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 published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 tota|2 



Portion of 



total from 1 978 



area sample^ 



Percent of 



1 978 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 



Corn 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 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. 



8 455 



815 



580 



45 



6 429 

 2 149 

 1 317 



4 772 



5 123 



754 

 38 947 



9 703 

 192 



2 058 

 100 846 



592 

 19 856 



3 510 

 138 092 



2 287 



74 641 

 890 



22 411 



2 919 



99 624 



1 241 



75 916 

 1 586 



390 131 



259 771 



25 502 



1 978 



8 923 



1 780 

 30 

 101 



1 357 

 189 

 365 



399 

 1 512 



177 

 2 670 



1 823 

 88 



299 



13 053 



25 



290 



507 

 6 218 



317 

 1 651 



214 



407 



647 

 3 930 



361 

 3 038 



549 

 26 298 



20 487 



1 266 



39 



67 



21.1 

 3.7 

 17.4 



21.1 



8.S 



27.7 



8.4 

 29.5 



23.5 

 6.9 



18.8 

 45.8 



14.5 



12.9 



4.2 



1.5 



14.4 

 4.5 



13.9 

 2.2 



24.0 

 1.8 



22.2 

 3.9 



29.1 

 4.0 



34.6 

 1.9 



7.9 



5.0 



2.0 



.8 



'Includes data only for famis on 1978 mail list— excludes area sample data- 

 *lncludes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 ^Data from farms not on mail list. 

 ♦Data are based on a sample of farms. 

 sRetabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



