sold is included in the category "other livestock and livestock 

 products." 



Bees and honey— Bee and honey production was enumerated 

 and tabulated in the county in which the home farm was lo- 

 cated even though hives are often moved from farm to farm 

 over a wide geographic area. The completeness and accuracy 

 of these data are affected by the fact that some bee operations 

 may not have been on the mail list and some operators on the 

 mail list may not have considered beekeeping to be an agri- 

 cultural operation, and therefore did not report. 



Citrus enumeration— In the 1982 census, reports for selected 

 citrus caretakers in Arizona, Florida, and Texas were obtained 

 by direct enumeration. A citrus caretaker is an organization or 

 person caring for or managing citrus groves for others. This 

 special enumeration has been used in recent censuses because 

 of the difficulty in identifying and enumerating absentee grove 

 owners who often do not know the information that is needed 

 to adequately complete the census report. Each citrus care- 

 taker was enumerated as a farm operator and requested to com- 

 plete one report form for all groves cared for and to furnish a 

 list of grove owners' names, addresses, and acres of citrus. The 

 names on the lists were matched to completed grove owners' 

 report forms to eliminate duplication. The caretaker was also 

 requested to inform the grove owner that he had already re- 

 ported for the citrus under his care and that the grove owner 

 was not to report the citrus again. In the 1982 census, 8 care- 

 takers in Arizona reported 210 grove owners having 13,000 

 acres of citrus; the 99 caretakers in Florida reported 5,900 

 grove owners having 250,000 acres of citrus; and 21 caretakers 

 in Texas reported 1,500 grove owners having 30,000 acres of 

 citrus. 



Crop year or season covered— Acres and quantity harvested are 

 for the calendar year 1982 except for citrus fruits, avocados, 

 olives; vegetables in Florida; sugarcane in Florida and Texas; and 

 pineapples and coffee in Hawaii. 



Citrus fruits— The data for Florida relate to the quantity 

 harvested in the September 1981 through July 1982 harvest 

 season, except limes that were harvested in the April 1982 

 through March 1983 harvest season. The data for Texas 

 relate to the quantity harvested in the September 1981 

 through May 1982 harvest season. The data for States, other 

 than Florida and Texas, relate to the quantity harvested in 

 the 1981 -82 harvest season. 



/^i/ocacyos- The data for California relate to the quantity 

 harvested in the November 1981 through November 1982 

 harvest season and for Florida the April 1982 through 

 March 1983 harvest season. 



0//Ves— The data for California relate to the quantity har- 

 vested in the September 1981 through March 1982 harvest 

 season. 



Vegetables— The data for Florida relate to the crop harvested 

 in the September 1981 through August 1982 harvest season. 



Sugarcane for sugar— The data for Florida relate to the cut- 

 tings from November 1981 through April 1982, and for 

 Texas the cuttings from October 1981 through April 1982. 



Pineapples-The data for Hawaii relate to the quantity har- 

 vested in the year ending May 31, 1982. 



Coffee— The data for Hawaii relate to the 1981-82 crop. 



Acres and quantity harvested— Crops were reported in whole 

 acres, except for the following crops which were reported in 

 lOths of acres: Irish potatoes, sweetpotatoes, tobacco, fruit and 

 nut crops including land in orchards, berries, vegetables, and 

 nursery and greenhouse products; and in Hawaii, taro, ginger 

 root, and lotus root. Totals for crops reported in lOths of 

 acres were rounded to whole acres at the aggregate level during 

 the tabulation process. 



If two or more crops were harvested from the same land 

 during the year, the acres would be counted for each crop. 

 Therefore, the total acres of all crops harvested generally ex- 

 ceeds the acres of cropland harvested. The exception to this 

 procedure is hay crops. When more than one cutting of hay 

 was taken from the same acres, the acres are counted only once 

 but the quantity harvested includes all cuttings. However, hay 

 cut for both dry hay and green crop or silage would be reported 

 for each applicable crop. For interplanted crops or "skip-row" 

 crops, acres were to be reported according to the portion of the 

 field occupied by each crop. 



If a crop was planted but not harvested, the acres were not to 

 be reported as harvested. These acres were to be reported in the 

 "land use" section under the appropriate cropland items— crop- 

 land used only for pasture or grazing, cropland used for cover 

 crops, cropland on which all crops failed, or cropland idle. 



Corn and sorghum hogged or grazed were to be reported as 

 "cropland harvested" and not as "cropland used only for 

 pasture or grazing." Crop residue left in fields and later hogged 

 or grazed was not to be reported as cropland pasture. 



Quantity harvested was not obtained for crops such as vege- 

 tables; nursery and greenhouse products; corn cut for dry 

 fodder, hogged or grazed; and sorghum, hogged or grazed. 



Acres of land in bearing and nonbearing fruit orchards, citrus 

 or other groves, vineyards, and nut trees were to be reported as 

 harvested cropland regardless of whether the crop was harvested 

 or failed. However, abandoned orchards were to be reported 

 as cropland idle, not as harvested cropland and the individual 

 abandoned orchard crop acres were not to be reported. 



Land in orchards— This category includes land in bearing and 

 nonbearing fruit trees, citrus or other groves, vineyards, and 

 nut trees of all ages, including land on which all fruit crops 

 failed. Respondents were instructed not to report abandoned 

 plantings and plantings of less than 20 total fruit, citrus, or nut 

 trees, or grapevines. 



Crop units of measure-The regional report forms allowed the 

 operator to report the quantity of field crops harvested in a unit 

 of measure commonly used in the region. When the operator re- 

 ported in a unit of measure different than the unit of measure 

 published, the quantity harvested was converted to the pub- 

 lished unit of measure. 



Grapes could be reported in dry weight or fresh weight; 

 plums and prunes in fresh weight or prunes in dry weight; 

 and in Hawaii, coffee in pounds parchment or pounds cherry, 

 and macadamia nuts in pounds husked, unshelled or pounds 

 shelled. For other fruit and nut crops and citrus, the operator 

 was given a choice of units of measure of pounds, tons, or 

 boxes. The quantity harvested for these crops are published in 

 pounds. 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX A A-5 



