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 



Corporation _ 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners _ 



Part owners 



Tenants _ --- 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Otfier than farming 



Female operators: 



Farms number 



Land in farms _ acres 



Operators by race: 



Wtiite - 



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* $1,000. 



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. 

 sRetabulated 1978 data for 1982 comparability. 



B-2 APPENDIX B 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



