Farms or operators reporting— Figures for "farms reporting" or 

 "operators reporting" represent the number of farms, or 

 operators reporting the specified item. The difference between 

 the total number of farms and the number of farms reporting a 

 particular item represents the number of farms not having that 

 Item, provided a correct report was received for all farms. 



Land in farms-All data relating to land tenure and land in farms 

 refer only to land located in the Virgin islands and the situation 

 existing at the time of enumeration. The land included in each 

 farm was determined from the answers to questions 1 through 5 

 in section 2 of the report form which relate to land tenure (see 

 appendix B). The acres reported as owned, rented from others, 

 worked on shares for others, or managed for others were added 

 together and then the acres rented to others or worked on 

 shares by others were subtracted from that sum. The results 

 represent "Land in farms." 



Although the area designated, land in farms, consists pri- 

 marily of agricultural land— i.e., land used for crops, pasture, or 

 grazing— it also includes land not actually under cultivation nor 

 used for pasture or grazing. For example, woodland and 

 wasteland owned or rented from others was included as land in 

 farms unless reports Indicated it was being held for nonagri- 

 cultural purposes, as recreational, for timber, etc. 



Land owneo'— This item includes all land that the operator or 

 his/her spouse held under title, purchase contract, homestead 

 law, or as heir or trustee of an undivided estate at the time of 

 enumeration. 



Land rented from others— Ih'xs item includes not only land 

 the operator rented or leased from others, but also land 

 worked on shares for others or land occupied rent free. 



Land managed— l\\\s item includes all tracts of land managed 

 for an employer by a person paid a salary or wages. A hired 

 manager is the operator of the managed land, since he/she is 

 responsible for the agricultural operations and frequently 

 supervises others in performing those operations. If a hired 

 manager also had agricultural operations of his/her own, 

 he/she was asked to report it on a separate report form from 

 the managed operations. 



Land rented to others— JW\% item includes all land that the 

 operator rented to others and all land assigned to others on 

 shares or rent free. For the most part, land rented to others 

 represents agricultural land, but it also includes land rented 

 for residential or other purposes. The tenant is considered to 

 be the operator of land leased, rented, or worked on shares, 

 even though his/her landlord may supervise the operations. 

 The landlord is considered to be the operator of only that 

 portion of the land not assigned to tenants. 



Land use— Land in farms at the time of enumeration is 

 categorized according to the way it was used during the 

 12-month period between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983. The 

 land uses described are mutually exclusive in that each acre of 

 land is counted only once even though it may have had more 

 than one use during the year. 



Harvested cropland— Ihh item refers to ail land from which 

 any crop was harvested during the 12-month period, whether 

 for home use or sale. It also includes land in field crops that 



were grazed when mature or almost mature, and land in 

 nonbearing fruit or nut trees and plants. Land from which 

 two or more crops were harvested was to be counted only 

 once. Land from which crops were harvested and which was 

 also used for other purposes, either before or after the crops 

 were harvested, was to be reported as cropland harvested 

 without regard to the other uses. 



Other cropland— This item includes cropland from which no 

 crop was harvested between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 

 1983, but which was occupied by growing crops, except fruit 

 or nut trees, intended for harvest in 1983 or later. Also, it 

 includes cropland intended for harvest, but not actually 

 harvested because of complete crop failure, low prices, labor 

 shortage, or other reasons; land that had been plowed and 

 could be plowed again without first being cleared of brush, 

 but that lay idle throughout July 1, 1982, to June 30, 1983; 

 and land used for soil-improvement crops. Other cropland 

 also includes land which was used only for pasture or grazing 

 which the operator could have used for crops without 

 additional clearing or irrigating. Enumerators were instructed 

 to exclude any land pastured after a crop was harvested. 



Pasture or grazing land— This item refers to all land used for 

 pasture or grazing between July 1, 1982, to June 30, 1983, 

 except cropland. It includes all woodland where livestock 

 pastured or grazed. 



Woodland not pastured— Th\s item includes all woodland that 

 was not used for pasture or grazing between July 1, 1982, to 

 June 30, 1983. In the enumerator's reference book, "wood- 

 land" was defined as "all farm wood lots or timber tracts, 

 natural or planted; and. . .cutover land with young growth 

 which has or will have value as wood or timber." 



Other land-Th'\s item refers to all land not included in the 

 other land use classifications, such as house and other 

 building lots, lanes, roads, ditches, and land area of ponds 

 and wasteland. 



Type of holding— Holdings are classified according to whether 

 they were producing mainly for home consumption or mainly 

 for sale. Those from which 50 percent or more of the 

 agricultural output is consumed by the holder's household are 

 classified as producing mainly for home consumption. Those 

 from which 50 percent or more of the agricultural output is sold 

 are classified as mainly for sale. Holdings producing mainly for 

 sale are further classified according to their most important 

 activity. 



Vegetable holding— Th\s is one on which 50 percent or more 

 of the value of sales was from the sale of vegetables. 



Field and forage crop holding— This is one on which 50 

 percent or more of the value of sales was from the sale of 

 field and forage crops. 



Fruit and nut holding— This is one on which 50 percent or 

 more of the value of sales was from the sale of fruits and 

 nuts. 



Dairy holding— This is one on which 50 percent or more of 

 the value of sales was from the sale of dairy products. 



A-2 APPENDIX A 



AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 



