lEMFOREVlATIOEM SHEET 



1987 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



Special Reporting Instructions he'r^nd^rt"i^pu1°rs"'S^c7m"rl« "r mo^rtg^ 



heir or trustee of an undivided estate. Include < 



1. Who Should Roport and/or your spouse, or by the partnership, corj 



for which you are reporting. 

 WE NEED A REPLY FROM EVERYONE RECEIVING A REPORT FORM. 

 INCLUDING individuals, landlords, tenants, partner . 



corporations, institutions, and THOSE NOT CONDUCTING land rented by you or your operation c 



AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. Each case included in the census has have supplied materials or supervisioi 

 a uniQue Census File Number (CFN). In order to make the census 



results as complete and accurate as possible, we need to obtain INCLUDE in item 2: 

 information about every CFN. 



a. Land for agricultural use that yo 



2. If Vou R«c«lvecl Moro Th»o Ono Report For»F. for an Oparatfoo ^^ ^and you worked on a share ba< 

 ?eaT?heSddr'23?raUT^?'2Jch'Sx^ra"rep°o^i?^^^^^^^ Alsl" w^i^^thr"" -- "-and owned by someone else that you used rent-free 

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 completed report form so that we can correct our records. ^^ ^^^ INCLUDE in item 2: 



3. ff You IMo Longer Farm Land used on a per head or animal unit license or permit basis, such 



as section 3 of the Taylor Grazing Act, National Forest, or Indian 

 If you had agricultural operations at any time during 1987, please reservation permit land, 



report all agricultural activitry during the year. Report all land on your 

 census form that you owned or rented. Also, report your 1 987 c 

 and livestock production and 1987 sales- 



Explain on the first page of the report form (or on a separate shee 

 paper) that you quit farming or ranching and give the approximate 

 date and the name and address of the present operator, if known. INCLUDE in item 3: 



4. If Vo« Navar Farmed or Havo IMo Association With Agriculture »- Owned land rented t 



this and return the form so that we can correct our records. In our 

 efforts to make the census as complete as possible, we obtained lists 

 from various sources. We tried to eliminate duplicate and nonfarm 

 addresses, however, it was not always possible to do so. 



B. If Vou Havo fVlora Than One Agricultural Operation 



Complete a report form for EACH SEPARATE and DISTINCT 



production unit, i.e., each individual farm, ranch, feedlot. 



greenhouse, etc., or combination of farms, etc., for which you 



maintain SEPARATE records of operating expenses and sales. If Kern 4. Acres in "THIS PLACE' 



6. If You Have a Partnership Operation PLACE" in 1987, complete the report. 



Complete only ONE report for the entire partnerships agricultural *»" All your land was operated by a renter or sharecropper, skip 1 



operation and include all partners* shares on the one report. If ^"'^ complete sect.ori 1 O. and explain bnefly. All land rente. 



^e partnership also operate separate farms or ranches in °"»- *»*«= '^«" ^o*"^ "^ return envelope. 



3 partnership farming operation, e 



-ipleted for each individual operat 



report forms ^ . . . _ 



land In 1987.' 



t and CFN of partnership.)' • >■ Section 3 — LAND USE AND IRRIGATION 



sed to classify the acres in "THIS PLACE" 



ad or leased land from others o had a cont act f r the reported rn section 2. 



. of agricultural products, include both your share and the categories should eq, 



nsus report form will be complete for "THIS PLACE." 



BEST ESTIMATE. 



r contractor's share, include your 



ted purpose in 1 987, report thai 

 . For example, if you harvested < 

 me land for pasture, report the land in 



part A, item 1 , "Cropland f 

 E> Enter Your Response Double CroppIn 



dollars, bushels, tons. etc. Write any explanation 

 outside the answer spaces or on a separate sheet of paper. 



All dollar figures may be entered in whole dollars. CENTS ARE NOT _ 



REQUIRED. "Cropland han 



Enter whole numbers except where tenths are requested, such as acres 

 of potatoes harvested. If you have 1 /2, 1 /3, or 1 /4 of an acre, convert 

 to tenths. For example, convert 1/2 to 5/1 O, 1/3 to 3/10, 1/4 to 2/1 O. 



The census report forn-» will contain sections and questions which do 

 not apply to you. When this occurs, mark the "None" or "No" box and 



Instructions For Specified Sections 



Section 2 — ACREAGE IN 1987 



^ Section 4 — CROPS 



This section provides space for reporting crops harvested during 

 the 1 987 crop year from the land shown in section 2, item 4 

 (Acres in "THIS PLACE") of your report. A few crops are already 

 ell land that you owned or rented during 1 987 even If listed on the form. For these crops, just report acres harvested, 



only for part of the year. Do not include any unrelated residential or quantity harvested, and value of sales. If you produced crops not 



commercial land. listed, write the name of the crop and code from the list provided 



Report all land in section 2 in whole acres. 



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