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 



1976 

 adjusted 1 



Data published in 

 1978 Census of Agriculture 



1978 

 lota|2 



Portion 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 



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* SI.OOO. 



Energy and petroleum products" ___ $1,000. 



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



number. 



29 480 



3 642 



2 656 



331 



26 850 

 6 467 

 2 792 



15 913 

 20 196 



3 635 

 607 764 



34 939 



1 170 



4 923 

 295 790 



222 



11 361 



5 404 

 264 389 



2 928 

 343 098 



12 Oil 

 932 495 



16 501 

 2 128 018 



5 160 

 323 349 



3 038 

 14 883 098 



888 887 

 107 546 



6 329 

 59 150 



36 734 



4 269 



2 734 



331 



33 268 

 7 200 

 3 600 



18 052 

 26 016 



4 441 

 656 429 



41 590 



2 478 



5 544 

 310 165 



222 

 11 361 



6 222 



290 705 



3 378 

 346 357 



13 441 

 938 036 



21 185 



2 193 959 



8 276 



376 591 



5 987 

 15 113 719 



936 395 

 109 870 



6 434 

 59 269 



7 254 



627 



78 



6 418 

 733 

 808 



2 139 

 5 820 



806 

 48 665 



6 651 

 1 308 



621 

 14 375 



818 



26 316 



450 



3 259 



1 430 

 5 541 



4 684 

 65 941 



3 116 

 53 242 



2 949 

 230 621 



47 508 



2 323 



105 



119 



19.7 

 14.7 

 2.9 



19.3 

 10.2 

 22.4 



11.8 

 22.4 



18.1 

 7.4 



16.0 

 52.8 



11.2 

 4.6 



13.1 



9.1 



13.3 



.9 

 10.6 



.6 



22.1 

 3.0 

 37.7 

 14.1 

 49.3 

 1.5 



5.1 



2.1 



1.6 



.2 



'Includes dala 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 



