Effect of 1978 Area Sample on Census Comparability: 1982 and 1978-Con. 



(For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership ..- 



Corporation 



Otfier— 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'* SI. 000. 



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



number. 



'Includes 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. 

 ^Retabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



