BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 



John G. Keane, Director 



C.L. Kincannon, Deputy Director 



Charles A. Waite, Associate Director 



for Economic Fields 



Michael G. Farrell, Assistant Director for 



Economic and Agriculture Censuses 



AGRICULTURE DIVISION 

 John H. Berry, Chief 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -Many persons participated in conducting the 

 1982 Census of Agriculture. Primary direction was by Shirley Kallek, 

 Associate Director for Economic Fields (to May 1 983); Charles A. Waite. 

 her successor, and Michael G. Farrell, Assistant Director for Economic 

 and Agriculture Censuses. 



This report was prepared in the Agriculture Division under the general 

 supervision of Arnold L. Bollenbacher, Chief (to June 1982) and 

 John H. Berry, Chief (from July 1982). 



The report form content was prepared by the Outlying Areas Branch 

 of the Agriculture Division, Bureau of the Census, in cooperation with 

 the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico. 



Many census divisions contributed to this report. Administrative 

 Services provided the forms design and other administrative services; 

 Publications Services contributed in publication planning and design, 

 editorial review, composition, and printing procurement; Geography pro- 

 vided the maps; Computer Services provided the computer processing 

 facilities; and Field provided selected data collection activities. 



Special tribute is paid to the thousands of farm and ranch operators 

 who furnished the information requested. Only through their coopera- 

 tion was it possible to collect and publish the data in this report. 



Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data 



Main entry under title: 

 1982 census of agriculture. 



"October 1983." 



Includes indexes. 



Supt. of Docs, no.; C3.31/4:982/v. 1 /pt. 



1. Agriculture — United States — Statistics. 1. United 

 States. Bureau of the Census. 

 HD1769.A14 1983 338.V0973 



83-600308 



For sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Of- 

 fice, Washington, DC. 20402. 



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