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 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 tota|2 



Portion of 



total from 1976 



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 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Hay — alfalfa, other tame, small gram. 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. 



19 005 



1 289 



140 



15 737 

 3 681 

 1 114 



7 656 

 12 876 



1 557 

 258 867 



20 467 

 65 



4 228 

 64 196 



521 



5 405 



16 749 



465 347 



422 



1 537 



1 108 



23 039 



16 237 

 456 925 



3 318 

 54 816 



4 634 

 631 984 



259 199 

 14 174 



1 166 



2 478 



2 959 

 73 



25 



15.6 

 57 



148 



9.5 



339 



140 

 15.4 



197 

 190 



14.9 

 20.0 



14.3 

 4.7 

 4.0 



13.6 

 8.2 



18.7 

 7.7 



18.1 

 1.7 



14.2 

 6.2 



20.4 

 5.6 



23.6 



15.4 



7.7 

 4.8 

 2.3 



1.1 



'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 

 sRetabulaled 1 978 data for 1 982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



