anaheim-gazette 1909-12-16

POINTS OF THE FARM CENSUS HOW ARE OUR TILLERS OF THE SOIL GETTING ON? Is the American Holding His Own With the Foreign Home-Maker?—When Does the Hired Farm Hand Become the Independent Landed Proprietor? Important Data Sought (Specially Contributed to The Gazette.) Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. United States Census Director Durand states that the new inquiries in the general agricultural schedule for the census of 1910 are expected to develop important data on the questions whether or not the native American farmer is holding his own against the foreign-born home maker in this country; the age period when the "hired farm hand" becomes an independent farmer himself; the age when the tenant farmer ceases to be a "renter" and becomes an owner; and also concerning other vital facts relative to the social and industrial tendencies among the millions of tillers of the soil in the first decade of the twentieth century. The new questions were added to the farm schedule by authority of the act of Congress providing for the Thirteenth and subsequent decennial censuses, but United States Census Director Durand was instructed to determine the form and subdivision of the inquiries—in other words, to frame the main questions and the subinquiries concerning the fifty-eight groups of topics embraced in the schedule. try in which the farmer was born is also of great social significance. The replies should show whether or not the native American is holding his own in agriculture. They will, for the first time, enable comparisons be tween the various nationalities to ascertain which are the most successful in agriculture, as indicated by the size of their farms and the value of their crops per acre. This inquiry will have an important bearing on the immigration problem. It will show what nationalities are going into agriculture and which of these are the most likely to become owners of farms. If this information is classified for counties, it will throw light on the relation between nationality and social activity. Is it the native American, the German, the Scandinavian, or farmer of some other nationality who is most actively taking up agricultural cooperation or developing a better rural school? The inquiry for the acreage of crops to be harvested in 1910 is an important innovation. It not only enables the Census Bureau to get data a year later than usual, but it will permit the United States Department of Agriculture to check up the estimates of its special agents as to the area of the various crops. Very soon after the federal-farm census is taken the winter-wheat harvest will begin and this acreage data will at once be available for checking the estimates of the total amount of winter wheat in the harvest of 1910. The fact that the 1910 schedule calls for the number and breed of thoroughbred animals shows the strides America is making in improving its stock. The information will not only be of interest to breeders of pure-bred stock, but farmers will be able to know whether dairy breeds, such as Jersey's or Guernseys, are POCKET EDITION The United Statesvey has just pocket form forthe separate geologic mapis now in prep rate parts have lished only in by 21 inches—respondence wweeers, teachers, out the countryalso a field eduesof these about 6 by 9 iis satisfactory use but a smilfor use in the f Each folio covermap of the areas showing its arelogy, with a sSome folios intling mineral reefground water,a tions and othertions. In the new faded and inclosedlibrarians,andunfolded maps,desire a pockettions will heresthe Survey.Tis bound in subwhich forms almaps are printedthat will bearling. Although thericg atlas are peducational andthey have alsomany nontechni desired to obtai The new questions were added to the farm schedule by authority of the act of Congress providing for the Thirteenth and subsequent decennial censuses, but United States Census Director Durand was instructed to determine the form and subdivision of the inquiries—in other words, to frame the main questions and the subinquiries concerning the fifty-eight groups of topics embraced in the schedule. As approximate accuracy in the returns from the enumeration depends not only upon the supervisors and enumerators, but largely also upon the form of the schedule, Census Director Durand called into consultation with himself and his administrative staff this summer a number of farm economists and farm management experts who assisted in the preparation of the questions with a view to simplicity and clarity of language and the avoidance of technical terms not in common use. A comparison of the new schedule with the one used in the census of 1900 shows that great progress has been made in this direction. It is believed the enumerators will have less difficulty in understanding what information the 1910 schedule is trying to bring out and that the farmers will be able to give fuller and more accurate replies. The new schedule will also facilitate the use of a more thorough system of office checking whereby inaccuracies may be discovered. The new inquiries fall into three classes: First, those seeking information not obtained by former censuses; second, those calling for more extensive data on previous census topics; and finally, those concerning conditions or industries which have arisen since the last census. In the first class are those inquiries concerning the age of the farmer and the country of his birth; the mortgage indebtedness; acreage to be planted to crops in the year 1910; breed of pure-bred animals; and acreage of mixed timothy and clover hay. In the second class are the inquiries relative to the amount of feed purchased for live stock and the amount and value of live stock purchased; the value of eggs sold; value of wax sold, separate from honey; and amount of pasture land under irrigation. In the third class the new questions provide for the separation of wheat into its various varieties—com- EBELL ELECTS OFFICERS Restrictions to Membership Are Removed The Travel Section of the Ebell met on Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Storm. Several important matters of business were disposed of. This being the last meeting of the year, officers for the year of 1910 were elected as follows: Mrs. Fred C. Spencer, leader; Mrs. Otto Storm, secretary; Miss Margaret Walker, treasurer; Miss Bella Walker, librarian. The previous restrictions as to begin and this acreage data will at once be available for checking the estimates of the total amount of winter wheat in the harvest of 1910. The fact that the 1910 schedule calls for the number and breed of thoroughbred animals shows the strides America is making in improving its stock. The information will not only be of interest to breeders of pure-bred stock, but farmers will be able to know whether dairy breeds, such as Jerseys or Guernseys, are making more progress than beef breeds, such as Herefords and Anguses; and also, what particular dairy or beef breed seems to be most in favor in different localities. The student of farm conditions will also be able to judge which class of farmers, or what part of the country, is most progressive in this respect. The new inquiries concerning wheat are expected to reveal the immense progress made in this great crop. Fears that the supply will not keep pace with the demand have agitated the public from time to time, but in late years great areas have been added to the wheat acreage, through the introduction of new varieties of wheat which were adapted to soil and climatic conditions. This is particularly true of winter wheat, which is to be listed separately from the common spring. Campbell's epoch-making efforts in behalf of dry farming, in connection with the introduction of Durum wheat, promises to turn the semi-arid region, covering millions of square miles, into one of the most prosperous sections in the entire world. Emmer and spelt varieties are playing an important role in helping to get a wheat of great drought and rust-resisting power. Therefore it becomes important to take an account of them in the coming agricultural census. Five folios in now ready for Belle Fourche Aberdeen-Redfieldthe El Paso (TN New Jersey), Tower (North Docketly) 164, 184. The price is edition—25 cent paper and print. A few extra geologic maps of folios of the field ed and can be folded, for 5 cents. Although the census at held in Fullerton April, there are candidates who would move to Palm Beach Ruddock win for the election, field for nomination Orange county. Three trustees, a marshal. The hh Coulter and Hillts Mr. Scobie will for re-election. His position as city could move to Palm Beach Announced that he date for re-election. A number of Gregory in the city have requested trustee and he met the race. Willis rural route carriage probably be a caver The terms of ver and Crowthe In the second class are the inquiries relative to the amount of feed purchased for live stock and the amount and value of live stock purchased; the value of eggs sold; value of wax sold, separate from honey; and amount of pasture land under irrigation. In the third class the new questions provide for the separation of wheat into its various varieties—common spring, common winter, Durum or macaroni, Emmer, and spelt; for the increase of the number of the varieties of vegetables from seven to twelve; for the addition of guinea-fowls and pigeons to the poultry list; for the statement of the amount received for standing timber; for the amount of woodland on the farm; and for the amount received for pasturing domestic animals. The farmers' answers concerning their ages should throw much light on social conditions in agriculture. From these it will be possible to calculate with reasonable accuracy the age when a young man passes out of the ranks of the "hired farm-hands" and becomes either a tenant or owner of a farm, possessing his own implements, machinery, livestock and property. The answers will help fix the age at which a farmer may expect to stop being a "renter" and arrive at the dignity of ownership of the soil. Whether or not it is becoming more and more difficult for an American farmer to rise from the tenant class to that of farm ownership will be pretty clearly indicated by the classification of mortgaged farms by age periods. If farmers under 35 have, relatively, the greatest mortgage indebtedness, it will be fair for statisticians to assume that the indebtedness has been incurred in the purchase of the farm. The inquiry concerning the coun- The Travel Section of the Ebell met on Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Storm. Several important matters of business were disposed of. This being the last meeting of the year, officers for the year of 1910 were elected as follows: Mrs. Fred C. Spencer, leader; Mrs. Otto Storm, secretary; Miss Margaret Walker, treasurer; Miss Bella Walker, librarian. The previous restrictions as to membership in this section were removed, as there will be no need to limit the number of members henceforth, the section having obtained permission to meet on every second and fourth Saturday of the month in the history room of the high school. The following program was rendered: Roll call — Facts concerning the Passion Play. Review of previous lecture by means of the following topics: Who was Henry Lawrence?—Mrs. Storm. What has England done for India? Mrs. McKee. The Peacock Throne — Miss Raymond. Revolt of the Sepoys—Mrs. Dutton. The Kohinoor Diamond—Mrs. Eygabroad. The reading of the lecture on the Passion Play was taken up by Miss Walker, Miss Margaret Walker and Mrs. Eygabroad. Miss Margaret Walker acted as critic. Meeting adjourned to meet on Jan. 15 at the high school. PHONOGRAPHS ON EASY PAYMENTS You can buy an Edison or Victor Phonograph by paying $1 per week. It makes an Xmas present that every member of your family will appreciate. Weber's Stationery and Music Store. Sole agent for Anaheim. POCKET EDITION OF GEOLOGIC FOLIOS The United States Geological Survey has just adopted an octavo or pocket form for its geologic folios—the separate parts or units of the geologic map of the country which is now in preparation. These separate parts have heretofore been published only in folio form—about 18 by 21 inches—but as a result of correspondence with geologists, engineers, teachers, and librarians throughout the country the Survey will print also a field edition of all future issues of these publications, in size about 6 by 9 inches. The folio-form is satisfactory for office and library use but a smaller form is desired for use in the field. Each folio contains a topographic map of the area considered and maps showing its areal and structural geology, with a short descriptive text. Some folios include also maps showing mineral resources and underground water, as well as geologic sections and other diagrams and illustrations. In the new form the maps are folded and inclosed in a pocket. Many librarians, and instructors prefer the unfolded maps, but most mining men desire a pocket edition, so both editions will hereafter be published by the Survey. The new field edition is bound in substantial manila board, which forms also the pocket. The maps are printed on a special paper that will bear refolding and handling. Although the folios of the geologic atlas are prepared primarily for educational and technical purposes they have also been of interest to many nontechnical people who have desired to obtain some knowledge of CONTROL THE EMOTIONS. One of the Essential Conditions of Nervous Balance. Now, then, can the nervous sufferer help himself? To begin with, he should ask himself: "What is there in my physical life which may account for my nervous weakness? Is my diet sufficient in quantity and nutritious in quality? Do I get enough sleep? Is my work congenial? Is my environment in any degree suited to my tastes and aptitude?" These are simple questions, and yet upon their answer often depends the possibility of nervous health or nervous disease. If the sufferer discovers that any of the physical causes of a nervous breakdown are in operation it is obvious that it is his first duty to fight against these causes, to lessen them and if possible to remove them altogether. In the next place—and this is especially to be noted by nervous women—one of the essential conditions of nervous balance is the control of the emoflons. The tendency on the slightest provocation to give way to a paroxysm of tears is dangerous, because it leads to weakness, bodily and mental. No doubt there are moments of poignant agony when tears are nature's beneficial provision for some relief to an overstrained nervous and mental organism, but these moments come at rare intervals in our lives, and, as a rule, so far from weakening our mental or moral life, they uplift and purify it. What nervous people must be warned against is the tendency to let themselves go because of some petty worry or some slight domestic difference or through some morbid impulse to self pity.—Rev. S. S. McComb in Harper's Bazar. DUTCH SPORTS. Holland the Land of Sleighing, Sledging and Skating. Probably no other boys and girls had better times than the Dutch boys and Although the city election will not be held in Fullerton until the 21st of April, there are already rumors about candidates who will run for the various offices. It is said that City Marshal Ruddock will not be a candidate for the election, as he will enter the field for nomination for Sheriff of Orange county. Fullerton will elect three trustees, a clerk, treasurer and marshal. The holdover trustees are Coulter and Hiltscher. Mr. Scobie will not be a candidate for re-election, having resigned his position as city clerk so that he could move to Pasadena. No member of the present Board of Trustees has announced that he would be a candidate for re-election. A number of friends of Richard Gregory in the southern part of the city have requested him to run for trustee and he may decide to enter the race. William French, formerly rural route carrier on No. 3, will probably be a candidate for marshal. The terms of Trustees Welton, Clever and Crowther expire and Treasurer will hereafter be published by the Survey. The new field edition is bound in substantial manila board, which forms also the pocket. The maps are printed on a special paper that will bear refolding and handling. Although the folios of the geologic atlas are prepared primarily for educational and technical purposes they have also been of interest to many nontechnical people who have desired to obtain some knowledge of the geology of the areas in which they live, but the large size of the folios has served to keep them out of a book case. The folios in the new form can easily be preserved on ordinary shelves with other books. Five folios in the field edition are now ready for distribution, the Belle Fourche (South Dakota), the Aberdeen-Redfield (South Dakota), the El Paso (Texas), the Trenton (New Jersey), and the Jamestown-Tower (North Dakota), numbered respectively 164, 165, 166, 167, and 168. The price is the same for either edition—25 cents each, the cost of paper and printing. A few extra copies of the areal geologic maps that accompany the folios of the field edition are printed and can be had separately, unfolded, for 5 cents each. DUTCH SPORTS. Holland the Land of Sleighing, Sledging and Skating. Probably no other boys and girls had better times than the Dutch boys and girls in old and new Netherland. Holland says W. E. Griffls in his book, "The Story of New Netherland," is the land of skates and sleighs. Children and young people hardly learn to skate; they begin it naturally and keep it up all their lives. Whether for fun or in parties or to go to the market, to church, to weddings or funerals, they move by rapid transit on steel. A pair of skates is a passport to comrade-ship. Every habit and each trick known on Holland canals or ponds was reproduced on the Mohawk and Hudson. There was the iceboat or sailboat on runners, sometimes reduced for swiftness to a long plank with crosspieces for seats and with skate frogs. Equipped with mast, canvas and some courage, it seemed to race with the wind itself. As for coasting, wherever flat Holland could show a hill or slope or Friesland furnished a torp or artificial mound there were the boys and girls at fun. On the ice lady or lass sat in a hand sleigh, while husband or swain pushed as he skated. All this shows the reason why Newburg-on-the-Hudson and Albany and the hills of Dorp are so famous for coasting and the North river for ice yachts and why from the first generation of settlers the Dutch-American towns were noted for sledding, sleighing and skating. A Fishing Story. Angling has some very marvelous "Incidents" among its many records. Hampshire has its true tale of a duck which became entangled in a trout line and, breaking off the gut, trailed the fly behind her and actually hooked a fair sized fish. The struggle between the two must have been as extraordinary as that of the Dumfries gander which became similarly attached to a line and hook baited with dead frog. In this case a voracious pike was hooked, and a veritable tug of war ensued, in which the astonished bird performed sundry somersaults on the surface of the water until victory at last rewarded the feathered angler, which towed to shore one of the largest fish ever caught in that particular loch. And that the tale is true. AUGUST OF THE ROMANS In the old Roman calendar August, which was then the sixth month of the series, bore the name Sextilis. Julius Caesar, in reforming the calendar, extended it from its 29 days to a month of 30 days. When, not long after, Augustus Caesar, nephew of the great Julius, conferred on this month his own name to give it proper dignity he took one day from February and added it to August, which has ever since consisted of 31 days. Augustus was born in September and it might have been expected that he would take that month under his patronage. But a number of lucky things had happened to him in August and, besides, that month stood next to that of his illustrious predecessor, Julius. So he preferred Sextilis as the month which should be honored by his name, and August it has ever since been among all nations deriving their civilization from Rome. GIRLS WITH BOYS' NAMES. Girls with boys' names and boys with girls' have received them in many instances no doubt by accident. It was so in the case of George Anne Bellamy, the famous eighteenth century actress who played Juliet to Garrick's Romeo. Born on St. George day, she was to be called Georgiana, but somebody's blunder at the time of her christening split this into George Anne. The "corn law rhymer," Ebenezer Elliott, had a daughter named Noah, whose passport is said to have given her much trouble abroad. But here, as in the case of other girl Noahs, it was only other people's Biblical ignorance that was at fault, for turn up Numbers xxxvi, 11, and you will find that Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah were the daughters of Zelophehad.—London Graphic. THE THIRST FOR GORE. Unsophisticated Onlooker—I think this is a first rate place. See what a fine view we have of this car coming. Seasoned Spectator—Fine view fiddlesticks! Nothing ever happens on these straight stretches, not even a broken leg. Come on down to the turn and wait for the fun.—Puck. MUST LOVE THEM. "Is he a lover of children?" "I should say he is. He's even glad to have his wife's sister's little ones about his house."—Detroit Free Press. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16 TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL As I intend to retire from active business I will sell all my stock at Cost Prices. Now is the opportunity for you to buy Christmas Presents At Wholesale Prices Of O. Fulde, the Jeweler, 113 East Center Street. 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