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Show ed and all farms and ranches in these sample areas, totalling about 3,000, will be enumerated. Some of the sample areas are located in each of Utah's 29 counties. Questions to be asked by the Census Bureau enumerators cover use of land, acreage, and production produc-tion of crops, number of livestock, facilities and equipment, expenditures expendi-tures and farm labor. The answers an-swers to these questions will provide pro-vide up-to-date information on Utah's agriculture and show the major agricultural changes which have taken place since the 1950 Census. Supervisor Allred pointed out that the Sample Census of Agriculture Agri-culture of Utah is authorized by law. This law provides that all information about individuals and their farming operations be kept Enumerators to Take Ag, Census Beginning Today On October 22, U. S. Census Bureau enumerators will begin visiting vis-iting approximately 3,000 Utah farms and ranches as the second phase of the Sample Census of Agriculture of Utah gets underway, under-way, according to District Supervisor Sup-ervisor Milton E. Allred of Salt Lake City. Earlier, census questionnaires ques-tionnaires were mailed to owners and operators of all large farms and ranches in the state. The smaller farms and ranches to be visited by enumerators were selected by means of the scientific sampling procedures developed by the U. S. Census Bureau. For the purpose of taking the survey, Utah has been divided into small areas, each containing about five farms and ranches. A sample of 544 of these areas has been select- in strict confidence and that only statistical totals be published. Information In-formation obtained in the census cannot be used for taxation, investigation inves-tigation or regulation. |