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 



1982 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 totals 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



area sample^ 



Percent of 



1 978 total 



represented 



by area sample 



portion 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family _ - -. 



Partnership _ 



Corporation 



Other— coopefative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Tenure of operator 



Full owrwrs - 



Part owners - 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming _ 



Other than farming _ __- 



Female operators: 



Farnis 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 cafves 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. 



Enerqy and petroleum products* _._ $1,000. 



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



number. 



50 302 



5 069 



1 254 



244 



35 222 



15 522 

 6 125 



26 847 

 30 022 



4 668 

 592 858 



52 891 

 3 978 



18 755 

 631 004 



5 207 

 125 428 



31 446 

 979 871 



1 658 

 34 561 



2 149 

 39 626 



33 693 



1 500 168 



11 666 



568 270 



8 410 



4 809 555 



1 125 842 

 78 863 



6 496 

 16 266 



6 338 



214 



359 



22 



3 881 

 1 262 

 1 790 



2 422 

 4 511 



971 

 86 954 



6 113 

 820 



1 191 



18 789 



156 



1 443 



2 586 



69 721 



151 



352 



341 



1 174 



3 051 

 45 126 



1 498 

 30 858 



1 842 

 57 846 



65 751 



3 665 



194 



308 



12 6 

 42 



286 

 9.0 



11.0 



8.1 



29.2 



9.0 

 15.0 



20.8 

 14.7 



11.6 

 20.6 



6.4 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 1.2 



8.2 

 7.1 

 9.1 

 10 

 15.9 

 30 



9.1 



30 

 12.8 



5.4 

 21.9 



1.2 



5.8 

 4.6 

 3.0 

 1.9 



'Includes data only for farms on 1978 malt 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. 

 'Retabulaled 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



