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



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



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 adjusted' 



Data published in 

 1 978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 tolaP 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



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 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 gram 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. 



71 388 



8 520 



1 559 



239 



43 773 

 26 235 

 11 698 



46 637 

 35 069 



5 335 

 458 960 



74 740 

 6 966 



38 850 

 1 489 546 



6 517 

 132 445 



23 174 

 391 331 



4 321 

 61 696 



2 240 

 28 948 



30 099 

 839 293 



18 846 

 1 901 227 



7 486 

 18 556 105 



1 818 315 



189 676 



11 679 



31 667 



78 581 



8 921 



1 559 



306 



48 653 

 27 748 

 12 966 



49 036 

 40 331 



5 580 

 479 644 



80 078 

 9 289 



41 274 



1 519 021 



6 756 



134 357 



24 850 

 407 765 



4 642 

 52 128 



2 438 

 29 217 



32 468 



879 030 



22 573 



1 960 015 



9 166 



18 979 713 



1 878 701 



195 108 



11 713 



31 726 



7 193 

 401 



4 880 

 1 513 

 1 268 



2 399 

 5 262 



245 

 20 684 



5 338 

 2 323 



2 424 



29 475 



239 



1 912 



1 676 

 16 434 



321 

 432 

 198 

 269 



2 369 

 39 737 



3 727 

 58 788 



1 680 

 423 608 



60 386 



5 432 



34 



69 



92 

 4.5 



10.0 

 5.5 

 9.8 



4.9 

 13.0 



4.4 

 4.3 



6.7 

 25.0 



5.9 

 1.9 

 3.5 

 1.4 



6.7 

 4.0 

 6.9 



.8 

 8.1 



.9 



7.3 



4.5 

 16.5 



3.0 

 18.3 



2.2 



3.2 



2.8 



.3 



.2 



'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. 

 ^Relabulated 1 978 data for 1 982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



