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 

 total 2 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



area sample 3 



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 gram 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 4 $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products* $1,000. 



Hired farm labor, workers working 150 days or more 4 farms. 



number. 



3 007 

 169 

 84 

 28 



1 413 

 1 875 



257 

 27 127 



767 

 8 



1 

 4 



501 



224 



55 



109 

 671 



77 

 4 053 



30 



80 



4 



(D) 



456 

 11 190 



44 

 216 



51 

 422 



474 



3 708 

 263 



1 840 



258 



26 841 



4 478 

 227 



255 

 47 

 1.2 



14.3 



24.4 

 21.1 

 31.6 



7.7 

 35.8 



30.0 

 14.9 



35.3 

 4.5 



80.0 

 (D) 



20.2 

 10.5 

 13.4 

 5.1 

 17.8 



25.5 

 5.3 

 37.3 

 18.7 

 34.2 

 2.6 



6.9 

 3.9 



'Includes data only for farms on 1978 mall list — excludes area sample data, 

 includes mail list enumeration and area sample data 

 3 Data from farms not on mail list. 

 d 0ata are based on a sample of farms. 

 5 Refabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



