INTRODUCTION 



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HISTORY IV 



USES OF THE CENSUS IV 



AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED IV 



FARM DEFINITION IV 



COMPARABILITY OF DATA IV 



TABULAR PRESENTATION IV 



CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES IV 



DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS V 



DOLLAR VALUES V 



INVENTORIES. PRODUCTION. AND SALES DATA V 



ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS V 



HISTORY 



The 1982 census is the 10th census of agriculture of 

 Guam. The first agriculture census was taken in 1 920 as 

 part of the decennial census, a practice that continued 

 every 10 years through 1960. The 1964 Census of 

 Agriculture was the first quinquennial (5-year) census to 

 be taken in Guam. In 1 976, Congress authorized the cen- 

 sus of agriculture to be taken for 1978 and 1982 to 

 adjust the data reference year to coincide with the 1 982 

 Economic Censuses. After 1982, the agriculture census 

 will revert to a 5-year cycle and be taken covering years 

 ending in "2" and "7". 



USES OF THE CENSUS 



This information is needed by the farmers, their 

 representatives, the government, and many other groups 

 of people who are concerned with food and agricultural 

 production in Guam. 



The census provides a comprehensive inventory of 

 farms and their production. A great many uses are made 

 of this basic census information. 



For example: 



a . Agricultural programs can be evaluated and new pro- 

 grams started on the basis of farm statistics. 



b . Monies allocated by the Federal Government are 

 based in part on census data. 



c . Businesses can determine where and how much of 

 their products they can sell, and measure other 

 features of their markets. 



d . Farmers can compare their current size and per- 

 formance with the size and performance of other 

 farms in the same geographic area to determine 

 how well they are doing. 



Census figures are fundamental to making sound 

 economic decisions and help increase the competition that 

 provides better prices for goods and better services to the 

 farmers. 



AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED 



The 1982 Census of Agriculture was taken in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of title 1 3, United States Code. 

 Sections 142(a) and 191 provide for a census of 

 agriculture every 5 years in each State, the District of Co- 

 lumbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the 

 United States. The census data for Guam may be collected 

 by the Governor or a representative from his/her staff to 

 act as census supervisor in accordance with a Memoran- 

 dum of Agreement prescribed or approved by the Direc- 

 tor of the Bureau of the Census. 



FARM DEFINITION 



The statistics presented in this report relate to places 

 qualifying as farms for census purposes. For the 1982 

 Census of Agriculture in Guam, a farm was defined as a 

 place on which any crop, vegetable, or fruit was harvested 

 or gathered during 1982, or on which there was any 

 livestock or 1 5 or more poultry at the time of enumera- 

 tion. The same definition was used in 1978. 



Appendix A includes an explanation on taking the cen- 

 sus and office processing. 



COMPARABILITY OF DATA 



Comparability of data from the 1982 Census of 

 Agriculture in Guam has been slightly affected by 

 improvements in the coverage of the operators' list and 

 improved techniques of training enumerators. In general, 

 data are comparable with that of previous censuses. 



TABULAR PRESENTATION 



Island data— Tables 1 through 9 show detailed island level 

 data usually accompanied by historical data for one or 

 more censuses. Tables 26 and 27 provide 1982 island 

 data cross tabulated by size of farm and tenure of 

 operator. 



Election Districts data— Selected data items are presented 

 by Election Districts in tables 10 through 25, which in- 

 clude general data for all districts. The Election Districts 

 are listed in alphabetical order in the table stub. 



CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES 



In keeping with the provisions of title 1 3, United States 

 Code, no data are published that would disclose the opera- 

 tions of an individual farm. However, the number of farms 

 in a given size category or other classification is not con- 



IV INTRODUCTION 



AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 



