Type of holding— Agricultural operations were classi- 

 fied according to the response the enumerator obtained 

 from the farm operator as to whether the farm was 

 producing mainly for home consumption or mainly for sale. 



• Holdings producing mainly for home consump- 

 tion — This applies to holdings from which more than 

 50 percent of the agricultural output was consumed 

 by the holder's household. 



• Holdings producing mainly for sale — This applies 

 to holdings from which 50 percent or more of the 

 agricultural output was for sale. These holdings were 

 further classified by the farm operator according to 

 their most important activity. If 50 percent or more of 

 the value was from one of the following, the holding 

 was named accordingly. 



- Crop holding is one which the value of sales 

 from crops was more than 50 percent. 



- Livestock and/or poultry holding is one which 

 the value of sales from livestock and livestock 

 products and/or poultry and poultry products 

 was more than 50 percent. 



- Mixed holding is one which the value of sales 

 was mainly a combination of sales of crops, 

 livestock and livestock products, and/or poul- 

 try and poultry products. 



- Other holding is one which the value of sales 

 was mainly from the sale of agricultural prod- 

 ucts not listed in the previous groups. 



Crops harvested — The questionnaire contained indi- 

 vidual inquiries for crops commonly grown and space to 

 write in crops less frequently produced for the year 1 990. 



• Field crops, melons, and vegetables— The number 

 of acres harvested, the total quantity of each crop 

 harvested, the quantity sold, and value of sales during 

 1989 were to have been reported. 



When two or more crops or two or more plantings 

 of the same crop were harvested from the same land 

 during the year, the acres were to be reported 

 separately for each crop or planting. 



• Fruits and nuts— For fruits grown on farms, informa- 

 tion was obtained on the total trees both bearing and 

 nonbearing, that were on the place on enumeration 

 day. The total quantity harvested, the quantity sold, 

 and value of sales were for 1989. 



• Nursery and ornamental plants— Data reflect the 

 number of square feet, acres, and value of sales for 

 1989. 



Livestock and poultry— Data show the number on 

 hand at the time of enumeration. All livestock and poultry 

 on the place were counted at the time of the enumeration 

 regardless of ownership. 



Sales data were collected for all livestock and poultry 

 sold from the place during 1 989, as well as the dozens of 

 eggs sold. 



"Milk cows" were defined as cows that had been on the 

 place on the day of enumeration and were milked at any 

 time during 1989. All other cows were to be included in the 

 data for "Other cattle and calves." 



Equipment— The following types of equipment on the 

 place at the time of enumeration, regardless of ownership, 

 were reported as long as they were in operating condition 

 and used in the farm business. 



• Tractors— This includes all wheel and tracklaying 

 (crawler) tractors, garden tractors, and homemade 

 tractors, other than motor tillers. 



• Motortrucks— This includes pickup trucks, truck-trailer 

 combinations, jeeps, and station wagons, if used 

 primarily as trucks. 



• Automobiles— This includes jeeps and station wag- 

 ons used primarily as passenger cars. 



Facilities— The presence or absence of electricity and/or 

 piped running water on the place was reported. 



• Electricity— This includes electrical power anywhere 

 on the place including the dwelling of the operator. 



• Piped running water— This includes water in pipe- 

 lines by a pressure system or by gravity flow from 

 natural or artificial sources. Water from a hand pump 

 was not considered to be piped running water. 



Operator characteristics— Data were obtained to clas- 

 sify the operators according to five characteristics. 



1 . Residence of operator— Farm operators were clas- 

 sified by residence according to whether or not they 

 lived on the farms they were operating. Some of 

 those who did not live on the farms they operated 

 lived on farms operated by others. If all the land was 

 rented from others or worked on shares for others, 

 the operator was considered to live on the farm 

 operated if the dwelling was included in the rental 

 agreement. In such cases, the dwelling was not 

 necessarily on the farm operated. Similarly, an 

 operator who did not live on the land being culti- 

 vated, but who had some agricultural operations 

 (other than a home garden) at his/her dwelling, was 

 considered to be living on the farm operated. 



2. Year began operating present farm— Enumera- 

 tors were instructed to obtain the year an operator 

 began to operate the farm, i.e., the first year the 

 operator took continuous charge of the present 

 farm or any part of it. 



3. Age of operator— Operators were classified by 

 age into six groups. The average age was obtained 

 by dividing the sum of the ages of all operators 

 reported by the number reported. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX A A-3 



