SCOTT COUNTY ARKANSAS
1880 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
QUESTIONS ASKED BY ENUMERATOR AT EACH FARM HOUSEHOLD
1. Name of the person who conducts this farm.
2. Owner (yes or no)
3. Rents for fixed money rental
4. Rents for shares of products
5. Acres of Land, Improved: Tilled, including fallow and grass in rotation (whether pasture or meadow)
6. Acres of Land, Improved: Permanent meadows, permanent pastures, orchards, vineyards
7. Acres of Land, Unimproved: Woodland and forest
8. Acres of Land, Unimproved: Other unimproved, including “old fields” not growing wood Farm Values:
9. Of farm, including land, fences, and buildings
10. Of farming implements and machinery
11. Of Live Stock
12. Fences: Cost of building and repairing in 1879
13. Cost of fertilizers purchased in 1879 Labor:
14. Amount paid for wages for farm labor during 1879, including value of board
15. Weeks hired labor in 1879 upon farm (and dairy) excluding house work: White
16. Weeks hired labor in 1879 upon farm (and dairy) excluding house work: Colored
17. Estimated value of all farm productions sold, consumed, or on hand for 1879 Grass Lands:
18. Mown acres
19. Not Mown acres
20. Hay, tons
21. Clover Seed, bushels
22. Grass Seed, bushels
23. Horses of all ages on hand June 1, 1880
24. Mules and Asses, all ages, on hand June 1, 1880 Neat Cattle and their products, On Hand June 1, 1880:
25. No. Working oxen
26. No. Milch cows
27. No. Other Neat Cattle and their products, Movement 1879:
28. No. Calves dropped
29. No. Purchased
30. No. Sold living
31. No. Slaughtered
32. No. Died, strayed and stolen and not recovered
33. Gallons Milk sold or sent to butter and cheese factories in 1879
34. Lbs. Butter made on the farm in 1879
35. Lbs. Cheese made on the farm in 1879 Sheep:
36. No. on hand June 1, 1880
37. No. Lambs dropped
38. No. Purchased
39. No. Sold living
40. No. Slaughtered
41. No. Killed by dogs
42. No. Died of disease
43. No. Died of stress of weather Sheep: Clip, Spring 1880 Shorn and to be shorn:
44. No. Fleeces
45. Lbs. Weight Swine:
46. No. on hand June 1, 1880 Poultry on hand June 1, 1880, exclusive of spring hatching:
47. No. Barn-yard
48. No. other
49. Doz. Eggs produced in 1879 Rice, 1879:
50. No. Acs.
51. No. Lbs. Cereals, Barley, 1879:
52. Area, Acres
53. Crop, Bush. Cereals, Buckwheat, 1879:
54. Area, Acres
55. Crop, Bush. Cereals, Indian Corn, 1879:
56. Area, Acres
57. Crop, Bush. Cereals, Oats, 1879:
58. Area, Acres
59. Crop, Bush. Cereals, Rye, 1879:
60. Area, Acres
61. Crop, Bush. Cereals, Wheat, 1879:
62. Area, Acres
63. Crop, Bush. Fiber, Cotton, 1879:
64. Acres
65. Bales Fiber, Flax, 1879:
66. Area in Crop, Acres
67. Seed, Bush.
68. Straw, Tons
69. Fiber, Lbs. Fiber, Hem, 1879:
70. Acs.
71. Tns. Sugar, Cane, 1879:
72. Area in Crop, Acres
73. Sugar, Lbs.
74. Molasses, Galls. Sugar, Sorghum, 1879:
75. Area in Crop, Acres
76. Sugar, Lbs.
77. Molasses, Galls. Sugar, Maple, 1879:
78. Sugar, Lbs.
79. Molasses, Galls. Pulse
80. Cow Peas in 1879, Bush.
81. Beans (Dry) in 1879, Bush. Potatoes (Irish), 1879:
82. Area Acres
83. Crop, Bush. Potatoes (Sweet), 1879:
84. Area Acres
85. Crop, Bush. Tobacco, 1879:
86. Area Acres
87. Crop, Lbs. Orchards, 1879, Apple:
88. No. Acres
89. No. Bearing trees
90. No. Bushels, 1879 Orchards, 1879, Peach:
91. No. Acres
92. No. Bearing trees
93. No. Bushels, 1879
94. Total value of orchard products of all kinds sold or consumed, Dollars Nurseries:
95. No. Acres
96. Value of produce sold in 1879, Dollars Vineyards:
97. No. Acres
98. Grapes sold in 1879, Lbs.
99. Wine made in 1879, Galls. Market Gardens:
100. Value of produce sold in 1879, Dollars Bees, 1879:
101. Honey, Lbs.
102. Wax, Lbs. Forest Products
103. Amount of wood cut in 1879, Cords
104. Value of all forest products sold or consumed in 1879, Dollars