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



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



Item 



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 adjusted' 



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 _ 



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 numt>er. 



Land in farms acres. 



Operators by race: 



White -- 



Black and other races 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 

 (see teict) _. 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. 



89 658 



13 178 



1 348 



506 



44 081 

 37 657 

 22 952 



69 351 

 35 339 



3 058 

 424 619 



104 364 

 326 



78 643 



11 052 177 



21 501 



849 634 



38 910 



1 169 085 



2 102 



116 349 



1 045 



14 547 



45 572 



2 591 583 



28 227 



6 205 722 



7 632 



7 580 094 



5 401 250 



343 622 



12 898 



25 598 



94 797 



13 273 



1 348 



506 



48 064 

 38 247 

 23 613 



70 467 

 39 457 



3 286 

 427 193 



109 598 

 326 



80 214 



11 121 407 



21 785 



854 884 



40 567 



1 192 420 



2 463 



116 921 



1 554 



17 169 



48 013 



2 618 148 



29 649 



6 252 388 



9 319 



7 640 419 



5 473 263 



347 098 



13 126 



25 921 



S 139 

 95 



3 983 

 590 

 661 



1 116 

 4 118 



228 



2 574 



5 234 



1 571 



69 230 



284 



5 250 



1 657 

 23 335 



361 

 572 

 509 



2 622 



2 441 

 26 565 



1 422 

 46 666 



1 687 

 60 325 



72 013 



3 476 

 228 



323 



5.4 

 .7 



8.3 

 1.5 

 2.8 



1.6 

 10.4 



6.9 

 .6 



4.8 



2.0 

 .6 



1.3 

 .6 



4.1 



2.0 



14.7 



.5 



32.8 



15.3 



5.1 

 1.0 

 4.8 



.7 

 18.1 



.8 



1.3 



1.0 

 1.7 

 1.2 



'Includes data only tor tarms on 1978 mail list — excludes area sample data. 

 ^Includes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 3Data from farms not on mail list. 

 *Data are based on a sample of farms. 

 ^Retabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



