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



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



Item 



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



1982 



1978 



adjusted' 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 totals 



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 



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 alt machinery and equipment* $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products* $1,000. 



Hired farm labor, workers working 150 days or more* farms. 



number. 



45 968 



4 074 



606 



132 



32 654 

 14 043 

 4 083 



19 839 

 30 941 



2 894 

 438 341 



47 573 

 3 207 



15 084 



485 450 



977 



53 076 



19 819 

 571 087 



2 458 

 27 967 



2 911 

 37 412 



33 304 



1 646 340 



10 325 



677 280 



5 451 



18 168 832 



1 061 994 



77 299 



5 299 



13 405 



52 469 



4 222 



634 



178 



37 377 

 15 238 

 4 888 



21 200 

 36 303 



3 514 

 479 617 



52 620 



4 883 



16 735 



507 060 



977 



53 076 



21 172 

 588 753 



2 649 

 28 988 



3 202 

 38 093 



36 850 



1 703 804 



13 599 



730 831 



7 916 



18 360 008 



1 116 451 

 79 968 



5 392 

 13 545 



501 

 148 

 28 

 46 



4 723 



1 195 



805 



1 361 

 5 362 



620 

 41 276 



5 047 

 1 676 



1 651 

 21 610 



1 353 



17 666 



191 



1 021 

 291 

 681 



3 546 



57 464 



3 274 



53 551 



2 465 

 191 176 



54 457 

 2 669 



93 

 140 



12.4 

 3.5 

 4.4 



25.8 



12.6 

 7.8 



16.5 



6.4 

 14.8 



17.6 

 8.6 



9.6 

 34.3 



9.9 



4.3 



6.4 

 3.0 

 7.2 

 3.5 

 9.1 

 1.8 



9.6 



3.4 

 24.1 



7.3 

 31.1 



1.0 



4.9 

 3.3 

 1.7 

 1.0 



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 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



