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1987 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF ACRICULTURE 



Special Reporting Instructions 



1. Wfio Should Rsport 



corporations, rnstltutions, and THOSE NOT CONDUCTING 

 AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. Each case included in the census has 

 a unique Census File Number (CFN). In order to make the census 

 results as complete and accurate as possible, we need to obtain 

 Information about every CFN. 



2. If You Received IVIora Than Ono Report Form for an Operation 





t fori 



- the address la 



1 1 -digit census file number(s) of the DUPLICATE report(s) ON THE 

 COMPLETED REPORT in the space provided to the left of the address 

 label. Return the extra report{s> in the same envelope with your 

 completed report form so that ^o can correct our records. 



3. If You No Longer Farm 



If you had agricultural operations at any time during 1 9S7, please 

 report all agricultural activity during the year. Report all land on your 

 census form that you owned or rented. Also, report your 1 987 crop 

 and livestock production and 1 987 sales. 



Explain on the first page of the report form {or on a separate sheet of 

 paper) that you quit farming or ranching and give the approximate 

 date and the name and address of the present operator, if known. 



4. If You Never Farmed or Have No Aasoclatlon With Agriculture 



ss label explaining 



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i a note on the report foi 

 jrn the form so that we 

 ake the census as complete 



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 always possible to do so. 



If You He 



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I One Agricultural Operation 



Cc nplete a report form for EACH SEPARATE and DISTINCT 

 prc'duction unit, i.e., each individual farm, ranch, feedtot, 

 Oreenhou.3e, etc., or combination of farms, etc., for which you 

 maintain SEPARATE records of operating expenses and sales, 

 livestock =3nd other inventories, crop acreages, and production 



6. If You Have a Partnership Operation 



Complete only ONE report for the entire partnership's agrlcuitu 

 operation and include all partners' shares on the one report. If 

 members of the partnership also operate separate farms or rant 

 addition to the partnership farming operation, separate report f 

 should be completed for each individual operation. 



If two or more report forms were received for the same operatic 

 mark each additional form as a "Duplicate." Return the duplic 

 report(s) in the same envelope with the completed partnership 

 where possible, or write a note on the duplicate report, such as 

 " (Name of partner! txas completed a report for the partnership 



(provide i 



f and CFN of partnershif 



-)" 



7. Landlord's or Contractor's Share 



If you rented or leased land from others or had a contract for the 

 production of agricultural products, include both your share and the 

 landlord's or contractor's share of the production, sales, and expen 

 so your census report form will be complete for ' 'THIS PLACE." 



If you do not know the landlord's or centre 

 BEST ESTIMATE. If you do not have recon 

 Items, use your best estimate. 



8. Howr to Enter Your Response 



Enter your replies in the proper spaces, on 

 units requested, i.e., dollars, bushels, tons 

 outside the answer spaces or on a separati 

 All dollar figures may be entered in whole < 

 REQUIRED. 



Enter whole numbers except where tenths are requested, such 

 of potatoes Harvested. If you have 1/2, 1/3, or 1/4 of an acre, 

 to tenths. For example, convert 1/2 to 5/10, 1/3 to 3/1 O, 1 /4 i 



» the next item or section 



Instructions For Specified Sections 



Seotlon 2 — ACREAGE IN 1987 



Your ans%A/ers to this section will determine the land (Acres In 

 "THIS RLACE") referred to in the rest of the report form. 



When answering the acreage questions. Include the land associated 

 with your agricultural operations in 1987 whether In production or 

 rtclude ell land that you owned or rented during 1 987 even if 

 t include any unrelated residential or 



only for part of the year 

 commercial Ian ' 



Report all land i 



Item 1 — Ail Land Owned — Report all land owned in 1987 whether 

 held under title, purchased contract or mortgage, homestead law. or ai 

 heir or trustee of an undivided estate. Include all land owned by you 

 and/or your spouse, or by the partnership, corporation, or organization 

 for which you are reporting. 



Item 2 — All Land Rented or Leased FROIVI OTHERS — Report all 

 land rented by you or your operation even though the landlord may 

 have supplied materials or supervision. 



INCLUDE in item 2: 



a. Land for agricultural use that you rented from others for cash 



b. Land you worked on a share basis (crop or livestock) 



c. Land o^Afned by someone else that you used rent-free 

 I reservation, or railroad land rented or 



DO NOT INCLUDE in item 2: 



Land used on a per-head or animal unit license or permit basis, such 

 as section 3 of the Taylor Grazing Act, National Forest, or Indian 

 reservation permit land. 



Item 3 — All Land Rented or Leased TO OTHERS — Include all 

 land rented out for any purpose If It was part of the acreage reported 

 in items 1 and 2. A report form will be obtained from each of your 

 tenants to cover the operations on that land. 



INCLUDE i 



1 others for cash or a share of crops c 



ubieased to 



Land worked for you by : 



ne for a sha 



d. Land which you allowed others i 



I "THIS PLACE" 



'ill show the total 



All your Ian 



and complete sect 



out," etc. Mail fori 



y agricultural activity i 



You did not h 



land In 1987 



"retired," "sold farm," and date, G 



current operator if known and returr 



Section 3 — LAND USE AND IRRIGATION 



4. Do not include a 

 tion 2. item 3. The : 

 utd equal total acre: 



-es in "THIS PLACE" reported \ 

 acres you rented to others 

 \ of the acres entered in various 

 "THIS PLACE " 



L^nd Used for IVIore Than One Purpose — Do not report the same 

 acreage for more than one of the listed purposes. If part or all of your 

 land was used for more than one listed purpose in 1 987, report that 

 land only in the first category listed. For example. If you harvested a 

 crop and later used the same land for pasture, report the land in 

 part A, item 1, "Cropland harvested." 



Double Cropping — When more than one crop was harvested from 

 the same lano In 1 987, report that land only ONCE as "Cropland 

 harvested." in part A, Item 1 of this section. 



intarplanted Crops — If you Interplanted crops, such as cotton in an 

 orchard, report the total land used for both crops only ONCE, as 

 "Cropland harvested," in part A, item 1 . 



Skip Row Planted Crops — Report the acres that represent the total 

 non'planted or skipped rows as "Cropland idle." part A. item 3, the 

 acres that represent the planted rows should be reported as 

 "'Cropland harvested," part A, item 1 . 



Irrigation is defined as land watered t>v artificial or controlled 

 means — sprinklers, furrows or ditches, spreader dikes, purposeful 

 flooding, etc Include acres that receive supplemental, partial, and/or 

 preplant irrigation. Do not report water applied in transplanting 

 tobacco plants, trees, or vegetables as irrigation. 



I 2 In whole acres. 



Section 4 — CROPS 



This section provides space for reporting crops har 

 the 1 987 crop year from the land shown in section ^i, item '^ 

 (Acres In "THIS PLACE") of your report. A few crops are already 

 listed on the form. For these crops, just report acres harvested, 

 quantity harvested, and value of sales. If you produced crops not 

 listed, write the name of the crop and code from the list provided 

 and report the acres harvested, quantity harves 

 of sales. 



asted du 



nd the value 



D-12 APPENDIX D 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



