Following are changes to appendix C: 



Table B Reliability Estimates for 



Number of Farms in a County 

 Reporting a Complete Count 

 Item: 1987 



Table c Reliability Estimates for 



Number of Farms in a County 

 Reporting a Sample Item: 1987 



Note, Sample items £ 



1 sections 23 to 28 of the report form 



22 of the report 



Table D. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 1987 



(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



{percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



100 to 199 £ 

 200 to 499 c 



farms., 

 acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold: 

 Value of sales: 



$10,000 to $24.999 farms. 



$1,000. 



$25,000 to $49,999 farms. 



$1,000, 



$50,000 to $99.999 farms. 



$1,000. 

 Net cash return from agricultural sales' 

 Net cash return from agricultural sales tor the farm unit (see text): 



Farms with net gains^ number 



$1,000, 



Farms with net losses number. 



$1,000, 



Total farm production expenses' fai 



$1,000 



Livestock and poultry purchased 



$1,000, 



Feed for livestock and poultry fai 



$1,000. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees _ fat 



$1,000 

 Commercial fertilizer fai 



$1,000 

 Agncultural chemicals far 



$1,000 

 Petroleum products fai 



$1 .000 

 Electricity fai 



$1,000, 



Hired farm labor fai 



$1,1 

 Contract labor fai 



$1.1 

 Repair and maintenance fai 



Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment fai 



Interest 



Cash rent fai 



$1.1 



Property taxes fai 



All other farm production expenses 



000 



J included as farms with gains. 



4 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



