Show census takers to visit farms right after january 1 men and women armed with questions will set out to visit every farm in this country to get basic information on agriculture they are census takers the only figures they want are farm figures they will ask questions like these name of the owner number of people P le living on the farm number of people employed wages crop and livestock production and value of land buildings machinery this census has been taken every five years since 1840 the history of the census Is a history of a dwindling farm population more ilore than 74 11 per cent of the labor force in 1820 less then than 18 per cent in 1940 |