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



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



Item 



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



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. 

 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 cr 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. 



19.5 

 3.5 

 13.5 



19.1 



3.7 



21.3 



7.0 

 27.1 



25.2 

 1.3 



16.2 

 23.6 



100.0 



100.0 



4.1 



.8 



9.5 



2.1 



38.3 



1.9 



23.2 



10.0 



9.9 

 2.2 

 30.9 

 11.4 

 17.9 

 11.0 



4.6 

 3.9 

 2.7 

 1.5 



'Includes data only for farms on 1978 mail 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. 

 'Retabulated 1 978 data for 1 982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



