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 Agricuiture 



1978 

 adjusted^ 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 total2 



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: 



Farmina 



Other than farming 



Female operators: 



Farms numt)er. 



Land in farms acres. 



Operators by race: 



White 



Black and ottier races _ 



Com 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 i50 days or more* farms. 



number. 



76 962 



10 668 



1 217 



284 



52 409 

 25 822 

 10 900 



44 283 

 44 848 



3 691 

 412 366 



88 776 



355 



54 963 

 3 455 555 



31 663 

 943 133 



45 635 



1 439 225 



2 458 



55 330 

 2 372 



25 583 



43 127 



1 658 588 



17 537 



2 126 166 



9 292 

 11 316 374 



2 969 949 



175 627 



8 328 



20 018 



83 642 



10 752 



1 217 



326 



57 828 

 26 116 

 11 993 



45 671 

 50 266 



4 045 

 427 120 



95 372 

 565 



56 604 



3 469 148 



31 663 



943 133 



47 655 

 1 472 777 



2 711 

 55 668 



3 130 

 27 291 



46 284 



1 690 050 



18 758 



2 137 680 



11 411 

 11 376 472 



3 025 108 

 177 560 



8 412 

 20 102 



6 660 

 84 



5 419 



294 



1 093 



1 388 

 5 418 



354 



14 754 



6 596 

 210 



1 641 

 13 593 



2 020 

 33 552 



253 



338 



758 



1 707 



3 157 

 31 462 



1 221 

 11 514 



2 119 

 60 098 



55 159 



1 933 



84 



84 



8.0 

 .8 



12.9 



9.4 

 1.1 

 9.1 



3.0 

 10.8 



8.8 

 3.5 



6.9 

 37.2 



2.9 



.4 



4.2 

 2.3 

 9.3 

 .6 

 24.2 

 6.3 



6.8 

 1.9 

 6.5 



.5 

 1B.6 



.5 



1.8 



1.1 



1.0 



.4 



^Includes data only for farms on 1978 mail list— excludes area sample data. 

 ^Includes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 ^Data from famis not on mail list. 

 <Data are based on a sample of farms. 

 'Retabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



