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



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory texl] 



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 adjusted' 



Data publisfied in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 total^ 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



area sample^ 



Percent of 



1978 total 



represented 



by area sample 



portion 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnersfiip 



Corporation 



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



Tenure of operator 



Full owners - 



Part owners 



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 grain 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.. 



32 396 



3 613 



885 



254 



14 815 

 16 396 

 5 937 



30 267 

 6 881 



1 087 

 970 246 



36 703 

 445 



18 694 



2 583 209 



13 530 



3 332 487 



25 732 



3 787 135 



119 



1 290 



55 



209 



27 000 

 3 925 131 



9 336 

 1 764 654 



3 311 



1 795 254 



2 248 595 

 256 668 



5 345 

 9 374 



34 158 



3 602 



776 



205 



14 796 

 17 759 

 6 186 



31 673 

 7 068 



1 098 

 1 059 874 



38 300 

 441 



21 138 



2 626 001 



14 655 



3 037 808 



28 368 



4 063 576 



111 



928 



52 



191 



28 120 



3 703 674 



12 193 



1 772 827 



4 892 



2 267 826 



1 799 205 

 141 563 



5 407 

 9 566 



35 041 



3 602 



817 



205 



15 385 

 17 884 

 6 396 



32 174 

 7 491 



1 098 



1 059 874 



39 224 

 441 



21 442 



2 639 904 



14 781 



3 054 062 



28 757 



4 081 819 



152 



1 166 



52 



191 



28 494 



3 722 378 



12 523 



1 781 191 



5 too 



2 270 628 



1 809 910 



142 227 



5 407 



9 566 



883 

 41 



589 

 125 

 210 



501 

 423 



304 

 13 903 



126 

 16 254 



389 



18 243 



41 



238 



374 



18 704 



330 



8 364 



208 



2 802 



10 706 

 664 



2.5 



5.0 



3.8 



.7 



3.3 



1.6 

 5.6 



1.4 

 .5 

 .9 



.5 



1.4 



.4 



27.0 



20.4 



1.3 

 .5 



2.6 

 .5 



4.1 

 .1 



'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 



