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 



Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat tor gram 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. 

 Chicl^ens 3 months old or older inventory farms. 



number. 



Estimated market value of ail machinery and equipment^ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products* $1,000. 



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



number. 



7 446 



441 



244 



27 



5 648 



2 144 



366 



4 148 

 4 010 



558 

 76 182 



8 143 



15 



112 



5 570 



47 



983 



4 820 

 252 844 



861 



11 585 



855 



9 191 



3 760 

 133 398 

 1 062 

 9 324 

 1 393 

 159 528 



218 615 



19 537 



1 564 



5 095 



1 368 

 15 



1 095 



201 



87 



240 

 143 



126 

 10 686 



7 

 28 



7 

 7 



696 

 16 277 

 302 

 542 

 456 

 1 579 



514 



4 148 



253 



1 536 



491 



144 413 



11 876 



381 



19 



41 



18.4 

 3.4 



19.4 



9.4 



23.8 



5.8 

 28.5 



22.6 

 14.0 



6.3 



.5 



14.9 



.7 



14.4 

 6.4 



35.1 

 4.7 



53.3 



17.2 



13.7 

 3.1 

 23.8 

 16.5 

 35.2 

 1.6 



5.4 



2.0 



1.2 



.8 



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

 2|ncludes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 ^Data from farms not on mail list. 

 *Data are based on a sample of farms. 

 sRetabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



