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 

 totaP 



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 



Otfier— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Tenure of operator 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Fanmina 



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 gram 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. 



35 096 



2 899 



748 



180 



22 319 

 10 975 

 5 629 



16 722 

 22 201 



2 112 

 302 826 



35 523 

 3 400 



3 052 



38 062 



132 



13 030 



12 137 



392 013 



1 139 



8 421 



1 794 



21 643 



24 615 



1 126 424 



5 724 



105 665 



7 838 



3 990 988 



1 252 291 



87 592 



5 683 



15 674 



283 

 256 



5 028 

 1 148 

 1 377 



1 439 

 6 114 



529 

 24 070 



6 170 

 1 383 



676 

 3 394 



1 530 



25 741 



156 



323 



553 



1 022 



5 083 

 74 208 



2 677 

 32 190 



3 409 

 115 806 



57 204 



2 013 



95 



95 



20.8 

 8.8 



22.5 

 10.5 

 24.5 



8.6 



27.5 



25.0 

 7.9 



17.4 

 40.7 



22.1 

 8.9 



12.6 

 6.6 



13.7 

 3.8 



30.8 

 4.7 



20.7 

 6.6 

 46.8 

 30.5 

 43.5 

 2.9 



4.6 



2.3 



1.7 



.6 



'Includes data only lor 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 for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



