Effect of 1978 Area Sample on Census Comparability: 1982 and 1978-Con. 



(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family --- 



Partnership _ 



Corporation _ _._ _. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. _ 



Tenure of operator 



Full owners - .-- 



Part ov^ners 



Tenants - 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming _ 



Other than farming - 



Female operators: 



Farms number. 



Land in farms acres. 



Operators by race: 



White 



Black and other races 



Corn for gram or seed -_ farms. 



acres- 



Wheat for grain __ - farms- 

 acres . 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop. etc. 



(see text) _. - -- farms. 



acres. 



Vegetables harvested for sale _ - farms. 



acres. 



Land in orchards - farms. 



acres. 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number. 

 Hogs and pigs inventory.. - farms. 



number. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms. 



number. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment* $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products* $1,000. 



Hired farm labor, workers working 150 days or more* farms. 



number. 



includes data only for farms on 1976 mail list— excludes area sample data. 

 ^Includes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 ^Data from farms not on mail list. 

 *Data are based on a sample of farms. 

 sRetabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



