FORM^a7-AO«ll) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



IEyFOREVl/\TIOE\i SHEET 



1987 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



Special Reporting instructions h'^™undir'?"i^"J'rJhrs"d^conrrl« or mo^r?'^a°r"h^^ i^w"or%s 



heir or trustee of an undivided estate. Include all land owned by you 



1- Who Snould Rsport and/or you 



\A/E NEED A RtPLY FROM EVERYONE RECEIVING A REPORT FORM, or w c you are reporting. 



INCLUDING individuals, landlords, tenants, partnerships. Item 2 — All Land Rented or L 



corporations, institutions, and THOSE NOT CONDUCTING land rented by you or your ooera 



AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. Each case included in the census has have supplied materials 

 a unique Census File Number (CFN). In order to make the census 



information about every CFN. 



a. Land for agricultural use that you rented from others 



2. If You Received Hflore Than One Report Form for an Operation ^.^ . _. ._._.. 



b. Land you worked on a share basts (crop or livestock) 

 Complete only ONE report form for an operation. \A/rite "Duplicate" 

 near the address label of each extra report form. Also, write the 

 1 1 digit census file number(s) of the DUPLICATE report(s) ON THE 

 COMPLETED REPORT in the space provided to the left of the addres 

 label. Return the extra reportfs) in the same envelope with your 

 completed report form so that we can correct our records. ^^ ^^^ INCLUDE in item 2: 



3. If You IMo Longer Farm Land used on a per head or animal unit license or permit basis, su( 

 .^ . . 03 section 3 of the Taylor Grazing Act, National Forest, or Indian 

 If you had agricultural operations at any time during 1 987. please reservation permit land. 



report all agricultural activity during the year. Report all land on your 



census form that you owned or rented. Also, report your 1 987 crop Item 3 — All Land Rei 



and livestock produc+ton and 1 987 sales. land rented out for any 



Explain on the first page of the report form (or on a separate sheet of tenants to cover the operations on that land. 



paper) that you quit farming or ranching and give the approximate 



date and the name and address of the present operator, if known. INCLUDE in item 3: 



4. If You IMever Farmed or Have IMo Association With Agriculture "- Owned land rented to others for cash or a she 



Please write a note on the report form near the address label explaining ■_ ■ _. _. * _.._._. 



this and return the form so that we can correct our records. In our ^- ""f "*^ vou rented from someone and then subU 



efforts to make the census as complete as possible, we obtained lists else 



from various sources. We tried to eliminate duplicate and nonfarm ■_.._., ._ * ^ 



addresses, however, it was not always possible to do so. *=- „ "'^ worked for you by someone for a share e 



5. If You Have (Viore Than One Agricultural Operation d. Land wh 



Complete a report form for EACH SEPARATE and DISTINCT Item 4 - 

 . . _ ._ i.e.. each individual farm, ran " 

 ;.. or conrtbination of farms, et 



I SEPARATE records of operating expenses and sales. If item 4, Acres in "THIS PLACE" 



©. If You Have a Partnership Operation PLACE" in 1 987 



Complete only ONE report for the entire partnership's agricultural ■*- ^" VO"-"" land was oper 



operation and include all partners* shares on the one report. If *"*^ complete section 



members of the partnership also operate separate farms or ranches In out," etc. Mail form in 



addition to the partnership farming operation, separate report forms «_.-_... ..... 



should be completed for each individual operation. «• ?^°*i'?^'^,'i*i,*i^^_''A^".y .^^''5"'.^'^'^^-'^^''^.''^ °" ^^"fj^."' 1®"*.?^^ 



If two or more report forms were received for the sa 



mark each additional form as a "Duplicate." Retun 



report(s) in the same envelope with the completed partnersfiip 



where possible, or write a note on the duplicate report, such a: 



jthers or had a contract for th 

 s, include both your share an 

 f the production, sales, and e 

 i complete for "THIS PLACE. 



«^^. ..«, - ^°'® <^o"ars. CENTS ARE NOT orchard, report the total land used for both crops only ONCE, as 



REQUIRED. "Cropland harvested," in part A. item 1 . 



^ tenths are requested, such as acres Skip Row Planted Crops — Report the acres that represent the toti 



1/2, 1/3. or 1/4 of an acre, convert nonplanted or skipped rows as "Cropland idle," part A, item 3, the 



2 to 5/10, 1/3 to 3/10. 1/4 to 2/10. acres that represent the planted rows should be reported as 

 "Cropland harvested," pan A, item 1 . 

 sections and questions which do 



,.UL *,Hp.y iw yuu. vvnen xnis occurs, mark the "None" or "No" box and Irrigation is defined as land watered fay artfflcial or controlled 



go on to tne next item or section. n»ean« — sprinklers, furrows or ditches, spreader dikes, purposeful 



Instructions For Specified Sections fobSctTo p^ants.°t7e?s° C^leg'i^abT^rJs ^ 



Section 2 — ACREAGE IN 1987 



Your answers to this sectii 

 "THIS PLACE") referred 



When ansvering the acreage questions 



with your agricultural operations in 1 98 / w^n 



not. Include all land that you owned or rented during 1 987 even if 



only for part of the year. Do not include any unrelated residential < 



Report all land i 



D-12 APPENDIX D 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



