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taken next April, an outline of the schedule is here presented. Every 

 farm operator is strongly urged to study this outline carefully, and 

 to write down the answer to each question as soon as the necessary 

 information becomes available. When completed, the note book 

 should be laid aside for reference when the enumerator calls. 



Scope of the Farm Census of 1910. 

 Section 8 of the act authorizing the thirteenth census provides 

 that : — 



The schedules relating to agriculture shall include name, color and country 

 of birth of occupant of each farm, tenure, acreage of farm, acreage of woodland 

 and character of timber thereon, value of farm and improvements, value of 

 farm implements, number and value of live stock on farms and ranges, number 

 and value of domestic animals not on farms and ranges, and the acreage of 

 crops planted and to be planted during the year of enumeration, and the 

 acreage of crops and the quantity and value of crops and other farm products 

 for the year ending December thirty-first next preceding the enumeration. 



In accordance with this act, the Director of the Census, after calling 

 into conference the proper officials of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture and also leading authorities on agriculture from all sec- 

 tions of the country, sought and received many valuable suggestions 

 from practical farmers regarding the specific questions to be asked. 

 The schedule adopted is both simple and complete. Every question 

 asked calls for information that is of genuine interest to all farmers. 



The schedule maj r be divided into five parts, as follows : — 



1. Personal information regarding the farmer. 



2. General information regarding farm acreage, values and ex- 

 penses. 



3. A statement of the acreage, yield and value of all farm crops 

 harvested in 1909, and of all animal products, — that is, dairy prod- 

 ucts, eggs, live stock sold, etc. 



4. An inventory of all live stock, including poultry and bees, on 

 hand April 15, 1910. 



5. Miscellaneous information. 



1. Personal Information. 



Under this head, farmers will be asked to give their name, post 

 office address, color or race, age, nation in which born, tenure, length 

 of residence on farm, and, if a tenant, the name and address of the 

 person from whom land is leased. 



By obtaining the ages of farmers the census will be able to classify 

 farm property by age periods of the operators, and thus show what 

 proportion of all farm wealth is controlled by farmers under twenty- 

 five years of age, between forty-five and fifty years of age, or for any 

 other age period. The rate of gain in wealth as the farmers increase 

 in age will be a general index to the profitableness of farming as an 

 occupation in different sections of the country. 



