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



{For meaning o1 abbreviations and symbols, see introductoty text] 



Item 



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 total2 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



area sample^ 



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 - - 



Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 

 (sde text) farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables han/ested 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* $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products* _ $1,000. 



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



number. 



3 951 



373 



211 



25 



2 739 



1 369 



452 



2 168 

 2 392 



393 

 37 402 



4 543 



17 



154 



3 648 



9 



238 



2 448 



99 048 



653 



11 552 

 462 



6 303 



2 160 



102 094 



551 



9 660 



843 



5 743 244 



102 545 



12 679 

 1 047 



5 597 



024 

 11 

 6 



688 

 222 



131 



159 

 882 



7 670 

 1 041 



440 

 7 474 

 116 

 677 

 162 

 580 



438 

 2 587 



206 

 1 272 



274 

 29 477 



5 601 



316 



10 



10 



25.9 

 2.9 

 2.8 



25.1 

 16.2 

 29.0 



7.3 

 36.9 



22.6 

 20.5 



12.3 

 .5 



18.0 

 7.5 



17.8 

 5.9 



33.6 

 9.2 



20.3 

 2.5 

 37.4 

 13.2 

 32.5 

 .5 



5.5 



2.5 



1.0 



.2 



'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. 

 BRetabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



