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



(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductofy text] 



Data published in 

 1 962 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 adjusted' 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 totals 



Portion of 



total from 1 978 



area sample^ 



Percent of 



1 978 total 



represented 



by area sample 



portion 



I 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family -__ 



Partnership ,._ 



Corporalion _ _ 



Other— cooperative, estate or taist, 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 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 



Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 



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

 (see text) __ - 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. 



65 380 



7 092 



1 478 



221 



30 061 



31 647 

 12 463 



49 104 

 25 067 



2 605 

 1 079 535 



73 846 

 325 



10 618 



1 567 013 



46 131 

 9 601 848 



39 244 



2 241 288 



363 

 5 570 



651 

 7 485 



48 215 

 5 930 018 



13 329 

 2 014 541 



7 137 



2 796 152 



3 137 696 

 247 357 



8 287 

 16 642 



68 140 



7 290 



1 478 



221 



31 784 



32 354 

 12 991 



50 140 

 26 989 



2 803 

 1 085 079 



76 672 



457 



10 948 



1 578 299 



46 838 

 9 650 652 



40 185 



2 259 820 



363 



5 570 



651 



7 485 



49 485 

 5 950 800 



14 026 

 2 040 714 



8 107 



2 826 117 



3 175 075 

 249 392 



8 325 

 16 681 



2 760 

 198 



1 723 

 707 

 528 



1 036 

 1 922 



198 

 5 544 



2 826 

 132 



330 

 11 286 



707 

 48 804 



941 

 18 532 



2.7 



5.4 

 2.2 



4.1 



2.1 



7.1 



7.1 

 .5 



3.7 

 28.9 



3.0 

 .7 



1.5 

 .5 



2.3 

 .8 



2.6 



.3 



5.0 



1.3 



12.0 



1.1 



1.2 

 .8 

 .5 

 .2 



I 



'Includes data only for (arms 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, 

 ^fletabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



