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



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms by type of organization; 



Individual or family 



Partnership _-.I"IlIIlIIIiriIIII__II! 



Corporation I'IIII""""IIIIII! 



Otfier— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. ""I! 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants """""IIIIIIIIIII.." 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Ottier ttian farming 



Female operators: 



Fafms- ___ number. 



Land in farms acres- 

 Operators by race; 



White ___ 



Black and other races ""I 



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* Sliooo.. 



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



number.. 



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Aghculture 



49 585 



4 844 



899 



207 



34 413 

 16 027 

 5 095 



31 058 

 24 477 



2 788 

 295 455 



55 385 

 150 



31 699 



1 282 084 



12 068 



221 454 



41 299 

 1 862 212 



3 876 

 46 194 



3 116 

 68 124 



38 682 



1 848 087 



9 229 

 869 389 



8 423 

 24 389 045 



2 141 296 

 201 054 



9 590 

 28 926 



1978 

 adjusted^ 



50 404 



4 683 



909 



206 



35 457 

 15 766 

 4 979 



30 946 

 25 256 



2 540 

 282 617 



56 058 

 144 



33 703 



1 189 893 



12 660 



194 226 



43 765 

 1 961 780 



3 873 

 48 990 



3 142 

 70 928 



38 588 



1 698 926 



11 769 



782 922 



8 980 

 17 996 450 



1 730 912 

 126 742 



9 739 

 27 689 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 



total' 



54 076 



4 751 



909 



206 



38 298 

 16 472 

 5 172 



31 489 

 28 453 



2 878 

 315 949 



59 798 

 144 



34 751 



1 207 874 



12 831 

 195 634 



45 786 



2 008 604 



4 396 

 50 545 



3 371 

 71 287 



40 860 



1 736 474 



12 742 



811 916 



10 145 



18 025 179 



1 768 054 



128 763 



9 739 



27 689 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



area sample^ 



3 672 

 68 



2 841 

 706 

 193 



543 

 3 197 



338 

 33 332 



Percent of 



1978 total 



represented 



by area sample 



portion 



7.4 

 43 

 37 



1.7 

 11.2 



11,7 

 10,5 



3,0 



1.5 



1,3 



,7 



4,4 

 2,3 

 11,9 

 3,1 

 6,8 

 5 



5.6 

 2,2 

 7,6 

 3,6 

 11.5 

 .2 



2.1 

 1,6 



'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 



