Cultivated cropland — This group includes land from 

 which crops were harvested, land on which crops 

 failed, and land under cultivation whether harvested or 

 not, except land in cultivated and/or improved pastures. 

 It includes land in sugarcane, tobacco, coffee, pine- 

 apples, fruits, etc., even though no crop was harvested; 

 and idle cropland and cropland not harvested because 

 of crop failure. 



Land used for intercropping or successive crop- 

 ping was recorded only once. 



Land in pastures— This group includes cultivated 

 and/or improved pastures, natural pastures, and 

 pastures overgrown with brush. 



Other lands— This group includes woodland, forests, 

 and underbrush that cannot be utilized for cultivation 

 or pastures; and land occupied by lakes, buildings, 

 roads, fences, wasteland, trails, ponds, etc. 



Land irrigated — This item is land to which water was 

 applied by artificial means for agricultural purposes. It 

 includes both land under cultivation and pastureland. 

 Separate figures were obtained for areas irrigated by water 

 from public and private systems. Some land was irrigated 

 from systems or facilities operated by a public system of 

 the Government and from one or more private systems. 

 Such land was reported under both private and public 

 systems. 



Also, data were obtained on the major sources of water 

 used for irrigation such as wells or cisterns, rivers or 

 streams, lakes or ponds, constructed reservoirs, and other 

 sources. 



Off-farm work by operators — Information was obtained 

 on the number of days the operator or senior partner 

 worked at least 4 hours per day off of the farm during the 

 period from July 1, 1982, to June 30, 1983. Off-farm 

 work included work at nonfarm jobs, businesses, or on 

 someone else's farm. Exchange work was excluded. 



Machinery, equipment, buildings, and facilities — Data 



were collected on the number of various types of 

 machinery, equipment, buildings, and facilities on the 

 place as of July 1 , 1 983. Machinery and equipment were 

 reported only if they were in working order at the time 

 of enumeration. In addition to the number of different 

 pieces on the place, data were collected on the estimated 

 market value of all machinery and equipment usually kept 

 on the place. 



operator and may or may not produce any agricultural 

 products. An agregado may own, rent, or use rent free, 

 the house in which he/she lives. The land operated by, 

 livestock belonging to, and the products marketed by 

 an agregado family were to be included with those of 

 the farm operator in charge of the place. 



A sharecropper (medianero) is a person who works 

 land under a definite arrangement with a farm operator, 

 receiving a part of the crops, livestock, or livestock 

 products in return for his/her labor and other contribu- 

 tions. Since it is possible for the same person to work 

 as a sharecropper on more than one farm, census 

 figures may overstate the number. Likewise, a person 

 might live as an agregado on one farm and work as a 

 sharecropper on another and, therefore, be counted as 

 both. Land, crops, and livestock involved in such share 

 arrangements were included with those of the farm 

 operator in charge of the place. 



Agricultural chemicals — This item includes the usage and 

 costs of agricultural chemicals used on the farm during 

 the census year; the cost of application was excluded. 

 Application costs were included with expenses for 

 machine hire and customwork. 



Production expenses — Data on farm production expenses 

 were obtained for — 



a. Livestock and poultry. 



b. Feed for livestock and poultry. 



c. Medicines and drugs for livestock and poultry. 



d. Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees. 



e. Commercial fertilizer. 



f . Gasoline and other fuel and oil products for the farm 

 business. 



g. Wages and salaries paid to employees or hired farm 

 workers. 



h. Contract labor. 



i. Machine hire and customwork. 



j. Agricultural chemicals. 



Expenses were reported for the period from July 1, 

 1982, to June 30, 1983. The information included all 

 expenses incurred by the farm operators, landlords, 

 sharecroppers, agregados, contractors, buyers, and others 

 in connection with crops, livestock, or livestock products 

 produced on the place. Wages and salaries paid to 

 employees or hired farm workers were included. Ex- 

 cluded were wages and salaries paid to domestic help or 

 contract labor and expenses relating to family home and 

 automobile. 



Hired farm workers, agregados, and sharecroppers — This 



item refers to the number of hired workers employed on 

 the farm during the census year and to the number of 

 agregado and sharecropper families living on the place 

 July 1, 1983. Also, data were obtained on labor cost. 

 Employees of labor contractors and contract labor were 

 excluded. 



An agregado is a member of a family which lives on 

 a farm not operated by any member of the family. An 

 agregado may or may not be an employee of the farm 



Crops — The names of the principal crops were preprinted 

 on the report form and space was provided to write in 

 other crops. Data were collected for each crop harvested 

 from the place during the period from July 1, 1982, to 

 June 30, 1983, regardless of who did the harvesting. 



Data collected were: 



Sugarcane, coffee, tobacco, pineapples, grains, and 

 farinaceous crops— Cuerdas harvested and amount 

 harvested. 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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