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Show NEW FARM CENSUS NOW UNDER WAY Aa army of 25,000 census workers are now enumerating the Nation's farms, farm population, crop production in 1934, and the number of livestock. Each enumerator enu-merator has been allotted a specific spec-ific territory to canvass and has been trained in "schools" held iring December. There are 100 inquires on the :,-m schedule being used by the i isus enumerators. These in-res in-res relate to the tenure, age, a. '1 race of the farm operator; . acres in the farm; the classes land, according to use in ' '.i:.-:4; the farm value; number farm dwellings occupied and ii occupied; farm population; the umber of person snow living on .ims who lived in non-farm . dences five years ago; the imber of family laborers and id help; the acreage and the uduction of crops in 1934; the , . aber of livestock on farms; j-.: the production of milk, eggs, m '.)1 and mohair in 1934. The enumerators will finish J.i. ir work during January and fio farm schedules should be on ftK'r way to Washington by Feb-ruarty Feb-ruarty 1. In Washington, these farm schedules will be edited, coded, and tabulated and the results published. Because of the effect of drouth land economic conditions, this is 'perhaps the most important agricultural ag-ricultural census ever taken. The v.-oik of enumeration, editing, and tabulation will be facilitated i as much as possible so that these data may be available in planning plan-ning and carrying out crop and livestock, farm credit, subsistence homestead, marginal land, and other programs. Farmers are urged to write, 1 phone or call at the headquarters headquar-ters of the Census Supervisor in iu ir district and procure a sample o j i y of the farm schedule, study I" questions and have their answers an-swers ready for the enumerator who will visit them during January. |