Nursery stock should not be reported here, but the receipts from the sale of such stock must be reported under Question 219.

439. The quantity harvested and quantity sold must always be reported in the unit of measure called for on the schedule. The following table of equivalents will serve somewhat as a guide in making the necessary conversions from pounds or boxes to bushels:

440. Special fruits and nuts. In the counties in which the Supplemental Schedules for Special Fruits and Nuts, “A” and "B," are to be used, enumerators are to leave this section of the General Farm Schedule blank; placing no figures in the spaces for answers to Questions 203 to 212, but writing across these fruit questions either the words "No fruit" or the words "See Special Schedule," as the case may be. Special care must be given to the preparation of these schedules.

441. The Supplemental Schedule A for Special Fruits and Nuts is to be used by enumerators in specified counties of 5 States, as follows:

442. The Supplemental Schedule B for Special Fruits and

Nuts is to be used by enumerators in specified counties of 5 States, as follows:

443. Questions 213 to 218. Forest products cut on this farm for home use or for sale.-Where one or more items are reported under Questions 213 to 218, woodland should be reported under either Question 11 or Question 13, or both, unless the woodland was cleared and made suitable for crops after the forest products were cut.

VALUE OF PRODUCTS OF THIS FARM

444. Section XV. Farm income. The six Questions 221 to 226 are intended to ascertain as nearly as possible the gross income of each farm. Note particularly that gross receipts or values are desired without deduction for expenses of any kind. Income of the farmer from any source except this farm should never be included.

445. Many farmers do not keep books and will not be able to answer these questions as accurately as questions regarding the acreage and production of specific crops. Nevertheless they should be able to give an approximation which will enable the Bureau of the Census to classify farms in a broad way according to the amount of their income. You should insist on an estimate in every case, where exact figures are not available, even though the person who is now operating the farm and makes the report did not operate it in 1929. You should accept the estimates of the person furnishing the information unless they are obviously much too low or too high, in which case you may exercise your

own judgment, after duly discussing the probable figures with your informer.

446. You should assure each person furnishing such information that it is strictly confidential and intended for statistical purposes only. The data will not be disclosed to any person outside the Bureau of the Census, whether to tax officials or any others.

447. Questions 221 to 224 call for the gross value only of products sold or traded, not including products consumed on the farm for seed, feed, family use, or any other purpose. Most of the crops of 1929 will already have been sold at the time of enumeration, but some farmers may be holding certain products for future sale (Question 221). Do not include products produced during 1928 which may have been sold in 1929.

448. Question 224. Value of forest products.-The value of all forest products, as called for under Question 224, should include an estimate for those to be sold. This estimate should be based on the market value.

449. Question 225 calls for the value of products consumed by the farm family, not for those fed to animals, used for seed or for other similar purposes. In some cases the consumption of the farm family represents a considerable fraction of the total value of farm products, and an effort should be made to avoid underestimating the value of such consumption.

TOTAL FARM LAND OWNED

450. Section XVII. Total farm land owned anywhere in the United States.-Question 229 must be asked of all farm operators (owners, part-owners, managers, and tenants). If the answer is "Yes," then Questions 230 to 232 must be answered, and if a mortgage debt is reported under Question 232, then the interest charges must be reported under Question 233. Where mortgage debt and interest charges are reported under Questions 31 and 32, they must be included under Questions 232 and 233, when additional land is reported under Question 230.

451. Sample farm schedule.-Sample farm schedules have been sent to a large number of farmers. They were instructed to fill them out, showing the operations on their farms for the year 1929, and to hold them until the enumerator calls. If a farmer has prepared his report on one of the sample schedules, you should go over the report with him, make any necessary corrections or adjustments, and copy the report on a

In

General Farm Schedule (Form 15-90). The sample schedule which the farmer has filled out must be left with him. no instance should a report he forwarded to your supervisor on one of the "sample" forms.

THE

SCHEDULES FOR INCIDENTAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND LIVESTOCK, BEES NOT ON FARMS OR RANGES

POULTRY, AND

452. When to use these schedules.-In order to complete the enumeration of crops and livestock, special schedules (Forms 15-91 and 15–210) have been provided for securing returns for places of less than 3 acres, where the value of products is less than $250, or where livestock, poultry, or bees are found in barns or elsewhere, not on farms or ranges. An individual enumerator will use only one of these forms. He will receive from his supervisor the form he is to use, with special instructions printed on the schedule itself. This schedule applies to city or village barns or stables, house lots, and small places in or near incorporated cities, towns, and villages, as well as to country districts proper. The animals, products, and crops are to be enumerated in the name of the person in whose care the place is on April 1, 1930, regardless of ownership.

453. The question whether any livestock, poultry, or bees are kept or crops were grown on the premises should be asked at each dwelling house enumerated on the Population Schedule, except in areas where the keeping of such livestock would be quite impossible. Inquiry should also be made at other places, such as factories, mills, mines, stores, stables, etc., in your district. 454. Schedule No. 2 (Form 15-210) is to be used in 340 counties, as follows: