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



Data published In 

 1982 Census ol Agriculture 



Data publlstrad in 

 1978 Census ol Agdculture 



1982 



1978 

 adjusted' 



1978 

 totaP 



Portion of 



total from 1978 



area sample' 



Percent of 



1978 total 



represented 



by area sample 



portion 



Famis number. 



Land m farms acres. 



Value of land and buildings', average per farm. - dollars. 



Total cropland — * »""» ■ 



acres. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land fanrm. 



acres. 



Famis by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to *9 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



Marltet value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, includir>g nursery and greenhouse products $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Farms tiy value of sales: 



$250,000 or more" 



$100,000 10 $249,999» 



$40,000 to $99.999 



$20,000 to $39.999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$5,000 10 $9,999 



Less than $5,000 



Farrns by type of organization: 



Individual or fanvly 



Partnership 



Corporabon 



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



Tenure of operatix: 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants :. 



Operators by pnncipal occupation: 



Farmino 



Ottier man farming 



Female operators: 



Farms number. 



Land m farms acres. 



Operators by race: 



White 



Black and otfier races 



Com lor grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Wtieat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Hay-alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop. etc. farms. 



acres. 

 Vegetatiles harvested for sale farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orctiards ... . . „ farms. 



acres. 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs inventory famis. 



_^ number. 



CNcliens 3 months old or older Inventory farms- 

 number. 



Estimated man""! "slue of all iriachinery and equipmenf. $1,000. 



Energy and petrr>lsL.ii products'. $1,000. 



Hired fami labor, workers worfiing 150 days or more*. farms. 



number. 



4 946 

 617 359 

 183 339 



4 645 

 276 686 



4 397 

 197 405 



16 753 



798 



1 399 



1 698 



883 



137 



25 



6 



211 994 

 100 079 

 111 915 



136 

 353 

 698 

 545 

 507 

 637 

 2 070 



4 087 



439 



358 



62 



3 160 



1 465 



321 



2 652 



2 094 



383 

 32 754 



4 919 

 27 



182 



4 634 



2 



(O) 



2 520 



118 929 



968 



14 812 

 426 



8 111 



2 073 



«6 951 



628 



54 586 



685 



1 465 853 



121 137 



15 685 

 1 359 



5 801 



5 691 

 678 714 

 168 952 



5 526 

 311 030 



5 107 

 213 669 



1 027 

 16 941 



967 



1 798 



2 010 

 928 

 137 



25 

 6 



214 675 

 100 829 

 113 B46 



136 

 353 

 698 

 567 

 559 

 715 

 2 863 



5 017 



447 



365 



62 



3 846 



1 685 



360 



3 062 

 2 829 



453 

 35 098 



5 858 



33 



243 



4 911 



2 



(D) 



3 078 



133 117 



1 092 



15 214 

 512 



8 556 



2 599 

 102 226 



909 



59 626 



944 



1 512 683 



127 697 



16 044 

 1 451 



6 076 



945 

 61 355 

 93 651 



34 344 

 710 



16 264 

 61 

 188 



189 



399 



312 



45 



2 681 



750 



1 931 



22 



52 



78 



793 



930 

 8 

 7 



686 



220 

 39 



210 

 735 



70 

 2 344 



939 

 6 



58 

 277 



558 



14 188 



124 



403 



86 



445 



526 



5 275 

 281 



5 040 

 259 



46 830 



6 560 

 359 



92 



275 



'Includes data o^.>y for terms on 1978 mail list-excludes area san^)le data 

 'Includes mail list enumeration and area sample data. 

 'Data from farms not on mail list 

 'Data are based on a sample of farms, 

 •netabulaled 1978 data for 1982 comparability 



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