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 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 4 $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products 4 $1,000. 



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



number. 



30 135 



2 647 



453 



195 



19 353 

 10 169 

 3 908 



13 919 

 19 511 



3 304 

 324 781 



26 941 

 6 489 



13 084 

 533 655 



1 273 

 54 604 



8 662 

 226 792 



2 223 

 36 409 



1 470 

 45 344 



14 252 

 503 421 



11 017 



517 993 



5 758 



030 736 



733 590 

 60 387 



3 975 

 11 928 



6 462 

 160 



4 402 

 1 077 

 1 245 



1 442 

 5 282 



1 399 

 47 413 



4 034 

 2 690 



1 844 

 10 329 



57 

 874 



899 



15 608 



449 



2 133 

 235 

 697 



2 569 

 29 371 



3 807 

 39 333 



2 581 

 73 363 



41 181 



1 913 



31 



31 



21 4 

 6.0 



52.3 



22.7 

 10.6 

 31.9 



10.4 

 27.1 



42.3 

 14.6 



15.0 

 41.5 



14.1 

 1.9 

 4.5 

 1.6 



10.4 

 6.9 



20.2 

 5.9 



16.0 

 1.5 



18.0 

 5.8 



34.6 

 7.6 



44.8 

 1.0 



5.6 



3.2 



.8 



.3 



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

 includes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 3 Data from farms not on mail list. 

 "Data are based on a sample of farms. 

 5 Retabulated 1 978 data for 1 982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



