CENSUS-TAKING EXTRAORDINARY.
: . ••' .. ■ % Prom the official orop • reports tne agricultural. census for the year. 1809 in the United States appears to have been of an ■extraordinarily elaborate character. .Tho schedule sont but covers both. sides of a sheet 15m. by 12in., and the : total number of blank spaces for replies is about 575. It is stated that no. one farmer will be required .Jo answer, all the'questions, because ;no one/produces everything covered byf the census.'- , But av. man who grows crops on, arable land, does some dairying, lce?f>s poultry,, and' .grows a little fruit will be calledupon to answer ■ the great, majority, of the questions. For live siock, poultry, : a nd dairy produce alone information is requested on - 128 points. ' These include details as toynum-ber.-eex, and. value of each important -classi of animals of different ages. As 'tothe questions as a whole, no farmer wno does not keep detailed accounts systematically can-possibly, answer' half of them..:- -'■ ■■' :. ■ ■' - ■•• -.. <"v ■■ .' (
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 759, 7 March 1910, Page 10
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156CENSUS-TAKING EXTRAORDINARY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 759, 7 March 1910, Page 10
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