ninety-ninth.
Gerall R. Ford