Effect of 1978 Area Sample on Census Comparability: 1982 and 1978 -Con. 



[For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 adjusted^ 



Data published in 

 1978 Census o( Agriculture 



1978 

 total2 



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— 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 



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 h^vested for sale farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



numt>er. 

 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. 



Eneroy and petroleum products* _ $1,000. 



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



number. 



45 381 



4 761 



1 059 



204 



32 385 



14 381 

 4 639 



25 373 



26 032 



3 256 



630 384 



48 691 

 2 714 



21 468 



1 497 159 



2 034 



109 364 



16 197 



470 224 



2 884 



59 446 



4 970 



149 490 



29 591 



1 559 994 



14 602 



1 642 059 



4 894 



29 841 367 



1 412 802 



124 138 



8 536 



21 633 



52 310 



5 015 



1 097 



226 



37 546 



15 378 



5 724 



27 811 

 30 837 



3 736 

 652 098 



54 097 



4 551 



23 102 

 1 527 218 



2 034 

 109 364 



17 271 

 480 227 



3 151 

 60 790 



5 647 

 155 702 



32 875 

 1 616 992 



17 654 

 1 687 613 



7 568 

 30 640 902 



1 468 741 

 128 464 



8 727 

 21 938 



6 929 



254 



38 



22 



5 161 



997 



1 085 



2 438 

 4 80S 



480 

 21 714 



5 406 

 1 837 



1 634 

 30 059 



1 074 



10 003 



267 



1 344 

 677 



6 212 



3 284 

 56 998 



3 052 

 45 554 



2 674 

 799 535 



55 939 



4 326 

 191 

 305 



13.2 

 5.1 

 3.5 

 9.7 



13.7 

 6.5 

 19.0 



15.6 



12.8 

 3.3 



10.0 

 40.4 



7.1 

 2.0 



6.2 

 2.1 

 8.5 

 2.2 

 12,0 

 4.0 



10.0 

 3.5 



17.3 

 2.7 



35.3 

 2.6 



3.8 

 3.4 

 2.2 

 1.4 



'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. 

 °Retabulated 1 978 data lor 1 982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



