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Show Accurate farm records play big role in 1969 census of agriculture Accurate farm and ranch records, always Important to successful operations, will have added Importance If the UH! Census of Agriculture U to obtain a ck'ar picture of the Nation's farming trends, 1 This Information should he reported accurately so that i yield figures, etc., that are used for allottment purposes In each county reflect actual production, according to Wallace Wal-lace Sjoblom, Iron County Agent. I In contrast to previous farm censuses, conducted each five "The things we learn from the Census of Agriculture in 19t9 will be the basis for most of the information about farming In the United States and In every county for the next five years. When a farmer farm-er fills out his census form, he will tie helping to guide agricultural programs of the nation and pointing the direction di-rection for his own important decisions for several years. An accurate agricultural census must start with the millions of sets of accurate farm and ranch records," years, the 15MJ9 census will be I taken by mail. Questionnaires I will be mailed out In January of 1970 and they are to be filled out and mailed back. The Information for each farm will be entirely confidential. confi-dential. Data will be assembled assem-bled on the total number of farms, acres in farms, average aver-age value of land and buildings build-ings per farm, cropland harvested, har-vested, land irrigated, acreage devoted to major crops and the number of major kinds of livestock on farms. I Statistics will be published by states and counties and grouped according to characteristics charac-teristics of farms and Income rpntrou fvnc nf f:irmc pflttlo and calves by size of herd, hogs and pigs per farm, sheep and lambs by size of ewe flock and chickens over three months old by size of flock. The definition of a farm will b.9 the same as in two previous censuses. Places of fewer than 10 acres will be counted only if sales of agricultural agri-cultural products would normally nor-mally amount to at least $250. Those of 10 acres . or more will be counted only if sales would normaly be at least $50. In urging that farm operators opera-tors be prepared to furnish accurate records, J. Thomas Breenj Chief, Agriculture Division, Di-vision, Bureau of the Census, said: |