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



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



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 tota|2 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



area sample^ 



Percent of 



1 978 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 _ __ 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, 

 l-tay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 

 (see text) 1 farms. 



acres- 

 Vegetables harvested tor 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. 



5 017 



447 



365 



62 



3 846 



1 685 



360 



3 062 

 2 829 



453 

 35 098 



5 858 



33 



240 



4 911 



2 



(D) 



3 078 

 133 117 



1 092 

 16 214 



512 

 8 556 



2 599 

 102 226 



909 



59 626 



944 



1 512 683 



127 697 



16 044 



1 451 



6 076 



930 

 8 



7 



686 



220 



39 



210 

 735 



70 

 2 344 



58 

 277 



558 

 14 188 

 124 

 403 

 86 

 445 



526 



5 275 



281 



5 040 

 259 



46 830 



6 560 

 359 



92 

 275 



18.5 

 1.8 

 1.9 



17.8 

 13.1 

 10.8 



6.9 

 26.0 



15.5 

 6.7 



16.0 

 18.2 



24.2 

 5.6 



18.1 

 10.7 

 11.4 



2.6 

 16.8 



5.2 



20.2 

 5.2 



30.9 

 8.5 



27.4 

 3.1 



5.1 

 2.2 



6.3 



4.5 



'Includes data only for farms on 1978 mall 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. 

 ^Relabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



