DO NOT INCLUDE: 



a. Any crops grown on land rented or leased TO OTHERS, or 

 worked by others on shares during 1987. 



b. Crops or crop products purchased from others and later sold. 



Acros Harvested — Enter the acres harvested in 19B7. Round 

 fractions to whole acres except where tenths are requested by "/I O" 

 in the reporting box, such as potatoes. 



QuantltY Harvested — If your unit of measure is different than the 

 unit on the report form, please convert your figure for the quantity 

 harvested to the unit requested. If the harvest was incomplete by 

 December 31,1 987, please report the quantity har^/ested and the 

 estimated quantity to be harvested. 



Gross Valua off Crops Sold — Report the value of all crops sold from 

 "THIS PLACE" in 1 987, regardless of the year they were harvested or 

 who owned the land. Be sure to report gross value before deducting 

 expenses and taxes. Include Government CCC loans received for 

 "THIS PLACE" in 1 987. Include payments received in 1 987 from 

 cooperatives or marketing organizations for crops produced on "THIS 

 PLACE." 



Itam 7 — Vegstablas — Report acres of vegetables harvested FOR 

 SALE or commercial processing. Do not include vegetables grown for 

 home use. Report the total acreage of each vegetable crop harvested. 



Itam 8 — Fruit Orchards, Citrus, Vineyards, and IM«rt Trees — 



Report only if total of 20 or more trees and vines, include those for 

 home use as \A/ell as those maintained for sale of their production. 

 Acres in trees and vines that have been abandoned should not be 

 included, these acres should be included in section 3, part A, item 3 

 "Cropland idle." 



If crops other than fruit and nut trees and vines were interplanted with 

 trees or vines, report the total acres for the orchard crop in item 8 and 

 the total acres of the interplanted crop in the appropriate item. 



Valua of Sales — Report the total gross value of animals and poultry 

 sold or removed from "this place" in 1 987 without deducting 

 production or marketing expenses (cost of feed, cost of livestock 

 purchase, cost of hauling and selling, etc.). If the sale price or market 

 value is not known, give your best estimate of their market value 

 when they left "this place." Do NOT report the value of sales of any 

 livestock and poultry owned by you but kept and sold from a place you 

 did not operate. 



Contract and Custom Feeding Operations — Livestock or poultry 

 kept by you on "this place" on a contract or custom basis should be 

 included on this report REGARDLESS OF OWNERSHIP. Report as 

 "INVENTORY" numbers of animals or poultry on the place on 

 December 31.1 987. Report as "SOLD" animals and poultry kept on 

 a contract or custom basis and removed or sold from the place in 

 1 987. If the sale price or market value is not known, give your best 

 estimate of the market value of the animals or poultry when they left 

 the place. 



The person who furnished the housing and labor should report the 

 poultry operation on his/her report form regardless of who owned the 

 birds-.. Report as sold the number of poultry that \rt/ere taken or moved 

 from the place in 1 987. 



Part E — HORSES, OTHER LIVESTOCK, ANItVIAL 

 SPECIALTIES, AND FISH 



Iff you owned BEES — Report ell colonies or hives of bees and honey 

 operations conducted by you. regardless of where the hives were 

 kept most of the year. Report hives or colonies, pounds of honey sold, 

 and value of sales. 



Other Livestock and LIvestoctc Products — Include in all other 

 livestock and livestock products manure, beeswax, and any other 

 animal products sold from "this place" In 1 987. Mink pelts and rabbit 

 pelts should be included in number sold and value of sales, but not in 

 inventory. 



Fish and Other Aquaculture Products — Report quantity sold and 

 gross value of sales for each. 



Item 9 — Other Crops — To report: ( 1 ) find the crop name and the 

 code number from the list under item 9; (2) enter crop name and code 

 in the first two columns of the first available answer line under item 9; 

 (3) enter the information that is requested in the remaining columns. If 

 you harvested a crop not listed, use the "OTHER" code and specify 

 the crop name. If you need additional space, use a separate sheet of 

 paper to write the crop name(s). acres and quantity harvested, and 

 gross value of crop<s) sold. 



Section 5 — LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, OTHER LIVESTOCK, OR 

 ANIMAL SPECIALTIES 



Parts A. B, C, and D — LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 



Animals and Poultry to Include in the Report — Report all 

 animals, poultry, and aninrtal specialties on "this place" (section 2, 

 item 4> on December 31. 1 987. Include all owned by you and any 

 kept by you for others. Include animals on unfenced lands. National 

 Forest land, district land, cooperative grazing association land, or 

 rangeland administered by the Bureau of Land Management on a 

 per-head or lease basis. Animals in transit on December 31 , 1 987, or 

 animals on a short-terrT> pasture (such as wheat pasture or crop 

 residue) on a per-head or lease basis should be reported by the 

 person ^A/ho had control of the animals. 



Animals and Poultry to Exclude ffrom the Report — Do not report 

 animals or poultry kept on land rented to others or kept under a share 

 arrangement on land rented to others. Do not include animals 

 quartered in feedlots which are not a part of "this place." Animals 

 kept on a place not operated by you are to be included on the report 

 for that place. 



Animals Bought and Sold — DO NOT REPORT ANY ANIMALS 

 BOUGHT AND THEN RESOLD WITHIN 30 DAYS. Such purchases 

 and sales are considered "dealer" transactions, and are not included 

 in this census. 



Number Sold — Report all animals and poultry sold or removed from 

 "this place" in 1 987, ^without regard to ownership or who shared in 

 the receipts. Include animals sold for a landlord or given to a landlord 

 or others in trade or in payment for goods or services. Do NOT report 

 number sold for any livestock or poultry kept on another place. 



Dairy Termination Program or "Whole-Herd Dairy Buy-Out 

 Program" — The amount received in 1987 from the Government 

 under the dairy termination program should be included in section 7. 

 item 1 . Dairy cattle and calves sold should be reported in section 5. 

 part A. 



Animals IMoved to Another Place — For animals moved from "this 

 place" to another place, such as for further feeding, report anirrtals as 

 "sold" and give your best estimate of their market value when they 

 Jeft "this place." 



Fat Cattle Sold — Cattle fattened on grain or concentrates for 30 

 days or more and sold for slaughter are reported in section 5, part A, 

 item 4a. 



DO NOT INCLUDE NA/ITH FATTENED CATTLE SOLD: 



a. Cattle and calves sold for further feeding 



b. Dairy cows fed only the usual dairy ration before being sold 



c. Veal calves, or any calves weighing less than 500 pounds 



Section e — AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT CCC 

 LOANS 



Item 1 — Report the amount received under the regular or reserve 

 program for commodities placed under CCC loan during 1987. 

 Include amount received even if commodity was redeemed or 

 forfeited prior to December 31,1 987. 



Do not include CCC loans received to build crop storage facilities or 

 amount received for storage payments in the reserve program. 



^ Section 7 



FEDERAL PAVIVIENTS RECEIVED 



Report all payments received from Federal Farm Programs in 1987 

 regardless of whether payment was made In cash or commodity 

 cer-tificates. Include cash payments in item 1 . In item 2, include the 

 value of any certificates held or the value received from sale or 

 redemption of any certificates In 1 987. 



Federal payments include receipts from Federal programs such as 

 deficiency payments, "Whole-Herd Dairy Buy-Out," support price 

 payments, indemnity programs, disaster payments, paid land 

 diversion, inventory reduction payments, payments received for 

 approved soil and water conservation projects, etc. 



Section 8 — ACRES SET ASIDE, DIVERTED, OR IDLED UNDER 

 FEDERAL ACREAGE REDUCTION PROGRAMS IN 1987 



Include in item 2 all acres in "this place" retired from production and 

 placed, by long-term contract, into the Conservation Reserve 

 Program. Acres placed into the program during and prior to 1 987 

 should be included. 



Section 9 — CHARACTERISTICS AND OCCUPATION OF 

 OPERATOR 



This section collects information about the operator of "this place" 

 defined as the individual owner, the operator, the senior partner, or 

 person in charge. 



For Fanvily or Individual Operation — Complete this section for the 

 operator. 



For Partnership Operations — Answer all items, except item 2, for 

 the "Senior Partner." The "Senior Partner" Is the individual who is 

 mainly responsible for the agricultural operations on "this place," not 

 necessarily the person senior in age. If each partner shares equally in 

 the day-to-day management decisions, consider the oldest as the 

 "Senior Partner." For item 2 (Principal Occupation) consider all 

 members of the partnership together. Please include as "farming or 

 ranching" vworktime at all types of agricultural enterprises, including 

 work at greenhouses, nurseries, mushroom production, ranching, 

 feedlots, broiler feeding, etc. 



For Corporation and Other Operations (Cooperatives, Estates, 

 etc. I — Complete section 9 for the person in charge, such as a hired 

 manager, business manager, or other person primarily responsible for 

 the on-site, day-to-day operation of the farm or ranch business. 



Item 4 — Year Began Operation — Report the first year the 

 operator or senior partner began to operate any part of "this place" 

 on a continuous basis. If the operator returned to a place previously 

 operated, report the year operations were resumed. 



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