Agricultural chemicals used, including fertilizer and 



lime— For each type of agricultural chemical, the acres 

 treated were to be reported only once even if the acres 

 were fertilized or limed more than once. If multipurpose 

 chemicals were used, the acres treated for each purpose 

 were to be reported. 



Fish and other aquacultural products— The raising of 

 fish and other aquacultural products in captivity is included 

 in the agriculture census. Production in salt water is 

 considered not to be in captivity and is excluded from the 

 census. 



Bees and honey— Bee and honey production was 

 enumerated and tabulated in the county in which the home 

 farm was located even though hives are often moved from 

 farm to farm over a wide geographic area. 



Citrus enumeration— In the 1987 census, reports for 

 selected citrus caretakers in Arizona, Florida, and Texas 

 were obtained by direct enumeration. A citrus caretaker is 

 an organization or person caring for or managing citrus 

 groves for others. This special enumeration has been used 

 in recent censuses because of the difficulty in identifying 

 and enumerating absentee grove owners who often do not 

 know the information that is needed to adequately com- 

 plete the census report. Each citrus caretaker was enu- 

 merated as a farm operator and requested to complete 

 one report form for all groves cared for and to furnish a list 

 of grove owners' names, addresses, and acres of citrus. 

 The names on the lists were matched to completed grove 

 owners' report forms to eliminate duplication. The care- 

 taker also was requested to inform the grove owner that he 

 had already reported for the citrus under his care and that 

 the grove owner was not to report the citrus again. In the 

 1987 census, 7 caretakers in Arizona reported 175 grove 

 owners having 1 2,000 acres of citrus; the 65 caretakers in 

 Florida reported 3,000 grove owners having 1 70,000 acres 

 of citrus; and 20 caretakers in Texas reported 800 grove 

 owners having 14,500 acres of citrus. 



Crop year or season covered— Acres and quantity 

 harvested are for the calendar year 1 987 except for citrus 

 fruits, avocados, olives; vegetables in Florida; sugarcane in 

 Florida and Texas; and pineapples and coffee in Hawaii. 



Citrus fruits— The data for Florida relate to the quantity 

 harvested in the September 1986 through July 1987 

 harvest season, except limes that were harvested in 

 the April 1987 through March 1988 harvest season. 

 The data for Texas relate to the quantity harvested in 

 the September 1986 through May 1987 harvest sea- 

 son. The data for States, other than Florida and Texas, 

 relate to the quantity harvested in the 1 986-87 harvest 

 season. 



Avocados— The data for California relate to the quan- 

 tity harvested in the November 1986 through Novem- 

 ber 1987 harvest season and for Florida the April 1987 

 through March 1 988 harvest season. 



Olives— The data for California relate to the quantity 

 harvested in the September 1986 through March 1987 

 harvest season. 



Vegetables— The data for Florida relate to the crop 

 harvested in the September 1986 through August 

 1 987 harvest season. 



Sugarcane for sugar— The data for Florida relate to 

 the cuttings from November 1986 through April 1987, 

 and for Texas the cuttings from October 1 986 through 

 April 1987. 



Pineapples— The data for Hawaii relate to the quantity 

 harvested in the year ending May 31, 1987. 



Coffee— The data for Hawaii relate to the 1 986-87 crop. 



Acres and quantity harvested— Crops were reported 

 in whole acres, except for the following crops which were 

 reported in lOths of acres: Irish potatoes, sweetpotatoes, 

 tobacco, fruit and nut crops including land in orchards, 

 berries, vegetables, and nursery and greenhouse crops; 

 and in Hawaii, taro, ginger root, and lotus root. Totals for 

 crops reported in lOths of acres were rounded to whole 

 acres at the aggregate level during the tabulation process. 



If two or more crops were harvested from the same land 

 during the year, the acres would be counted for each crop. 

 Therefore, the total acres of all crops harvested generally 

 exceeds the acres of cropland harvested. An exception to 

 this procedure is hay crops. When more than one cutting of 

 hay was taken from the same acres, the acres are counted 

 only once but the quantity harvested includes all cuttings. 

 However, hay cut for both dry hay and green chop or silage 

 would be reported for each applicable crop. For inter- 

 planted crops or "skip-row" crops, acres were to be 

 reported according to the portion of the field occupied by 

 each crop. 



If a crop was planted but not harvested, the acres were 

 not to be reported as harvested. These acres were to be 

 reported in the "land use" section under the appropriate 

 cropland items— cropland used only for pasture or grazing, 

 cropland used for cover crops, cropland on which all crops 

 failed, or cropland idle. 



Corn and sorghum hogged or grazed were to be reported 

 as "cropland harvested" and not as "cropland used only 

 for pasture or grazing." Crop residue left in fields and later 

 hogged or grazed was not reported as cropland pasture. 



Quantity harvested was not obtained for crops such as 

 vegetables; nursery and greenhouse crops; corn cut for 

 dry fodder, hogged or grazed; and sorghum, hogged or 

 grazed. 



Acres of land in bearing and nonbearing fruit orchards, 

 citrus or other groves, vineyards, and nut trees were to be 

 reported as harvested cropland regardless of whether the 

 crop was harvested or failed. However, abandoned orchards 

 were to be reported as cropland idle, not as harvested 

 cropland and the individual abandoned orchard crop acres 

 were not to be reported. 



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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



