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and (77) "cows not kept for milk," separately. It will also 

 gather statistics of (78) home-made, while the manufactures sched- 

 ule will gather statistics of (79) factory-made cheese and butter, 

 thus separating the two. 



All crops, animals and products raised, no matter how disposed 

 of, and, generally speaking, all farm, crop and live stock values 

 will be taken and classified in such a way as to give North, South, 

 East and West, regardless of conditions, seasons or customs, a 

 reasonably full and fair exhibit of the productive strength of the 

 nation, if the farmers furnish to the enumerators the informa- 

 tion necessary to do so. 



Of course, statistics relating to age, nationality, sex, conjugal 

 relation, education, school attendance, citizenship, profession or 

 trade, birthplace, birth and death ratios, etc., etc., of all classes, 

 will be taken by the divisions of population and vital statistics on 

 separate schedules. As to manufactures of all kinds, large and 

 small, in the city and in the country, the census law says : — 



" The inquiries relating to the products of manufacturing and mechani- 

 cal establishments shall embrace the name and location of each establish- 

 ment; character of organization, whether individual, co-operative or other 

 form; date of commencement of operations, character of business or 

 kinds of goods manufactured; amount of capital invested: number of 

 proprietors, firm members, co-partners or officers, and the amount of their 

 salaries, number of employees, and the amount of their wages; quantity 

 and cost of materials used in manufactures ; amount of miscellaneous ex- 

 penses; quantity and value of products; time in operation during the cen- 

 sus year; character and quantity of power used, and character and number 

 of machines employed." 



But, since agriculture is the backbone of the nation — the 

 foundation of national growth and prosperity — its products con- 

 stituting the chief item of our export trade, it is of deep impor- 

 tance that the farming communities should thoroughly co-operate 

 in an attempt to make the coming census of their wealth and out- 

 put full and accurate. If they shall not, the reports thereof must 

 necessarily be defective, and all conclusions therefrom misleading 

 and false. 



The desired completeness and accuracy, however, cannot be 

 secured by the activity of a few ; it must come from the sincere 

 and active help of the farmers and producers of the entire United 

 States or not at all. 



In order to be ready for the census enumerators, who will begin 

 their field work on Friday, June 1, 1900, every farmer should 

 prepare, as early as possible, a written record of his acres, crops, 

 live stock, sales, values, etc., so that he may stand side by side in 



