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 publistied in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 tota|2 



Portion of 



total from 1 978 



area sample^ 



Percent of 



1978 total 



represented 



by area sample 



portion 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnersfiip 



Corporation _ 



Otfier— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Tenure of operator; 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Otfier tfian farming 



Female operators: 



Farms .number. 



Land in farms acres. 



Operators by race: 



Wtiite 



Black and ottier races 



Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wfieat for grain farms. 



acres. 

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

 (see text) --- farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables fiarvested for sale farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orcfiards _ farms. 



acres. 



Cattle and calves inventory _ _ farms- 

 number. 



Hogs and pigs inventory farms. 



number. 



Cfiickens 3 montfis old or older inventory farms. 



numtser. 



Estimated market value of all mactiinery and equipment $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products'* $1,000. 



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



number. 



20 950 



2 312 



1 175 



277 



14 994 

 7 064 

 2 656 



15 268 

 9 446 



976 

 364 859 



24 406 

 308 



1 450 



69 652 



7 870 



1 507 775 



14 635 

 1 222 726 



766 

 42 291 



522 

 12 047 



15 980 

 1 925 419 



1 648 

 80 957 



2 731 

 1 131 996 



1 454 150 



171 675 



5 641 



16 437 



22 665 



2 456 



1 141 



216 



15 742 

 7 659 

 3 077 



16 241 

 10 237 



818 

 301 395 



26 104 

 374 



1 496 



56 517 



8 464 



1 365 915 



17 046 

 1 365 392 



1 034 

 50 044 



671 

 11 255 



16 822 

 1 871 486 



2 931 

 105 150 



3 514 

 1 013 650 



1 294 777 



103 556 



5 121 



14 899 



2 159 

 47 

 23 



1 484 

 421 

 324 



521 

 1 708 



91 

 8 627 



2 174 

 55 



97 

 3 122 



1 024 

 42 966 

 138 

 465 

 203 

 214 



1 287 



17 865 



505 



8 694 



791 



26 066 



19 623 



1 245 



18 



18 



9.5 

 1.9 

 2.0 



9.4 



5.5 



10.5 



3.2 

 16.7 



11.1 

 2.9 



8.3 

 14.7 



1.1 

 .2 



6.0 



3.1 



13.3 



.9 



30.3 



1.9 



7.7 



1.0 

 17.2 



8.3 

 22.5 



2.6 



1.5 



1.2 



.4 



.1 



'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, 

 ^Oata are based on a sample of farms. 

 ^Retabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



