Advance Schedule of Agriculture, Bureau of the Census

ADVANCE SCHEDULE OF AGRICULTURE.-To be filled in advance by the farmer and KEPT by him after the enumerator has CO 8-1956 EXPLANATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS. Department nf Commerre and Tabnr [HH 4-401] 3 NOT CONNECTED WITH TAXATION.- The informa- BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 1 tion reported on this schedule will not be used as a basis of taxation nor communicated to any assessor. It will, under all circumstances, Washington A be treated as strictly confidential. TO FARMERS: DEFINITION OF A FARM.- -You are expected to fill out this Advance Schedule if you are a farm operator" in the sense In accordance with the act of Congress, the census of the population and farms of the United States will begin on April 15, 1910. C adopted by the Census Bureau. A farm operator means a person who directly works a farm, managing and conducting agricultural opera- On or soon after that date, an enumerator will call at your house for the purpose of obtaining the required information concerning your farm. tions either by his own labor alone or with the assistance of members Many of the questions which will be asked you concerning the equipment and operations of your farm can not be accurately I of his household or hired employees. Thus, when land is leased or is managed by a hired employee, the tenant or manager, and not the answered by you without considerable thought and the making of careful calculations or estimates. Therefore this form has been sent to S owner, is the farm operator and is expected to fill the schedule and to put his name in answer to Inquiry 1. Retired farmers or other you in advance, so that you may study the questions at your convenience and have the answers written down before the enumerator comes. owners of farms who do not farm them personally need not prepare You are earnestly requested to read this schedule and instructions carefully, to write down the answers to all questions that apply to farm schedules, even though they exercise some supervision over the tenants or managers of their farms. your farm, and to keep it until the enumerator comes. By doing this you can save yourself much time and contribute greatly to the success Your schedule should cover ALL the land which you directly farm on April 15, 1910. All such land taken together constitutes one of the agricultural census. farm" for census purposes. It may consist of a single tract of land This Advance Schedule is NOT the Official Schedule upon which the enumerator must make his official return. See to it that the or of a number of separate tracts, and part of it may be held by one tenure and part by another. enumerator fills in his schedule, which he will bring with him, before leaving your house. You should not give this to him, but keep it yourself. For example, if you own and cultivate one tract of, say, 60 Besides the information concerning your farm, the enumerator will also ask you the names, ages, and other facts concerning the acres in one place and another tract of 30 acres in another place, give the figures for both tracts as one farm of 90 acres; and do members of your household, which are required by law. the same if you rent both tracts from others. If, however, you Very respectfully, own, say, 90 acres of land, but cultivate yourself only 60 acres and lease the other 30 acres to some one else, your own farm EDana Durand C should be given as consisting of 60 acres. On the other hand, C if you own, say, 90 acres of land which you ordinarily consider your farm, but also lease 30 acres from somebody else, then you Director of the Census. IE should give the entire 120 acres as your farm. To WHAT LAND REPORT OF PRODUCTS Farm expenses: Information concerning farm operator: SHOULD RELATE -Note especially that, while certain in- 22. Amount spent in cash in 1909 for farm labor M quiries on this schedule relate to 1909, what is wanted is the crops Name In a human (exclusive of housework) $ A and products raised during that year on the land which you occupy April 15, 1910, whether you farmed that land in 1909 or not. If you 1. 23. Estimated value of house rent and board fur- did not farm part or any of it in 1909, give the best information or Two nished farm laborers in 1909, in addition to H estimate you can of the products raised by the person who did farm it. On the other hand, do not give on this schedule the products of 2. Post-office address cash wages reported above. any land which you may have farmed in 1909 but did not occupy on 24. Amount spent in 1909 for hay, grain, and other April 15, 1910. These instructions are necessary to prevent dupli- 3. Color or race 4. Age 58 produce (not raised on this farm) for use as S cations. feed of domestic animals and poultry All questions applying to be answered.-Give information for every crop produced and every kind of animal on the farm. 5. Country in us me 25. Amount spent in 1909 for manure and other G If you have records or accounts, take information from them. which born 6. Tenure fertilizers If such records are not available, make the best estimate you can. Do not omit answers because the information is not 7. If tenant, state whether share exact. Where there are no crops or animals of a kind listed on Both Land owned but not operated by this farmer: 3 or cash rent or both are paid 26. If farm operator owns land leased to or farmed T the schedule, leave the spaces blank. Animals, fowls, and crops not mentioned by by others as tenant or manager, report keep any animals or fowls, or if you raised any crops in 1909, 8. If farm operator farms this Name here which are not mentioned on the schedule, write the name of farm or any part of it as Number of acres farmed by others such animal, fowl, or crop in the blank spaces provided, or cross out some name which does not apply to your farm and manager or tenant, give P. O. so write the proper one in instead. for owner of such land address Value of land and buildings farmed by others. $ Crosses on the schedule.-Mak no entries in spaces marked i thus (X). 9. How long has this farmer Inquiries 1 to 5. Name and personal description.-Filli in Years 5 years , months Number of farm tenants and managers operated this farm? name in case you are the person who operates this farm, Domestic animals on farm April 15, 1910: as explained above, and give the facts asked as to yourself. (Report all animals on the farm whether belonging to the farm operator or not.) Farm acreage April 15, 1910: INQUIRIES 6 AND 7. TENURE.-The inquiries are Acres. 27. Cattle: Number. Value. V of great importance and should be answered in accordance with the 10. Total number of acres in this farm. (Give here all lands Cows and heifers kept for milk, born before following instructions: operated or farmed by the farm operator, including all out- January 1, 1909 Y $ 10000 M Owner.-If you or your wife own all of the land which you lying or separate fields, meadows, pastures, or woodlands cultivate. the answer to Inquiry 6 should be Owner,' whether Cows and heifers not kept for milk, born operated by him as owner, tenant, or manager. Do not in- 57000 it is wholly paid for or not. Part owner (owner renting additional land).- you or clude land operated or cropped by any other than the one 600 before January 1, 1909 19 s your wife own part of the land you farm and lease the rest from whose name is given under Inquiry 1) Heifers born in 1909 6 12000 some one else, and only in that case, write Part owner.' Owner and tenant.-If this farm is operated by two or more 11. Improved land in this farm. (Give here all land regularly persons, one owning it and the other (or others) working for tilled or mowed, land pastured and cropped in rotation, land lying fallow, land in gardens, orchards, vineyards, nur- 600 Calves born after January 1, 1910 17 34000 a share of the farm products, write Owner and tenant." Note carefully the distinction between this case and the part owner. series, and land occupied by buildings) Tenant.- The entry Tenant' should be made for Inquiry 6 Steers and bulls born in 1909 if you lease all the land which you farm: but if you only lease 12. Woodland in this farm. (Give here land covered with nat- Steers and bulls not kept for work, born part of it and own the rest, the nswershould be Part owner.' ural or planted forest trees. whose principal value is in The answer to Inquiry 7 should be Share if you pay as rent firewood, timber, or other forest produets, which it will none before January 1, 1909 5 voooo M a share, such as one-third or one-half, of the products. The now or later yield) Steers kept for work, born before Jan- answer should be Cash if you pay either (1) a fixed rental in B money, such as $200, or (2) a fixed amount of produce, such as uary 1, 1909 100 bushels of wheat, or (3) if you agree to work for the owner 18. All other unimproved land in this farm o of the land a specified number of days, such as two days every 28. Swine week. Cash does not necessarily mean money, If you pay both cash rental and share rental on the same land, cr pay Farm values April 15, 1910: Hogs and pigs born before January 1, cash for some land and a share for the rest, write Share and 1910 34 23300 B cash. Manager. you do not own the farm or rent it, but manage 14. Total value of this farm with all buildings and improve- it for the owner, who pays you wages or a salary, write Man- ments, but not implements and machinery 58000.00 Pigs born after January 1, 1910 VO 40 o ager" in answer to Inquiry 6. A husband is never to be re- 700000 so ported, however, as manager for his wife's farm, but if he 15. Value of all buildings on this farm included above. 29. Horses and mules: manages it for her. should be reported as Owner.' Inquiries 10 to 13. Farm acreage.-The sum of the answers 16. Value of all implements and machinery belonging to Mares, stallions, and geldings born before to Inquiries 11 to 13 must be hesame as the answer to Inquiry 10. January 1, 1909 8 60000 this farm. (Include all implements, machinery, tools. Inquiries 18 and 19. Mixed tenure.-If both cash rent and wagons, carriages, harnesses, etc. all apparatus for making V butter and cheese, for ginning cotton, for making cider, Colts born in 1909 10000 share rent are paid for the same tract of land, give acreage and value under Inquiry 18 or 19 according to whether "share " wine, sugar, molasses, and sorghum, for drying fruit, for o or cash rental is the more important item. thrashing grains and for similar purposes, together with 1500 as Colts born after January 1, 1910 4 10000 engines and other motors) Inquiries 20 and 21. Mortgage indebtedness.-Include all T debts secured by instruments locally called "mortgages; " also Mules born before January 1, 1909 all debts represented by judgment notes, confessions of judg- ment, deeds of trust, deeds with vendor or lien clause, bonds Mixed tenure: If answer to Inquiry 6 is "part owner" or "share- D orcontracts for title, orany other legal instruments (other than cash' tenant, give- Mule colts born in 1909 mechanies' liens or crop liens) that partake of the nature of mortgages upon real estate. 17. Land and buildings in this farm owned by farm operator. Mule colts born after January 1, 1910. 4 Inquiries 27 to 32. Domestic animals.-Report all animals F regularly and continually kept on your farm, whether you own Total acres Total value, $ Acres improved them or not. Report as "kept for milk' all cows or heifers 30. Asses and burros (all ages) which have been or are to be regularly milked for at least three months during 1910 and whose milk is used for human food or 18. Land and buildings in this farm rented by farm operator from others for producing cream, butter, or cheese. Report all other cows for share of products. 31. Sheep and lambs: F and heifers born before January 1, 1909, as not kept for milk.' Inquiry 35. Animals slaughtered.-Re under "slaugh- Total acres Total value, $ Acres improved Ewes born before January 1, 1910 E tered on farms' all animals slaughtered during 1909 on the farm, 19. Land and buildings in this farm rented by farm operator from others Ramsand wethers born before January 1, 1910 whether for farm use or for sale, and include in the column value the value of their hides, tallow, lard, etc. for cash or fixed amount of labor or products. E Lambs born after January 1, 1910 Inquiry 38. Dairy products.-Report under "milk pro- duced ALL that was produced (except what was fed without Total acres Total value, $ Acres improved 4 skimming to calves, pigs, etc.), including what was used for butter, cheese, cream, etc. Include as sold, milk, cream, or 82. Goats and kids (all ages) B butter fat sold or delivered to cooperative and other creameries and factories or to private customers. Butter produced must Mortgage indebtedness April 15, 1910: Animals born on the farm during 1909: include that consumed on the farm as well as that sold. Where milk or cream is sold by the pound erase the word Gals.' and 20. If the farm operator owns any or all of the land in this No (If the number born is not known, give the number raised.) write the word "Lbs." Report as milk sold only that which was sold without skimming. If skimmed milk or buttermilk farm, state whether such land is mortgaged (Answer Yea" or "No.") Calves 10 Colts 3 Mule colts H was sold, strike out the name of some product, such as cream or butter fat, which was not sold, and insert the words "skimmed 21. Amount of mortgage indebtedness April 15, 1910 $ Lambs de milk or buttermilk with the proper figures. Pigs 60 V The information furnished on this schedule will be kept strictly confidential and can not be d to injure you or ai