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



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory textj 



Data published in 

 1982 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 adjusted^ 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 tota|2 



Po'lion of 



total from 1978 



area sample^ 



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 



Pari 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 _ 



Com 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. 



5 181 

 488 



145 

 38 



3 124 

 2 396 



332 



4 006 

 1 846 



390 

 92 420 



5 836 



16 



150 



6 503 



18 

 328 



5 133 



472 075 



223 



1 494 

 185 



4 532 



4 591 

 316 984 



689 



5 234 

 770 



524 457 



215 607 

 15 005 



2 095 

 4 132 



6 572 



511 



145 



45 



4 033 



2 785 



455 



4 571 

 2 702 



592 

 115 484 



7 250 

 23 



171 



6 895 



18 



328 



5 965 

 493 499 



262 



1 600 



394 



6 494 



5 395 



326 517 



1 072 



7 871 



1 217 

 531 740 



225 195 

 15 542 



2 102 

 4 146 



1 391 

 23 



909 

 389 

 123 



565 

 856 



202 



23 064 



1 414 



7 



21 

 392 



832 



21 424 



59 



106 



209 



1 961 



804 



9 533 



383 



2 637 

 447 



7 283 



9 587 



536 



7 



14 



21.2 

 4.5 



15.6 



22.5 

 14.0 

 27.0 



12.4 

 31.7 



34.1 

 20.0 



19.5 

 30.4 



12.3 

 5.7 



13.9 

 4.3 



20.9 

 6.6 



53.0 



30.2 



14.9 

 2.9 

 35.7 

 33.5 

 36.7 

 1.4 



4.3 



3.5 



.3 



.3 



Mncludes data cnly tor 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 



