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 

 total 2 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



area sample 3 



Percent of 



1978 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. 

 Hay— 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 4 $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products 4 __. $1,000. 



Hired farm labor, workers working 150 days or more 4 farms. 



number. 



3 178 



291 



150 



13 



2 144 



1 087 



401 



2 079 

 1 553 



230 

 16 081 



3 540 

 92 



1 671 



157 834 



385 



16 423 



737 

 21 845 



390 



41 059 



58 



1 113 



717 

 29 325 



672 

 63 465 



361 

 729 789 



143 141 



10 621 



713 



2 087 



234 



222 

 8 

 4 



75 

 159 



21 

 1 282 



216 

 18 



71 



1 317 



15 



217 



34 



672 



9 



21 



9 



27 



52 



1 222 



95 



2 160 



44 

 1 994 



3 290 

 242 



26 



47 



10.4 



.7 



1.0 



3.6 

 10.2 



9.1 

 8.0 



6.1 

 19.6 



4.2 



.8 



3.9 



1.3 



4.6 

 3.1 

 2.3 



.1 

 15.5 

 2.4 



7.3 

 4.2 



14.1 

 3.4 



12.2 

 .3 



2.3 

 2.3 

 3.6 

 2.3 



'Includes data only for farms on 1978 mail list— excludes area sample data, 

 includes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 3 Data from farms not on mail list. 

 4 Data are based on a sample of farms. 

 5 Retabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



