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 

 1 978 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 tamiing 



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 marl^et 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. 



103 884 



14 345 



2 668 



442 



55 682 

 39 094 

 26 563 



92 309 

 29 030 



2 878 

 448 004 



121 086 



253 



100 984 

 12 664 796 



1 139 

 31 863 



64 657 

 2 285 255 



528 

 12 726 



496 



2 821 



69 226 

 6 531 710 



57 325 

 14 695 418 



10 050 

 9 343 813 



5 774 996 



373 582 



14 676 



26 708 



108 723 



14 538 



2 668 



527 



58 832 

 39 543 

 28 081 



94 148 

 32 308 



3 048 

 489 059 



126 202 

 254 



102 828 

 12 751 062 



1 139 

 31 863 



66 044 

 2 317 391 



636 

 12 869 



581 



2 889 



70 969 

 6 567 155 



59 134 

 14 784 098 



11 070 

 9 384 528 



5 824 653 



376 609 



14 677 



26 709 



4 839 

 193 



85 



3 150 



449 



1 518 



1 839 

 3 278 



170 

 41 055 



5 116 

 1 



1 844 

 86 266 



1 387 

 32 136 

 108 

 143 

 85 

 68 



1 743 

 35 445 



1 809 

 88 680 



1 020 

 40 715 



49 657 

 3 027 



1 

 1 



4.5 

 1.3 



5.4 

 1.1 

 5.4 



2.0 

 10.1 



5.6 

 8.4 



4.1 

 .4 



1.8 

 .7 



2.1 



1.4 

 17.0 



1.1 

 14.6 



2.4 



2.5 

 .5 



3.1 

 .6 



9.2 

 .4 



.9 

 .8 



'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 



