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ADVANCE FARM SCHEDULE. 
Farmers to be Furnished Copies Be- 
fore the Census Begins. 
Washington, D. C. 
March 14, 1910. 
A great increase in the accuracy 
of the census returns from the farm- 
ers, a considerable saving of the 
working time of the farm enumera- 
tors, and the removal of much of 
whatever misapprehensions and 
prejudices may exist among farm- 
ers with regard to the census are the 
important results expected by the 
United States Census Bureau to fol- 
low the use of the Advance Farm 
Schedule, which has been adopted 
and will be ecireulated, through the 
rural postmasters, among the farm- 
ers a short time before the actual 
census taking. 
The employment of this advance 
schedule is a distinct innovation in 
census methods. It is the logical 
and practical outcome of the Cen- 
sus Bureau’s persistent effort for 
some time past to give the farmers 
a clear and comprehensive prelimi- 
nary knowledge of the Farm Census 
questions and to induce them to keep 
written records of their farm opera- 
tions and equipment in readiness for 
the call of the enumerators, begin- 
ning April 15 next. 
Four million copies of the sched- 
ule will be printed, and the distribu- 
tion of them among farm owners and 
tenants will be intrusted to the farm 
enumerators soon after they are 
commissioned, about April 1. 
~ Postmaster-General Hitchcock has 
promised the assistance of his de- 
partment in the effective distribu- 
tion of the schedules, and he will is- 
sue instructions relative thereto to 
the rural postmasters. They will be 
required to address and forward to 
the farmers receiving mail at their 
offices the advance farm schedules 
supplied them by the enumerators. 
In a note to farmers on the front 
page of the schedule, Census Direc- 
tor Durand states: 
*‘In accordance with the act of 
Congress, the census of the popula- 
tion and farms of the United States 
will begin on April 15, 1910. On or 
soon after that date an enumerator 
will call at your house for the pur- 
pose of obtaining the required in- 
formation concerning your farm. 
‘‘Many of the questions which will 
be asked you concerning the equip- 
ment and operations of your farm 
can not be accurately answered by 
you without considerable thought 
and the making of careful calcula- 
tions or estimates. Therefore, this 
form has been sent to you in ad- 
vance, so that you may study the. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Porto Rico 
Leaving the ice-coated dock in 
New York, on Feb. 5, the next view 
of land is the ‘‘Morro Castle,’’ San 
Juan, flanked on one side by the sun- 
bathed white buildings of the town, 
and on the other by a long stretch 
of sea-beach with tumbling waves, 
swaying palm trees, intensely blue 
water and the vivid green fields of 
the Tropics. 
The old Spanish ‘‘ Military Road”’ 
runs from San Juan, 84 miles south- 
west to Ponce, on the south coast. 
As well macadamized as ‘‘The Glou- 
eester Road,’’ with graceful, con- 
crete bridges and easy grades—but 
lacking the scenic attractions of 
tomato cans, and huge signs of ‘‘ Dr. 
Thinn’s Anti-Fat’’ common to New 
England roads—this great highway 
follows the winding valleys planted 
with thousands of acres of sugar- 
cane, oranges and tobacco, crosses 
the mountains at an elevation of 
about 3400 feet, and sweeps down 
with many doublings and curves to 
sugar plantations stretching to the 
horizon, and thence to the sparkling 
waters of the Caribbean. 
In lightest summer clothing and 
straw hats, we go through the mills 
where cane enters at one end and 
emerges as sacked sugar at the 
other, wander through the quaint 
back streets, make snap-shots at 
what seems most interesting in 
Ponce, while we wonder how any- 
one can stay in bleak New England — 
in February. Surf-bathing is in 
water at 76 degrees, a clear, blue- 
Vo 
green sea, tumbling on the dazzling — 
white sands, the ever blowing north- — 
east ‘‘Trade Wind’’ tossing the long, — 
graceful branches of the cocoa-nut — 
palms fringing the beach. Oranges 
load the propped-up branches, mile- 
long fields of pineapples stretch in — 
regular rows, grapefruit, 
bananas, coffee! 
country is this land of the Manzana! 
guava, 
What a productive © 
What glorious coloring and play of : 
light and shade as the clouds drift y 
over the fields and mountain slopes! 
And even at night the beauty is not 
all hidden, for the myriads of stars, 
the full moon, and towards morning 
the Southern Cross make the sky ; 
as brilliant a spectacle by night as 
is the tropical landscape by day. — 
But how abouf a permanent resi- 
dence is so humid and enervating a 
climate? While admitting its many 
charms, I found that most Ameri- 
cans who have lived there several 
ce 
years felt that they were ‘‘sojourn- 
ers’’ still and were looking forward 
hopefully to the time when they 
could again go north to ‘‘God’s 
country.”’ 
T. W. PRESTON, 
of ‘‘The Indian Store,’’ Magnolia. 
questions at your convenience and 
have the answers written down be- 
fore the enumerator comes. 
‘“‘You are earnestly requested to 
read this form and instructions care- 
fully, to write down the answers to 
all questions that apply to your 
farm, and to keep it until the enu- 
merator comes. By doing this you 
can save yourself much time and 
contribute greatly to the success of 
the agricultural census. 
‘‘Besides the information concern- 
ing your farm, the enumerator will 
also ask you the names, ages, and 
other facts concerning the members 
of your household.”’ 
Mrs. Fay’s Predictions. 
Mrs. Eva Fay’s predictions at 
Keith’s this week have startled all 
Boston. She has been usluged with 
questions about political business 
and personal matters, and tie an- 
swers she has given to some of them 
have been of the must startling char- 
acter. The interest in the Russell 
and Glover will cases is shown by 
the large number of questions on 
these matters sent to Mrs. Fay. Of 
course, it would be impossible for 
ler to answer them withkcut ecom- 
ing in contemp: of court, and she 
has already made announcements to 
this effect. 
however, she is willing to answer all 
questions from those who attend her 
performances. 
The bill for the week wiil haxe 
a number of new features, one of 
which will be Siiaon and Shiekl’s 
big musical comedy entitled ‘* High 
Life in Jail.’’ This is a most pictur- 
esque affair, showing the interior of 
a prison, the inmates being bankers, 
brokers and proiessional men, who 
enjoy life in jail much the same as 
they would outside. This furnishes 
endless opportunity for merriment, 
and an excellent company gets all 
there is out of it. The Pianophienis 
are also on the bill with a spiendid — 
company who play on six pianos at 
once. 
D. T. BEATON 
Kitchen Furnishing Goods, Hardware. 
Ranges and Furnaces, Plumbing and Heating. 
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Worker. 
Telephone 23 
MANCHESTER, MASS. 
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