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



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



Item 



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 adjusted 1 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 total 2 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



area sample 3 



Percent of 



1978 total 



represented 



by area sample 



portion 



Farms by type of organization; 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



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 tor 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 4 $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products 4 $1,000. 



Hired farm labor, workers working 150 days or more 4 farms. 



number. 



36 543 



4 086 



1 385 



193 



25 608 

 14 214 

 2 385 



25 564 

 16 643 



2 555 

 341 687 



42 068 

 139 



10 523 

 749 492 



2 965 

 116 994 



30 481 

 2 384 405 



3 228 

 158 014 



3 955 

 137 356 



27 354 



1 781 748 



4 325 

 118 378 



4 654 

 8 517 980 



2 006 892 

 201 876 



11 291 

 29 884 



37 537 



4 158 



1 233 



147 



25 440 

 15 085 

 2 550 



26 314 

 16 761 



2 311 

 332 870 



42 887 

 188 



11 102 

 593 674 



2 516 

 64 655 



32 749 

 2 463 485 



3 499 

 154 666 



4 111 

 135 015 



27 462 

 1 619 706 



5 017 

 126 312 



4 862 

 8 791 556 



1 567 912 



118 509 



10 741 



28 059 



43 539 



4 324 



1 234 



176 



30 060 

 15 783 

 3 430 



27 480 

 21 793 



2 917 

 361 196 



49 085 

 188 



11 555 

 600 449 



2 623 

 65 532 



36 212 

 2 578 513 



3 994 

 156 626 



4 710 

 138 308 



30 334 



1 653 952 



6 261 



134 635 



6 388 



8 868 983 



1 621 174 



121 316 



10 747 



28 065 



6 002 



166 



1 



29 



4 620 

 698 

 880 



1 166 

 5 032 



606 

 28 326 



453 



6 775 



107 



877 



3 463 



115 028 



495 



1 960 

 599 



3 293 



2 872 



34 246 

 1 244 

 8 323 



1 526 

 77 427 



53 262 



2 807 



6 

 6 



13.8 



3.8 



.1 



16.5 



15.4 



4.4 



25.7 



4.2 

 23.1 



20.8 

 7.8 



3.9 



1.1 

 4.1 

 1.3 



9.6 



4.5 

 12.4 



1.3 

 12.7 



2.4 



9.5 

 2.1 



19.9 

 6.2 



23.9 



3.3 



2.3 



.1 



(Z) 



includes data only for farms on 1978 mail list— excludes area sample data, 

 includes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 3 Data from farms not on mail list. 

 4 Data are based on a sample of farms. 

 5 Retabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



