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



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



Portion of 



total from 1 978 



area sample^ 



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 ovuners 



Part ovkiners _ 



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, otfier 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, 



Chicl<ens 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. 



1 945 639 



223 274 



59 792 



12 271 



1 325 773 

 656 249 

 258 954 



715 171 



69 857 993 

 446 075 



70 910 293 



1 060 992 



56 743 836 



69 109 



3 330 637 

 123 663 



4 750 667 



1 354 992 



104 475 827 



329 833 



55 366 205 



215 812 



362 464 997 



93 662 947 



9 973 865 



312 610 



949 481 



includes data only for farms on 1978 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, 

 =Retabulated 1 978 data for 1 982 comparability. 



965 860 



232 538 



50 231 



9 146 



297 902 

 681 112 

 278 761 



810 577 

 70 043 480 



378 574 

 54 155 168 



1 132 997 



60 241 391 



73 183 



3 534 142 

 121 852 



4 463 627 



1 346 106 



103 865 109 



445 117 



57 697 318 



240 891 



354 357 427 



77 600 689 



6 025 704 



317 161 



953 694 



2 175 437 



241 290 



51 270 



10 645 



1 451 446 

 713 548 

 313 648 



842 908 

 70 734 094 



383 367 

 54 457 876 



1 200 551 



61 757 610 



82 230 



3 569 304 

 139 765 



4 546 138 



1 461 944 



105 715 399 



512 292 



58 809 991 



315 287 



359 064 123 



79 482 285 



6 123 760 



320 132 



957 918 



209 577 

 8 752 

 1 039 

 1 499 



153 544 

 32 436 

 34 887 



32 331 



690 614 



4 793 



302 708 



67 554 

 1 516 219 

 9 067 

 35 162 

 17 913 

 82 511 



115 838 



1 850 290 



67 175 



1 112 673 



74 396 



4 706 696 



1 881 596 



98 056 



2 971 



4 224 



9.6 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



