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1987 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



Special Reporting Instructions 



Who Stiould Report 



All Land Owned — Report a 

 >r title, purchased contract or r 

 heir or trustee of an undivided estate. Include 

 and/or your spouse, or by the partnership, co 

 for which you are reporting. 



1987 whether 



corporations, institutions, and THOSE NOT CONDUCTING 

 AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS Each case included in the cens 

 a unique Census File Number (CFN», In order to make the censi 

 results as complete and accurate as possible, \A/e need to obtair 



If You Received IVIoro Tha 



I One Report Fomm for ■ 



I Oper 



Complete only ONE report form for an operation. Write "Duplicate" 

 near the address label of each extra report form. Also, write the 

 1 1 -digit census file number(s) of the DUPLICATE report(s) ON THE 

 COMPLETED REPORT in the space provided to the left of the address 

 label. Return the extra report{s) in the same envelope with your 

 completed ■■eport form so that we can correct our records, 



3. If You No Longer Farm 



report all agi 

 census form that yo^ 



uitural operations at any ttn-'c during 1 987, please 

 iltural activity during the year. Report all land on yoi 



^ed or rented. Also, report your 1 987 en 



and 1987 sales. 



Explain on the first page of the report form (or on a separate sheet of 

 paper) that you quit farming or ranching and give the approximate 

 date and the name and address of the present operator, if known- 



4. If You Never Farmed or Have No Association WStti Agriculture 



Please write a note on the report form near the address label explaining 

 this and return the form so that we can correct our records. In our 

 efforts to make the census as complete as possible, we obtained lists 

 from various sources. We tried to eliminate duplicate and nonfarm 

 addresses, however, it was not always possible to do so. 



5. If You Have More Ttian One Agricultural Operation 



Complete a report form for EACH SEPARATE and DISl INCT 

 production unit, i.e., each individual farm, ranch, feedlot. 

 greenhouse, etc., or combination of farms, otc, for which you 

 maintain SEPARATE records of operating expenses and sales, 

 livestock and other inventories, crop acreages, and production, 



6. If You Have a Partnerahip Operation 



Complete only ONE report for the entire partnership's agricultural 

 operation and include all partners' shares on the one report. If 

 members of the partnership also operate separate farms or ranches in 

 addition to the partnership farming operation, separate report forms 

 should be completed for each individual operation. 



If two or more report forms \Arere received for the same operation, 

 mark each additional form as a "Duplicate." Return the duplicate 

 report(s) in the saine envelope with the completed partnership report, 

 where possible, or write a note on the duplicate report, such as, 

 " (Name of partner} has completed a report for the partnership 

 (provide name and CFN of partnership. >" 



7. Landlord's or Contractor's Share 



led land from others or had a contract for the 

 uitural products, include both your share and the 



• share of the production, sales, and expenses 

 so your census report form will be complete for "THIS PLACE." 



If you do not know the landlord's or € 

 BEST ESTIMATE. If you do not have 

 items, use your best estimate. 



8. How to Enter Your Response 



Enter your replies in the proper space 

 units requested, i.e.. dollars, bushels 

 outside the answer spaces or on a se 



All dollar figur 

 REQUIRED. 





the correct lines, and i 

 , etc. \A/rite any exple 

 irate sheet of paper. 



vhole dolla 



CENTS ARE NOT 



Enter whole numbers except where tenths , 



of potatoes harvested. If you have 1/2, 1 /3. or l74 of an'acre, convert 

 ' ■ " . 2/10. 



> tenths. For ex 



The < 



'PP . 



apply 1 



( requested. 

 Dr 1 /4 of an > 

 nple, convert 1 /2 to 5/ 1 O, 1 /3 to 3/1 O, 1 /A i 



i and questions which do 



b" or "No" box and 



Instructions For Specified Sections 



I 2 — ACREAGE IN 1987 



"THIS PLACE") referred l 



\A/hen answering the acreage questions, include the land as 

 with your agricultural operations in 1 987 whether in produ< 

 not. Include all land that you owned or rented during 1 987 < 



nly for part of the year. Do r 



Hated residen 



la 



have supplif 



INCLUDE in item 2: 



a. Land for agricultural use that you rented from others for cash 



b. Land you %A/orked on a share basis (crop or livestock) 

 c Land ovi/ned by someone else that you used rent-free 



ervation, or railroad land rented or 



DO NO r INCLUDE in item 2: 



Item 3 — All Land Rented or Leased TO OTHERS — Include all 

 land rented out for any purpose if it was part of the acreage reported 

 1 and 2. A report form will be obtained from each of your 



r the operati 

 INCLUDE in iter 

 a. Owned land 



■ that I 



ted to others for cash or a share of crops or 



b. Land you rented from someone and then subleased to 



c. Land worked for you by someone for a share of crops or 

 livestock 



d- Land which you allowed others to use rent-free 



Item 4 — Acres in "THIS PLACE" — This figure v^ill show the total 



THIS PLACE' 



1987. 

 'O" and: 



All your land was operated by a renter or sharecropper, skip to 

 and complete section 1 O, and explain briefly, "All land rented 

 out," etc. Mail form in return envelope. 



You did not have any agricultural acti 

 land in 1 9S7, coiTiplete section 1 O ar 

 "retired," "sold farm," and date. C5ii 

 current operator if knov*/n and return 



' on ONA/ned or rented 

 xplain briefly, such as 

 ame and address of 



Section 3 — LAND USE AND IRRIGATION 



•THIS PLACE" reported in 



This section is used 1 

 section 2. item 4. Dc 

 reported in section 2 



include any acres 

 T% 3. The sum of the acres er 

 otat acres in 'THIS PLACE 



used for more than one listed purpose in 1 987. repo.t that 

 land only in the first category listed. For example, if you harvested a 

 crop and later used the same land for pasture, report the land in 

 part A, item 1 , "Cropland harvested " 



Double Cropping — When more than one crop was harvested from 

 the same land in 1 987. 

 harvested," in part A. ii 



Interplanted Crops ~ If you interplanted crops, such as cotton in an 

 orchard, report the total land used for both crops only ONCE, as 

 "Cropland harvested," in part A, item 1 . 



Skip Rowr Planted Crops — Report the acres that represent the total 

 nonplanted or skipped rows as "Cropland idle." pert A, item 3, the 

 acres that represent the planted rov/s should be reported as 

 "Cropland harvested," part A, item 1 . 



Irrigation is defined as land watered by artificial or controlled 

 nveans — sprinklers, furrows or ditches, spreader dikes, purposeful 

 flooding, etc. Include acres that receive supplemental, partial, and/or 

 preplan! irrigation. Do not report water applied in transplanting 



>■ Section 4 ■ 



sporting 

 I shown 

 r report. A fi 



ps harvested during 



I whole acres. 



(Acres in "THIS PLACE") of 



listed on the form. For these 



quantity harvested, and value of sales. If you produced croj 



listed, write the name of the crop and code from the list pro 



and report the acres harvested, quantity harvested, and the 



of sales. 



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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



