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 

 tota|2 



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: 



Farmrng 



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. 

 Wheal 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. 



87 330 



13 939 



725 



269 



71 224 

 20 111 

 10 928 



49 881 

 52 382 



7 161 

 783 534 



101 117 

 1 146 



34 612 



1 334 024 



4 578 



168 799 



54 131 



1 511 427 



1 307 

 4 831 

 1 148 

 4 856 



61 044 



2 449 404 



18 997 



1 150 035 



11 796 



2 710 980 



1 889 439 



100 763 



8 069 



15 986 



94 155 



14 704 



725 



396 



74 962 

 21 252 

 13 766 



52 938 

 57 042 



7 750 

 850 518 



108 770 

 1 210 



36 218 



1 365 138 



4 578 



168 799 



56 465 



1 550 450 



1 434 

 4 913 

 1 228 

 4 897 



63 976 



2 505 001 



20 979 



1 183 256 



13 546 



2 751 957 



1 955 771 



103 404 



8 069 



15 986 



6 825 

 765 



3 738 



1 141 



2 838 



3 057 



4 660 



589 

 66 984 



7 653 

 64 



1 606 



31 114 



2 334 



39 023 

 127 



82 

 80 

 42 



2 932 

 55 597 



1 982 

 33 221 



1 750 



40 977 



66 332 



2 641 



72 

 5.2 



5.0 



5.4 



20.6 



5.6 

 8.2 



7.6 

 7.9 



7.0 

 5.3 



4.4 

 2.3 



4.1 

 2.5 

 8.9 

 1.7 

 6.5 

 .8 



4.6 

 2.2 

 9.4 

 ^8 

 12.9 

 1.5 



3.4 

 2.6 



^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. 

 sRetabulated 1978 data tor 1982 comparability 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



