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 



1978 

 adjusted^ 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 total^ 



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. 

 (see text) _ farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetables harvested tor sate 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. 



46 059 



4 267 



1 309 



116 



32 946 

 13 013 

 5 792 



25 810 

 25 941 



3 049 

 533 904 



50 063 

 1 688 



1 177 



22 623 



2 693 

 244 006 



23 420 

 861 361 



1 180 

 12 382 



1 270 

 18 536 



34 068 



1 641 669 



5 893 



383 596 



5 515 



22 567 930 



1 623 539 



145 653 



7 609 



21 631 



53 006 



4 335 



1 309 



116 



38 155 

 14 159 

 6 452 



27 959 

 30 807 



3 408 

 562 128 



56 570 

 2 196 



1 177 

 22 623 



2 726 

 244 567 



25 391 

 909 626 



1 279 

 12 580 



1 920 

 19 415 



38 701 



1 716 374 



8 029 



415 187 



8 633 



23 091 478 



1 671 738 



148 021 



7 678 



21 734 



6 947 

 68 



5 209 



1 146 



660 



2 149 

 4 866 



359 

 28 224 



6 507 

 508 



33 



561 



1 971 

 48 264 



99 

 197 

 650 

 879 



4 633 

 74 705 



2 136 

 31 591 



3 118 

 523 548 



48 199 

 2 368 



13.1 

 1.6 



13.7 

 8.1 

 10.2 



7.7 

 15.8 



10,5 

 5.0 



11.5 

 23.1 



1.2 

 .2 



7.8 

 5.3 

 7.7 

 1.6 

 33.9 

 4.5 



12.0 

 4.4 



26.6 

 7.6 



36.1 

 2.3 



2.9 

 1.6 

 .9 



.5 



includes data only for farms on 1978 mall list— excludes area sample data. 

 ^Includes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 3Data 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 



