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



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



Data published in 

 1 982 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 adjusted^ 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 totaP 



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 tnjst, 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 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 150 days or more* farms. 



number. 



77 317 



8 868 



590 



135 



61 666 

 19 112 

 6 132 



36 209 

 50 701 



5 841 

 567 773 



85 084 

 1 826 



21 871 



615 553 



3 885 



145 777 



45 584 



1 146 423 



1 987 



31 259 



1 368 



6 590 



56 962 



2 056 341 



19 535 

 1 016 050 



11 567 

 4 856 685 



1 561 026 



79 569 



5 623 



12 680 



86 696 



9 615 



590 



135 



67 986 



20 640 



8 410 



39 693 

 57 343 



6 585 

 591 260 



94 559 



2 477 



23 463 

 626 659 



3 885 

 145 777 



48 038 



1 189 912 



2 522 



32 211 



1 686 



7 178 



61 637 



2 124 738 



23 115 

 1 077 379 



15 078 

 4 944 148 



1 637 831 



81 905 



5 623 



12 680 



9 379 

 747 



6 320 



1 528 



2 278 



3 484 

 6 642 



744 

 23 487 



9 475 

 651 



1 592 

 11 106 



2 454 

 43 489 



535 

 952 

 318 

 588 



4 675 

 68 397 



3 580 

 61 329 



3 511 

 87 463 



76 804 

 2 336 



10.8 

 7.8 



9.3 



7.4 



27.1 



8.8 

 11.6 



11.3 

 4.0 



10.0 

 26.3 



6.8 

 1.8 



5.1 



3.7 

 21.2 



3.0 

 18.9 



6.2 



7.6 



3.2 

 15.5 



5.7 

 23.3 



1.8 



4.7 

 2.9 



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

 ^Includes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 3Data from farms 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 



