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 



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 .-_ __. 



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* famis. 



number. 



14.8 

 4.2 

 7.6 



23.5 



16/4 

 8.4 

 10.6 



8.5 

 18.1 



10.5 

 1A 



14.5 

 5.3 



7.9 

 .8 



1.2 

 .2 



15.1 



2.4 



6.4 



.9 



14.7 

 ^8 



13.1 

 1.8 



38.7 

 8.0 



23.5 

 .6 



4.1 ' 

 1.6 

 2.5 



1.7 



Mncludes 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. 

 *Data are based on a sample of farms. 

 sRetabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



