Census of 

Agriculture 

AC82-SS-4 

Volume 2 

SUBJECT SERIES 

Part 4 

History 

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U.S. Department of Commerce 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
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The publications 

from the 1982 Economic and 

Agriculture Censuses are dedicated 

to the memory of Shirley Kaliek, 

Associate Director for Economic Fields. 

During her career at the Bureau of the 

Census 0955 to 1983), she continually 

directed efforts to improve 

the timeliness and accuracy of 

economic statistics. 
Census of 

AgricLfiure 

AC82-SS-4 

Volume 2 

SUBJECT SERIES 

Part 4 

History 

Issued July 1987 

u.s. Department of Commerce 

Clarence J. Brown, Acting Secretary 

Robert Ortner, Under Secretary 

for Economic Affairs 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

John G. Keane, Director 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

John G. Keane, Director 

C. Louis Kincannon, Deputy Director 

Charles A. Waite, Associate Director 

for Economic Fields 

Roger Bugenhagen, Assistant Director 

for Economic and Agriculture Censuses 

DATA USER SERVICES DIVISION 

Gerard C. Iannelli, Chief 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS-This history was written in the Data User Services Division by Michael A. Hovland, 

Historian, under the general supervision of Frederick G. Bohme, Chief, Census History Staff. The following individuals provided valuable information and critically reviewed the manuscript: Stanley Hyman, 

Office of the Assistant Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses, John H. Berry, Chief of the 

Agriculture Division to August 1984, and his successor, Charles P. Pautler; George E. Pierce, John E. Adkins, 

Cynthia Z. F. Clark, Richard R. Storm, Arion M. Scott, D. Dean Prochaska, Patricia A. Clark, John C. Womack, 

Jane Dea Sandusky, Hubert E. Sites, James A. Liefer, Steven W. Stanley, Douglas J. Miller, and 

John W. Ternus, all of the Agriculture Division, AI Giglitto of the Field Division, and Richard Ritter of the 

Public Information Office. 

Publication planning, design, composition, editorial review, and printing procurement were performed 

by the staff of the Publications Services Division under the general direction of Walter C. Odom, Chief; 

Gerald A. Mann and Everett Dove, Branch Chiefs; and Debeorah L. Callison edited and prepared the report 

for printing. 

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data 

(Revised for volume 2) 

Main entry under title: 

1982 census of agriculture. 

Includes indexes. 

Supt. of Docs. no. C 3.31/4:982/v.2/pt.4 

1. Agriculture-United States-Statistics. 

I. United States. Bureau of the Census. 

HD1769.A 14 1984 338.1 '0973 83-600308 
CONTENTS 

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CHAPTER 1. Introduction 

Background Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

1982 Census of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

Legislation Affecting the Census ............................................... 4 

Definition of a Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Uses of Agriculture Census Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Organization of the Bureau of the Census. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

CHAPTER 2. Planning and Preliminary Operations 

Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

Integration of the Agriculture and Economic Censuses " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Report Form Content and Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Consultation on the Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

The June 1 981 Content Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 

CHAPTER 3. Preparatory Operations 

Introduction ......................................... (. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

Address List Compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 

Farm and Ranch Identification Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 

Final Address List Compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 

Printing and Addressing Report Forms ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 

CHAPTER 4. Public Awareness Program 

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

Census Publicity Campaign ................................................... 25 

Post-Census Publicity and Assistance to Data Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 

CHAPTER 5. Data Collection 

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

Census Mail Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

Telephone Followup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

Nonresponse Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

Citrus Caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 

CHAPTER 6. Data Processing 

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 

Precomputer Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 

Computer Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 

CHAPTER 7. Census of Agriculture in Puerto Rico 

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 

Preparatory Operations ...................................................... 45 

Field Enumeration .......................................................... 47 

Data Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 

Comparability of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 

Publication Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 1 
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CHAPTER 8. Census of Agriculture on Guam and in the Virgin Islands of the 

United States 

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 51 

1982 Census of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 52 

CHAPTER 9. Coverage Evaluation and Research 

Coverage Evaluation ........................................................ 55 

Research Projects .......................................................... 56 

CHAPTER 10. Census of Agriculture Publication Program 

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 59 

Publication Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 59 

Data Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 61 

Printed Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 61 

Comparability of Data ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 62 

APPENDIXES 

A. Provisions of Title 13, United States Code, Relating to the 1982 Census of Agriculture 63 

B. Historical Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 68 

C. Organization of the Bureau of the Census and Key Personnel for the 1982 Census of 

Agriculture .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 73 

D. Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 83 

E. Publications in Selected Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84 

F. Chronology of Principal Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 87 

G. Report Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 89 

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CHAPTER 1. 

Introduction 

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ...................... . 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE .................... . 

AN OVERVIEW OF THE CENSUS OPERATION .... '" .. . 

LEGAL AUTHORITY .............•................ 

SCOPE AND REFERENCE DATES ................... . 

LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE CENSUS ............... . 

DEFINITION OF A FARM ........................... . 

USES OF AGRICULTURE CENSUS DATA .............. . 

ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ...... . 

EXPENDITURES ................................. . 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION 

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The census of agriculture provides a periodic statistical picture of a vital sector of the Nation's economy. While much of 

the same kind of information collected in the census is gathered 

by other Federal or State agencies in periodic or occasional 

surveys, the agriculture census is the only source of data 

comparable, county by county, and State by State, on a national 

basis. Further, the census publications are the only statistical 

files that provide such data while classifying farms by size, type, 

tenure, type of organization, and market value of farm products 

sold. 

The first census of agriculture was concluded in 1840, as part 

of a decennial census program that collected data on 

manufacturing, agriculture, and mining, as well as on population. 

The agriculture census remained part of the decennial program 

until 1925, when a mid-decade enumeration covering various 

economic areas-including agriculture-was added. Thereafter, 

the precise year of each agriculture census was subject to some 

adjustment, although it usually followed a 5-year, or 

quinquennial, cycle. Through 1940 the agriculture censuses 

were taken concurrently with the other economic enumerations, 

but subsequent changes in the time schedule for the censuses 

caused a divergence of the reference years. In the 1950's, the 

agriculture census reference years were altered from years 

ending in "0" and" 5" to those ending in "4" and "9," and 

by the early 1970's the economic censuses were being 

conducted for years ending in "2" and "7." In 1972, the Bureau 

of the Census and the Department of Commerce recommended 

that the economic and agriculture censuses cover the same 

reference year, and thus provide a greater degree of data 

comparability among the various censuses. In 1976, Congress 

enacted legislation (Public Law 94-229) incorporating this 

recommendation, and the intercensal periods following the 1974 

and 1978 agriculture censuses were shortened to 4 years each. 

The 1982 Census of Agriculture, the 22d such enumeration, was 

carried out simultaneously with the other economic censuses. 

(For more information on reference and enumeration dates, see 

App. B, "Historical Background".) 

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An Overview of the Census Operation 

Data collection-The 1982 Census of Agriculture can be divided 

into three principal phases-data collection, processing, and 

publication. The 1969 and later agriculture censuses were carried 

out primarily by mail. For the 1982 census, report forms were 

mailed to approximately 3.6 million addresses in the last week 

of December 1982, with the request that they be completed and 

mailed back to the Bureau. There were seven followup mailings 

to nonrespondent addresses between January 1 and July 1, 

1983. Large nonresponse cases (those believed to have 

$200,000 or more in sales during the census year) were selected 

for telephone followup. 

The 1982 census enumerated 2,240,976 farms with an 

average of 440 acres each. The market value of all agricultural 

products sold was over $131 billion for 1982. 

Data processing and publication-The data from the report forms 

were entered on computer tape at the Bureau's Jeffersonville, 

IN, facility. After transmission to the main computer facility at 

Bureau headquarters in Suitland, MD, the data were edited, processed, and tabulated on a flow basis; tabulations for States and 

counties were completed and published over a period of several 

months. The first preliminary State and county reports were 

released in August 1 983, and all were published by May 1984. 

The final reports were issued over a period of several months 

beginning in February 1984. Computer data tapes for the the 

data file for each State were prepared and released as the comparable printed reports were published, and microfiche copies 

of all published reports were available within 6 months after the 

release of the printed volumes. 

Legal Authority 

The census of agriculture is carried out by the Bureau of the 

Census, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The 

Bureau's operations are governed by the provisions of Title 13, 

United States Code, which directs the censuses be taken and 

at what intervals, establishes certain administrative procedures, 

and describes the duties of various officials. 

Chapter 1 (Administration) of Title 13 covers basic administrative practices within the Bureau and establishes procedures for (1) the collection and treatment of census and survey 

data, (2) the authorization of appropriations, and (3) the qualifications and duties of census supervisors and other employees. Section 5 makes the Secretary of Commerce responsible for preparing the census report forms and for determining the number and 

kind of inquiries included, Section 9 requires that the data 

collected in the census remain confidential and forbids the "use 

of the information furnished ... for any purpose other than the 

statistical purposes for which it was supplied .... " This section also restricts access to census report forms to sworn Department of Commerce or Bureau of the Census employees, and 

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forbids publication of any information that would identify any 

individual person or establishment. 

Chapter 5 (Censuses) establishes the type, frequency, and 

geographic scope of the censuses to be carried out by the 

Bureau; and section 195 authorizes the use of sampling to carry 

out the provisions of Title 13 (excluding its use in determining 

population for purposes of apportionment of congressional 

representation) . 

Sections 221 and 224 of chapter 7 (Offenses and Penalties) 

require response to the censuses and establish penalties (a fine 

of $100 for individuals and $500 for organizations) for noncompliance. Section 214 prescribes the penalties (a fine of not 

more than $5,000, or imprisonment of up to 5 years, or both) 

for any employee or staff member who publishes or otherwise 

communicates to any person other than sworn Department or 

Bureau employees any data covered by the confidentiality provisions of the census law. 

Scope and Reference Dates 

General information-The 1982 Census of Agriculture was a 

basic census program; that is, it restricted data collection 

activities to the enumeration of all farms and ranches. Budget 

constraints did not permit inclusion of the extensive follow-on 

survey program that had been done after the 1974 and 1978 

censuses, nor the area-segment sample survey that had been 

part of the 1978 census. Further, language in the Bureau's 

appropriation bills since 1980 forbade the expenditure of funds 

for a census of agricultural services or a survey of farm finance. 

(A separate census of agricultural services was introduced in 

the 1969 Census of Agriculture and was carried out again as 

part of the 1974 and 1978 programs.) 

Scope of the 1982 census-The traditional basis of the census 

of agriculture is the operating unit-generally the individual farm. 

The 1982 census covered all farms in the 50 States, Puerto Rico, 

Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. (See "Definition of a Farm" below for information on what constituted a farm 

for census purposes.) Data were collected from all farms on: 

Acreage 

Crops 

Fruits and nuts 

Vegetables 

Nursery and greenhouse products 

Value of sales 

Land use 

Irrigation and source of irrigation water 

Livestock and poultry 

Type of organization 

Characteristics and occupation of operator 

Year operator began operating farm 

A sample of approximately 1 in 5 of all respondents was asked 

to provide data on: 

Uses of commercial fertilizers or lime 

Use of insecticides, herbicides, nematicides, other pesticides, 

or other chemicals 

Machinery and equipment 

Interest expense 

Expenditures for energy 

Selected production expenses 

Estimated current market value of land and buildings 

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Reference periods and dates-Reference dates for the 1982 Census of Agriculture varied depending on the area involved. 

Aree Inventory data Production data 

United States Dec. 31, 1982 Calendar year 1982 

Puerto Rico July 1, 1983 12 months ending 

June 30, 1983 

Guam Date of enumeration Calendar year 1982 

Virgin Islands of 

the United States Date of enumeration Calendar year 1982 

LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE CENSUS 

The 1982 Census of Agriculture was the first agricultural 

enumeration since 1950 carried out concurrently with the 

economic censuses. As noted above, Public Law 94-229, in 

1976, shortened the interval between the two censuses 

following the 1974 enumeration to 4 years to bring the 

agriculture and economic censuses into conjunction without 

interrupting the data series of the agriculture censuses. 

The scope of the census of agriculture also was changed in 

1976, with Public Law 94-521-sometimes known as the "middecade census law" because its main provisions required a 

population "census" during the period between the decennial 

censuses of population and housing. This law had a direct influence on the census of agriculture through modifications it 

made to the language of several sections of Title 13. Section 

191, paragraph (a) of the census statute was altered specifically 

to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 

(as distinct from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) in all 

censuses of agriculture. 1 

DEFINITION OF A FARM 

The census first established a definition of a farm for the 1850 

census, when any place that had $100 or more in value of sales 

of agricultural products qualified. The definition has been 

changed over the years, with acreage requirements added or 

deleted, or with various changes in the value of sales needed 

to qualify (see App. B, "Historical Background," for details), but 

two general criteria always have applied: (1) the land involved 

must be used for or associated with agricultural operations, and 

(2) it must be operated under the day-to-day control of one individual or management (partnership, corporation). 

To be a farm (for census purposes the terms "farm" and 

"ranch" are interchangeable), the agricultural operation must 

be involved in the production of livestock, poultry, or animal 

specialties and their products; and/or the production of crops, 

including fruits, and greenhouse or nursery products. The census and farm counts are made on the basis of the individual 

operating unit, but the land comprising the "farm" need not 

make up a single contiguous tract; i.e., several separate pieces 

of land may be a single farm provided they are operated as a 

single unit. In cases where the land of a single farm was located 

in two or more counties, the data for the farm were tabulated 

with the principal county's data. 

'The Trust Territory and American Samoa have been included only 

in agriculture enumerations carried out during, or close to, the decennial censuses of population and housing. The Northern Marianas were 

enumerated for agriculture census purposes as part of the 1980 Census 

of Population and Housing. (The agriculture data were collected in April 

1980 and were published as part of the 1978 Census of Agriculture program.) The Northern Marianas remained part of the Trust Territory 

through the 1982 Census of Agriculture and hence were not part of that 

census program. 

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For the 1982 Census of Agriculture, a farm was defined as 

any place that met the above criteria with respect to agricultural 

operations and individual control, and that had, or normally would 

have had, $1,000 or more in total value of sales of agricultural 

products during the reference year. The definition of a farm for 

Puerto Rico and in the outlying areas involved different minimum 

sales or acreages, or specified inventories of livestock or poultry. 

For details of the definitions used in these areas, see chapters 

7 (Puerto Rico) and 8 (outlying areas). 

USES OF AGRICULTURE CENSUS DATA 

Billions of dollars of investment capital, potential sales of 

various products, and government tax funds are at least partially 

dependent on the availability of accurate information on 

agriculture in the United States. With these facts in mind, it is 

obvious that the accuracy and completeness of the census of 

agriculture are of vital importance, both to the individual farmer 

and to data users who rely on these statistics for a clear view 

of an essential part of the American economy. 

Some of the major users of census of agriculture data are the 

following: 

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) uses agriculture 

census data to (1 ) establish benchmarks or comparisons for 

many of its periodic sample estimates and projections; (2) aid 

in administering marketing orders, tracking marketing patterns, and promoting the sale of agricultural products; (3) provide background information for improved operation and 

evaluation of community and conservation programs; (4) 

measure distribution and production volume of various plants 

and animals to aid in the control and eradication of pests and 

diseases; and (5) identify economic trends in the agriculture 

sector. 

• Other U.S. Government agencies use agriculture census data 

on production, sales, and size and type of farm as part of the 

framework for such composite measures as the gross national 

product, farm income estimates, and indexes of productivity 

and price levels. Data from the census also are used to (1) 

develop risk/benefit analyses of certain chemicals undergoing 

regulatory review, (2) prepare studies and reports on trade 

and tariff matters, and (3) perform studies for, and answer 

requests from, Congress. 

• Administrative and legislative bodies at aI/levels of government use the census data in developing farm and rural programs and in analyzing the results of such programs. 

• Private businesses, farm cooperatives, and commodity and 

trade associations rely on the census data as an aid in locating 

new plants, service and distribution facilities; allocating 

research resources; forecasting markets; selecting marketing 

areas; and in activities aimed at providing better service to 

the farm community. 

• Farm and agriculture-oriented news media use census data 

to provide technical background for news stories and feature 

articles, to determine their share of a specific market, and 

to identify types of agricultural operations they wish to reach. 

ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

The Bureau of the Census is organized under a Director and 

a Deputy Director, with five associate directors responsible for 

specific areas of the Bureau's overall activities. Until April 1983 

there were six associate directors, supervising operations in 

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demographic fields, economic fields, statistical standards and 

methodology, field operations, administration, and information 

technology. Subordinate to the associate directors were seven 

assistant directors, responsible for demographic censuses, international programs, economic and agriculture censuses, administration, statistical research, data processing, and computer 

services. 

In April 1983 the Bureau was reorganized, primarily to consolidate administrative and data processing activities. The offices 

of the associate directors for administration and information 

technology were abolished, and an associate director for 

management services position was created. At the same time, 

the post of assistant director for statistical research was 

abolished, while the areas for data processing and computer 

services were taken over by an assistant director for automatic 

data processing, and two new assistant directors were 

appointed, for communications and for economic surveys. 

The Director's staff is responsible for supervising the activities 

of the various divisions and offices that comprise the Bureau. 

These units can be divided into several broad functional 

categories: (1) subject matter (e.g., Agriculture, Population), (2) 

data collection and processing (Data Preparation, Systems Support), (3) statistical services (Statistical Research, Center for 

Survey Methods Research), (4) administrative services (Budget, 

Personnel), and (5) communications and public services (Public 

Information, Data User Services). 

The 1 982 Census of Agriculture was carried out by the 

Agriculture Division under the overall supervision of the 

Associate Director for Economic Fields and the Assistant Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses. Other Bureau divisions made major contributions to the census, especially the Field 

Division, which operated the Bureau's 12 regional offices and 

trained and supervised the field interview staffs; the Data 

Preparation Division in Jeffersonville, IN, which handled mailing, 

much of the telephone followup, and most of the clerical 

processing of the report forms; and the various divisions 

concerned with automated data processing and publication 

services. A list of the key personnel and divisions that took part 

in the census, as well as charts of the Bureau's organization 

during the census period, are included in appendix C. 

EXPENDITURES 

Planning for the 1982 Census of Agriculture began in 1980, 

while the 1978 census processing was in full swing. As noted 

earlier, significant cuts in funding for the Bureau compelled a 

general reduction in the scale of the 1982 census compared with 

its predecessor. Nevertheless, resources were made available 

for improvements in the quality of the census mailing list, while 

new computer facilities and preparatory work enabled the Bureau 

to process and publish the data much more quickly than in earlier 

censuses. Total expenditures for the 1982 Census of Agriculture 

were $57.4 million. Expenditures for each fiscal year in which 

funds were earmarked for the 1 982 agricultural census program 

were as follows: 

Fiscal year 

Total 

1980 

1981 

1982 

1983 

1984 

1985 

Expenditures 

$ 57,462,000 

911,000 

2,772,000 

10,915,000 

22,812,000 

13,785,000 

6,267,000 

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CHAPTER 2. 

Planning and Preliminary Operations 

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PLANNING...................................... 6 

INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

PRELIMINARY PLANNING ......................... 6 

INTEGRATION OF THE AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC 

CENSUSES..................................... 7 

REPORT FORM CONTENT AND FORMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

CONSULTATION ON THE CENSUS. . .. . . . . . . . . . .... . .. 8 

GENERAL INFORMATION ......................... 8 

INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

THE CENSUS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 

STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

THE JUNE 1981 CONTENT TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION. . .. . . .. .. . . .. ... . . . . 10 

REPORT FORMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 

SAMPLE SELECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 

MAILOUT AND FOLLOWUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 

RESULTS. . . . .. . . . . .. . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . .. 11 

PLANNING 

Initial Considerations 

Planning every census of agriculture is an exercise in balancing 

conflicting needs. American agriculture and related industries 

account for billions of dollars of the Nation's gross national 

product (GNP) and feed not only its entire population, but millions 

of people around the world. Anyone wanting a clear picture of 

the United States, or of virtually any part of it-whether 

geographic, political, economic, or demographic-will need 

information on agriculture. 

The core of American agriculture is farm and ranch production. Farm and ranch operators, and their counterparts in 

agriculture-related industries, must supply the information data 

users want. Most of these farmers and businessmen see better 

ways to spend their time than filling out questionnaires from the 

Government, particularly when asked certain information 

normally supplied only to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for 

tax purposes, and they have little patience with requests for 

detailed information. Thus the first major compromise in any census planning lies between the demands from data users for more 

and more information, and the response burden that can 

reasonably be imposed on data suppliers. 

Once collected, the data are processed and tabulated and, 

again, the more detailed the tabulations and cross-tabulations, 

the better for data users. Unfortunately, tabulation consumes 

both money and time, and the supply of both is limited. Available 

funding restricts the volume and detail of tabulations, as does 

the need to publish data on a timely basis. With unlimited money 

and time, more detailed and complex-and hence more 

revealing- tabulations and cross-tabulations could be done, but 

obsolete statistics are of little use, so further compromises must 

be made to make valid statistical data available to users within 

a reasonable time. This equation is further complicated by the 

Census Bureau's legal responsibility to protect the confidentiality 

of the data respondents supply to the census. This responsibility 

embraces not only the protection of the information on the 

6 HISTORY 

individual report forms-that is, restricting access to those 

forms-but also the prevention of information disclosure in the 

published statistics that might make possible identification of 

an individual operation or operator. 

Preliminary Planning 

The 1982 Census of Agriculture, like that for 1978, was 

carried out after a shortened (4 years instead of 5) intercensal 

period, to bring the reference years of the economic and 

agriculture censuses into conjunction. Conducting the censuses 

simultaneously enabled the Bureau to combine some planning, 

preparatory, and operational functions while obtaining a more 

complete statistical picture of the American economy than would 

be possible with censuses covering different reference years. 

There was, therefore, close coordination between the Agriculture 

Division and the other economic area divisions in drawing up the 

general plans for the censuses. 

Planning the 1982 census comprised two related efforts: (1) 

general preparations and operations for all the censuses that 

could be coordinated to obtain maximum efficiency and 

economies of scale, and (2) specialized facets of the census 

requiring concentration on specifically agriculture-oriented 

activities. The former included standardization of address labels, 

report form check-in, handling of correspondence, use of an 

interactive system for keying data, and some followup and 

publication activities. The more specialized planning areas 

included identification of agricultural operations; determination 

of census report form format, design, and content; publicity for 

the census; and editing, most data processing, and 

tabulation. 

Early plans for the census envisioned little or no change in the 

basic design of the "sample" and "nonsample" report forms 

used for 1978 - a limited number of items would be requested 

of all respondents while selected data would be asked of only 

a 20-percent sample. This kept response burden relatively low 

while enabling the Bureau to collect data on certain sensitive, 

or difficult, items from a sample large enough to provide reliable 

county-level estimates. The Bureau anticipated further reductions in response burden by the adoption of "regionalized" report 

forms (see "Report Form Content and Format" below). 

The 1978 census included a farm and ranch identification 

survey and an area-segment sample survey. The former was carried out to help prepare the mail list and was used to determine 

whether certain "doubtful" addresses represented farm operations according to the census definition. The area-segment 

sample survey was conducted just prior to the initial census 

mailout and was designed to provide State-level statistical 

estimates of the number and characteristics of farms not on the 

census mail list. Early plans for the 1982 census included both 

operations; budget constraints, however, eliminated the areasegment sample, but the farm and ranch identification survey 

(described in Ch. 3, "Preparatory Operations") again was part 

of the mail list preparations. 

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INTEGRATION OF THE AGRICULTURE AND 

ECONOMIC CENSUSES 

Carrying out simultaneous agriculture and economic censuses 

provided great advantages to data users and the Bureau, but also 

presented certain administrative and operational problems for 

the Bureau. Prior to 1982, the censuses' staggered reference 

years allowed the workload for the operation to be distributed 

over a considerable period of time-no minor point when only 

limited resources are available. With concurrent censuses, the 

Bureau had to obtain maximum economies to publish data in a 

timely manner. 

Compilation of mail lists and preparation of report forms and 

mailing packages for the various censuses were independent 

operations. For the 1982 Census of Agriculture, the mail list of 

multiunit agricultural operations was drawn for the first time from 

the Bureau's standard statistical establishment list (SSEL).' The 

Bureau introduced barcoded address labels to facilitate checkin by machine in the 1978 agriculture census and extended their 

use to the economic censuses for 1982. The address label format 

for all 1 982 censuses was standardized, although the agriculture 

census label information was modified slightly to accommodate 

the different identification numbering system. More extensive 

use of form letters and paragraphs in place of individual 

"tailored" responses occurred; this usually took the form of 

specialized paragraphs that could be inserted into a form letter 

to respond to a specific inquiry or situation. The followup letters, i.e., those sent to nonrespondents in routine mailings, were 

written specifically for each census. However, the followup 

dates were coordinated so that economic and agriculture census mailings were done at the same time to take advantage of 

processing economies and reduced postal rates. 

Staffing was one area in which simultaneous, or nearly 

simultaneous, censuses could result in significant economies. 

For the 1982 censuses, a single staff checked in report forms 

for all censuses. Similarly, the same staffs handled correspondence for both censuses. 

The introduction of interactive computer systems (see Ch. 6, 

"Data Processing," for more information on these systems) in 

the place of the slower and more costly microfiche record system 

enabled the Bureau to place on line computer research of records 

of individual report forms for display and review. 

While the content of the publications for the censuses differed, 

the Bureau was able to standardize the process of preparing the 

reports themselves for printing. The table image processor 

system (TIPS) was first used as part of the publication program 

of the 1977 Economic Censuses. The TIPS photocomposed (in 

conjunction with the Bureau's computer output to microfilm 

production (COMp80) device, and the Government Printing 

Office's (GPO's) VideoComp system) large numbers of tables 

for the census reports. The Bureau completely redesigned TIPS 

for the 1982 censuses and adopted the new system, called TIPS 

II, for use in the agriculture and economic censuses. (For details 

of the TIPS II system, see Ch. 6, "Data Processing. ") 

REPORT FORM CONTENT AND FORMAT 

The Secretary of Commerce has the official responsibility for 

determining the content of all census report forms, but delegates 

this authority to the Director of the Bureau of the Census. The 

1 A computerized name and address file of all known multi- and singleestablishment employer firms in the United States. -r:he Bureau use.s the 

employer identification (EI) number and the SSEL fil~ number to Identify parent companies, subsidiaries, and their establishments. 

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actual design of the report forms for the 1 982 Census of 

Agriculture was done by the Bureau's Agriculture Division, 

assisted by the Forms Design Branch of the Administrative Services Division, and with the advice of the Bureau's Census 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics and major data 

users in the public and private sectors. (For a list of member 

organizations, see p. 8 below.) 

When deSigning report forms for use in its censuses or surveys, 

the Bureau must decide whether particular items suggested for 

inclusion meet high-priority data needs, and whether respondents 

can answer each item accurately. There are also limits on both 

the number and kind of questions that can be asked with a 

reasonable certainty of obtaining the information requested. 

Response to the census is required by statute, but the Bureau 

does not use the coercive powers of the law. The legal requirement primarily denotes the importance of the census. Not only 

would the application of the authority to try to compel response 

probably be unproductive in the specific case or cases involved, 

but it also undoubtedly would have unfortunate consequences 

in terms of the public's image of the Bureau and inclination to 

cooperate in other census activities. 

Design of the 1982 Census of Agriculture report forms began 

with consideration of the forms used for the 1978 census, and 

requests from data users for items to be added to the census. 

The 1978 report forms had been very successful- obtaining 

generally favorable operator reaction and response-and the 

Bureau decided to adopt the same overall design for the 1982 

enumeration, with "nonsample" and "sample" forms. Most of 

the 1978 census items were retained on the 1982 forms, with 

the exception of questions on direct sales of products for human 

consumption, foreign ownership of farm land, and the number 

of pieces of selected kinds of machinery built in the 5 years 

preceding the census. 

While the general kinds of information requested for 1982 

remained similar to those asked for in the 1978 census, the 

Bureau modified the format of the report forms by adopting 

"regionalized" forms-separate versions ofthe sample and nonsample report forms developed for each of 12 geographic regions 

of the United States. All had identical formats, consisting of a 

core of standardized nonsample and sample inquiries asked of 

all agricultural operators in all regions (e.g., acreage, total value 

of sales, operator characteristics, etc.), and a set of production, 

inventory, and sales items (e.g., field crops, fruit trees and nuts, 

etc.) that applied specifically to agricultural operations within 

each region. Different color ink shadings and form numbers were 

used to facilitate sorting and processing. The new form 

numbering system adopted was similar to that used in the 

economic censuses, modified for agriculture census use. The 

prefix "82-A" designated the report form as a 1982 Census of 

Agriculture questionnaire and was followed by four digits, the 

first two identifying the report form as a nonsample (01)' sample 

(02), or "must" (03) form, and the last two the geographic 

region covered by that particular form-01 through 12. Respondent burden and irritation were reduced because it was no longer 

necessary for respondents to go through lists of crops and 

livestock that, while important in some parts of the country, 

might not be significant in others. 

The Bureau tested the proposed report form design and 

wording in July 1981, in a national mailing involving 

approximately 4,800 addresses. The results were used to refine 

the design prior to the finalization of the content. 

Descriptions of the changes in the general content of the report 

forms are provided in appendix H, together with a facsimile of 

a representative report form. 

HISTORY 7 
CONSULTATION ON THE CENSUS 

General Information 

The Bureau of the Census is, essentially, a statistical service 

agency that collects, tabulates, and publishes data for use by 

others. Thus, one of its primary concerns is determining which 

data are needed. Inasmuch as the data the Bureau collects must 

be supplied by individuals and/or organizations outside the 

Bureau itself, a second major concern must be the ability, and 

the inclination, of respondents to provide the information desired. 

The Bureau maintains regular contact with data users and 

respondents through several permanent advisory committees, 

a varying number of temporary consultation groups, and 

meetings with data users. For the 1982 Census of Agriculture, 

the Bureau's principal sources of regular contact with the data 

users and respondents were the interagency task force formed 

to review and coordinate Federal agency data needs, and the 

Bureau's Census Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. 

Interagency Task Force 

Prior to the 1982 Census of Agriculture, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established for the Bureau an 

interagency task force of all Federal agencies that make direct 

or indirect use of census of agriculture statistics. This task force 

coordinated the data needs of Federal agencies with the Census Bureau. The task force was reconstituted early in 1980 and 

consisted of the following agencies: 

u.S. Department of Agriculture 

Agricultural Cooperative Service 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 

Economic Research Service 

Extension Service 

Farmers Home Administration 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

Federal Grain Inspection Service 

Office of Minority Affairs 

Office of Rural Development Policy 

Packers and Stockyards Administration 

Rural Electrification Administration 

Soil Conservation Service 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Small Business Administration 

U.S. Department of Energy 

Energy Information Administration 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Farm Credit Administration 

U.S. Department of the Interior 

Bureau of Reclamation 

International Trade Commission 

Office of Industries 

Library of Congress 

Congressional Research Service 

The task force met formally once, in January 1980, thereafter 

carrying out its work through individual meetings and correspondence. The Census Bureau asked member agencies to 

submit their recommendations and justifications for census data 

items by February 1981. 

8 HISTORY 

The task force was primarily concerned with content, but also 

considered the Bureau's 1982 tabulation plans and publication 

program. Individual members reviewed the 1974 and 1978 census publications and reported the specific tables each member's 

agency used in its own operations, so the Bureau could determine whether the tabulations shown should be retained, consolidated, or eliminated from the publications. The task force 

also recommended changes to the tabulations and/or table 

format. 

The Census Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics 

The Bureau obtained the charter for the permanent Census 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics in 1962. From 

1940 through 1959, agriculture census advisory committees 

were assembled before each census and disbanded after the 

publication of the data; before 1940 any advice to the Bureau 

on the agriculture census was provided by a general advisory 

committee that reviewed all of the Bureau's statistical programs. 

The Committee served as the Bureau's primary contact with data 

users outside the Federal Government and offered recommendations on the content and format of report forms, the ability 

of operators to supply the data requested, general data-collection 

methodology, data tabulation, and publicity for the census. The 

Committee was composed of representatives of the following 

organizations: 

Agricultural Publishers Association 

American Agricultural Economics Association 

American Farm Bureau Federation 

American Feed Manufacturers Association 

American Meat Institute 

Association of Research Directors, Inc. 

Conference of Consumer Organizations 

Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute 

Federal Statistics Users' Conference 

Irrigation Association 

National Agricultural Chemicals Association 

National Agri-Marketing Association 

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 

National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant 

Colleges 

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives 

National Farmers Organization 

National Farmers Union 

National Food Processors Association 

National Grange 

Rural Sociological Society 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Statistical Reporting Service 

For a list of the individuals who served on the Committee 

during the 1982 census period, see appendix C. 

Meetings of the Committee are open and frequently are 

attended by observers from Statistics Canada, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, as well as other 

Government agencies, private organizations, and members of 

the public. Outside observers and the general public may ask 

questions and offer statements or recommendations during a 

time set aside for that purpose at each meeting. The Bureau 

prepares and publishes minutes of each meeting, including Committee recommendations and the Bureau's responses. 

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THE JUNE 1981 CONTENT TEST 

Background Information 

The Bureau conducts one or more tests of proposed report 

forms before the final designs are determined. Plans for the 1982 

Census of Agriculture were to minimize changes in the overall 

format and content of the 1978 design. This was a direct result 

of the good reception the 1978 format received from 

respondents (the regionalization of the report forms involved little 

more than substituting the appropriate lists of crops common 

to their designated geographic regions for the general listing used 

in the 1978 questionnaire). Certain modifications were made to 

the format and wording of selected data items, some new items 

were added, and several others were dropped from the forms. 

The Bureau completed preliminary design work on the basic 

report form in the spring of 1981. This form included all items 

the Bureau proposed to collect from a sample of agricultural 

operations; later a "nonsample" version of the form was produced by deleting the sample items from the basic design. The 

Bureau conducted the June 1 981 content test to evaluate the 

following factors with respect to this preliminary design: 

1. The effect of changes in the wording, sequence, and/or 

design of selected questions. 

2. Respondent burden and quality of response for items not 

included in previous censuses. 

3. Response rates compared to the 1978 census. 

4. Reasons for nonresponse (respondents were asked to make 

suggestions to help simplify and clarify the questionnaire). 

5. The effectiveness of the screening questions in the cover 

letter prompting a response from types of operators who 

usually had high rates of nonresponse. 

Report Forms 

The Bureau used two versions of the sample report form in 

the content test, the forms 81-A 1 and 81-A2. Both forms were 

identical in length (six numbered pages) and general format to 

the 1978 sample form, and both were mailed to a sample of 

farms throughout the Nation (except Alaska and Hawaii). The 

A 1 version was sent to a sample of farms in all States except 

Arizona and California, and contained the same crop listings for 

sections 2-8 (crops, vegetables, berries, etc.) as in the 1978 

form. The A2 was used only for a sample of farms in Arizona 

and California and had prelisted in sections 2-8 crops and units 

of measurement found in those two States. 

The principal changes in the content of the report forms were 

as follows: 

Section 1: Land Ownership 

Section 2: Cash Grains and 

Field Crops 

Section 4: Vegetables 

Section 6: Berries 

Section 7: Other Crops 

Section 8: Fruits and Nuts 

Section 9: Value of Crops 

10 HISTORY 

An item was added asking 

acres rented from the Federal 

or State governments, or from 

Indian reservations. 

General design was similar 

to 1978, but more crops, 

fruits, etc., were prelisted (for 

the 1982 census, the listings 

would include only crops, 

etc., common to specified 

geographic regions). 

More detail on grain sold was 

requested; 1978 item on Government Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) loans 

was moved to section 17. 

Section 14: Sheep and 

Lambs Sold 

Section 17: CCC Loans 

and Customwork 

Section 24: Interest 

Deleted "sales" from column 

heading, using "number sold" 

instead. 

Item on CCC loans was 

moved from section 9. 

(sample item) This was a new section added 

for 1982. 

Section 28: Value of Land 

and Buildings 

(sample item) Item added on value of 

Federal, State, or Indian 

reservation land rented. 

Both test report forms were 14" x 27" sheets, folded to 

14" x 10 1/2", with six numbered pages. Identical in size, format, and layout, the only difference between the forms-other 

than the crop listings used in sections 2-8-was that the A 1 version used black ink and a yellow shading on white paper stock, 

while the A2 used black ink and blue-green shading. 

Sample Selection 

The Bureau designed a sample containing 4,800 agricultural 

operations for the content test, drawn from the 1978 census 

files. The sample excluded farms and ranches (1) in Alaska and 

Hawaii, (2) that were in any of the 1978 follow-on surveys or 

the 1978 area segment sample survey, (3) with sales of 

$250,000 or more, and (4) multiunit and "abnormal" ("abnormal" farms include agriculture research stations, farms operated 

by hospitals, Indian reservations, and the like) establishments. 

Selected nonfarm cases from the 1978 census were included 

in the sample to determine whether wording changes being 

tested might have an effect on the way nonfarmers on the list 

responded. 

The sample consisted of three subsamples: (1) a national 

sample, (2) eight "cluster" counties, and (3) a list of cases with 

specific characteristics selected to test specific changes, 

primarily in the regional sections of the report forms. The national 

sample included approximately 3,100 cases randomly selected 

from the 1978 census farm list for each State. The "cluster" 

counties' sample consisted of about 1 ,400 addresses selected 

from the 1978 farm and nonfarm lists for the following .eight 

counties: 

Chester, PA 

Frederick, MD 

Jackson, FL 

Kern, CA 

Marion, OR 

Robertson, TN 

Rush, IN 

Sussex, DE 

The Bureau selected these counties for the cluster sample 

because they included a wide variety of agricultural operations. 

Addresses from the 1978 nonfarm list were included in the 

cluster counties' sample. Interviewers were to review the individual cases to determine if the wording or other changes in 

the report forms made any difference in whether addressees 

identified themselves as having agricultural operations. 

The special-characteristics case sample included about 300 

addresses drawn from the 1978 farm list. This sample was used 

to evaluate several areas of Bureau concern, including the 

regional crops listings on the form 81-A2, wording of the item 

on family-held corporations, and reporting of Federal, State, or 

Indian land and its value. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Mailout and Followup 

Mailing packages- Each mailing package for the test consisted 

of the appropriate report form, a sheet of instructions, a cover 

letter (form 81-A 1 (L 1 IT), and a return envelope. The cover letter 

requested prompt response, and included a number of screening questions in case the addressee had not farmed in 1980, 

was deceased, or had sold the agricultural land. 

Mailout and mail followup-The first mailout, on June 25,1981, 

consisted of 4,363 A 1-form packages and 411 A2-form 

packages. (The Bureau mailed 1,389 packages to addressees 

in the eight cluster counties [1,058 of these cases were farms 

in 1978 and 331 were from the 1978 nonfarm list].) 

Within 3 weeks of the test mailing, the Bureau had received 

1,364 responses, along with 164 postmaster returns (PMR'spackages returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable!. 

yielding a response rate of approximately 32 percent. 

Respondents' addresses were matched to the content test 

mailing list, and 3,246 nonrespondent and PMR cases were 

remailed with a followup letter, form 81-A 1 (L2)T, on July 16. 

The A 1 (L2)T requested response and asked addressees for 

suggestions for improving the census for 1982. 

Field interviews-In late August and the first week of September, 

personnel from Bureau headquarters and the Jeffersonville office 

interviewed 350 addressees in the eight cluster counties. They 

discussed the census report forms and instructions, problems 

encountered in completing the forms and respondents' recommendations, reasons for nonresponse, and so on. 

Results 

Response rates-At the time of the single mail followup, the 

response rate for the test (32.3 percent) was 4 percent higher 

than the comparable rate achieved for the 1978 census. When 

the test was closed out at the end of July, the response rate 

was 55.3 percent (representing some 2,650 cases, including 

PMR's), about 6 percent higher than at a comparable point in 

the 1978 census. The Bureau anticipated slightly higher response 

rates for the test due to (1) the use of a mailout envelope asking for response within 15 days (compared with a requested 

response within 6 weeks in the 1978 census). and (2) the exclusion of larger farms from the sample. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Processing-Respondents were asked to mail their completed 

forms to the Jeffersonville office. Upon receipt, the test forms 

were checked in and clerically edited. The clerical edit was concerned principally with determining whether the data on the 

forms were keyable and did not include an analysis of questionable entries. Selected data items from the report forms were 

hand tallied for analysis. 

Analysis and results-There was no significant difference in the 

rates of response obtained by the two test report forms. The 

average time required to complete a report form was 67 minutes 

while the mean time was 45 minutes. Less than 10 percent of 

the respondents reported that they made use of the information 

sheet, and most reported that they consulted their records 

despite explicit statements in the instructions that "best 

estimates" for data were acceptable. The latter practice has a 

considerable impact on the time required to complete the report 

form. The Bureau was not able to determine the effect of the 

screening questions in the cover letter on the response rate, but 

many respondents used the "comments" section of the letter 

to explain their situations, which might have led to an increase 

in the clerical workload if similar screening material was used 

in the census. 

Comments from repondents-Respondents' reactions to the 

report forms were generally favorable; they were gratified at the 

expanded use of prelisted crops and the Bureau's plans to 

regionalize these sections. Respondents were sensitive to questions involving finance, such as the sample sections on "Interest 

Expenses" and "Value of Land and Buildings." 

Analysis of the quality of response obtained for specific items 

and/or sections of the report form suggested that some 

instructions on the forms and/or the information sheet needed 

clarification. This was particularly true with respect to sections 

requesting data on land owned or rented and financial information. Complete response was not received for information on land 

rented from the Federal or State governments, or from Indian 

reservations - only 47 percent reporting such land estimated its 

value. The Bureau subsequently deleted the request for the value 

of such land from section 25 (Value of Land and Buildings). 

Response to the crop sections was generally very good, and the 

Bureau went ahead with plans to use fully "regionalized" forms 

(i.e., with prelisted crops common to specified geographic 

regions) in the census. 

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CHAPTER 3. 

Preparatory Operations 

PAGE 

INTRODUCTION ................................. , 12 

ADDRESS LIST COMPILATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12 

INTRODUCTION ................................ 12 

GENERAL PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12 

SOURCES..................................... 13 

FORMAT AND STANDARDIZATION ............ ' . .... 13 

GEOGRAPHIC CODING •.................. '.' . .. .. 14 

EIN/SSN RECORD LINKAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15 

NAME AND ADDRESS LINKAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15 

FINAL LIST MATCHING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17 

CONTROLS ....•.............................. 17 

FARM AND RANCH IDENTIFICATION SURVEY ..... , . .. .. 17 

INTRODUCTION ......•......................... 17 

PRETEST •.................. ' ......... '.' . .. .. 18 

DEVELOPMENT OF FARM AND RANCH IDENTIFICATION 

SURVEY MAIL LIST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19 

MAILOUT AND FOLLOWUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19 

PROCESSING .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 

RESULTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21 

FINAL ADDRESS LIST COMPILATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22 

GENERAL INFORMATION. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. ... .. .. 22 

CENSUS FILE NUMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 22 

MUST AND CERTAINTY CASES. . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. .. 22 

MAIL LIST SAMPLING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . .. 23 

PRINTING AND ADDRESSING REPORT FORMS . . . . . . . . . .. 23 

GENERAL INFORMATION ................. '.' ... .. 23 

ADDRESS LABELS .............................. 23 

PRINTING, ASSEMBLING, AND ADDRESSING .......... 23 

INTRODUCTION 

By the fall of 1981, the essential characteristics of the 1982 

Census of Agriculture had been decided and the Bureau began 

final preparations for the enumeration. These preparatory operations embraced four major activities: (1 ) finalization of the content of the census report forms, (2) compilation of the census 

mail list, (3) promotion of the census, and (4) printing and 

addressing the report forms for the initial mailout. 

The preparation of the census mail list involved the acquisition, compilation, and unduplication of various lists of addresses 

believed to represent agricultural operations. The compilation 

was done in two major phases, the first involving not only the 

assembly of lists of addresses from various sources, but a major 

screening operation in early 1982 - the Farm and Ranch Identification Survey-that was used to delete nonfarm cases from 

the list. The second phase involved both the list prepared in the 

identification survey and additional source lists not available for 

the construction of the initial list. 

While the mail list was being assembled and unduplicated, the 

Bureau carried out a promotional campaign (see ch. 4) directed 

toward explaining the need for the census and encouraging 

cooperation and prompt response. Once again, the Bureau made 

extensive use of the broadcast media in its publicity campaign 

and encouraged dissemination of information about the census 

through vocational agriculture classes by distributing lesson 

plans and census guides to vocational agriculture teachers. 

The content of the census report forms was finalized in 

January 1982. The content pretest had checked the capacity 

of the general design of the report form, but numerous changes 

were made after the pretest was completed. (See ch. 2 for a 

12 HISTORY 

general description of report forms.) The report forms were 

printed by private contractors, who in some cases assembled 

the mailing packages. Once the initial census mail list was complete, the Bureau's Jeffersonville, IN, facility printed the address 

labels and affixed them to the mailing packages. Altogether, 

approximately 3.6 million packages were prepared for the initial 

census mailing in December 1982. 

These activities are described in greater detail below. 

ADDRESS LIST COMPILATION 

Introduction 

The Bureau of the Census introduced the mail collection of 

agriculture census information in the 1969 enumeration. The use 

of a mailout/mailback procedure requires an accurate and complete list of the addresses of agricultural operations meeting the 

Bureau's definition of a farm. Moreover, the list must not only 

cover the farms and ranches from which data are required, but 

must contain as few duplicate addresses as possible, since 

repeated requests for information increases both respondent 

burden and irritation. 

For these reasons, the compilation of the census address list 

is a major part of the census. In the 1982 Census of Agriculture, 

the Bureau used a two-phase compilation-the Farm and Ranch 

Identification Survey and a final mail list compilation. 

General Procedures 

The Bureau compiled the agriculture census mail list from the 

records of previous censuses and from current administrative 

records supplied by a variety of Federal agencies and private 

associations. Names and addresses for specific agricultural 

operations frequently appeared on more than one source list, 

hence the various lists had to be matched to each other and 

"unduplicated" to delete multiple entries for a single agricultural 

operation. Two sources not previously used in the mail list 

compilation-the 1978 agriculture census out-of-scope and 

duplicate records files-were employed in the development of 

the 1 982 address list to facilitate identification of agricultural 

operations and duplicate addresses. 

The Bureau used nearly identical procedures in assembling the 

mail lists for the two phases of the address list compilation, with 

the major differences consisting primarily of modifications made 

to permit incorporation of the results of the Farm and Ranch 

Identification Survey to the main address list. Each listconstruction program included five major operations: (1) 

formatting and standardizing all records in the source files, (2) 

matching and unduplicating employer identification number (EIN) 

and social security number (SSN), (3) geographic coding, (4) 

matching and unduplicating name and address, and (5) 

establishing controls and assigning identification codes. In 

addition, the Farm and Ranch Identification Survey involved a 

mail survey of addresses from the preliminary list whose status 

as agricultural operations was in doubt, while the final address 

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compilation program included matching the new source lists to 

the preliminary address file. The survey and the final address 

list compilation are described below. 

Sources 

Preliminary list-The Bureau began developing the identification 

survey mail list in the fall of 1981, with approximately 15.8 

million addresses, using the main computer facilities at Suitland 

to compile and process the records. This list was a preliminary 

census mail list and was drawn from most of the sources that 

would be used for the final census mail address list. The sources 

used in the compilation of this list, and the number of addresses 

drawn from each, were as follows: 

Source 

Total 

1978 farms file 

1978 multiunits and abnormals' 

1978 nonrespondents 

1978 census nonfarm file 

1978 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey 

nonfarm file 

1980 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation 

Service (ASCS) file 

1980 Statistical Reporting Service (SRS) list 

frame file for 31 States 

1980 Business Master File (BMF)2 

1980 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) form 1040C 

and 1 040F files' 

1980 SRS large operator list 

Special lists 

Addresses 

15,835,422 

2,241,130 

21,721 

447,061 

1,290,677 

1,948,564 

4,974,853 

1,861,737 

432,788 

2,436,872 

66,138 

113,881 

tMuttiunits are companies or organizations with substantial agricultural operations at more 

than one location. Abnormal farms are farms operated by institutions, such as State 

agricultural research establishments, Indian reservations, and so forth. 

21ncludes IRS records for forms 1120, Corporation Income Tax Returns; 1065, Partnership Return of Income; and 941/943, Employers' Annual Tax Returns for Employees (941 

coded SIC 01, 02, and 07 (Agriculture I for nonagricultural workers, 943 for agricultural 

workers). 

'IRS form 1040C, Profit (or Lossl from Business or Profession (coded SIC 01, 02, and 

07 (Agriculture)), and form 1040F, Schedule of Farm Income and Expenses, attached to 

form 1040, Individual Income Tax Return. 

Final List-The preliminary mail list linkage process yielded a 

probable in-scope list of 1,916,000 addresses, while the 1982 

Farm and Ranch Identification Survey identified 816,083 more 

in-scope records. These files, along with the names and 

addresses of that survey's nonrespondents, were combined with 

a number of new source files to assemble the proposed final 

unduplicated mail list of 6 million names and addresses. The 

sources used in the assembly of this unduplicated list, and the 

number of addresses drawn from each, were as follows: 

Source 

Total 

Preliminary list linkage, in-scope 

1982 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey, 

in-scope 

1982 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey, 

nonrespondents 

IRS form 1040C and 1 040F, 1981 tax year files 

1 981 Business Master File 

1982 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey 

tenant/successor adds 

Special lists 

Format and Standardization 

Addresses 

6,506,031 

1,916,000 

816,083 

522,422 

2,699,615 

491,071 

34,840 

26,000 

Prior to record linkage and the deletions of duplicates from 

the mail files, the Bureau had to establish a computer record 

format compatible with its processing programs and standardize 

the variety of computerized records assembled from the source 

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lists. This involved a series of operations to identify each record's 

components, and reformat them as necessary, including the (1) 

assignment of a unique identification number, the source file 

number (SFN), to each record; (2) source record edit; (3) determination of name control; (4) insertion of surname locator; (5) 

address identification; (6) assignment of size codes; and (7) 

assignment of potential partnership or corporation (PPC) flags. 

Assignment of source file number (SFN) - The format program 

assigned a unique identification to each computerized record to 

locate and identify it and the source from which it was drawn. 

Ranges of eight-digit numbers were reserved for each source 

used and the computer assigned numbers from these ranges to 

the appropriate records. 

Source record edit-The basic edit program placed all records 

in a common format for processing. This format consisted of 

four data fields: (1) codes and data used in linkage and census 

processing, (2) primary and secondary names, (3) address, and 

(4) place. Each record was assigned an address priority code to 

identify the source from which it had been drawn and the 

comparative reliability of that source (for use in the linkage phase 

of the address list processing to retain the record most likely to 

contain the most recent address). The edit program also removed 

commas, periods, and certain special symbols (e.g., "&," "#") 

from the name and address field, inserted standard tWO-digit 

State abbreviations, and inserted a space between adjacent 

numeric and alphabetic figures. For example: 

John A. Smith, Jr. 

123 Main #201 became 

Doright, Idaho 

John A Smith Jr. 

123 Main 201 

Doright ID 

Determination of name control-The name control (not the same 

as the name recode, which is discussed on p. 16) was normally 

the first four characters of the last name in the name field. The 

formatting program scanned the primary name field from right 

to left until it identified a nonnumeric word with three or more 

characters, The word was matched to a dictionary (called the 

"skip list") of 1,037 words and abbreviations to be ignored (e.g., 

"Farm," "Dairy," "Bros.," and so on). The first nonnumeric 

three-character word encountered that was not on the "skip list" 

was used to determine the name control. The first four characters 

(from left to right) of this word were inserted in the record's name 

control field. (If the word had four or fewer characters, the entire word was inserted in the field.) If the computer found no 

usable word after scanning the entire primary name field, the 

original name in the field was used as the control. A blank field 

was left blank. 

Surname locator-The surname locator was an indicator inserted 

in each record identifying the field position of the first letter 

(character) of the name control. If no name control existed (Le., 

if the field was blank) the surname locator was set at zero, and 

the record could not be recoded for name and address linkage. 

Address identification-In address identification, the formatting 

program extracted numeric characters from the address field for 

use in determining the status of possible match records. Box 

numbers, rural route numbers, and street address numbers were 

identified in the address field and placed in two special data 

fields, one for box numbers and street address numbers, the 

other for rural route numbers. To extract the numeric characters, 

the program scanned the address from left to right until a numeric 

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word (Le., one or more numeric characters) was encountered. 

If it was the first word in the field, it was stored in the box/street 

field; otherwise the word preceding (to the left) the numeric word 

was matched to a dictionary of acceptable words (e.g., "Box," 

"Rural Route," "RR"). If the word appeared in the dictionary, 

the numeric then was stored in the appropriate field (words such 

as "No" or "Number" were ignored). If the word did not appear 

in the dictionary, the rest of the field was scanned and, if no 

values had been extracted for either of the storage fields but 

one or more numeric words had been identified, the program 

returned to the first of these and placed it in the box/street field. 

If no numeric words were found in the address field, the storage 

fields were left blank. 

Size coding-The format program assigned a size code derived 

from size indicators in the records when received from the 

sources. This code was placed in a specific data field, depending 

on the source of the individual record. During the record linkage 

process, all of the size codes for any record were retained by 

transferring the code from any record deleted as a duplicate to 

the appropriate field of the retained record. Once linkage and 

deletion of duplicates was complete, the computer program 

scanned the size codes in each record; if multiple codes were 

present, the specific code to be retained for the record was determined on the basis of the the source priority code for each size 

code. The sources, and the size indicators used for each, were 

as follows: 

Source Indicator used 

iRS forms 1040C, 1040F, 1065, 

and 1120 Gross receipts 

1978 Census of Agriculture liS (in 

scope) Total value of products from 

iRS forms 941/943 

1978 Census of Agriculture 

nonrespondents 

Special lists 

ASCS list 

Tenant/successor file 

SRS sample frame list 

1978 Census of Agriculture O/S 

(out of scope) and 1978 Farm 

and Ranch Identification Survey 

O/S 

1978 census report 

Cash wages code 

1978 mail list size code 

Varied by list-value of sales, 

acreage, and so on 

No size indicator present 

No size indicator present 

Total value of production (when 

available) 

1978 mail list size code 

If no size indicator could be derived from any source, size code 

13 (unknown) was assigned. 

Assigning potential partnership or corporation (PPC) flags-To 

prevent deletion of matched partnership or corporate records and 

individual records, the computer identified and "flagged" certain 

records as possible partnership or corporation (PPC) cases. For 

example, John Jones might have had both a sale proprietorship 

operation and a partnership with Joe Smith. In such a case, the 

computer edit program might match the partnership record to 

Jones' individual record on the basis of his name and employer 

identification number (EIN), and delete one or the other record 

as a duplicate. A PPC flag on the Jones/Smith record would 

change the match status to "possible duplicate" and a clerical 

review of the case would determine final disposition. The specific 

method used to identify PPC cases varied, depending on the 

source list involved. 

The format and standardization program identified agricultural 

services records and deleted them from the mail file. Records 

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with ZIP Codes for areas outside the 50 States also were 

removed from the file (Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the 

United States, and Guam were part of the 1982 Census of 

Agriculture but were enumerated by field interview). The 

following computer files were established in order to facilitate 

computer processing of the mail file: 

Agricultural services records (for deletion) 

Records with ZIP Codes for areas outside the 50 States (for 

deletion) 

Trace sample (see p. 17) 

Records without an employer identification number (EIN) or 

social security number (SSN) 

Records with EIN's or SSN's 

"Short" records' with EIN's, with or without SSN's 

"Short" records with SSN's only 

"Short" post office name records for records without EIN's 

or SSN's 

Tally file (by size and geographic code) 

All serialized records (all records from the input files with their 

SFN's) 

Geographic Coding 

General information-The name and address linkage for the 

address list was carried out within ZIP Code number, but all the 

records in the input file had to be geographically coded before 

the linkage could be done. The Bureau developed the geographic 

coding system to ensure that every record entering the name 

and address linkage system had standardized and edited 

agriculture census geographic codes, Le., State and county 

numeric codes, county "alpha" (letter) codes, and ZIP Codes. 

Master Geographic Reference File-The information needed to 

update and standardize the geographic codes in the address 

records was obtained from the Master Geographic Reference 

File. This file was created by combining computerized information from the ZIP Code Reference File and the 1974 census 

in-scope files. 2 The ZIP Code file contained a list of all the post 

office names and ZIP Codes in the United States. Each post office 

name was entered in its standard full spelling and in many variations, as well as in a full recoded spelling, along with the State 

and county numeric and alpha codes, ZIP Code, and telephone 

area code for each. All ZIP Codes with fewer than six in-scope 

records were deleted from the 1974 in-scope file. After this, the 

Bureau matched the 1974 in-scope file to the ZIP Code Reference 

File to produce a master file of unique ZIP Codes with the proper 

and common variant spellings of most post office names and 

the "most probable" county location for each ZIP Code based 

on reported primary location of the majority of the farm records 

from the 1974 in-scope file. The county location of the post 

office was not used to code aI/records, since about 25 percent 

of the post offices served more than one county. ZIP Codes not 

matched to the 1974 in-scope file retained their original county 

code. 

'These were formatted complete records minus the names and addresses. 

Using them saved computer time in sorting and linkage operations. After 

EIN/SSN linkage, they were matched to the master records in the mail file 

using the SFN's to identioofy duplicates. 

2The post office names were recoded in the same fashion as the names 

and addresses of operators. See p. 16 for information on the name recode. 

The Bureau had to use the 1974 in-scope file because no majority county 

tally files were run for the 1978 census file; i.e., no tallies were made of 

farm ZIP Codes reported by county. 

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Processing the mail file-Once the Master Geographic Reference 

File was prepared, it was used to edit the census mail file records 

in a series of computer operations that (1) checked the validity 

of the ZIP Code/post office name match on each record; (2) 

inserted ZIP Codes, post office names, and State and county 

alpha codes into records missing these items; (3) standardized 

spellings of post office names; and (4) assigned State and county 

numeric codes. 

Once the entire mail file had been edited and geographically 

coded, it was ready for record linkage. 

EIN/SSN Record Linkage 

General information-The EIN's and SSN's provided the simplest 

method of linking records from the various source lists. Approximately 89 percent of all the records in the initial mail file had 

an EIN, SSN, or both. The Bureau's computer programs matched 

the EIN's and SSN's on each record to other records in the file 

to identify individual records, possible duplicates, and positive 

duplicates. When a possible duplicate record was found, the 

suspect records were displayed (printed out) for clerical review; 

a positive duplicate (i.e., the EIN's and SSN's were identical, 

the name controls matched, and no possible partnership or 

corporation (PPC) flags were present) resulted in a computerized 

review of the address priority code, and the deletion of the record 

with the lower address priority. Record linkage was based on 

matching EIN's to EIN's and SSN's to SSN's; records with both 

went through two separate linking processes. While the EIN and 

SSN linkages were done separately, clerical review of possible 

duplicates from both was done in one operation. 

EIN linkage-All records with an EIN were submitted to the EIN 

linkage process. The records were sorted by EIN by PPC flag, 

name control, and address priority code, and entered the 

matching cycle in code priority order. This meant that records 

to be deleted always entered the matching cycle after the record 

that served as the original-called the "deleting" -record. 

Records were read from the sorted input file into two temporary storage "locations" for comparison, as diagramed: 

Output files 

EIN only (plus EIN with 

Sorted input file all deletes) SSN 

When records did not match-i.e., the EIN's were not the 

same - "record 1" was written out into the appropriate output 

file, "record 2" was moved to the record 1 location, and a new 

record from the input file was read into record 2 for comparison. 

When the EIN's of two records matched, the computer program 

reviewed the name controls and checked for a PPC flag; if the 

name control matched and there was no PPC flag, the records 

were declared a positive match. The sort done prior to the linkage 

ensured that record 2 had a lower address priority code than 

record 1; hence it was flagged for deletion. Its codes were 

transferred to record 1, and it was read into the appropriate output file while a new record moved into the record 2 location. 

When EIN's matched, but name controls did not, or one or 

both records contained a PPC flag, the records were declared 

possible duplicates. No codes were transferred, but a possibleduplicate pair number was inserted in both records, linking them 

so that they could be displayed together for clerical review. If 

record 1 already contained one pair number, the same number 

was inserted into record 2, and record 1 was written into the 

appropriate output file, while record 2 was moved into the record 

1 location. This cycle continued until the input file was 

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exhausted, all duplicates had been flagged, and all possible 

duplicates assigned pair numbers. 

SSN linkage- The "EIN with SSN" output file from the EIN 

linkage operation was merged with the "SSN only" file to create 

the input file for the SSN linkage process. The input file was 

sorted by SSN, PPC flag, name control, and address priority 

code, and the basic matching and linkage procedures were the 

same as were used in the EIN linkage, except for the use of 

"dummy" file records and a slightly different procedure for 

assigning pair numbers. 

"Dummy" records had to be used because there were records 

drawn from the IRS 1 040C and 1 040F lists that contained two 

social security numbers (usually, but not always, spouses) and 

some means had to be used to link records to both SSN's. The 

linkage itself was done on only one data field for each record, 

hence dummy records were created for form 1040C and 1040F 

records with two SSN's. The dummy records were duplicates 

of the master records except that the second SSN was 

substituted for the original, thus allowing linkage on both records. 

After the linkage procedure was completed, the dummy records 

were matched back to their masters, any codes picked up during 

processing were transferred to the master, and the dummy 

records were deleted. 

Pair-number assignment in the SSN linkage phase followed 

the general procedures used during EIN linkage; the pair numbers 

assigned were a continuation of the sequence of the numbers 

used in the previous linkage operation. However, there were 

cases in which two records were possible duplicates in the SSN 

linkage, but each had a different pair number assigned from the 

EIN linkage. In such situations, the suspected duplicate cases 

retained their original pair numbers, and a secondary "collision" 

pair number was inserted into each record to tie suspected 

duplicates to the SSN-Iinked record. 

Clerical resolution of possible duplicates-After EIN/SSN computerized linkage and deletion of positive duplicate records was 

completed, possible duplicates were sorted by pair number and 

displayed (Le., computer printouts of the records were produced) 

in sets of two or more records-numbered sequentially within 

each set with a "label position number" (LPN)- with the same 

pair numbers. Clerks reviewed the records to determine whether 

or not the records within each set were duplicates. Records 

identified as duplicates were designated for deletion by circling 

the pair number and LPN and entering the "deleting record's 

LPN" (the DLPN) in the record for deletion so that the computer 

would transfer its identification codes to the deleting record. The 

pair-number/LPN/DLPN data were keyed for all clerical deletes 

and the results of the clerical review were processed by the computer program by matching these actions against the possibleduplicate file. 

Name and Address Linkage 

General information- All of the records not deleted from the mail 

file in in EIN/SSN linkage operation were subjected to a third 

matching operation using names and addresses. The name and 

address linkage involved the use of a SOUNDEX system3 similar 

to that employed for the 1974 and 1978 censuses to compare 

the names and addresses on the records remaining in the file. 

Modifications were made to the 1978 system to improve (1) 

identification of name parts and secondary names, (2) linkage 

3An index system based on the sound of the surname, rather than its spelling. In a SOUNDEX file, records for "Schumacher," and "Schoumacher," 

for example, would be indexed together to facilitate checking variant spellings of the name. 

HISTORY 15 
using first initial, (3) use of a middle initial, and (4) use of numeric 

address characters. (For a description of the 1978 procedures, 

see the 1978 Census of Agriculture Procedural History.) 

The sequence of name and address linkage procedures for the 

Farm and Ranch Identification Survey, namely, (1) identification 

of name parts, (2) name and address recode, (3) name and 

address linkage and deletion of duplicate records, was carried 

over to the final mail list linkage operations. 

Identification of name parts-Before the names and addresses 

in the records could be recoded for linkage, the name parts in 

the first and second name fields in each had to be identified. 

To do this, all of the words in each name field were compared 

to the "skip list" referred to above and were ignored if matched 

to any words on that list. The name fields then were scanned, 

and all the remaining characters and "character strings" (groups 

of characters) wer~ classified as a surname, single letter, conjunction, nickname, or "other." Nicknames and conjunctions 

were identified by comparing each word in the field to another 

computerized dictionary and were classified accordingly. The 

classification codes used were: 

Character string type Code 

Single letter 2 

Surname 3 

Conjunction 4 

Other, including nickname 1 

After each character and character-string in each field had 

been coded, the codes were retained in sequence and became 

the name pattern. The name pattern for each record then was 

used to identify each word or letter in the field. The fields were 

scanned from left to right-conjunctions were ignored and single 

letters merely identified as such-sequentially identifying each 

word as a first name, first initial (single letter). middle initial 

(single letter). or last name by comparing the name pattern to 

the computerized file of acceptable name patterns. There were 

136 possible name patterns used for name-part identification. 

Approximately 99.3 percent of the name and address input file 

records were successfully matched to the pattern file. Records 

were rejected by the name-pattern matching program primarily 

because the surname locator code had been set at zero, or 

because a particular pattern did not match any of the acceptable 

ones. The latter situation occurred most frequently in multiple 

name strings, such as "Tom A Dick B and Harry C Smith." 

Name and address recode-Once name-part identification was 

completed, the last name on the record was recoded by retaining 

the first letter of the name, deleting the second of each double 

character, and deleting all vowels (including "y"). The recoded 

name was left-justified and moved into a four-character storage 

cell (if the recode had fewer than four letters, the last character 

space(s) was left blank) with any excess characters (reading from 

left to right) dropped from the cell. For example: 

HOllAND became first, HOl-AND, then H-l-NO, and finally, 

HlND 

SCHAEFER became first, SCH __ F _R, then was truncated 

to SCHF 

JONES became first, J_N_S, then was left justified to 

JNS_ 

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The first name was recoded in the same way (e.g., JAMES 

became J_M_S, then JMS-; ROBERT, FL-B_RT, RBRT, and 

so on), and first initials were identified and used alone. Middle 

names were not recoded, but the middle initial was identified 

and used. Once the first name was identified, it was checked 

against the "nickname dictionary" (a list of familiar names-

"Dick," "Tom," "Bill," "Becky," and so on); if the name was 

found in the dictionary it was converted to the proper name 

("Richard," "Thomas," "William," "Rebecca") and recoded. 

Nicknames that could represent several proper names (e.g., 

"Ed," "Ted") were recoded using the most frequently encountered proper name (e.g., for "Ed," "Edward"). Abbreviated 

names, such as "Geo." or "Chas.," were converted and had 

their proper names recoded. 

A substantial number of records showed multiple name 

patterns-i.e., the record had a name following a conjunction 

such as "and," "or," or "&" - in the name field. When a record 

with a multiple name pattern was identified, dummy records 

were created for each possible name. Each dummy record carried 

all of the identification codes of its master record so that it could 

be matched back to that master after linkage was completed. 

Dummy records also were created for spouse names (except 

from IRS 1 040C and 1040F source lists). names in the second 

name field, and partnership names. 

For example, the name field for a record contained "John 

Jones & William Smith." The recode program identified the conjunction "&" following the middle name (in this case "Jones"), 

and determined that identifiable first and second alphabetic 

names followed it. The name field then was recoded with three 

possible combinations of names, "John Jones Smith," "John 

Jones," and "William Smith." If the character following the 

middle, or second, name was a conjunction followed by only a 

single name-e.g., "Smith Jones & Green" -all three names 

were recoded with individual dummy records, to identify partnerships that might change name order in different source file 

records. 

The address recode actually was completed in the format and 

standardization processing, and involved identifying box/street 

and rural route numbers (see pp. 13-14 for details). 

Record linkage-After recoding, master and dummy records 

were sorted successively by name and address recodes within 

each ZIP group, as follows: last name, first initial, PPC flag, 

dummy flag, box (number). rural route (number), first name, and 

source priority code. Once sorted, the file was ready for linkage. 

The purpose of the linkage operation was to classify each 

record as (1) a duplicate, (2) a possible duplicate, or (3) a 

nonduplicate. Six key items were used to classify records: last 

name, first initial, first name, box/street, rural route, and middle 

initial. A match between the last names and first initials of any 

two records was required before further comparisons were made 

(records with matching last names but no first initials or names 

were sent through the entire linking cycle). If the last name and 

first initial matched, the records were compared successively 

on the other key items. Comparisons were made on all combinations of the match keys, and classification was based on 

the presence and extent of agreement among the various match 

keys. 

As a result, the records were classified as nonduplicates, possible duplicates, or computer deletes (duplicates). Records in these 

classifications met the following descriptions: 

Nonduplicates-Records matched on last name recode only, 

or records matched on last name recode but with different 

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first initials. Most records matching on last-name recode/firstinitial/name recode, but with different middle initials, were 

classified as nonduplicates. 

Possible duplicates-Records matched on first and last name 

recodes, but address information was absent or did not 

match. Records with only a first initial that matched on last 

name recode and address were classified as possible 

duplicates. 

Computer deletes-Records matched on first and last names 

and on address information. (If a record in a set had a "Sr." 

or "Jr." attached to the name, the records were classified 

as possible duplicates and were displayed for clerical resolution, but if the two records had conflicting Sr./Jr. names (e.g., 

"James Jones Jr" and "James Jones Sr"), they were 

classified as nonduplicates.) 

When a duplicate record was identified, identification codes 

were transferred from the case with the lower source priority 

code to the one with the higher priority, and the former was 

flagged for deletion. Possible duplicates were displayed (i.e., 

printed out) for clerical resolution. The clerks compared the linked 

records, determined whether they matched, identified the record 

to be deleted by circling the pair number and label position 

number of the duplicate, and entered the label position number 

of the deleting record on the duplicate. The duplicate/deleting 

record data for all clerical deletes were keyed into the computerized file and the results were processed in the computer 

by matching these actions to the file of possible duplicate 

records. 

Final List Matching 

The final address list compilation used a different matching 

scheme for the name and address linkage in which the new 

source records were matched to the preliminary mail file. All nonmatches then were unduplicated among themselves based on 

name and address procedures similar to those used in the 

preliminary compilation process. The residual records were added 

to the preliminary mail file to form the final census mail file. 

Controls 

General information-The Bureau established a system of checks 

and controls on the address fields in both the identification survey 

and final list phases of the compilation operation. These included 

a ZIP Code sample for possible testing of each phase of the 

processing, a trace sample for quality control of the overall operation, and control counts of records in the file at each processing 

step. 

ZIP Code sample-A sample of records in the initial input files 

for both the identification survey and final mail list compilation 

was selected before the computer production runs began for 

possible testing of each phase of the computerized formatting, 

linkage, and deletion processes. All of the records in specified 

three-digit ZIP groups within various States became part of the 

sample. Plans originally called for processing the samples in the 

test runs so that any problems in the programs could be identified 

and corrected prior to actual production runs on the main files. 

However, while some testing and check operations were carried 

out, the entire planned testing program was cancelled because 

of time and staffing constraints. 

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Trace sample-A trace sample is a device used to observe the 

effect of processing on records. The Bureau assembled a trace 

sample for the mail list compilation by using the computer to 

flag every 1,OOOth record in the mail file prior to input to the 

format and standardization phase ofthe operation. When each 

record was selected for the sample it was displayed and reviewed 

by the research and analysJs staff, this operation was repeated 

after each step in the processing of the mail file. This provided 

the Bureau's staff with files showing each sample record as it 

entered the compilation, and the changes made to it at each point 

in the processing cycle. The sample was used as a quality control tool and for research projects concerning the processing of 

the address file. 

Control counts- At each stage of the processing cycle, the computer generated control counts of the number of records (1 ) in 

the input file, (2) in the output file, and (3) deleted. The counts 

served as numerical checkpoints at each phase of the processing. 

For example, the control counts for the EIN/SSN record linkage 

phase of the 1982 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey mail 

list compilation included the following: 

Count 

Input to EIN/SSN record linkage 

Computer deletes 

Clerical deletes 

Sets reviewed 

Records reviewed 

Output file 

Records 

13,819,763 

6,488,703 

299,473 

318,000 

762,299 

7,031,587 

FARM AND RANCH IDENTIFICATION SURVEY 

Introduction 

The Bureau of the Census compiled the address list for the 

1982 Census of Agriculture from a number of sources-primarily 

records from the previous agriculture census and other Federal 

agencies. The names and addresses on the "outside" source 

list generally represented individuals or places that were identified, for one reason or another, as having agricultural operations 

and qualified for participation in agriculture-oriented programs 

administered by the responsible agencies. The Bureau of the 

Census faced two major problems in using the lists compiled by 

these agencies: (1) duplication of address from one list to 

another, and (2) identification of agricultural operations that 

qualified as farms under the Bureau's definition. 

The various matching procedures carried out during compilation of the list identified many duplicate addresses, as well as 

some of the operations that did not qualify as farms. However, 

a significant number of addresses on the list apparently 

represented farms under the Bureau definition, but they lacked 

sufficient confirming information for them to be positively 

identified. The Bureau introduced the farm and ranch identification survey in the 1 978 Census of Agriculture as a means of 

attacking this problem; this proved so successful that it was 

included in the 1982 program as well. 

Essentially, the 1982 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey 

involved the compilation and unduplication of a preliminary census address list, followed by a mail survey of operations whose 

status as agricultural was doubtful (usually because they 

appeared on only one source list). The results of the survey were 

used to identify out-of-scope cases for deletion from the final 

address file, as well as successors to persons who had discontinued agricultural operations and tenants not on the source lists. 

HISTORY 17 
Further, the information collected in the survey was used to 

update size information (i.e., acreage, volume of sales) for farm 

operators on the final mail list. 

Pretest 

Background information-The Bureau scheduled the 1982 Farm 

and Ranch Identification Survey for the early summer of 

1982-several months before the final census mail list was 

established. While the report form used was similar to that 

employed in the 1978 survey, the Bureau considered a number 

of changes and tested the proposed survey report form format 

and content in the first quarter of 1981. 

Report forms-The Bureau developed two report forms for 

testing. Form 80-A4(A)-T1 was designed to test sample groups 

consisting primarily of out-of-scope (O/S) cases. O/S cases were 

reports indicating that either the addressee was no longer 

associated with agricultural production, had already filed a return 

for the operation under another listing, or did not have sufficient 

agricultural production to qualify as a farm. This form incorporated a "skip" option in item 1, asking respondents if they 

had grown any crops or had any livestock or poultry during 1980. 

Respondents replying "yes" were instructed to answer questions about farm acreage, crops and livestock, value of sales, 

and type of organization. A "no" meant the respondents had 

only to check off why the farm was not in operation. Form 

80-A4(B)-T1 was designed for use in cases where respondents 

were less likely to be O/S. An initial screening question was not 

used. After the respondents completed the basic agricultural 

questions, items 1 through 5, they were asked in item 6 whether 

they had reported any crops, livestock, or sales in items 3, 4, 

or 5. Respondents replying "yes" were instructed to skip item 

7 (type of farm or ranch operation) and go on to item 8 (requesting Employer Identification Number (EIN». Respondents 

replying "no" to item 6 were asked questions on land use and 

other agricultural-related activities. Both forms had remarks and 

identification sections. 

The test sample-The Bureau selected a random sample of 

2,320 addresses from the 1978 Farm and Ranch Identification 

Survey files and the 1980 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) Survey nonrespondent lists for the test. 

Possible duplicate records, farms or ranches with sales of 

$100,000 or more, and addresses included in any of the 1978 

census follow-on surveys were excluded from the sample. While 

the sample was geographically dispersed-i.e., the sample frame 

included files from each State-it was not a probability sample 

of the entire mail file and was not considered representative of 

the expected 1982 identification survey mail list. O/S and highly 

doubtful addresses (the ASCS survey nonresponaent list, for 

example, was considered a relatively unreliable source of 

in-scope (lfS) addresses) deliberately were included to test the 

capacity of the survey to obtain responses from, and identify, 

O/S addresses. 

The sample was divided into nine subgroups to evaluate 

response rates achieved for addresses from various sources, then 

split into two files, one to be mailed the A4(A) form, the other 

the A4(B). The subgroups and the mail files by form type, were 

as follows: 

18 HISTORY 

Form Form 

Subgroup Addresses A4(A)-T1 A4(B)-T1 

Total 2,320 1,142 1,178 

1978 survey, 015 308 308 

1980 ASCS Survey 

nonrespondents 190 190 

1978 survey liS, census 

115, sales of less than 

$1,000 304 152 152 

1978 survey liS, census 

DIS, sales of less than 

1,000' 283 142 141 

1978 survey 115, census 

115, sales of $1,000 or 

more 304 152 152 

1978 survey liS, census 

DIS, sales of $1,000 

or more2 174 87 87 

1978 census 015 222 111 111 

1978 census farms 307 307 

1978 census criteria 

farms3 228 228 

'Operations identified as farms. but which the census determined ware not farms under the 

census definition. 

20perations that did not have sufficient sales in terms of agricultural commodity production 

to qualify as in-scope. . 

30perations that normally would be expected, on the basis of inventOries, acre.age, and so 

on, to have sufficient volume of sales to qualify as farms, but did not do so, accordmg to ASCS 

records for 1980. 

Mailout and followup-The test packages, each containing the 

appropriate report form, cover letter, and a return envelope, were 

assembled at the Jeffersonville, IN, facility and mailed in two 

"waves." The first wave on January 30,1983, consisted of 

1,178 form 80-A4(B)-T1 packages. Mailout was completed on 

February 2, with the 1,142 A4(A)-T1 packages. 

The Bureau carried out a single mail followup on February 19, 

mailing duplicate complete test packages to all addresses in the 

test file. Receipts were closed out on March 15, 1982. 

Response and processing-The test achieved an overall response 

rate of 70.1 percent, slightly lower than in the 1978 identification survey pretest. Sample group B (ASCS nonrespondents) had 

the lowest response-only 26.3 percent-and was deleted from 

the totals so as not to distort the results. (This reduced the total 

A4(A) mail file to 952 addresses.) The Bureau received a total 

of 702 A4(A) report forms, yielding a response rate from the 

A4(A) file of 73.7 percent (excluding the ASCS addresses), while 

respondents returned 874 A4(B)'s, achieving a 74.1-percent 

response rate. With the aberrant group B response deleted, the 

Bureau considered the differences in response rates between 

the two forms to be negligible. 

Upon receipt at Jeffersonville, the test forms were checked 

in and given a technical review. Report forms were classified 

as either I/S or O/S based on the respondents' reported crops, 

livestock, and expected agricultural product sales value. In some 

cases a "point" system was needed to determine if an operation was I/S. Points were assigned based on the acres of crop 

land harvested and inventory of livestock. Total points then 

determined whether or not an operation met the farm definition. 

A random sample telephone followup of respondents and 

nonrespondents was made to check data accuracy and determine reasons for nonresponse. A total of 25 I/S and 46 O/S cases 

were contacted and their status confirmed, although several O/S 

cases were found to have been misclassified because 

respondents did not follow directions. Fifty-five nonrespondents 

were contacted, most of whom indicated they had not realized 

the survey applied to their- operations. 

Results-Pretest response was considered good, with only a 

negligible difference between form 80-A4(A)-T1 and form 

80-A4(B)-T1. Less than 29 percent of the total respondents 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
correctly followed the skip question. Over two-thirds of the 

respondents either left the skip question blank or followed the 

skip pattern incorrectly. Over one-quarter of the report forms 

received required application of the point system to determine 

whether the operation was I/S or O/S. 

Since the difference in response between the two test forms 

was negligible, the Bureau adopted a modified version of the 

A4(B)-T1 report form for the 1982 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey. This form used the skip questions, immediately 

followed by reasons for nonfarm status, and greater detail in the 

crops and livestock sections, enabling the Bureau to make more 

accurate classification using the point system. 

Development of Farm and Ranch Identification 

Survey Mail List 

The initial list assembled for the 1 982 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey was half-again as large as the file collected for 

the 1978 survey, and it was subjected to record linkage and 

unduplication procedures similar to those that would be used 

in preparing the census address list. (These procedures are 

described in more detail on pp. 15-16.) For the Farm and Ranch 

Identification Survey mail list only, one additional clerical 

operation, designated "Phase III clerical review" also was carried 

out. In this procedure, all records with "2+" numbers (those 

multiple record sets identified in the 1978 Census of Agriculture) 

and their associated linkages from the EIN/SSN and the name 

and address linkage operations were displayed for an additional 

clerical review. Sets including a partnership or corporate record 

were displayed and considered for inclusion in the identification 

survey. All possible duplicate' pairs also were displayed and 

reviewed for possible inclusion. 

After (1) linkage and (2) deletion of duplicate and unmatched 

1978 O/S records, the preliminary mail file contained 4,969,809 

addresses. 

Based on previous census results and research, the Bureau 

considered addresses on the unduplicated preliminary list that 

had been found on only one source list, or on two or more 

selected lists that had high proportions of nonfarm addresses, 

to be candidates for the survey, including those from the 

following sources or combinations of sources: 

1978 Census of Agriculture I/S, size code 13 (sales of less 

than $1,000) 

1980 ASCS Survey only 

1980 IRS form 1 040F only (less than $100,000 in receipts) 

1980 Business Master File (BMF) only (less than $100,000 

in receipts) 

1978 Census of Agriculture I/S only, size codes 4-12 (sales 

under $100,000) 

1978 Census of Agriculture I/S, size codes 4-12, and 1980 

ASCS Survey 

1978 Census of Agriculture nonrespondent only 

1978 Census of Agriculture nonrespondent and 1980 ASCS 

list 

1978 Census of Agriculture nonrespondent and 1980 SRS list 

1980 SRS list only 

1980 SRS and 1980 ASCS Survey lists 

1978 Farm and Ranch Identification Surveyor 1978 Census 

of Agriculture I/S and "miscellaneous" 1980 source 

Special lists only 

Possible duplicates identified during clerical review 

1978 Census of Agriculture I/S and 1980 SRS lists; 1980 

SRS and ASCS and 1978 Census of Agriculture I/S size 

codes 4-12 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

A computer selection of the preliminary file identified 

addresses from these sources for inclusion in the identification 

survey. The resultant file contained 3,053,806 addresses. In 

December 1981, the Bureau prepared computer tapes for use 

in the production of address labels for the mailing packages and 

began preparations for the mailout from Jeffersonville. 

Mailout and Followup 

Preparations and initial mailout-The identification survey mail 

file was split into three "waves" to distribute labeling production and package assembly workload. Each wave contained 

approximately 1 million addresses drawn from the States of two 

or more census divisions. The divisions and States covered by 

each wave were as follows: 

Wave Census States 

divisions 

2 

3 

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New 

Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont 

New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania 

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin 

Alabama, Kentucky, MiSSissippi, Tennessee 

Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, 

Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota 

Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West 

Virginia 

Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas 

Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, 

New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming 

Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, 

Washington 

The Bureau prepared computer tapes of the addresses on the 

mail list and printed address labels in ZIP Code sequence using 

the high-speed printers at the Jeffersonville office. 

The Jeffersonville staff assembled, labeled, and mailed the 

survey packages as the labels were produced and delivered. 

Approximately 2.9 million packages were assembled for the 

initial mailout consisting of the report form 82-A4, 1982 Farm 

and Ranch Identification Survey, a form 82-A4(L 1) transmittal 

letter explaining the need for the survey and requesting prompt 

response, and a form EC-4A return envelope, overprinted 

"AG-FR" in the lower left-hand corner. About 200,000 more 

packages were prepared that included all of the above contents 

plus a form 82-A4(1) insert sheet requesting respondents who 

received more than one report form to either complete one copy 

and mark the others "duplicate" (returning all to the Bureau in 

the same package) if they were all for the same operation, or 

to complete a separate report form for each separate operation. 

(The A4(1) insert sheet was used only in the first mailout for 

possible partnership and/or multiunit operations identified during 

phase III clerical review [see above].) 

The initial mailout to 3,053,325 addresses was carried out 

on a flow basis (by wave and in ZIP Code sequence within each 

wave) from March 5 through March 10. The details of the mailing 

were as follows: 

Inital 

mailout 

General 

8egan 

3/5/82 

A4(1) Insert' 3/5/82 

Completed 

3/10/82 

3/10/82 

Contents Packages 

A4 report form, 

A4(L 1) transmittal letter, EC-4A 

return envelope 2,860,541 

A4 report form, 

A4(L 1) transmittal letter, form 

A4(1) insert, 

EC-4A return 

envelope 192,784 

1 After the initial mailout. cases that originally received packages including the A4(1) insert 

were treated as regular cases for foJlowup purposes. 

HISTORY 19 
Followup mailings-The first of five followup mailings for the 

survey began approximately 5 weeks after the initial mailout was 

completed, on a flow basis beginning with wave 1 addresses 

and working through wave 3. The first followup employed a 

4" x 6" reminder card, form 82-A4(P), to request replies to the 

survey from nonrespondents. The remaining four mailings 

involved complete survey packages identical-except for the 

transmittal letter-to that used in the initial mailout. 

The cutoff date for response to the first mail out was April 13. 

A new computer tape of nonrespondent and postmaster return 

(PMR) addresses as of that date was prepared and used to print 

mailing labels, each of which included codes identifying the 

address as a nonrespondent or PMR. The packages were 

preassembled at Jeffersonville so that the staff needed only to 

affix the new address labels. An identical routine was followed 

after each cutoff date, although not all PMR's were remailed 

(see below). The period between the completion of each mailing 

and the closeout date for response tended to shorten as the 

survey proceeded. The mailing dates, package contents, and 

total number of packages mailed for each mailout were: 

Mailout Began Completed Contents Packages 

1 st followup 4/13/82 4/22/82 

2nd followup 5/11/82 5/21/82 

3rd followup 6/2/82 6/10/82 

4th followup 6/22/82 6/24/82 

5th follow up 7/13/82 7/15/82 

A4(P) reminder 1,313,375 

A4 report form, 

A4(L2) transmittal letter, EC-4A 

return envelope 1,159,000 

A4 report form, 

A4(L3) transmittal letter, EC-4A 

return envelope 678,357 

A4 report form, 

A4(L4)transmittal 

letter, EC-4A 

return envelope 41 7,323 

A4 report form, 

A4(L5) transmittal letter, EC-4A 

return envelope 289.477 

Telephone survey of nonrespondents-The Bureau carried out 

a telephone survey of nonrespondents to the identification survey 

to (1) determine reasons for nonresponse, and (2) develop ratios 

of in-scope to out-of-scope cases for all nonrespondents and for 

specific source groups of nonrespondents. The Bureau drew a 

random 1-in-1 ,000 sample of the survey nonrespondent file as 

of July 15, 1982. This yielded 562 cases, including 91 A4(1) 

cases that were deleted, reducing the actual sample to 471 

addresses. 

An address label was prepared for each sample case and was 

attached to an A4 report form, together with a cover sheet containing a number of questions on the clarity of items on the A4 

and of the purpose of the survey. The Agriculture Division staff 

at Suitland tried to contact each addressee in the sample and 

complete a report form for his/her operation, as well as obtain 

responses to the cover sheet survey questions. A number of 

problems were encountered in the study, not the least of which 

was the fact that over a third of the sample nonrespondents (184 

in all, or 39 percent) had unlisted telephone numbers and could 

not be reached. Contacting the farm operator proved a problem 

as well; frequently a spouse answered the telephone, and many 

operators held off-farm jobs and could not be reached during 

normal working hours. 

The Bureau managed to contact 169 persons during the 

survey, 78 of whom said they had received a report form, while 

31 asserted that they had not and 50 "did not know." About 

half of those who said they had received a form claimed to have 

completed it. The reason given most often for not completing 

20 HISTORY 

and returning the report was that the respondent was "not in 

the farming business." Of the cases classified in the nonrespondent survey, 75.5 percent were identified as out of scope, 

indicating a high probability that nonrespondent addresses did 

not represent farms under the Bureau's definition. 

Postmaster returns (PMR's)-lnasmuch as the addresses 

selected for the identification survey were those on the census 

mailing list considered least likely to represent farms, the Bureau 

decided that it could not justify extensive followup efforts to 

addresses that the Postal Service could not locate. Therefore, 

postmaster returns (PMR's) were remailed only in the first mail 

followup to the identification survey, and PMR's with SRS-only 

or ASCS-only source codes (some 277,245 cases) were not 

remailed at all. 

New mailout packages for PMR's to be remailed in the first 

followup were assembled at Jeffersonville. These were identical 

to the initial mailout packages except that the outgoing envelope 

was overprinted "Please complete and return within 7 days," 

in the lower left corner, and "M2" in the lower right. PMR's with 

an address change, or with an indication that the addressee was 

deceased, were referred to the correspondence unit for remailing or for successor search. New address labels bearing primary 

and secondary codes of "2-1," "2-2," and "2-3" (for addresses 

from waves 1 , 2, and 3, respectively), were prepared and affixed 

through the windows of the outgoing envelopes. The PMR 

remailing to 135,282 addresses was carried out simultaneously 

with the mailing of the reminder cards during the third week of 

April 1982. Some second-time PMR's were received, but no 

further mailings were done. 

Processing 

Receipt, batch and check-in-Upon receipt at Jeffersonville, the 

unopened packages were sorted into (1) nonagricultural mail, 

(2) A4 receipts with visible barcodes, (3) PMR's, (4) censusoriginated correspondence (AGCOR), post office address 

corrections (including PMR's with corrections), and (6) other 

receipts (including A4 receipts without visible barcodes). The 

sorted mail was referred as follows: 

Receipt type 

Nonagricultural mail 

A4 report forms with visible 

barcodes 

Postmaster returns (PMR's) 

AGCOR 

Postal address corrections (includes PMR's with corrections) 

Other receipts (includes A4 

receipts without barcodes) 

Referred toMail room for distribution 

Batch for check-in 

PMR sort 

Correspondence unit 

Name and address keying 

(for mail list updating) 

Sorting-receipts without 

visible barcodes 

The batching unit grouped A4 packages with visible barcodes 

into work units of about 500 forms each, placed them in a plastic 

bag with a form A402 Check-In Work Unit Cover Sheet (the 

A402 contained the work unit number assigned to the batch, 

along with the date, primary and secondary status codes, and 

the count), and sent them to the check-in unit for barcode reading 

and automatic check-in. At the check-in unit the A4 packages 

were removed from their plastic bags, the data on the A402 were 

entered on computer tape, and the unopened A4 packages were 

placed on a conveyor for barcode reading. The barcode reader 

used a laser device to scan the barcoded CFN's on each mailing 

label and transferred the data to computer tape. Barcodes rejected by the automatic scanner were checked in using handheld laser "wands," which also captured and transferred the 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
CFN information to tape. Data from the computer tapes were 

transmitted daily to Suitland and were used to update the checkin control file. After confirmation from Suitland that the tapes 

had been received and loaded into the control file, the checkedin A4 receipts were released for clerical review. 

Receipts without visible barcodes were referred to a manual 

sorting unit where each package was opened. The CFN, if any, 

was identified, keyed into the computer, and the case was 

referred to one of the units according to its contents. 

Nonagricultural mail was referred to the mail room for distribution. Respondent-originated correspondence and report forms 

with correspondence attached were sent to the correspondence 

unit, and A4 receipts were checked for (1) presence of a CFN, 

(2) acreage reported, (3) tenants indicated (Le., any reported 

on the place), and (4) remarks. Congressional correspondence 

(correspondence (1) from a member of Congress, or (2) from 

a respondent who indicated he or she had contacted their 

Representative or Senator about the census) was sent 

immediately to the supervisor. Report forms with CFN's were 

sent to batch for check-in, and respondent-originated correspondence with CFN's were sent for batching for check-in 

keying. 

Clerical review - A clerical review of the A4 report forms determined whether or not a given operation was liS or O/S. If the 

data on the A4 indicated an agricultural operation, the reviewing 

clerk wrote "IIS" in the label area of the form and referred the 

case for keying. O/S cases were reviewed to determine if the 

respondent named a tenant, successor (the A4 requested 

respondents with no agricultural operations of their own to 

provide the names and addresses of any tenants or successors 

that might have such operations), partner, or another person who 

may have filed a report form. The appropriate code was written 

in red ink at the center of the upper margin of the face of the 

report form as: 

T = Tenant 

S = Successor 

P = Partner 

CF = Claims filed 

These cases then were referred for research. 

Report forms for cases determined to be O/S were coded 

"O/S" in red ink in the upper right-hand corner of the face of 

the form, along with a numeric code indicating the reason the 

case was identified as O/S. These codes were: 

0/S-2 Deceased 

0/S-3 Landlord only 

0/S-4 Nonagriculture without land 

0/S-5 Nonagriculture with land 

0/S-7 All others not covered by the above categories 

As the individual report forms were reviewed, they were 

grouped by code for further processing. When more than one 

code was present (e.g., "I/S" and "2+") disposition was determined by the priority assigned to the codes. The codes, in priority 

order, and the disposition of the report forms after clerical 

processing, were: 

Code groups by priority 

1. R 

2. 2+ 

3. Form letter assigned 

4. 5, T, P, or CF 

5. 015 without address 

change 

6. 015 with address 

change 

7. 1/5 

Disposition 

Problem-solving analyst 

"2+" analyst Correspondence typing 

Research 

Laser wand check-in grouped by 

reason 015 code 

Laser wand check-in grouped by 

reason 015 code 

Batch for data keying 

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Technical review and interactive research-The technical review 

unit was responsible for resolving problem cases referred to it 

from the receipt-and-sort, data-keying, correspondence, clericalreview, and research units, as well as for checking "Iarge" farm 

cases (Le., places with total values of products (TVP) sold of 

$100,000 or more, or with 1,000 acreas or more of land) and 

"2+" reports. Cases were referred to technical review because 

(1) liS or O/S determination could not be made, (2) names and 

addresses of tenants or successors had not been adequately 

reported, (3) reported tenants and successors were possible 

matches to the census mail file, (4) attar.hed correspondence 

was in conflict with reported data or the content of the correspondence was not understood, or (5) referrals from the clerical 

unit required O/S review. Report forms were reviewed in more 

detail than in the clerical review and responses were analyzed 

to determine the status of each case and to identify tenants or 

successors and so on. Cases were designated I/S if the reported 

data indicated $750 in estimated value of agricultural produc-

,tion in 1982, or if the data could be assigned a specified number 

of "points" based on acreage, production of various crops, or 

livestock inventories. In addition, any respondent producing 

crops, livestock, or poultry under contract was considered liS. 

Other problem cases (e.g., large acreages of idle land, blank 

reports, refusals, abnormal farms, and so on) were referred to 

senior analysts for detailed review, while Alaska and Hawaii 

cases were sent to subject-matter specialists at Suitland. 

After technical review, the coded report forms were either sent 

to the control unit for return to the processing cycle, orto special 

units (senior analysts, correspondence, or telephone) for further 

disposition. Respondents who had recently sold or rented their 

property were asked to report the successors' and/or tenants' 

names, which then were referred to the interactive search unit 

for matching to the preliminary mail list using computer terminals 

and the interactive SOUNDEX name-search system (see p. 15). 

Tenant/successor names that did not appear on the list were 

keyed during the data entry phase of the survey operation and 

were considered new operators for the final mail list compilation. 

Data keying and computer processing- Report forms were 

batched into work units of 100-200 forms each for data keying 

and for keying of tenant/successor names and addresses 

("adds"). The electronic key-to-disk system at Jeffersonville was 

used and allowed data to be keyed to disk and then transferred 

to computer tape for transmission to the main computer facility 

in Suitland using the telephone data link system. The general 

I/S file from the identification survey was assembled for use in 

the compilation and unduplication of the final census mail list. 

Results 

Response to the survey-The 1982 Farm and Ranch Identifica-' 

tion Survey achieved an overall response rate of 82.9 percent, 

including approximately 14.6 percent PMR's. This was considered fairly good response, although somewhat lower than was 

attained in the 1978 identification survey. (In 1978, the overall 

response rate was 89.9 percent, with 9.3 percent PMR's. The 

difference in both the size of the survey mailout [slightly over 

4 million for 1978 and slightly more than 3 million for 1982] and 

the lower response rate for 1982 were partly the result of 

improved identification and deletion of I/S operations in compiling 

the survey mail list.) Response rates varied considerably 

depending on the source list for any given address. The highest 

rates of response were achieved for addresses drawn from 

various combinations of sources involving the 1978 I/S list, 

HISTORY 21 
ranging from a low of 87 percent for addresses from the 1978 

"I/S only list," to 93 percent for the "1978 I/S and others" 

list. The lowest response rate attained was for addresses drawn 

from the 1978 census nonrespondent list-only 48 percent. 

Respondents returned 2,085,728 report forms to the Bureau, 

and 445,175 PMR cases were received. 

Results-The Bureau classified 1,269,645 (60.9 percent) of the 

report forms received from the identification survey as O/S. 

These cases included landlords with no agricultural operations 

of their own, ex-owners, duplicate addresses, and so on, as well 

as persons who simply had no connection with agriculture. The 

O/S names and addresses, and the identification survey PMR 

cases were deleted from the final mail file. Corrections to names 

and addresses, acreage and other size codes, and other data from 

the 816,083 I/S cases identified in the survey were used to 

update the final census mail list. 

FINAL MAIL LIST PREPARATION 

General Information 

The Bureau carried out a second address list compilation and 

linkage process between September and December 1982 to 

prepare a final mail address list for the census proper. The inscope lists from the preliminary address linkage, the 1982 Farm 

and Ranch Identification Survey, and additional source lists not 

available until the late summer and early fall of 1982 were incorporated into a proposed final address list for linkage and 

preparation for the census. The principal operations involved in 

the assembly and linkage of the final address list were: 

1. Assembly of the mail list from sources. 

2. Formatting and standardization of all records. 

3. EIN/SSN record linkage and deletion of duplicate 

records. 

4. Geographic coding. 

5. Name and address record linkage and deletion of 

duplicate records. 

6. Establishment of controls and assignment of identification codes. 

These procedures were similar to those employed in the compilation of the preliminary list from which the Farm and Ranch 

Identification Survey mail list was drawn, except that a variety 

of new source lists were included in the final file and the name 

and address record linkage was modified to reduce costs and 

time required for processing. (See pp. 12-17 for details.) The 

final mail list preparation included several additional steps: 

7. Assignment of census file numbers (CFN's). 

8. Identification of "must" and "certainty" cases. 

9. Mail list sampling. 

These activities are described below. 

Census File Numbers 

Final preparation of the mail lists for both the identification 

survey and the census proper included the assignment of a 

unique identification number, the census file number (CFN), to 

each record. The CFN consisted of 11 digits arranged in three 

groups. The first five digits were the State and county codes 

for the address on the record, the second five digits comprised 

the serial number identifying the specific operation within its 

county, and the eleventh digit was a check digit. The check digit 

provided a mathematical check for quality control during data 

keying of the returns. 

22 HISTORY 

Must and Certainty Cases 

"Must" cases were agricultural operations so large that failure 

to include their data would significantly distort the census 

statistics, or which required special handling, such as multiunits. 

"Must" cases were selected by computer after record linkage 

was completed for the final mail list. Using size codes and lists 

of multiunits from the 1978 census in-scope list, and other size 

indicators from the mail files, the computer program selected 

addresses (1) the Bureau believed represented operations so 

large that some data had to be obtained, rather than imputed, 

in cases of nonresponse; (2) for which an explanation was 

needed of why the addressee was not engaged in agricultural 

operations; and (3) for which there were indications the census 

return would require a special analyst's review. These broad 

categories embraced the following types of addresses: 

Multiunits-Multiunits were companies or organizations with 

substantial agricultural operations at more than one location. 

In general, two or more report forms were required for each 

organization, and each establishment was considered a 

separate farm. Separate mail files were maintained for each 

master (company/organization) record and each associated 

establishment. Multiunits identified before the census mailing 

had multiunit identification numbers assigned in the 

alpha/plant field of the address label, indicating whether the 

report form was for the master or an associated 

establishment. 4 

Abnormal farms-Abnormal farms were farms operated by 

institutions such as State agricultural research establishments, prisons, Indian reservations, and so forth. 

Other farms-The "other farms" category included addresses 

believed to represent individual agricultural operations large 

enough to qualify as "must" cases. The criteria used for 

determining status as a must case, the expected total value 

of products (TVP) sold and/or total acreage, varied among 

States. The minimum criteria for assignment as a must case 

for Florida, for example, were a TVP of $500,000, or a total 

of 2,000 acres or more. On the other hand, a must case for 

West Virginia had to have a TVP of $100,000 or more, or 

at least 1,000 acres of land. The requirements for most other 

States were TVP's of $200,000 or more, and minimum 

acreages varying from 1,000 to 10,000. (Acreage and TVP 

requirements tended to be lowest in the Eastern States.) 

"Certainty" cases were cases that did not qualify as "must" 

cases on the basis of size or type of farm, but were considered 

sufficiently important to justify intense followup. A portion of 

the "certainty" cases were selected on the basis of acreage and 

TVP. The minimum acreage requirement generally was the same 

as for "must" cases-i.e., ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 acres. 

Minimum TVP (based on historic and mail source list data) varied 

from $40,000 to $100,000. The "certainty" cases also included 

a/l farms in counties that had fewer than 1 00 farms enumerated 

in the 1978 Census of Agriculture. 

'The numeric "alpha" code identifying the company was a six-digit number 

in the alpha field of each of the various establishments' records. The" plant" 

code was a four-digit establishment identifier. The master record for a multiunit would have the company identifier in the alpha field and four zeros in 

the plant field. while each associated establishment had the company identification plus an identifying number in the plant field. Each report form for 

a master or an associated establishment was assigned a unique serial number. 

the associated establishments being assigned numbers in immediate sequence 

following the master. 

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Mail List Sampling 

The Bureau reintroduced sampling as an agriculture enumeration technique in the 1978 Census of Agriculture (it previously 

used sampling in the 1945 Census of Agriculture, but had 

restricted it primarily to follow-on surveys since that time) as 

a means of collecting selected data while keeping respondent 

burden to a minimum. The technique was very successful and 

the Bureau decided to use it again for the 1 982 census. The sample employed for the 1982 enumeration was drawn in essentially 

the same manner used for 1978; it included all "must" and 

"certainty" cases, and a sample of all other addresses on the 

census mail list. 

Sampling of noncertainty cases-i.e., the "regular" samplewas done on a county basis, with the sampling rate determined 

by the number of farms enumerated in each county in the 1978 

census. For counties with fewer than 200 farms, but more than 

100, 1 in every 2 farms was added to the sample, while in 

counties that had more than 200 farms, 1 in every 6 farms was 

selected. The "must" and "certainty" cases drawn from the 

final census mail list totaled 326,131 addresses, and the 

"regular" sample of all other farms added 573,052 to the sample 

list. These 899,183 addresses comprised an approximate 

25-percent sample of the 3.65 million records on the final mail 

list, one large enough to provide reliable county-level estimates 

for the sample items. The sample addresses- "must," 

"certainty," and "regular" -would be mailed report forms that 

included both the "core" items asked of all farms and the sample 

items. (These sample report forms reflected the Bureau's 

questionnaire-regionalization policy in that the sample forms in 

each region were adapted from the regionalized nonsample questionnaire for that region.) 

PRINTING AND ADDRESSING REPORT FORMS 

General Information 

For the 1982 Census of Agriculture, the Bureau employed 

printing and package assembly procedures generally similar to 

those used for the 1978 enumeration. Private contractors printed 

all the census materials and assembled the mailing packages, 

and forwarded the packages to the Bureau's Jeffersonville 

facility for final preparation and mailout. 

Address Labels 

In the 1978, census the Bureau used a private contractor to 

print the address labels for the census mailings. The need to 

maintain the confidentiality of the census mail file required 

extraordinary security measures, and the Bureau decided to avoid 

these complications in the 1 982 census by preparing the mailing 

labels "in-house." Bureau headquarters prepared computer tapes 

of the mail file and sent them to Jeffersonville by courier. The 

Jeffersonville computer facilities included six Printronix highspeed printers, which had all the capabilities needed to print the 

address labels-including machine-readable bar codes-and 

these were used to produce the address labels for the initial and 

followup mailings. 

The first of approximately 200 reels of computer tape containing the final mail file for the initial census maHout were sent 

to Jeffersonville at the end of August 1982, with the rest arriving 

on a flow basis as the file was completed. Printing of the labels 

began in September, and the last of the 3.65 million needed for 

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the census mailing were delivered in mid-November. After each 

followup mailing closeout, the Bureau updated the nonrespondent list and dispatched computer tapes with the new mail file 

to Jeffersonville for label preparation. Separate address labels 

were used for all mailings except the first followup, which 

employed the form 82-A01 (L2) reminder card. The computerized 

address files and the Printronix printers were used to print addresses directly onto the face of the cards. 

Printing, Assembling, and AddreSSing 

General-Eight private contractors printed the report forms and 

the other census mailout materials, and assembled the mailing 

packages according to Bureau specifications. Each contractor 

printed all the materials for a given package (e.g., the package 

for the initial mailing to nonsample addresses in a particular 

geographic region), assembled the packages, and sent them to 

Jeffersonville. The printing contractors also printed and 

assembled (1) the mailing packages for the follow up mailings; 

(2) additional nonsample, sample, and "must" packages for 

mailing to postmaster return (PMR) cases and "adds;" and (3) 

all types of report forms as general reference materials and for 

mailing to respondents on request. At the Jeffersonville facility, 

Bureau personnel carried out quality-control checks (see below), 

added special instruction sheets to some packages (about 

75,000 addresses were identified as requiring special 

instructions-e.g., bee and honey producers, contract poultry 

producers, or worm producers), and applied the address labels 

for the mailout. 

Quantities- The total number of standard report forms printed, 

and those used for the initial mailout, by form type and 

geographic region, are shown in table 1. 

Table 1. Standard Report Forms Printed 

Report forms 

Region A01 (nonsample) A02 (sample) A03 (must) 

Initial Initial Initial 

Total mailout Total mailout Total mailout 

Total' 6,246,300 3,234,000 2,393,000 1,023,000 411,900 157,400 

01 .... 430,000 245,000 162,000 82,000 32,200 15,400 

02 .... 1,307,000 724,000 422,000 209,000 55,300 27,500 

03 .... 604,000 327,000 218,000 106,000 27,200 12,000 

04 .... 1,317,000 689,000 474,000 227,000 47,100 22,000 

05 .... 116,500 60,000 38,500 18,000 14,500 5,500 

06 .... 963,000 481,000 319,000 146,000 48,300 23,000 

07 .... 500,300 242,000 155,000 72,000 27,100 12,000 

08 .... 249,500 135,000 102,000 47,000 50,600 11,000 

09 .... 159,500 80,000 64,000 30,000 19,000 9,000 

10 .... 224,500 123,000 72,000 35,000 19,000 9,000 

11 .... 244,000 128,000 92,000 42,000 26,600 11,000 

12' ... - - 20,500 9,000 

'Includes quantities of each type, for each region, not included in packages. These, by type, 

were: 82-AOl (nonsample), 131,000; 82-A02 (sample), 254,000; 82-A03 (must) 45,000. 

2Hawaii. 

A facsimile of a representative report form is included in 

appendix G. 

Other items ordered for the data collection mailings included 

the following informational materials, letters, and envelopes. 

HISTORY 23 
Form 

number Description Quantity 

82-A01(1) Information sheet 8,191,200 

82-A01(B) Brochure 4,663,400 

82-A01(L1) Transmittal letter 5,091,400 

82-A01(L2) Reminder card 2,650,000 

82-A01(L3) Followup letter 2,152,000 

82-A01(L4) Followup letter 1,452,000 

82-A01(L5) Followup letter 1,106,325 

82-A01(L6) Followup letter 1,741,000 

82-A01(L7) Followup letter 250,000 

82-A31 Special instruction sheets 112,500 

82-A31A Abnormal farms - institutional 4,000 

82-A31B Abnormal farms-grazing associations 500 

82-A31C Contract poultry producers 40,000 

82-A310 Bee and honey producers 2,400 

82-A31E Laboratory animal producers 200 

82-A31F Feedlot operators 10,100 

82-A31G Nursery and greenhouse products 50,000 

82-A31H Worm producers 900 

82-A31I Fish and aquaculture 1,400 

82-A31J Multiunits 3,000 

82-A7A Outgoing envelope 4,850,000 

82-A 7 A (Rev.) Outgoing envelope 200,000 

82-A7B Outgoing envelope 3,400,000 

82-A7C Outgoing envelope 300,000 

82-A7D Outgoing envelope 600,000 

82-A8 Return envelope 8,900,000 

82-A9 Letter envelope 3,000,000 

Facsimiles of the information sheet, transmittal letter, reminder 

card, and followup letters are included in appendix G. 

Quality control-The contents of the initial mailing packages for 

nonsample, "must," and sample cases are given in table 2. 

Upon receipt in Jeffersonville, each shipment of assembled 

packages was submitted to a quality control check. This involved 

a manual, random sampling of three packages from each carton 

if the shipment comprised fewer than 10 cartons, from 5 

randomly selected cartons for shipments of from 10 to 1 50 

cartons, and from 20 cartons for shipments of more than 1 50 

cartons. The packages pulled for the check were opened and 

their contents inspected to ensure that all of the required items 

were included, in the right order, and that the label area of the 

report form was visible through the open window of the mailout 

Table 2. Contents of Initial Mailout Packages 

Type Outgoing Report File 

envelope form copy 

envelope. If everything was correct, the cartons and shipment 

were accepted; if not, the remaining packages in any carton with 

a defective package were inspected either manually or by 

shadowgraph. If 2.5 percent or more of the packages within a 

carton were defective, all the cartons in the shipment were subjected to 100-percent inspection. Once all defects had been 

corrected, the packages were returned to the mailing preparation 

cycle. 

Multiunits and abnormals- Multiunits with agricultural operations 

were mailed agriculture census "must" forms in the general 

mailout to multiunits carried out by the Economic Census Staff 

as part of the 1982 Economic Censuses. During preparation of 

the final mailing list for the agriculture census, the Agriculture 

Division established a separate computerized file of multiunits 

with agricultural operations drawn from its source listsapproximately 5,800 addresses. In August 1982, Agriculture 

Division sent this file to the Economic Census Staff for matching 

to the latter's list (drawn from the Standard Statistical Establishment List [SSElJ) of multiunits with possible agricultural operations. After matching, the agriculture census multiunits were 

treated as part of the general multiunit file. Agriculture report 

forms for multiunits were mailed by the Economic Census Staff, 

either as individual company packages to companies involved 

only in agricultural operations, or as part of larger, multiform 

packages to companies with a variety of economic activities. 

Abnormal operations were handled as "must" cases and were 

sent the appropriate report forms as part of the initial agriculture 

census mailout. 

Labeling-Mailing labels for the census packages were printed 

by form number in ZIP Code sequence. All of the report forms 

were labeled by machine. Each package was addressed by 

applying the appropriate label to the report form through the open 

window of the form 82-A 7 A outgoing envelope. Four labeling 

machines at Jeffersonville carried out this task, at the rate of 

10,000 labels per hour each, during the last two weeks of 

November. (The Bureau carried out the initial mailout for the 

agriculture census in the last week of December 1 982; see 

ch.5.) 

Information Return Cover 

sheet envelope Brochure letter 

Nonsample 82-A7A(lst class) 82-A010l through 82-A010l through 82-A01(11 82-A8 82-A01(B) 82-A01(L1) 

82-AOlll (as appropriate) 82-A0111 (as appropriate) 

"Blue-green" "Grey" 

Sample' 82-A7A(lst 82-A0201 through 82-A0201 through 82-A01(1) 82-A8 82-A01(B) 82-A01(L 1) 

82-A0212 (as appropriate) 82-A0212 (as appropriate) 

"Yellow" "Grey" 

Must 82-A7A (1st class) 82-A0301 through 82-A0301 through 82-A01(1) 82-A8 82-A01(B) 82-A01 (L 1) 

82-A0311 (as appropriate) 82-A0311 (as appropriate) 

"Green" "Grey" 

.. 'HawaII comprised a "region" by Itself, and employed only 8 sample form, hence there were only 11 reglonahzed versions of the nonsample and " must " forms . 

24 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
CHAPTER 4. 

Public Awareness Program 

PAGE 

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

GENERAL INFORMATION ............................ 25 

THEME AND LOGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

CENSUS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

RADIO AND TELEVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

PRINTED MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

SPECIAL MATERIALS ................ :.............. 26 

AGRIBUSINESS AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. . .. . 27 

POST-CENSUS PUBLICITY AND ASSISTANCE TO DATA USERS. 27 

NEWS RELEASES AND STORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 

CENSUS TABLES.. ... .... ... . .. . ... ... . ... .. .. .... 27 

AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 

GUIDE TO THE 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND 

RELATED STATISTICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 

ANALYSIS OF CLIPPINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 

INTRODUCTION 

General Information 

The public information program is a crucial part of any mail 

census, since the prompt and willing cooperation of people 

receiving report forms is absolutely necessary for the quick and 

economic collection of the data. This is, perhaps, particularly 

true with respect to agriculture operators, who are subjects of 

an extraordinary number of data-collection programs. The 

publicity program for the 1978 Census of Agriculture emphasized 

informing farm and ranch operators of the need for prompt 

response, and about how the data they supplied were used. The 

Bureau believed the 1978 campaign had been successful and 

planned to use a similar program for 1982. 

The 1982 Census of Agriculture publicity campaign was a 

multimedia effort by the Bureau's Agriculture Division and Public 

Information Office (PIO) involving newspapers, farm publications, television, and radio. Briefings were held for Members of 

Congress, farm organization representatives, and agriculture 

editors. Informational materials were distributed to schools, 

businesses, individuals, and organizations throughout the country. The public information program continued through the 

enumeration period, with the main effort directed toward encouraging response through mid-1983, after which emphasis 

was switched to informing the public (especially potential data 

users) about the available data. 

Theme and Logo 

The Bureau used a very simple logo for the 1982 

enumeration-the number "82" surrounded by "AGRICENSUSUSA" in a three-quarter circle. This was the same logo used 

for the 1978 census except for the year indicator. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

CENSUS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN 

Radio and Television 

The Bureau planned and carried out an extensive awareness 

campaign by radio as part of the 1 982 publicity effort. In May 

1982, planning and preparations for this campaign began with 

a meeting between Bureau staff and an advisory group composed of six members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB). This committee made suggestions and recommendations respecting the use of radio in the census publicity 

campaign. 

The 1982 radio campaign was based on the 1978 effort, but 

on a somewhat reduced scale. A news story announcing the 

forthcoming census of agriculture was released to approximately 

7,000 news media outlets, including over 1 ,000 radio stations, 

in April 1982. The primary radio publicity vehicle used thereafter 

was a 40-minute awareness-program tape, which consisted of 

a series of 1 1/2- to 3-minute public service announcements; 

statements of support for the census by agribusiness leaders, 

government officials, members of farm and ranch organizations; 

and interviews with prominent agriculture and agribusiness 

leaders. This tape was prepared by a public relations firm in the 

late summer and early fall of 1982, and 1,400 copies were 

distributed in January 1983, just as the census got underway. 

The Bureau also prepared a script for a 10-second public-service 

announcement and distributed copies to some 300 NAFBaffiliated radio stations and/or networks. Broadcasters provided 

"free time" for the census publicity announcements. 

The expansion of special-interest programming and "networking" in recent years made television useful for reaching 

some groups. As part of the 1982 census publicity program, the 

U. S. Chamber of Commerce prepared a 30-minute panel discussion about the census and used it in broadcasts on its Biz-Net 

business television service. In December 1982, as the census 

was about to begin, the Bureau sent press kits-each containing 

a poster, a selection of news releases, and information 

brochures-to the ABC, CBS, and NBC television network 

morning news shows for use in preparing stories on the 

agriculture census. Kits containing a set of color slides illustrating 

the census story, together with a 10-second recorded public 

service announcement, were sent to 75 television stations 

around the country. 

Agriculture Division also mailed a station-identification slide 

to 232 television stations in selected markets. This slide included 

the census logo, the mailbox from the census poster, and a short 

message: "Answer the Census of Agriculture." 

Printed Materials 

General-The 1982 census publicity program made extensive 

use of printed materials, including posters, information 

brochures, articles and information for distribution to magazines 

and newspapers, drop-in advertisements, standardized 

HISTORY 25 
speeches, agriculture census guides and lesson plans, and a 

series of census-related stories tailored to each State for use by 

local media. 

Posters-The Bureau printed 152,000 10 1/2" x 14" posters, 

in green, yellow, and black ink on heavy stock, for use in the 

publicity campaign. Approximately 11 ,400 copies were delivered 

to USDA for distribution by its agencies, and 3,800 more were 

sent to the Farm Credit Administration. Ten copies of the poster 

went to each of 9,000 vocational agriculture teachers, while 

2,000 were sent to the National Grange. A transmittal letter requested teachers to ask their students to place the posters in 

the windows of local businesses. The Bureau distributed additional copies to various private organizations and associations. 

Brochures and standardized speeches and statements - The 

Bureau prepared three general-information brochures on the 

census for distribution at agriculture shows and conventions 

during the fall and winter of 1982. The first of these, form 

82-A02(B), "Census of Agriculture Serves You," was a fourpage folder that explained the need for the census, how the data 

are used, and when operators could expect to receive the report 

forms. The second, the form 82-A21 , "A Preview of the 1982 

Census of Agriculture" -an eight-page booklet-covered much 

the same territory, with additional information on the history, 

legal background, and scope of the enumeration. The brochure 

form 82-A01 (B), "Your Farm or Ranch Counts," was used at 

shows and conventions, but its primary use was as part of the 

census mailout. There were 50,000 copies of the form A02(B), 

15,000 of the A21 booklets, and over 60,000 A01 (B) brochures 

printed for the publicity program. 

The Bureau prepared a standard 6-minute speech for distribution to USDA's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation 

Service (ASCS) - 3, 1 00 copies, and Extension Service 

(ES)-2,900 copies. The Bureau contacted the Jaycees (junior 

chambers of commerce), Kiwanis, and Lions Clubs national headquarters, and these organizations ran notices in their respective 

newsletters on the speech availability. 

Newspapers and magazines-In October and November 1982, 

the Bureau held meetings in Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, DC, 

and New York City to brief representatives of the business and 

agricultural press on the 1 982 economic and agriculture censuses. The Bureau began early distribution of printed publicity 

materials in November 1982, when it sent 3,100 county governments promotional kits containing a press release announcing 

the start of the census, the text of a proposed county proclamation of the census, and a cover letter from the Bureau. 

In 1982, the Bureau prepared and issued a series of 50 feature 

stories on agriculture, 1 for each State, and in December 1982, 

distributed copies to 6,000 weekly newspapers. At the same 

time, news releases explaining the census report forms were sent 

to 2,100 large daily newspapers throughout the country, as well 

as to 50 State bureaus of the Associated Press International (API) 

and United Press International (UP!) wire services. Press kits, 

containing the news releases announcing the census and 

explaining the report forms, brochures on the need for the census 

and the confidentiality of the data, and lists of questions 

frequently asked about the census, were sent to 2,400 trade 

publications, trade associations, and local chambers of commerce. The Bureau approached the editors of about 1 50 leading 

agricultural magazines and asked them to devote either their 

December 1982 or January 1983 issues' covers to publicize the 

census and offered oversize census envelopes and blank report 

26 HISTORY 

forms for magazine staff photographers to us~ in producing color 

photographs to illustrate stories on the census. About 80 

magazines made use of these materials. 

Low-response stories-During June and July 1983, while data 

collection still was underway, the Agriculture Division produced 

a series of articles describing the benefits derived from census 

data for publication in the 10 lowest-response States. Local data 

users, such as universities and research programs, were 

prominently mentioned. 

Agriculture Census Guide-The Agriculture Census Guide (form 

82-A20) was a 45-page reference manual prepared for use by 

county agents, vocational agriculture teachers, and others who 

helped farmers, ranchers, and other respondents complete their 

report forms. It contained step-by-step instructions for each 

section; each item was listed with an explanation of what kind 

of information was being requested and specific instructions on 

what not to include in any response. Copies of the guide, 

together with cover letters and/or additional materials (as listed)' 

were distributed as follows: 

Organization or agency 

Agricultural Stabilization and 

Conservation Service (ASCS) 

Soil Conservation Service 

(SCS) 

Extension Service (ES) 

Farmers Home Administration 

(FmHA) 

Statistical Research Service 

(SRS) 

Farm Credit Administration 

High school, college, and 

university vocational agriculture departments 

Copies 

6,300 

3,200 

3,100 

2,350 

100 

3,800 

15,000 

Contents 

A20 Guide, 82-A20(L) 

cover letter 

A20 Guide, 82-A20(L) 

cover letter 

A20 Guide, 82-A20(L) 

cover letter 

A20 Guide, 82-A20(L) 

cover letter 

A20 Guide Service 

A20 Guide, 82-A20(L) 

cover letter 

A20 Guide, 82-A01 (B) 

"Census of Agriculture 

Serves You" brochure, 

82-A 17 lesson plan, 

82-A 17 (L) cover letter 

The Bureau distributed copies of the guide to its regional 

offices for reference purposes, and 2,000 copies were reserved 

for distribution at agriculture trade shows and conventions. 

Agriculture census lesson plans-The Agriculture Divi~ion 

prepared lesson plans for use in vocational agriculture classes 

and distributed copies to 8,000 vocational agriculture teachers 

around the country. The first of these, distributed prior to the 

census, concentrated on proper completion of the census report 

forms. The Agriculture Census Guide was included in the mailing packages with this plan. A second lesson plan, covering use 

of the census data, was distributed after the census was completed. This plan had three parts-agriculture production, 

agribusiness development, and community development. Each 

post-census lesson plan package included a selection of 

preliminary reports- one U.S. summary, two State, and three 

county-to enable teachers to use the plan for local- as well as 

national-level data. 

Special Materials 

In addition to the printed and broadcast materials, the Bureau 

prepared an l1-minute program of 43 color slides and a cassetterecorded narration for use by civic groups through county 

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Cooperative Extension Service offices. The Bureau distributed 

2,900 slide-show kits to county offices in January 1983, just 

as census data-collection began. 

About the same time, the Bureau purchased approximately 

3,800 1982 Census of Agriculture caps. These were similar to 

the baseball caps many companies furnish to customers as 

courtesy gifts, but bore the 1982 Census of Agriculture logo 

in place of the company name and logo. Several members of 

the Bureau's advisory committee on agriculture statistics had 

suggested distributing these caps as a means of getting free 

publicity, and the Bureau decided to try it on a small scale. About 

1,700 caps were given away at shows and conventions, and 

a special program was undertaken in which some 200 farm 

broadcasters ran contests on census data with approximately 

1,500 caps as prizes. The rest of the caps were distributed on 

request. 

Agribusiness and Agricultural Organizations 

The largest single user of agriculture census data is the Federal 

Government, but private business, particularly agribusiness, is 

a close second. Since the Bureau and agribusiness have a community of interest in achieving as complete and accurate a census as possible, the Bureau always has tried to get help from 

agribusiness in publicizing the enumeration and obtaining 

cooperation from agriculture operators. The publicity and informational materials (posters, brochures, guides, and so forth) 

distributed to the news media, county agents, vocationalagriculture teachers, and so on, were made available to 

agribusinesses and agribusiness associations, either directly from 

the Bureau or indirectly through USDA or other agencies. For 

use in their newsletters and in-house publications, the Bureau 

provided private businesses and/or business associations with 

copies ofthe "drop-in" advertisements distributed to the news 

media. 

In December 1 982, the Bureau began a major program to work 

with farmer and commodity organizations to promote the census. At the Bureau's request, the Secretary of Agriculture sent 

letters to 65 farm organization leaders reviewing the importance 

of census data and asking their help in encouraging response. 

In addition, special news features were prepared and sent to farm 

organizations' publications, and the Bureau provided staff and 

materials for information booths at conventions held by a variety 

of agriculture organizations. 

The associations and organizations represented on the Census Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics (see p. 8 for 

list) cooperated with the publicity program to the the fullest 

extent possible, including publicizing the census through their 

own promotional facilities, and having their representatives 

record and/or film interviews or statements supporting the 

census. 

POST-CENSUS PUBLICITY AND ASSISTANCE TO 

DATA USERS 

News Releases and Stories 

News releases-Once the census was completed, the Census 

Bureau mounted a publicity campaign to inform prospective data 

users of the kinds of data being published and their availability. 

The Bureau prepared a series of news releases based on the 

1982 census results. Beginning in September 1983, 50 stories 

were written from the preliminary data-one for each Stateand copies were mailed to the national wire services, national 

and local daily newspapers, and local weekly papers, as well as 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

to agriculture-oriented magazines. Each two-page story 

contained highlights of the 1982 census data and comparative 

1978 figures for each State, including information on number 

of farms, acres, sales, crops, livestock, and characteristics of 

farm operators, as well as illustrative charts. In addition, press 

releases for over 3,000 counties were mailed to daily and weekly 

papers nationwide. 

Summary story-The State stories were followed in August 

1984, by another on the Volume 1, Geographic Area Series, Part 

51, United States Summary and State Data, which highlighted 

the statistics in that publication. The story concentrated on the 

increases in the value of all agricultural products sold and on the 

number of small farms as measured by the census. A detailed 

analysis of U. S. data also was prepared for release to agriculture 

finance and marketing media. 

Feature stories-In 1985, the Agriculture Division staff wrote 

and distributed a series of feature articles on 1982 census data 

for small farms, irrigation, the decline in the number of mediumsized farms, farms with sales of $500,000 or more, changes 

in the dairy industry, and the growth of the wheat industry. 

Professional Meetings 

To publicize the census, Bureau representatives attended trade 

shows and meetings of trade and commodity associations, and 

organizations representing the agriculture news media. In particular, they attended and sometimes spoke at meetings of such 

organizations as the American Agricultural Editors' Association, 

Newspaper Farm Editors of America, National Association of 

Farm Broadcasters, National Grange, National Turkey Federation, and the National Farmers Union. Attendance at such professional meetings provided opportunities not only to publicize 

census activities, but to receive suggestions for improving the 

Bureau's efforts. For example, responding to suggestions made 

by attendees at these meetings, the Bureau began including 

charts and graphs illustrating the census data in its agriculture 

census news releases. 

Census Tables 

The census tables program initiated by the Bureau was 

designed to provide data users with opportunities to see what 

information was available from the Bureau's programs and to 

meet and discuss the data with the Bureau's subject-matter 

specialists. The census table meetings were organized on the 

basis of subject matter and were "sponsored" by the Bureau's 

regional offices, which were responsible for determining whether 

a meeting should be held, scheduling the activity, providing support services, and inviting data users and the appropriate Bureau 

staff. Nine census table meetings on 1982 Census of Agriculture 

data were conducted in 1984-1985; the locations and dates of 

the meetings, and the sponsoring regional offices, were: 

Location 

Bakersfield, CA 

Davis, CA 

Fresno, CA 

Greenville, NC 

West Lafayette, IN 

Topeka, KS 

Hopkinsville, KY 

Athens, GA 

Auburn, AL 

Date 

4/24/84 

4/25/84 

4/26/84 

10/11/84 

1117/84 

12/6/84 

3/26/85 

5/12/85 

5/15/85 

'Co-sponsored by the North Carolina State Dat8 Center. 

Sponsoring office 

Los Angeles, CA 

Los Angeles, CA 

Los Angeles, CA 

Charlotte, NC' 

Chicago,IL 

Kansas City, KS 

Charlotte, NC2 

Atlanta, GA 

Atlanta, GA 

2Co-sponsored by the Penny rite Area Development District (an affiliate of the Kentucky 

State Data Center). 

HISTORY 27 
Audiovisual Program 

The Agriculture Division and the PIO prepared an audiovisual 

program about the 1982 Census of Agriculture for public information use. The program kit consisted of 62 color slides and 

a recorded narration (on audio cassette) providing a brief outline 

of the census operation and statistical highlights from the results 

of the 1982 Census of Agriculture. The program was designed 

for use by the Bureau's regional offices and State data centers, 

USDA Extension Service (or other) offices, farmer organizations, 

and other farmer and/or data user oriented activities. A total of 

1,500 program kits were prepared and distributed to regional 

offices, USDA offices, and agriculture organizations in the spring 

and summer of 1985. 

Guide to the 1982 Census of Agriculture and Related 

Statistics 

In 1984, the Bureau's Data User Services Division (DUSD), 

in cooperation with the Agriculture Division, prepared a 23-page 

Guide to the 1982 Census of Agriculture and Related Statistics. 

The guide consisted of a brief outline of the background and 

28 HISTORY 

procedures of the census, descriptions of the agriculture census 

data series and the media in which they were available, together 

with descriptions of other Census Bureau data sets that included 

agriculture-related information. The publication schedules for 

both the 1982 economic and agriculture census programs, lists 

of reference sources, and order forms for the data products were 

included. Copies of the guide were distributed to the Bureau's 

regional offices and professional advisory committee members. 

They were made available to the public on request at Census 

Bureau booths or presentations at conferences and conventions 

around the country and from Agriculture Division or DUSD. 

Analysis of Clippings 

The Bureau carried out a study of the effectiveness of its 

publicity campaign by collecting and reviewing newspaper and 

magazine articles derived from the 1982 Census of Agriculture 

press releases. The releases appeared as editorials, stories, as 

one-paragraph fillers, and as feature stories complete with a dot 

map and occupying as much as 20 column inches. Stories that 

appeared to get the most "play" were the 1982 State data from 

preliminary reports. 

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CHAPTER 5. 

Data Collection 

PAGE 

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

CENSUS MAIL OPERATIONS ........................... 29 

GENERAL INFORMATION ............................ 29 

INITIAL MAILOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

FIRST FOLLOWUP (REMINDER CARD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

SECOND FOLLOWUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

SPECIAL APRIL FOLLOWUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

THIRD FOLLOWUP ................................. 30 

FOURTH FOLLOWUP ........... " ... , ..... ,. . ... . .. . 31 

FIFTH FOLLOWUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

SIXTH FOLLOWUP ................................. 31 

POSTMASTER RETURNS ....... '" . .. . . .. . ... . . .. . .. . 31 

TELEPHONE FOLLOWUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

INTRODUCTION ...................... " ....... '" . 31 

TELEPHONE STAFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 

TELEPHONE OPERATIONS ....... " ............... '" . 32 

NONRESPONSE SURVEY ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

CITRUS CARETAKERS .. '" ..... '" ................. , . 33 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ........................ 33 

1982 ENUMERATION ............................... 34 

RESULTS.................... .................. .... 34 

INTRODUCTION 

The Bureau's Jeffersonville, IN, office carried out most ofthe 

data-collection activities associated with the 1982 Census of 

Agriculture, with the close supervision and assistance of the 

Agriculture Division. The principal data-collection effort was a 

mail enumeration, involving an initial mailout in December 1982 

to approximately 3.65 million addresses. This was followed by 

a mailing of reminder cards to nonrespondents at the end of 

February 1983, and a special mailing in April to addresses in 

low-response States and counties. Five additional followup 

mailings were carried out beginning about 3 weeks after the 

reminder cards were sent and continued at about 4-week 

intervals thereafter. The initial mailing and two of the followups 

involved entire census packages-report forms, information 

sheets, letters, and so forth to nonrespondents, while the 

remainder were letters requesting response. 

Beginning in April 1983, the Bureau carried out a telephone 

followup of selected large nonrespondent cases (Le., estimated 

sales of $100,000 or more) and a mail survey of selected small 

nonrespondent cases (Le., less than $100,000 in sales). (For 

details of the telephone operations, see pp. 31-33, and p. 33 

for details of the mail survey.) 

The primary data-collection effort for the census was made 

in the spring and summer of 1983, although citrus producers 

were enumerated in the summer and early fall of 1982 to collect 

data on the bloom of 1982. 

CENSUS MAIL OPERATIONS 

General Information 

The census mail list was divided, by State, into eight 

geographic segments for purposes of preparing the followup 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

address list, addressing followup materials, and mailing. The 

States in each segment were: 

Segment States 

Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, 

Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont 

2 

3 

4 

Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin 

Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota 

Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, North 

Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia 

5 

6 

7 

8 

Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, and South Carolina 

Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee 

Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas 

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, 

Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, 

Washington, and Wyoming 

These geographic segments did not correspond to the 

"regions" established by the Bureau for the design and use of 

the agriculture census report forms, or to the standard Bureau 

geographic regions or divisions. Rather, they served as an 

administrative and processing convenience, with closeout dates 

and mailing dates staggered among them to ensure a fairly even 

flow of work. 

Initial Mailout 

General-The Bureau carried out the initial census mailing during 

the last week of December 1982. This mailout involved approximately 3.65 million addresses throughout the 50 States. (See 

ch. 3 for information on the compilation of the mail list and the 

printing and addressing of the report forms.) 

The Jeffersonville office handled the bulk of the mailing operations, except for the packages for abnormal farms, all of which 

were mailed directly from Suitland headquarters. Labeling was 

done on a flow basis, but all packages were held and mailed 

simultaneously by region, using first-class postage. The quantities mailed, by form type, were: 

Type 

Total 

Nonsample, forms 82-A0101 to -A0111 

Sample (excluding abnormals) 

General sample, forms 82-A0201 to -A0212 

Must cases, forms 82-A0301 to -A0311 

Abnormals, forms 82-A0301 to -A0311 

The initial mail package consisted of: 

Form 82-AO 1 (L) cover letter 

Appropriate report form 

File copy of report form 

Form 82-A01 (I) information sheet 

Form 82-A8 return envelope 

Quantity 

3,653,114 

2,753,931 

897,507 

732,651 

164,856 

1,676 

Form 82-A01 (B) brochure describing why the census of 

agriculture is important 

HISTORY 29 
Special instruction sheets for special operations identified 

before mailout, such as beekeepers, broiler operators, and 

nurseries 

Multiunits-Agriculture census report forms (82-A0301 to 

-A0311) for approximately 5,800 multiunit establishments identified as having agricultural operations were included in the 

multiunit packages for the general economic census mailing carried out late in December 1982 and ir:Uts followup program. (For 

details of the mail followup to the economic censuses, see the 

History of the 1982 Economic Censuses.) 

First Followup (Reminder Card) 

The transmittal letter included in the census mailing package 

requested response by February 15, 1983. Between February 

22 and March 5, the Bureau mailed form 82-A01(L2) reminder 

cards requesting response to the census to nonrespondent addresses in each geographic segment after a specified closeout 

date. The closeout dates by segment were: 

Segment 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5,6 

7,8 

Closeout date 

2/2/83 

2/23/83 

2/28/83 

3/1/83 

3/2/83 

3/4/83 

The Bureau prepared computer tape listings, on a flow basis, 

of the addresses in each segment still delinquent at each closeout 

date and transmitted them to Jeffersonville where they were 

used to address the reminder cards. The four Printronix highspeed printers used to prepare the address labels for the initial 

mailout this time printed the addresses for nonrespondent cases 

directly onto the faces of the reminder cards. Mailout began on 

February 23 to nonrespondent cases in segment 1 and continued 

on a flow basis through March 5, by which time a total of 

1,829,528 form 82-A01 (L2) cards had been sent. (Facsimiles 

of the reminder card and the standard followup letters are 

included in app. G.) 

Second Followup 

The second mail followup began in mid-March and continued 

into the last week of the month. The closeout date for segment 

1 was March 15, while segment 8 closed out on March 23. This 

followup consisted of remailing report forms to most 

nonrespondents, but included a "variation test" in which a sample of nonrespondents in segments 1-6 were sent followup letters only, in an attempt to measure any differences in response 

rates achieved using complete packages or letters only. (For 

details of the mail response variation test, see ch. 9.) 

The followup mail packages for each type of report form (must, 

sample, and nonsample) were similar to those used in the initial 

mailing, except that the report form file copy and information 

brochure were eliminated and the followup letter form 

82-A01 (L3) was substituted for the original transmittal letter. 

The addresses selected for the mail variation test were sent form 

82-A01 (L4) letters. The bulk of the packages were preassembled 

by private contractors and were subjected to the same qualitycontrol procedures as the initial mailing packages. 

30 HISTORY 

The quantities of packages mailed, by type of form, for the 

regular followup, were: 

Form Quantity 

Total 1,517,181 

Nonsample 1,134,437 

Sample 382,744 

Must 79,179 

Certainty 64,816 

Regular 238,749 

The quantities of packages mailed in the mail variation test, 

by type of address, were: 

Type Quantity 

Total 41,461 

Nonsample 

Sample 

23,714 

17,747 

Special April Followup 

By April 1 the census had achieved an overall response rate 

of 64 percent, including postmaster returns (PMR's). Certain 

States in the South and West, and a number of counties within 

other States, had response rates well below the average-as 

much as 1 7 percent in some cases. Slow overall response for 

a State, or even for counties within a State, could impede closing out data collection and cause problems not only in tabulating 

and pubiishing statistics for the specific jurisdictions involved, 

but for States and the United States as a whole. Accordingly, 

the Bureau carried out a special letter followup to all nonrespondent addresses in 10 Southern and Western States-Alabama, 

Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New 

Mexico, South Carolina, and Utah-and in a total of 188 lowresponse counties in Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and 

Texas. 

Private contractors assembled and delivered form 82-A01 (L7) 

or 82-A01 (L8) followup letters to Jeffersonville the first week 

of April. The Bureau used the L 7 letter for nonrespondent operations with estimated sales under $40,000 in South Carolina, 

Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and selected counties in Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas. The L8 letter was 

used for nonrespondents with estimated sales over $40,000 in 

these States, in selected counties in Texas, and in Arizona, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The two letters were identical in content, although wording differed slightly-the L7 using a simplified text-and both included a toll-free telephone 

number to call if an addressee wanted assistance or had any 

questions. A total of 202,261 form 82-A01 (L7) letters and 

106,445 form 82-A01 (L8) letters were mailed during the second 

week of April. 

Third Followup 

The third mail followup consisted once again of a regular mailing to non respondent addresses, and a followup to addresses 

in the mail-variation test sample. This time, "regular" 

nonrespondent addresses received the form 82-A01 (L4) 

followup letter, while variation-test addresses were sent complete census followup packages-with the form 82-A01 (L3) 

transmittal letter substituted for the original cover letter. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Closeout dates and the number of cases in each mailing were: 

Third mail followup: 

Segment Closeout date Quantity 

2,4 

1, 3 

5,6 

7,8 

Total 

Mail variation test: 

Total 

Nonsample 

Sample 

Fourth Followup 

4/13/83 

4/14/83 

4/20/83 

4/22/83 

4/15/83 

4/21/83 

1,038,319 

273,832 

221,156 

239,402 

303,929 

32,479 

19,563 

12,916 

By the beginning of May, overall response to the census approached 75 percent. The fourth followup comprised a mailing 

of followup letters- form 82-A01 (L5) was used in the 48 contiguous States and the form 82-A02(L5) in Alaska and Hawaiito cases still nonrespondent after the mail closeout dates for each 

segment (May 10 for segments 5 and 6, May 11 for segments 

3 and 4, May 12 for segments 1 and 2, and segments 7 and 

8 on May 17). However, six States had rates of response 

significantly higher than average, and the Bureau decided to try 

to close out data collection in these States as early as possible 

by carrying out a "special" followup as part of the general mailing. Accordingly, the Bureau constructed a file of cases still 

nonrespondent as of May 5 in Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New 

Jersey, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, and sent them followup 

census packages containing a form 82-A01 (L3) transmittal letter, information sheet, return envelope, and the appropriate 

report form. 

The followup packages were assembled at Jeffersonville and 

mailed from there. The special followup to the six priority States 

was carried out at the end of the first week of May and comprised some 60,660 packages- approximately 44,430 nonsampie, 13,680 sample, and 2,550 "must" cases in all. The regular 

letter followup to 827,915 nonrespondent addresses in the remaining 44 States was completed on a flow basis during the 

second and third weeks of May. 

Fifth Followup 

The Bureau originally planned only five followup mailings to 

the 1982 census, but decided to insert an additional letter 

mailout in the followup program prior to the final report-form 

operation. This became the fifth mail followup, and consisted 

of a form 82-A01 (L5)A letter, sent to some 790,000 

nonrespondent addresses between June 2 and June 10. The 

mailing packages had been preassembled and address labels 

were applied at Jeffersonville. The response cutoff date for the 

"priority States" was May 25, while cutoff dates for other 

States, by segment, ranged from May 31 to June 7. 

Segment 

Total 

Priority States (see above) 

1, 2 

3,4 

5,6 

7,8 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Quantity mailed 

789,572 

50,448 

132,530 

193,533 

190,234 

222,827 

Sixth Followup 

The sixth followup involved mailing complete census 

packages-the appropriate report form, information sheet, and 

return envelope-together with a followup letter form 

82-A02(L6) for the 48 contiguous States, and form 82-A01 (L6) 

for Alaska and Hawaii. The L6 letter requested response to the 

census, informed addressees that response to the census was 

required by law, and quoted excerpts from Title 13. A toll-free 

telephone number also was included for use by respondents who 

needed assistance in completing their report forms. 

The bulk of the mailing packages for the sixth followup had 

been prestuffed, but the Bureau anticipated a need for more 

"must" packages and prepared an additional 4,100 at Jeffersonville for the mailout. 

The closeout period for response to the sixth followup began 

on June 21, for segments 1 and 2, and ended on June 28 for 

segments 7 and 8. Address labels were prepared and affixed 

in the usual way. The quantities mailed were: 

Type 

Total 

Nonsample 

Sample 

Regular (including certainty) 

Must 

Postmaster Returns 

Quantity mailed 

716,181 

544,238 

171,943 

141,986 

29,957 

Postmaster returns (PMR's) were mailing packages returned 

by the Postal Service as undeliverable, for whatever reason. The 

Bureau identified PMR's during the receipt and check-in phase 

ofthe processing operations (see ch. 6), generated address labels 

for these cases, and affixed the labels to mailing packages for 

remailing. These packages were identical to those used in the 

initial mailout for each address, except the form letter 

82-A01 (L 1 A) replaced the standard cover letter, and were mailed 

on a flow basis to approximately 147,900 "first-time" PMR addresses, beginning January 19. (A "first-time" PMR was a 

package from a mailing that had been returned as undeliverable 

and had not previously been checked-in by the Bureau's receipt 

and check-in operation. "Second-time" PMR's were cases that 

previously had been checked-in and had been remailed once, but 

had again been returned as undeliverable.) The computer checkin program identified "second-time" PMR's by comparing their 

label codes to computerized list of check-in actions and deleted 

cases previously checked in from the remail file. No second-time 

PMR's were remailed, although some PMR "must" cases were 

sent to the technical staff for review or referral for possible 

telephone follow up. 

TELEPHONE FOLLOWUP 

Introduction 

General information-The Bureau established its principal 

telephone unit at the Jeffersonville office, with a smaller 

telephone staff at Suitland headquarters. In general, the 

telephone unit had three' major functions: (1) to provide 

assistance to respondents calling with questions about the report 

forms; (2) to verify suspect data and obtain missing data for 

report forms received; and (3) to secure completed report forms 

for selected nonrespondent cases. In addition, the telephone 

HISTORY 31 
staff carried out a test of the computer-assisted telephoneinterviewing (CAT!) system. (For details ofthe CATI system test, 

see ch. 9.) Telephone followup began in January and ended in 

September 1983. 

The specific cases referred to the telephone units included data 

referrals from the technical review staff, large nonrespondent 

cases (i.e., those with estimated total value of annual sales of 

agricultural products of $100,000 or more, or whose acreage 

met the criteria of a "must" case regardless of sales value), a 

sample of the general nonrespondent list, and, after 

June 1983, nonrespondents in low-response counties. The 

Jeffersonville unit carried out most of the telephone followup 

activities, while the Suitland unit handled the CA TI test sample 

cases. 

Adaptation of the census report form for telephone 

interviewing-The Bureau had developed the standard report 

forms as self-administered questionnaires, hence use by 

telephone interviewers required rewording items as questions 

asked by an interviewer of a respondent. For example, the implied question of "All land owned" had to be changed to "How 

many acres of land did you own?" 

The Bureau used the general sample report form as the basis 

for the one used for nonrespondent telephone enumeration, 

reverting to the general crop and livestock listings used for 

"nonregionalized" reporting, with more space for write-in information. Sections also were added to record on each form the 

outcome of each attempted call to the nonrespondent and for 

callback scheduling. The new form 82-A0313, Telephone 

Enumeration Report Form, was used for telephone cases in all 

50 States. 

Telephone Staff 

The Bureau's Jeffersonville office included a staff and facilities 

for conducting a variety of telephone operations. The telephone 

unit for the 1982 Census of Agriculture was established in 

December 1982, first to handle incoming calls for assistance 

from respondents, then, from April 1983, to carry out telephone 

followup of selected nonrespondent cases. 

The telephone staff began operations in January, when six 

interviewers were assigned to handle incoming calls. The bulk 

of the interviewers did not join the staff until April, when 

telephone followup began. By that time, the telephone unit included 94 persons, including supervisors and lead clerks, and 

reached its maximum of 115 in June. Initial training for the 

telephone interviewers was carried out in the last week of March 

and the first week of April, each interviewer attending a 3-day 

course in telephone operations and census enumeration. 

The staff was divided into two nonoverlapping shifts of approximately equal size. Calls were made between 7:00 a.m. and 

9:00 p.m., local time (Le., in the nonrespondent's time zone). 

Telephone Operations 

Work assignments-The primary functions of the telephone unit 

were (1 ) resolution of problem referrals from the correspondence 

and technical review units, and (2) followup of large nonrespondent cases. "Problem referrals," i.e., cases with inconsistent, incomplete, or obviously wrong information, began to arrive at the 

telephone unit in early January 1983, while nonresponse cases 

for telephone followup were selected early in April, after the 

second mail followup. Candidates for telephone followup 

32 HISTORY 

included any nonrespondent with an estimated total value of 

products sold of $100,000 or more, or with estimated acreage 

of 2,000 or more. In June, lists of delinquent cases, regardless 

of size, in 80 counties with response rates below 75 percent 

also were referred to the telephone staff. 

Subject-matter specialists from the Agriculture Division and 

the Jeffersonville staff reviewed all completed reports during the 

interviewers' first weeks of work. After the initial "break-in" 

period, this review function shifted to the lead telephone interview clerks assigned to each shift (at least four per shift), who 

checked completed report forms on a 1 DO-percent basis to verify 

that the data collected were consistent and reasonable. 

The telephone unit was divided into several subunits, according to function. These subunits (1) obtained telephone numbers 

for nonrespondent cases, (2) interviewed nonrespondents and 

respondents for problem referrals, (3) handled incoming calls, 

and (4) called secondary sources for data for nonrespondents 

who could not be contacted. Personnel generally were assigned to a single subunit for the duration of their service with the 

telephone unit. 

The telephone staff used the regular central exchange (CENTREX) telephone system serving the Jeffersonville office, which 

included 37 Federal Telecommunications System (FTS) lines and 

23 Wide Area Telecommunications System (WATS) lines. The 

CENTREX system automatically would use an FTS line or, if none 

was available, a WATS line for the call. The telephone staff had 

70 reserved instruments, of which 6 were used exclusively for 

incoming calls, while the remainder were used for interviews and 

telephone numbers research. 

Procedures for telephone followup-The Bureau compiled the 

initial telephone followup file after the second mail followup and 

prepared a set of adhesive address labels. Each label was applied mechanically to a form 82-A0313, Telephone Enumeration Report Form, as part of the general labeling operation before 

the followup file was referred to the telephone unit. Referral 

cases came from agricultural analysts in the problem-solving and 

coverage units. Form EC-59 Referral Sheets, attached to the 

standard report form, described any problem with the case and 

specified the questions to ask. Most problem referral cases had 

telephone numbers; cases without telephone numbers were 

referred to the telephone research unit. 

All delinquent nonresponse cases were reviewed periodically 

for check-in status by matching their CFN's to the receipts file, 

using interactive terminals. All cases with a check-in status indicating mail receipt were removed from the followup. The remaining cases were sorted by State and sent to the telephone 

number research unit. After research, cases were batched into 

work units of approximately 20 report forms each, with a 

Telephone Unit Enumerator's Daily Tally Sheet and Work Unit 

Control Record attached, and sent to an interviewer. The interviewer entered his or her own identification number on the daily tally sheet and a tally of cases completed or not completed 

as calls were made. At the end of each shift the telephone 

enumerators entered the count of completed cases and noncompleted cases for the work unit by type of case (i.e., in scope, 

out of scope, refusal, will file, and so on). All cases assigned 

to each work unit had to be accounted for on the tally sheet and 

returned to the supervisor at the end of the shift for disposition. 

Completed followup cases were disposed as: 

Mail receipt-Delinquent cases received by mail prior to 

telephone followup were deleted from the followup. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
In scope, completed report form-Report forms for cases 

completed by telephone enumeration were batched for checkin and forwarded to the agriculture data-keying unit. 

Out of scope-Out-of-scope cases were batched together for 

check-in and subsequent forwarding to the agriculture 

coverage analysts. 

Nonresponse sample-The telephone interviewer tried to obtain information to complete a form 82-A46 (which asked for 

a few items to determine whether any agricultural production had taken place). Cases then were batched for check-in 

and forwarded to the agriculture coverage research unit. 

Respondent promised to file (will file) - The date of the call 

and nature of the conversation were noted on the telephone 

record label and the case was placed in the suspense file. If, 

after 2 weeks, the interactive terminal check-in status indicated the case still was unsatisfied, it was recycled through 

the telephone unit. 

Respondent refuses to provide information-A second attempt was made to obtain information from respondents who 

refused to provide any data. Once a respondent refused a 

second time the dates of the refusals, the name(s) of the 

person(s) contacted, and the initials of the interviewer(s) involved were noted on the record label; and the case was referred for completion from secondary sources. 

No answer when called-After four attempts to make contact (two on each of two work days), the telephone number 

was researched again; if it was correct, the case was referred for completion from secondary sources. 

No listing-Cases for which no telephone number could be 

found were referred for completion from secondary sources. 

Call back-When respondents requested the Bureau to call 

back, the interviewer attempted to make an appointment for 

a convenient time. 

The telephone interview staff returned problem-referral cases 

resolved by telephone to the originating unit. Referral cases that 

could not be resolved by telephone also were returned to the 

originating unit, but for an analyst's review. 

The lead clerks batched and sent completed "nonresponse" 

cases to the check-in unit, after which the telephone cases 

followed the normal processing program. Cases referred for completion from secondary sources were edited by analysts using 

information obtained from one or more sources outside the subject operation itself. The most important of these sources was 

USDA's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service 

(ASCS), which had offices in every State, and over 2,700 county 

and consolidated county offices as well. Other USDA offices, 

notably the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), the Extension Service (ES), and the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) also 

served as major sources of information about nonrespondent 

farms. 

NON RESPONSE SURVEY 

The nonresponse survey was needed to enable the Census 

Bureau to impute data for nonrespondent farms with estimated 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

annual sales of less than $100,000. The eligible universe of 

nonrespondent addresses was stratified based on source and 

estimated sales, as follows: 

Stratum 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

Source 

1978 Census inscope 

1978 Census inscope 

Other sources 

Other sources 

NA 

Estimated sales 

$10,000-99,999 

$0-9,999 

$10,000-99,999 

$0-9,999 

Unknown 

A single-stage systematic sample of the eligible 

nonrespondents was used to select a total of 13,489 addresses 

for the survey. Selection rates varied by stratum and State so 

that the Bureau could estimate the number of nonrespondent 

census farms at the State level with an error rate of plus or minus 

6 percent. The Bureau prepared and printed a short 

questionnaire-form 82-A46-consisting of a letter to the 

addressee requesting that he or she complete the form; excerpts 

from Title 13, United States Code describing the Census 

Bureau's authority to conduct the census and the legal requirement for response; and a few questions on production, tenure, 

organization, and sales. The headquarters staff in Suitland 

prepared mailing packages consisting of the A46 form and a 

return envelope, and mailed them to the sample addresses on 

a flow basis. 

The sample had been selected in three successive phases, for 

groups of States nearing mail-enumeration closeout. The initial 

mailing to sample cases in 6 States was done on April 26-28, 

1983; mailout to 15 more States was completed a month later 

on May 25-26; and the A46 forms were sent to sample cases 

in the remaining States on July 14-15 (mailout to cases in Hawaii 

was actually done on August 1). A single followup mailing, consisting of an A46 form and return envelope, was made to the 

nonrespondent sample addresses-again in three phases -about 

2 weeks after the initial mailout for each group of States. 

Responses to the survey were mailed directly to the Bureau's 

Suitland headquarters, where members of the Agriculture Division staff checked in and processed the report forms. Sample 

addresses were matched to the census check-in "alert" lists 

weekly and addresses from which a census report form had been 

received (about 2,400 in all, or 18 percent of the total sample) 

were deleted from the sample file. 

When mail enumeration was closed out early in September 

1983, 7,057 completed A46 report forms had been receiJed, 

for a response rate (excluding cases matched to census returns) 

of 64 percent. Of the total receipts, 2,941 were from inscope 

addresses-i.e., addresses qualifying as farms under the census 

definition-while the remaining 4,116 were out of scope. All 

7,057 responses were used to develop the imputation estimates. 

(For more information on imputation for nonresponse see 

ch.6.) 

CITRUS CARETAKERS 

Background Information 

The Census Bureau obtained reports by direct field enumeration from selected citrus caretakers in Arizona, Florida, and Texas 

for the 1982 census. This procedure has been used in recent 

censuses because of the difficulty in identifying and enumerating 

absentee grove owners, who frequently did not have the information available to complete the report form. Owners often 

employed" caretakers" for their groves (a citrus caretaker is an 

HISTORY 33 
organization or individual caring for, supervising, or managing 

citrus groves for owners). and these caretakers generally were 

the most reliable sources of census information. Individual 

caretakers' operations could vary considerably; some were 

responsible for the entire management and care of the groves, 

while others performed only selected grove work; many did not 

do the harvesting. 

The 1964 Census of Agriculture was the first to include a 

special field operation to collect data from citrus caretakers in 

Florida to improve coverage of the groves. A report form was 

completed for each caretaker, who also was asked to provide 

a list of the grove owners' names and addresses and the number 

of acres owned by each. The names and addresses of the grove 

owners were matched to the file of completed census report 

forms to eliminate possible duplication. For the 1969 census, 

direct canvassing of the citrus caretakers was continued, despite 

the change to a mailout/mailback procedure for the general 

census. In the 1974 census, the direct enumeration technique 

was extended to citrus operation in Texas; while in the 1978 

census it was further expanded to cover some caretakers in 

Arizona. 

1982 Enumeration 

Personnel from the 8ureau's Suitland and Jeffersonville offices carried out the direct enumeration of Texas citrus caretakers 

in June 1 982, while Florida caretakers were visited in September 

and October, and those in Arizona in November 1982. These 

were the periods when the caretakers' workload was lightest 

and information from the 1981-82 harvest season was available. 

A version of the standard report form was developed-form 

82-A0214- which excluded the crop and livestock sections except for a special section for reporting citrus trees, acres, and 

production. A write-in section was provided for reporting 

livestock and crops other than citrus. Caretakers that reported 

livestock and/or other crops were contacted by telephone in 

January 1983 for complete data. The form included the data 

sections employed in the "sample" forms used in the mail 

census. 

To prevent duplication of reporting, each caretaker was given 

a "caretaker number" and was asked to inform his or her grove 

34 HISTORY 

owners that they should mark "citrus reported by caretaker 

# " on any report form they might receive, but to be 

sure to supply the data requested for any other agricultural 

operations they might have. The list of owners' names and 

addresses supplied by each caretaker was matched to the 

.. status report list" of the regular census; where duplicate reports 

were identified, the owners' citrus data were deleted from the 

file. 

The number of citrus caretakers, the approximate number of 

grove owners they served, and the approximate acreage involved 

in their operations, by State, were: 

State Caretakers Grove owners Acreage 

Total 128 7,610 293,000 

Florida 99 5,900 250,000 

Texas 21 1,500 30,000 

Arizona 8 210 13,000 

Grove owners not associated with these selected caretakers 

were enumerated in the regular data-collection effort beginning 

in December 1982. 

RESULTS 

The 1 982 Census of Agriculture achieved an overall response 

rate of approximately 85.7 percent (including PMR's), obtaining responses from 3,131,342 addresses from a total mailout 

of nearly 3.7 million. The Bureau handled some 3 million cases, 

including 147,900 first-time PMR's, by mail. (Approximately 

128,000 second-time PMR's were received, but the Bureau did 

not remail them a second time.) Telephone followup accounted 

for 126,334 completed cases-84,492 from interviews with 

respondents, including some 4,380 cases enumerated as part 

of the CATI test, and 41,842 from secondary sources. 

Response to the census included 2,240,976 agricultural operations that met the census definition of a farm. These represented 

over 987 million acres of land in farms, and nearly $132 billion 

in total value of sales of agricultural products. 

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CHAPTER 6. 

Data Processing 

PAGE 

INTRODUCTION .•.................................. 35 

PRECOMPUTER PROCESSING ..•.................•..... 35 

GENERAL INFORMATION ...............•......•..... 35 

RECEIPT AND CHECK-IN ...............•......••.... 35 

CORRESPONDENCE ........•...•......•..•.......•. 36 

SPECIAL CASE, "2+," AND MULTIUNIT PROCESSING.. . .. . 37 

INTERACTIVE RESEARCH .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . 38 

DATA ENTRY . . • . . . . . . • • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 

COMPUTER PROCESSING ............................. 40 

GENERAL INFORMATION ...........•................ 40 

FORMAT AND SIMPLE EDIT .........•... " . .. . .•. .•. . 40 

COMPLEX EDIT •.............•...••............••. 41 

STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENTS ...•.......•..........•. 42 

TABULATION AND DATA REVIEW •....... " . .. . ... . .• . 42 

INTRODUCTION 

The Census Bureau carried out the 1982 Census of Agriculture 

concurrently with the 1982 Economic Censuses and combined 

all phases of the processing operations that did not require 

specialized knowledge or expertise. Receipt, check-in, and much 

of the correspondence were handled by a combined staff at the 

Bureau's Jeffersonville, IN, processing center. Data entry was 

carried out by a separate staff, and the computerized processing 

of the data required specialized edit and tabulation programs for 

the various censuses. 

The data collected in the agriculture census were processed 

in two phases- a "precomputer" operation carried out primarily 

at Jeffersonville and a "computer" operation using the main 

equipment at Bureau headquarters in Suitland, MD. The 

Jeffersonville phase of the processing activities included receipt 

and check-in of the report forms, correspondence for the census, 

keying the data (i.e., data entry) from the report forms to 

computer disks, then transferring it to tape for transmission to 

the main computer in Suitland, and review of problem cases from 

both the data-collection operation and the computer edit. Computerized processing at the Bureau's main facility in Suitland involved formatting, editing, and tabulating the data received from 

Jeffersonville. The Bureau expanded the use of automated and 

computerized equipment over that of previous censuses even 

in the "precomputer" phase of the processing. There, it 

employed automated barcode check-in equipment (introduced 

in the 1977-78 censuses) and mechanical sorters for much of 

the check-in sorting, and replaced the old microfilm research 

units with interactive computer terminals. 

PRECOMPUTER PROCESSING 

General Information 

The Bureau mailed 3.65 million agriculture census report forms 

from Jeffersonville in December 1982, and carried out a series 

of followup mailings over the next 7 months. Responses to the 

census began arriving at the Data Preparation Division (DPD) in 

Jeffersonville in January 1 983. Receipts early in the census cycle 

reached as many as 312,000 pieces of mail per day. At the peak 

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of the processing cycle, approximately 950 employees worked 

on the combined processing operation at Jeffersonville. 

Incoming mail, presorted by the Postal Service, was checked 

in and sorted using high-speed laser scanners and mechanical -

sorters. Various special units handled correspondence and 

research on problem cases. 

After keying, the data were transferred from disk to magnetic 

tape for transmission to Suitland. The report forms were held 

until the Jeffersonville unit received disposition listings showing 

any problem cases. Clerks and/or analysts resolved any 

problems, sending corrections for keying. 

Receipt and Check-In 

Receipt and initial sort-The Postal Service presorted incoming 

mail for the Bureau's Jeffersonville facility into four major 

categories-agriculture census receipts, agriculture postmaster 

returns (PMR's), mail for the economic censuses, and other mail. 1 

The DPD clerical staff quickly fanned through agriculture 

receipts in the mail trays, faced receipts in the same direction, 

sorted them by type, and removed receipts without visible barcodes. Packages with visible barcodes, including PMR's, were 

sent to the batching unit. Receipts without visible barcodes were 

sent to a clerical unit where they were opened and the contents 

sorted. Report forms with and without attached correspondence, 

Bureau-originated correspondence with a CFN (census file 

number) present, "2+" cases, 2 agriculture multiunit report forms 

with adhesive barcoded labels, and out-of-scope recycles 

(primarily from special-case processing) all were referred to the 

batching unit. Congressional correspondence was referred to 

supervisors for disposition, and Bureau-originated correspondence without CFN's went to the suspense file, while 

other materials without CFN's were sent to the research unit. 

Batch and check-in-The batching unit received materials from 

both the initial sorting area and the opening and sorting unit. 

Clerks collected receipts, still in their return envelopes, into 

batches of 600-700 pieces each, and grouped out-of-envelope 

materials into batches of approximately 100 pieces each. Each 

batch was placed in a plastic mail tray with a form EC-38 Batch 

Cover Sheet attached, on which the clerks listed the date, 

assigned destination of the batch, the estimated (batches going 

to laser check-in) or actual (batches referred for check-in or completeness/coverage keying) count and type of the pieces in the 

batch, a seven-digit batch number, and a two-digit check-in 

status code. The status codes, batch number3 and date 

'The Postal Service identified the Census Bureau's incoming mail by ZIP 

Code. The agricultural returns had a ZIP Code different from the economic 

returns. The Bureau estimated that presorting the incoming mail saved about 

$250,000. 

'Cases in which two or more single-unit report forms were enclosed in 

the same envelope, or in which additional CFN's were written in a designated 

area on the report form. 

'Assigned sequentially within each status code group. 

HISTORY 35 
transmitted for each batch were entered in the Batch log for 

Check-In Control, and the batch was referred for further 

processing. 

Three laser barcode-reading machines, each with a six-pocket 

mechanical sorter, performed the bulk of check-in, since about 

75 percent of all receipts were report forms in return envelopes 

with visible barcodes. The laser machine terminal operator 

entered the batch and status codes of each arriving batch for 

check-in in the laser machine's microprocessor. The computer 

checked the codes, and if they were unacceptable, rejected the 

batch. In that case, the terminal operator determined the proper 

codes and entered them in the file, using the keyboard terminal. 

The laser machines checked in and sorted up to 400 receipts 

per minute each, using the six-pocket sorter to group them into 

unreadable barcode cases (pocket 1), agriculture census receipts 

(pockets 2, 4, and 6), PMR's (pocket 3-these were 

inadvertently included in batches of agriculture census receipts), 

and all other trade-area codes (pocket 5-these were 

nonagriculture census receipts inadvertently included in the 

agriculture census batches). Batches of PMR's were run through 

the laser machines and checked in separately from census 

receipts. Clerks at 15 laser-wand stations checked receipts 

referred from the opening and sorting area-such as 2+ reports, 

report forms with attached correspondence, and agriculture multiunits with adhesive barcoded labels, as well as cases rejected 

by the laser machines. The laser equipment "read" the barcodes 

on the address labels-which included a trade-area code (i.e., 

a code identifying the type of activity-agriculture, retail trade, 

manufactures, and so on), CFN for the address, and the processing sort code- checking in each receipt, and capturing and storing the required check-in data for use in updating the census 

nonrespondent file. The check-in unit held the agriculture census receipts until it received control listings and resolved any 

problems with the transmitted and checked-in data. Receipts 

then were referred for further sorting. 

Mechanical sort-After bar-code check-in, the Bureau used laser 

barcode readers and two 24-pocket mechanical sorters to sort 

report forms still in their envelopes. The sort was carried out 

in two "passes" -a primary sort by type of case and census 

geographic division· and a secondary sort by State. In the primary 

sort, the laser reader scanned the barcode on each address label, 

and the sorter mechanically sorted the receipts as: 

Pocket 

1 

2 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12, 14 

16, 18 

20, 22 

3,5,7 

9, 11, 13 

15,17,19,21 

23 

24 

Case and geographic division 

Unable to read barcode 

Master processing sample, all divisions 

Abnormal, all divisions 

Must, divisions 1, 2, 3, 6 

Must, divisions 4, 5 

Must, divisions 7, 8, 9 

Nonmust sample, divisions 1, 2, 3, 6 

Nonmust sample, divisions 4, 5 

Nonmust sample, divisions 7, 8, 9 

Nonsample, divisions 7, 8, 9 

Nonsample, divisions 4, 5 

Nonsample, divisions 1, 2, 3, 6 

Incorrect trade area code 

Machine failure, unable to sort 

Cases with unreadable bar codes were resubmitted for laser 

sorting three times. If they were not successfully identified and 

sorted they were collected and referred to the Remove Contents 

and Sort Unit, which also received, after the primary sort, abnormal cases, and those with incorrect trade-area codes. 

·See ch. 2, p. 9 for a map. 

36 HISTORY 

The remaining sorted cases were submitted for the secondary, 

or State-level, sort by type of case (must, nonmust sample, nonsample) and geographic division in three waves: cases from 

divisions 1, 2, 3, and 6; cases from divisions 4 and 5; and cases 

from divisions 7, 8, and 9. The sorters automatically slit open 

the envelopes during the secondary sort, and the sorted receipts, 

still in their now-opened envelopes, were collected and referred 

to the Remove Contents and Sort Unit. 

Manual 50rt-Report forms that had been removed from their 

envelopes and checked in at the wand/keyboard stations were 

referred to the Remove Contents and Sort Unit and manually 

sorted into the same categories described above in the 

mechanical sort. The primary function of the Remove Contents 

and Sort Unit involved removing report forms from their 

envelopes after barcode check-in, scanning the forms and 

designating them as either special cases (i.e., report forms with 

attached correspondence, no positive data on the front page, 

or remarks on the front or back pages), or keyable report forms. 

Special-case report forms were referred to the Special Case 

Processing Unit; report forms in the master processing sample, 

"abnormal" report forms, and report forms from Hawaii and 

Alaska were referred to Agriculture Division; and keyable report 

forms were sent to be batched for data keying. 

Correspondence 

General information-The Correspondence Unit at Jeffersonville 

handled the bulk of census-related correspondence received. The 

unit consisted of five major subunits responsible for (1) reading 

and classifying correspondence; (2) analysis of special and problem cases; (3) interactive processing (keying); (4) the suspense 

file; and (5) typing labels or filling special requests. 

Reading subunit-The Reading Subunit read and sorted all incoming correspondence: Bureau-originated correspondence 

(BOC) was referred to the suspense file, requests that seemed 

to require a tailored letter in reply were routed to an analyst and 

documents without CFN's to the interactive search unit, and 

other respondent-originated correspondence (ROC) was 

evaluated to determine the appropriate action. For ROC cases, 

readers referred to a list of problem descriptions and actions for 

the closest match to the subject of the correspondence. The 

readers annotated the correspondence with the two-digit unit 

code, a three-digit category or other referral code, and a time 

extension date if required. The two-digit unit code designated 

the processing unit to which the case was to be referred (e.g., 

"45"= interactive research, "47"= analysts, "50"= mailout), 

while the three-digit category code identified the general type 

of problem or subject of the correspondence (e.g., "118"= Title 

13 request and agriculture question on confidentiality, "200"= 

better physical location information needed). The time extension date code showed the date after which the case, if still 

delinquent, would be referred for further followup. (Normally, 

these extensions were set for the response cutoff date 

immediately following receipt of the request, generally 4-6 

weeks.) 

Quality control in the reading unit involved verification on a 

1 OO-percent basis of all batches of 60 or fewer pieces and 

sample verification of all other batches. The sampling rate for 

batches with over 60 pieces varied from 1 in 3 pieces (from a 

random start) to 1 in 10, depending on the size of the batch, 

with a minimum sample size of 15 items from each batch. Clerks 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
reviewed each piece selected for verification and corrected every 

error detected. Batches verified 100-percent were accepted if 

the error rate was 3 percent or less, while sample-verified 

batches were acceptable if the number of errors was equal to 

or less than a specific number-ranging from 2 to 5-depending 

on the size of the sample (e.g., a sample of 15-27 pieces of 

correspondence with 2 errors was accepted; a sample of 47-66 

pieces was accepted if only 4 errors were detected). All batches 

verified on a 100-percent basis were released for further 

processing along with sample-verified batches accepted by the 

quality-control clerks. Rejected batches were recycled through 

the correspondence unit process and the reading quality-control 

procedures. The reading clerks' performance was evaluated on 

the basis of the rejection rate for batches processed, using blocks 

of 10 consecutive batches as a "decision line" for each clerk's 

performance. To maintain their work status, clerks had to have 

two or fewer batches rejected in a decision line; a clerk whose 

rejection rate exceeded this was retrained. 

The reading subunit also checked single-unit PMR cases with 

name and address corrections to make certain that the 

information needed for keying-the CFN and the name and 

address change-were clearly readable. Readers referred 

first-time single-unit PMR cases to the interactive processing 

subunit for keying. 

Correspondence analysts-Unresolved cases (e.g., multiunits, 

economic census cases, and so on) and cases requiring a tailored 

reply from the Bureau were referred to a correspondence analyst 

for evaluation and resolution. Generally, this involved either 

routing the case to the appropriate processing unit or preparing 

and mailing a letter responding to the incoming correspondence. 

The analysts made maximum use of "standard paragraphs" 

prepared for use in written responses to frequent questions or 

objections concerning the census. Analysts could "assemble" 

letters from these paragraphs, modify the paragraphs as required 

to address a point more specifically, or draft an entire letter to 

respond to a particular case. Analysts in Jeffersonville handled 

agriculture census correspondence, while economic censuses 

correspondence was referred to the Economic Census Staff in 

Suitland. 

Interactive processing subunit (keyers) - The interactive 

processing subunit (not to be confused with the Interactive 

Research Unit [see p. 38]) used computer terminals with access 

to the Bureau's computerized mail list to update that list by keying the identification data and action codes-Le., CFN, correspondence category code, time extension code, name/address 

corrections, and so on-to the census mail file. The computer 

programs automatically incorporated name and address 

corrections so that corrected address labels would be generated 

for mail followup, held addresses that had received time 

extensions out of the followup file until the expiration of the 

extension, and so on. 

The interactive processing subunit's work also was subjected 

to quality control. Batches were verified on the same general 

system used for the reader verification (Le., 100-percent for 

batches of 60 or fewer cases, sample verification of all others). 

Verifiers used an automated quality-control system to carry out 

the actual review of cases; the verification clerk identified each 

case to be reviewed, and the computer program identified and 

displayed each error detected on a printout. A batch was 

accepted if it had a critical-error rate of 3 percent or less (a 

"critical" error was one that would lead to misidentification of 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

the specific case [e.g., CFN or SIC code error]), or an overall error 

rate of 5 percent or less. Rejected batches were recycled through 

the interactive processing subunit until they met the quality 

control standards. 

Suspense file-The suspense file held all ROC cases requiring 

a reply, regardless of the unit of origin for the specific case. 

Special Case, "2+," and Multiunit Processing 

Special cases-The Special Case Unit reviewed report forms and 

other documents referred to it by the sorting and check-in keying 

staffs. The clerical staff (1) reviewed report forms and other 

materials to determine whether or not they represented farms, 

and assigned in-scope or out-of-scope codes as required; (2) 

assigned correspondence category codes for cases requiring 

reply or to avoid double handling by correspondence readers; 

and (3) referred cases as necessary. In-scope cases not requiring 

replies were sent for data keying; problem cases went to the 

agriculture analysts; successors, partnerships, and claims-filed 

cases were referred to the Interactive Research Unit; and cases 

that seemed to require a tailored letter were referred to 

correspondence analysts. Nonfarm cases were sorted by reason 

for being classified as out-of-scope, and referred either to the 

staff analyst (further processing for these cases depended on 

the results of research by the analyst), or to check-in. 

"2 +" cases-The "2+" Processing Unit received material on 

a flow basis from both the check-in and correspondence staffs. 

Most 2+ reports resulted from (1) two reports returned by the 

same individual who mayor may not have operated two farms 

(e.g., one report mailed by J. S. Jones, and a second by John 

Jones, who was the same person); (2) two or more report forms 

mailed to two individuals involved in the same operations (e.g., 

husband and wife, two or more partners, several heirs of an 

estate, and so forth); or (3) two or more report forms mailed to 

an accountant or trust manager who returned multiple forms in 

a single envelope. Clerks in the 2+ Processing Unit reviewed each 

case to determine whether (1) the report forms represented a 

single operation or multiple operations, (2) each report form 

represented a farm, and (3) linkage of the individual report forms 

was needed for further processing. Linkage was required if ( 1 ) 

different CFN's had been assigned to the same operation, (2) 

one of the report forms showed an in-scope tenant or successor 

accounting for an operation listed as in scope in 1978 but 

reporting as out of scope for 1982, or (3) one respondent was 

shown to have ownership or operator interest in more than one 

operation. Report forms were linked by the reviewing clerk, who 

assigned a single-digit linkage code to each form and entered 

it in the "extra CFN" space on the form. If more than three report 

forms had to be linked, a form 82-A306 Linkage Document was 

completed with the CFN's and linkage codes for all the report 

forms involved and was added to the case folder. In each case, 

the clerks assigned a "primary linkage" code to one CFN (i.e., 

a report form with the selected CFN) and "secondary linkage" 

codes to the other report forms/CFN's in the case. The primary 

code served to characterize the entire case, while the secondary 

codes linked each individual report form/ CFN back to the original 

CFN. 

The 2+ Processing Unit's work was verified using procedures 

Similar to those employed for the reading and other precomputer 

processing units. After verification, the clerks referred cases for 

further processing using a set of tables describing actions to be 

taken in specified circumstances. 

HISTORY 37 
Multiunits-The Agriculture Division established 1978 and 1982 

multiunit company folders for agriculture multiunits identified 

prior to the census, but report forms for these cases were included in the multiunit packages mailed out as part of the general 

mailing for the 1 982 Economic Censuses, and followup was carried out by the Economic Census Staff as part of the regular 

followup to economic multiunit cases. Agriculture report forms 

returned by multiunits were identified during the completeness 

and coverage keying phase of the economic census processing 

operation. Completeness and coverage keying involved verification that (1 ) all the establishments of a multiunit company had 

been covered in the census, (2) essential data had been reported 

for each establishment, and (3) the data were accurate (determined by comparison with historical data). Data keyers used interactive computer terminals and a screening program to check 

individual report forms. Since the agriculture census report forms 

used for multiunit establishments did not request the same kinds 

of payroll and employment data as did the economic census 

forms (the latter asked for the same kind and detail of information as required by the IRS form 941 tax returns!. these items 

were left blank on the computerized record for each agriculture 

case. 

The edit programs used in the economic censuses to check 

the completeness of the records rejected the agriculture records 

as incomplete and displayed both the record rejected and 

historical data. Thus the edit programs automatically identified 

the agriculture cases. All agriculture-related multiunit cases identified during completeness and coverage keying were referred 

to the agriculture staff for processing and tabulation as part of 

the agriculture census. Agricultural multiunits identified during 

the agriculture census itself, rather than before, were 

enumerated as part of the agriculture census tel&phone followup. 

Agriculture census analysts accumulated report forms from 

a multiunit in its company folder until they had accounted for 

each of its identified agriculture operations, and then reviewed 

the materials in the folder before sending them for data keying. 

The analysts checked the completeness of individual report 

forms for each company, reviewed and edited data entries, and 

identified and corrected any duplication among various 

agricultural operations of each company. Incomplete report forms 

were referred for telephone followup and the company folder 

involved was held out of the processing cycle until followup was 

completed. All the report forms for a given company were 

reviewed before release for data keying. Report forms from 

operations determined to be nonfarms were identified as such 

by the analyst with a final disposition code of "5X" written on 

the address label. Company folders in which all the report forms 

were out of scope-that is, none of the report forms were from 

operations qualifying as farms under the Bureau's definitionwere identified by a strip of black tape applied along the top edge 

after review. Folders that included at least one in-scope report 

form had a strip of green tape applied. All in-scope report forms 

and correction documents were pulled from the folders and referred for data keying; the folders themselves were refiled at 

Jeffersonville. 

Interactive Research 

General information-The Interactive Research Unit was responsible for resolving coverage problems for selected cases. The 

bulk of its workload consisted of searching the 19B2 census mail 

file for matches for the following kinds of cases: 

• Successors-A successor was the current operator of a farm 

listed in the census file under a different operator's name. 

38 HISTORY 

Successors' names not matched to the census mail list 

became "adds" to the census file. 

• Partners-A partner case was one in which a respondent supplied the name or names of other persons who had filed or 

would file a report form for the same operation. 

• Claims filed-A respondent claimed to have returned a completed report form. 

Research clerks used interactive computer terminals to search 

the census data base to try to match these cases to report forms 

already checked in. The interactive terminals and the specialized search programs employed replaced the manual microfilm 

search operations used in previous censuses. 

Name and address searching-Research clerks entered the name, 

State, and ZIP Code if known, of the case being searched into 

the computer. The name and address search routine programmed 

for the research unit used the SOUNDEX principle to search the 

census data base with only the reported last name of the operator 

and the ZIP Code of the farm in question. 5 The SOUNDEX system 

provided for variant spellings or misspellings of a name. The 

routine carried out searches at three successive geographic 

levels- first at the five-digit ZIP Code level, then at three-digit 

ZIP Code level, and finally, if no match had been made, at the 

State level. 

Each possible match was displayed to a clerk for review and 

confirmation of status. The clerks annotated the report forms 

with identifying CFN's and status codes, and with match codes 

"M" (matched), "PM" (possible match), "NM" (nonmatch), or 

"NA" (nonacceptable name [Le., illegible, obviously fictitious, 

or government agency)), and referred the cases for further processing. Cases identified as out of scope after review of the status 

codes were referred to batch for check-in. All in-scope successor 

cases were routed to the agriculture analysts. 

CFN searching-The census file number (CFN) was the principal 

numeric identifier for each report form or case received and/or 

processed. Report forms or correspondence received with an incomplete or wholly or partially obliterated CFN, or lacking one 

altogether, were submitted to the Interactive Research Unit and 

were processed using the same search disposition routines as 

were used for the name and address search. 

The processing operation referred 78,329 cases to the Interactive Research Unit. Research clerks resolved 59,159 of these, 

or over 75.5 percent; the remaining 19,170 cases were referred to analysts for review and determination of status. 

Data Entry 

General information-The 1982 data entry system, together with 

the format and simple edit operation (see below!. replaced most 

functions of the 1978 clerical screening operation as well as 

parts of the technical and "must" case reviews. Data were 

keyed on a key-to-disk system with an edit program that 

displayed questions to identify various conditions on the form 

as data were keyed. The interactive input programs were 

automatically linked, based on responses to the questions. This 

helped lead the keyer through the interactive routine. The keyers 

"For cases with no address information provided by the respondent, the 

ZIP Code on the outgoing address label was used. If the name and address 

agreed with the label, but the ZIP Code was missing, the label code was 

used. If the respondent provided a ZIP Code that differed from the label code, 

the case was referred for ZIP Code research for confirmation of the correct 

ZIP Code for the reported address. 

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corrected and/or flagged many of the problems previously corrected in clerical screening. 

The agriculture census data entry staff used 9 data entry 

systems, each with 16 key stations. Each station consisted of 

a keyboard and a cathode-ray tube (CRT) viewing screen, 

enabling the operator to monitor and edit keyed data and receive 

messages or queries displayed by the input program. 

Each keyer's work was subject to quality-control verification, 

which involved review of a sample of the report forms in each 

work unit and, when necessary, correction of any keying errors. 

After verification and correction, the data were moved from 

the disks to a magnetic "pooler" tape containing data for only 

one State (report forms were batched into work units for keying 

by State), and transmitted to the Suitland headquarters computer facility by telephone data links. As soon as the data were 

"read" at Suitland, the pooler tapes were erased and reused. 

Data keying operations- Report forms, linkage documents, and 

correction documents referred for data keying were batched into work units of 50-100 cases each by type of form (i.e., must, 

sample, and nonsample) and State. Each work unit was placed 

in a plastic envelope with a form 82-A405 Batch Cover Sheet 

attached, and stored in a rolling bin until ready for keying. The 

batching subunit released materials to the keying/screening 

operation according to State priorities. In general, work units for 

a single State were released for keying in groups of 

approximately 5,000-10,000 report forms each. 

Data entry involved keying and general screening of the individual report forms in a single operation. The keyers opened 

each batch and checked the report forms prior to attempting to 

enter the data. Report forms were pulled from the work unit and 

"rejected" from data entry for the following reasons: 

• State code-State code (first two digits of the CFN) on the 

label did not match the State code on the cover sheet or within 

the report form itself. 

• Photocopied report-An unattached photocopied report 

preceded or followed an original report, and the CFN's 

matched. 

• Linkage code-Linkage code (numeric code linking different 

establishments of a 2+ or multiunit) for 2+ or multiunit report 

was missing. 

• Check digit failure-During keying, the CFN, extra CFN, or 

geographic area code check digit failed the input edit program 

three times. 

Keyers pulled each rejected report form from the batch, circled 

in red the linkage code, check digit, and/or CFN for State rejects, 

and wrote "REJECT" in the top margin of the report forms identified as nonkeyable-report rejects, or "DUPLICATE," for 

photocopied rejects. Rejects were held out of the batch until the 

remaining report forms were keyed. The batch then was checked 

to make certain all components were accounted for; the numbers 

of report forms keyed and rejected were entered on the form 

82-A405 Batch Cover Sheet, and the rejected forms were placed 

on the top of the batch. 

The keying/screening system introduced for the 1 982 census 

was a significant change from previous censuses in that it 

transferred much of the responsibility for screening individual 

report forms to the data keyers themselves, eliminating a costly 

clerical operation. The new system employed two basic kinds 

of process routines for keying the contents of the report forms: 

In the first three programs, or "formats," were used successively 

in keying fixed data items from each report form, the first for 

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name/address corrections (if any) for each case, the second to 

confirm county location, and the third to confirm State location 

if the county location reported by the respondent did not match 

the four-letter county code on the address label. In each case, 

the program displayed questions that identified conditions requiring action. In this fashion, the program provided guidance 

for keying corrections to the names and addresses, and 

geographic locations. The second used two types of input 

formats-one for the section identifier and the other for reported 

data. The processing routine automatically linked the section 

identifiers and section 1 of each report form, 6 since virtually all 

forms received included some data in that section. Reported data 

in sections 2-29 were keyed in the following manner: 

• Data for section identifier. Keyers selected this format if data 

and/or remarks were reported within a specific section. The 

format number for the format to be used was identical to the 

section number (e.g., format 16 was selected for keying section 16). 

• Reported data. Once the first format was selected, the format for reported data for the specified section linked 

automatically with the data file for that section, and the 

operator could key the data cell keycodes and reported data. 

The data entry system used a fixed-length input record for 

reported data; this consisted of a single keycode/data field for 

each data cell or item. Only data cells containing data within each 

section were keyed. After selecting and entering the appropriate 

format number for a section, the keyer proceeded through the 

section, entering first the main key code (three-digit code located 

in the upper left corner of the data cell and/or below the writein crop, fruit, livestock, or poultry sections of the report form). 

With the keying/screening system, keyers were expected to 

resolve many of the problems previously identified and corrected 

in a separate clerical operation. These included: 

• Nonnumeric entries. Respondent reported an alphabetic 

equivalent of a numeric value (e.g., "five hundred ten" instead of "510"). 

• Data outside of a cell. 

• Altered stub. The" stub" is the list of subject headings or titles 

usually running down one side of a statistical table or report 

form. The change or addition differed from the preprinted 

items or descriptions on the report form. 

• Dol/ars/cents. Respondent reported specific value instead of 

dollar value only. 

• Extra CFN. One or more extra CFN's-identical to the CFN 

on the address label or otherwise-reported. 

• Double entries. Multiple entries for a single data cell. 

• Fractions/decimals. Fractions/decimals reported where not requested, or fractions other than "tenths" reported when 

"tenths" requested, e.g., "1/2," "1/4." 

• Range entries. Upper and lower range reported instead of 

specific number. 

·Section 1 requested data on acreage, including all land owned, leased, 

or rented, and all land leased or rented to others; the names and addresses 

of landlords and tenants; whether the respondent had Federal or State grazing 

permits; and locations of agricultural activities for this place and for agricultural 

operations in other counties. 

HISTORY 39 
• Reference to other data. E.g., "same," "ditto," "all," and 

symbols such as arrows pointing to other data. 

• Summation entries. A single entry reported for several cells. 

• Incorrect units reported. Units reported inconsistent with 

those requested. 

The keyers checked any respondent's remarks sections of the 

form and determined whether the case (1) should be referred 

to a supervisor (if it required a reply of some sort), (2) contained 

data, (3) indicated the respondent may not have operated a farm 

or was a possible landlord, or (4) required a change in the 

reported data indicated by a remark "flag." The remark flag 

alerted technical reviewers to reporting errors. Report forms with 

one or more illegible entries (but not so many as to render the 

entire form a reject case) were referred to the Agriculture "contact coder"7 for correction, then keyed. 

Batch edit referrals (Le., lists of item codes for items rejected 

by the computer edit program), generated from rejected report 

forms, were referred to Agriculture Division subject-matter 

analysts after each batch had passed through keying, while cases 

that seemed to require some sort of written response were 

routed to the correspondence unit. 

Verification-As with other major clerical operations, data entry for the census was subject to quality control to ensure completeness and accuracy in keying information from the report 

forms. Each data keyer's work was reviewed to identify and correct any errors. An "error" was defined as (1) a keystroke error 

in keying an item code or data item, (2) an omission of a field 

or document, (3) a procedural error (i.e., the keyer failed to follow 

keying procedures for an item or document), or (4) duplication 

of a field or document. All errors were to be corrected before 

the data involved were released for output to computer tape. 

Data keyers progressed through three major phases of verification of their work: training, proficiency qualification, and production. These three phases were divided into six stages of 

verification-stage 0 for trC!ining, stages 1-3 for proficiency 

qualification, and stages 4-5 for production work. During training, 

the work of keyers in stages 0 and 1 was verified on a 

1 OO-percent basis, and stage 2 on a sample basis. 8 Stages 0-2 

lasted 5 working days. To advance from one stage to the next, 

a keyer could have a field error rate (Le., the rate of data fields 

identified as defective because of data entry problems) no larger 

than 3.5 percent for stages 0-1, and 2.5 percent for stage 2. 

Keyers failing to qualify were retrained, while qualified keyers 

moved on to stage 3. Keyers remained in stage 3 until they 

attained an error rate of no more than 1 .5 percent, at which time 

they were moved to stage 4. 

During stage 4, keyers' work was verified on a sample basis, 

and maintenance of an error rate of 1.5 percent or less was 

required. A keyer receiving 5 or more consecutive "accept" decisions in a sequence of 10 or fewer keyer decisions, qualified for 

advancement to stage 5. A "keyer decision" was made on the 

basis of the number of keyer errors relative to the total number 

of data fields keyed, and the number of decisions determined 

whether a work unit was accepted or rejected. 

7 An Agriculture Division subject-matter speCialist. 

"The sample selected for verification depended on the size of each batch. 

Batches with up to 9 documents were verified 100 percent, while larger 

batches were randomly sampled at rates ranging from 1 in 5 (for batches 

of 10-19 cases) to 1 in 40 (for batches of 80 or more cases). 

40 HISTORY 

A keyer in stage 5 had an acceptable error rate of only 1.0 

percent, and in sample verification had to receive 8 "accept" 

decisions in a sequence of 1 0 keyer decisions. Failure to maintain 

these standards resulted in reversion to stage 4. 

Every error detected was to be corrected and reverified before 

data were accepted for transmittal to Suitland for computer 

processing. 

After data keying and verification, the keyed report forms were 

kept in a holding area until computer processing of the data was 

satisfactorily completed. Thereafter, the processed forms went 

to central files for sorting, boxing, and storage. 

COMPUTER PROCESSING 

General Information 

While the 1982 Census of Agriculture required a considerable 

amount of manual sorting, reviewing, and checking (described 

above). it also made extensive use of programmable mechanical 

sorting equipment and interactive computer terminals for data 

entry. Much of the data assembly, editing (the mechanical 

process that validated, cross-checked, and refined a data file), 

and tabulation was carried out on the mainframe computers at 

Bureau headquarters in Suitland. Computer processing began 

as soon as the first group of report forms arriving at Jeffersonville 

were keyed and the data cleared for transmission to Suitland, 

and continued until the final tabulations were completed in July 

1984. Approximately 3 million individual census records were 

edited; of these, some 2.24 million represented agricultural 

operations meeting the Bureau's definition of a farm and were 

incorporated into the agriculture census file. 

The computer processing cycle was divided into three major 

phases- formatting and simple editing, complex edit and edit 

correction, and data tabulation. These operations are described 

below. 

Format and Simple Edit 

The format and simple edit operation (1) converted the 

individual data records into binary records that could be 

manipulated using the processing program, (2) carried the 

problem flags set during keying operation to the computerized 

record, and (3) established "flags" for problems identified during 

the formatting process. 

The individual data records created for each census report form 

during data entry had to be converted from the "fixed" record 

layout used for the input data into a "variable" output record 

that had binary coding for numeric values for use in all 

subsequent computerized editing and/or tabulation. The 

formatted record consisted of a fixed-length section containing 

all of the record's identifying information-such as State and 

county codes, CFN, SIC code, and so on-and a variable-length 

section containing keycodes, original data, current data (i.e., data 

inserted by any editing), flags, and the like. The variable-length 

section included a computer "word," or record segment, for 

each item reported, imputed, or changed, but nothing for 

sections or items left blank in the original record. The computer 

processing programs identified the data items from keycodes 

and ignored blank segments of any record. 

The format and simple-edit program also ensured that flags 

set during data entry were carried to the computer records and 

established flags for problems identified during formatting, 

including the following: 

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• Form reject flags. Cases with illegal State, county, or report 

form codes (i.e., codes outside acceptable ranges); nonnumeric State or county codes, or CFN's; invalid check-digit; 

or 10 or more individual data-item rejects. 

• Simple-edit out-of-scope flags. Cases with no reported sales 

or livestock inventory. 

• Item rejects. Cases with individual items flagged, such as illegal keycodes, invalid data, invalid crop coded for a particular 

State (e.g., pineapples for Maine), keycode out of section or 

sequence, invalid keycode for report-form type, or invalid 

enumeration date. 

• Simple-edit referrals. Cases with altered stubs; double, 

illegible, or summarized entries; "other" livestock/crop 

coding; or invalid units for a particular item. (Most of these 

problems would have been flagged during data entry, but 

those not previously identified were flagged by the format/simple edit program.) 

Complex Edit 

General information-While the simple edit and format procedure 

converted the data records into binary codes and set certain 

problem flags, the complex edit program (1 ) checked key items 

in the data files; (2) matched selected ratios and reported data 

against set limits based on experience in previous censuses; and 

(3) corrected errors by rounding individual data items, 

substituting sums of detailed items for a reported total, or 

imputed on the basis of one of a variety of ratios that included 

the questionable component. 

The computer programs used to perform these tasks 

comprised several thousand individual operations in total, 

although usually only a fraction of this number was required in 

editing the data for any particular report form. Agriculture 

subject-matter specialists transmitted the edit program 

requirements-or computer edit specifications-to the computer 

programmers by means of decision logic tables (DL T's), i.e., 

tabular displays of the elements of various edit operations from 

the conception to the solution. The actual editing was done by 

State, in batches consisting of formatted records sorted by State, 

county, and CFN, assembled by setting specific cutoff dates. 

Computer edit-Using these edit programs, the computer 

checked each data record and-

• Supplied miSSing entries. (Specific items were imputed based 

on reported information for operations of a similar type in the 

same geographic area.) 

• Reconciled acres reported for individual items with the total 

acreage reported. 

• Imputed production for crops when the reported production 

was outside acceptable limits. 

• Edited to assure consistency between and within various 

sections of each record. 

• Calculated and checked values for products sold, using 

average prices in each State for each production item, and 

substituted these values for reported values if the latter were 

outside acceptable limits. 

• Determined whether each record represented agricultural 

operations meeting the Bureau's definition of a farm. 

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• Classified (and coded) individual records by acreage, tenure 

of operator, value of agricultural products sold, type of 

organization, and SIC code (type of farm). 

Records for operations determined to be out of scope of the 

census were deleted from the data file and transferred to the 

out-of-scope file. Printouts were made listing cases identified 

as out of scope during computer edit, and the clerical staff at 

the Jeffersonville facility reviewed the report forms for these 

cases to ensure accurate keying and correct classification. 

The edit programs also enabled the computer to identify and 

retain in the data file records for agricultural operations that 

lacked in the census year, but normally would be expected to 

have, total annual agricultural products sales value of $1,000 

or more. The records for these places were tested against criteria 

developed to identify agricultural operations that normally would 

qualify as farms under the Bureau's definition. Thirteen criteria 

codes were used for these "farms" to identify the general type 

of product (cash grains, livestock, and so forth) where minimum 

acreage or inventory had been specified. 

In addition to identifying records for places that "normally" 

would qualify as farms, the computer-edit program also identified nonsample records representing farms meeting the 

certainty criteria established for each State, and converted these 

nonsample certainty records to sample records. (Certainty criteria 

varied between States from minimum sales of $100,000 to 

$500,000, or minimum acreage of 1,000 to 10,000 acres.) Institutional and other special cases also were included in the 

certainty classification even if they failed to meet the minimum 

sales or acreage criteria, as were all records for addresses in 

counties that had fewer than 100 farms in 1978. The Bureau 

obtained the additional detailed data needed for conversion by 

correspondence with the addresses involved or by imputation 

based on responses from farms of similar size in the same 

geographical area. Any conversions based on reported sales or 

acreage were coded as certainty cases. 

Failed-edit correction-The last step in the computer edit was 

the referral split, in which the computer identified cases that failed the complex edit process (i.e., cases that required correction 

and re-editing because of one or more failed items), and 

generated batch edit listings (BEL's) that included a printout for 

each individual data report with "nonsuppressible" flags. 9 The 

listings showed the item or items for each report that (1) had 

failed the edit, (2) had been changed by the edit, or (3) had a 

referral flag. No listing page contained items for more than one 

farm record, although printouts for single cases sometimes ran 

to more than a single page. 

The batch edit listings were referred to Jeffersonville, where 

they were matched to the report form file, and the listing sheets 

and corresponding report forms reviewed clerically. The clerks 

checked each case and determined the general action to be 

taken, assigning the appropriate disposition codes, as: 

Code Action 

1 Make corrections, re-edit record. 

2 Make corrections, bypass specified sections 

of edit. 

3 Make corrections, bypass edit except 

coding, SIC coding, and summing . 

4 No corrections; change failed edit to 

passed edit. 

5 Delete record from file. 

6 Make corrections, change referral 

disposition code to 3. 

"Flags denoting geographic code errors, "other" crops entries, remarks 

on the report form, altered stubs, and wrong units reported. 

HISTORY 41 
Reports requiring numerous corrections were recycled through 

the entire processing operations-keying, formatting, and 

editing. For most cases, corrections were marked on the batchedit listing sheets and the corrections were keyed to tape, 

verified 100 percent, and transmitted to Suitland, where they 

were matched to the data file. The corrected files then were reedited to ensure the required changes had been made and to 

determine whether more were needed. 

Data merge-After computer edit and failed-edit corrections 

were completed, the corrected data files for each State were 

merged into a single file in sequential order by State, county, 

and identification number. The merge program tallied farms by 

size, value of products sold, and type (used to help add data for 

nonrespondent cases), and identified and displayed problem 

cases for review and correction before tabulation. The resulting 

computerized data file then was unduplicated using a census 

file number (CFN) matching program to identify and print out 

duplicate records for review. Usually, the first of the duplicate 

records displayed was retained, while the rest were deleted from 

the file. 

Statistical Adjustments 

General information - Approximately 14 percent of the addressees on the census mail list, generally smaller farms, never 

responded to the census, while certain data were collected only 

from about one out of every five farms. The Bureau of the Census employed two kinds of statistical adjustment to compensate for (1) nonresponse and (2) the use of sampling to collect 

certain data: Imputation for nonreponse was carried out using 

a statistical procedure and data collected in a sample survey of 

addresses still nonrespondent to the census in April 19B3, while 

stratification and sample weighting was a statistical procedure 

used to provide data estimates by extrapolating the 

characteristics of sample farms to estimate totals for selected 

data for all farms. 

Imputation for nonresponse-The Bureau imputed census data 

for nonrespondents after the data files were corrected, merged, 

and unduplicated. Nonrespondent addresses were classified as 

"large" or "small" farms based on expected annual sales of 

agricultural products (a "large" farm had to have expected sales 

of $100,000 or more). The Bureau carried out a telephone 

followup of "large" nonrespondent cases and, in April 1983, 

selected a sample of approximately 13,500 small 

nonrespondents for a special mail follow up to collect the data 

necessary to develop estimates of the number of nonresponse 

cases that were farms. (See ch. 5 for details of general telephone 

operations and for information on the nonresponse survey.) 

The Bureau used the State-level estimates of the percentage 

of nonrespondents to estimate the number of nonrespondents 

for each county. Respondent farms from similar groups in each 

county then were randomly sampled to represent the 

nonrespondent farms. This meant simply that selected farms 

were counted twice in the tabulation, while all other farms were 

counted only once. This nonresponse adjustment procedure 

assumed that the respondent and nonrespondent farms had 

similar statistical characteristics. The procedures assumed that, 

for example, a respondent dairy farm and a nonrespondent dairy 

farm, in the same county and with similar value of sales (one 

reported, the other estimated), had approximately similar 

characteristics in terms of acreage, size of herd, and so on. 

42 HISTORY 

Stratification and sample weighting-The 1982 Census of 

Agriculture, like the 1978 enumeration, included data collected 

from a sample of all farms. Report forms containing sample items 

were mailed to all addresses in Alaska and Hawaii, and to a sample of all other addresses on the census mail list. The sample 

selected included all "certainty" cases, i.e., abnormal farms, 

farms with a complex organizational structure (e.g., multiunit 

operations), and all addresses identified as "large" farms. The 

definition of a large operation for sampling purposes varied by 

State, from a low of 1,000 acres or $100,000 in sales in New 

England to as high as 10,000 acres or $500,000 in sales in some 

Western States. Large farms identified during processing were 

sent a supplemental report form containing only the sample 

items. In addition to the abnormal, complex, and large operations, all farms in counties with fewer than 100 farms in 1978, 

and all farms in SIC code groups with very few farms at the State 

level in 1978, were included as well. The resulting file constituted 

an approximate 20-percent sample of all farms. 

Sampling introduced into the census data several factors that 

could cause substantial variation and/or bias. In the initial, preenumeration selection, fully half the addresses from which the 

sample data were to be collected did not represent farms; thus 

tabulated data came only from part of this sample-those addresses representing farms. Further, the sample was stratified 

using sources of variable quality, and the response rate for addresses in the sample may have been different than for 

nonsample cases. 

To improve the accuracy of the estimates drawn from the 

sample, the Bureau carried out a "poststratification" of the 

noncertainty sample operations by creating 128 new strata, 

formed by 8 sales groups, in turn divided by 8 SIC code groups, 

then by 2 acreage classifications. These were: 

Sales 

$1 to $999 

$1,000 to $2,499 

$2,500 to $4,999 

$5,000 to $9,999 

$10,000 to $19,999 

$20,000 to $39,999 

$40,000 to $99,999 

$100,000 or more 

SIC code groups Acres 

011 Cash grains 0 to 69 

013 Field crops, 70 or more 

except cash grains 

016 and 018 Vegetables and 

melons, and horticultural 

specialties 

017 and 019 Fruits and tree 

nuts, and general farms, 

primarily crops 

024 and 021 (except industry 

0212) Dairy farms; and 

livestock, except dairy, 

poultry, and animal 

specialties (except 

beef cattle [except feed 

lots]) 

0212 and 027 Beef cattle, except 

feed lots, and animal specialties 

025 Poultry and eggs 

029 General farms, primarily 

livestock 

The Bureau multiplied the data from sample farms by the ratio 

of total farms to sample farms in each stratum to develop the 

estimates for the sample items. The weight of a certainty farm 

remained "1." 

Tabulation and Data Review 

General information-After edit, correction, and merge, the data 

records were ready for tabulation. The individual records were 

tabulated by computer into a series of detailed data matrices, 

each comprising several thousand different items that would provide the basic inputs for most of the data tables drawn from the 

census file. The Bureau also employed these data matrices to 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
prepare matrix tabulations, after analytical corrections, in a 

detailed county-level format, for use in reviewing and identifying 

problems in the preliminary data. 

After the tabulations were reviewed and problem records corrected, the Bureau made a special tabulation of the corrected 

records as they were before and after correction. The uncorrected data then were subtracted from the corrected data, and 

the net totals merged into the data matrices. The corrected 

matrices formed the detail data file and served as the data source 

for the preliminary reports and the review tabulation for final 

Volume 1, Geographic Area Series, reports. After completion 

and correction of the review of the volume 1 tables, the final 

volume 1 tabulations were run from the master matrices. Statelevel cross-tabulations were run in a separate computer pass 

after the final correction of the volume 1 tabulations. 

Analytical tabulations-County-Ievel analytical tabulations were 

used to review the aggregated data. All of the items reported 

on the individual report forms were tabulated for each county 

and State, for all farms (that is, for all operations meeting the 

Bureau's definition of a farm), and for farms with sales of 

$10,000 or more. Historical data from the 1978 census final 

reports'O were included for use in reviewing the 1982 data for 

completeness and accuracy. Agriculture Division analysts used 

the analytical tables as their basic review documents, but also 

employed substantial amounts of related data, drawn mostly 

from USDA estimates. The analysts wrote detailed descriptions 

and criticisms of data problems on form 82-A302 Table Review 

Criticism Sheets. These provided for subsequent use records of 

what was questioned, what action was suggested, and the net 

change for each item questioned. 

Representatives of USDA's Statistical Reporting Service's 

(SRS) State offices also reviewed the analytical tables and the 

criticism sheets. The SRS reviewers identified any additional 

problems they found in the tabulations and offered additional 

or alternative solutions to problems noted previously. 

The detailed criticisms of the data, together with suggested 

corrective action, were transmitted to Jeffersonville. 

Data corrections-Corrections to the data record and all deletions from the data file were made by the Jeffersonville staff 

using the form 82-A21 0 Individual Form Correction Transcription Record. An A21 0, completed for each individual record 

requiring correction, was filled out with the identification data 

(State and county codes, CFN, and so forth), and with the 

keycode for each item to be corrected or changed, together with 

the correct datum. 

After completing the A210's, the staff-

• Reviewed the critique and corrective action for problem data 

suggested by the reviewers. 

• Validated the data in the submitted criticisms, or made the 

necessary corrections. 

• Obtained reports from farm operators for places that had not 

been included in the tabulation. 

lOThe 1978 State-level data incorporated estimates based on the results 

of the 1978 Area Sample Survey. Since no comparable survey was part of 

the 1982 census program, the 1978 data used for comparison purposes were 

produced by subtracting the area-sample data from the 1978 data, leaving 

only data reported by farms on the mail list. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

• Corrected data-keying, reporting, and processing errors. 

• Identified and deleted from the data file duplicate records not 

previously detected. 

• Assigned correct State and county codes for large operations 

to ensure these operations were tabulated in the proper 

geographic location. 

All the corrections made were reviewed by the Agriculture 

Division staff for accuracy and to ensure that the data criticism 

were satisfied. The preliminary reports then were tabulated and 

reviewed. Any additional corrections needed were made by computer, or hand corrections were made to the tabulation printout. 

The data file was corrected as often as necessary to ensure its 

accuracy. 

Tabulations for counties. States. divisions. regions. and the 

United States- County and State tables were drawn from the 

data matrices, and State cross-tabulations directly from the data 

file. Data for census geographic divisions and regions, and for 

the United States, were prepared by summing data from the 

States. The historical data for the 1982 State tables were taken 

from the 1978 tabulations less estimates from the 1978 area 

sample survey. 

Final disclosure analysis-The Bureau of the Census, prohibited 

by law from publishing data that could be used to identify any 

individual respondent to any of its censuses or surveys, 

employed a procedure called "disclosure analysis" to maintain 

the confidentiality of the data. This involved a review of all data 

tables before they were released for publication. This review 

identified and suppressed data items whose publication (1 ) would 

result in direct disclosure of the data for a particular respondent, 

or (2) could be used to reveal information about an individual 

by derivation-that is, adding or subtracting a published subtotal from a published total would reveal individual data. Publication of the number of farms reporting an item was not in itself 

considered a disclosure; only related information about an item 

was suppressed. 

As a rule, the Bureau did not publish any data for counties with 

10 or fewer farms in 1982. The disclosure procedures 

established lower limits for the number of farms reporting a 

particular item before the data could be published. When the 

minimum acceptable number of farms reported an item, the 

Bureau published the the data unless comparison of different 

tables could result in disclosing that one or two farms accounted 

for over half of the total published. There were exceptions to 

these general practices, usually when very large specialty operations were involved. For example, there were numerous cases 

of data involving poultry producers, feedlots, greenhouses, and 

so forth, in any of which the publication of the data might result 

in the identification of a specific operation, but whose absence 

from the tabulations would grossly distort the totals. 

Various tables included identical information arranged under 

several different classifications, so that the identification and 

suppression of a figure in one table required review of all related 

tables and the suppression of the datum in them as well. 

The disclosure analysis of the 1982 census tabulations was 

carried out partly by computer and partly by Agriculture Division 

statisticians, as the computer programs were incapable of completing the entire analysis. 

HISTORY 43 
CHAPTER 7. 

Census of Agriculture in Puerto Rico 

PAGE 

INTRODUCTION ................................. 44 

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ...................... 44 

LEGAL AUTHORITY AND SPECIAL AGREEMENT • . . . . . . . 44 

DEFINITION OF A FARM ......................... 44 

PLANNING .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 

PREPARATORY OPERATIONS ....................... 45 

REPORT FORMS ..•......•..................... 45 

FIELD ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 46 

MAPS....................................... 46 

PUBLICITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

FIELD ENUMERATION ............................. 47 

TAKING THE CENSUS ........................... 47 

SPECIAL FARMS ...•........................... 47 

FIELD REVIEW AND QUALITY CONTROL ............. 48 

DATA PROCESSING .............................. 48 

GENERAL INFORMATION ......................... 48 

FIELD OFFICE PROCESSING ....................... 48 

COMPUTER PROCESSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 

SAMPLING AND STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENT. . . .. . . . . . 49 

TABULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA. . .. . . . •. . . . . .. . .. . . ... . . 50 

PUBLICATION PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 

INTRODUCTION 

Historical Background 

The Bureau of the Census conducted its first enumeration of 

agriculture in Puerto Rico in 1910; from 1910 through 1950, 

censuses of agriculture in Puerto Rico were carried out every 

1 0 years in conjunction with the decennial censuses of population. Congress authorized quinquennial enumerations of 

agriculture in the United States in 191 5 (although the first census 

of agriculture independent of the population census was not 

carried out until 1925), but neither Puerto Rico nor the outlying 

areas (see ch. 8) were included in this quinquennial program until 

1964. The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration conducted 

a special enumeration of agriculture on the island in 1935, but 

this was entirely a local effort. 

Congress changed the dates of the agricultural censuses in 

1952, requiring that they be taken every 5 years for years ending 

in "4" and "9." Puerto Rico was not included in the 1954 Census of Agriculture, but the 1960 agriculture census collected 

data for the 1959-60 crop year-approximately the same 

agricultural production year as the census for the 50 States (the 

agricultural enumeration for the United States proper began in 

October 1959 and covered the 1959 production year). Puerto 

Rico became part of the regular quinquennial agriculture census cycle in the 1964 enumeration. In 1972, Congress again 

altered the census schedule, this time to bring the economic and 

agriculture censuses into conjunction. The economic censuses 

covered years ending in "2" and" 7," so the Bureau shortened 

the intercensal period following the 1974 and the resulting 1978 

censuses of agriculture by 1 year. This was done to avoid gaps 

or a serious distortion of the agriculture census data series while 

providing for "simultaneous" economic and agriculture censuses 

for 1982. 

For Puerto Rico, the convergence of the censuses came 

somewhat earlier-at least in part. For the 1978 Census of 

Agriculture in the Commonwealth, the Bureau decided to take 

44 HISTORY 

advantage of the presence of office staffs and facilities from the 

1977 Economic Censuses, which had been carried out in the 

first half of 1978, and advanced the schedule for the 1978 

agricultural enumeration by a full year. (The enumeration normally would have been carried out in the summer of 1979, just 

as the data collection for the census in the 50 States was being 

completed.) The Bureau made similar arrangements for the 1982 

census, although the change in the timing of the agriculture census meant that for 1982, the enumeration in Puerto Rico was 

carried out in the summer of 1983, just as the census of the 

50 States was being completed. 

Legal Authority and Special Agreement 

The conduct of the 1982 Census of Agriculture in Puerto Rico 

was governed by the provisions of Title 13, United States Code, 

and the relevant acts of the legislature of the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico, providing that these do not conflict with Federal 

regulations. The Director of the Bureau of the Census and 

representatives of the Government of the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico signed a special agreement in February 1983 that 

established the functions and responsibilities of the Bureau and 

the Commonwealth Government in the census of agriculture. 

The Bureau of the Census had final responsibility for planning 

and carrying out the census, including the appointment of a 

supervisor and of Bureau personnel as advisors and liaison with 

the census, recruitment and training of the census staff, and 

maintenance of confidentiality. The Commonwealth Government 

agreed to provide, without charge and so far as possible without 

disruption of its normal operations, space in Extension Service 

and Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture offices for testing 

prospective census employees and training enumeration personnel, and to assist in recruiting staff for the field enumeration and 

in publicizing the census. The Bureau of the Census retained final 

authority to determine the content and design of the report 

forms, enumeration procedures, tabulations to be made, and data 

to be published, but agreed to consult advisory committees and 

the interested agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico on 

these matters. The Bureau of the Census bore the entire cost 

of the basic census program. 

Definition of a Farm 

The definition of a farm for census purposes in Puerto Rico 

had remained relatively unchanged for some time prior to the 

1982 census; it had required data be collected and published 

for places of 3 or more cuerdas 1 where agricultural products were 

grown, other than vegetables for home consumption, or that had 

livestock or 1 5 or more poultry, together with places of less than 

3 cuerdas if their gross sales of agricultural products during the 

census year, or expected gross sales in the following year, were 

$100 or more. For 1982, the Bureau of the Census introduced 

a new definition based primarily on sales of agricultural 

, A cuerda is .97 of an acre. 

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production. For the 1982 Census of Agriculture, a farm was any 

place that had, or normally would have had, sales of $500 or 

more of agricultural products during the 1 2 months between 

July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983, or that had 10 cuerdas or 

more from which $100 or more in agricultural products were 

sold, or normally would have been sold, between July 1, 1982, 

and June 30, 1983. This brought the definition of a farm in 

Puerto Rico closer to that used in the 50 States, where the status 

of any place as a farm was determined by value of sales of 

agricultural products. 

Planning 

Planning-Planning for 1982 began as early as mid-1980, when 

Census Bureau officials met with members of the Puerto Rico 

Planning Board to discuss data needs and enumeration 

methodologies. Budget restrictions compelled the Bureau in 

mid-July 1980 to suspend all preliminary preparations for the 

Puerto Rico census. The Bureau reinstated full preparatory 

operations in November 1982, and Census Bureau representatives met again with Commonwealth officials to draw up 

the special agreement covering the two parties' responsibilities 

in the enumeration (see above for details of the agreement), and 

to begin organizing the census effort. 

General plan of the census-The 1982 Census of Agriculture 

in Puerto Rico was primarily a field canvass, but the Bureau 

prepared a list of "special" farms-i.e., "large" operations with 

$10,000 or more in sales, or with 50 or more cuerdas identified 

from the 1978 census records. These farms would be mailed 

report forms, together with an information booklet and a cover 

letter requesting the recipient to complete the report form and 

hold it until an enumerator picked it up during the field 

enumeration in July and August. (If an enumerator did not pick 

up the report form, the respondent was instructed to mail the 

completed questionnaire to the Census Bureau office at Hato 

Rey, PR.) "Regular farms" would be enumerated by enumerators 

who canvassed each farm and completed a report form lIsing 

information supplied by the operator. 

To reduce respondent burden, the Bureau planned to use 

sampling to collect selected detailed economic data. All farms 

were to be requested to supply basic inventory and production 

data, while special farms (including any identified during the 

general field enumeration) were asked additional questions 

covering expenses, use of chemicals, and so on. Statistical procedures would be used to expand the data to provide totals at 

the municipio level in the published tabulations. 

The Bureau also planned to introduce the use of microcomputers for certain processing operations in the Puerto Rico central office. The microcomputers would be used for some clerical 

operations, preliminary edits, and tallies of selected crops, while 

the detailed tabulations would be done on the mainframe computer at the Bureau headquarters in Suitland, MD. 

Census schedule-After census preparations were resumed, 

Bureau staff drew up a schedule for the census. The planned 

and actual beginning and completion dates for the major activities 

of the census were as follows: 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Beginning Completion 

Activity Planned Actuel Planned Actual 

Design report forms 11/82 11/82 3183 2/83 

Print report forms 1/83 2/83 3/83 2/83 

Prepare special farms 

mail list 12/82 12/82 5183 4/83 

Prepare maps 11/82 11/82 3183 2/83 

Memorandum of agreement 

with the Commonwealth 

Government 11/82 11/82 1/83 2/83 

Prepare enumeration 

materials 11/82 11/82 5183 5/83 

Establish agriculture census 

office in Puerto Rico 3/83 3/83 3/83 3/83 

Mailout to special farms 6/83 5/83 6/83 6/83 

Recruit enumerators 5/83 4/83 6/83 7/83 

Train enumerators 7/83 7/83 7/83 7/83 

Field enumeration 7/83 7/83 8/83 9/83 

Close agriculture census 

office 9/83 9/83 9/83 9/83 

Processing 7/83 7/83 11/84 5/84 

Publication 11/84 6/84 12/84 7/84 

PREPARATORY OPERATIONS 

Report Forms 

The Bureau developed a single report form for use in the Commonwealth, the form 82-A 1 (PR)SP. The questionnaire was a 

single 22" x 14" sheet of white stock, with printing and shading 

in green ink, folded to 11" x 14" with four numbered pages. 

The standard version ofthe form was in Spanish (the "SP" suffix 

on the form number) and was used for both the mailing to special 

farms and the field enumeration. An English-language version 

of the form (printed on green stock with printing in black ink) 

also was produced. 

The report form consisted of 26 sections in all. All farm 

operators were requested to provide data on the following 

subjects in sections 1-20: 

Land owned and/or rented/leased from others 

Land rented/leased to others 

Location (barrio and municipio) of land operated 

Cuerdas and amount harvested of selected crops 

Value of sales of selected crops 

Land use ~ 

Irrigation 

Livestock and poultry inventory and sales, including livestock 

and poultry products 

Organization 

Farm-related income (from other than sales of agriculture 

products) 

Operator characteristics 

Sections 21-25 requested additional information from "large" 

and "sample" farms coveringProducts for home consumption 

Use of chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and lime) 

Expenses 

Machinery and equipment, buildings and facilities 

Hired workers, including agregados2 and sharecroppers 

Section 26 requested identification information on the person 

completing the report form. (A facsimile of the form 82-A 1 (PR)SP 

is reproduced in app. C.) 

'An agregado is a member of a family living on a farm not operated by 

any member of the family. An agregado might or might not be an employee 

of the farm operator and might or might not produce any agriculture products. 

An agregado might own, rent, or use rent-free the house he/she lives in. The 

land operated by, livestock belonging to, and the products marketed by an 

agregado are included in the totals of the farm operator in charge of the place 

on which the agregado lives. 

HISTORY 45 
Inventory data, as well as information on machinery and equipment and on agregados or sharecroppers on the place, were 

collected as of July 1, 1983. Other data were requested for the 

12-month period from July 1, 1982, through June 30, 1983. 

A total of 55,000 form 82-A 1 (PR)SP (Spanish language) questionnaires were printed, together with 700 English language 

versions (form 82-A 1 (PR)). The Spanish version was used in the 

field in conjunction with the form 82-A5(PR) Record Books, of 

which 1,200 were printed. In addition, there were 8,100 form 

82-A 1 (PR)SP-L 1 cover letters, and a like number of form 

82-AI(PR)SP(I) Instruction Booklets produced for use in the 

mailout to "special" farms. (For details of the field enumeration and special-farms mailing, see pp. 47-48.) 

Field Organization and Training 

General organization - A local office staff carried out the 1982 

Census of Agriculture in Puerto Rico-a combined mail/field 

enumeration - with supervision and assistance from Bureau 

headquarters and the Atlanta regional office. The Bureau's Field 

Division had primary operational responsibility for the field 

enumeration, although Agriculture Division's Outlying Areas 

Branch compiled the list of special farms and the Data Preparation Division mailed out the report forms. A member of the Field 

Division staff who had resided in Puerto Rico managed the 1982 

Economic Censuses and the 1 982 Census of Agriculture in 

Puerto Rico, while the Agriculture Division assigned members 

of its staff to serve as technical advisors and reviewers during 

the agricultural enumeration, followup, and processing in Puerto 

Rico. 

The Bureau of the Census opened its Puerto Rico office in 

November 1982, when space was acquired in the Hato Rey 

Federal Building. This office and its staff were concerned first 

with the preparations and conduct of the 1982 Economic Censuses in Puerto Rico; but from mid-April 1983, when the 

economic field enumeration was completed, the office became 

increasingly involved in agriculture census activities. The office 

space was contracted for by the General Services Administration (GSA), and office equipment either was provided by GSA 

or rented locally. 

Recruiting and training - Many of the office clerical staff and the 

field operations assistants were carried over from the economic 

censuses to the agriculture census staff, but the agriculture 

census also required a field staff of approximately 70 crew 

leaders, 50 quality-control (OC) enumerators, and 700 

enumerators. Recruiting for the field enumeration staff began 

in April 1983 with hiring based on the results of written tests. 

The field operations assistants began administering the tests in 

mid-April. By the beginning of June some 5,600 applicants had 

been tested and the staff was selected from qualified applicants 

with the highest overall scores. 

Crew leaders had been selected by the first week of June, and 

the field operations assistants conducted a 3-day crew leader 

training course during the period June 3-9. The crew leaders then 

were responsible for training the enumerators for their own crew 

leader districts (CLD's) during the 3-day period of July 11-13. 

By July 13th the recruiting and training effort was complete and 

the enumeration began. 

The census staff were salaried temporary employees of the 

Bureau of the Census and were paid on standard U.S. Government GS pay scales for the appropriate grades. 

Training and reference materials-The Bureau's Agriculture and 

Field Divisions prepared a series of training and reference guides 

46 HISTORY 

for use in the agriculture census in Puerto Rico. The two principal administrative guides used in the field office were the Administrative Manual (form 30(PR)SP) and the Office Procedures 

Manual (form A46(PR)SP). The Crew Leaders' Training Guide 

(form A53(PR)SP) and Crew Leaders' Manual (form A7(PR)SP) 

served as the training and general reference sources for crew 

leaders. The Enumerator's Manual (form A 1 O(PR)SP) and 

Enumerator's Training Guide (A52(PR)SP) were the basic procedural volumes used to instruct the field staff. The Enumerator's 

Manual was the principal reference source for enumeration in 

the field and was included in each enumerator's kit. (See below.) 

All of these materials were prepared in English, then translated 

into Spanish at Bureau headquarters. The various guides and 

manuals were printed by private contractors to Bureau 

specifications. 

Maps 

The census office and field staffs needed detailed maps of the 

Commonwealth to facilitate complete enumeration. Three kinds 

of maps were produced: (1) a master map for use in the census 

office, (2) crew leaders' maps, and (3) enumeration district (ED) 

maps for each of the 885 ED's. (The ED's were delineated by 

the Bureau of the Census and were identical to those used in 

the 1980 population census-i.e., they corresponded to the local 

barrios-except in the city of San Juan, where the five 1980 

ED's were consolidated into two for the agriculture census.) The 

ED maps were inserted into the A5 Record Book for each ED. 

Publicity 

The public information campaign for the 1 982 agriculture 

census in Puerto Rico served two major purposes: Recruiting the 

census staff and publicizing the census to encourage cooperation and response. The Bureau's Public Information Office (PIO) 

and Agriculture Division cooperated in the design and production of a poster announcing the census and that job applicants 

were needed. In April, 2,600 copies of the poster, each with 

10 job-application/reply cards attached, were shipped to the 

Commonwealth for distribution through local government offices 

and by the census office staff. A census flyer, announcing the 

census of agriculture and urging cooperation in the enumeration, 

also was prepared and 40,000 copies were shipped to the Hato 

Rey office in the first week of May. The central office distributed 

supplies of the flyers to the Puerto Rico Department of Labor 

and to the municipio offices of the Puerto Rico Department of 

Agriculture Extension Service. Enumerators also were provided 

with copies of the flyers as handouts for distribution to local 

businesses in their ED's. 

Broadcast media also participated in the publicity program. A 

set of four 20-second, one 30-second, and one 60-second radio 

spots was distributed to 95 radio stations in the Commonwealth 

for broadcast as public service announcements. 

In addition, a 30-minute videotape discussion of the census 

by Bureau of the Census staff and officials of the Puerto Rico 

Extension Service was sent to three Puerto Rico television stations. All of these materials, developed initially by the Bureau's 

Agriculture Division and PIO, were translated and recorded at 

Department of Commerce facilities in Washington, DC. 

As in the 1978 census, the Bureau asked the Governor of Puerto Rico to issue a formal proclamation of a census day or week. 

The proclamation was prepared and signed, declaring July 11, 

1983, "Census of Agriculture Day," and the Governor of the 

Commonwealth presented the proclamation to the Bureau's 

Assistant Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses in a 

formal ceremony shown on television throughout Puerto Rico. 

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FIELD ENUMERATION 

Taking the Census 

Enumeration portfolios-The enumerators were provided with 

enumeration portfolios containing the forms and records required 

for the census. Each portfolio contained a map of the enumeration district (ED) assigned to that enumerator, a supply of forms 

in Spanish (82-A 1 (PR)SP), the form A 10 Enumerator's Manual, 

and the form A5 Record Book. The ED map showed boundaries 

of the ED outlined in heavy orange lines, as well as the principal 

surface features and roads within the ED. The enumerator was 

to complete a report form for each farm within the ED (the 

Spanish language form was the "standard'). The form A5 Record 

Book included form A3(PR) listing sheets and a supply of form 

82-A4(PR) nonresident operator/closeout data cards. The A3 

listing sheets served as a record of the canvass of the ED and 

contained a series of screening questions for use in identifying 

households operating a farm, with space for listing each 

household canvassed. The A4 cards were used to obtain certain basic information about nonresident operators and for 

households the enumerator was unable to enumerate. 

The cover for the A5 Record Book served as the enumerators' 

progress report. At the end of each week of enumeration, the 

enumerator completed a column in part 1 of the cover with the 

date, the number completed to date of (1) A3 lines (i.e., 

households canvassed and either enumerated or identified as out 

of scope), (2) A 1 report forms, and (3) A4 cards, as well as hours 

worked. 

Field enumeration procedures-Enumerators used two canvassing procedures in the field enumeration - procedure A for 

predominantly rural ED's and procedure B in urbanized ED's. Procedure A was a door-to-door canvass of every household in the 

ED, except in bUilt-up residential areas designated as "clusters." 

A cluster was any group of 25 or more houses, buildings, or 

other structures, with each house or dwelling on half a cuerda 

or less of land. When enumerators found clusters not already 

shown on their ED maps, they outlined them on the ED maps, 

assigning a code letter ("A," "B," "C," and so on, in sequence), 

and enumerated the cluster by trying to identify the persons living 

there who operated farms, and visiting those addresses. 

Procedure B was used for urbanized ED's or for ED's in which 

10 or fewer farms had been enumerated in the 1978 Census 

of Agriculture in Puerto Rico. For procedure-B ED's, the names 

and addresses or name alone of farm operators located in the 

ED were prelisted on the A3 Listing Pages in the Record Book 

for the ED, and enumerators visited each prelisted address. In 

addition to completing report forms for places qualifying as 

farms, enumerators asked respondents whether anyone else in 

the area operated a farm and visited any places mentioned that 

were not already listed. 

In both procedures, enumerators began each interview by 

asking the name of the head of the household, and a series of 

screening questions to determine whether the place qualified as 

a farm and help classify the operation by size. Respondents first 

were asked if, in the previous 12 months, they had raised, 

produced, or sold any crops, vegetables or ornamental or 

flowering plants, or had any livestock or poultry. An affirmative 

answer meant a completed questionnaire might be required, and 

the enumerator proceeded to ask (1) whether the place had or 

expected to have annual agricultural product sales of $400 or 

more, and (if not), (2) whether the place had 10 or more cuerdas 

and annual or expected sales of $100. Enumerators assigned 

a farm serial number (beginning in each ED with 001, and 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

continuing sequentially 002, 003, and so on), a census file 

number (CFN-an .11-digit number consisting of the municipio 

and barrio numbers, the farm serial number, and a check digit 

[the check digit was assigned to each CFN during subsequent 

processing]) and completed a report form for each place qualified 

as a farm. 

For places that qualified as farms, but contained no housing 

unit, or had operators who lived elsewhere, or for farms where 

no responsible person was available to interview after repeated 

callbacks (see below), enumerators completed a form 

82-A4(PR)SP Nonresident Farm Operator/Closeout Data Card 

with name and address of the nonresident or absent operator 

and whatever basic information (e.g., cuerdas, kinds of livestock, 

types of crops) could be obtained from neighbors or other 

sources, and assigned an A4 serial number. Each A4 case was 

identified on the card as a "nonresident operator" or a 

"closeout" case. Enumerators gave copies of the A4 cards completed each week to their crew leaders, who referred the nonresident cases either to the appropriate enumerator or other crew 

leader responsible for canvassing the ED in which the farm 

operator lived. 

As enumerators canvassed their ED's, they plotted on their 

maps each farm, nonfarm operator, cluster, and so on. This 

enabled each enumerator, as well as the responsible crew leader, 

to monitor the canvassing of their ED's. 

Callbacks-Callbacks were additional contacts with a household 

after an enumerator's initial visit. Enumerators made callbacks 

to addresses when they had learned from a responsible member 

of the household or neighbor that someone in the household, 

absent at the time of the first visit, had agricultural operations. 

Enumerators tried to schedule callbacks for a time convenient 

to the operator, and noted the appointment in the "callback" 

column of the A3 listing sheet for the line containing that 

address. The only purpose for making a callback was to complete an A 1 report form for the address, and enumerators made 

no more than two callbacks to any household (Le., three contacts altogether, counting the initial visit and two callbacks), after 

which they tried to obtain the necessary information from some 

other "eligible respondent," such as another responsible adult 

within the household who was familiar with the farm operation, 

or a foreman or hired manager who supervised the farm operations. Enumerators included callbacks in their regular work 

schedule and tried to make callback visits as soon as possible 

after the initial visit to avoid accumulation of delayed work. 

Special Farms 

Compilation of the special farms list and mailout-The 1978 

agriculture census in Puerto Rico employed a two-stage 

enumeration procedure, involving a precensus farm identification mail survey and attempted enumeration of "large farms" 

to determine their current agricultural status and address, and 

a field enumeration of all other farms. The Bureau defined a 

"special farm" in Puerto Rico for the 1982 census as any place 

with expected annual agricultural product sales of $10,000 or 

more, or with 50 cuerdas or more. The special farms mail list 

was compiled in April 1983 from the 1978 farm list for Puerto 

Rico; a total of approximately 4,200 addresses that met the 

criteria as special farms based on their 1 978 census records were 

identified and listed. 

Time constraints prevented repetition of this mail enumeration of special farms attempted in 1978. The mail operation had 

not, in any event, been a great success; the Bureau obtained 

HISTORY 47 
only an approximate 16-percent mail response from addresses 

on the mail list, the rest had to be enumerated by field interview. 

For 1 982, the Bureau planned a variation of the two-phase 

enumeration; special farms once again would be identified and 

mailed report forms, but respondents would be asked to 

complete and hold them until a field enumerator stopped to pick 

them up. 

The Bureau's Jeffersonville, IN, office prepared mailing 

packages, each consisting of a report form 82-A 1 (PR)SP, 

a form 82-A 1 (PR)SP(I) Information Booklet, and a form 

82-A 1 (PR)SP(L 1 ) cover letter requesting the respondent to complete and hold the report form until an enumerator stopped to 

pick it up. The special farms packages were mailed directly from 

Jeffersonville on June 1, 1983. 

Field followup- The special farms were visited and enumerated 

by census interviewers in the course of their regular canvassing. 

Special farms in each enumeration district (ED) were prelisted 

on the A3 listing sheets attached to the A5 Record Book for each 

ED, and enumerators were directed to visit and complete a report 

form for every address listed. 

Field Review and Quality Control 

The quality control plan for the 1 982 enumeration was similar 

to that used in 1978, consisting of (1) a period of observation 

of selected enumerators' work, (2) a field review of each 

enumerator's work, and (3) a coverage check made by matching 

enumerators' farm lists to prelisted addresses in each ED. 

The crew leaders were responsible for the field quality-control 

effort. Each crew leader selected the four enumerators he or she 

considered most likely to have difficulties in completing their 

work and spent approximately one-half day with each as they 

canvassed their ED's. The crew leaders made notes of procedures the enumerators completed well, and of any for which 

the enumerator required retraining. The enumerators were 

retrained as necessary. No enumerator selected for observation 

began canvassing without supervision until the enumerator had 

demonstrated to the crew leader the capacity to adequately 

perform the job. 

Crew leaders carried out formal reviews of the enumerators' 

completed work at the weekly meetings with each and again 

at the completion of the canvass of each ED. These reviews were 

concerned primarily with proper canvassing and enumerative 

techniques and consisted of five basic steps: 

1. Matching check of lines on the A3 listing sheets to the 

ED map to ensure thorough canvassing. 

2. Checking A3 listing sheets and A4 nonresident operator 

cards to make certain they were filled out correctly, completely, and legibly. 

3. Matching completed A 1 report forms to the A3 listing 

sheets to ensure each listed farm had been enumerated. 

4. Checking the report forms for completeness and legibility. 

5. Checking procedure-B (see above) and special-farm listings 

to make certain they were visited. 

The crew leader discussed any problems with the enumerator 

concerned and arranged to observe enumerators that had difficulties to make certain they were applying all the canvassing 

procedures correctly. Crew leaders also carried out coverage 

checks of their CLD's at their weekly meetings with their 

enumerators. 

Prior to the start of the enumeration, quality control (QC) 

enumerators visited the ED's and divided each into four 

"quadrants" for enumeration purposes. They then selected a 

48 HISTORY 

place at random in each quadrant of each ED, listed that place 

and the four succeeding places on the most likely enumeration 

route, and carried out short interviews to determine whether or 

not an A 1 was required for each place. The crew leaders used 

these lists to check the coverage obtained by the regular 

enumerator. The QC enumerator joined the crew leader and 

enumerator(s) for each ED concerned at their weekly meeting 

until the enumerator(s) had covered each quadrant. The 

enumerators' A3 listing sheets were matched to the prelisted 

addresses for the part of each ED canvassed to that point. 

Pre listed addresses matched to the A3 listing sheets then were 

checked to determine whether a report form was needed, and 

whether one had been completed. For cases where a matched 

address had not been identified as a farm by the field enumerator, 

the QC enumerator revisited the address to resolve the question. The crew leader visited and completed a report form if 

necessary for any prelisted farms missed by one of his or her 

field enumerators. 

Quality control checks indicated that the field enumeration 

staff generally obtained good coverage. 

DATA PROCESSING 

General Information 

Prior to the 1982 census, the field offices established for the 

agriculture enumerations in Puerto Rico had served as the headquarters for the field enumeration and carried out preliminary 

clerical review of the report forms before shipping them to Bureau 

headquarters for detailed edit, computer processing, and tabulation. For the 1982 economic and agriculture censuses, the 

Bureau used a microcomputer system in the San Juan (Hato Rey) 

office to help process the report forms and reported data more 

quickly. In the agriculture census, the microcomputers were used 

to (1) check in reports for large farms, (2) key data to magnetic 

tape, (3) perform consistency edits, (4) provide totals of selected 

data items by municipios and for Puerto Rico and to aid in the 

detection of coverage problems, and (5) determine whether a 

given case met the criteria for a farm. 

After the enumeration was completed and the data had been 

keyed to tape at the San Juan office, the tapes and the report 

forms were shipped to Suitland for further processing using the 

Bureau's mainframe computers. The data underwent detailed 

computer editing, tabulation, and final review and correction 

before publication. 

Field Office Processing 

Clerical operations- Report forms and other enumeration 

materials were sent to the field office for processing on a flow 

basis as canvassing was completed in each ED. The clerical staff 

first checked each enumerator's portfolio to make certain it contained an A5 Record Book, ED map, completed report forms, 

and other enumeration materials, and that all special-farm cases 

were accounted for. Incomplete portfolios were pulled from processing and the crew leader involved contacted and informed of 

any problem. Once corrective action was taken, the portfolio 

was returned to processing. The contents of accepted portfolios 

were removed and sorted. The A5 Record Books and A4 nonresident operator cards were stored for shipment to Suitland, while 

the report forms were sorted into special-farm and "nonspecial" 

farm categories. Clerks batched the sorted forms into work units 

of approximately 100 forms each; the special-farm batches were 

sent for check-in and then data keying, while the other batches 

were referred directly to data keying. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Check-in, data keying and microcomputer edit-The microcomputer system was employed for both check-in and data keying. 

Keyers received batches of report forms for check-in keying and 

entered the batch number for each batch, then the CFN (CFN's 

were preassigned to special farms cases, and were assigned by 

enumerators for other farms) for each report form. The computer 

program automatically checked each CFN to make certain it was 

a "legal" number-i.e., that the municipio and ED codes contained in the CFN were acceptable. Acceptable CFN's were 

added to the file, while keyers used the municipio and barrio 

information in section 1 of the report form to correct "illegal" 

CFN's. 

After check-in, the work units were held by control clerks until 

data keying could begin. When each batch was released for 

keying, the data keyers entered the batch number for each, then 

the CFN for the first case. The computer program matched the 

CFN against the check-in file and, if the CFN had been checked 

in, accepted the record for data keying. The keyer then keyed 

the data on the report form, skipping blank data cells and entering 

the keycodes and responses only for cells containing information. The keying program provided performed a series of tests 

on the data as they were entered, checking for nonnumeric 

entries, illegal values (some items could be answered only with 

specified values or ranges of values). and checking for entries 

that were either too long or too short for a particular data cell. 

After the last item from the form had been entered, the keyer 

could review any item or the entire form. Any problem detected 

was corrected as necessary, after which the keyer entered the 

edit code. The edit routine reviewed the data keyed, flagged 

questionable items (i.e., set indicators recognizable by the 

computer and human reviewers that an item was incorrect or 

inconsistent with other information in the records), and displayed 

the flagged items on the microcomputer terminal's cathode ray 

tube (CRT) screen for the keyer's review. The keyer made any 

correction required and the data were re-edited. If the record 

failed the edit a second time, the keyer stored the record for an 

analyst's review and went on to the next report form in the 

batch. 

Local tallies-As data were keyed, the computer system was 

used to compile weekly municipio and Commonwealth totals of 

number of farms and selected production items. These tallies 

provided a continuous progress report on census coverage for 

the Commonwealth and for each municipio, and gave the program manager the opportunity to identify local coverage 

problems. 

Office closeout-The Puerto Rico census office was closed on 

September 30, 1983. During the last two weeks of September, 

the staff completed local processing of the report forms, and 

packed the report forms, review materials for use by Agriculture 

Division analysts, and the computer tapes containing the 

agriculture data. These materials were shipped to Suitland for 

complex computer edit and data tabulation. 

Computer Processing 

The microcomputer system in the census office in Puerto Rico 

had performed basic edits of the individual data records, but the 

detailed edits were done using the mainfr~me computers at the 

Bureau's Suitland, MD, headquarters. The data first had to be 

reformatted for use with the larger systems. The data were 

reorganized using a format program developed from specifications established by subject-matter specialists in the Agriculture 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Division. The program allowed the computer to rearrange the 

data into workable computerized records and check each record 

for illegal items (usually keying errors), nonresponse to required 

items, negative values, out-of-scope records, and the correct 

check digit in the CFN of each record. Rejected records were 

printed out for analysts' review and correction. Formatted 

records, and records corrected and returned to the file, underwent a second, more detailed edit. 

The second edit program consisted of an item-by-item check 

of each data record that-

• Made consistency checks (that is, matched reported data 

totals to the sum of reported data detail). 

• Set flags for questionable items. 

• Imputed data for missing or obviously incorrect entries or 

printed a code that indicated the type and location of the 

problem. These items were reviewed individually for accuracy 

and corrected, as necessary. 

• Coded each record for size by cuerdas, economic class, type 

of farm, and age and tenure of operator. 

A listing of flagged cases was printed out, the problem records 

reviewed and corrected by Agriculture Division analysts, and the 

corrections entered in the data record using key-to-tape 

encoders. The flagged records then were edited again by the 

computer. A flagged case might undergo several computer edits, 

as changing any given item could cause inconsistencies in related 

items, thus requiring further editing and correction, but no record 

was added to the data file until it had passed the edit. Once all 

the records had been edited and all the necessary corrections 

made, the data file was ready for tabulation. 

Sampling and Statistical Adjustment 

To reduce respondent burden, the detailed economic data in 

sections 21-25 of the report form were asked only of a sample 

of farms. The sample selected included "large" or "certainty" 

farms-i.e., those with sales of $20,000 or more, or with 50 

cuerdas or more-plus all farms in municipios that had fewer 

than 250 farms in the 1978 census, and a random 1-in-5 sample 

of all farms in municipios that had more than 250 farms in 1978. 

During processing, the "non certainty" sample farms were 

stratified into 128 strata, formed by creating 7 groups based 

on sales value, 10 on type of farm, and 3 on size of farm, and 

then cross-identifying operations to assign them to an individual 

stratum (e.g., a sugar farm of 10 to 19 cuerdas with sales of 

$1,200 to $2,499 was in a different stratum than one of 10 

to 19 cuerdas with $2,500 to $4,999 in sales). The tabulating 

program made possible estimates of various items collected from 

sample farms by multiplying the data item for each sample farm 

by the sample "weight" assigned to that farm. The sample 

weight was determined by the ratio of sample farms to all farms 

in each stratum. "Certainty" farms then had a weight of 1, since 

all farms selected with certainty were part of the sample. 

Weights assigned to the other sample farms ranged from 1 to 10. 

Tabulation 

Agriculture Division subject-matter specialists prepared table 

layouts and specifications for tabulating the Puerto Rico census data. The Bureau used its general tabulating system (GTS) 

and table image processing system (TIPS II-for a discussion of 

TIPS II, see ch. 10) software packages, with the mainframe computers at Suitland, to prepare three sets of tabulations for 

publication: 1 5 tables of data for all farms in the Commonwealth; 

HISTORY 49 
53 tables for farms by municipio and for the 5 geographic regions 

(as delineated by the Puerto Rican Government); and 6 tables 

of more detailed data for farms in the Commonwealth with sales 

of $2,500 or more, classified by tenure, type of organization, 

type of farm, size of farm, market value of products sold, and 

main occupation and age of operator. 

Agriculture Division subject-matter specialists reviewed the 

tabulations as they were produced, using the Bureau's highspeed printer (HSP). for accuracy and consistency. The data 

corrections were shipped to the Bureau's Jeffersonville, IN, 

facility and keyed to the file. 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA 

To provide comparable historical data for publication in the 

1982 census report, the Bureau revised data from the 1978 census to conform to the 1982 farm definition. Appendix 8 of the 

1982 census report (see below) allowed data users to see the 

impact on the statistics of the change in definition by showing 

1978 data for selected items under both the old and new 

definitions. 

The use of sampling to collect selected data also affected the 

comparability of the statistics. To reduce respondent burden, 

only a sample of farm operators was asked to provide information on agricultural production for home consumption, chemicals 

used, expenses, machinery and equipment, and hired labor. (For 

details for the sampling procedures, see p. 49.) 

Data collection for 1982 was carried out, as in the 1978 

enumeration, by a combination of mail and personal interviews 

and had no significant influence on comparability. However, the 

50 HISTORY 

1969, 1974, and 1978 censuses had included data for some 

places of 3 cuerdas or less, and with sales of less than $500, 

and this, together with variations in the timing of data collection in the various censuses, did have some effect on data 

comparability. 

PUBLICATION PROGRAM 

No preliminary report was published for Puerto Rico. The census data were published in July 1984 in Volume 1, Geographic 

Area Series, Part 52, Puerto Rico, which included statistics on 

all farms for the island as a whole, for five agricultural "regions," 

and for individual municipios. Tables 1-15 showed data for the 

entire island, tables 16-68 contained data by region and 

municipio, and tables 69-74 had more detailed information on 

farms with sales of $2,500 or more. The data presented for all 

farms included farms; land in farms; land use; operator 

characteristics; organization; hired labor; agregados and 

sharecroppers; selected machinery and equipment; agricultural 

chemicals used; irrigation; selected production expenses; sales 

value of agricultural production; livestock, poultry, and their products; farm-related income; ornamental and flowering plants; 

products for home consumption; crops harvested; selected 

vegetables harvested for sale; and cultivated andlor improved 

pastures. For farms with annual sales over $2,500, additional 

summary data were shown on tenure, organization, main occupation and age of operator, size of farm, market value of 

agricultural product sales, and types of farm. 

The Bureau did not make available any unpublished data from 

the 1982 census in Puerto Rico. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
CHAPTER 8. 

Census of Agriculture on Guam and in the Virgin Islands 

of the United States 

PAGE 

INTRODUCTION ................................. 51 

GENERAL INFORMATION ......................... 51 

CENSUS SCHEDULE ............................ 51 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 

MAPS....................................... 52 

FARM LISTS .................................. 52 

TRAINING AND REFERENCE MATERIALS ............. 52 

STAFFS AND TRAINING ......................... 52 

TAKING THE CENSUS ........................... 52 

DATA PROCESSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 

PUBLICATION PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 

INTRODUCTION 

General Information 

Historical background-The 1982 Census of Agriculture was the 

10th such enumeration on Guam and in the Virgin Islands. The 

first census of agriculture on Guam was carried out as part of 

the census of population in 1920 and continued as part of the 

decennial census program through 1960. The first agricultural 

enumeration of the Virgin Islands was part of a special census 

undertaken in 1917, shortly after the islands were purchased 

from Denmark. The second was in 1930, when the islands were 

incorporated into the general decennial census program. In 1964, 

Title 13, United States Code, section 191 (a) was changed to 

include Guam and the Virgin Islands in the quinquennial censuses 

of agriculture. 

Legal authority-Title 13, United States Code-Census, 

authorizes the collection of agriculture data on Guam and in the 

Virgin Islands. Section 142(a) directs the taking of censuses of 

agriculture in 1979, in 1983, and every fifth year thereafter. 

Section 191 (b) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to use 

data collected by the Governors or other Federal officials (so long 

as the data are collected in accordance with plans prescribed 

or approved by the Secretary) for censuses taken in Guam, the 

Virgin Islands, and in other areas or possessions under U.S. 

jurisdiction, sovereignty, or control. 

Special arrangements-The Acting Director of Commerce for 

Guam and the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Virgin Islands 

signed agreements with the Bureau of the Census in November 

1982 for the conduct of the census of agriculture in their respective jurisdictions. The Bureau agreed to provide report forms, 

training materials and instructions, and other necessary 

materials, as we" as special training as census project managers 

for a representative of each of the respective governments. The 

separate territorial governments accepted responsibility for 

recruiting and training local field and office staffs, supervising 

appointments and payrolls, and other local administrative 

matters. 

Farm definition and reporting periods-For the 1982 Census of 

Agriculture on Guam, a farm was defined as any "place" on 

which any crops, vegetables, or fruit were harvested or gathered 

during 1982, or on which there was any livestock or 15 or more 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

poultry at the time of the enumeration. For the Virgin Islands, 

a farm was any "place" of 3 acres or more on which any field 

or forage crops or vegetables were harvested for sale during the 

12-month period between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983, 

or on which there was a combined total of 10 or more fruit or 

nut trees or plants, any livestock, or 10 or more poultry at the 

time of the enumeration. Places of less than 3 acres were 

counted as farms if they had $100 or more in sales of agricultural 

products between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983, or if they 

normally could expect to produce sufficient agricultural products 

to provide sales of at least $100 in a 12-month period. 

Operators were asked to report acreage, equipment and 

facilities, and inventory items (fruit, nut, and tree crops, and 

livestock and poultry on the place) as of the enumeration date. 

Land use, expenses, hired workers, volume of production, and 

sales of agricultural products were requested for calendar 1982 

on Guam, and for the 12-month period preceding the date of 

enumeration in the Virgin Islands. 

Census Schedule 

The 1982 Census of Agriculture on Guam was carried out in 

late March 1983, and in the Virgin Islands in the summer of 

1983, immediately after the closeout of the 1982 Economic 

Censuses in those areas. On Guam, the agriculture census office 

was established in office space in Agana previously occupied 

by the economic censuses staff, while in the Virgin Islands the 

census office was established in Kingshill, St. Croix, at the Virgin 

Islands Department of Agriculture. 

Preparations for the 1982 census in the outlying areas began 

late in 1982, when the first contacts were made with the 

territorial governments to begin planning the census, and a 

tentative schedule of census activities drawn up. The census 

was carried out on the following schedule: 

Guam Virgin Islands 

Began Completed Began Completed 

Development of report form 11/82 1183 11/82 2183 

Preparation of other forms 

and materials 11/82 1183 1/83 3/83 

Memorandum of agreement 

with Territorial 

Governments 11/82 11/82 11/82 1183 

Development of farm list 1/83 2/83 2/83 4/83 

Preparation of enumeration 

materials 11/82 2183 11/82 4183 

Assembly of enumeration 

materials 1/83 3/83 4/83 4/83 

Establishment of census 

office 3/83 3/83 6/83 6/83 

Recruiting of staff 3/83 3/83 6/83 6/83 

Training 3/83 3/83 6/83 6/83 

Enumeration 3/83 6/83 7/83 8/83 

Receipt and check-in 4/83 6/83 8/83 8/83 

Close census office 7/83 8/83 

Processing 7/83 12/83 9183 11/83 

Tabulation 11/83 12/83 11/83 11/83 

Publication 2184 2/84 

HISTORY 51 
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Maps 

The Bureau's Jeffersonville, IN, facility prepared a series of 

maps for use by the central census offices, crew leaders, and 

the enumeration staff. These maps were reproduced from 1980 

Census of Population and Housing maps, with enumeration 

districts (ED's) numbered and boundaries marked with heavy 

orange lines. Crew leaders checked the maps for their areas to 

(1) familiarize themselves with the ED's, (2) check the size of 

each ED to make certain none was too large for a single 

enumerator to cover, and (3) identify places that presented 

special enumerations problems (such as farms split between two 

ED's). 

Farm Lists 

Prior to the census on Guam and in the Virgin Islands the 

Bureau used 1978 Census of Agriculture data to prepare a list 

of "special" farms in each area, that is, operations considered 

to be large farms in the local context. For Guam, any farm with 

5 acres or more of land or annual sales of agricultural products 

of $500 or more in 1978 was considered a special farm; in the 

Virgin Islands, the definition called for 15 or more acres or 1978 

sales of $500. A total of 135 special farms were listed for Guam 

and 178 for the Virgin Islands. These operations were listed on 

the A2 Listing Sheet in the enumerators' A5 Record Books. 

Training and Reference Materials 

The Procedures Manual, form 82-A25 (G) for Guam and (VI) 

for the Virgin Islands respectively, described the duties of each 

member of the census staffs and also were the principal guides 

for recruiting and training the census staffs and for conducting 

the censuses. A series of reference manuals explained the particular tasks and responsibilities of various staff members. Supervisors and crew leaders received copies of the Supervisor's 

Reference Manual, form A20, for their own use, and copies of 

the Training Guide, form A 15J to use in the training courses they 

conducted for their field enumeration staff. Each enumerator 

received an Enumerator's Reference Manual, form A 1 0, which 

explained the duties of an enumerator and gave detailed instructions for conducting interviews and completing the necessary 

documents. 

Staffs and Training 

The census staffs for Guam and the Virgin Islands were 

similarly organized, although the field enumeration staff for Guam 

was larger than for the Virgin Islands. The composition of the 

staffs was: 

Total 

Project manager 

Crew leaders 

Office clerical staff 

Enumerators 

Virgin 

Guam Islands 

21 

1 

2 

3 

15 

10 

1 

1 

2 

6 

The census staffs were salaried temporary employees of the 

local Governments paid on standard U.S. Government GS pay 

scales for the appropriate grades. 

52 HISTORY 

The project managers were responsible to the Director of the 

Bureau of the Census for all phases of the census in their areas, 

including securing office space and equipment; recruiting, testing 

and selecting personnel; publicity; training crew leaders and 

enumerators; supervising pre-enumeration activities; the 

enumeration; the clerical operations in the local office; and 

reporting enumeration progress to the Bureau. The crew leaders 

served as assistants to the census managers and were 

responsible for the direct supervision of the enumeration staff. 

Crew leaders' duties included assisting in recruiting, testing, and 

training enumerators; and supervising the field enumeration. 

They reviewed each enumerator's work, made periodic progress 

reports to the census manager, and performed any related duties 

assigned by the census manager. 

Recruiting the census staffs began in early March 1983 on 

Guam, and in the first week of June 1983 in the Virgin Islands. 

The Acting Director of Commerce for Guam and the Virgin 

Islands Commissioner of Agriculture appointed the project 

managers for the censuses in their respective areas, but all other 

candidates for census positions had to submit to written 

examinations and were notified later of their appointments. 

The project manager for Guam came to Bureau headquarters 

in January 1983 for his supervisor's training, while a Bureau staff 

member went to St. Croix in June to conduct the supervisors' 

(including crew leader's) training course for the Virgin Islands 

staff. The 2-day enumerators' training was carried out by the 

project managers in the last week of March for Guam, and in 

the third week of June for the Virgin Islands. 

Taking the Census 

Enumeration materials-Each enumerator was given an enumeration "portfolio" containing the forms and records needed in the 

enumeration. Each portfolio contained an assignment map, a 

supply of agriculture census report forms (form 82-A 1 (G) or 

82-A 1(VI)), and a form A5 Record Book. The assignment map 

showed the boundaries, principal ground features, and roads of 

the area each enumerator was to cover. The enumerator was 

to complete a report form for each farm within his or her 

enumeration district. The A5 Record Book included three forms 

the enumerator used daily: The A2 Listing Sheets, the form A3 

Enumerator's Daily Report, and the A4 Enumerator's Daily 

Record of Progress. The A2 Listing Sheets served as a record 

of the canvass of each ED and contained a series of questions 

for use by the enumerator in determining whether or not a place 

qualified as a farm. The sheets also contained prelisted names 

and addresses of large agricultural operations compiled by the 

Bureau from 1978 records and local Department of Agriculture 

listings. The A3 Enumerator's Daily Report was a postcard each 

enumerator was to complete at the end of each working day 

and mail the next morning (at the latest) to his or her crew leader. 

The A3included the island's name or the enumeration district's 

(ED) name, the ED number, and the date, as well as miles 

traveled, hours worked, number of report forms completed each 

day and to date, and number of cases pending. The A4 Daily 

Record of Progress was a record of daily work as well, but was 

kept in the Record Book. 

Enumeration districts-Each enumerator was assigned a specific 

geographic area and made responsible for its complete enumeration. Guam was divided into 19 ED's, corresponding to the 

island's election districts, and an enumerator was assigned to 

each. The Virgin Islands were divided into six ED's, four on St. 

Croix and one each on St. Thomas and St. John; each 

enumerator was assigned one ED. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Methods of enumeration-Enumerators interviewed each 

household head in the assigned ED, asking a series of screening 

questions to determine whether or not the household was engaged in agricultural operations meeting the Bureau's definition of 

a farm. If no one was at home, enumerators were instructed to 

try to obtain information from neighbors or other persons, such 

as hired workers, to decide whether an A 1 should be completed 

for the place. If so, the enumerator made a "callback" later to 

enumerate the operation. The enumerator identified as 

"operator" whoever had the day-to-day management of the 

farm. For partnerships, the partner in charge of operations or 

the senior partner was identified as operator, while corporations 

and institutions with land used for agricultural purposes were 

identified as operators, and the names of the persons in charge 

entered in the "Remarks" section of the A 1 form and identified 

as "managers." 

Places of two or more tracts or in two or more ED's required 

special handling. For multiple-tract places, enumerators were 

instructed to use the same report form for all land operated by 

one person, regardless of where the land was located. For cases 

in which an operator had land in more than one ED, the entire 

place was enumerated in the ED where the operator resided. 

In the Virgin Islands, enumerators used lists of large operations prepared from the 1978 census and from information 

supplied by the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture. 

Enumerators also were to visit every household not listed within 

their aSSigned ED that appeared to have agricultural operations. 

On Guam a procedure code-"A," "B," or "C"-was 

assigned to each ED to indicate how it was to be enumerated. 

In rural (code A) areas, enumerators visited every occupied 

dwelling, completing A 1 forms as necessary and making certain an A2 Listing Sheet line number and dwelling symbol were 

entered on their assignment maps for each dwelling. Procedure 

code B ED's were built-up areas; here, enumerators followed 

code A procedures except for localities with 25 or more 

buildings, each on less than 1 acre. For these areas, only 

dwellings with associated agricultural operations were listed. 

(These places were outlined in green pencil on the assignment 

maps.) Procedure code C was assigned to ED's that had 10 or 

fewer farms recorded in the 1978 census. Farm operators were 

prelisted for these areas and enumerators were to visit each 

address. In addition, the enumerators also were to check with 

respondents, local stores, service stations, and so forth, to obtain 

information on any other place in the ED that might qualify as 

a farm. Enumerators visited any nonlisted place that might be 

a farm and listed it and completed a form A 1 for it, if appropriate. 

Callbacks-Enumerators sometimes were unable to complete the 

necessary report form on a first visit to a household because 

the operator was not home, available records were incomplete, 

or there was some other reason not connected with an operator's 

refusal to cooperate. In these cases, the enumerator made 

arrangements for a return visit, a "callback," to complete the 

enumeration. Whenever possible, callbacks were made by 

appointment, at the respondent's convenience and within 3 days 

of the first visit. 

Refusals-In cases of a refusal, enumerators were encouraged 

to try to persuade the respondent to provide the data requested, 

and to explain the legal requirement for response. If an individual 

continued to refuse to cooperate, the enumerator identified the 

case as a partial or complete refusal, as applicable, in the record 

book and reported the case to his/her crew leader, who determined whether further followup should be attempted. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Controls and reports- Each enumerator completed a form A3 

daily and submitted it to his/her crew leader, who, in turn, summarized the information from the A3' s to complete a form A6, 

Weekly Progress Report of Enumeration. The A6 showed the 

number of (1) lines filled on the A2 listings, (2) questionnaires 

completed, and (3) callbacks pending, as well as mileage for 

vehicles used and hours worked by enumerators. Crew leaders 

sent completed A6 forms to the project manager every Monday 

in Guam, and every Wednesday in the Virgin Islands, and the 

data were cabled to the Bureau, providing a weekly report of 

the progress of the enumeration. 

Field review - The crew leaders were responsible to the project 

manager for the conduct of the enumeration. In addition to 

reporting progress, crew leaders supervised and reviewed the 

work of their enumerators. Crew leaders checked slow ones as 

needed, reviewed each enumerator's canvassing plan to ensure 

use of the most efficient route of enumeration, and carried out 

two systematic reviews of each enumerator's work-an initial 

review during the first 3 or 4 days of the census, and a final 

review after the completion of the canvass in the enumerator's 

assignment. In the first review, the crew leader checked to make 

certain (1) each enumerator was using proper procedures and 

covering the area assigned, (2) all information was being entered 

correctly on the listing pages and maps, (3) A 1 forms were being 

properly completed, and (4) callbacks were not accumulating. 

Crew leaders pointed out any error or problem and ensured the 

enumerator concerned took corrective action. The final review 

was done as each enumerator completed his or her assignment. 

Crew leaders examined all of the enumerators' materials, 

checking the points covered in the initial review, and also looked 

at a sample of completed agriculture census report forms. On 

Guam every fifth and in the Virgin Islands every third form A 1 

was checked thoroughly, unless there were fewer than 10 report 

forms in the assignment, in which case all were checked. If two 

or more of the report forms examined were incomplete, all of 

the report forms associated with the assignment were reviewed. 

Crew leaders returned incomplete or unusual report forms to the 

enumerators concerned for callback visits, unless a satisfactory 

explanation could be given as to why the data were omitted. 

Satisfactory explanations included (1) the enumerator was 

unable to locate any member of the household or the farm 

operator, after two visits; (2) the housing unit was vacant; or 

(3) the respondent refused to provide the data. 

Data Processing 

Introduction-All computerized processing of the data, including 

editing and tabulations, were completed at Bureau headquarters 

in Suitland, MD. However, to ensure completeness of the census 

and the accuracy and clarity of the information on the report 

form, the census materials were checked in, and a preliminary 

review and coverage edit of the report forms was carried out 

at the territorial census offices. 

Check-in and screening-As materials for each ED were received 

at the central offices in Agana or Kingshill, clerks checked each 

portfolio to make certain that record books and assignment maps 

were returned with the report forms. They reviewed the A2 

Listing Sheets in the Record Book to determine if there was a 

complete report form for every place that required one. The ED 

number and the number of A 1 's received for each ED were 

entered on form A 17, Check-in Record, and the individual report 

HISTORY 53 
forms were reviewed to make certain the following were present: 

(1) farm serial number; (2) ED number; (3) name and address 

of operator; (4) at least one entry in sections 2 (land in 

agriculture) and 4 (land use); and (5) at least one entry in sections 

3 (crops harvested), or 5 (livestock and poultry), or (for Guam 

only) section 6 (fishery). Unacceptable report forms were 

referred either to an enumerator for any followup needed, or to 

the office supervisor to determine any further action needed. 

No census portfolio was submitted for clerical review until all 

the report forms satisfied the acceptability requirements. 

Preliminary clerical review-After check-in and screening, the 

census portfolios were submitted to a preliminary clerical review 

in which clerks checked the data entries on each report form 

to make certain all entries were legible, consistent, and complete. 

Report forms with olwious errors, inconsistencies, or other 

problems were referred to the office supervisor for disposition. 

After clerical review, the census portfolios were collected to 

await shipment to Suitland for processing. 

The central office on Guam was closed on July 8, while the 

Virgin Islands central office completed local operations and 

closed on August 19. 

Precomputer edit and data entry-The report forms for Guam 

and the Virgin Islands were shipped to the Agriculture Division 

at the Bureau's Suitland headquarters when the census offices 

closed. Agriculture Division staff carried out a detailed review 

and edit of each report form and coded the forms for data entry. 

A 1 's for places that did not meet the Bureau's criteria for a farm 

were removed from the processing cycle. The remaining in-scope 

forms were checked for accuracy, consistency, and completeness. Editors corrected errors in computations and units of 

measure, and imputed data items for incomplete report forms 

based on information from other parts of the report form involved 

or from nearby farms of similar type and size. 

After all of the report forms for each of the outlying areas had 

been reviewed, they were sent to the Bureau's Jeffersonville, 

54 HISTORY 

IN, facility for keying. Once encoded on magnetic computer tape, 

the data were transmitted by telephone datalink back to the 

Bureau's main computer facility at Suitland for further 

processing. 

Computer edit and tabulation-The computerized data files were 

subjected to a detailed computer edit in which each individual 

data record was analyzed by computer for completeness and 

consistency. Inconsistent entries or other problem items were 

"flagged" by the edit program and were reviewed by subjectmatter specialists. Any correction required was keyed to the 

records and the corrected data file was tabulated by computer 

and printed out for review. After the tabulations were reviewed, 

any correction needed was carried to the files, and the data were 

retabulated. While the computer was used to make the basic 

tabulations and cross· tabulations, it was not used to reproduce 

the publication tables. Instead, the Agriculture Division's 

Outlying Areas Branch prepared and typed the table outlines and 

posted the computer tabulations to the tables by hand. After 

table verification and review, the data were typed by the 

Bureau's Publications Services Division (PSD) at Suitland and 

subjected to disclosure analysis and were released for printing 

in November 1 983. 

Publication Program 

Data from the 1982 Census of Agriculture for the Virgin 

Islands and Guam were published in November and December 

1983, respectively, in Volume 1, Geographic Area Series, Part 

53, Guam; and Part 54, Virgin Islands of the United States. No 

preliminary reports were issued for either area. 

The volume 1 reports presented data on farms and farm 

characteristics; land in farms and land use; tenure and 

characteristics of operator; selected farm expenses; acres 

planted, amount harvested, and sales value of fruits and nuts, 

vegetables and field crops; selected machinery and equipment; 

and inventory and sales of livestock and poultry and their 

products. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
CHAPTER 9. 

Coverage Evaluation and Research 

PAGE 

COVERAGE EVALUATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . 55 

INTRODUCTION ........................•..•......• 55 

GENERAL PROCEDURES ... . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . 55 

SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGNS AND METHODOLOGIES . . . . . . . . 55 

PROCESSING .•..................................• 56 

ESTIMATION PROCEDURES ...............•.......... 56 

PUBLICATION OF RESULTS ...............•.......... 56 

RESEARCH PROJECTS ..•............................ 56 

MAIL VARIATION TEST ............................• 56 

THE CATI TEST ..•................................ 57 

COMPARABILITY STUDY .............•.............• 58 

COVERAGE EVALUATION 

Introduction 

The Bureau of the Census carried out the first coverage evaluation of the census of agriculture in 1945, and first released the 

findings of the agriculture census coverage evaluation for the 

1950 census. Since then, the Bureau routinely has measured 

the accuracy and completeness of farm counts and selected data 

item totals for each agricultural enumeration and has published 

information on the limitations of the data. The basic methodology 

employed in the evaluation has remained relatively unchanged, 

although techniques have been refined and sample designs 

modified and improved. 

The principal objectives of the 1982 coverage evaluation program were: 

• Provide measures of the coverage of the census farm counts 

and of selected data items, such as land in farms, value of 

agricultural product sales, and operator characteristics. 

• Provide estimates of selected characteristics for undercounted 

farms. 

• Inform census data users of any known deficiencies that 

might affect the interpretation or use of the data. 

General Procedures 

The 1982 coverage evaluation program consisted of two major 

studies, an area-segment survey designed to measure the 

number and characteristics of farms not on the census mail list, 

and a classification-error study intended to estimate the number 

and characteristics of farms on the mail list that were overcounted or misclassified as out of scope (nonfarm). For the areasegment sample, an area probability sample of segments was 

drawn from the 1978 Census of Agriculture Area Sample (CAAS) 

to use as a representative base for measuring the census 

universe. The classification-error study employed a stratified 

sample drawn from the 3.7 million names and addresses on the 

1982 census mail list. The Bureau used more intensive enumeration and processing techniques with these samples than were 

feasible in the regular census. 

Data for the area-segment survey were collected by canvassing each area segment, but telephone enumeration was used 

for the classification-error study. The farms enumerated in the 

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samples were matched to the census mail list to establish the 

relationship between the sample cases and the census, and the 

results were processed, tabulated, analyzed, and published. 

Sample Survey Designs and Methodologies 

Area-segment survey-The area-segment survey was designed 

to collect information on the characteristics of farms in rural areas 

(areas with a population of less than 2,500) not on the the 1982 

census mail list. The survey was based on a subsample of landarea segments (see below). The 1978 CAAS was originally 

developed to supplement the census mail-list data at the State 

level and above by providing estimates of the number and 

characteristics of farms not on the census mail list. Budget constraints prevented its duplication for the 1982 census, but the 

1978 sample frame provided a source for the 1982 area-segment 

survey. 

The CAAS sample frame consisted of all the enumeration 

districts (ED's) and block groups listed in the 1970 Census of 

Population and Housing in each State. The sample unit, the'''area 

segment:' was a defined geographic area of land that could vary 

in geographic size and in the total number of housing units and/or 

farms it contained, depending on the stratum to which it was 

assigned. The average number of farms per segment was 1 0, 

but the actual number varied from none in low-density farm areas 

to as high as 12 in high-density areas. A total of 6,400 area 

segments was selected for the CAAS. 

For the 1982 area-segment sample, the 6,400 segments 

originally selected for the 1978 CAAS were stratified by 

geographic region (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) and 

by number of farms identified in the CAAS as not on 1978 mail 

list (0, 1, 2 or 3, and 4 or more). The segments in each strata 

then were ordered by farm density and segment number. A size 

measure, based on 1978 CAAS weights, was assigned to each 

segment; and the sample of segments was selected from each 

stratum with probability proportional to this size measure. 

The Bureau determined that a sample of 344 segments would 

provide an absolute standard error of 2.0 percent, at the regional 

level, for the estimated proportion of census farms not on the 

mail list. Strata sample sizes within each region were based on 

an approximate optimum allocation of the sample, with the single 

requirement that at least two segments be allocated to each 

stratum. Once the CAAS subsample was selected, the Bureau 

then identified 344 adjacent area segments for use in the 1982 

area-segment sample. The adjacent segments were used to avoid 

any bias from the earlier census enumeration. The selection probability of a 1982 sample segment was equal to the selection 

probability of the adjacent CAAS segment. 

Classification error study-Coverage evaluation of recent censuses indicated that approximately 3 to 5 percent of farms on 

the census mail lists were misclassified as nonfarms, with an 

additional 1 to 2 percent of the nonfarms incorrectly identified 

as farms or overcounted because of duplication of report forms. 

HISTORY 55 
Classification errors could result from misinterpretation of census definitions or instructions, incomplete or erroneous reporting 

by respondents, or errors in census processing. The 

classification-error study (CES) was designed to provide 

estimates of the number and characteristics of farms on the 

1982 census mail list but (1) misclassified as nonfarms, or (2) 

overcounted. 

The CES sample was selected from the final census mail list 

prior to the initial census mailout. Addresses in Alaska and Hawaii 

were excluded from the sample because of budget constraints, 

while farms with expected annual sales of $ 500,000 or more, 

institutional farms ("abnormals"), and some multiunits were 

excluded because they were subject to intensive mail and/or 

telephone followup as well as report form review to ensure the 

accuracy and completeness of reported data as part of the census procedures. The first stage was the selection of a systematic 

sample of the census mail list. The sampling rate varied among 

census geographic regions as follows: 

Region 

Northeast 

Midwest 

South 

West 

Sampling rate 

1 in 187 

1 in 1,250 

1 in 1,250 

1 in 375 

These rates yielded a sample of about 4,700 names and 

addresses, with approximately equal numbers from each region, 

which was sufficient to provide acceptable regional-level 

estimates of classification error. 

The second stage of the sample selection was carried out after 

enumeration. Cases selected for the CES had an "alpha" 

symbol-"A," "B," or "c" -on the second line of the printed 

address labels. When the report forms returned through the mail, 

the symbols were used to identify the CES cases and separate 

them from regular returns for photocopying, after which the 

original report forms were returned to the processing cycle. 

Agriculture Division staff reviewed the photocopies and classified 

the sample as: 2,700 farms, 1,400 nonfarms, 500 

nonrespondents, and 100 PMR's. A systematic sample of 1 in 

2 of the farm cases then was selected for matching to the census mail list to identify any duplicates. Nonduplicate farm cases 

then were systematically subsampled by geographic region at 

a rate of 1 in 5 in the Midwest, Northeast, and South, and 1 

in 7 in the West. Subsampling reduced the initial CES sample 

of 4,700 addresses to approximately 1,800 cases selected for 

re-enumeration (1,400 nonfarms, 300 farms, and 100 PMR's; 

nonresponse cases were deleted from the file). 

Data collection-The area-segment sample was enumerated by 

field interviewers. Beginning in February 1983, the field staff 

from the Bureau's regional offices canvassed each segment, 

listing the name of the reference person (usually the owner or 

renter) in each household, and asking a series of screening questions to determine whether the household was involved in 

agricultural operations. The enumerators completed a form 

82-A90, "Evaluation of the 1982 Census of Agriculture" questionnaire for each household having agricultural activity. The field 

operation was closed in May 1983; 4,276 completed A90 report 

forms were returned to Suitland, MD, headquarters for 

processing. 

Data for the CES were collected primarily by telephone. 

Experienced Census Bureau telephone interviewers in Suitland 

attempted to place calls to each address on the CES sample list. 

When a farm operator was contacted by telephone, the interviewer re-enumerated the household, completing a form 82-A90. 

When households could not be contacted by telephone, they 

56 HISTORY 

were mailed an evaluation report form with a request for 

response. Data collection continued until all 1,800 cases were 

enumerated. 

Processing 

Processing procedures were similar for all coverage evaluation cases. Upon receipt, the A90 forms were reviewed and 

classified as farm or nonfarm cases according to the census farm 

definition. (About 4 percent of the evaluation surveys addresses 

could not be classified because of refusals, incomplete data, or 

failure to contact for data collection. This caused a slight 

downward bias in estimates for misclassified and overcounted 

farms, and in the estimated totals.) Once classified, the evaluation report forms were matched to the census mail list. Areasegment sample farms matched to farms on the mail list were 

classified as matched farms, while nonmatched farms were 

classified as farms not on the mail list. The CES report forms 

were compared to the census report forms received for the same 

farms to identify farms misclassified as nonfarms, farms that 

were PMR in the census, nonfarms incorrectly classified as farms 

in the census, and duplicate report forms for the same farm. 

After matching and comparison, the forms were reviewed 

clerically again, and coverage classification codes were assigned 

for census errors identified. The data then were keyed to tape, 

edited by computer, and tabulated in February 1984 to provide 

estimates of the undercount and overcount of farms, and 

characteristics of farms not on the census mail list. 

Estimation Procedures 

The coverage evaluation provided estimates of the undercount 

and overcount for the census. The undercount estimates 

included farm counts and totals for selected characteristics, 

while the overcount estimates were made only for the farm 

counts. Estimates of the total for some characteristics of all 

farms were calculated by combining the census published 

number and the undercount minus the overcount. The undercount was split into two components- farms not on the census 

mail list and farms on the mail list but misclassified as nonfarms. 

Estimates for farms not on the mail list also were derived from 

the area-segment survey, while estimates for the overcount and 

for totals of selected characteristics for misclassified farms were 

derived from the CES. 

Publication of Results 

The results of the coverage evaluation program were published 

in April 1985 in the 1982 Census of Agriculture, Volume 2, 

Subject Series, Part 2, Coverage Evaluation. The publication 

included text outlining the coverage evaluation program and 

describing estimation techniques employed, and charts and 

tables showing estimates of census farm coverage, farms by 

selected characteristics and components of coverage, selected 

items for undercounted farms, land in farms by sales group and 

components of cove,age, and value of agricultural products sold 

by sales group and ~omponents of coverage. Since the samples 

used were too small to provide reliable county- or State-level 

data, estimates were published only for regions and the United 

States. 

RESEARCH PROJECTS 

Mail Variation Test 

Introduction-The objective of the mail variation test was to 

determine whether there was a statistical difference in the mail 

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response obtained by the census between a report-form followup 

and a letter followup. Addresses selected for the mail variation 

test sample were included in the initial census mailout and the 

first mail followup. The mail variation test procedures were 

carried out as part of the second and third census mail followups, 

reversing, for the test sample, the usual report form/follow up 

letter mailing order. 

Sample design-The test sample was designed to detect a variation of 2 percent or more in response. The sampling frame 

employed was the census nonrespondent mailing lists for 13 

States, 7 in the South (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia) and 6 from 

the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and 

Ohio). These States were chosen because they represented very 

different areas in terms of farm size and historical response to 

the census. 

A total of approximately 100,000 cases-both census nonsample and sample-were selected by a systematic sample 

designed to reflect the ratio of nonsample to sample cases in 

the census mail file. The resulting file was split into a test sample 

of approximately 42,000 names and addresses, and a control 

sample of about 58,000. The test sample would be subject to 

the mail variation test, while the control-sample nonrespondents 

were subject to the same followup procedures as the census 

nonrespondents. Once the test period was completed, the 

response rates achieved for the test and control cases were compared and analyzed. 

Mailout and followup-The initial mailing for the variation test 

was carried out as part of the second census mail followup in 

the week following March 18, 1983. While the regular mail 

followup consisted of a complete enumeration package, the 

variation test sample-41 ,461 addresses-was sent only a form 

82-A01 (L4) followup letter requesting response. 

The followup to the variation test mailing was carried out as 

part of the third census mail followup in the third week of April 

1983. All nonrespondent cases on the variation test sample mail 

list were sent complete enumeration packages, including the 

appropriate report form, a cover letter, instruction sheet, and 

return envelope. 

Results-The responses to the samples were compared at the 

time of the second, third, and fourth followup mailings. Analysis 

of response achieved in the test and control samples indicated 

(1 ) significantly better response rates were achieved by reportform followups; (2) the level of response to the mail variation 

test differed between the Southern and Midwestern States, with 

somewhat better response obtained from the latter; and (3) there 

was no significant difference in response achieved between 

sample and nonsample forms (i.e., between "long" and "short" 

forms). 

The CAT I Test 

General information-Computer-assisted telephone interviewing 

(CAT)) is a method of data collection that employs an interactive 

computer system to centralize telephone interviewing, data 

entry, editing, and coding. CATI systems already were used in 

a wide range of data collection activities, and the Bureau of the 

Census became interested in the possible census applications 

of CATI in the early 1970' s, beginning active research in 1980. 

The first major test of a Census CA TI system was part of the 

nonresponse followup to the 1982 National Survey of Natural 

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and Social Scientists and Engineers. The second large-scale test 

was part of the telephone followup of 1982 Census of 

Agriculture nonrespondents. 

The CATI system used in the agriculture census followup 

employed telephone interviewers who read to each respondent 

questions appearing on a computer display terminal. Responses 

were recorded by means of a keyboard entry system and the 

computer performed selected consistency and validity checks 

as the responses were entered. The computer could request additional data or corrected information as necessary. Once a 

response was accepted by the computer, it was stored and the 

next appropriate question appeared on the screen. The interactive system automatically followed any "skip pattern" built into the census report form. 

Sample selection-The Bureau selected a test sample of approximately 10,000 nonrespondents with expected value of sales 

of between $100,000 and $999,999, and fewer than 30,000 

acres. (Expected sales and acreages were based on 1 978 census data.) A comparison sample of 10,000 similar cases also 

was selected; the test sample was to be followed up using CATI 

techniques, but the comparison sample by conventional 

telephone interviewing. 

The Bureau used a stratified cluster sample within each of the 

48 contiguous States to assemble the CA TI test and comparison 

sample. The number of cases selected in each State was proportional to the number of nonrespondents in each. The address 

list for each State was stratified on the basis of source, mail size 

code (i.e., estimated value of sales and/or acreage), and type 

of operation (crop or livestock). The strata were sorted by State, 

county, and ZIP Code. A systematic sample of pairs of 

nonrespondents was selected and then the cases in each pair 

were randomly assigned to either the CATI or comparison 

samples. The cases from 12 States were deleted prior to the 

start of interviewing because of their early closeout dates, so 

the actual size of the samples was reduced to approximately 

8,500 cases each. 

Adaptation of the census report form for use with CATIModifications to the standard "sample" form for use in telephone 

interviewing produced the form 82-A0313, Telephone Enumeration Report Form (see p. 32 for a description of the changes made 

to the regular form). The computer terminal screens used for 

CA TI usually displayed only 20 to 24 lines of text at once, so 

long question sequences had to be broken into shorter sets, 

tables had to be rearranged, and the "skip" instructions of the 

regular form had to be rewritten for the telephone questionnaire 

to be used with the CA TI system. To program the modified questionnaire to "run" on the CATI system, the Bureau's CATI Project staff utilized a user language-Ouestionnaire Implementation System-Census (OISC)-based on several questionnaire 

implementation system (OIS) languages developed by the Universities of California at Los Angeles and Berkeley. The questionnaire was set up in OISC, usually section by section, and th~n 

a translator program converted OISC to FORTRAN and compiled the FORTRAN program for a running version for production 

interviewing. 

Staffing and training-The Bureau established a CATI test facility 

at its headquarters in Suitland in the summer of 1982, and in 

April 1983, the Agriculture and Field Divisions began selecting 

interviewers for the agriculture census CATI test. The staff consisted of a facility manager (a Field Division survey statistician), 

three "unit managers," and 20 interviewers. Interviewer training 

HISTORY 57 
was carried out at the Suitland facility and consisted of a 2-week 

course, the first week devoted to subject-matter review (i.e., 

familiarization with the agriculture census forms, terminology, 

and so on), and the second covering CA TI procedures. Training 

was carried out in the last two weeks of April 1983. Six 

replacements were trained in early August for interviewers who 

had left the CATI staff. 

CATI operations-Production interviewing began on May 9-the 

Monday following completion of interviewer training - and continued until the operation closed on September 16. (A telephonenumbers research unit in Jeffersonville obtained numbers from 

the telephone companies' directory assistance for each sample 

case and attempted to contact operators between 9:00 a.m. and 

9:00 p.m. local [operator's] time.) The distribution of the final 

resolution of both the CATI and the comparison samples were: 

CAT! Comparison 

Type sample sample 

Total 8,512 8,523 

Enumerated by mail (deleted) 824 3,096 

Completed interview (farm and 

nonfarm) 4,159 2,499 

Partial interview 174 

Refusal 337 535 

Claimed filed 715 582 

Other noninterview 1,094 670 

Unlocatable (no telephone 

number) 1,142 819 

No contact 67 322 

Results-Resolution of the "average" CAT I case required 

approximately 5.0 telephone calls, while an average of 3.4 calls 

were required to resolve a comparison sample case; completing 

an interview with a farm operator required an average 4.6 

telephone calls and 36 minutes for CA TI cases, and 3.3 calls 

and 26.2 minutes for comparison sample cases. Completing an 

interview for a nonfarm operator required an average 3.8 calls 

and 10.8 minutes (CATI) or 3.0 calls and 11.4 minutes (comparison sample). 

Specific problems encountered in the CATI test included incompatibility between the CA TI computer data file format and 

that of the Bureau's mainframe computers. This required programming conversion and reformatting routines for the CA TI file 

before it could be merged with the census data file. There also 

were difficulties in maintaining a smooth flow of cases to CA TI 

interviewers. Cases were referred to the CATI staff by State and, 

in several instances, groups of cases for States were not always 

ready to be entered in the call scheduler when the previous set 

had been completed or nearly completed. The requirement that 

CA TI data for States be transmitted back to Jeffersonville before 

the closeout date for each State meant the CA TI test closeout 

date for that State had to be 3 days earlier than for Jeffersonville. This resulted in some cases that had not reached the call 

cutoff limits being designated "unresolved," and their referral 

by Jeffersonville for resolution from secondary sources. In 

general, the separate sites for the CATI sample and main 

processing operations required special procedures to handle 

transmissions of data between the two facilities. Clerks 

reviewing CA TI cases that failed computer edit at Jeffersonville 

also received special training. 

Comparability Study 

One of the basic objectives of a continuing census program 

is to maintain data series for historical comparisons. A variety 

58 HISTORY 

of factors affect comparability, including farm definition 

and enumeration methods. The definition of a farm for census 

purposes was different in the 1974 census than in previous 

enumerations, so that data for the 1974, 1978, and 1982 

censuses, when compared with earlier censuses, are not consistent in the" all farms" categories. More direct comparability 

of data was possible in the categories of farms with sales of 

$2,500 or more. 

The 1982 Census of Agriculture used the same basic 

mailout/mailback data collection procedures as were used in the 

1969, 1974, and 1978 censuses. However, the 1978 census 

State- and national-level estimates, included data derived from 

both the census mail list and the 1978 Census of Agriculture 

Area Segment Survey (CAAS)-a field canvass of some 6,400 

geographically defined area segments. This difference in the 

method of enumeration used affects data comparisons between 

the 1974 and 1978, and between the 1978 and 1982 censuses. 

The Bureau, believing that differences in universe coverage were 

an important factor contributing to comparability of the data 

between recent censuses, initiated a study to evaluate 1982 

census coverage in relation to the coverage attained in earlier 

censuses. 

The Bureau's coverage evaluation program provided measures 

of the number and characteristics of farms not accounted for 

in the census. (For details of the 1982 coverage evaluation, see 

pp. 55-56.) The 1974 coverage evaluation program was 

designed to provide State-level estimates of the components of 

coverage-i.e., farms included in the census, overcounted in the 

census, and missed in the census-while the 1978 and 1982 

programs developed regional estimates only. The 1978 census 

included the CAAS as a supplement to the census mail list, and 

coverage estimates for the 1978 census indicated that the 1978 

census enumeration procedure provided better coverage than 

was obtained in the previous census. 

To compare coverage of the 1978 mail list with coverage of 

the 1974 and 1982 mail list censuses, coverage estimates for 

1978 were calculated for the 1978 "mail list only" totals. This 

enabled the Bureau to evaluate data produced by more nearly 

equivalent methodologies for all three agricultural censuses, as 

well as providing some measure of the impact the CAAS had 

on the coverage estimates of the 1978 census. Estimates were 

calculated (using the same coverage-error estimator employed 

in the 1982 coverage evaluation program) for three categories 

within each of the major coverage components: (1) All farms, 

(2) farms with sales of less than $2,500, and (3) farms with sales 

of $2,500 or more. 

The comparability study indicated that in terms of results 

based only on census mail list procedures, the net coverage error 

for "large" farms (with sales of $2,500 or more) for 1982 was 

small and was relatively close to that achieved by the 1978 

mail-list/area sample. No statistical adjustment of 1982 data for 

undercover age of large farms seemed necessary to achieve 

comparability between published data from these two censuses. 

For farms with sales of less than $2,500, coverage attained 

varied considerably by regions between the censuses. Thus, the 

difference in data collection methodology between the 1978 and 

1 982 censuses primarily affected the comparability of the data 

on numbers of farms with sales of less than $2,500 and total 

numbers of farms, but had relatively little effect on farm 

characteristics or on numbers of "large farms." 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
CHAPTER 10. 

Agriculture Census Publication Program 

PAGE 

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

GENERAL INFORMATION ............................ 59 

USE OF VIDEO-COMPOSITION SYSTEMS ................ 59 

QUANTITY OF 1982 STATISTICS PUBLISHED. .. .. . . ... ... 59 

PUBLICATION PROCESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

PRODUCTION CONTROL AND REPORTING SYSTEM ........ 59 

PUBLICATION STEPS ............................... 60 

PRINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 

GROUPING AND BINDING REPORTS .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 

PRICING AND DISTRIBUTING REPORTS. . .. . ... .. . . . . . ... 61 

DATA PUBLICATIONS ................................ 61 

PRINTED REPORTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 

OTHER PUBLISHING MEDIA..... . . . .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. .. . 61 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA. . . . . .. .. . .. .. . ... .. . . . . . .. . 62 

INTRODUCTION 

General Information 

This program's goal was to make data available to users as 

quickly as possible after collection, while maintaining the high 

standards of statistical quality, reliability, and comparability. The 

general plan for the 1 982 publication program directed that the 

data be published in one or more forms-printed reports, computer tapes, microfiche, and microcomputer diskettes. Individual 

preliminary county and State reports would be issued, while the 

detailed final county- and State-level tabulations would be 

included in Volume 1, Geographic Area Series reports-one for 

each State, Puerto Rico, two outlying areas, and a United States 

summary. The preliminary and final reports would present data 

for all operations qualifying as farms under the census definition (that is, with a sales value in the census year of $1,000 

or more) as well as data only for farms with sales of $10,000 

or more. 

Use of Video-Composition Systems 

The bulk of the published material in any census of agriculture 

consists of statistical tables. To facilitate efficient production 

of publication-quality tables, the Bureau made extensive use of 

video-composition systems in the 1982 census publication program. The computer output-to-microfilm video composition 

(COMp80) system was used to develop reproduction copy, in 

conjunction with the table image processor system (TIPS) 

originally developed for use in the 1977 Economic Censuses 

publication program. 

TIPS was designed by the Bureau's Systems Software Division (SSD) and Publications Services Division (PSD) for use in 

producing large volumes of statistical tables in census reports. 

The system actually was a computer program that controlled 

the COMp80 or the Government Printing Office's Video COMp 

systems. An updated version, TIPS II, was developed for the 

1982 censuses. The TIPS II system could use the table-layout 

instructions, stub, and data file for a given report to compose 

a single "instance" of a table, and produce either a cathode ray 

tube (CRT) screen display or rough proof copy of the table for 

review. The system automatically applied any correction made 

to the data file to the tables and provided corrected input files 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

for table composition. Once the tables were reviewed and 

approved, the tape files were sent to the GPO, which used them 

to produce photographic negatives of the publication pages. 

These then were returned to the Census Bureau and used to 

make dylux copies of each page for final review before being 

sent for publication. 

All published reports were produced by photo-offset in the 

standard 8 1/2" x 11" page size. 

Quantity Of 1982 Statistics Published 

The quantity of data published for the 1982 Census of 

Agriculture was reduced through elimination of the major-results 

reports for counties and the reformatting of the county data 

tables in the volume 1 reports, resulting in a substantial reduction in the total number of pages in the printed reports. The 

number of pages of text and tables in the preliminary reports 

for 1982 was slightly higher than for 1978, over 12,400 pages 

in all, compared with approximately 12,300 in the earlier census; however, the 54-part Volume 1, Geographic Area Series, 

State and County Data set included final State and county (or 

equivalent) data for the 50 States and each outlying area, as 

well as a United States summary, and contained approximately 

19,300 pages of text and tabular data, compared with some 

28,800 pages in the 1978 volume 1 reports. These savings were 

realized primarily by the elimination of the separate multipage 

county reports used in previous volume 1 publications. For 1 982, 

combined subject-matter tables were designed showing the 

specific data item in the stub, with the counties listed in the 

header. While the number of pages in the 1 982 volume 1 reports 

was reduced by 33 percent, reformatting the county tables 

meant that the volume of data published was virtually the same 

as for the 1978 census. Volume 2, Subject Series, for 1982 comprised four reports-the Graphic Summary, with 188 pages of 

maps illustrating national agriculture statistics; the Coverage 

Evaluation, 32 pages; the Ranking of States and Counties, with 

112 pages of tables showing comparative rankings of States 

and counties for selected subjects; and this History. 

PUBLICATION PROCESS 

Production Control and Reporting System 

The Agriculture Division developed the tables and text for the 

census data volumes, and the Publications Services Division 

(PSD) had primary responsibility for preparing these materials 

for publication. PSD used a centralized control and reporting 

system to monitor the flow of work from receipt of the specifications for a report to the return of the volumes from the 

printers. A control record was prepared for each step of the 

planning, editing, design and graphics work, printing, and printing 

review activities to ensure an orderly flow of work through 

production, and to keep editors and others informed of the status 

of each project. These control records also permitted any component of a publication to be located prior to printing, so that 

corrections, if any, could be made. Periodic progress reports on 

HISTORY 59 
the publication work for each report series were made to 

sponsoring units so they knew the status of their publications. 

Publication Steps 

The major steps in the 1982 Census of Agriculture publication 

process are outlined below. 

1. Steps required for implementing the publication program: 

Prepare timetables for the steps listed below and estimate 

completion dates, adjusted as required. 

Plan series format (e.g., cover design, typeface for titles, 

headings, text, and table format) and select means of 

reproducing text and tables. 

Select appropriate maps and plan basic design. 

Prepare and submit a form CD-27, Publication Clearance 

Request. 

2. Steps required for processing: 

A. Tables: 

Prepare manuscript of tables showing boxheads and stubs. 

Submit table manuscript to Economic Census Staff (ECS) 

for review and approval. 

Edit and plan table outlines, marking specifications for 

typing or automatic data processing. 

For TIPS II processing: 

Code tables for computer run. 

Prepare base table images (BTl's) from planned layouts. 

Produce and expand BTl's. 

Review and correct BTl's. 

Merge boxhead and stub image with data to produce 

final page. 

Prepare film negatives of table pages with all heads, 

stubs, data, rules, and page numbers. 

Mask with tape the frame identification numbers of each 

negative. 

Prepare and distribute dylux' copies for review. 

Consolidate all revisions or corrections onto a master 

proof. 

Review and correct film images. 

For typewritten processing: 

Prepare table outlines showing proposed stubs and 

boxheads. 

Edit and plan horizontal and vertical spacing for each 

page. 

Prepare and procure preprints for repetitive materials 

(boxheads and stubs for multipage tables of 1 0 or more 

pages). 

Provide data to be typed. 

Type and proofread stubs and data fields. 

Review and correct tables. 

Add folios and rule tables. 

B. Text and introductory materials: 

Plan and write manuscript. 

Send to ECS for review and approval. 

'A "dylux" copy is a readable photocopy made from a negative. The copy 

is made on special yellow paper and, while readable, is not of photo-offset 

print quality. Dylux copies frequently are used for review and correction of 

printed materials. 

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Edit and mark manuscript (using Bureau style, policy, and 

grammar) for composition. 

Review and correct galleys. 

Prepare page dummies. 

Review and correct page dummies. 

Prepare camera copy (mechanicals). 

Preprint repetitive copy. 

C. Maps: 

Select appropriate maps, produce camera copy. 2 

Prepare computer files required for production of multicolor 

and dot maps.3 

Produce positive copy-including text, fonts, and so forth, 

on maps- using COMp80 unit. 

Produce negatives and color keys from positive copy. 

Review and verify accuracy. 

3. Completed report: 

Assemble component parts. 

Send to ECS for review and approval. 

Prepare printing requisition, form CD-10. 

Carry out final editorial review of camera copy. 

Mark camera copy with printing specifications. 

Procure printing. 

Printing 

The printed reports for the 1982 Census of Agriculture were 

produced using photo-offset print. The negatives required for 

this process were made from pages of tables generated by the 

GPO's video-composition systems. After composition, the 

camera copy was reviewed for conformity with Census Bureau 

standards for printed material. All of the actual printing was procured through the GPO, which subcontracted both the 

preliminary and final reports to private printers. 

When printed materials were received from the printers, they 

were inspected by PSD and Agriculture Division personnel to 

ensure that the reports were complete and met the Census 

Bureau's print-quality standards. Packages of preliminary reports 

were randomly checked to make certain all of the individual 

county reports were included. Packag~s of volume 1 reports for 

each State were opened and four copies were randomly selected 

for inspection by publication specialists in PSD; two copies from 

each box of reports also were randomly chosen and inspected 

by Agriculture Division personnel. No ·problems were discovered 

in the preliminary reports, but the volume 1 reports for Utah and 

Louisiana had to be reprinted. 

Grouping and Binding Reports 

The 1982 Census of Agriculture print publication program consisted of the preliminary reports; the Volume 1, Geographic Area 

Series final reports; and the Volume 2, Subject Series reports. 

The Bureau issued 4-page preliminary reports for over 3,000 

counties with 10 or more farms in 1982, for each State (but not 

for Puerto Rico or the outlying areas), and for the United States. 

20nly a Single State map, show.ing county outlines, was included in the 

Volume 1, Geographic Area Series, reports, but the Volume 2, Graphic Summary, contained many national maps. 

3The automated statistical mapping system developed by the Census 

Bureau generated a computer tape of commands that directed the plotter 

(the COMpaO unit was capable of plotting a map in a matter of minutes) 

to draw maps on 310mm paper or film at publication size. 

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The reports were grouped and released by State beginning in 

August 1983; with the last report-the United States -

published in April 1984. The Volume 1, Geographic Area Series, 

contained final data for States and counties, or their equivalents, 

and were bound in one paperbound book per State. Separate 

books were prepared for Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 

and the United States. 

The Volume 2, Subject Series reports were bound in four books 

by subject. 

Pricing and Distributing Reports 

The Superintendent of Documents at GPO was responsible 

for sales and distribution of selected Government publications. 

The sponsoring agency for each publication - in this case the 

Bureau of the Census - paid all production costs and for printing 

copies for its own use. Prices for individual publications sold 

through GPO were based on a schedule established by that 

agency, but the only costs passed on to other buyers of the 

reports were for the actual printing, postage, and handling of 

the reports purchased. 

The Superintendent of Documents also was responsible for 

distribution of Census Bureau publications to some 1,500 

Government and Census depository libraries. About 150 of the 

former, usually those at very large educational institutions, 

received all or nearly all, Bureau publications, while the remaining 

libraries indicated which reports they wished to receive. All were 

sent the annual Statistical Abstract of the United States, containing summary data from the most recent censuses. 

The Census Bureau distributed copies of its publications to 

its own 12 regional offices; to Department of Commerce district 

offices in 47 cities throughout the Nation; and to approximately 

250 State data centers (SDC's) and their 1,050 affiliates located 

in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the 

Virgin Islands. (The SDC's were sent all of the Census Bureau's 

publications for their States or areas, while the affiliates indicated 

which reports they wished to receive.) 

The availability of census reports was publicized through the 

Superintendent of Documents, the Department of Commerce 

and its field offices, and other organizations. The Bureau issued 

press releases about new publications, as well as distributed 

order forms, publication schedules, a monthly product announcement, and an annual catalog of publications. Most of these 

materials included brief descriptions of the reports and, actual 

or estimated publication dates. 

The Bureau of the Census maintained a supply of its various 

publications for its own use at its Jeffersonville, IN, facility, but 

the primary responsibility for storage and sales of census reports 

was in the hands of the Superintendent of Documents. 

DATA PUBLICATIONS 

Printed Reports4 

Preliminary reports - Prior to publication of the final census data 

reports, the Bureau prepared and published a 4-page preliminary 

report for each county, parish (in Louisiana), independent city, 

or combined election district (in Alaska) with 10 or more farms; 

for each State; and for the United States. The reports presented 

selected data items, including all farms (Le., agricultural 

operations with sales during the census year of $1,000 or more), 

'Each report had a series number. The preliminary reports were numbered 

AC82-A-OO(P) to -56(P) (for the States) and AC82-0l-00l (P) to -56-045(P) 

(for counties). The volume 1 reports were numbered AC82-A-l to -54. The 

volume 2 reports were numbered AC82-SS-l to -4. 

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land in farms, land use, irrigation, market value of agricultural 

products sold, type of organization, operator characteristics, 

principal crops and livestock, and selected items for farms with 

sales of $10,000 or more. The preliminary reports were 

published between August 1983 and May 1984. 

Volume 1, Geographic Area Series, State and County OataThe volume 1 reports contained the final data reports for 

geographic areas for the census and consisted of individual 

reports for the 50 States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 

and a United States summary. Each report consisted of a standard introductory text and two chapters of statistical tablesone of detailed data for the State (or area), the second of detailed 

county-level data. 

Chapter 1 (State data) consisted of 50 statistical tables; tables 

1 through 43 showed detailed State-level data and covered all 

of the items collected in the census, while tables 44 through 

50 covered selected 1 982 summary State data cross-tabulated 

by various farm classifications, such as size of farm, tenure, type 

of organization, operator characteristics, and standard industrial 

classification (SIC) code identification. Data were presented by 

county or county equivalent in chapter 2. Tables 1 through 16 

showed selected data for all counties classified by SIC classification or size of farm, as well as information on operator characteristics and tenure, agricultural chemicals used, machinery and 

equipment, hired farm labor and payroll, Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) loans, agricultural services and direct sales, 

livestock and poultry inventories and sales, and so on. In tables 

17 through 36, data were provided for counties where three or 

more operations reported the particular item. Data for these-items 

(e.g., various animal specialties, nursery and greenhouse 

products, farms operated by persons of selected racial groups 

or of Spanish origin) for counties with fewer than three farms 

reporting were combined into an "all other counties" category 

for the State. The first volume 1 report (Delaware) was published 

in February 1984, and the last (United States) was published 

in October 1 984. 

Volume 2, Subject Series-Volume 2 consisted of four special 

reports: 

Graphic Summary presented a profile of agriculture in the 

United States in a series of national maps, many printed in 

color. 

Coverage Evaluation provided national- and regional-level 

estimates on the completeness of the census in terms both 

of the number of all farms missed and the characteristics of 

farms missed. 

Ranking of States and Counties showed data and ranking of 

importance (Le., volume of production or value of sales) for 

selected items for 1982. The report also contained, for most 

tables, comparative data and ranking from the 1978 census. 

History 

These reports were published between February 1985 and 

July 1987. 

Other Publishing Media 

Preliminary data files on microcomputer disketteMicrocomputer diskettes are 5.25-inch-diameter flexible vinyl 

disks (generally referred to as "floppy disks" to distinguish them 

from the rigid disks used in mainframe and some personal computers [PC's]) magnetically imprinted with machine-readable 

data. They were designed to be used with PC's, which had 

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reduced, although still considerable, capability compared with 

the mainframe machines, but were much less expensive and 

required far less sophistication on the part of users (given 

appropriate "software" -or programming diskettes). 

The Census Bureau began making some of its data available 

on diskettes at about the same time as the first 1982 agriculture 

census data appeared, and issued 104 diskettes containing the 

preliminary reports for each State and for each cou~ty with 10 

or more farms. The Bureau's diskettes were double sided, double 

density, and formatted with 320,000 bytes per side to be compatible with the Microsoft-Disk Operating System (MS-DOS), and 

the IBM Personal Computer-Disk Operating System (PC-DOS). 

The data could be accessed using anyone of several commercial spread sheet, word processing, or data base software 

packages, or the BASIC programming language. The Bureau 

developed two versions of a BASIC program on diskette to 

display data by item: the DOS 1.1 version for use with disk 

drives, and the DOS 2.1 version for hard-disk storage 

systems. 

Microfiche-A microfiche is a 4" x 6" sheet of photographic 

film containing up to 98 frames (or pages) of text, tables, or other 

printed matter, reduced 24 times from their original size. Thus 

the entire 964-page volume 1 report for Texas could be 

contained on 10 microfiche, and the whole volume 1 data set, 

stored on microfiche, could be carried in a shoe box. 

All the data from the final 1982 Census of Agriculture volumes 

were published on microfiche and were available for sale through 

the Superintendent of Documents approximately 1 month after 

publication of the printed reports. 

Computer tapes-The Bureau of the Census began making computer tapes of agriculture census data available to users in 1965, 

when tapes of the preliminary county reports from the 1964 census were produced and sold. For the 1969 and 1974 censuses, 

county-level data tapes were prepared from the final county 

tabulations, while 1978 census users' requests prompted the 

Bureau to release tapes of the preliminary county data-to 

release data in machine-readable format as quickly as possibleand later, to produce tapes from the final data. (The latter tapes 

were produced and sold by the Agriculture Division, as a special 

tabulation. ) 

For the 1982 Census of Agriculture, the Bureau issued three 

tape files, one each for the preliminary and final county data files, 

and a third for the final State data and cross-tabulations. The 

preliminary data tapes contained all of the information in the 

preliminary county reports, while the final county data tapes held 

the data from the 36 county tables in chapter 2 of the Volume 1, 

Geographic Area Series reports. The former were made available 

to users in May 1984 on two standard-sized, 1,600 bpi (bits 

per inch) reels of tape, or on one 6,250 bpi reel, while the final 

county data were released in October 1984 on five 1,600 or 

two 6,250 bpi reels. 

The final State data and cross-tabulation tapes were produced 

and sold by the Agriculture Division. The tape file included all 

the data in the 50 State tables in chapter 1 of the volume 1 

reports. The complete file could be contained on 17 reels at 

1,600 bpi, or 5 reels at 6,250 bpi. 

The specifications for the computer tape reels for the 1982 

data were: 

Tape width 

Reel size 

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1/2 inch 

10 1/2 inch, 2,400 feet 

maximum length 

Logical record size: 

Preliminary county file 

Final county file 

Final State file 

Field size 

Recording density 

Language 

Block spacing 

4 3,800-character segments 

5 9,600-character segments 

1 01 9, 600-character 

segments 

Fixed, 12 characters 

1,600 or 6,250 bpi on 

9-channel tape 

Optional, either American 

Scientific Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) or 

Extended Binary Coded 

Decimal Interchange Code 

(EBCDIC) 

.60 inch 

The price for the data tapes covered the cost of producing, 

documenting, handling, and postage. Users could purchase the 

complete files, or tapes for a particular State or combination of 

States. (The price for tape reels with data for more than one State 

was slightly higher than for a reel with a single State's data.) 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA 

One of the major objectives of a census of agriculture 

publication program is to maintain adequate comparability of the 

agriculture data series from census to census. A variety of 

factors may affect the actual comparabili'ty of data from these 

censuses, including changes in (1) the definitions of data 

concepts being measured, (2) the price structure of the economy, 

(3) the procedures used for data collection, and (4) the 

methodology used for estimating and imputing data. 

The same farm definition was used for the 1974, 1978, and 

1982 censuses, and the data published for all three were directly 

comparable in that respect. Different definitions were used for 

earlier enumerations, and 1982 data were directly comparable 

to the 1969 and earlier censuses only for farms with sales of 

$1,000 or more. The comparability of the value of the sales 

figures was, however, affected by changes in the value of the 

dollar and in the price levels of various commodities. 

The primary data-collection procedure was changed from personal to mail enumeration with the 1969 Census of Agriculture. 

The 1978 Census of Agriculture improved coverage, especially 

of small farms, by supplementing the mail enumeration with a 

State-level area-sample survey. Budget restrictions prevented 

the Census Bureau from using an area sample in 1982. This 

difference in methodology for data collection and estimation had 

more influence on the comparability of data from the 1982 and 

1978 censuses than any other factor. 

In 1978, the ar~a sample was used to estimate the number 

and characteristics of farms not on the census mail list at the 

State level. The 1978 county-level tabulations were based only 

on data from farms on the census mail list, since the area sample 

(6,400 area segments) was not large enough to provide reliable 

county-level estimates. The 1978 national, regional, and State 

tabulations included data from farms on the mail list 

supplemented by estimates derived from the area sample. Since 

an area sample was not used in 1982, the 1982 publications 

provided 1978 historical estimates for the mail list only. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
APPENDIX A. 

Provisions of Title 13, United States Code, Relating to 

the 1982 Census of Agriculture 

TITLE 13, UNITED STATES CODE-CENSUS 

CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION 

Subchapter 1-General Provisions 

§ 1. Definitions 

As used in this title, unless the context requires another 

meaning or unless it is otherwise provided-

(1) "Bureau" means the Bureau of the Census; 

(2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce; and 

(3) "respondent" includes a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, proprietorship, society, jOint stock 

company, individual, or other organization or entity which 

reported information, or on behalf of which information was 

reported, in response to a questionnaire, inquiry, or other request of the Bureau. 

§2. Bureau of the Census 

The Bureau is continued as an agency, within, and under the 

jurisdiction of, the Department of Commerce. 

§5. Questionnaires; number, form, and scope of inquiries 

The Secretary shall prepare questionnaires, and shall determine the inquiries, and the number,form, and subdivisions 

thereof, for the statistics, surveys, and censuses provided for 

in this title. 

§6. Information from other Federal departments and agencies; 

acquisition of reports from other governmental and private 

sources 

(a) The Secretary, whenever he considers it advisable, may 

call upon any other department, agency, or establishment of the 

Federal Government, or of the government of the District of 

Columbia, for information pertinent to the work provided for in 

this title. 

(b) The Secretary may acquire, by purchase or otherwise, 

from States, counties, cities, or other units of government, or 

their instrumentalities, or from private persons and agencies, 

such copies of records, reports, and other material as may be 

required for the efficient and economical conduct of the censuses and surveys provided for in this title. 

(c) To the maximum extent possible and consistent with the 

kind, timeliness, quality and scope of the statistics required, the 

Secretary shall acquire and use information available from any 

source referred to in subsection (a) or (b) of this section instead 

of conducting direct inquiries. 

§ 7. Printing; requisitions upon Public Printer; publication of 

bulletins and reports 

The Secretary may make requisition upon the Public Printer 

for miscellaneous printing necessary to carry out the provisions 

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of this title. He may further have printed by the Public Printer, 

in such editions as he deems necessary, preliminary and other 

census bulletins, and final reports of the results of the several 

investigations authorized by this title, and may publish and 

distribute such bulletins and reports. 

§8. Authenticated transcripts or copies of certain returns; other 

data; restrictions on use; disposition of fees received 

(a) The Secretary may, upon written request, furnish to any 

respondent, or to the heir, successor, or authorized agent of such 

respondent, authenticated transcripts or copies of reports (or 

portions thereof) containing information furnished by, or on 

behalf of, such respondent in connection with the surveys and 

census provided for in this title, upon payment of the actual or 

estimated cost of searching the records and furnishing such 

transcripts or copies. 

(b) Subject to the limitations contained in sections 6(c) and 

9 of this title, the Secretary may furnish copies of tabulations 

and other statistical materials which do not disclose the information reported by, or on behalf of, any particular respondent, 

and may make special statistical compilations and surveys, for 

departments, agencies, and establishments of the Federal 

Government, the government of the District of Columbia, the 

government of any possession or area (including political subdivisions thereof) referred to in section 191 (a) of this title, State 

or local agencies, or other public and private persons and agencies, upon payment of the actual or estimated cost of such work. 

In the case of nonprofit agencies or organizations, the Secretary 

may engage in joint statistical projects, the purpose of which 

are otherwise authorized by law, but only if the cost of such projects are shared equitably, as determined by the Secretary. 

(c) In no case shall information furnished under this section 

be used to the detriment of any respondent or other person to 

whom such information relates, except in the prosecution of 

alleged violations of this title. 

(d) All moneys received in payment for work or services 

enumerated under this section shall be deposited in a separate 

account which may be used to pay directly the costs of such 

work or services, to repay appropriations which initially bore all 

or part of such costs, or to refund excess sums when necessary. 

§9. Information as confidential; exception 

(a) Neither the Secretary, nor any other officer or employee 

of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, 

may, except as provided in section 8 of this title-

(1) use the information furnished under the provisions of 

this title for any purpose other than the statistical purposes 

for which it is supplied; or 

(2) make any publication whereby the data furnished by 

any particular establishment or individual under this title 

can be identified; or 

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(3) permit anyone other than the sworn officers and 

employees of the Department or bureau or agency thereof 

to examine the individual reports. 

No department, bureau, agency, officer, or employee of the 

Government, except the Secretary in carrying out the purposes 

of this title, shall require, for any reason, copies of census reports 

which have been retained by any such establishment or individual. Copies of census reports which have been so retained 

shall be immune from legal process, and shall not, without the 

consent of the individual or establishment concerned, be 

admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any action, suit, 

or other judicial or administrative proceeding. 

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section relating 

to the confidential treatment of data for particular individuals 

and establishments, shall not apply to the censuses of governments provided for by subchapter III of chapter 5 of this title, 

nor to interim current data provided for by subchapter IV of 

chapter 5 of this title as to the subjects covered by censuses 

of governments, with respect to any information obtained 

therefor that is compiled from, or customarily provided in, public 

records. 

§ 12. Mechanical and electronic development 

The Secretary is authorized to have conducted mechanical and 

electronic development work as he determines is needed to further the functions and duties of carrying out the purposes of this 

title and may enter into such developmental contracts as he may 

determine to be in the best interest of the Government. 

Subchapter 11-Officers and Employees 

§21. Director of the Census; duties 

The Bureau shall be headed by a Director of the Census, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 

of the Senate. the Director shall perform such duties as may be 

imposed upon him by law, regulations, or orders of the Secretary. 

§22. Qualifications of permanent personnel 

All permanent officers and employees of the Bureau shall be 

citizens of the United States. 

§23. Additional officers and employees 

(a) The Secretary may establish, at rates of compensation to 

be fixed by him without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, 

as many temporary positions as may be necessary to meet the 

requirements of the work provided for by law. Bureau employees 

who are transferred to any such temporary positions shall not 

lose their permanent civil service status by reason of the transfer. 

The Secretary may make appointments to such temporary positions in conformity with the civil service laws and rules. 

(b) In addition to employees of the Department of Commerce, 

employees of other departments and independent offices of the 

Government may, with the consent of the head of the respective department or office, be employed and compensated for field 

work in connection with the work provided for by law without 

regard to section 301 of the Dual Compensation Act. 

(c) The Secretary may utilize temporary staff, including 

employees of Federal, State, or local agencies or instrumentalities, and employees of private organizations to assist the 

Bureau in performing the work authorized by this title, but only 

if such temporary staff is sworn to observe the limitations 

imposed by section 9 of this title. 

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§24. Special employment provisions 

(a) The Secretary may utilize the services of nontemporary 

employees of the Bureau (by assignment, promotion, appointment, detail, or otherwise) in temporary positions established 

for any census, for not to exceed the period during which appropriations are available for that census. Whenever the Secretary 

determines that the services of an employee which have been 

utilized under this section are no longer required in such a 

temporary position, he may, without regard to the provisions 

of any other law, return the employee to a continuing position, 

with rank and compensation not less than that which he held 

in his last permanent position in the Bureau: Provided, That no 

employee shall, by reason of his service in a temporary position 

under this subsection, lose the protection of any law or regulation with respect to his separation, suspension, furlough, or 

reduction in rank or compensation below the level held in his 

last permanent position in the Bureau. Service by a nontemporary 

employee in a temporary position under this subsection shall be 

creditable for step increases (both periodic and longevity) under 

title VII of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, as though 

it were a continuation of service in his last permanent position. 

(b) As used in this title with respect to appointments or positions, "temporary" shall be construed to mean not in excess 

of one year, or not in excess of the specific period during which 

appropriations are available for the conduct of a particular 

census, whichever is longer. No employee of the Bureau who 

holds only a temporary appointment within the meaning of this 

section shall be considered as other than strictly temporary for 

purposes of any other provision of law relating to separations, 

suspensions, or reductions in rank or compensation. 

(c) The enlisted men and officers of the uniformed services 

may be appointed and compensated for service in temporary 

enumerator positions for the enumeration of personnel of the 

uniformed services. 

(d) The Secretary may fix compensation on a piece-price basis 

without limitation as to the amount earned per diem, and 

payments may be made to enumerators for the use of private 

automobiles on official business without regard to section 4 of 

the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 837), 

but at rates not in excess of the rates provided by that Act. 

(e) The Secretary may authorize the expenditure of necessary 

sums for travel expenses of persons selected for appointment 

for attendance at training courses held by the Department of 

Commerce with respect to any of the work provided for by law. 

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law prohibiting the 

expenditure of public money for telephone service, the Secretary, 

under such regulations as he shall prescribe, may authorize reimbursement for tolls or charges for telephone service from private 

residences or private apartments to the extent such charges are 

determined by the Secretary to have been incurred to facilitate 

the collection of information in connection with the censuses 

and surveys authorized by this title. 

§25. Duties of supervisors, enumerators, and other employees 

(a) Each supervisor shall perform the duties imposed upon him 

by the Secretary in the enforcement of chapter 5 of this title 

in accordance with the Secretary's orders and instructions. 

(b) Each enumerator or other employee detailed to serve as 

enumerator shall be charged with the collection in his subdivision of the facts and statistics called for on such schedules as 

the Secretary determines shall be used by him in connection with 

any census or survey provided for by chapter 5 of this title. 

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§26. Transportation by contract 

The Secretary may contract with field employees for the rental 

and use within the continental limits of the United States of 

means of transportation, other than motorcycle, automobile, or 

airplane, and for the rental and use outside of the continental 

United States of any means of transportation, which means may 

be owned by the field employee. Such rental contracts shall be 

made without regard to section 4 of the Travel Expense Act of 

1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 837). The rentals shall be at rates 

equivalent to the prevailing rental rates of the locality. The 

rental contracts within the continental United States may be 

entered into only when the use by the field employee of such 

other means of transportation is safer, more economical, or more 

advantageous to the Government than use of his motorcycle, 

automobile, or airplane in conducting the census. 

CHAPTER 5. CENSUSES 

Subchapter 11-Population, Housing, Agriculture, 

Irrigation, Drainage, and 

Unemployment 

§142. Agriculture, irrigation, and drainage 

(a) The Secretary shall in 1979, in 1983, and in every fifth 

year beginning after 1983, take a census of agriculture. 

(b) In conjunction with the census to be taken under subsection (a) of this section in 1979, in 1988, and every tenth year 

beginning after 1988, the Secretary shall take a census of 

irrigation and drainage. 

(c) The data collected in each of the censuses taken under 

this section shall relate to the year immediately preceding the 

year in which such census is taken. 

Subchapter V -Geographic Scope, Preliminary and 

Supplemental Statistics, and Use of 

Sampling 

§191. Geographic scope of censuses 

(a) Each of the censuses authorized by this chapter shall include each State, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, 

Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and as may be determined 

by the Secretary, such other possessions and areas over which 

the United States exercises jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty. 

Inclusion of other areas over which the United States exercises 

jurisdiction or control shall be subject to the concurrence of the 

Secretary of State. 

(b) For censuses taken in the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any possession 

or area not specifically designated in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may use census information collectd by the 

Governor or highest ranking Federal official, if such information 

was obtained in accordance with plans prescribed or approved 

by the Secretary. 

(c) If, pursuant to a determination by the Secretary under 

subsection (a) of this section, any census is not taken in a 

possession or area over which the United States exercises 

jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty, the Secretary may include 

data obtained from other Federal agencies or government 

sources in the census report. Any data obtained from foreign 

governments shall be obtained through the Secretary of State. 

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§193. Preliminary and supplemental statistics 

In advance of, in conjunction with, or after the taking of each 

census provided for by this chapter, the Secretary may make 

surveys and collect such preliminary and supplementary 

statistics related to the main topic of the census as are necessary 

to the initiation, taking, or completion thereof. 

§ 195. Use of sampling 

Except for the determination of population for purposes of apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several 

States, the Secretary shall, if he considers it feasible, authorize 

the use of the statistical method known as "sampling" in 

carrying out the provisions of this title. 

§196. Special censuses 

The Secretary may conduct special censuses for the government of any State, or of any county, city, or other political 

subdivision within a State, for the government of the District 

of Columbia, and for the government of any possession or area 

(including political subdivisions thereof) referred to in section 

191 (a) of this title, on subjects covered by the censuses provided for in this title, upon payment to the Secretary of the actual 

or estimated cost of each such special census. The results of 

each special census shall be designated "Official Census 

Statistics." These statistics may be used in the manner provided 

by applicable law. 

CHAPTER 7. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES 

Subchapter 1-Officers and Employees 

§211. Receiving or securing compensation for appointment of 

employees 

Whoever-

(1) receives or secures to himself any fee, reward, or compensation as a consideration for the appointment of any 

person as supervisor, enumerator, clerk, or other officer 

or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau 

or agency thereof, referred to in subchapter \I of chapter 1 

of this title: or 

(2) in any way receives or secures to himself any part of 

the compensation paid to any person so appointed - shall 

be fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more 

than five years, or both. 

§212. Refusal or neglect of employees to perform duties 

Whoever, being an employee referred to in subchapter \I of 

chapter 1 of this title, and having taken and subscribed the oath 

of office, neglects or refuses, without justifiable cause, to perform the duties enjoined on such employee by this title, shall 

be fined not more than $500. 

§213. False statements, certificates. and information 

(a) Whoever, being an officer or employee referred to in subchapter II of chapter 1 of this title, willfully and knowingly swears 

or affirms falsely as to the truth of any statement required to 

be made or subscribed by him under oath by or under authority 

of this title, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be fined not more 

than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. 

(b) Whoever, being an officer or employee referred to in subchapter II of chapter 1 of this titleHISTORY 65 
(1 ) willfully and knowingly makes a false certificate or 

fictitious return; or 

(2) knowingly or willfully furnishes or causes to be 

furnished, or, having been such an officer or employee, 

knowingly or willfully furnished or caused to be furnished, 

directly or indirectly, to the Secretary or to any other officer 

or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau 

or agency thereof, any false statement or false information with reference to any inquiry for which he was 

authorized and required to collect information provided for 

in this titleshall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than 

five years, or both. 

§214. Wrongful disclosure of information 

Whoever, being or having been an employee or staff member 

referred to in subchapter II of chapter 1 of this title, having taken 

and subscribed the oath of office, or having sworn to observe 

the limitations imposed by section 9 of this title, publishes or 

communicates any information, the disclosure of which is prohibited under the provisions of section 9 of this title, and which 

comes into his possession by reason of his being employed (or 

otherwise providing services) under the provisions of this title, 

shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 

five years, or both. 

Subchapter 11-Other Persons 

§221. Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers 

(a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or 

willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any 

other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions 

of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best 

of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided 

for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, 

applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is 

related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the 

occupant, shall be fined not more than $100. 

(b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances 

described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is 

false, shall be fined not more than $ 500. 

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no person shall be compelled to disclose information relative to his 

religious beliefs or to membership in a religious body. 

§222. Giving suggestions or information with intent to cause 

inaccurate enumeration of population 

Whoever, either directly or indirectly, offers or renders to an 

officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau 

or agency thereof engaged in making an enumeration of population under subchapter II, IV, or V of chapter 5 of this title, any 

suggestion, advice, information, or assistance of any kind, with 

the intent or purpose of causing an inaccurate enumeration of 

population to be made, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or 

imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 

§223. Refusal, by owners, proprietors, etc., to assist census 

employees 

Whoever, being the owner, proprietor, manager, superintendent, or agent of any hotel, apartment house, boarding or 

66 HISTORY 

lodging house, tenement, or other building, refuses or willfully 

neglects, when requested by the Secretary or by any other officer 

or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or 

agency thereof, acting under the instructions of the Secretary, 

to furnish the names of the occupants of such premises, or to 

give free ingress thereto and egress therefrom to any duly 

accredited representative of such Department or bureau or 

agency thereof, so as to permit the collection of statistics with 

respect to any census provided for in subchapters I and II of 

chapter 5 of this title, or any survey authorized by subchapter 

IV or V of such chapter insofar as such survey relates to any 

of the subjects for which censuses are provided by such subchapters I and II, including when relevant to the census or survey 

being taken or made, the proper and correct enumeration of all 

persons having their usual place of abode in such premises, shall 

be fined not more than $ 500. 

§224. Failure to answer questions affecting companies, 

businesses, religious bodies, and other organizations; 

false answers 

Whoever, being the owner, official, agent, person in charge, 

or assistant to the person in charge, of any company, business, 

institution, establishment, religious body, or organization of any 

nature whatsoever, neglects or refuses, when requested by the 

Secretary or other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, to answer completely and correctly to the best of his knowledge all questions 

relating to his company, business, institution, establishment, 

religious body, or other organization, or to records or statistics 

in his official custody, contained on any census or other schedule 

or questionnaire prepared and submitted to him under the 

authority of this title, shall be fined not more than $ 500; and 

if he willfully gives a false answer to any such question, he shall 

be fined not more than $10,000. 

§225. Applicability of penal provisions in certain cases 

(a) In connection with any survey conducted by the Secretary 

or other authorized officer or employee of the Department of 

Commerce or bureau or agency thereof pursuant to subchapter 

IV of chapter 5 of this title, the provisions of sections 221 , 222, 

223, and 224 of this title shall apply-

(1) with respect to the answering of questions and 

furnishing of information, only to such inquiries as are 

within the scope of the schedules and questionnaires and 

of the type and character heretofore used in connection 

with the taking of complete censuses, under subchapters 

I and II of chapter 5 of this title, or in connection with any 

censuses hereafter taken pursuant to such subchapters; 

(2) only after publication of a determination with reasons 

there for certified by the Secretary, or by some other 

authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof with the approval of 

the Secretary, that the information called for is needed to 

aid or permit the efficient performance of essential governmental functions or services, or has significant application 

to the needs of the public, business, or industry and is not 

publicly available from nongovernmental or other governmental sources; 

(3) in the case of any new survey, only after public notice, 

given by the Secretary or other authorized officer or 

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employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or 

agency thereof at least thirty days in advance of requesting 

a return, that such survey is under consideration. 

(b) The provisions for imprisonment provided by section 222 

of this title shall not apply in connection with any survey conducted pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 3 of this title, or to 

subchapter IV of chapter 5 of this title. 

(c) The provisions of sections 221,222,223, and 224 of this 

title shall not apply to any censuses or surveys of governments 

provided for by subchapters III and IV of chapter 5 of this title, 

nor to other surveys provided for by subchapter IV of such 

chapter which are taken more frequently than annually. 

(d) Where the doctrine, teaching, or discipline of any religious 

denomination or church prohibits the disclosure of information 

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relative to membership, a refusal, in such circumstances, to 

furnish such information shall not be an offense under this 

chapter. 

Subchapter 111-Procedure 

§241. Evidence 

When any request for information, made by the Secretary or 

other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, is made by registered or 

certified mail or telegram, the return receipt therefor or other 

written receipt thereof shall be prima facie evidence of an official 

request in any prosecution under such section. 

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APPENDIX B. 

Historical Background 

PAGE 

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY .....•.................. 68 

ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 

THE EXPANSION OF THE CENSUS ....••. . . . . . . . . . . . 68 

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 

GENERAL INFORMATION ..............•.......... 69 

SAMPLING . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 

FOLLOW-ON SAMPLE SURVEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 

REPORT FORM CONTENT AND FORMAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 

PROCESSING AND PUBLISHING THE DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 

PROCESSING ••.......•............ . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 

PUBLICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 

THE FARM DEFINITION ..................•......... 72 

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 

Origins and Early Development 

The roots of the agricultural census are found in article I, 

section 2, of the Constitution of the United States, which 

requires that an "Enumeration" of "the whole Number of free 

Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, 

and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other 

Persons .. , within three Years after the first Meeting of the 

Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent 

Term of ten Years .... " The purpose of this decennial headcount was to provide for the equitable distribution to each State 

of taxes and of representation in the House of Representatives. 

The first such count, or census, was carried out in 1790. 

Some members of the Government, and others, saw at once 

that such an enumeration could be used to gather useful information in addition to simply the number of inhabitants of the 

country, and James Madison, then a Representative from 

Virginia, introduced a bill to have more data collected on numbers 

of people engaged in various arts and professions. While the 

House approved of the idea, the Senate did not, and the first 

census merely counted noses. 

The explosive growth of the country soon prompted 

reconsideration of Madison's proposals, and the third decennial 

census, for 1810, included in the enumeration questions on the 

kind, quantity, and value of goods manufactured. In the first 

decades of the 19th century the United States was primarily an 

agricultural nation, but it was not until the census of 1820 that 

a question specifically related to agriculture was included, and 

it asked only how many people were engaged in this activity. 

Collection of information on manufacturing continued to 

expand after 1810, but no attempt was made to collect data 

on agriculture as a national industry until the sixth decennial 

census in 1840. That census used a separate "schedule" for 

items relating to mines, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, 

etc., which included questions on cereals, various other crops, 

and livestock. The results were published with the rest of the 

census data, but were not considered sufficiently detailed or 

reliable to be useful. The data users of the time soon were 

demanding that more data be collected, and more attention be 

paid to ensuring their accuracy. 

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The Expansion of the Census 

The results of the 1 840 census were so unsatisfactory that 

both houses of Congress gave particular attention to the 

organization and data content of the 1850 census. Indeed, a 

select committee of the House of Representatives recommended 

the establishment of a permanent statistical office. Although the 

Senate shared much of the House's concern, it confined itself 

to suggesting legislation exhorting persons employed in the 

census to pay stricter attention to their duties. A permanent census office had to wait for another half century. Nevertheless, 

the 1850 census was markedly more elaborate than earlier 

enumerations, and is considered the first "modern" census, in 

that it assumed some of the specialized organization that has 

since characterized the censuses. 

This organization began at the top, with transfer of responsibility for conducting the census from the Department of State 

to the newly formed Department of the Interior. Expansion of 

the census resulted in the establishment of six subject areas of 

data collection, including agriculture, each with a separate list 

of questions. 

The agriculture questionnaire-or "schedule" -was far more 

detailed than its predecessor, asking the name of the person(s) 

in each household operating a farm and making relatively detailed 

inquiries on acreage and farm operations. Questions included 

quantities produced for 32 crops, wool, dairy products, and the 

value of livestock and machinery, slaughtered animals, and 

homemade manufactures. 

The 1850 census publications included the total number of 

farms (by State and for the Nation). and the acreage and value 

of farm land: There were approximately 1.4 million farms in the 

United States, with about 294 million acres under cultivation; 

the total value of farms, buildings, livestock, machinery, and 

equipment came to nearly $4 billion. 

The agricultural censuses of 1860 and 1870 differed little from 

that of 1850. The 1870 census publication program, however, 

introduced the use of maps to present statistical data, in addition to the conventional tables. For 1880, local supervisors, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, were 

responsible for taking the greatly expanded population and 

agriculture censuses, and for hiring suitable enumerators. 

Specialists were assigned to the collection of data on most of 

the other areas of inquiry, such as manufactures and minerals. 

The census law of 1879 provided for the appointment of up to 

1 50 local supervisors (there was to be at least 1 for each State 

or territory, with more apportioned as necessary by the Secretary 

of the Interior), double the number of judicial marshals previously 

responsible for the entire field census. This arrangement 

permitted closer supervision, and, it was hoped, greater 

accuracy, of the enumeration. The agriculture schedule included 

new items on tenure, weeks of hired labor, costs for building 

and maintaining fences, and fertilizer purchased. A number of 

special questionnaires were used to collect detailed production 

data on cereals; (for example, 189 inquiries covering six major 

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cereal crops), meat, tobacco, hops, cotton culture and the 

cottonseed oil industry, forest products, fruitgrowing and 

orchards, and sheep and wool. A separate questionnaire was 

completed for each farm either by an enumerator who specialized 

in the subject-matter area or by the respondent, who was asked 

to mail the completed form to the census office. 

The agriculture census schedule doubled in length for 1890, 

with special schedules for certain operations, including new 

inquiries on agricultural organizations, floriculture, and irrigation. 

The population census schedule collected data on farm 

mortgages. 

An item asking the race of the farm operator was added to 

the 1900 agriculture schedule, which was otherwise similar to 

that of 1890. Agriculture data processing took the first step into 

the age of automation in the 1900 census, with the introduction of punchcards and electric tabulating machines. These 

machines tabulated the results of the 1890 population census, 

and were adapted for the census of agriculture by the development of an automatic sorter (necessary because of the large 

number of crop cards employed in processing the data) and the 

use of a new keypunch machine. 

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 

General Information 

Program development - All of the first 11 censuses of the United 

States were conducted by temporary organizations, established 

a few months before the official census date and disbanded once 

the data had been collected and published. The 1900 census 

was the last carried out on the old ad hoc basis. By then the 

limitations of the old system were well known and the 

advantages of a permanent organization (workload distribution, 

the capability of carrying out censuses and surveys in other than 

decennial census years, and enhanced planning capability) had 

become so obvious that in 1902 Congress authorized the 

establishment of a permanent census office in the Department 

of the Interior. The new unit, designated the Bureau of the 

Census, moved to the newly created Department of Commerce 

and Labor in 1903. When the Department was divided in 1913, 

the Bureau was assigned to the Department of Commerce, 

where it has since remained. 

The need for more timely data than were available from decennial censuses had been discussed for years, but nothing was 

done about it until the establishment of a permanent Bureau with 

the staffs and facilities in place and available to work between 

the regular censuses. In 1909, Congress directed that middecade censuses be taken of manufactures and agriculture, with 

the latter to be canvassed in 1915, and every 10th year 

thereafter. Congress reversed itself in March 1915, by repealing 

that section of the law calling for the agricultural enumeration 

in 1915, but, in 1919, again authorized the mid-decade operation, and the first was carried out for 1925. Subsequent censuses of agriculture have been carried out on a 5-year cycle (with 

some modifications). 

In the meantime, a number of specialized censuses were added 

to the agriculture program - in 1 91 0, a decennial census of 

irrigation, and in 1920, one of drained land. These two censuses, 

and the regular agriculture enumeration, remained part of the 

decennial census program through 1950, while the mid-decade 

censuses of agriculture, in 1925 and after, continued to be taken 

in years ending in "5" for the preceding crop year. Special 

censuses of horticultural specialties have been taken as part 

of the agriculture census program, but at irregular intervals, i.e., 

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as part of the 1890, 1930, 1950, 1959, 1969, and 1978 

censuses. 

Reference and enumeration dates-The censuses of agriculture 

were carried out concurrently with the censuses of population 

throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries-once every 10 

years in years ending in "0." The inauguration of the mid-decade 

census in the 1920's resulted in a census of agriculture being 

conducted every 5 years, in years ending in "0" and "5," collecting production data for the preceding year. In 1952 Congress 

codified the Bureau's operations in Title 13, United States Code, 

and established the reference periods of the agriculture censuses 

as years ending in "4" and "9." The other economic censuses 

also were scheduled for the years between decennial censuses. 

The agriculture censuses and the drainage and irrigation 

enumerations for years ending in "9" continued to be taken as 

part of the decennial census operations. It was evident, however, 

that there would be significant advantages in having 

simultaneous agriculture and other economic censuses, thus 

providing a single "snapshot" of the Nation's economy. In 1972, 

the Bureau of the Census and the Department of Commerce 

recommended changing the dates of the census of agriculture 

to coincide with those of the other economic censuses. Congress enacted Public Law 94-229 in 1976, requiring that 

censuses of agriculture be conducted for 1978,1982, and every 

fifth year thereafter, making them concurrent with the economic 

censuses. 

Census timing - Prior to the 1 950' s the census of agriculture was 

usually carried out in the first half of the year after the reference 

year. Agriculture enumerations in decennial census years 

normally were carried out at the same time as the population 

census (i.e., April of the census year in 1910 and from 1930 

on; the one in 1920 occurred in January) to utilize the extensive 

field and office staffs already in place. The long lapse between 

the end of the reference year and the beginning of the agriculture 

census during the decennial census years was thought to be a 

significant problem for respondents trying to furnish accurate 

data. The censuses of 1920, 1925, 1935, and 1945 all were 

taken in January of the following years, in an attempt to collect 

data on an entire calendar year as soon as possible after the end 

of the year. These censuses provided data for a reference period 

corresponding to that of the U.S. Department of Agriculture crop 

and livestock estimates, which were issued with reference dates 

of December 1 st and January 1 st respectively, but adverse 

weather in most of the country during the winter months made 

canvassing very difficult. The censuses for 1954 through 1964 

were taken in November of those years to obtain data on production as near the end of the crop year as possible. This was 

a considerable improvement, but still presented problems with 

respect to the weather. The adoption of the mail census for 1 969 

and later years permitted a return to the January census, 

although data collection often was not completed for several 

months thereafter due to delays in completing and returning mail 

report forms. (The time required for completion of a field canvass 

census of agriculture varied from year to year. For the 1964 

Census of Agriculture-the last to employ field enumerationcanvassing was completed within approximately 1 month of the 

beginning of the census.) 

Enumeration methodologies- Until 1950 the normal method of 

conducting an agriculture census was the farm-to-farm canvass. 

The use of field enumeration techniques had serious drawbacks, 

most notably their susceptibility to delay through bad weather, 

particularly noticeable in those years when the census was begun 

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in January, and problems sandwiching comparatively lengthy 

interviews into busy farmers' workdays. Further, as conditions 

changed in the agricultural population and more people not 

directly involved in full-time agricultural operations took other 

employment, the pool of available agriculture census 

enumerators shrank. In addition, the proportion of farm operators 

not residing on their farms continued to increase, making them 

more difficult to locate and enumerate by personal interview. 

For the 1950 census, the Bureau introduced a new technique: 

interview questionnaires (i.e., the questions were phrased as if 

they were being asked by an interviewer) were delivered to rural 

route boxholders, who were asked to complete the report forms 

and hold them until an enumerator came to pick them up. The 

system proved moderately successful and was used through the 

1964 census. 

The Bureau employed a mailout/mailback methodology in its 

economic censuses beginning with the 1963 enumeration, and 

decided to use the technique in the 1970 Census of Population 

and Housing and the 1969 Census of Agriculture. This method 

enabled farmers to complete their report forms at their convenience, permitted unhurried access to their own records, and gave 

them the opportunity to review and correct their report forms 

before turning them over to the Bureau. Address lists were compiled from the 1964 census, Internal Revenue Service, Social 

Security Administration, and U.S. Department of Agriculture 

files, and report forms were mailed to each address. The first 

mailout to farmers was made at the end of December 1969, 

requesting inventory and production data for that year as of 

December 31. This made the data collected comparable, in terms 

of time period covered, to the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

estimates (see "Census Timing"). Farm operators were asked 

to complete the forms and mail them back to the Bureau. Field 

enumeration was still used in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin 

Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and American 

Samoa, and in certain limited followup activities. 

The mailout/mailbackcensus had certain problems, primarily 

difficulties in compiling a complete address list and obtaining 

timely response from farm operators. Address compilation was 

a particular problem with respect to smaller farm operations, 

which are not likely to be included in any of the administrative 

records lists used to develop the census mail list. Obtaining an 

adequate response rate to the census is a lengthy process; six 

or seven mail followups, as well as a telephone enumeration of 

70,000 to 100,000 cases, are conducted over a period of several 

months, to reach acceptable response levels. Since total 

coverage is virtually impossible, the Bureau measures undercoverage in each census with a coverage evaluation survey 

carried out after the data collection is complete. 

Despite the various problems involved in a mail census, the 

overall coverage obtained is only marginally lower than the 

results of the old canvassing methodology. The savings in tax 

money, as well as the convenience of the technique for the farm 

operators, are considered to outweigh any drawbacks. 

Sampling 

The Bureau introduced sampling-the drawing and analyzing 

of data to estimate the characteristics of a population, as in this 

case, farms- in the agriculture census in 1940, when the collected data were sampled for a series of special tabulations. 

Sampling as an enumeration methodology was introduced in the 

1945 census, when county-level data were collected through 

a conventional all-farms canvass, while selected data at the State 

level were obtained by sampling. The technique used was an 

area-segment sample for State-level estimates. 

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The 1978 census made extensive use of sampling, including 

the area-segment method. For the 1978 census a "short" form, 

composed of the "core" items requested of all farms, was used 

for approximately 75 percent of all addresses in the census mail 

address file. A "long" form, which included the core items plus 

additional questions on selected production expenses, financial 

data, etc., was used for the remaining 25 percent of farms. All 

"must" and "certainty" cases (i.e., farms with large acreages 

or value of sales), abnormal (institutional) farms, and a random 

sample of all other farms, constituted this census sample, which 

provided county-level estimates for the sample items. The census area-segment sample survey included approximately 6,400 

geographic area segments, drawn from the 1970 Census of 

Population and Housing rural enumeration districts and block 

groups. The Bureau's field enumeration staff conducted a houseto-house canvass of each area segment just prior to the 

agriculture census mailout, completing report forms for each 

identified farm. After completion of the mail and telephone 

enumeration, the census in-scope address list was matched to 

the area-segment sample survey in-scope address list, and data 

from the area sample operations not covered in the census were 

weighted and tabulated to give State-level estimates of the 

number and characteristics of farms not included on the census mail list. The survey totals for each State were tabulated 

into a "pseudo county" and combined with the State totals to 

provide final State-level statistics. 

Sampling in the general agriculture census for 1982 employed 

a sampling-frame design similar to that of the 1978 census, but 

budgetary restrictions precluded repeating the area-segment 

sample survey. 

Sampling also is used in the census for the coverage evaluation survey to measure the completeness of the enumeration, 

and to adjust census statistics to reflect data for nonrespondent 

operations. 

Follow-On Sample Surveys 

Follow-on surveys enable the Bureau to select efficient 

samples and collect detailed data on relatively narrow areas of 

interest without adding greatly to overall respondent burden. 

These surveys are conducted by drawing a sample of farms with 

specific characteristics from the pool of agriculture census farms. 

Following the 1954 agriculture census the Bureau carried out 

a mail sample survey of farm expenditures, and has since 

included one or more "follow-on" surveys in every census of 

agriculture through that for 1978. The 1978 program included 

sample surveys on farm finances, farm and ranch irrigation practices, and farm energy use, as well as the complete census of 

horticultural specialties, which used a mail list drawn from the 

list of census respondents. These operations were carried out 

in early 1980 and used 1979 as the reference year. 

Early plans for the 1982 Census of Agriculture included several 

follow-on surveys, but budget constraints required reductions 

in total expenditures and that portion of the program was 

cancelled. 

Report Form Content and Format 

Content-The census of agriculture involves a continual 

balancing of two apparently contradictory imperatives - (1 ) the 

demand by data users for more detailed data, and (2) the need 

to keep respondent burden to a minimum to encourage adequate 

response. Reconciling these objectives requires constant 

modification of the report-form content and format, and compromises between the need for, and the ability to collect, the 

data. 

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During much of the 19th century, changes in the content of 

the report form, or "schedules," were usually restricted to alterations in the kinds of agricultural production covered and the 

degree of detail needed. For the most part, simple production 

quantities and total sales values by product were all that were 

requested. Things began to get more complicated after the turn 

of the century. In the 1900 agriculture census, the Bureau asked 

the race and tenure of farm operators, and other socio-economic 

items were introduced in the 1920 agricultural census, when 

a question on hired labor was added. In the 1920's and 1930's, 

questions were added on whether the farm had electricity and 

telephone service, together with items on roads servicing the 

farm, the degree of mechanizaton of the farm operation, and 

farm-versus-nonfarm employment and income. More recently, 

increased need for data on sex, race, and ethnicity led to the 

addition for 1978 and 1982 of a question on the sex of the 

operator, and the operator's Spanish/Hispanic background. 

Of more specific economic interest, the agriculture censuses 

have been used to collect information on particular kinds of farms 

and on questions of special interest to the agriculture community. 

The 1910 data were used for a study of Southern plantations, 

while items were added to the report forms (or schedules) for 

the censuses for 1945 through 1959 to identify "multiple-unit 

operations" (multiunits) and, in the South, landlord-tenant operations. The 1969 census saw the introduction of inquiries on the 

business organization of the farm, and of a census of agricultural 

services until 1982, when Congress directed that no funds be 

spent for this purpose. The 1978 census collected data on 

foreign ownership of farm land. 

Format-Agricultural data were collected in large ledger-type 

binders for most of the 19th century censuses. The Bureau introduced separate agricultural questionnaires in the 1900 census, 

and separate report forms have been used since-except for 

1945, when the census reverted to the binder format as a wartime expedient. 

As the 20th century progressed, the growing demand for data 

and the need to keep respondent burden low led to compromises 

in every census operation and to experiments during the 1 940' s 

and 1950's in "tailoring" report forms to reflect the special 

characteristics of agriculture in different regions of the country. 

"Tailored" forms usually had two sets of data items, one asking 

for standard information-identification, acreage, etc.-and a 

second, varied among specified areas, that requested data on 

specified crops and livestock. Tailored forms were introduced 

in the 1940 census, for nine designated regions. 

By 1954, the total number of such forms had grown to 21; 

differentiation among them reached its peak in the 1 964 census, when a separate form was used for each State, Puerto Rico, 

Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The advent of the mail census for 

1969 census saw the elimination of the individual State forms 

in favor of two standardized questionnaires-the A 1 ("long") 

and A2 ("short")-with tailored report forms only for Hawaii, 

Puerto Rico, and the outlying areas. The census of agricultural 

services (part of the 1969 census program) also had a separate 

report form, as did the decennial censuses of irrigation, drainage, 

and horticultural specialties. The A 1 form was used for farms 

that were expected to have sales of $2,500 or more during the 

reference year, while the A2 standard form went to smaller 

farms. The format for 1974 was similar. The generalized report 

forms had a serious drawback in that they were very long- the 

1974 A 1 form was a 22-page booklet. While any individual 

respondent had to complete only part of his or her report form, 

working through it left the perception of greatly increased 

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burden. For the 1978 census, the report forms were redesigned 

to reduce respondent burden. The A2 form was discarded and, 

instead, two versions of the A 1, a 4-page "nonsample" version 

(A 1 (N)) and a 5-page "sample" form (A J (S)), were adopted. A 

larger page size and other format changes enabled the Bureau 

to request the needed data while reducing overall respondent 

burden by about one-third. The A 1 (N) was the standard form 

and included the" core" items requested from all farms. The 

A 1 (S), used for large farms and a random sample of all farms, 

had six additional sections including questions on expenditures 

for energy and other selected production expenses. 

While standardization had simplified the Bureau's job in terms 

of designing, printing, mailing, and processing the report forms, 

respondents still were unhappy about questions irrelevant to their 

own operations. Hence the Bureau reintroduced regionalized 

forms for the 1982 census, establishing 12 regions with separate 

sample, nonsample, and "must" report forms for each region. 

("Must" forms were identical to "sample" forms, except for 

shading color, and were used for designated large farms, farms 

operated by institutions, multiunits, etc.). The nonsample form 

contained the items asked of all farms, while the sample 

version-once again containing both the "core" items requested 

of all farms and sample items-was used for an approximate 

20-percent sample of agricultural operations. 

PROCESSING AND PUBLISHING OF THE DATA 

Processing 

For most of the 19th century, processing and publishing 

agriculture census data were relatively straightforward activities. 

The figures tabulated and compiled by hand were published (after 

1850) as a separate volume of the decennial census publication series. 

The conversion to mechanical punching and tabulating equipment in the 1900 Census of Agriculture was a major methodological and technological innovation, and the processing 

methods did not undergo a comparable change for another halfcentury. Technical improvements continued (e.g., mechanical 

editing of the punchcards began in 1940), but the basic system 

introduced in 1900 remained in place until the advent of the electronic computer following World War II. 

The Bureau of the Census played a major role in the development of modern computer technology. The first general-purpose 

electronic computer, the UNIVAC system, developed to the 

Bureau's specifications and installed in 1951, was used first for 

part of the 1950 population census, and then to process 

agriculture census data after the 1954 enumeration. A large 

clerical staff was still required to manually edit the individual 

report forms prior to preparing punchcards for computer 

processing. 

Thereafter, the Bureau's computer systems were modernized 

and expanded to take advantage of the rapid developments in 

technology. For the 1964 census the Bureau introduced "string" 

punching in the processing cycle, to save time in both key 

punching the data and computer processing, and to reduce the 

total number of punchcards required. 1 The data on punchcards 

were transferred to magnetic tape and much of the editing and 

tabulating utilized computer programs. 

'This technique involved assigning a code number to each data item within 

a document. The key punch operater keyed only the codes and contents for 

items containing data. The result was a "packed" format with data fields 

of variable length. When transferred to tape, the computer program reexpanded the input file to full standard length for processing. 

HISTORY 71 
For the 1969 census, the Bureau dispensed with punchcards 

altogether, keying the data directly to small magnetic tape reels, 

which then were pooled onto standard computer tape for 

transmission to the Bureau's main computer facility for 

processing. The computer systems included high-speed printers 

that produced printed copies of the programmed tables for 

review and correction and, in some cases, for photo-offset 

reproduction for publication. For the 1974 census, data were 

keyed directly from the report forms to computer disk, then 

copied onto magnetic tape for computer processing. For 1978, 

the individual report forms had bar-coded labels, which greatly 

facilitated both check-in and removal of respondent addresses 

from the mail-followup file. 

The Bureau expanded the use of computers still further for 

the 1982 census. Once again the data were keyed directly to 

disk from the report forms, but for most report forms there was 

no clerical edit before keying, since the quality of the data provided by most respondents and the capabilities of the computer 

edit programs developed by the Bureau made such a manual edit 

unnecessary. The 1982 census saw the introduction of an interactive data base system allowing access to the entire data 

file for resolving problems during the analytical review stage of 

the processing. 

Publication 

The major changes in the presentation of census data since 

the turn of the century, aside from its separation from the population and housing data volumes, have been (1) the publication 

of individual reports for each State and county; (2) the development of special reports on selected subjects, such as farm 

finance, energy use, and tenure; (3) greater use of graphics as 

a supplement to the conventional tables for the display of data; 

and (4) the production of data on computer tape files, microfilm, 

and microfiche. The increase in the number of individual State, 

county, and special reports may be considered the natural result 

of the growing demand for data. The Bureau's graphic presentation of census data reflect the use of new technologies to present statistics in the most striking and easily understood manner. 

The first Graphic Summary was produced in 1 948 to show farm 

tenure and land use. Earlier census reports had included a number 

of charts and graphs, but these were usually very limited in 

scope. For the 1969 program, the Bureau introduced computergenerated maps-over 200 in all-in addition to the usual charts 

and graphs, and the Graphic Summary was a regular and popular 

part of the census publication program. 

Agriculture census data on computer tape first appeared in 

the 1964 census publication program, when tapes of the 

preliminary data only were produced and offered for sale in two 

standard computer "languages." The final data were provided 

on computer tape files for the 1969, 1974, and 1978 censuses; 

in addition, for 1978 the preliminary data were offered on tape 

to make tapes available to data users as quickly as possible after 

the census. Discussions with data users prompted the Bureau 

to produce computer tapes of both the preliminary and final 1982 

State and county data, and to release the preliminary data on 

flexible diskettes as well. 

Microfiche was introduced in the publication program for the 

1 969 census, when all of the printed reports were also produced 

in this medium. Since that time, the Bureau has adopted a policy 

of making most of its printed reports available on microfiche and, 

beginning with the 1978 census, some unpublished agriculture 

census data as well. 

72 HISTORY 

THE FARM DEFINITION 

When the first census of agriculture was conducted in 1840, 

there was no official attempt to define what exactly constituted 

a farm. The first census definition, for 1850, was simple; any 

place that had $100 or more in total agricultural products sales 

value was a farm. Since that time, acreage and dollar values of 

sales limits have been added, changed, or removed, but the requirements that the land be involved in, or connected with, 

agricultural" operations," and that it be under the day-to-day 

control of a single management (individual, partnership, corporation, etc.) have been retained. 

The most important requirement is, of course, the connection 

with agricultural operations, which - again for census 

purposes-are the production of livestock, poultry, and animal 

specialties and their products, and/or crops, including fruits, 

greenhouse, and nursery products. The land involved in these 

operations need not be contiguous to comprise a single farm, 

it must only be operated as a single unit. (For an exception to 

this general rule, see the section on the definition used in 

1950-1954 censuses.) 

The changes in the various criteria used for the definition of 

a farm are outlined below, by census: 

1850-1860-No acreage requirement, but a minimum of 

$100 in total sales value of agricultural products. 

1870-1890-A minimum of 3 acres was needed for a tract 

to qualify as a farm. Places with less than 3 acres were considered farms if they had a minimum of $500 in agricultural 

product sales. 

1900-The acreage and minimum sales requirements were 

removed, and cranberry marshes, greenhouses, and city 

dairies were included, provided they required the full-time 

services of at least one person. 

1910-1920-A minimum of 3 acres, with $250 or more in 

total value of sales, unless the individual operation required 

the full-time services of at least one person. 

1925-1945 - The requirement for continuous services by at 

least one person was dropped for the 1925 and following 

censuses; otherwise the definition used in the 1910-1920 

censuses was unchanged. 

1950-1954-The acreage qualification was retained, but 

places of less than 3 acres were counted as farms if they had 

$1 50 or more in total sales value of agricultural products 

during the census year. Places that would normally have had 

at least $1 50 in sales, or that had begun operating as a farm 

for the first time in 1954, were also counted as farms. If a 

place had sharecroppers or other tenants, the land assigned 

to each was treated as a separate farm, even though the 

landlord handled the entire holding as a single unit. Land 

retained and worked by the landlord was considered a 

separate farm. 

1959-1974-Any place with 10 acres or more, and with $50 

or more in agricultural products sales, or any place with less 

than 10 acres, but with at least $250 in total sales qualified. 

If sales were not reported, or if the reported sales figures were 

obviously incorrect, average prices were applied to reported 

estimates of harvests and livestock produced to arrive at 

estimated sales values. 

1978-1982-The minimum acreage requirement was 

dropped. Any place that had, or normally would have had, 

$1,000 or more in total agricultural products sales during the 

census year was counted as a farm. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
APPENDIX C. 

Organization of the Bureau of the Census and 

Key Personnel for the 1 982 Census of Agriculture 

INTRODUCTION 

Several hundred people working at a wide variety of tasks 

were required to carry out the 1982 Census of Agriculture, but 

a relatively small number of these carried the principal responsibility for planning, developing, integrating, and supervising the 

various phases of the operation. This appendix is a directory of 

the key people in the executive staff, operational divisions, and 

various offices who had these responsibilities during the conduct 

of the census from October 1, 1981, until September 30, 1985. 

EXECUTIVE STAFF 

The Director determined policies and directed the programs 

of the Bureau, taking into account applicable legislative requirements and the needs of users of statistical information. The 

Director was responsible for the conduct of the activities of the 

Bureau of the Census and for coordinating its statistical programs 

and activities with other Federal statistical agencies, with due 

recognition of the programs developed and regulations issued 

by the Department of Commerce and the Office of Management 

and Budget. 

The Director was assisted by a Deputy Director who shared 

his responsibilities and carried out the duties of the Director in 

the latter's absence. During most of the 1982 census period 

there were six Associate Directors and seven Assistant Directors 

on the executive staff, as well as several Special Assistants, a 

Legal Advisor, and three Bureau units-the Public Information 

Office, the Program and Policy Development Office, and the Data 

User Services Division- that reported to the Director. 

Director 

John G. Keane, from March 1984 

C. Louis Kincannon, Acting, July 1983 to March 1984 

Bruce K. Chapman, October 1981 to July 1983 

Daniel B. Levine, Acting, to October 1981 

Staff 

J. Patrick Heelen, Legal Advisor, from April 1985 (position 

vacant, Dec. 1983 to Apr. 1985) 

Paul J. Burke, Legal Advisor, to December 1983 

Carolee Bush, Staff Assistant, July 1981 to July 1983; to May 

1981 

Dave M. O'Neill, Senior Staff Economist, November 1981 to 

June 1983 

Bronwyn M. Morgan, Special Assistant, from January 1985 

Alfred J. Tella, Special Adviser 

Deputy Director 

C. Louis Kincannon, from January 1982 

Daniel B. Levine, to January 1982 

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Staff 

Theodore G. Clemence, Senior Advisor 

Melvin A. Hendry, Census Bureau Committee Liaison Officer, 

from June 1984 

FUTURE SYSTEMS DESIGN STAFF 

(transferred from Systems Development Division Jan. 1982) 

This office was responsible for the technical activities needed 

to design and acquire automatic data-processing (ADP) systems 

and services to satisfy long-range mission needs of the Bureau 

of the Census. Its activities included forecasting ADP requirements, performing research and deriving design solutions to 

satisfy projected requirements. 

W. Bruce Ramsay , Chief, January 1982 to April 1983 (position 

vacant from Apr. 1983) 

Assistant Director for Communications 

(established Apr. 1983) 

The Assistant Director for Communications planned and 

directed the public affairs and promotional activities of the 

Bureau, provided congressional liaison services, advised the 

Deputy Director in these activities, and had responsibility for the 

Data User Services Division and the Public Information Office. 

James E. Gorman, Acting, from August 1984 

Steven R. Tupper, May 1983 to August 1984 

CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON OFFICE 

(transferred from the Program and Policy Development Office 

Apr. 1983) 

This office advised the Director on all congressional matters 

related to the Census Bureau's activities and coordinated liaison 

on such activities with Congress, in conjunction with the Department of Commerce's Office of Congressional Affairs. 

Leon H. Hampton, Jr., Congressional Liaison Officer, July 1984 

to August 1985 

Emma Moreno, Congressional Liaison Officer, April 1983 to June 

1984 

Susan B. Trento, Congressional Liaison Specialist, from March 

1984 

Associate Director for Economic Fields 

The Associate Director for Economic Fields planned and 

directed the economic statistical programs, and advised the 

Director in these fields. Aided by an Assistant Director for 

Economic and Agriculture Censuses (Chief, Economic Census 

Staff), he directed the Agriculture, Business, Construction 

Statistics, Economic Surveys, Foreign Trade, Governments, and 

Industry Divisions, the Economic Census Staff, and the Center 

for Economic Studies. 

HISTORY 73 
History of the 1982 Agriculture Census 

U.S. Department 

of Commerce 

BUREAU OF 

DIRECTOR 

Deputy Director 

THE CENSUS 

Organization During 

the Census Period 

Until April 1983 

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 

INTERNATIONAL 

PROGRAMS 

INTERNATIONAL 

STATISTICAL 

PROGRAMS CENTER 

CENTER FOR 

INTER NATIONAL 

RESEARCH 

FOREIGN 

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 

DEMOGRAPHIC 

FIELDS 

DEMOGRAPHIC 

ANALYSIS 

DIVISION 

I 

I CENTER FOR 

DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES 

I DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS 'H HOUSING DIVISION , 

DIVISION r J ~--------------~ 

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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 

DEMOGRAPHIC CENSUSES 

I DECENNIAL CENSUS 

DIVISION 

I 

ASSOCIATipIRECTOR' 

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PUBLIC. 

INfORMAilON 

OFFICE 

PROGRAM AND 

POLICY 

DEVELOPMENT 

OFFICE 

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SURVEYS 

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DIVISION 

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DEVE!-OPM!=NT 

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1982 Agriculture 

Census. 

74 HISTORY 

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PROCESSING 

STAFF 

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COMPutER 

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ASSIST ANT DIRECTOR e Census Period I PROGRAM AND POLICY j CClMMUNlCATIONS rom April 1983 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ,'" ,~" ',y'" ;, 

,PUBLIC i DATA~SER 

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR lNJ=oRM~TION ; SERIJiGES 

DEMOGRAPHIC OFFICE OIViSioN 

FIELDS 

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MISOCI~T~ DlflECT~R 

DEMOGRAPHIC CENSUSES INTERNATIONAL !: ECO~OMIC 'F,'ELOS 

PROGRAMS 

, ",;} ~ "~~' ': ' .' ", . \ 

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ASSISi'ANT ,DIRECTOR , 

ECONOMIC SURVEYS t-t- EC<;)~MIC AND ,~, INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DECENNIAL DECENNIAL .AGRICl!~iijRIl,·9,~SUsM. OPERATIONS STATISTICAL INTERNATIONAL PLANNING 

DIVISION PROGRAMS CENTER RESEARCH 

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, "·1 

CENTER FOR } I CENTER FOR ~ ECONOMIC STUDIES • D1Il!SIPN'" 

DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES 

CONSTRUCTION 1-~ ECONOMIC SURVEYS I 

H I STATISTICS DIVISION DIVISION I DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS ~ HOUSING DIVISION 

DIVISION 

~ ~ I GOVERNMENTS FOREIGN TRADE 

DIVISION DIVISION 

I I STATISTICAL METHODS ~y POPULATION DIVISION 

DIVISION INDUSTRY 

~y BUSINESS I DIVISION DIVISION 

I I I 

ASSQCIATE DIRECTOR 'AssoqlA TE D'iREcTOR ASSOC:tkTe ,OiRECTOR', ." STAT1~T1CAtSTANOAROS MANAGEMENT SI:RVICES FIELD .oPERAtiONS AND METHODOLOGY 

CENTER FOR 1 EEO }- SURVEY STATISTICAL 

OFFICER 

METHODS ReSEARCH, '. 

RESEARCH OIVISlON 

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR l 

ADMINIstRATION 

D Indicates significant 

involvement in the 

1982 Agriculture 

Census, 

PUBLICATIONS 

SEBVlCESDNlSION ,:"-'1 

BUDGET 

DIVISON 

PERSONNEL 

DIVISION 

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ADMINISTRATIVE 

SERVICES DIVISION 

'ORGANliATION 

AND MANAGEMENT 

SYSTEMS DIVISION 

, ,',DATA GEOGRAPHY 

PREPARATJON DIVISION • {llVISlON, 

J 

J .ASS'STAJ':iIT: DIRE~tOR , 'AUP ; FIELD 1)IVISIO'{ 

SYSTEMS TeiHNlcAt '"j.,:, . . Ui" ", >,h. ;"% 

REGIONAL OFFICES, 

suPPF>ciRT SERVICES Boston; MA Seauie. WA 

DNlSlON )NlSION'; New ~otk.NY" i <;t;,arlO(te,,!;IQ 

Philadelphia; ,PA Atlanta. GA 

Delroit, MI OBilas. TX 

CPMPuTER ,Chicago; IL Denver. CO, 

SEfjVICES Kansas City. KS LoS Anget~; CA 

DIVISION 

HISTORY 75 
Charles A. Waite, from December 1983 

Michael G. Farrell and Roger H. Bugenhagen alternately served 

as Acting Associate Director between June and November 

1983 

Shirley Kallek, to May 1983 

Staff 

Paula N. Muroff, Special Assistant, from June 1985 

Walter E. Neece, Statistician 

Barry A. Rappaport, Special Assistant, from September 1982 

Martin Weingarten, Senior Economic Advisor, from April 1983 

Gaylord E. Worden, Senior Economic Advisor, December 1981 

to April 1 983 

Thomas L. Mesenbourg, Special Assistant, to September 1982 

Assistant Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses 

This Assistant Director provided overall direction for program 

planning of the economic censuses; developed budget requirements, time schedules, and controls; coordinated plans for data 

collection and publication, the development of census 

methodology, and the data-processing system; maintained 

liaison with other divisions for data collection and other support 

needs; and developed and coordinated a data-dissemination program. The Assistant Director also served as Chief of the 

Economic Census Staff. 

John H. Berry, from August 1 984 

Michael G. Farrell, to August 1984 

Staff 

Lawrence A. Blum, Special Assistant, to October 1981 

Melvin A. Hendry, Jr., Economic Statistician, to August 1981, 

and April 1 983 to June 1984 

Claggett A. Jones, Computer Specialist, to May 1 983 

Robert S. Taylor, Special Assistant, to May 1982 and from 

November 1 983 

John R. Wikoff, Special Assistant, from July 1982 

Elaine Thomas, Survey Statistician, from December 1981 to 

February 1 984 

Beverly M. Eng, Statistician, to October 1982 

Stanley Hyman, Statistician, from February 1 984 

Associate Director for Information Technology 

(abolished Apr. 1983) 

This Associate Director planned and directed programs for 

electronic data-processing operations and techniques, and advised the Director in these matters. He was responsible for the 

Computer Operations, Systems Support, Systems Development, 

and Technical Services Divisions. 

Howard N. Hamilton, Acting, January 1982 to April 1983 

W. Bruce Ramsay, to January 1982 

Associate Director for Management Services 

(established Apr. 1983) 

This Associate Director provided administrative management 

services, with due consideration of those specifically provided 

by the Department of Commerce, to all components of the Census Bureau; planned and directed programs for electronic 

data-processing operations and techniques; directed the 

76 HISTORY 

activities of the Equal Employment Opportunity Office; and 

advised the Director in these fields. Aided by an Assistant Director for Automatic Data Processing and an Assistant Director for 

Administration, he directed the Administrative Services, Budget, 

Computer Services, Organization and Management Systems, 

Personnel, Publications Services, Systems Support, and 

Technical Services Divisions. 

O. Bryant Benton, from April 1983 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OFFICE 

This office provided guidance and assistance to the Associate 

Director for Management Services (Associate Director for Administration prior to Apr. 1983) in equal employment opportunity 

matters. 

Charles C. Rodney, Equal Employment Manager 

Assistant Director for Automatic Data Processing (ADP) 

(Assistant Director for Computer Services prior to Apr. 1983) 

The Assistant Director assisted the Associate Director for 

Management Services, and directed and provided planning and 

coordination for the computer services area. 

Gerald F. Cranford, from December 1983 

Howard N. Hamilton, to December 1983 

Assistant Director for Administration 

(established Feb. 1981) 

The Assistant Director provided the Associate Director with 

the management assistance necessary to maintain a strong and 

well integrated management program for the Census BtJreau. 

He assisted in the direction and coordination of all administrative 

areas within the Bureau. 

Clifford J . Parker, from April 1983 

O. Bryant Benton, November 1981 to April 1983 (Acting, to Nov. 

1981) 

FINANCE STAFF 

(Finance Division prior to Apr. 1983) 

This staff performed financial analysiS, maintained financial 

accounts, coordinated payroll and leave audits, and prepared 

financial reports. 

William A. Prentice, Chief, from January 1985 (Acting, Apr. 

1983 to Jan. 1985) 

Associate Director, for Administration 

(abolished Apr. 1983) 

This Associate Director provided administrative management 

services to all components of the Census Bureau and advised 

the Director in these matters. He directed the Administrative Services, Budget, Finance, Organization and Management Systems, 

Personnel, and Publications Services Divisions, and the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Office. 

James D. Lincoln, to August 1982 (position vacant from Aug. 

1982 to Apr. 1983, when position was abolished) 

Associate Director for Field Operations 

This Associate Director planned and directed data-collection 

and noncomputer-processing operations, and advised the Director in these matters. He directed the Data Preparation, Field, and 

Geography Divisions, and the Decennial Processing Staff (until 

it was abolished in Apr. 1983). 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Roland H. Moore, from October 1983 

Don L. Adams, Acting, from July 1983 to October 1983 

Stanley D. Moore, March 1982 to June 1983 (Acting, Dec. 1981 

to Mar. 1982) 

C. Louis Kincannon, Acting, to November 1981 

Assistant Director for Processing 

(abolished Apr. 1983) 

The Assistant Director provided the Associate Director with 

the processing expertise and management assistance necessary 

to develop and maintain state-of-the-art processing programs, 

and coordinated and integrated programs among the various divisions of the Bureau. 

C. Louis Kincannon, to January 1982 (position vacant, Jan. 

1982 to Apr. 1983) 

Associate Director for Statistical Standards and 

Methodology 

This Associate Director planned and directed programs relating 

to the statistical adequacy of proposed collections and the 

application of appropriate statistical methodology and techniques; carried out long-range studies on the basic problems of 

measuring social and economic phenomena; provided research 

and consulting facilities oriented specifically toward 

psychological and behavioral science factors; and advised the 

Director in these fields. She directed the following units: the 

Center for Survey Methods Research (the Center for Human 

Factors Research prior to Aug. 1980), the Research Center for 

Measurement Methods (merged with Statistical Research Division in Aug. 1980)' and the Statistical Research Division. 

Barbara A. Bailar 

Staff 

Lawrence H. Cox, Senior Mathematical Statistician, from May 

1983 

Eli S. Marks, Senior Mathematical Advisor, to February 1983 

Roger H. Moore, Senior Mathematical Advisor, February 1983 

to June 1984 

Kirk M. Wolter, Senior Mather:natical Statistician, to May 1983 

Assistant Director for Statistical Research 

(abolished Apr. 1983) 

The Assistant Director assisted the Associate Director, 

directed and provided planning and coordination for statistical 

research activities, and served as Chief of the Statistical 

Research Division. 

Roger H. Moore, to February 1983 (position vacant, Feb. 1983 

to Apr. 1983) 

DIVISIONS AND OFFICES 

Administrative Services Division 

This division secured space, supplies, and equipment; arranged 

for communications, transportation, and related services; and 

designed the census questionnaires in conjunction with the 

economic and agriculture subject-matter divisions. 

Chief 

Robert L. Kirkland 

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Staff 

William C. Fanning, Assistant Chief, to April 1984 (position 

abolished Apr. 1984) 

AlbertW. Cosner, Chief, Forms and Mail Management Branch 

Cathern S. Kline, Chief, Economic/Administrative Forms 

Design Section 

Cornelia M. Fisher, Chief, Cold-Type Composing Section, 

to October 1984 (section abolished Oct. 1984) 

Joyce E. Teague, Chief, Forms/Mail Management Support 

Services Section 

Agriculture Division 

The Agriculture Division formulated and developed overall plans 

and programs for the collection, processing, and dissemination 

of statistical data from surveys or censuses relating to 

agriculture, agricultural activities or products, equipment and 

facilities, irrigation and drainage enterprises, and cotton ginning. 

It planned and developed systems and prepared computer programs for the processing, data processing of agricultural information, and conducted research and prepared analytical reports, 

monographs, and special studies related to agricultural production in the United States. 

Chief 

Charles P. Pautler, Jr., from January 1985 

Richard R. Storm, George E. Pierce, and John E. Adkins served 

as Acting Chief of Agriculture Division in monthly rotation, 

August 1984 to January 1985 

John H. Berry, Chief, July 1982 to August 1984 

George E. Pierce, Acting Chief, May to July 1982 

Arnold L. Bollenbacher, Chief, to May 1982 

Staff 

Carol A. Cuellar, Administrative Officer 

J. Thomas Miller, Consultant, to September 1983 

John E. Adkins, Assistant Chief, Operations 

Avon B. Floyd, Special Assistant, from August 1982 

Ralph A. Graham, Computer Systems Analyst, to March 1982 

Cynthia Z. F. Clark, Assistant Chief, Research and Methodology, 

from June 1985 (position vacant, Jan. to June 1985) 

Kenneth R. Norell, Assistant Chief, Special Surveys 

Charles P. Pautler, Jr., Assistant Chief, Research and 

Methodology, March 1983 to December 1984 

Richard R. Storm, Assistant Chief, Agriculture Statistics, from 

October 1982 

William A. Harlan, Statistician (Jeffersonville Staff and 

Suitland) 

James C. Vogelsang, Statistician (Jeffersonville Staff) 

Arion M. Scott, Statistician (Jeffersonville Staff) 

Paulette M. Bonchak, Statistician, to September 1983 

George E. Pierce, Chief, Census Planning Staff 

Patricia A. Clark, Statistician 

Thomas J. Manning, Statistician, from January 1983 

Douglas J. Miller, Statistician 

Steven W. Stanley, Statistician 

John W. Ternus, Agriculture Information Specialist 

Francis D. Tolson, Statistician, from March 1985 

Cynthia R. Shipley, Statistician, from April 1985 

Stephen M. Schobel, Computer Systems Analyst, to January 

1982 

HISTORY 77 
Billy E. Stark, Chief, Agriculture Census Programming Branch 

Martin S. Harahush, Computer Systems Analyst 

Diane J. Simmons, Computer Systems Analyst 

Thaddeus S. Hess, Computer Systems Analyst 

Jay Johnson, Computer Systems Analyst, to June 1983 

Morris A. Murray, Computer Programmer 

James E. Thomas, Computer Programmer 

Brian L. Lounsbury, Computer Programmer 

Wilma C. Tarry, Computer Programmer 

Steven W. Laudrille, Computer Programmer 

Clarence Hill, Computer Programmer, from December 1983 

Lyana Seda, Computer Programmer 

Joseph Aqua, Computer Programmer, to December 1 984 

Vincent J. Vabolis, Computer Technician, to March 1982 

Lowell T. Wrucke, Chief, Special Census/Surveys Branch 

Allen J. Blackburn, Computer Systems Analyst 

Amozetta Ratliff, Computer Systems Analyst 

Mark A. Peitzmeier, Computer Systems Analyst 

Linda J. Hutton, Computer Systems Analyst 

Janet K. McGrane, Computer Systems Analyst 

William M. Sandusky, Computer Programmer 

Christine Zuest, Computer Programmer, from February 1 984 

Patrick McDonald, Computer Programmer 

Sandra L. Nokovich, Computer Programmer 

Yolanda Santiago, Computer Programmer 

Mark Mildorf, Computer Programmer, from June 1985 

Hugh P. Watters, Computer Programmer 

Joan E. Kimmel, Computer Programmer, to April 1985 

David Birnbaum, Computer Programmer, to March 1982 

Jeffrey Brubaker, Computer Programmer, to April 1 982 

Kent C. Hoover, Chief, Procedures Branch, from March 1983 

John E. Adkins, Acting, August 1982 to March 1983 

Avon B. Floyd, Chief, to August 1982 

Beverly E. Battle, Statistician 

Christopher Berbert, Statistician 

Donald F. Cheza, Statistician 

Henry B. Evans, Statistician 

Betty McKay, Statistician 

John A. Blackledge, Chief, Farm Economics Branch 

Emile N. Hooker, Statistician 

James A. Liefer, Statistican 

Joseph M. Miller, Statistician 

Sandria C. Everett, Statistician 

Irving Copeland, Statistician, from April 1983 

Steven Singleton, Statistician, to August 1982 

Francine Rattner, Statistician, to August 1982 

Cynthia R. Shipley, Statistician, to April 1985 

Donald R. Jahnke, Chief, Crop Statistics Branch 

John Barrett, Statistician, from September 1982 

Neng W. Cheng, Statistician, to May 1983 

Carl N. McAllister, Statistician 

Cynthia R. Pitts, Statistician 

Hubert E. Sites, Statistician 

Frank J. Shelton, Statistician 

Thomas D. Monroe, Chief, Livestock Statistics Branch 

William R. Adams, Statistician 

Susan E. Sundermann, Statistician, to March 1982 

John A. Branch, Statistician 

Albert W. Graybill, Statistician 

James L. Thomas, Statistician 

John F. Lee, Statistician 

Gordon H. Lester, Jr., Statistician 

78 HISTORY 

Joyce A. Paras, Statistician 

John C. Womack, Statistician, March 1982 to January 1983 

Francis D. Tolson, Statistician, March 1982 to March 1985 

Robert E. Miller, Statistician 

Mark A. Meggs, Statistician, from May 1983 

John C. Womack, Chief, Outlying Areas Statistics Branch, to 

March 1982, and from January 1 983 (branch abolished Mar. 

1982; reestablished, Jan. 1983) 

Demosthenes Birbilis, Statistician, to March 1982, and from 

January 1983 

Ronald D. Lewis, Statistician, from January 1983 

Jeanette K. Mon, Statistician, to March 1982, and from 

January 1983 

Lidia R. Walters, Statistician, to March 1982 

Darrell D. Prochaska, Chief, Program Research and 

Development Branch 

Jane Y. Dea Sandusky, Statistician 

Emily Burton, Statistician 

William C. Davie, Statistician 

Donna R. Ruggles, Statistician 

Cynthia Z. F. Clark, Chief, Research and Methods Branch, 

October 1984 to June 1985 (position vacant from June 

1985) 

David D. Chapman, Chief, to May 1984 (position vacant, 

June to Oct. 1984) 

Nicholas S. Alberti, Mathematical Statistician, from March 

1984 

Pamela Farrari , Mathematical Statistician, from March 1984 

Tommy W. Gaulden, Mathematical Statistician 

Sherry Kronhaus, Mathematical Statistician, to November 

1982 

John H. Barrett, Chief, Farm and Ranch Identification Survey 

Branch, to September 1982 (branch abolished, Sept. 1982) 

Ronald D. Lewis, Statistician, to September 1982 

Thomas J. Manning, Chief, Area Sample Survey Branch, to 

January 1983 (branch abolished, Jan. 1983) 

William L. Hartnett, Statistician, to March 1982 

Francis D. Tolson, Statistician, to March 1982 

Budget Division 

This division performed budget functions that included the 

preparation of official budget estimates and justifications, and 

the allocation and control of funds. 

Chief 

Joseph P. Bellomo 

Computer Services Division 

(Computer Operations Division prior to Apr. 1983) 

This division operated and managed the Bureau's electronic 

computers and related auxiliary equipment; planned and 

performed associated coordination for data keying, scheduling 

of computer processing, staging, and tape library services; and 

provided user services, such as documentation, source program 

optimization, programming methodologies, and standards to 

facilitate the use of the Bureau's automatic data-processing 

resources. 

Chief 

John E. Halterman, from April 1984 (Acting, Feb. 1983 to 

Apr. 1984) 

C. Thomas DiNenna, to February 1984 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Staff 

George M. Bowden, Assistant Chief, Administration 

Gary H. Dickerson, Assistant Chief, Computer Analysis and 

Maintenance (formerly Hardware Support), from July 1984 

Joseph J. Sferrella, Assistant Chief, Hardware Support, to 

January 1984 

Willie E. Clark, Assistant Chief, Operations, from June 1984 

John E. Halterman, Assistant Chief, Operations, from February 

1984 to June 1984 

James E. Steed, Assistant Chief, Operations, to February 1984 

Data Preparation Division 

Based on specifications and procedures provided by the 

subject-matter/program divisions, this division performed largescale precomputer processing operations, such as questionnaire 

labeling, mailing-package assembly, reports followup and 

check-in, editing and coding of returns, data capture, and clerical 

review and correction of computer-identified problems. It also 

generated necessary correspondence related to these operations. 

Chief 

Don L. Adams, to July 1983 and from October 1 983 

Patricia M. Clark, Acting, August 1983 to October 1983 

Staff 

Patricia M. Clark, Assistant Chief, Operations, from October 

1983 and to August 1983 

Judith N. Petty, Acting Assistant Chief, Operations, August 

1 983 to October 1 983 

Jerry L. Hartman, Chief, Management and Procedures Branch 

Juanita Jones, Chief, Statistical Methods and Quality Control 

Branch 

George E. Wilson, Chief, Data Systems Branch 

William B. Neely, Assistant Chief, from September 1982 

Fred Jarnagin, Assistant Chief, to August 1982 

Gary Doyle, Chief, Geography Branch 

Judith N. Petty, Chief, Periodic Censuses and Related Surveys 

Branch, February 1982 to June 1983 and from October 1983 

(Periodic Censuses Operations Branch prior to Aug. 1984) 

Joyce Conn, Acting Chief, Periodic Censuses Operations 

Branch, June 1983 to October 1983 (Operations Officer, 

from Dec. 1980) 

Patricia M. CI~rk, Acting Chief, Periodic Censuses Operations 

Branch, to February 1982 

Stanley M. Domzalski, Chief, Personnel Management Staff 

William L. Pangburn, Chief, Reproduction and Materials 

Distribution Branch, to May 1 983 

Kurt L. G. Legait, Chief, Support Services Staff (in June 1983, 

acquired the Reproduction and Materials Distribution Branch) 

Data User Services Division 

This division, in cooperation with the Office of the Assistant 

Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses, planned, coordinated, and administered a comprehensive data-dissemination 

and user-services program for the economic and agriculture censuses; conducted seminars, workshops, and conferences; and 

prepared and produced user aids such as slides and video tapes, 

and reference materials such as the Guide to the 1982 Census 

of Agriculture and Related Statistics, and this 1982 Census of 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Agriculture: History. This division, in cooperation with the 

Agriculture Division, prepared and sold maps and computer tapes 

containing published data from the censuses. 

Chief 

Michael G. Garland 

Staff 

Marshall L. Turner, Assistant Chief, User Services 

Deborah Barrett, Acting Chief, Customer Services Branch, 

from December 1984 

Forrest B. Williams, Chief, Customer Services Branch, October 

1982 to December 1984 (Acting, to Oct. 1982) 

Larry W. Carbaugh, Chief, State and Regional Programs Staff 

Leslie Solomon, Acting Chief, User Training Branch, December 

1984 to September 1985 

Deborah Barrett, Chief, User Training Branch, to December 

1984 and from September 1985 

Paul T. Zeisset, Assistant Chief, Statistical Reports 

Frederick G. Bohme, Chief, Census History Staff 

Michael A. Hovland, Agriculture Census Historian 

Economic Census Staff 

This staff directed and reviewed the planning, processing, and 

publication of the census; developed time schedules; and 

allocated census funds. The Chief of this staff was the Assistant 

Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses (see p. 76). 

Chief 

John H. Berry, from August 1984 

Michael G. Farrell, to August 1984 

Staff 

Conrad J. Jacob, Coordinator, from July 1984 

Lawrence H. Lyons, II, Coordinator, to June 1984 

Donald E. Young, Special Assistant, to Janurary 1985 

Beverly M. Eng, Statistician, from October 1982 

Field Division 

This division, through the Atlanta regional office, directed the 

collection and editing of questionnaires used in the agriculture 

census of Puerto Rico. In addition, through information service 

specialists in the regional offices, the division assisted data users 

in using statistical data from all of the censuses. 

Chief 

Stanley D. Matchett, from August 1984 

Joseph S. Harris, William F. Hill, John E. Reeder, and Marvin 

Postma served as Acting Chief for April, May, June, and July 

1 984, respectively. 

Lawrence T. Love, Jr., November 1981 to April 1984 (Acting, 

to Nov. 1981) 

Staff 

Richard L. Bitzer, Assistant Chief, Surveys, from May 1985 

Howard C. Beattie, Robert C. Jung, Jonathan Spendlove, and 

Vaughn Paddock alternately served as Acting Assistant Chief, 

Surveys, May 1984 to May 1985 

George T. Reiner, Assistant Chief, Surveys (Economic Programs 

prior to Jan. 1983) to May 1984 

HISTORY 79 
Michael J. Weiler, Chief, Information Services Branch, 

September 1983 to August 1985 

Kathleen Ludgate, Chief, Information Services Branch, 

to September 1 983 

Robert C. Jung, Chief, Special Longitudinal Surveys Branch 

AI Giglitto, Assistant Branch Chief 

REGIONAL OFFICES 

(The directors of these offices were responsible directly to the 

Chief of the Field Division) 

ATLANTA, GA 

Director 

James F. Holmes, from June 1985 

Susan Lavin, Acting, December 1984 to June 1985 

Forrest P. Cawley, Jr., to December 1984 

Fernando Armstrong, Office Manager of the San Juan, PR 

office, March 1983 to September 1983 

Staff 

Susan Lavin, Assistant Director, from October 1983 (position 

vacant, May 1983 to Oct. 1983) 

John A. Kazmaier, Jr., Assistant Director, to May 1983 

BOSTON, MA 

Director 

Arthur G. Dukakis 

Staff 

Leo J. Kearns, Assistant Director 

CHARLOTTE, NC 

Director 

Joseph Harris 

Staff 

John E. Bell, Assistant Director 

CHICAGO,IL 

Director 

Stanley D. Moore, to December 1981 and from July 1983 

James L. Johnson, Acting, December 1981 to March 1982 

Staff 

James L. Johnson, Assistant Director 

Dwight P. Dean, Assistant Director 

DALLAS, TX 

Director 

John E. Reeder, Jr. 

Staff 

Bennie Daniels, Assistant Director 

Denver, CO 

Director 

William F. Adams 

80 HISTORY 

Staff 

Dean Schroeder, Assistant Director, from January 1982 (position 

vacant to Jan. 1982) 

DETROIT, MI 

Director 

Robert G. McWilliam 

Staff 

Robert J. Peterson, Assistant Director 

KANSAS CITY, KS 

Director 

Marvin L. Postma 

Staff 

Stephan A. Mann, Assistant Director 

LOS ANGELES, CA 

Director 

Francis W. White, Jr., from July 1984 

Dwight P. Dean, July 1982 to July 1984 (Acting, May 1982 

to July 1982) 

John E. Reeder, Jr., Acting, January 1982 to May 1982 

C. Michael Long, to January 1982 

Staff 

LaVerne Collins, Assistant Director, from October 1983 (position 

vacant, Feb. 1983 to Oct. 1983 and Jan. 1982 to 

July 1982) 

James F. Holmes, Acting Assistant Director, July 1982 to 

February 1983 

Dean Schroeder, Assistant Director, to January 1982 

NEW YORK, NY 

Director 

William Hill 

Staff 

John A. Kazmaier, Jr., Assistant Director, from May 1983 

Richard L. Bitzer, Assistant Director, to May 1983 

PHILADELPHIA, PA 

Director 

LaVerne V. Collins, from June 1985 

James F. Holmes, March 1983 to June 1985 (Acting, Feb. 1983 

to Mar. 1983) 

John E. Bell, Acting, September 1982 to February 1983 

John H. Kuntz, Acting, to September 1982 

Staff 

Larry Arnold, Assistant Director, from December 1984 

Thomas Heuring, Acting Assistant Director, April 1984 to 

December 1984 

John H. Kuntz, Assistant Director, to April 1982 (position vacant, 

Apr. 1982 to Apr. 1984) 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
SEATTLE, WA 

Director 

Leo C. Schilling, from February 1981 

Dannie L. Martin, Acting, January 1981 to February 1981 

John E. Tharaldson, to January 1982 

Staff 

Dannie L. Martin, Assistant Director, from February 1981 

Organization and Management Systems Division 

This division planned and conducted management analysis and 

support functions, including the carrying out of organizational 

improvement studies, maintenance and control of the Bureau's 

integrated administrative data base, systems designs and inspection, and other management analysis and research. 

Chief 

Michael S. McKay, from February 1982 (Acting, to Feb. 1982) 

Staff 

Michael S. McKay, Assistant Chief, to February 1982 (position 

abolished Feb. 1982) 

Personnel Division 

This division provided personnel management services, which 

included position classification and pay administration, recruitment and employment, employee relations and services, and 

related personnel operations. 

Chief 

David P. Warner 

Staff 

Russell L. Valentine, Assistant Chief, to August 1984 (position 

vacant from Aug. 1984) 

Program and Policy Development Office 

In consultation with the Director's office, this unit assisted 

in the overall planning and evaluation of Bureau-wide programs; 

reviewed and evaluated program accomplishments in relation 

to plans; and served as the focal point for determining and 

assessing goals and long-range policy and resource plans for the 

agency as a whole and provided emergency planning support 

to the Bureau. Until April 1983, this office advised on all congressional matters relating to census activities, and served as 

the primary point of coordination on such activities with the Congress in collaboration with the Departmental Office of Congressional Affairs. 

Chief 

Sherry L. Courtland 

Public Information Office 

This office directed the information, publicity, and press relations programs for the censuses, including preparation and 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

dissemination of press releases and articles to general and 

specialized news media, and provided other assistance to news 

representatives. 

Chief 

James E. Gorman, from October 1983 

C. Louis Kincannon, Acting, January 1982 to October 1983 

Daniel B. Levine, Acting, to January 1982 

Staff 

Eugene M. Cagle, Assistant Chief 

Richard Ritter, Public Affairs Specialist 

M. William Lerner, Public Affairs Specialist 

Publications Services Division 

This division supplied art, editorial, copy preparation, and 

printing coordination services for census questionnaires and 

publications. 

Chief 

Gerald A. Mann, Acting, from January 1985 

Raymond J. Koski, to December 1984 

Staff 

Wayne Massey, Special Assistant to the Chief 

Sarajane Goodwin, Robert Warunek, Everett L. Dove, Alice L. 

Corbett, and Steven Shifter served alternately as Acting 

Chief, Printing Branch, from January 1985 

Milton S. Andersen, Chief, Printing Branch, to December 1984 

Sarajane Goodwin, Printing Specialist 

Gerald A. Mann, Chief, Publications Planning and Graphics 

Branch 

Nicholas A. Preftakes, Chief, Design and Graphics Section 

John T. Overby, Chief, Economic Censuses 

Publications and Photocomposition Coding Section 

Debeorah L. Callison, Chief, Agriculture and Governments 

Censuses Publication Section 

Arlene Duckett, Chief, Publications Composition Branch 

Helen M. Curtis, Chief, Census Programs Section 

Helen Burnett, Chief, Negative Stripper and Composition 

Technician Section 

Gloria Davis, Chief, Composition Section 

Statistical Research Division 

This division developed and evaluated statistical and other 

quantitative methods for use in the Bureau's programs; ensured 

that these methods were theoretically and operationally sound; 

furnished research information and consultative support; and 

conducted evaluation and research studies to provide statistical 

measures of the error in census data and to assess whether or 

not census procedures and methodologies could be improved 

in terms of accuracy, timeliness, or cost. 

Chief 

Kirk M. Wolter, from May 1983 

James L. O'Brien and Myron J. Katzoff served alternately as 

Acting Chief, March to May 1983 

Roger H. Moore, Chief, to February 1983 

HISTORY 81 
Staff 

Paul Biemer, Assistant Chief, Mathematics and Statistical 

Analysis, from September 1983 

Brian Greenberg and Marvin White served alternately as Acting 

Assistant Chief for Mathematics and Statistical Data Analysis, 

May 1983 to September 1 983 

Lawrence H. Cox, Assistant Chief, Mathematics and Statistical 

Data Analysis, April 1982 to May 1983 (Mathematics and 

Statistical Graphics Research, to Apr. 1982) 

Nash J. Monsour, Jr., Assistant Chief, Mathematical Statistics 

and Sampling Techniques, from September 1984 

Myron J. Katzoff, Assistant Chief, Mathematical Statistics and 

Sampling Techniques, April 1982 to September 1984 (known 

as Statistical Research, to Apr. 1982) 

James L. O'Brien, Assistant Chief, Operations Research, to 

April 1982 

David W. Chapman, Principal Researcher 

Carma Hogue, Mathematical Statistician 

Zigmund F. Krivitsky, Principal Researcher 

Systems Development Division 

(abolished Apr. 1983) 

This division planned and developed general-purpose applications of new technology to the solution of Bureau problems; 

researched new programming languages and techniques; and 

conducted research and development concerned with requirements for new technology and future systems designs for various 

programs of the Bureau. 

Chief 

Larry J. Patin, Acting, March 1982 to April 1983 

Judy M. Bedell, to March 1982 

Staff 

Lynn A. Hollabaugh, Acting Assistant Chief, Applied 

Technology, November 1981 to February 1982 

82 HISTORY 

John J. Bell, Assistant Chief, Applied Technology, to 

November 1981 

Systems Support Division 

This division planned for and provided the activities required 

to maintain the Bureau's computers, communication facilities, 

and auxiliary hardware at required levels of operating effectiveness; and developed, modified, and maintained operational 

support software at performance levels necessary to process 

the economic and agriculture censuses and meet other Bureau 

objectives. 

Chief 

Arnold E. Levin, from January 1984 

John J. Bell and B. Thomas Taylor alternately served as Acting 

Chief, October 1983 to January 1984 

Larry J. Patin, Chief, to October 1983 

Staff 

John J. Bell, Assistant Chief, User Support, from November 

1981 

Robert Munsey, Assistant Chief, Software Support, from 

September 1 984 

B. Thomas Taylor, Assistant Chief, Software Support, to August 

1984 

Technical Services Division 

(established Oct. 1979) 

This division planned and performed engineering services, including research, development, and maintenance, to provide and 

support electromechanical and electronic equipment required for 

automated document handling and data capture; and devised 

solutions to data-communication problems. 

Chief 

C. Thomas DiNenna, from March 1984 (Acting, May 1982 to 

Mar. 1984) 

Robert E. Joseph, to May 1982 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
APPENDIX D. 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics 

The Secretary of Commerce established the Census Advisory 

Committee on Agriculture Statistics in 1952, at the direction of 

the Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and 

Budget). The Committee's mission is to advise the Director of 

the Bureau of the Census on the kinds of information that should 

be collected and published, based on the data needs of major 

agriculture-oriented organizations and their members, and other 

users of agricultural statistics. 

The organization's represented on the Committee take part at 

the invitation of the Secretary of Commerce. Each participating 

organization appoints a member, subject to the concurrence of 

the Director of the Bureau of the Census. Members serving during 

the 1982 census period were: 

Organization 

Agricultural Publishers 

Association 

American Agricultural 

Economics Association 

American Farm Bureau 

Federation 

American Feed Manufacturers 

Association 

American Meat Institute 

Association of Research 

Directors, Inc. 1 

Conference of Consumer 

Organizations 

Farm and Industrial 

Equipment Institute 

Representative 

Richard J. Pommrehn 

Darrel L. Good, from 1985 

Luther Tweeten, 1983-1985 

Bruce L. Gardner, to 1983 

Ronald J. Herr, from 1983 

John Hosemann, to 1983 

Norman Coats 

Dewey Bond 

Sidney Evans, from 1983 

Melvin E. Walker, 1982-1983 

William Fasse 

Stanley Pendlum, from 1985 

LeVon S. Fife, to 1985 

1 Member organization from 1982. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Organization Representative 

Federal Statistics Users' 

Conference2 John T. Wilkins 

The Irrigation Association H. Gene Koch, from 1985 

Thomas J. Schiltz, to 1985 

National Agri-Marketing 

Association Orville M. Thompson 

National Agricultural 

Chemicals Associations Dudley Clark 

National Association of State 

Departments of Agriculture Thomas W. Ballow 

National Association of State 

Universities and Land-Grant 

Colleges 

National Council of Farmer 

Cooperatives 

B.F. Stanton, from 1982 

Louis M. Thompson, to 1982 

Joseph D. Coffey, from 1985 

Ronald Wilson, 1984-1985 

Randy Russell, 1983-1 984 

Paul Weller, to 1983 

National Farmers Organization Dave Kozishek, from 1982 

National Farmers Union 

National Food Processors 

Association 

The National Grange 

Rural Sociological Society 

U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Statistical 

Reporting Service3 

National Cattlemen's 

Association4 

Ann Bornstein, to 1982 

John Stencel 

Regina Hildwine, from 1985 

Yuli Wexler, to 1985 

Leroy Watson, from 1985 

Robert Frederick, to 1985 

Ronald C. Wimberley 

William Kibler 

John Ross 

2Member organization through 1983. 

3Administrator is ex-officio member. 

4Member organization since 1985. 

HISTORY 83 
APPENDIX E. 

Publications in Selected Series 

The Census Bureau published a preliminary report for every 

county (or equivalent) with 10 or more farms during the census 

period, for each State and for the United States. Each county 

report consisted of four pages, while each of the State and 

United States reports contained six pages. Individual county 

reports sold for $1.50, and the State and U.S. summary reports 

for $1.75 each. The preliminary reports were released on computer diskettes, each of which could contain the data for up to 

40 counties (or 1 State preliminary report and up to 39 county 

reports). Users could purchase an individual State's data, sets 

for specific States, or the entire preliminary report file (104 

diskettes) for $60 for the first, and $12 for each additional 

diskette. (The preliminary reports on diskettes were released for 

sale Oct. 31, 1984.) 

PRELIMINARY REPORTS 

Geographic area 

United States 

New England 

Maine 

New Hampshire 

Vermont 

Massachusetts 

Rhode Island 

Connecticut 

Middle Atlantic 

New York 

New Jersey 

Pennsylvania 

East North Central 

Ohio 

Indiana 

Illinois 

Michigan 

Wisconsin 

West North Central 

Minnesota 

Iowa 

Missouri 

North Dakota 

South Dakota 

Nebraska 

Kansas 

South Atlantic 

Delaware 

Maryland 

Virginia 

West Virginia 

North Carolina 

South Carolina 

84 HISTORY 

Volume 1, Geographic Area Series reports were published for 

the United States, each State, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin 

Islands. Each volume 1 report contained detailed data in county 

(or equivalent), State, and (for the United States report) national 

tables, and was released in printed form and on microfiche. The 

preliminary and volume 1 (except Puerto Rico and the outlying 

areas) reports also were released on computer tape in EBCDIC 

and ASCII formats at 6250 bpi or 1600 bpi. The Volume 2, 

Subject Series, consisted of four reports- Graphic Summary, 

Coverage Evaluation, Ranking of States and Counties, and 

History-and was released in printed form only. 

Reports 

17 

11 

15 

14 

6 

9 

58 

22 

68 

89 

93 

103 

82 

72 

87 

100 

115 

54 

68 

94 

106 

4 

24 

98 

55 

100 

47 

Approved 

for 

printing Published 

05/31/84 06/29/84 

12/09/83 01/06/84 

11/10/83 12/01/83 

12/08/83 01/24/84 

12/09/83 01/24/84 

11/02/83 11/22/83 

12/08/83 01/24/84 

01/10/84 01/24/84 

12/01/83 12/21/83 

11/28/83 12/13/83 

12/09/83 01/24/84 

12/05/83 01/04/84 

11/08/83 12/01/83 

01/17184 02/08/84 

10/26/83 11/22/83 

02/22/84 03/07/84 

12/23/83 01/24/84 

12/13183 01/06/84 

03/09/84 03/23/84 

02/22/84 03/06/84 

03/16/84 04/06/84 

02/03/84 02/22/84 

08/17/83 08/31/83 

10/05/83 10/21/83 

01/05/83 01/24/84 

10/31/83 11/22/83 

03/06/84 03/21/84 

04/19/84 05/04/84 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Approved 

Geographic area for 

Reports printing Published 

Georgia 160 04/04/84 04/30/84 

Florida 66 03/27/84 04/16/84 

East South Central 

Kentucky 121 02/06/84 02/28/84 

Tennessee 96 02/06/84 02/28/84 

Alabama 68 04/10/84 05/04/84 

Mississippi 83 03/22/84 04/12/84 

West South Central 

Arkansas 76 03/19/84 04/09/84 

Louisiana 64 03/20/84 04/06/84 

Oklahoma 78 03/27/84 04/16/84 

Texas 255 04/24/84 05/30/84 

Mountain 

Montana 57 04/10/84 05/02/84 

Idaho 45 03/23/84 04/30/84 

Wyoming 24 03/29/84 04/16/84 

Colorado 60 03/02/84 03/20/84 

New Mexico 32 04/24/84 05/10/84 

Arizona 15 02/17/84 03/06/84 

Utah 30 04/14/84 04/20/84 

Nevada 17 03/12/84 03/23/84 

Pacific 

Washington 40 01/18/84 02/02/84 

Oregon 37 12/12/83 01/24/84 

California 57 03/15/84 03/30/84 

Alaska 5 04/19/84 05/04/84 

Hawaii 5 02/02/84 02/13/84 

VOLUME 1. GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

Printed reports Microfiche 

Part Geographic area Published Pages Price Published Fiche Price 

(dollars) (dollars) 

1 Alabama 08/84 400 11.00 02/85 5 3.25 

2 Alaska 10/84 88 3.00 02/85 2 2.75 

3 Arizona 08/84 220 5.50 02/85 3 2.75 

4 Arkansas 07/84 412 11.00 02/85 6 3.25 

5 California 07/84 388 10.00 02/85 5 3.00 

6 Colorado 07/84 364 9.50 02/85 5 3.25 

7 Connecticut 05/84 216 6.00 07/84 3 2.75 

8 Delaware 02/84 195 5.50 05/84 3 2.75 

9 Florida 08/84 396 10.00 02/85 5 3.25 

10 Georgia 08/84 656 16.00 02/85 8 3.75 

11 Hawaii 10/84 180 5.50 02/85 3 2.75 

12 Idaho 08/84 316 9.00 02/85 4 3.00 

13 Illinois 05/84 484 12.00 07/84 6 3.00 

14 Indiana 06/84 484 10.00 02/85 6 3.25 

15 Iowa 05/84 476 9.50 07/84 6 3.00 

16 Kansas 05/84 500 13.00 02/85 6 3.50 

17 Kentucky 06/84 552 16.00 02/85 7 3.50 

18 Louisiana 09/84 388 9.50 02/85 5 3.25 

19 Maine 04/84 244 6.50 07/84 4 2.75 

20 Maryland 03/84 252 7.50 07/84 4 2.75 

21 Massachusetts 10/84 220 7.00 02/85 3 2.75 

22 Michigan 05/84 448 9.50 02/85 6 3.00 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 85 
Printed reports Microfiche 

Part Geographic area Published Pages Price Published Fiche Price 

(dollars) (dollars) 

23 Minnesota 07/84 452 12.00 02/85 6 3.25 

24 Mississippi 08/84 440 11.00 02/85 6 3.25 

25 Missouri 05/84 532 13.00 07/84 7 3.25 

26 Montana 08/84 356 9.50 02/85 5 3.00 

27 Nebraska 06/84 476 12.00 02/85 6 3.25 

28 Nevada 10/84 236 7.00 02/85 4 2.75 

29 New Hampshire 04/84 212 7.00 07/84 3 2.75 

30 New Jersey 04/84 252 7.50 07/84 4 2.75 

31 New Mexico 08/84 292 7.50 02/85 4 3.00 

32 New York 04/84 376 8.00 07/84 5 3.00 

33 North Carolina 06/84 496 12.00 02/85 6 3.50 

34 North Dakota 07/84 356 9.50 11/84 5 3.00 

35 Ohio 04/84 472 12.00 07/84 6 3.00 

36 Oklahoma 08/84 440 11.00 02/85 6 3.25 

37 Oregon 04/84 300 9.00 07/84 4 2.75 

38 Pennsylvania 04/84 404 11.00 07/84 5 3.00 

39 Rhode Island 04/84 192 5.50 07/84 3 2.75 

40 South Carolina 10/84 320 9.00 02/85 5 3.00 

41 South Dakota 06/84 380 10.00 02/85 5 3.25 

42 Tennessee 05/84 468 12.00 02/85 6 3.50 

43 Texas 10/84 964 19.00 02/85 11 4.50 

44 Utah 09/84 268 7.50 02/85 4 3.00 

45 Vermont 06/84 216 7.00 02/85 3 2.75 

46 Virginia 06/84 488 10.00 02/85 6 3.50 

47 Washington 06/84 308 9.00 02/85 4 3.00 

48 West Virginia 03/84 336 9.50 07/84 5 3.00 

49 Wisconsin 03/84 420 11.00 07/84 6 3.00 

50 Wyoming 07/84 240 7.00 02/85 4 2.75 

51 United States 11/84 436 11.00 02/85 6 3.25 

52 Puerto Rico 08/84 236 7.00 02/85 4 2.75 

53 Guam 02/84 64 2.25 07/84 2 2.50 

54 Virgin Islands 02/84 48 2.25 07/84 2 2.50 

VOLUME 2. SUBJECT SERIES 

Part Title Published Price 

(dollars) 

1 Graphic Summary 01/86 $9.50 

2 Coverage Evaluation 05/85 1.50 

3 Ranking of States and Counties 03/85 4.50 

4 History 07/87 

86 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
APPENDIX F. 

Chronology of Principal Activities 

CONTENT PRETEST, JUNE 1981 Began Completed Began Completed 

Initial mailout 6/81 6/81 Publication program: Mail followup 7/81 7/81 Preliminary reports 8/83 6/84 

Field interview followup 8/81 9/81 Volume 1, Geographic Area Series 2/84 11/84 

ADDRESS LIST COMPILATION Volume 2,Subject Series: 

Part 1, Graphic Summary 1/86 

Part 2, Coverage Evaluation 5/85 

Preliminary source list 11/81 1/82 Part 3, Ranking of States and 

Final source list 2/82 10/82 Counties 3/85 

Farm and Ranch Identification Survey: Part 4, History 7/87 

Content pretest mailout 1/81 2/81 

Pretest mail followup 2/81 3/81 

Compilation of survey mail list 12/81 12/81 

Initial mailout 3/82 3/82 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICUL TURE IN PUERTO RICO 

1st followup 4/82 4/82 

2nd followup 5/82 5/82 Development of report forms 11/82 2/83 

3rd followup 6/82 6/82 Printing of report forms 2/83 2/83 

4th followup 6/82 6/82 Preparation of special farms mail list 12/82 4/83 

5th followup 7/82 7/82 Preparation of maps 11/82 2/83 

Final address list compilation 9/82 12/82 Memorandum of agreement with 

and linkage the Commonwealth 11/82 2/83 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE UNITED Preparation of enumeration materials 11/82 5/83 

Establishment of agriculture census 

STATES office in Puerto Rico 3/83 3/83 

Mailout to special farms 5/83 6/83 

Printing of report forms 2/82 10/82 Enumerator recruitment 4/83 7/83 

Delivery of report forms 8/82 12/82 Enumerator training 7/83 7/83 

Addressing report forms 10/82 11/82 Field enumeration 7/83 9/83 

Initial maHout 12/82 12/82 Close agriculture census office 9/83 9/83 

1 st followup (reminder card) 2/83 3/83 Processing and tabulation 7/83 5/84 

2nd followup 3/83 3/83 Publication 8/84 

Special April follow up 4/83 4/83 

3rd followup 4/83 4/83 

4th followup 5/83 5/83 

5th followup 5/83 6/83 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICUL TURE ON GUAM 

6th followup 6/83 6/83 

Telephone followup 1/83 9/83 Development of report form 11/82 1/83 

Citrus caretakers' enumeration 6/82 11/82 Preparation of other forms and materials 11/82 1/83 

Data processing: Memorandum of agreement with 

Receipt and check-in 1/83 8/83 Territorial Government 11/82 11/82 

Correspondence 1/83 8/83 Development of farm list 1/83 2/83 

Interactive research 1/83 11/83 Preparation of en\Jmeration materials 11/82 2/83 

Data entry 1/83 11/83 Assembly of enumeration materials 1/83 3/83 

Computer processing: Establishment of census office 3/83 3/83 

Formatting and simple edit 1/83 9/83 Staff recruitment 3/83 3/83 

Complex edit and edit correction 2/83 9/83 Staff training 3/83 3/83 

Imputation for nonresponse 5/83 12/83 Enumeration 3/83 6/83 

Data tabulation: Receipt and check-in 4/83 6/83 

Analytical tabulations 6/83 1/84 Close census office 7/83 

Preliminary tabulations 8/83 6/84 Processing 7/83 12/83 

Final tabulations for all geographic Tabulation 11/83 12/83 

areas 9/83 8/84 Publication 2/84 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 87 
1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE VIRGIN 

ISLANDS 

Development of report form 

Preparation of other forms and materials 

Memorandum of agreement with 

Territorial Government 

Development of farm list 

Preparation of enumeration materials 

88 HISTORY 

Began Completed 

11/82 2/83 

1/83 3/83 

11/82 1183 

2/83 4/83 

11/82 4183 

Assembly of enumeration materials 

Establishment of census office 

Staff recruitment 

Staff training 

Enumeration 

Receipt and check-in 

Close census office 

Processing 

Tabulation 

Publication 

Began Completed 

4/83 

6/83 

6/83 

6/83 

7/83 

8/83 

9/83 

11/83 

4183 

6/83 

6/83 

6/83 

8/83 

8/83 

8/83 

11/83 

11/83 

2184 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
APPENDIX G. 

Report Forms 

CHANGES IN THE STANDARD REPORT FORMS 

Background Information 

The Secretary of Commerce has final responsibility for the 

content and design of all census data-collection forms, but may 

delegate this task to the Director of the Bureau of the Census. 

As in earlier censuses, interested organizations and agencies, 

including the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, made comments and recommendations on 

the proposed content and design of the report forms. The 

Bureau's Census Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics 

reviewed the suggestions, comments, and data requests submitted, and made recommendations on the priorities that should 

be assigned to various items for inclusion in the final report 

forms. 

u.S. Report Forms 

General design-For the 1982 census, the Census Bureau reintroduced the use of "regionalized" data-collection forms. Twelve 

geographic regions were identified and the crops (sections 2 

through 8) and livestock specialties (section 15) items on the 

report forms were tailored to list crops and livestock common 

to the specific region covered by the report form. The overall 

design of the 1982 agriculture report was similar to that used 

for the very successful 1978 census report forms. The nonsampie form had four pages and consisted of a large sheet, 14" x 

21" folded to 14" x 10 1/2," while the sample version had five 

pages, measuring 14" x 27" overall but folded to 14" x 10 1/2." 

(The additional page on the sample form consisted of two 

numbered half-pages.) The sample form included six additional 

sections requesting data on use of fertilizer, insecticides and 

other chemicals; interest expense; machinery and equipment; 

expenditure for energy; selected production expenses; and current market value of land and buildings. 

The regionalized forms (except Hawaii) also were produced 

in "nonsample" and "sample" versions. About 75 percent of 

all farms received the nonsample report form, which requested 

basic data on inventory, production, sales, and operator 

characteristics. The sample version was used for all addresses 

in Hawaii and Alaska, for "must" cases, and for an approximate 

17-percent sample of all other addresses, or about 25 percent 

of all addresses (see pp. 22-23). 

The questionnaires were assigned form numbers by type of 

form (Le., nonsample, sample-nonmust, and must), and by 

geographic region. The nonsample questionnaires were forms 

82-A0101 through 82-A0111, while the sample-nonmust cases 

received forms 82-A0201 through 82-A0212 (Hawaii formed 

a "region" by itself and operators there received the form 

82-A0212). Must cases were sent forms 82-A0301 through 

82-A0311, as appropriate. 

Changes in the data requested- The general data content of the 

1982 census report forms was similar to that of 1978 (save for 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

the regionalization of the data items in sections 2 through 8 and 

section 15). However, some modifications to the general content were made. 

The principal changes made to the "all farms" sections of the 

report were as follows: 

Section 3: Hay Crops Combined item 5, grass silage 

and haylage, and item 6, green 

chop, from the 1978 form into 

item 2, dry hay, grass silage, 

haylage, and green chop. 

Section 9: Value of 

Crops Sold Added individual sales of selected 

cash grains, including corn, 

wheat, soybeans, sorghum, and 

oats, and all other, to item 1, 

grains, soybeans, and other 

Section 11: Irrigated 

Land 

Section 15: Miscellaneous Livestock 

Section 21 (OLD): 

Foreign Ownership 

Section 21 (NEW): 

Operator Characteristics 

beans sold in 1 982. The other 

category was "regionalized," according to the crops in sections 2 

and 7. 

Added questions to determine 

source of irrigation water. 

Combined mink for breeding with 

mink livestock and their pelts. 

Dropped the 1978 questions on 

foreign ownership of farmland 

and moved operator characteristics to this section. 

Added item on the year the 

operator began operating the 

place. 

Sections 22 through 28 were the "sample" items requested 

of only about 25 percent of all the addresses on the census mail 

list. The changes made to the sample items from the 1978 report 

form for the 1982 census were: 

Section 23: Chemicals 

Section 24 (NEW): 

Interest Expense 

Dropped chemicals for sanitation 

or insect control. Excluded expenses for lime from expenditures 

for chemicals. 

Added question on interest paid 

on farm-related debts. 

HISTORY 89 
Section 25: Machinery and Equipment 

Section 26: Expenditures for Energy 

Section 27: Selected 

Production Expenses 

(1) Dropped item on "other corn 

pickers and picker-shellers." (2) 

Changed description of balers to 

include round and rectangular 

balers. (3) Changed description of 

cotton pickers to include cotton 

strippers. 

Dropped gallons purchased for 

fuel. 

Dropped item on animal health 

costs. 

Puerto Rico and the Outlying Areas 

Form 82-A 1 (PR), Puerto Rico-The 1982 report form for Puerto Rico was based on the 1978 form, with minor changes made 

to simplify the wording of several items. Sections 11 and 12 

from the 1978 form (lnterplanting of Crops and Selected 

Crops Under Cultivation, respectively) were deleted from the 

1982 report form, while the section on products for home 

consumption was altered for 1982 to request data for the week 

previous to the enumeration. (On the 1978 report form, data 

for this section were requested for the 1 2 months prior to 

enumeration.) The arrangement of the report form was altered 

so that sections asking for data on type of farm organization, 

sales, other farm-related income, and operator characteristics 

immediately followed section 16 (Poultry), while sections on 

products for home consumption, machinery and equipment, 

chemicals, and expenses, were moved to the end of the report 

form. 

Form 82-A1(G), Guam-The 1982 agriculture census report form 

for Guam was similar in format and data content to the 1978 

report form, except for the deletion of items on sources of financing from section 2 (Land in Agriculture), and addition of an item 

to section 3 (Crops Harvested in 1982) requesting total acres 

in bearing and nonbearing fruit trees and plants. A general alteration changed the reporting unit for land area from hectares to 

acres to facilitate reporting by respondents. 

Form 82-A 1 (VI), Virgin Islands-The 1982 agriculture census 

report form for the Virgin Islands was virtually identical in overall 

design to the 1978 form. The only significant change to the data 

content of the report form was the deletion from section 2 (Land 

in Agriculture) of the data items on source of financing. 

90 HISTORY 

FACSIMILES OF SELECTED REPORT FORMS AND 

FOLLOWUP LETTERS 

1981 Pretest 

Form 81-A 1 (Test) 

Form 81-A2(Test) 

1982 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey 

Page 

91 

96 

Report Form 82-A4 ......................... , 101 

1982 Census of Agriculture (United States) 

Report Form 82-A0213 ....................... 103 

Information Sheet Form 82-A01 (I) ............... 108 

Transmittal Letter Form 82-A01 (L 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 110 

Reminder Card Form 82-A01 (L2) ................ 111 

Followup Letters: 

Form 82-A01 (L3) .......................... 112 

Form 82-A01 (L4) .......................... 113 

Form 82-A01 (L5) ......................... , 115 

Form 82-A01 (L5A) ........................ , 117 

Form 82-A01 (L6) .......................... 119 

Form 82-A01(L7) .......................... 121 

Form 82-A01 (L8) .......................... 122 

Nonrespondent Survey Report Form 82-A46 . . . . . . .. 123 

Telephone Enumeration Report Form 82-A0313 ..... 127 

1982 Census of Agriculture Coverage Evaluation 

Report Form 82-A90 ........................ , 135 

1982 Census of Agriculture for Puerto Rico 

Report Form 82-A 1 (PR) ....................... 140 

Report Form 82-A 1 (PR)SP ..................... 144 

1982 Census of Agriculture on Guam 

Report Form 82-A 1 (G) ....................... , 148 

1982 Census of Agriculture in the Virgin Islands 

Report Form 82-A 1 (VI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 51 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 81-A1 

DUE WITHIN 15 DA YS OF RECEIPT o M.S. No. 0607-0357: Approval Expires September 30,1981 

fORM 1-A1 (4-30-811 

(.,~NSU 

~'82~ 

US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

UNITED STATES 

CENSUS 

NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law Ititle 13, U.S. Code). By the same law YOUR REPORT TO 

THE CENSUS BUREAU IS CONFIDENTIAL. It may ba seen only by sworn Census employees and may be usad only 

for statistical purposes. Your report CANNOT be used for purposes of taxation. investigation, or regulation. The law 

also provides that copies retained in your files are immune from legal process. 

In correspondence pertaining to this report. pleal. refer to your Cen.uI FII. Number (CFN) 

~TEST~ 

Pledse complete this 

form and RETURN TO 

OF AGRICULTURE 

BUREAU OFTHE CENSUS 

1201 East Tenth Street Jefferlonvllle, Indiana 47132 

Note - If your records are not available, reasonable estimates may be used. If 

filing within 15 days causes an undue burden, a time extension request may be 

sent to the above address. Include your l'-digit Census File Number (CFN) as 

shown In your address label in all correspondence to us. 

!f you received more than one 

F~r.°~~~~'rl~Jt~~r:X~~d C~~~~~ fA-+-+-l-f-t-+-+-++-+-+-l----1H extra copies with your completed report. A 

037 038 

041 042 

If the aC/es you 0pflr.t.d in 1980 changed during th. Y.BI, r.f.r to th. 

INFORMATION SHEET, Section 7. 

L 

Report land owned, rented, or used by you, your spouse, or by the partnership, 

corporation, or organization for which you are reporting. Include ALL LAND, 

REGARDLESS OF LOCATION OR USE - cropland, pastureland, rangeland, 

woodland, idle land, house lots, etc. None r=--N-u-mbe-,,-j-ac-, .. -. 

1 . All land owned. o 

2. All land rented Or leased FROM OTHERS, including land worked by 

you on shares, used rent free in exchange for services, payment of 

taxes, etc. Include leased Federal, State, and railroad land. 100 NOT 

include land used on a per-head basis under a grazing permit.) Also 

complete item 5 below.. 0 

3. All land rented or leased TO OTHERS, including land worked on 

shares by others and land subleased. Also complete item 6 below .. o 

043 

044 

045 

046 

.-J 

(PleBse correct errors in name, address, and ZIP code.) 

INSTRUCTIONS Plesse report your crops in the appropriate Hction, 

DO NOT INCLUDE crops grown on land rented to others. U8e8ection 7 to 

report ONLY those crops NOT listed in sections 2 through 6 and section S. 

Were any of the FOLLOWING CROPS harvHlld from thll place in 19807 

52 

None 

1, Corn !field) for grain or 067 

seed (Report quantity on 

a shelled-weight basis) .. ... 0 

2, Corn !field) for silage or 070 

green chop. .• 0 

3. Wheat for grain. ....... 0 

073 

4, Oats for grain ... .. 0 

076 

.... 0 

079 

5, Barley for grain. 

082 

6. Sorghums for grain or seed 

linclude milo!. ... 0 

Acre, 

harvested 

I 

Quantity harvested 

Bu. 

- - - -0 R - - --

Cwt. 

Tons . green 

Bu 

Bu. 

Bu. 

Bu. 1- - - -0 R - - - -

Lbs. 

Acres 

Irrigated 

069 

075 

078 

081 

084 

4. ACRES IN THIS PLACE - ADD acres owned litem 1) and acres 

rented litem 2). then SUBTRACT acres rented TO OTHERS litem 3). 

and enter the result in this space. 

-----.. 7. Sorghums for silage or green t chop (exclude sorghum085 oe7 

For this census report these sre the "ACRES IN THIS PLACE." 

If [he entry IS zero please refer to the IN FORMA TlON SHEET, Section 1. 

5, If you rented land FROM OTHER~ litem 21. enter the following information for each landlord. 

Name of landlord Mailing address (Include ZIP cods) Number of acres 

(lsr addmonallandlords on B separate sheer of paper. 

6. If you rented land TO OTHERS litem 3). enter the following information for each renter. 

Name of renter Malhng address (Include ZIP code) Number of acres 

List addItional fenters on 8 separate sheet of psper. 

a, Of the land you rented or leased to others, how many 

acres did you own) . 

7. During 1980, did you have any Federal or State grazing 

permits on a per-head basis; such as Forest Service, 

Tayjor Grazing, Indian Reservations, etc.? .. 

8. Of the land rented from others litem 2), how many acres 

were Federal, State, or Indian reservation land? 

None 

0 

None 

0 

9. LOCATION OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY FOR THIS PLACE 

Pnnclpal 

county 

County name 

053 

_____ Acres 

054 

10Ye, 20No 

065 

_____ Acres 

State Number of acres 

05. 

sudan crosses) . .. 0 Tons, 

green 

OBB 089 090 

8, Soybeans for beans 0 Bu. 

091 092 093 

9. Cotton. 0 Bales 

094 I 095 096 

10. Tobacco - all types .. ..... 0 I /10 Lbs 

11. 

12. 

097 098 099 

Potatoes, Irish ... .0 1110 Cwt. 

100 101 102 

Sweetpotatoes and yams ... 0 I /10 Bu. 

53 

Waseny DRY HAY, GRASS SILAGE, HAYLAGE, or 

GREEN CHOP cut or harvested from this rllce in 19801 Include .orghum-.udan ero •••• and hay cu from p •• tur ••. 

I DYES -Comp/etethl .. ectlon 20 NO - Gotosection4 

If cuttings were mads for both dry hay snd grass silags, haytage. 01 gr86n chop from the 

same fields, report the acreage in the appropriate items und8r DRY HA Y and also under 

GRASS SILAGE, HA YLAGE, and GREEN CHOP . 

• DRY HAY 

I 

1110 

1/10 

1/10 

(If two Of mOfe cuttings of dry hay were made 

from the same acres, report seres only once, 

but rsport total tons from a/l cuttings.) 

Acres 

harvested 

Quantity harvested 

(Report eithtJr dry or gr86n wtJight as 

Acres 

irrigated 

1, Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures for hay or 

dehydrating . 

2. Small grain hay - oats, wheat, barley, etc .. 

3, Othertamedry hay, clover, lespedeza, timothy, 

Bermuda grass, Sudan grass, etc .. 

4, Wild hay.... . ............. . 

• GRASS SILAGE, HAYLAGE, AND 

GREEN CHOP 

(If two or more cuttings were made from the 

58me Bcres, report scres only ones, but 

report totsl tons from sll cuttings.) 

103 

106 

109 

112 

indiCIJted) 

10. 105 

Tons, 

d,y 

107 Tons, 108 

d,y 

110 111 

Tons, 

d'y 

113 Tons, 114 

d,y 

118 117 

8. In what county was the 

largest value of your 

agricultural products raised 

or produced). f---t--------l--bo«',,;------t 5. Grass silage, and haylage, and hay crops cut Ton,. 

green 

b .If you also have agricultural 

operations in any other 

countylies), enter the county 

name Is) etc. : 

Other 

COunties 

and fed green Igreen chop) . 

058 • HAYSOLD 

1--------+--"'0"'59.-----11 6. Did you sell any hay 

or grass silage in 1980/ . 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

"8 

..• 10yes 20 No 

HISTORY 91 
Form 81-A 1 

92 

Were any VEGETABLES, SWEET CORN, MELONS, etc .. harvested 

FOR SALE from this place in 19807 

54 1 0 YES 

, 0 NO 

- Completll this section 

- Go to section 5 

S6 

Were any STRAWBERRIES, CRANBERRIES, Ot OTHER BERRIES harvested 

FOR SALE from this place in 19807 (Exclude those grown for home use.) 

10 YES 

'0 NO 

- Complflte this SBction 

- Go to section 7 

For Florida (span for September " 1979 through 

August 31. 1980 harvest season; for all other 

States report for calendar year 1980. Acres Acres irrigated 

From the list below, enter crop name and code. Report quantity harvested in unit 

specified with crop name. 

Whole acres Tenths Whole acres Tenths Crop name Code r-:,-A:.:c:..:re::s-"h:::arv:..:..;:es:::t:::ed~ 

Who!e acres Tenths Quantity harvested Acres irrigated 375 1 _ Land from which vegetables were 

harvested in 1980. . . . .. . ..... . /10 

376 

/10 1 

Whole acreS Tenth, , 2_ From the list below, enter the crop name and code for each crop harvested in 1980. If more than one vegetable crop was harvested from the same acres, report acres for 

each crop. Report crops grown under protection in section 5. 

Crop name Code Acres harvested Acres Irrigated 

1 

110 

110 

I

I 

110 

I 110' I 110 If more space IS needed. useseparatesheetofpaper 

~--------------------------~----+---------~~~~---------L~-I Crop name Coda 

I /10 I /10 

r-__________________________ + ____ +_--------~I--I-l-0rr_---------L1 _I_l_0-i ::~~~~~;i~:~ ~~~edr;obue~~~~ (pounds) . 

I 110 I /10 Blueberries. wild Ipounds) ~--------------------------~----+---------~~=~----------+--'-''-'--I Cranberries 1100-lb. barrels) 

I /10 I /10 

509 I 512 

515 I 521 ~ 

Crop nama 

Raspberries {pounds) .. 

Strawberries (pounds) 

All other berries (pounds) -

Specify 

/10 

/10 

/10 

Code 

533 

536 

539 

I more space is needed, use separate sheet 0 paper. 

1 

I /10 I /10 Were any OTHER CROPS harvested from this place in 1980 small grain, 

field seeds, or other crops not previously reported7 

Crop name Code Crop name Code Crop name 

Asparagus ........ 379 I Cucumbers and pickles 411 I Peppers. sweet 

Beans, snap Ibush Eggplant. 415 I Peppers. hot. 

and pole) . 381 I Garlic. 421 Pumpkins 

Beets 383 I Honeydew melons. 423 I Radishes .. 

Broccoli 385 lettuce and romaine 427 Spinach.. ....... . 

g:~~~g~ps·a~d . 391 I Lima beans. green. 429 I ~~~~~hc~rn. 

Persian melons .... 395 I ~~~~~~ d~e::~s, . :~~ I Tomatoes. 

g:~it~6w~'r' : ~:~ I Onions. green. 435 Turnips. 

Celery .. 401 Okra. 437 I Turnip greens. 

S7 

Cod. 1 0 YES - Complete this section 

!!~ '0 NO - GotoseetionS 

::~ From the list below, enter crop name and code. Report quanr,IV harvested;n un;, specified with crop name. 

::~I------c-r-o-p-na-m-e-------rC-o-d-e"A-c-r-es-h-a-r-ve-s-te-d"--o-ua-n-t-itY--ha-r-ve-s-te-d--r-A-c-r.-s-ir-ri-ga-t-e-d~ 

::~t-----------------~---+----------~,--------------~,---------1 

465 

467.----------------+--~~--------+r------------~--------~ 

473 Collards ............. 407 I PEena'g·11·gshree(.nx·cilnUcdleUdgirneeg n I Watermelons. Cowpeas (blackeyed and Other vegetables - other green cowpeas) 409 I cowpeas). 441 I Specify. . .. . 475 J-----------------_t-----t-----------+,;_--------------r,,-----------i 

• Were any NURSERY and GREENHOUSE PRODUCTS, MUSHROOMS, sod, 

bulbs, flowers, flower seeds, vegetable saeds and plants, or vegetables under 

glass or other protection, GROWN FOR SALE on this place in 19807 

S5 1 0 YES - Compietethisstlction 

, 0 NO - Go to section 6 Area irrigated 

None Square feet I Acres Tenths 

1. Nursery and greenhouse products irrigated in 1980 o L7_7 _________ L-r;78 ____ ~: __ ~/~1~ot------------------+----t-----------+,;-------------~~,----------4 

2. From the list below, enter the product name and code for each product grown. 

If more space IS needed, use separate sheet of paper. 

Square feet A . th Code under glass or cre~~n1980 open Sales in 1980 Crop name 

othe~~~~k~tionf--W--h-o-Ie-a-cr-e-s-,-T-e-n-th-s+---D-o-I-Ia-rs---'-C-e-n-t-1 s ~~:~:, ~de~~I~nl~~~IU·di~g· . 

Product name Cod. 

542 

I' I dry limas) 11OO-pound bags) 554 

I 110 $ I Beans. dry lima 

~---------------+----+--------__1'_r,----------r-.:..:.."+,r----------r----I 1100-pound bags) . . . . . 557 I I Buckwheat Ibushels) .... . . . . . . . . . . . 575 /1 0 $ Corn cut for dry fodder. hogged 1----------------+----+--------__1'_r,----------I!--'-C-=-+'r----------:-1 ----i or grazed (report acres only) . . . 581 

I /1 a $ I Cowpeas for dry peas Ibushels) 584 I-7.If~m...,o-r.-s-P8-C-• ...,;s-n-.. -(/,7""ed-,..-u-se.Ls-e-pa-ra...,t.-'s...,h-.. -t-o""'", p-a-p-er-. ~ __________ _'_--'-=L!... ________ _'_ __ -I Emmer and spelt (bushels) .' 599 

Product name Code Product name Code Fescue seed (pounds) .. 602 

Bedding plants linclude vegetable plantsl 479 I Mushrooms. 494 ~~;;:.'~li~~~h~~Sh.;ISi . . .. ..... :~! I Bulbs . 482 Sod harvested. 497 Kentucky Bluegrass seed Ipounds) 629 Cut flowers and cut florist greens. 485 I Vegetable and flower seeds. 500 lespedeza seed (pounds) . 638 I 

Nursery products - ornamentals, fruit I Greenhouse vegetables. 503 Mint for oil (pounds of oill 644 I and nut trees, and vines . . . . 488 Other _ Specify.. 506 Peanuts for nuts Ipounds). .......... 658 Foliage and flowering plants .... 491 1. Peas, dry edible Ipounds). 859 ( 

.: Was there a combined total of 20 or more FRUIT TREES, including GRAPEVINES, CITRUS and NUT TREES ON THIS PLACE in 19807 

s. 1 0 YES - Complete thl •• "ctlon 

, 0 NO - GOlOsection9 Total acres Acres irrigated 

Crop name 

Popcorn (pounds, shelled) 

Proso millet (bushels) 

Red clover seed (pounds) 

Rice 1100-pound bag') 

Rye for grain Ibushels) .. 

Ryegrass seed (pounds) 

Safflower Ipounds) 

Sorghums cut for dry forage 

or hay Itons, dry weight) .... 

Sorghums hogged or grazed . 

Sugar beets for sugar (tons) . 

Sugarcane for sugar (tons) -

See Information Sheet .. 

Sugarcane for seed (tons) 

Sunflower seed (pounds) 

Timothy seed (pounds) . 

Other crops Ipounds) -

Specify .... 

Whole acres Tenths Whole acres Tenths NONCITRUS CROPS Code CITRUS CROPS 

Cod. 

662 

665 

671 

677 

686 

689 

692 

698 

701 

719 

722 

725 

734 

746 

773 

Cod. 

1. TOTAL AC R ES in bearing and non bearing fruit orchards, citrus or other 121 

groves, vineyards, and nut trees on this place. 100 not include abandoned acres.i '--______ ---' __ .:..1.:.. 10:....L. ________ -'--'1-'1...:..>0 

122 

Apples 123 

129 

I {Report quantity harvested in 

1979- 80 from bloom of 19791 

I Grapefruit. . 267 

2. From the list at the right, enter name and code for the fruit trees, grapevines, and nuttrees on this place in 1980. Report the requested 

information for each crop even if not harvested because of low prices, damage from hail, frost, etc. 

Crop name 

NUMBER OF 

TREES OR VINES OF -

Code 1---------,---------.., 

Nonbearing 

age 

Bearing 

age 

If more space IS n86ded. use separate sheet of paper. 

FORM81 Al(430811 

HISTORY 

Acres in trees 

and vines of 

all ages 

WhoJeacres Tenth 

I 3 

I /10 

I 3 

I 110 

I /10 

I 110 3 

110 

Quantity 

harvested 

Page2 

Unit of measure 

Martone 

~ 0 , 0,0 15 

Apricots 

Avocados - See 

Information Sheet .. 

Cherries ......... . 

Grapes - dry weight 

Grapes - fresh weight 

Ohves - See 

Information Sheet . 

Peaches 

Pears 

Plums and prunes -

fresh weight . 

Prunes - dry weight . 

Other noncitrusSpecify 

135 

147 

171 

177 

I Lemons. 279 Oranges. . 291 

I i :~~:~~~es and 303 

I O~~;rdc~~~~~'~' S~;iy ml NUT CROPS 

231 I {Report quantity in the she//} 

243 Almonds .... 

249 I Filberts and hazelnuts 

I ~~I~~~~ IEnglish or 

I O~~~~i~~)t trees _ 

261 

Specify .. 

309 

315 

Code 

321 

327 

339 

357 

363 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 81-A1 

• GROSS VALUE of CROPS SOLO from this place in 1980, BEFORE taxes • Did you or anyoneelse haveany CATTLE or CALVES on this place in 19807 

S9 and expenses IRafar to tha/NFORMA TlON SHEET, Sact/on 9.) S12 

Report your best estimate of the value for each of the following groups of crops sold from '0 YES - Complete thl. section 

this place in 1980. Include the value of the landlord's and/or contractor's share, estimating 20 NO - Go to section 13 INVENTORY if necessary. Exclude value of Government CCC loans. o DECEMBER 31,1980 INVENTORY Number on this 

None place Dec. 31.1980 

1. Grains sold in 1980 - None Dollars Cents S03 

a. Corn for grain. 013 I 1. CATTLE AND CALVES of all ages .... ... .... .... ... 0 . . 0 $ (Tots/ols, b. c. sndd ba/ow) ....... . ..... .... Total 

b. Wheat. 0 u" so. ...... '" ... . .. ...... $ I a. BEEF COWS - /nc/udabealheilar5thst Beef 

c. Soybeans 015 I had calved . ............... , ..... , .... .... 0 cows .. . ... .... ........ . ... 0 $ I S05 

d. Grain sorghums .. 015 I b. MILK COWS kept for production of milk or .... .... .... ,' 0 $ cream for sale or home use - Include dry Milk 

e. Oats. 017 .... I milk cows and milk heifers that had calved . .... 0 cows .... ..... ..... . .. 0 $ S06 f. All other grains - barley, rice, dry beans, dry 018 Heifers I and peas and cowpeas, flaxseed, sunflower seed, I c. HEIFERS AND HEIFER CALVES - Exclude heifer popcorn, and safflower, etc. ... 0 $ I heifers that had cslved .. ", . ........ ....... 0 calves 

2. Cotton and cottonseed. 0'9 S07 

.... ..... Steers and . ... . .... 0 $ I d. STEERS, STEER CALVES, BULLS, 020 AND BULL CALVES .... 0 

bulls of 

3. Tobacco .... ... .... ...... .. . all ages .... ..... ... ..... . .. . ..... 0 $ I 

4. Field seeds, grass seeds, hay, forage, 021 o CATTLE AN D CALVES SOLD 

and silage. 0 $ I Number sold Gross value of sates ............ . .......... FROM THIS PLACE IN 1980 in 19BO 

5. Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons - Include 022 I Include those fed on this place on a None Dollars Cents 

I contract or custom basis. Also report I Irish potatoes and sweetpotatoes .. ... ...... .... 0 $ 8S sold, cattle moved from this place I 

6. Fruits, nuts, berries - apples, peaches, grapes, 023 to a f88dlot for further feeding. sos so, I I citrus, pecans, strawberries, etc. ... 0 $ I I 

2. Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 0 $ I 7. Other crops - peanuts, mint for oil, hops, sugar beets, 02' I ... 

sugarcane (Exclude nursery and greenhouse products) - I 810 51' I I 3. Cattle, including calves weighing I 

I 500 pounds or more .... ..... 0 $ I Specify 0 $ L 

LAND USE IN 1980 a. Of the total cattle sold, how many were I . I FATTENED on this place on GRAIN or 812 813 I 

NOTE: If the same land had more than one use in 1980, REPORT THAT LAND ONLY CONCENTRATES for 30 days or more I 

ONCE - in the use first listed below that applies. For example, cropland harvested and and SOLD for SLAUGHTER? . . . . .. 0 $ -: also pastured is to be reported only as "Cropland harvested." 

s'o None Number of acres o DAIRY PRODUCTS SOLD FROM DAIRY PRODUCTS 1. CROPLAND 787 THIS PLACE IN 1980 Gross "alue of sales 

a. Cropland harvested - Inciudealliandfromwhichcrops None Dollars ~ Cents were harvested or hay was cut, and all/and in orchards, citrus 

0 4. Gross value of sales of DAIRY PRODUCTS 814 groves, vineyards, and nursery and greenhouse products ...... I 

788 from this place in 1980 -Report gost dsiry I b. Cropland used only for pasture or grazing - Include products in section 15. .................... 0 $ I rotation pasture and grazing land that could have been used for 

crops without additionalimprovements ......... ....... 0 • Did you or anyone else have any HOGS or PIGS on this place in 19801 

78' S13 

c. Cropland used for cover crops, legumes, and soil·improvement 

0 

,0 YES - Comp/tlte thl •• ectlon grasses, but NOT harvested and NOT pastured. ..... 20 NO - Go to section 14 INVENTORY 

790 Number on this 

d. Cropland on which all crops failed (Exception: Do not ,eport • DECEMBER 31. 1980 INVENTORY None place Dec. 31, 1980 

here/and in orchards and vineyards on which the crop failed. 815 Such acreage is to be reported in item la.) . .... ..... .... 0 

79' 1. HOGS and PIGS of all ages (To/sloIBsnd bbe/ow) ... 0 Total 

e. Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ..... .. ... 0 816 

793 a. HOGS and PIGS used or to be used for BREEDING 0 Breeding 

f. Cropland idle .. 0 817 ............ '" . ... ... b.OTHER HOGS and PIGS ..................... 0 Other 

79' 

2. ~O~~I~~:ar:,~ t;,;,~;~~:~:~nd { a. Woodland pastured ...... 0 o LITTERS FARROWED 

cutover and deforested land 795 

2. LITTERS FARROWED on this place between - None Number of litters with young timber growth. b. Woodland not pastured. 0 818 

3. Other ~asturelBnd and rangeland -Include,ny 796 a. December 1, 1979and May31, 1980 ........ 0 

pasture and other than cropland and woodland pasture. ... ....... 0 0 

8'9 

797 b. June 1, 1980 and November 30, 1980 ....... 

4. All other land - Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, 

etc. - Include any land not reported in items 1 through 3 above .. ....... 0 

5. TOTAL ACRES - Addtheecrasroportedlnitamsl through 4 798 Number80ld Gross value of sales 

(Should btl the .smB as section 1, item 4, page t.J • o HOGS AND PIGS SOLD None in 1980 Dollars Cents 

Was any LAND in this place IRRIGATED at any time in 19807 820 82' I • I 

Irrigated land is all land watered by any 8rtificial or controlled means - sprinklers, furrows 3. HOGS and PIGS SOLD from this place in 1900 0 $ 822 823 or ditches, spreader dikes, etc. /nclude supplemental, partial, and prep/ant irrigation. I 4. Of the hogs and pigs sold, how many were I S11 Number of acres sold as FEEDER PIGS for furtherfeeding? ... 0 $ I '0 YES - Complete thi •• ectlon None irrigated 

20 NO - Go to section 12 680 • Did you or anyone else have any SHEEP or LAMBS on this place in 19807 s,. 

1. How many acres of harvested land were irrigated? .. .. 0 , o YES - Complete this •• etlon 

Include/and from which hay was cut and land In bearing and nonbearing 2 o NO - Go rossction 15 fruit and nut crops reported in section 10, item la. 

INVENTORY NUMBER SOLD 2. How many acres of pastureland, rangeland, and any other 681 Number on this 

lands not included in item 1 above were irrigated? 0 None place Dec. 31, 1980 in 1980 ...... S2< 825 

3. What percent of the irrigation water used on this 1. SHEEP and LAMBS of all ages ..... 0 

Percent 826 place in 1980 was obtained - IJ~~flf~ttI~tr~J None 682 a. EWES 1 year old or older ..... 0 .' .. 

a. From a well or wells located on this farm or another farm? . 0 ~ b. From an on-farm surface supply not controlled by a water 683 None I Number shorn I Pounds of wool 

in 1980 shorn in 1980 I SUpply organization (stream, drainage ditch, lake, pond, 

0 % o 1

827 /828 I spring, or reservoir on or adjacent to this farm)? .... ...... 2. SHEEP and LAMBS SHORN . ..... 

c. From off-farm water suppliers (U .S. Reclamation projects; 68' 

irrigation district; mutual, cooperative, or neighborhood 

0 '* None Gross value of sales ditches; or other irrigation organizations)? . ...... . ....... Dollars Cents 

d. TOTAL - Sum ofa, b, and c should 3. What was the gross value of sales of sheep, S2' I equal 100% • 100 % lambs, and wool from this place in 1980? ... 0 $ I 

, FORM k Al (4·30·811 Page3 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 93 
Form 81-A1 

I)~d you or anYOn~-,II~r~~~~~t I!()R~ES.BEES. ~I!~! IlOAT5. 

OTHER LIVESTOCK. or • SPECIAi.iIESin 19801 S'5 

,OYES - Complete thla •• ctlon 

20NO - Go to section 16 

'~ 'C~ IVN 

Total number Gross value of sales 

D~~islt~af:ao sold in 1980 

None ~ !~rlts 

1. Horses and ponies of 1"0 831 1

832 I 

all ages ... ........ . .. 0 1$ 

12. Colonies of bees .. 

83. 184a 184 ' I 

0 1$ 

845 1

846 1847 I 

3. Milk goats ... .. ...... 0 [$ 

4. Other livestock or animal I 

I specialties in captivity I 

(Enter name and code from I "List A" below. J 1 I 

I 

Name Code $ I 

15. Livestock or animal I W~~~r_~~:!~~~,.cres Total quantity sold fsales 

products (Enter name and in 1980 Dollars Cents 

code from "List 8" below.) 

:.::::~ : I : I Name Code : Pounds I : : .12 - -OR-- -- $ I : : I --- Ga!lons 

16. Fish and other aquaculture 2 I 

products (Enter name and I I I Pounds I code from "List e" below,) I I, - - 0 R- - - - - I Name Code I 110 $ I 

I I Number ---

r ~ , Name Code I Name Code I Name Code 

Angora goats 842 Mink and their pelts .... 83. Worms. 857 Other goats . 848 I Rabbits and their pelts. 851 I All other livestock - Mules. burros. Chinchillas and Sp8Cify .. 860 and donkeys 833 I their pelts. 854 I 

r ~ , r ~ , Name Code Nam. Code Name Codo 

Mohair sold. . .. . 864 I Catfish . 872 I Other fish - Goats milk sold . 866 I Trout. 876 I Sp8Cify .... .. 884 Honey sold. 868 T ropicaland Other aquaculture Other livestock p~od~cts ....: .. I baitfish. 880 I products - Sp8Cify.. .... .. ... 870 Sp8Cify. 888 

" 's n .. dod, use sep.,". sh .. t 01 P8{)IH. 

Did you or anyone. ~IS~I~~:~:~~?ULTRY such al CHICKENS. TURKEYS. 

DUCKS. etc .• on this pllce in (Include , W' 'for other. on II contrllct b •• , •. ) 

51. INVENTORY 

,OYES - Compltlttl thl ••• ctlon Number on Total number 

20NO - Go to section 17 this place sold in 1980 

None Dec. 31.1980 

1. HENS and PULLETS allaying age ... ",,0 

1

892 1'93 ...... ..... 

2. PULLETS 3 mon1hs old or older not yet of laying age. ".0 

1

894 I'" 

3. PULLET CHICKS and PULLETS under 3 months old. 18 ,. '" 

(Exclude commercial broilers.) . . ,. ... .. ,' ." . . ... ..... 0 

4. BROILERS. fryers. and other meattype chickens 1

898 899 

Including capons and roasters. . . . . . . . '" ...... ..",,0 

5. TURKEYS 1

900 90' 

a. Turkeys for slaughter (Exclude breeders. I , ..... .. .... 0 

b. Turkey HENS kept for breeding ... , ".",0 

"V, I'v, .... .... 

6. OTHER POULTRY raised in captivity - ducks. 

geese. pigeons or squab. pheasants. quail. etc. 

(Enter poultry name and code from the list bttIow.J 1 

Poultry name Code 1 

Poultry name Code 

Name Code Name Cod. Name Code 

Ducks .. .. 904 I Pigeons or squab. .908 I Quail ............. .12 Geese , ......... 906 I Pheasants. . .... 910 I All other poultry - Specify. ....... .14 

7. POULTRY HATCHED on this place in Non. ~l1lber 1980 and placed or sold - chickens. 

turkeys. ducks. etc. - Specify kind 01 poultry 0 191 • 

B. Incubator egg capacity on December 31. 1980 ... ...... . ... 0 191 

19. What was the gross value of sales of poultry 

and poultry products (eggs. etc.! from this Gross volue of sales 

place in 198O? Include estimated v81ue 01 Non. ; Dollars ! Cent. 

poultry and poultry products movtKJ from this 1

918 

place by contractors and others . ........... 0 1$ I F ORM 81 Al 14 30.81) Page4 

94 HISTORY 

Amount received from GOVERNMENT CCC LOANS and MACHINE WORK. 

CUSTOMWORK. AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL SERVICES provided for 

others in 1980. 517 

1 . What was the amount received in 1980 from grains or cotton None~'~3a~~D~o~lI~ar~s ____ ~I~c~.~nt=s~ 

placed I into the Government CCC loan program? . . 0 $ 

~9~,.~---------L1----1 2. Total amount received from machine work. customwork. 

and other agricultural services PROVIDED FOR OTHERS 

in 1980 - planting. plowing. spraying. harvesting. etc,. . .. 0 

Specify kind of work done 

• ~ During J.~ IUd you ~ELL any crops. livestock. or livestock products 

DIRECTLY to individuals FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION - roadside 

stands. farmers markets. pick your own. etc.? 

5'8 

I 

I 

I 

, 0 YES - Complstethi .. sctlon 

2 0 NO - Go 10 seelion 19 None 1J.,;",-...:D::,:o:::I:::la:.,:rs'---_+..::c:::e:.:nt::s'1 

92a 

1. What was the gross value of these direct sales? ......... 0 $ 

L-= .,-----'---l 

Specify products sold vegetables, eggs, etc. 

• TYPE OF ORGANIZATION S19 

Mark (X) the one item which best describes the type of organization for this 

place in 1980. ReIer to the INFORMA TlON SHEET, Section 19. 

• FAMILY or INDIVIDUAL operation - 921} Excludep8rtnershipandcorporation ..... , ................. 1 0 

• PARTNERSHIP operation - Includelamilypartnershlps.. 20 GOlOseClion21 

• INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAW. 30 Go to section 20 

• OTHER. such as est3te or trust. prison farm. grazing 

association. Indian reservation. etc .. , , ....... , , Specify below then 

go to section 21 

Specily 

• I CORPORATE STRUCTURE (for incorporated operations onlY) Rllfllr to thslNFORMA TION SHEET. Section 20. 

S2a 

1 . Is this a family-held corporation? 

922 

,0Yes 

20No 

2.Are there more than 10 stockholders? '" ......... 3 o Yes 

40No 

CHARACTERISTICS AND OCCUPATION OF OPERATOR (Senior partner 

S2I or person in charge) Refer to thlllNFORMA T/ON SHEET. Silction 21. 

1. RESIDENCE - Does the operator (senior partner or 

person in charge) live on this place? .... , , . 

2. PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION - At which occupation 

did the operator spend the majority (50 percent or 

more) of his/her work time in 1980? For parlnerships 

consider all members of the partnership together . 

3. OFF FARM WORK - How many days did the operator 

(senior partner or person in charge) work at least 

4 hours per day off this place in 1980? Include work 

923 

,0Yes 

20No 

928 1 0 Farming 

2 o Other 

71;c7~d:a::Ch~~g~ut;~::,s;O~k.~~ ~~~~~~~.e:~e.'~ :~r':'. .. ...... ~2.9 1 0 None 

5. AG E of operator (senior partner or person in charge) 

6. RACE of operator (senior partner or person in charge) . 

7. S EX of operator (senior partner or person in charge) . 

8. SPANISH ORIGIN - Is the operator (senior partner 

or person in charge) of Spanish origin or descent 

(Mexican. Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Spanish)l. 

~ORM81 Al 14 3081) Page 5 

925 

101-49days 

3 050- 99 days 

4 0 100-149 days 

,0150-199days 

6 0 200 days or more 

______ Years old 

'14 , 0 White 

2 0 Negro or Black 

3 0 American Indian 

4 0 Asian or Pacific Islander 

9 0 Other - Specify ~ 

92. I 0 Male 

20 Female 

927 , 0 Yes 

20No 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 81-A1 

Was_any I • FERTILIZER, including ROCK PHOSPHATE, or 

LIME used on this place during 19801 

EXPENDITURES FOR ENERGY and petroleum products for the farm 

business during 1980 S22 ,0 YES - Comp/tlts thi6 section Include expenditures paid by you and 

20 NO None Acre, fertilized - Go to section 23 others for production of crops, livestock, 

1

932 and other agricultural products on this Storage capacity i; place 

1. Acres of cropland fertilized in 1980, other than cropland place in 1980. 

used only for pastures reported in section 10, item lb .. 0 None Dollars ;Cent! None ca:'~I~~~ in 

1

933 

2. Acres of pastureland and rangeland fertilized 1. Gasoline and gasohol for 1

966 967 I'·· 

in 1980 reported in section 10, items lb and 3. 0 the farm business ... . ... 0 $ : 0 

NoneL Dollars ICents! 2. Diesel fuel for the farm "969 ~70 0 97' 

3. Expenditures for commercial fertilizer purchased - all 

I 

business ... ........ 0 ,$ i 

forms, including rock phosphate and gypsum lexclude 1

988 I o $ I 3. LP gas, butane, propane 

:972 I ~ 97' 

lime! Report cost of custom applicatIon In section 27, item 6. for the farm business I 

None r Ton~ Acres limed 14.5 Ibs. = 1 gallon I .. 0 $ : 0 

4. LIM E - tons of lime used and acres on oi 1

93' 4. Fuel oil and kerosene for 1

975 I ~76 0 97: 

which applied 100 not Include land plaster the farm business 0 $ I or gypsum or lime for sanitation.) ......... . ... , 

'INSECTICIDES, I FUNGICIDES, NEMATICIDES, 

5. Natural gas for the farm 78 I . ::;: }:::: . business. ... ... , .... 0 $ :: 

::~ OTHER PESTICIDES, or OTHER CHEMICALS used on this place in 19801 6. Motor oil, grease, for the 979 I 523 : , 0 YES - Comp/flts this section farm business .. 0 $ : 

::1:: 

':: 

20 NO - Go to section 24 7. Electricity for the farm 980 I :: :}::: 

Include any materials provided by you, your landlords, or contractors. For each business. '" ... 0 $ .:: {:::: 

item listed, report acres only once. If multipurpose chemicals were used, report 8. Other - coal, wood, 98' I \: : : : : :~ :::r: 

acreage treated for each purpose. coke, etc .. ...... 01$ : ::::::: . 

1. Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc., Ifungicide, N~;~~~c~f ~;~~' SELECTED PRODUCTION ~ pa ~Vyou and 

herbicide, insecticide, nematicide I to control - None others for this place in 1980 ,,, Include your best estimates of expenses paid by you, your landlord, contractors, 8. Insects on crops, including hay. ...... 0 

937 buyers, and others for production of crops, livestock, and other agricultural products 

b. Nematodes in crops ... . ........ 0 In 1980. DO NOT INCLU DE expenses connected with performing customwork for 

938 others; operation of nonfarm activities, businesses, or services; or household expenses 

c. Diseases in crops and orchards Iblights, smuts, not related to the farm business. 

rusts, etc.). 0 y~:~~,~~,~.< 1

939 

d. Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and pasture. 0 Dollars ICent, 

1"0 1. livestock and poultry purchased - cattle, calves, 982 

2. Chemicals for defoliation or for growth control hogs, pigs, sheep, lambs, goats, horses, chicks, I 

of crops orthinning of fruit. . 0 poults, started pullets, etc. 0 $ I 

2, Total feed purchased for livestock and poultry - grain, "§g3 

I 

3. Agricultura!~;.~~J~:~~purchased - insecticides, None 1989 

Dollars ;Cen~ hay, silage, mixed feeds, concentrates, etc .......... 0 $ I 

~~p~;;i~es; ;,; other :i~ :;;~~ ~~ $ I I a. Commercially mixed formula feeds purchased - complete, 'cost, "em 6. 0 ~~,?,~~:,,;~~, concentrates, premixes. roo not Include '.: 

~::.~ht~~h~nl~~J~~~S~5~~e:tNO;.~t~:!i~. business in 19801 .:: separately, such as Tons : Tenth' Dollars • Cents ::: 

52' 941 soybean meal, 98' I 1985 I :;::::: ::: cottonseed None : , 0 YES - Complete this sBction meal, and I I ;\: :: 20 NO Go to section 25 urea.) . 0 I 

$ 

I - I D;lIa~ ICents! : .:. 

1. How much interest was paid on all debts for r I 

I 

I 3. Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees purchased. CJ $ the farm business in 1980? . ........ I I . .. 990 

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT on this r,lace on December 31. 1980 4. Hired farm or ranch labOriSee InlormatlOn Sheet! 0 $ I 

(Include only squipmsnt ussd for agricu turlll opsrstions in 19]9 or 1980.) 

S25 a. Of the hired workers, including Number of workers ::::{:::;:: ::;:::: 

.Value of ALL machinery and equipment on this place, December 31. 1980 paid family workers, how many - None :;:;:::::} 1

991 

1. What is the estimated market value of ALL machinery, (1) Worked 150 days or more) 0 ::::::;::::::: 

equipment, and implements usually kept on this place Est,mated market value '992 :}::::::;:: 

and used for the farm or ranch business? Include cars, Dollars :Cents (2) Worked less than 150 days' 0 :;:::;::::::: :::::::l::: 

trucks, tractors, combines, plows, diSKS, harrows, dryers, 

pumps, motors, irrigation equipment, dairy equipment in- f943 I 5. Contract labor - Inc{udeexpendlturespflmaf/ly for labor, such eluding milkers and bulk tanks, livestock feeders, grinding 

1$ 

I I 

and mixing equipment, ecc. ........ . ... I as harvesting of frUit, vegetables, berries, etc., performed on a con01$ 

I tract baSIS by a contractor. crew leader, a cooperaove, etc. I 

I 

·SELECTED machinery and equipment Total number Of the total, HOW 16. Customwork, machine hire and rental of I MANY were manufac- 10" I on this place, December 31,1980. on this place on tured in the last 5 years machinery and equipment - Includeexpendlrures !oruse 

(Report only if u_sd in 1979 or 1980.1 December 31, 1980 \1976-198011 of eqUipment and for custom work such as grmdmg and mlxmg feed, I 

None (Numt:oer) plowmg. com bin mg. corn picking, drymg, silo flllmg, spraying, I 

94T dusrmg. fertdlzmg, etc. (Exclude cost of cotton gmnmg.J ... 0 $ I ." 

2. Automobiles .. ...... 0 ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE OF LAND BUILDINGS 

946 ." Please give your best ESTIMATE of the CUR RENT EstImated current market value 3. Motortrucks - Include pICkups 0 MARKET VALUE of land and buildings for the acres of land and buildmgs 

4. Wheel tractors other than garden 

948 "9 reported in section 1, items 1, 2, and 3, page 1. None [)c)lIars C~ 

tractors and motor tillers . ... 0 1, All land owned. 0 :96 I 

1

950 '" 5. Grain and bean combines, 2, All land rented or leased FROM - I 

self· propelled only .. 0 a. Federal or State agencies, or Indian 1~54 I 

1"2 953 reservations (section 1, item 8) 0 I 

6. Corn heads for combines .... 0 b. Other - individuals, corporations, [9S5 

[9S5 estates, etc. 0 is 

7. Cotton pickers and strippers. 0 3, All land rented or leased TO OTHERS. [998 I 

1958 "9 0 Is8. Mower conditioners. 0 PERSON COMPLETING THIS REPORT Pl •••• print 9.0 Name 999 Date 

9. Pickup balers - Include rectangle 

and round bales. . .... 0 

10. Field ily';'h:lrvesters, shear 

9.2 ." I Area code I Number 

bar or I type ......... ...... 0 Telephone ~ 

FORM l·Al (4· 308 ., , Page6 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 95 
Form 81-A2 

DUE WITHIN 15 DAYS OF RECEIPT OM B No 06070357 Approval Expires September 30.1981 

FORM -A t4-30-8t1 

u.s. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

UNITED STATES 

CENSUS 

NOTICE Response to this inquiry i8 required by law (title 13, U.S. Codel. By the same law YOUR REPORT TO 

THE CENSUS BUREAU IS CONFIDENTIAL. It may be seen only by sworn Census employees and may be used only 

for statistical purposes. Your report CANNOT be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. The taw 

also provides that copies retained in your files are immune from legal process. 

In correspondence pertaining to thll report. pl •••• r.f.r to your Ceneul File Number ICFN) 

P'.- ,,,. I 1!)I, It' '11'" 

I)",)! IRETUR;\JTO 

OF AGRICULTURE 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1201 ealt Tenth Street Jeffersonville. Indiana 47132 

Note - If your records are not available, reasonable estimates may be used. If 

filing within 15 days causes an undue burden. a time extenSIon request may be 

sent to the above address. InClude your ll-digit Census File Number (CFN) as 

shown in your address label In all correspondence to us. 

If you received more than one 

Fre~J~:r(~t~r:x~~d C~~~~~ f-A-+-+-I-It-+-++-+-+-i-t-t-t-.. 

~::rtCOPies with your completed A 

03. CENSUS 

g:~y ~~----I~04~0~---~0741~----t.O~472----· 

03. 037 

If the .cre. you op.r.t.d In ,. ch.nged during thtl y •• r, r.fer to the 

INFORMATION SHEET. s.ct/on I, 

L 

Report land owned, rented, or used by you, your spouse, or by the partnership, 

corporation, or-otganization for which you are reporting. Include ALL LAND, 

REGARDLESS OF LOCATION OR USE - cropland, pastureland, rangeland, 

woodland, idle land, house lots, etc. None r--N-um-be-,-o':-'C-"-S" 

1. All land owned.. 0 

2, All land rented or leased FROM OTHERS, including land worked by 

you on shares, used rent free in exchange for services, payment of 

taxes, etc, Include leased Federal, State, and railroad land. 100 NOT 

include land used on a per-head basis under a grazing permit.! Also 

complete item 5 below" , . 0 

3. All land rented or leased TO OTHERS, including land worked on 

shares by others and land subleased. Also complete item 6 below ..... 0 

4, ACRES IN THIS PLACE - ADD acres owned (item 1) and acres 

rented (item 21. then SUBTRACT acres rented TO OTHERS (item 3), 

and enter the result in this space. 

043 

044 

045 

046 

For this cllnsus rllport th •• 11 IIrll thll "ACRES IN THIS PLACE." ____ --Jt If the entry is zero please refer to the /NFORMA TlON SHEET, Section ,. 

5, If you rented land FROM OTHERS litem 21, enter the following information for each landlord, 

.J 

(Please correct errors in name, address, and ZIP code.) 

INSTRUCTIONS Please report your crops in the appropriate section. 

DO NOT INCLUDE crops grown on land rented to others, Use section 7 to 

report ONLY those crops NOT listed in sections 2 through 6 and section 8. 

W.,. any of the FOLLOWING CROPS harvested from this place in 19807 $2 

1, Colton. 

2, Rice. 

3, Barley for grain 

4, Oats for grain . 

5, Wheat for grain 

6, Corn (field) for grain 

or seed. 

7, Corn (field) for silage 

or green chop, .. 

8. Sorghums for grain 

or seed., .. ", ....... . 

9, Sorghums for silage or 

green chop .. 

10, Beans, dry lima .. 

None 

09' 

Acres 

harvested 

092 

Quantity harvested 

093 

Acres 

Imgated 

D ~,-______ -h~ ___________ B_a_'e_sf7uo ______ ' 1677 678 679 

D ~~ ______ -+~ ____________ To~n_s~..-______ ~ 1079 080 081 

D RO~76.--------ton777-----------T~0~n~s+Oon7.,------1 

D ~,-______ -+~ ___________ T_o_n_s~", ______ ~ 1073 074 075 

D··r,0~6'7--------~0~, •• ----------~To~n~s1n0"69,------1 

D ~,- 1070 ______ ~~ 071 ________ ~T~o~ns~~ 072 ____ ~ 

o Tons bO~.2'--------+0~a'3----------~~~oa"''-----~ 

D ~~ ______ -+~ ___________ T~o~n~s~~ ______ _ 085 086 087 

o Tons 

r.57,7,--------t.5~5~.------------~i755~9.-------

o '<:;._---t"'-------CC.;.;w.;.;t.-t;,:;:.------ Name of 1554 555 556 landlord Mailing address (Include ZIP code) Number of acres f-------:.=.::...:.=.c...:.----1------:.========----:.--+-=...::..:..=.c...:.'-Ill, Beans, dry edible 

excluding lima 0 ,-;;O,----___ *',, ______ -..::c:.::w.:.:' -h:;;;;----- 1592 693 694 

f-----------t--------------t------I ~:: ::~:~::~;s for sugar ~ ~7'"19,-------+7;;;2;;-0------:-':=-:c:.:+,-72:;;,---~ 

List additional landlords on a separate sheet of paper. 

6, If you rented land TO OTHERS (item 3), enter the following information for each renter. 

Name of renler MaIling address (Include ZIP code) Number of acres 

List addltlona! renters on 8 separate sheer of paper. 

a, Of the land you rented or leased to others, how many 

acres did you own? 

7, During 1980, did you have any Federal or State grazing 

permits on a per-head basis; such as Forest Service, 

Taylor Grazing, Indian Reservations, etc.? .. 

8, Of the land rented from others (item 2), how many acres 

were Federal, State, or Indian reservation land? .. 

None 

D 

None 

0 

9, LOCATION OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY FOR THIS PLACE 

a, In what county was the 

largest value of your 

agricultural products raised or produced? 

b, If you also have agricultural 

operations in any other 

county(ies), enter the county 

name s) etc ...... . 

96 HISTORY 

PnnClpal 

county 

Other 

COunties 

County name 

053 

_____ Acres 

054 

, Dves 2 DNo 

065 

_____ Acres 

State Number of acres 

056 

057 

os. 

059 

Was any DRY HAY, GRASS SILAGE, HAYLAGE, 01 

9n~Tu~~ ;o~~:.,;,~!~JII~a[:::i:~:~~W.~h~~p)~;! ~B!~J., 53 DYES _ ComplBtBthi66sction 20 NO - Gotosectlon4 

If cuttings were made for both dry hay and grass silage, hay/age, or green chop from the 

same fields, report the acreage in the appropriate items under DR Y HA Y and also under 

GRASS SILAGE, HA YLAGE, and GREEN CHOP . 

• DRY HAY 

(If two Dr more cuttings of dry hay were made 

from the same acres, report acres only once, 

but report total tons from all cuttings.J 

1, Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures for hay or 

dehydrating . 

2, Small gram hay - oats, wheat, barley, etc .. 

3, Other tame dry hay, clover, lespedeza, timothy, 

Bermuda grass, Sudan grass, etc .. 

4, Wild hay 

• GRASS SILAGE, HAYLAGE, AND 

GREEN CHOP 

(If two Dr more cuttmgs were made from the 

same acres, report acres only once, but 

report tOlal tons from all cuttings.) 

5, Grass silage, and haylage, and hay crops cut 

and fed green Igreen chop) . 

• HAYSOLD 

6, Did you sell any hay 

or grass silage in 1980? . 

Acres 

harvested 

103 

106 

109 

112 

115 

11a 

,0 Ves 

Quantity harvested 

(Report either dry 

or gr88n weight 8S 

10' 

107 

110 

'13 

116 

indicated) 

Tons. 

d,y 

Tons. 

d,y 

Tons, 

d,y 

Tons. 

dly 

Tons, 

green 

20 No 

Acres 

irngated 

105 

lOa 

111 

117 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 81-A2 

I Were any VEGETABLES, SWEET CORN, MELONS, etc .. harvested "'1-:t_IJIlI .. Were any STRAWBERRIES, CRANBERRIES, or OTHER BERRIES harvested 

FOR SALE Irom this place In 1980? FOR SALE from this placa in 19801 (Exclude those grown for home usa.) 

S4 

DYES S6 1 - Complete thl •• eetlon '0 YES - Compl.t. thl, •• ctlon 

2 ONO - Go to section 5 20 NO - Go to section 7 

For Florid. report for September 7. 7979 through From the list below, enter crop name and code. Report quantity harvested in unit August 31, 1980 harvest S8ason; for 81/ other St8tes report (or ca/endsr yeBr 1980. Acres Acres irrigated specified with crop name. 

Whole acres Tenths Whole acres Tenths Code Acres harvested Quantity harvested Acres irrigated 

1. land from which vegetables were 375 376 Crop name Whole acres Tenths Whole acres Tenth harvested in 1980 ......... [ [ 

.. ...... ... /10 /10 1 [ 

110 [ /10 2. From the list below, enter the crop name and code for each crop harvested in 1980. If more than one vegetable crop was harvested from the same aCfes, report Befes for [ 1 2 [ 

8ach crop. Report crops grown under protection in section 5. [ 110 [ /10 

Crop name Code Acres harvested Acres irrigated 1 2 

1 [ 110 [ 110 [ /10 [ 110 

[ 1 [ If more space IS needed, USB separate sheaf of paper 

/10 110 Crop nama Code Crop nama Code 

[ 110 [ 110 Blackberries and dewberries (pounds) . 509 I Raspberries (pounds) ........... 533 

[ [ Blueberries, tame (pounds) . 512 Strawberries (pounds) 538 

110 110 Blueberries. wild (pounds) 515 I All other berries {pounds)' ~ .. 

[ Cranberries (loa-[b. barrels) 521 I Specify 539 [ 110 110 

I • Were any OTHER CROPS harvested from this place in 1980 small grain, [ /10 [ 110 

I more space is ntHl<18d, uSlf separate S"68t 0 paper. field seeds. or other crops not previously reported? 57 

Crop name Code Cropname Code Crop name Code '0 YES - Complet. this •• ctlon 

Asparagus 379 I Cucumbers and pickles 411 I Peppers. sweet. 443 20 NO Bsans, snap '(b~sh' . Eggp[ant . 415 Peppers, hot. 445 - Go to section 8 

and pole) . 381 I Garlic. 421 I Pumpkins. 449 C~ts From the list below. enter crop name and code. .. 383 I Honeydew melons .. 423 I Radishes. 451 Report quantity harvested in unit 

Broccoli' specified with crop name. 385 Lettuce and romaine 427 Spinach. ...... 457 Cabbage ...... 391 I Lima beans, green. 429 I Squash .. 459 Cantaloups and Mustard greens .. 431 Sweet corn. 461 Crop name Code Acres harvested Quantity harvested Acres irrigated 

Persian melons 395 I Onions. dry .. 433 I Tomatoes 463 I 2 Carrots 397 Cauliflow'~r' : . 399 Onions. green. 435 I Turnips. 485 

Ce[ery 401 I Okra. 437 Turnip greens . 487 

Collards 407 I Peas. green. mcluding I Watermelons. 473 

Cowpeas ib[ackeyed '~~d English (exclude green Other vegetables -

other green cowpeas) 409 I cowpeas) . 441 I Specify. 475 I 2 

I Were any NURSERY and GREENHOUSE PRODUCTS, MUSHROOMS, sod. 

bulbs, flowers. flower seeds, vegetable seeds and plants, or vegetables under 1 2 

gl ... or other protection, GROWN FOR SALE on this place in 1980? 

S5 DYES 1 2 1 - Completll thl •• ectlon 

20NO - Go to section 6 Area irrigated 

None Square feet ! Acres : Tenths I 

1. Nursery and greenhouse products irrigated in 1980 0 77 r" [ 

[ /10 I 2 

2. From the list below, enter the product name and code for each product grown. 

If more space IS needed, use separate sheer of paper 

Square feet Acres in the open Sales in 1980 Crop nama Code Crop name Code Product name Code under glass or in 1980 other protection Alfalfa seed (pounds) ....... 542 I Popcorn (pounds, shelled) . 662 in 1980 Whole acres Tenths Dollars Cents Beans. dry edible (excluding Proso millet (bushels) ....... ...... 665 

I [ 2 [ dry limasl (lQO.pound bags) 554 I Red clover seed (pounds) 871 

I /10 $ [ Beans. dry lima Rice (loa·pound bags) . . . . . . . . 677 (loa·pound bags) 557 I Rye for grain (bushels) '" 688 1 2 Buckwheat (bushels) . 576 Ryegrass seed (pounds) 889 [ /10 $ [ Corn cut for dry fodder, hogged I Safflower (pounds) ........ 692 I [ 2 [ or grazed (report acres only) . 581 Sorghums cut for dry forage 

[ /10 $ [ Cowpeas for dry peas (bushels) 584 I or hay /tons, dry weight) .. .. 698 

If more sPl1ce is needed. use separate sheet of paper. Emmer and spett (bushels) 599 Sorghums hogged or grazed . 701 

Product name Code Product name Code Fescue seed (pounds) 602 I Sugat beets for sugar (tons) 719 Flaxseed (bushels) 605 Sugarcane for sugar (tons) - Bedding plants (inc[ude vegetable plants) 479 I Mushrooms. 494 Grains, mixed (bushels) 614 I S88lnformation Sh96t ..... 722 Bulbs .. ............ . ........ 482 Sod harvested . 497 Kentucky Bluegrass seed (pounds) 629 Sugarcane for seed (tons) .. 725 Cut flowers and cut florist greens. 485 I Vegetable and flower seeds 500 lespedeza seed (pounds) 638 I Sunflower seed (pounds) 734 

Nursery products - ornamentals. fruit I Greenhouse vegetables. 503 Mint fOf oil (pounds of oil) ..... 844 I Timothy seed (pounds) . 748 

and nut trees, and vines ........ 488 Other - Specify. 508 Peanuts for nuts (pounds) ........... 858 Other crops (pounds) -

FOliage and flowering plants .... 491 I Peas. dry edible (pounds). 659 I Specify .. . ... 773 

I : Was there a combined total of20or more FRUITTREES, including GRAPEVINES. CITRUS and NUTTREES ON THIS PLACE in 198O? 

S8 10 YES - Completll thi. section 

20 NO - Go to section 9 Total acres Acres irrigated 

Whole acres Tenths Whole acres Tenths NONCITRUS CROPS Cod. CITRUS CROPS Cod. 

1. TOTAL ACRES in bearing and nonbearing fruit orchards. citrus or other 121 [ 122 [ I (Repon quanllty harvested In 

groves, vineyards, and nut trees on this place. !Do not include abandoned acres.! /10 /10 App[es 123 1979-11J from bloom of 19791 

Apncots 129 I Grapefruit 287 

2. From the list at the right, enter name and code for the fruit trees, grapevines, and nut trees on this place in 1980. Report the requested Avocados - See I Lemons 279 Information Sheet 135 Oranges. 297 inlormation for each crop even if not harvested because of low prices, damage from hail, frost, etc. Cherries 147 I Tangelos 303 

Grapes - dry w8ight . 171 Tangerines and 

NUMBER OF Unit of measure Grapes - fresh weight . 177 I mandarins ........... 309 

TREES OR VINES OF - Acres in trees Mark one Olives - See Other citrus - Specify 315 and vines of Quantity Information Sheet 207 Crop name Code all ages harvested ~ Lbs. Peaches 225 I NUT CROPS Cod. 

Nonbearing Bearing .. ,; c 1i per Pears 231 I (Report quantity In the sheW age age Whole acres Tenth :l 0 0 .... box Plums and prunes -

'" Almonds 321 1 2 [ 3 • • fresh weIght 243 I Filberts and hazelnuts 327 [ /10 1 0 2 030[ Prunes - dry weight . 249 Pecans. 339 

1 2 [ 3 • • Other noncltrus· I Walnuts IEnglish or 

[ 110 102 030[ Specify 281 PersIan I 367 

1 2 3 • • I Other nut trees -

[ /10 102 0 30[ I Specify. 383 

1 2 [ 3 4 

0 ,0[' 110 102 I 1 2 [ 3 • 02 0 30[' 110 1 I 

If more space IS nlHld8d. usB sep6rats shNt of paper. 

fOAM 8\ A2 ,4 30·8., Page2 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 97 
Form 81-A2 

GROSSVALUE of CROPS SOLD from this place in 1980, BEFORE taxes 59 and expenses (Refer to the INFORMATION SHEET, Section 9.1 

Report your best estimate of the value for each of the following groups of crops sold from 

this place in 1980. Include the value of the landlord's andlor contractor's share, estimating 

if necessary. Exclude value of Government CCC loans. 

1. Grains sold in 1980 - None 

a. Corn for grain.. . .................... . 0 

b. Wheat .......... . 0 

c. Soybeans 0 

d. Grain sorghums .... 0 

e. Oats............ . .............. . 0 

Dollars 

S· 

$ 

i 

$ 

$ 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

Cents 

f. All other grains - barley. rice. dry beans. dry 

peas and cowpeas. flaxseed. sunflower seed. 

popcorn. and safflower. etc. . ..... o ~$~---------+I----t 

o ~r;--__ .. I_ ... 2. Cotton and cottonseed ............... . 

3. Tobacco ........................... . O~20 I 

b02l~--------'---~ 4. Field seeds. grass seeds. hay. forage. 

and silage ............................... . o I;;;-$,---__ ----l-I_-I ua I 5. Vegetables. sweet corn. and melons - Include 

Irish potatoes and sweetpotato8s, . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 

6. Fruits. nuts. berries - apples. peaches. grapes. 

citrus. pecans. strawberries. etc. 

o f71 $=------------tl----I 

1023 

7. Other crops - peanuts. mint for oil. hops. sugar beets. 

sugarcane (Exclude nursery and greenhouse products) -

o I;;;-lt.,-------;I---i 

1024 : 

Specify 

LAND USE IN 1980 

o $ 

I 

I 

I 

NOTE: If the same land had more than one use in 1980, REPORTTHAT LAND ONLY 

ONCE - in the use first listed below that applies. For example. cropland harvested and 

also pastured is to be reported only as "Cropland harvested." 510 None Numberof acres 

1. CROPLAND 

a. Cropland harvested - Include affland from which crops were harvested or hay was cut, and all land in orchards, citrus 

groves, vineyards, and nursery and greenhouse products . . . . .. 0 

b. Cropland used only for pasture or grazing - Include rotation pasture and grazing land that could have been used for 

crops without additional improvements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. D 

c. Cropland used for cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement 

grasses. but NOT harvested and NOT pastured. . . . 0 

d. Cropland on which all crops failed (Exception; 00 not report here land in orchards and vineyards on which the crop failed. 

Such acreage is to be reported in item 1a.) ..... ......... 0 

e. Cropland in cultivated summer fallow. o 

f. Cropland idle.................. . .. 0 

2. v:!O~~'~!:B~~ t;'/'~;;~:~:~nd { a. Woodland pastured .... 

cutover and deforested land with young timber growth. b. Woodland not pastured . 

oo 0 

.. 0 

3. Other pastureland and rangeland -Include any pasturefand other than cropland and woodland pasture. . . . . . . . .. 0 

4. All other land - Land in house lots, ponds. roads. wasteland, 

etc. - Include any land not reported in items 1 through 3 above. . 0 

1

787 

788 

789 

790 

79' 

793 

79' 

795 

796 

5. TOTAL ACRES _ Add the BcresreportedinitBms 1 through 4 1

79' 

fShouldbBthBssmssssection 1. ltBm4.psge1.J • 

Was any LAND in this place IRRIGATED at any time in 19807 

Irrigated land is all land watered by any artificial or controlled means - sprinklers, furrows 

or ditches, sP;~~der dikes, etc. Include supplemental, partial, and preplant iffl,:-9a""t...,io",n'::-:-==:-I 

, 0 YES - Complete thi •• setion None Num~~.~~~cres 

2 0 NO - Go to section 12 680 

1. How many acres of harvested land were irrigated? ............ 0 Include land from which hay was cut and land in bearing and nonbearing 

fruit and nut crops reported in section 10, item 1a. 

2. How many acres of pastureland. rangeland, and any other 

lands not included in item 1 above were irrigated? . 

3. What percent of the irrigation water used on this 

place in 1980 was obtained -

a. From a well or wells located on this farm or another farm? . 

", 

o 

None 1

682 Percent 

o % 

1'83 

Did you or anyone else have any CATTLE or CALVES on this place in 19101 512 

I 0 YES - Complsts thl ... ctlon 

2 0 NO - Go to section 13 INVENTORY 

Number on this • DECEMBER 31,1910 INVENTORY None to;;;,-....:P_I._ce __ D_ec_._3....:1._1_980 ____ -; 

1803 1. CATTLE AND CALVES of all ages 

(Totalofa. b. e. anddbBlowl .................. 0 

a. BEEF COWS - Inelud.be8fh.ifersthat 

had calved. . .. .. . .. . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . .. 0 

b. MILK COWS kept for production of milk or 

cream for sale or home use - Include dry 

milk cows and milk h.if.rs that had cslv.d . . . . .. 0 

c. HEIFERS AND HEIFER CALVES - Exclude 

heifers that had ealv.d . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . ... 0 

d. STEERS, STEER CALVES, BULLS, 

AND BULL CALVES .................... 0 

804 

807 

• CATTLE AND CALVES SOLD 

FROM THIS PLACE IN 1980 Number sold 

Include thoss fed on this place on 8 

contract or custom basis. Also rsport 

None in 1980 

85 sold, cattle moved from this place 

to a feedlot for further feeding. 

2. Calves weighing less than 500 pounds ... 0 

3. Cattle, including calves weighing 

500 pounds or more .. . .. . .. . . . . ... 0 

a. Of the total cattle sold, how many were 

FATTENED on this place on GRAIN or 

CONCENTRATES for 30 days or more 

and SOLD for SLAUGHTER? . . . . 0 

808 

1

810 

812 

Total 

Beef 

cows 

Milk 

cows 

Heifers 

and 

: 

Steers and bulls of 

all ages 

G ross value of sales 

Dollars Cents 

I 

I 

809 I 

I 

$ I 

I 

$ I 

I 

813 : 

I 

$ I 

• DAIRY PRODUCTS SOLD FROM DAIRY PRODUCTS 

THIS PLACE IN 1980 Gross v.lue of sales 

None DOii8rS Cents 

4. Gross value of sales of DAIRY PRODUCTS 1814 I 

~~0~;~;:fnl~t)~n1~ -:.~~~ortgOatda:ry ..... b 1$ : 

513 Did you or anyone else have any HOGS or PIGS on this place in 19801 

, 0 YES _ Complstethl •• sctlon 

20 NO - Go to section 14 

• DECEMBER 31,1980 INVENTORY 

INVENTORY 

Number on this 

None pl.ce Dec. 31.1980 

'" 

1. HOG S and PIGS of all ages ITotBI of a and b bBlow) . .. 0 to.-;,-______ -'T-=o"'ta'--I---l 

a. HOGS and PIGS used or to be used for BREEDING 0 816 Breeding fi;-;,---------'-i 

b.OTHER HOGSandPIGS ..................... 0 '" Other '-----------~ 

• LITTERS FARROWED 

2. LITTERS FARROWED on this place between _ None 8~umbarOf litters 

a. December 1, 1979 and May 31, 1980 ........ 0 819 

b.June 1, 1980 and November 30, 1980 ....... 0 

Gross value of sal80 

• HOGS AND PIGS SOLD None in 1980 Dollar.: Cent. 1820 182' I 

3. HOGS and PIGS SOLD from this place in 1980 0 f.o,;,;---I~ $ ___ ---+I_--j 

4. Of the hogs and pigs sold, how 0 f822 1823 I 

sold as FEEDER PIGS for'further feeding? .. $ I 

Did you Ot anyone else have any SHEEP oiLAMBSon this place in 191O? 5" . 

, 0 YES _ Complsts thl •• sctlon 

2 0 NO - Go to section 15;-__________ --. ___________ --l 

INVENTORY 

Number on this 

None place Dec. 31. 1980 

NUMBER SOLD 

in 1980 

1. SHEEP and LAMBS of all ages. . . . .. 0 ia:'2~4====j82ili5I1mmilla a.EWES1yearoldorolder ......... 0 L ::o:o:o::::t:: 

I Numbershorn I Pounds of wool I None in 1980 shorn in 1980 b. From an on-farm surface supply not controlled by a water 

supply organization Istream. drainage ditch, lake, pond, . 

spring. or reservoir on or adjacent to this farm)? . .. . . . 0 

c. From off-farm water suppliers (U.S. Reclamation projects; 

irrigation district; mutual, cooperative, or neighborhood 

ditches; or other irrigation organizationsl? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 

J.o.----%-t 2. SHEEP and LAMBS SHORN ..... , 684 

o 1

827 

1

828 

I 

None f---"~7'::::' v=.lue::..:" o~f sa::;:...I80--1 

Dollars Cents 

d. TOTAL - Sum of a, b, and c should 

equal 100% J 100 % 

3. What was the gross value of sales of sheep, 829 

lambs, and wool from this place in 1980? ... 0 $ : 

Page3 

98 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 81-A2 

S15 

, DYES 

, DNa 

· Horses and ponies of 

all ages. 

2. Colonies of bees .. 

· Milk goats ......... .. 

· Other livestock or animal 

specialties in captivity fEnter name and code from 

"List A" below. J 

Name ____ _ 

5. Livestock or animal 

products fEnter name and 

code from "List B" below.} 

Name Code 

6. Fish and other aquaculture 

products fEnter name and 

code from "LIst e" below,) 

Name Code 

Comp/tlts thla section 

Go to section 16 

110 

Number 

r~--------------------------~~r--------------------------~, Name Code Name Code Name Code 

Angora goats. 842 Mink and their pelts. 836 Worms. . 867 Other goats 848 Rabbits and thelf pelts. 851 All other livestock -

Mules, burros. Chinchillas and Specify.. 880 and donkeys 833 their pelts. 854 

r~--------~~r--------~, r~------------~~r------------""" Name Code Name Code Name Code 

MohaIr sOld. Catfish .. 872 Otherfish -

Goats mdk. sold . 884 

888 

888 Trout. 878 Specify.. .... 884 Honey sold ........... . T ropicat and Other aquaculture 

Other livestock products -

Specify........ .. .. baitfish . 880 products -

51. , DYES 

2 DNa 

870 

Complfltll thl ••• ctlon 

- Go to section 17 

Specify .. 888 

None b,;-;,---'----t;::;------j 

1. HENS and PULLETS of laying age. . ......... 0 

2. PULLETS 3 months old or older not yet of laying age ....... 0 

3. PULLET CHICKS and PULLETS under 3 months old. 

(Exclude commercial broifers.). . . . . .. 0 

4. BROILERS, fryers, and other meat type chickens 

including capons and roasters. 

5. TURKEYS 

a. Turkeys for slaughter (Exclude breeders.!. 

b. Turkey HENS kept for breeding. 

6. OTHER POULTRY raised in captivity - ducks, 

geese, pigeons or squab, pheasants, quail, etc. 

(Enter poultry name and code from the list below.) 

..0 

... 0 

Poultry name _________ Code ____ _ 

Poultry name _________ Code ____ _ 

Nama 

Ducks 

Geese 

Code 

904 

. 906 

Name 

Pigeons or squab. 

Pheasants. 

7 . POULTRY HATCHED on this place in 

1980 and placed or sold - chickens, 

Code 

908 

910 

turkeys, ducks, etc. - Specifyklndofpoultry ______ _ 

8. Incubator egg capacity on December 31, 1980. 

9. What was the gross value of sales of poultry 

and poultry products (eggs, etc.! from this 

place in 19807 Include estimated value of None 

poultry and poultry products moved from this 

place by COntractors and others. . 0 

fORM 8T-A2 [4 30-8\1 Page4 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Name 

Ouail . 

All other poultry -

Specify 

Code 

912 

914 

None r.",;---...:.c=------j 

o 

o 

Amount received from GOVERNMENT CCC LOANS and MACHINE WORK. 

CUSTOMWORK, AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL SERVICES provided for 

others in 1980. 517 

1. What was the amount received in 1980 from grains or cotton 

None Dollars Cents r.9"30,----------+1----~ 

placed I into the Government CCC loan program? . . 0 $ 

~9~'9'---------~1----~ 2. Total amount received from machine work, customwork. 

and other agricultural services PROVIDED FOR OTHERS 

in 1980 - planting, plowing, spraying, harvesting, etc .. 

I 

o $ : '----4'=---~--j 

Specify kind of work done 

.: ~uflng]980 did you SELL any crops, livestock, ur hvestock products 

DIRECTlY to individuals FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION - roadside 

stands. farmers markets, pick your own, etc.? 

518 

, 0 YES - Compl.t. thl ••• ctlon 

2 0 NO - Go to section 19 None ",9"'20,--=D:..:O:;;II=a-,rs __ +-I-,c-,e_nt-=s~ 

I 1. What was the gross value of these direct sales? .. . ..... 0 $ 

'-'--4r'..-r-------'------j 

Specify products sold vegetables, eggs. etc. 

• TYPE OF ORGANIZATION S19 

Mark (X) the one item which best describes the type of organization for this 

place in 1980. Refer to rhe fNFORMA nON SHEET. Section 19. 

• FAMILY or INDIVIDUAL operation - Exclude pannership and corporation. . . . . . .. . ....... . ,0 

• PARTNERSHIP operation - Includs familypannerships .. 

921 } 

2 0 

Go to section 21 

• INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAW ................ 30 Go to section 20 

• OTHER, such as estate or trust, prison farm, grazing 

association, Indian reservation, etc ................... . Specify b8Jow rhen 

go to SBction 21 

Specify 

• I CORPORATE STRUCTURE (for incorporated operations only) 

R.'e, to the INFORMATION SHEET. Section 26. 

S20 

1.ls thisa family-held corporation? ......... . 

2. Are there more than 10 stockholders? ............ . 

.. "",DYes 

2 ONo 

..... 3 0 Yes 

40No 

CHARACTERISTICS AND OCCUPATION OF OPERATOR (Senior partner 

S21 or person in chargel R.f., to the INFORMATION SHEET, Section 21. 

1. RESIDENCE - Does the operator (senior partner or 

person in charge I live on this place? ...... . 

2. PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION - At which occupation 

did the operator spend the majority (50 percent or 

more) of his/her work time in 1980? For partnerships 

consider all members of the partnership together . .. 

3. OFF FARM WORK - How many days did the operator 

(senior partner or person in charge) work at least 

4 hours per day of! this place in 19801 Include work 

at a nonfarm job, business, oron someone else's farm. (Exclude exchange farm work.) .................. . 

923 

'DYes 

20No 

.928 , 0 Farming 

2 o Other 

929 ,0 None 

,Ol-49days 

3050-99 days 

4 0100-149 days 

5 0150-199 days 

• 0 200 days or more 

4. In what year did the operator (or senior partner) begin 060 

to operate any part of this place? (See Informarion Sheet! . Year 

5. AGE of operator (senior partner or person in charge) 925 ____ Years old 

6. RACE of operator (senior partner or person in chargel . 924 , 0 White 

2 0 Negro or Black 

3 0 American Indian 

4 0 Asian or Pacific Islander 

9 0 Other - Specify ~ 

7. SEX of operator (senior partner or person in charge). 

8. SPANISH ORIGIN - Is the operator (senior partner 

or person in charge) of Spanish origin or descent 

(Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Spanish)? 

FORM 81·/1.2 (4·)0·811 Page 5 

92. '0 Male 

20 Female 

921 , DYes 

20No 

HISTORY 99 
Form 81-A2 

Was_any • . F~~TILlZ_~R. including ROCK rMUlwnA I t. or tAr.AUII un."FOR EN~RGY and petroleum products for the farm 

LIME used on this place dunng 19801 business during 1980 

S22 

10 YES - Complete thi •• eetion Include expenditures paId by yOu and 

20 NO - Go to section 23 None .;", others for production of crops, livestock., 

1

932 and other agricultural products on thIs c. 's torage capacity . iplace 

1. Acres of cropland fertilized in 1980. other than cropland place in 1980. 

used only for pastures reported in section 1 O. item 1 b .. .... 0 None Dollars ;Cents None C":.~I~~~in 1933 1. Gasoline and gasohol for 966 .67

0 

9.6 

2. Acres of pastureland and rangeland fertilized 

in 1980 reported in section 10. items lb and 3 ... 0 the farm business . 0 $ I ... . ... 

Nonet ICentsJ 2. Diesel fuel for the farm 9'9 970

3. Expenditures for commercial fertilizer purchased - all 0 Dollars business. 0 1. .... I 

forms. including rock phosphate and gypsum (exc[ude 

1

988 I I '12 97' o $ I 3. lP gas. butane. propane I lime) Repon cost of custom application in SBCtion 27, item 6. for the farm business I 

None I Tons of lime Acres limed (4.5 [bs. = 1 gallon) ... 0 1. ~ 0 

4. LIME - tons of lime used and acres on 

o 1

93• ['35 4. Fuel oil and kerosene for " I "·0 [911 

~r~i~s~~~~/1~~~ not include land plaster the farm business .. 0 $ forsanitation.} ......... 

5. Natura[ gas for the farm 976 I \::b : : 

Were any INSECTICIDES. HERBICIDES. FUNGICIDES. NEMATICIDES. ::;::: :;::;' 

OTHER PESTICIDES. or OTHER CHEMICALS used on this place in 19801 

business. ...... ' .... - o $ :;;;:}:; :::,:: :} 6. Motor oil. grease. for the 97' I : S23 ";{ 

10 YES - Compl.t. thl ••• etlan farm business ... .... 0 $ : 

20 NO - Go to section 24 7. E[ectricity for the farm ,60 I : : : : : 

Inc[ude any materials provided by you. your land[ords. or contractors. For each business. .......... 0 $ : 

item listed. report acres only once. If multipurpose chemicals were used. report B. Other - coal. wood. ,61 I : ::;:;: : acreage treated for each purpose. coke, etc ............ 0 $ :::;:: : : 

1. Sprays. dusts. granules. fumigants. etc .• (fungicide. None N~;:e~~c~1 ~;!~ S~LtC"!:ED P_RO~ UCTI?_~_EXPENSES pai' by you and 

herbicide. insecticide. nematicide) to control - others for this place in 1980 

93. 

Include your best estimates of expenses paid by you. your [andlord. contractors. a. Insects on crops. including hay .......... .......... 0 

937 buyers. and others for production of crops. livestock. and other agricultural products 

b. Nematodes in crops . 0 in 1980. DO NOT [NCLUDE expenses connected with performing customwork for ... ...... ......... .., . .... . . 938 others; operation of nonfarm activities, businesses, or services; or household expenses 

c. Diseases in crops and orchards (blights. smuts. not related to the farm business. 

rusts. etc.) ....... .................. ........ . .... 0 Sel"7.ted 

1

939 

d. Weeds. grass. or brush in crops and pasture ... .. , .... 0 Dollars ICent. 

1'40 1. Livestock and poultry purchased - cattle, calves. I'" 2. Chemicals for defoliation or for growth control hogs. pigs. sheep. Iambs, goats, hOrses. chicks, I 

of crops or thinning of fruil. ....... 0 poults. started pullets. etc .. 0 [$ I ......... ...... . ... 

i2. Total feed purchased for livestock and poultry - grain, I'·' I 

3. Agricultura[ chemicals purchased _ insecticides. Nonel Dollars !centsl hay. silage. mixed feeds. concentrates. etc. 0[$ I 

~:,~~i~es. fUngiCides:~~~~~~~~~i~~:~~~~.~"" 0 J '69 1 1 a. Commercially mixed formula feeds purchased - complete. ;}:: : : cost of custom 6. l $ supplement. concentrates. premixes. IDa not Include 

;i:::. : 

: 

~:,.~~~::.nl~~J::,~SJ5~~~}Nc;~t1~:~': busina .. in 19801 inaredients, 

saparately, such as T().'ls: Telltl1s Dollars • Cents : S24 941 soybean mes/, 1

98' I .98' I ::::0 . 10 YES - Compl.t. thl ••• etlon cottonseed None I I meal, ;:;:; . ::::, : and 

20 NO - Go to ssction 25 urea.} 0 I /10 $ I 

I Dollars ICentsl ...... I : : 

1. How much interest was paid on all debts for 1 ~42 I 1

987 1 

the farm bUSiness in 19807 ......... I 3. Seeds. bulbs, plants. and trees purchased .. 01$ I .......... 

1'90 

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT on this ~Iace on December 31. 1980 4. Hired farm or ranch labot/Seelnformauon Sneer! 0 (Include only equipment u.ed for .grlcu tur./ opent/on. in 1971 or 1980.J : S25 a . Of the hired workers. including None N JJrT1ber of workers : 

-Value of ALL machinery and equipment on this place. Decembar 31.1980 paid family workers. how many - 199 1 : 

: 1. What is the estimated market value of ALL machinery. (1) Worked 150 days or more? 0 : equipment. and implements usually kept on this place ~imated "'!'"et v.~ 992 t;:;:;;::;:;::: and used for the farm or ranch business? Include cars, ~ars_ ~c~ (2) Worked less than 150 days? 0 trucks, trsctors, combines, plows, disks, harrows, dryers, : : 

pumps, motors, irrigation equipment. dairy equipment in- 943 I 5. Contract labor - Include expenditures pnmarJly for labor, such !'93 

cluding milkers and bulk I tanks, livestock feeders, grinding I and mixing equipment, etc. . ........... ............ .. $ I as harvesting of frUit. vegetables, berries, etc. performed on a con- I 

tract basis by a contr8ctor, crew leader, a cooperatIVe. etc _ 0 $ I 

-SELECTED machinery and equipment T ota! number I MZ~~~~r~~~nuf'c- 16. Customwork. machine hire and rental of : on this place. December 31. 1980. on this place on machinery and equipment - InClude expenditures for use 99' I tured in the last 5 years {Report only If u •• d In 7979 or 7980.1 December 31,1980 f1976·-I98011 of equipment and for customwork such as grmdmg and mixmg feed, I 

None (Nt:mOOr) plowing, combming, corn plckmg. drymg. SIlo flllmg, spraymg, I 

dusting. fertilizing. etc. (Exclude cost of cotton gmnmg.) 0 1 $ I ,4' S<; 

2. Automobiles .. ............ 0 j ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE OF LAND and BUILDINGS 

". ,<: Please give your best EST [MATE of the CURRENT Estimated current market value 3. Motortrucks - Include pickups .... 0 MARKET VALUE of [and and buildmgs for the acres of land and buildings 

4. Wheel tractors other than garden 

.. , '" reported in section 1, items 1, 2, and 3, page 1 Dollars Cents None 

tractors and motor tillers ....... .. 0 1. All [and owned . [J 1~96 I 

950 ". 

5. Grain 2. All land rented or leased FROM - I and bean combines. 

self-propelled only ............ 0 a. Federa[ or State agencies. or Indian 95' I .. " reservations (section 1, 'Trem 81 0 ls I 

1

952 1

953 

6. Corn heads for combines .. .. .... - 0 b, Other - individuals. corporations, ~" [';6 1"7 estates, etc. [J 

7. Conon pickers and strippetS ... ...... 0 3. All land rented or leased TO OTHERS. 0 l~,a l 

8. Mower conditioners .............. 0 I"· [95' 

PERSON COMPLETING THIS REPORT PI •••• print 

I"u 1'61 Name 1'99 Date 9. Pickup balers - Include rectangle 

end round bales . .................. 0 

1 O. Field harvesters. shear ,'.2 1

963 Area code l Number 

bar or flywheel type ............... 0 Telephone ~ 

F CRM 81 A21 .. 3O-8tl 

Page6 

100 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A4 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

FORM 

82-A4 

NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law (title 13, U.S. 

Codel. By the same law, YOUR REPORT TO THE CENSUS BUREAU 

IS CONFIDENTIAL. It may be seen only by Sworn Census employees 

and may be used only for statistical purposes. Your report CIINNOT 

be used for purposes of taxation, investigaton, or regulati,)n. The 

law also provides that copies retained in your files are immune from 

legal process. 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1201 East Tenth Street 

Jeffersonville, Indiana 47133 

DUE DATE: 7 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF FORM 

If you received more than one report form, enter extra Census File Numbers 

here and retum duplicate copies with your completed report. 

- A -

_A -

I~~NSUS '010 all 

'012 013 

r 

L 

1982 FARM AND RANCH 

IDENTIFICATION SURVEY 

o M B No 0607 - 0382: Approval Expires 9-30-82 

82-A4 

I 

~ 

10NLY Please correct errors in name, address, and ZIP code. ENTER street and number if not s~wn. 

~'1:a:III['h'l ACREAGE IN 1982 l:lll1 1I1l'1C. During 1982, will you grow any CROPS, or 

Report total number of acres owned, rented, or used by you, your have any LIVESTOCK, POU L TRY, or other 

spouse, or by the partnership, corporation, Or organization for which agricultural products on this place? 

you are reporting. 

None Number of acres DO NOT INCLUDE crops or livestock on land rented TO 

OTHERS, section 1, item 3. 014 INCLUDE crops or livestock for home use or for sale, such as 

1. Acres of land owned ........................... 0 

grains, hay, nursery and greenhouse products, fruit, vegetables, 

015 cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, bees, furbearing 

2. Acres of land rented or leased FROM animals, fish in captivity, and other specialties. 

OTHERS, including land worked by 026 

you on shares, used rent free, etc .......... 0 1 0 YES - SKIP to section 5 20 NO- Go to section 4 016 

3 . Acres of land rented or leased TO 

OTHERS, including land worked on ""1Bll'~ Mark IX) all Items which apply and SKIP to section 9 

shares by others and land subleased ...... 0 Please complete section 2, if appropriate. ,;;" ...... 0270 landlord only - Land is rented to others.and has no separate crop 

4. ACRES IN THIS PLACE - ADD or livestock operation. Please complete section 2, if appropriate. 

acres owned (item 1) and acres rented 

(item 2), then SUBTRACT acres rented 028 0 Farm or ranch sold before 1980 and now operated by someone 

to others (item 3). and enter the result 

... ..01IIII 

else - List name and address of operator and date of transfer in 

in this space. remarks section. 

.. ,=ltt. LAND RENTED TO OTHERS 029 0 Land idle or will not be used for agricultural 030 

If land is rented TO OTHERS (section 1, itern 3) enter the following production in 1982 - Specify year 

information for each renter who began opel ating the rented acres after operations were discontinued ..... " ............ Year 

January 1, 1980. Use remarks section for additional names. 

031 0 Partner or shareholder in farm or ranch operated by someone 

Name and address of renter{s) Number of Year first else - List name and address of operator or senior partner in 

acres rented rented to remarks section. since January 1, 1 980 for 1982 this person 

NAME OF RENTER 032 0 Never operated farm or ranch - Specify occupation or 

business activity 

MA1LlNG ADDRESS 

018 019 

CITY STATE riP CODE 033 0 Agricultural activities other than production of farm commodities, 

such as farm supplier, customwork, farm management service, 

NAME OF RENTER processor, feed mill, etc. - Specify activity 

MAILlNG ADDRESS 

020 021 034 0 Other - Specify CITY STATE I ZIP CODE 

CONT'NU~ ON PAGE 2+ 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 101 
Form 82-A4 

Page 2 

... -i:rIUrtl.'I... GROSSVAlUEOFA~RI~"tTURAlPRODUCTSSOlD I.-i:rltlfm.' •• Will there be any LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, OR 

OR EXPECTED TO BE SOLD FROM THIS PLACE IN 1982 OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS on this 

Mark (X) the ONE box which indicates the estimated gross value of place at any time during 19821 

agricultural products sold or expected to be sold from this place 063 

(acres in section 1, item 4) in 1982. 1 DYES - Complete this section and go to section 8 

035 20NO - SKIP to section 8 

10 None 60$10.000-$19.999 None Largest number 

expected in 1982 

20$1-$749 7 0 $20,000- $39.999 [064 

30$750-$999 80 $40.000-$99,999 a. Cattle and calves ............................... 0 

40$1,000-$2,499 90$100.000-$199.999 b. Hogs and pigs ................................... 0 

[065 

j066 

5 0 $2.500- $9,999 100 $200,000 or more c. Sheep, lambs, and goats .................... 0 067 

If you expect to sell $ 750 or more in d. Hens. pullets, and broilers ................... 0 

[068 agricultural products above, skip to section 8. e. Other poultry .................................... 0 

069 

,,'1:1".1111'1:' Will any CROPS !including hay) be harvested from this f. Horses ............................................ 0 place during 19827 (DO NOT INCLUDE crops on land g. Other livestock or animal specialties, 

rented TO OTHERS - acres in section 1, item 3.) such as bees. rabbits. fur-bearing 036 animals. fish, etc. - Specify narr;!.; ... 0 070 

1 DYES - Complete this section and go to section 7 

2 o NO - SKIP to section 7 

Estimated acres None to be harvested Ih'I;_ TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

1°3 Mark (XI the ONE box which best describes the type of 

organization for this place in 1982. 

a. Corn . .............................................. 0 075 

1038 1 0 Individual or family operation (sole proprietorship) 

b. Sorghums ........................................ 0 

2 0 Partnership operation, including family partnership - Give 

1°39 name of partnership. if different from label. 

,c. Wheat . ........................................... 0 1°40 3 0 Corporation. including family corporation - Give name of 

d. Other small grain ............................... 0 

corporation. if different from label. 

1

041 

e. Soybeans ........................................ 0 1042 4 0 Other - Specify type of organization. such as cooperative • 

estate. trust, etc. 

f. Cotton . ........................................... 0 

1

043 

g. Alfalfa hay ....................................... 0 "'1:1111[111'1:_ EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION (EI) NUMBER 1044 

Do you have a Federal Tax Return Employer Identification 

h. Other hay . ........................................ 0 (EI) Number for this place? 077 045 1 Tenths 076 19 digits) I 

I. Tobacco DYES - Enteryour I 

0 I 110 1 

I I I I 1 I I I . ........................................ 

046 I EINumber_ 

I 2 ONO- Go to section 10 

j. Irish potatoes ................................... 0 I 110 

047 I 

I R~M4RK~ Please use thisspace or attach separate sheet for any k, Vegetables for sale ............................ 0 I 110 explanations of your report. 1048 

: 

I. Vegetables for home use ..................... 0 I 110 

1049 I 

m. Fruit. orchards. citrus. I vineyards. and nut trees ..................... 0 I 110 

1050 n. Nursery products - trees, I shrubs. vines. sod. etc ....................... 0 Acres I 110 

Greenhouse products under glass or 1°5 O. 

other protection ................................ 0 Sq. ft. 

p. Other crops - Specify crop name such 

as berries. field seed. and other cro':.; ..... 0 052 

~ PERSON ~nMPlETING TH~T - Piease Prmt 

Date 

~rr-r- Number 

Telephone 

FORM 82-A4 

102 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A0213 

DUE BY FEBRUARY 15. 1983 o M B APPROVAL NO. 0607·0408 EXPIRES 12184 

FORM82-A0213 

12·12·821 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

UNITED STATES 

CENSUS 

NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law ttitle 13. U.S. COde). By the same law YOUR REPORT TO 

THE CENSUS BUREAU IS CONFIDENTIAL. It may be seen only by swom Census employees and may be used only for statistical purposes. Your report CANNOT be used for purposes of taxation. investigation, or regulation. 

The law also provides that copies retained in your files are immune from legal process. 

In correapondence pertaining to this raport. pte ... refer to your Census File Number (CFN) 

Please complete thIs 

form and RETURN TO 

OF AGRICULTURE 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1201 E .. tTenthStreet 

Jeffersonville. Indiana 47133 

Note - [f your records are not available, reasonable estimates may be used. If 

you cannot file by February 15, a time extension request may be sent to the 

above address. Include your 12-character Census File Number (CFN) as shown 

in your address label in all correspondence to us. 

If you reteived more than one report form, enter extra Census A File Numberls] here and return 

extra copies with your completed 

82-A0213 

I 

report. A 

035 036 037 03. L CENSUS 

USE 039 040 041 042 ONLY 

ACREAGE IN 1982 

HIIte_ rou ___ irt 1982 changed during lite.,...., _to lite 

INFORMATION SHEET, Section I. 

(Pfease correct errors in name, address, and ZIP code.) 

INSTRUCTIONS Plea.e report your crops in the appropriate section. 

Use section 7 to report ONLY tho •• crop. NOT listed in sections 2 through 

6 and section 8. DO NOT INCLUDE crops grown on land rented to others. 

We .. any of the FOLLOWING CROPS harvested from this place in 19821 

Report land owned, rented, or used by you, your spouse, or by the partner· 

ship, corporation, or organization for which you are reporting. Include ALL 

LAND, REGARDLESS OF LOCATION OR USE - cropland, pastureland, 

rangeland, woodland, idle land, house lots, etc. None "'NC"u-m-obe'-r o""'f:-a-c-re-s-t S2 

None 

Acres Quantity harvested Acres 

harvested irrigated 

1 . All land owned ..................................................................... 0 

2. All land rented or leased FROM OTHERS, including land worked 

by you on shares, used rent free, in exchange for services, 

payment of taxes, etc. Include leased Federal. State, and railroad 

land. (DO NOT include land used on a per·head basis under a 

grazing permit.) Also complete item 5 below .............................. 0 

3. All land rented or leased TO OTHERS, including land worked on 

shares by others and land subleased. Also complete item 6 below. 0 

4. ACRES IN THIS PLACE - ADD acres owned (item 1) and acres 

rented (item 2), then SUBTRACT acres rented TO OTHERS (hem 3). and enter the result in this space. ___________ + 

For ____ .... IIte"ACRESINTHISI'I.ACE." 

If the entry is zero p1e..ase refer to the INFORMA TION SHEET, Section 1. 

043 

0" 

045 

046 

t 

5. If you rented land FROM OTHERS (item 2) enter the following information for each landlord. 

Name of landlord Mamn addre •• IInclude ZIP code) Number of acres 

List Bdditionsllaodlords on 8 separate sheet of paper. 

6. If you rented land TO OTHERS (item 3), enter the following information for each renter. 

Name of renter Mailing address (Include ZIP code) Number of acres 

US! additional renters on a separate sheet of peper, 

a. Of the land you rented or leased to others. how many 

acres did you own? ................................................ 0 053 None 

7. During 1982, did you have any Federal or state grazing 054 

permits on a per-head basis; such as Forest Service, 

Taylor Grazing, Indian Reservations, etc.?............................ ........ 1 0 Yes 

8. How many acres were diverted (or set-aside) under Federal None 

Acres 

20 No 

commodity acreage reduction programs in 19821 ............ .. o 065 

---Acres 

9. LOCATION OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY FOR THIS PLACE 

a.ln what coumy westhe 

largest value of your 

agricultural products 

raised or produced? .......... . 

r------r--~C~0-u-my-,-n-a-me----~S~~~te-r.N~u-m~be--r-m7ac--res-f 

Principal 

county .... 

056 

1-----~--------------+---~0~5'7--------~ 

1. Corn (field) for grain or 067 

seed (Repen quantity on B 

dry shelled-weight basis) ..••. 0 Lb, 

070 

2. Corn (field) for silage 

or green chop ............. 0 

Tons, 

073 07' 075 

3. Wheat for grain, 

including durum .......... 0 8, 

0 

076 077 078 

4. Oats for grain ............. 8,. 

0 

07' 080 081 

5. Barley for grain ........... 8,. 

084 

6. Sorghum for grain or --OR __ ~u...:._ 

seed, including milo ....... 0 Lb, 

7. Sorghum for silage or 085 086 087 

2: !~\E~~~~.~h.~~. 0 Tons, 

green 

088 08' 090 

8. Soybeans for beans ..... 0 8,. 

0 

091 092 093 

9. Cotton ...................... Bales 

10. Tobacco - all types .... 0 I /10 Lbs. I /10 

11. Potatoes, Irish ............ 0 /10 Cwt. /10 

0 

1 1 10 

12. Sweetpotatoes and yams /10 8,. /10 

Was any DRY HAYr GRASS SILAGEr HAYLAGE, or GREEN CHOP cut or 

harvested from till' place in 19821 Inc ....... ..,..."..,""-" ___ harcutfrom_. 

S3 ,DYES - Complete ___ 2 D NO - Go to section 4 

Ii cuttings were made for both dry hay and grass silage, haylage, Of green chop 

from the same fields, report the acreage in the appropriate items under DRY 

HAY and .150 under GRASS SILAGE, HAYLAGE. and,-G_R_E_EN_C_H.,.OP_. _____ -,-__ -; 

1. DRY HAY (If two Of more cuttings of dry Acres Quantity Acres 

hay were made from the same acrBS, report harvested harvested irrigated 

acres only once, but report total tons from all (Repot1 either dry 

or gnt6n weighf 8S cuttingS,) indicated} 

a. Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures for 103 104 >05 

Tons. 

hay or dehydrating .............................. d,y 

b. Small grain hay - oats, wheat, 106 107 >08 

Tons. 

bariey. rye, etc ................................... dry 

c. Other tame dry hay - clover, lespedeza, 109 110 

timothy, 8Brmuda grass, Sudan grass, Tons. 

etc . .............. ,., ............................. , .. dry 

112 113 

Tons. 

d. Wild hay ........................................... i----i------'d"">-+----j 

2. GRASS SILAGE, HAYLAGE, AND 

GREEN CHOP (hey crops cut 

~ ':!r: t~t:':m:ra= ~u;,":rs 116 

BCtes only once, but report. total tons from Tons. 

b.lf you also have agricuItu<aI 

operations in any other 

COUflty{ies), enter the 

Other 058 all cuttings.J .................................... '--___ .L ____ 9::..'_"_"->-__ ---j 

counties 3. HAY SOLD - Did you sell any hay l1a 

county name(s) , etc ........ . 11---------t--+0

"5"'9------I or grass silage in 19827 (Report value . 

of haysdd in section 9, irem 4J .............. ,... 10 Yes 20 No 

PENAL TY FOR FAILURE TO REPORT 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 103 
Form 82-A0213 

Were any VEGETABLES, SWEET CORN, MELONS, etc., hIrvested FOR Ware any STRAWBERRIES, CRANBERRIES, or OTHER BERRIES hImItIcI 

SALE from this place in 19821 (Exclucie thooe grown fOl hom. u ... } FOR SALE from this place in 19821 (Exclude thooe grown for home ..... } 

54 

10 YES _ c-..-__ 2 0 NO _ Go to section 5 

NOTE: For Flonds report for September 1, 1981 

56 

10 YES 

20 NO 

Comp/ela Ihis _lion 

Go to section 7 

=t~:'::~' f~~~;=~~e:~~S;;; ,for all 1-::-;;-;-'.A:.::c.:cre:.::s-r:c-:,.....,ir--"",A:,:;C,::re:.::sc:ir::.r",igTat:=e:::d-::--I ~~m,.hedthewl,itshtc~oepIOnw.m' .e.nter crop name and code. Report quantity harvested in unit 

Whole acres Tenths Whole acres Tenths .".,.... • 1. Land from which vegetables were 37' 376 

harvested in 1982...... ........ ......... ... ... .... t1 ° 110 Crop name Code Acres harvested Quantity harvested Acres irrigated 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __ ~~::=-__ +===~W~h~o~'e~.~c'~.~.~T~e~n'~h~.t;::~~~~~~W~lho~~~~~'~~~T~.m~hs~ 2. From the list below, enterthe crop name and code for each crop harvested in 1982. , If more than one vegetable crop was harvested from the same acres, report Bcres for 

each crop. Report crops grown under protection in section 5. 110 110 

Crop name Code Acres harvested Acres irrigated 110 110 

I /10 I /10 

110 110 

f-_________________ + ____ t-________ +'-i1:..:o+, _______ --+' ---,-1.:..' 0"-1" more space is needed. use separate sheet of paper. 

~-------------------+----+--------~.:..ll~0~-------_T'~I.:..l0~~name Cod. Crop Mime Code 

I /1 0 11 0 Blackberries and dewberries (pounds) ..... 509 ~---------------------+---+--------~.:..;c~------_T~_'_'_I Blueberries, tame (pounds. . . . 512 

I /10 I 11 0 Blueberries, wild (pounds) .. . .. 515 ~----------------------+---+----------:-.:..;c+--------__+---'-_'_'_I Cranberries (100-lb. barrels) . 621 

Raspberries (pounds) ... .. .... 533 

Strawberries (pounds) .......... ............ 538 

All other berries (pounds) -

Specify .......... . .........• 539 

110 110 

If more space is needed. use separate sheet of paper. 

Crop name Cod. Crop name Code Crop name 

Ware any OTHER CROPS harvested from this piece in 1982 small grains, 

field sseds, or other crops not previOlllly reported1 

Asparagus.... .. ... 379 Eggplant.. .. 416 Pumpkins. 449 Beans, snap (bush Garlic ................. .. 421 Radishes ............... 451 

and pole) ...... .. 381 Honevdew melons .. 423 Southern peas, green 

Beets .... 383 Lettuce and romaine .... 427 (cowpeas) - blackeyed, 

Broccoli . 386 lima beans, green ....... 429 crowder, etc.... 409 

Cabbage, head ... . ...... 391 Mustard greens .......... 431 Spinach 467 

Cantaloups and Onions, dry . .. .... 433 Squash ....... 459 

muskmelons. .. ...... 395 Onions, green ... 436 Sweet corn ...... .... 481 Carrots .... 397 Okra ............ .......... 437 Tomatoes ....... 483 

Cauliflower. 399 Peas, English, green Turnips ............ 486 

57 IReport fruit in section 8.} 

1 DYES Camp/.,. III;' section 

2 0 NO Go to section 8 

From the list below, enter crop name and code. Report quantity harvested in unit specified with crop name. 

Celery ... 401 (Exclude green Tumip greens .... 487 Crop name Code Acres harvested Quantity harvested Acres irrigated 

g~~~~~·;~·~~d·pi~·ki~·~· .. :. :~~ p:~~,::~ns!:~} .:::::::.:: :: ~~::~~~t!b'I~' _ 473 1------------------t----+-----------+:---------------1f.;-------~----I Peppers, hot.......... .. 446 Specify ......... ......... 476 

Were any NURSERY and GREENHOUSE PROOUCTS, MUSHROOMS, lOCI, 

bulbs, fIowars, flower seeds, vegetable seeds and ........ , vegetebIes under 

gl ... or other protection, GROWN FOR SALE 01\ this place in 19821 

5' 1 0 YES Co...,.,.,. fhl._ 

20 NO Go to section 6 I Area irrigated 

None I. Square feet 1 Acres Tenths 

1. Nursery and greenhouse products irrigated in 1982 0 I'L'_77 ________ J 1"~7~s __ ~ __ _'_11~0~---------------i----t--------i'----------i--------1 

2. From the list below, enter the product name and code for each product grown. If more space is needed, use separate sheet of paper. 

Square feet Acres in the open under glass 0' in '982 Sales in '982 ~....... Cod. Crop..... Code 

othe,'nP,,09'8e2ctlon r.:

W

"'h-O':-.-ac-,-s,O:T:-.-n,7h-. t----::-::------r;:---I Alfalfa seed (pounds) ........... . .... 542 Popcorn (pounds, shelled) .. .. ...... 882 

Product name Code 

Dollars Cents Beans, dry edible (excluding Proso millet {bushels} ... . ....... 886 f---------------t---+---------t;-''---'-'--''-'-''--'-''-t,;---'-''--'-''--'--f-'-'.=t dry limas) (hundredweight) ................ 554 Red clover seed lpounds) .................... 871 

/10 $ 110 Beans. dry lima (hundredweight) ... 667 Rice (hundredweight) .......................... 871 

f---------------~--+--------+.-------r--'-'-"-f,r--------~!-'-= .. Buckwheat (bushels) ............. 57& Rye for grain (bushels) .......................... 888 

f-______________ t-__ + ________ t;-' _____ +--_'"l-=O'-!$i-_________ r-'-'-'-l 0=-J c~~~~~;e~~r~~o~~~i~~ ~~y~)e~ &81 ~:~y~::rs~u~~~~~~~ .................. :::::: ::~ 

f-_____________ L-_--'-__________ L-_____ L-_'c.:1c..:OCl'-'-$ __________ --'--.:..1.:..1 0=-1 D~u~~:~~.~~~~.~~~~.peas) . &84 S~ghha~~t~~~~C;~:y forage ......... 698 Emmer and spelt (bushels) . .. ...... &99 Sorghum hogged or grazed 

Product name Code Product name Code Fescue seed (pounds) ................. . 602 (report acres only) ............ .. ............. 701 

Bedding plants (include vegetable plants) 479 Mushrooms..... 494 ~:~~~~~~~~h~i~)········ .. ::::::::::: :~: ~~~:~c=~~~~~~~:lt~~~}s~ ::.::::::::::::::: ~~~ Bulbs ................................................. 482 Sod harvested......... . ... 497 Kentucky bluegrass seed (pounds) ..... 629 Sugarcane for seed (tons) ... .. ...... 726 

~~:s~~;;~~~sc~ ~~:~~~-::~~·f~~it .... 485 ~=~~~~s!~e~~;:~re~~.~... ... :g~ Lespedeza seed (pounds) ...................... 638 Sunflower seed (pounds).. .. ........ 730t 

and nut trees, and vines ...................... 488 Other - Specify................ 508 ~~~~~~~~r(~~s'1:a~~~~~ ::::::::::::::::::::: ::: ~r;:~:~~oS:s~~s~s~... . .......... 746 

Foliage and flowering plants.......... . .... 491 Peas, dry edible (poundS) ..................... 659 Specify.. ................... .. ...... 762 

WH there • combined total of 20 01 more FRUIT TREES, including GRAPEVINES, CITRUS, and NUT TREES ON THIS PLACE in 19821 

ss 1 0 YES - C<>m,,-1hI .... ctlon 

20 NO - Gotosection9 1 Total acres I Acres irrigated 1 

I Whole acres I Tenths I Whole acres I Tenths 1 1. TOTAL ACRES in bearing and nonbearing fru~ orchard$. c~rus or other groves, 1121 I '" 

vineyards. and nut trees on this place. 100 no1 include abandoned acres.! 11 0 I 11 ° 

2. From the list at the right. enter name and code for the fruit trees, grapevines. and nut trees on thi$ place in 1982. 

Report the requested information for each crop even if not harve$ted because of low prices. damage from hail, frost. etc. 

NUMBER OF Acres in trees Unit of measure 

TREES OR VINES OF - and vines of Quantity Mar" one Crop name Code all ages harvested . lbs. Nonbearing Bearing ,; c . 

x pe, age age " 0 0 Whole acres Tenths .J I- m box 4 5 

11O ,0 20 3D' 

• , 110 10 20 30 1 

4 

" 11O 10 20 3D, 

110 10 20 , 3D, 

3 • , 11O 10 20 301 

· , 110 10 20 3D' 'f mote space is needed. use SfJpBrlJfe sheet of peper. 

FORMa2 A0213!212·82) 

Page 2 

104 HISTORY 

Code 

Apples •... 123 Apricots ..••.... 129 

Avocados 135 

Cherries ............. 147 

Grapes, dry weight... 171 Grapes, fresh weight... 177 

Olives {Report quantity 

for Sept. 1981 

thfough March 1982 

harvest season} . .. ' 207 

P<sches 225 Pears .... 231 

Plums and prunes, 

fresh weight 243 

Prunes, dry weight 249 

Other noncitrus - 5pe<ify .•.. 261 

~_ Code 

(Report quantity harvested 

for the 1981 - 82 harvest sesson} 

Grapefruit . ................ 267 lemons ... .. Limes .. . Oranges .. . 

Tangelos .......... . Tangerines ........ .. 

Othercittus - Specify .. 

...... 27. .... 285 ..... 297 

..... 303 ..... 30 • 

. ........ 315 

Nut_ Code 

Almond. (Report 

qu8IIIiry ill moats) 321 

(Report qu8IIIiry iIIsheR/ FiIberU and haz_ ..... 327 Pecans .......................... 33. Walnuls. EngJisb .•.......... 317 

Other nut trees - Specify .•.•.........•...•..... 313 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A0213 

GROSS VALUE of CROPS SOLD from IIUs pIKe In 1982, BEFORE Did you or any ..... else haw .. ", CATTLE or CALVES 0II11Us p/He in 19821 

S9 tans IUId .......... IR.to tile 'NFORMA TION SHEET, Secfjon 9.1 

Report your best estimate of the value for each of the following groups of crops sold S 12 lOy E S 

from this place in 1982. Include the value of the landlord's andlor contractor's share. 2 0 NO Go to section 13 INVENTORY 

estimating if necessary. Exclude value of Government CCC I,:.O.:..an--s:...·"D"O ... lIa,..r.,-s-~r;c"'e::n-:-ts:-t pI:~~~~ 3~ .'~~82 1. Grains. soybeans and other beans sold in 1982 None-f,,;;,74--===-->===-t - DECEMBER 31, 1982 INVENTORY None h8mo'3 -'-'------'.--'----'----j 

a.Corn for grain ................................................... 0 1. ~!!/~~~.~.~~.~AdL~~o~?:.~I~.~.g~s .......... . 

b. Wheat.. ........................................................... 0 715 a.BEEF COWS _ Includebeefheif." that 

o 

o 804 Total 

Beef 

cows c.Soybeans ........................................................ 0 '76 hadeslved ..•....•..••.....•......•.........••..•........ 805 

d. Sorghum for grain ............................................. 0 

8. Oats ................................................................ 0 f. Other - barley. rice. dry beans. dry peas. flaxseed. 

popcorn. safflower. sunflower seed. rye. etc ........ 0 

2. Cotton and cottonseed .......................................... 0 

3. Tobacco ............................................................. 0 

4. Hay. silage. field seeds. and grass seeds .................. 0 

6. ~;:K:!~~~~'a;::;~~:~~r:e~?f~~~~h~;ir?::~r;~~~:, ... 0 

6. Fruits. nuts. berries - apples. peaches. grapes. citrus. 

pecans. strawberries. etc. .... ............ ...... ................ 0 

7. Other crops - Irish potatoes. sweetpotatoes. peanuts. sugar 

beets. sugarcane. mint for oil. etc. (Exclude nursery and greenhouse producrs) -

718 

719 

780 

781 

782 

783 

784 

785 

Specify o $ 

LAND USE IN 1982 

NOTE: If the same land had more than one use in 1982. REPORT THAT LAND 

ONLY ONCE - in the use first listed below that applies. For example. cropland 

harvested and also pastured is to be reported only as "Cropland harvested." S10 

1. CROPLAND 

•• Cropland harvested - Include all land from which crops 

were harvested or hay was cut, and all land in orchards, c;trus 

groves, vineyards, and nursery and greenhouse products ••.•••.•••.••.. 

b. Cropland used only for pasture or grazing - Include 

rotation pasture and grazing land that could have been used for 

crops without additional improvements ..•.•.•••..••...••.•.•.•••.•••••••• 

c. Cropland used for cover crops, legumes. and soilimprovement grasses. but NOT harvested and NOT 

pastured .................................................................. . 

d. Cropland on which all crops failed (Exception: Do not 

report here land in orchards and vineyards on which the crop 

None Number of acres 

787 

0 788 

0 789 

0 790 

b. MILK COWS kept for production of milk or 

~~ka~!~~~:~~rh~~::iset~:reh;d ~~~~~e.~:... .... D MIlk 

806 

c. !;!7,~;~~t ~~~.7v~E.R. ~~.L~~~. ~E~~~~~~... 0 

Heifers 

and 

heIfer 

calves 

807 

d.STEERS. STEER CALVES. BULLS. 

ANDBULLCALVES ...................................... o Steers and 

bulls of 

all ages 

_ CATTLE AND CALVES SOLD 

FROM THIS PLACE IN 1982 Include those fed on this place on a 

contract or custom basis. Also report 

as sold cartle moved from this place 

fa 8 feedlot for further feeding. 

None N~~~~8~Old I-_G_ro..,s;:-s-:;v_a_lue_o_' sa--,;:Ie-cs..,.., 

Dollars ICents 

2. Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 0 

3. Cattle. including calves weighing 

500 pounds or more ........................ 0 

8. Of the total cattle sold. how many were 

FATTENED on this place on GRAIN or 

CON CENTRA TES for 30 days or more 

and SOLD for SLAUGHTER?..... ... ..... 0 

• DAIRY PRODUCTS SOLD FROM 

THIS PLACE IN 1982 

808 809 

810 811 

8" 813 

DAIRY PRODUCTS 

Gross value of sales 

Did you or any .... else ha .. any HOGS or PIGS on IIUs p/He in 19821 

S13 

1 0 YES - c"""... __ 

2 D NO - Go to section 14 

- DECEMBER 31, 1982 INVENTORY 

INVENTORY 

Number on this 

None 81~laceDec.31, 1982 

0 791 

failed. Such acreage is to be reported in item 1 s.) •••••.............•..•.. ~-----.. 1. HOGS and PIGS of all ages {Total of a Bnd b below} ...... ... 0 Total 

e. Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ........................... . 0 

f. Cropland idle ............................................................ 0 793 

woodlots and timber tracts and 

o 79' 

I=-----f 

8. HOGS and PIGS used or to be used for BREEDING 

b.OTHER HOGS and PIGS .................................. . 

• LITTERS FARROWED 

o 

o 

816 

Breedmg 

817 

Other 

2. Woodland - Inc/ude.1I t' Woodland pastured ......... . 

~:~:w~~dt1:,':e~;;~~~~ b. Woodland not pastured ..... 0 1:-:-:-____ -1 2. LITTERS FARROWED on this place between - None 8~~mber of litters 

3. Other pasturaland and rangeland - Include .ny pastureland 796 a.December 1, 1981 and May 31. 1982 ......... 0 other than cropland and woodland pasture.................................... 0 

4. AD other land - Land in house lots. ponds. roads. wasteland. 

etc. - Include any land not reported in items 1 through 3 above ........ 0 

5. TOTALACRES-Addtlte ___ fn_ItIItOUfI/I4 

797 

798 

b.June 1. 1982 and November 30. 1982......... 0 L

8

_" ____ ---' 

• HOGS AND PIGS SOLD 

Number 

sold 

None in 1982 

Gross value of sales 

Dollars Cents 

Lm~lm~~~NiDtlteiftamN;:~u;~!iiffi~';·;n.m~~~:~~;;'·~}~~~~~::~·r;~~--------t ~ WI .. ny LAND in Ihis p/He IRRIGATED II any time In 19821 3. HOGS and PIGS SOLD from this 

Irrigated Jand is all land watered by any artificial or controlledmesns _ sprinklers. furrows place in 1982 ....................................... 0 f.w22;----f,8"13,-------~-l 

20 821 

or ditches. spreader dikes, etc. Include supplemental, partial. and preplant irrigation. 4. Of the hogs and pigs sold. how many were 

Sll 1 0 YES _ Comp/oto_~ Number of acres 

sold as FEEDER PIGS for further feeding? .. 0 $ 

2 0 NO Go to section 12 None irrigated 

680 

1 .. How many acres of harvested land were irrigated1 ...... ......... 0 Include land from which hay was cut and land in bearing and 

nonbearing fruit and nUl crops reported in section 10, item 18. 

2. How many acres of pastureland. rangeland. and any other 

lands not included in item 1 above were irrigated?............... 0 

681 

3. What percent of the irrig~tion water used on this place in 

1982 was obtained - None 

•• From a well or wells located on this farm or another farm 1 ..... 

b. From an on-farm surface supply not controlled by a water 

supply organization (stream. drainage ditch. lake. pond. 

spring. or reservoir on or adjacent to this farm)? ................. . 

c. From off-farm water suppliers (U.S. Reclamation projects; 

irrigation district; mutual. cooperative. or neighborhood 

ditches; or other irrigation organizations) 1 .•........•............... 

d. TOTAL Sum of 8, b, and c should equal10D% 

FORM82A02131212821 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

682 

0 683 

0 68' 

0 

Percent 

100% 

% 

% 

% 

Did you or any .... else haYe any SHEEP or LAMBS on 1lUsp/He In 19821 

514 1 0 YES 

20 NO 

c"""... ... _ 

Go to section 15 

INVENTORY 

Number on this 

Nooe place Dec. 31. 1982 

NUMBER SOLD in 1982 

Number shorn Pounds of wool 

None in 1982 shorn in 1982 

827 828 

2. SHEEP and LAMBS SHORN ...........• 0 

Gross value of sales 

None Dollars I Cents 

3. What was the gross value of sales of SHEEP. 829 

LAMBS. and WOOL from this place in 19821 •.... 0 

Page 3 

HISTORY 105 
Form 82-A0213 

• DId you oranyone .... haveany HORSES. BEES. FISH. GOATS • OTHER LIVESTOCK. or ANIMAL SPECIALTIES In 19821 SIS to YES - 20 NO CcJmp/eCIt --

- Go to section 16 

INVENTORY 

Number Gross value of sales on T ot.1 number 

None this place sold in 1982 Dec. 31, 1982 Dollars I Cents 

1 • Horses and ponies of 83O 83' 83. 

all ages ...................... 0 $ , 83. 8.0 .. , , 2. Colonies of bees ......... 0 $ 

0 8.' 8.6 .. , , 3. Milk goats .................. $ , 

4. Other livestock or animal I specialties in captivity I IErrter nsme and code from 1 2 I "Ust A" below.) , 

$ I 

~ 

Name Code __ , 

Ne_ Code , Neme Code , Neme Code 

Angora goats ............... 842 Mink and their petts ....... 836 Worms - Refer to 

Other goats .. ........ .... 848 I Rabbits and their petts •.. 861 I information sheet. ...... 867 Mules, burros. Chinchillas and All other livestock -

and donkeys .•.... ....... 833 , their pelts ..•••...•.... . ... 864 I Specify .................... 880 

T ofal quantity sold Gross value of sales 5. Livestock or animal in 1982 Dolfars Cents products tEnter name and I code from "'List S" below.) Pounds , , Name Code 2-- 0R---- $ 

, 

, Gallons 

~ 

-- I 

Nam. Code , N ..... Code 

Mohair sold ..........•....... ....... ..... 884 HoneV sold .... ............ . ........................... 868 Goat milk sold .............. ..... ., ..... 888 I Other livestock products - Specify ........•.. ,. 870 

6. Fish and other aquaculture Water surface Total quantity sold Gross value of sales acres products (Enter name and for aquaculture in 1982 Dollars I Cents 

code from "Ust CU below. I 

Itoi 1 Pounds 2 , Name Code , ,,--- OR -- ~$ , I 

, I Number 

~ 

-- I 

N.me Code , Na_ Code I N.m. CodeiNam. Code 

Catfish ........... 872 Tropical and Other fish - Other aquaculture 

Trout ............. 876 I baitfish ........ 880 I Specify .•.•.••• 884 I products - Specify •..••. 888 

If more $pIIC6 is needed, use separate sheet of paper. 

• DId you or anyone .... have any POUlTRY IUCh .. CHICKENS • TURKEYS. DUCKS. etc •• on this pIKe In 19821,_,....".,,_ 

s,. ""----_./ to YES INVENTORY - CcJmp/eCIt --

Number on Total number 

20 NO - Go to section 17 this place sold in 1982 None Dec. 31, 1982 

0 8.2 893 

1. HENS and PULLETS of laying age ........................ 

2. Pullets for laying flock replacement 8 •• 89S 

a. PULLETS 3 months old or older not yet of laying age 0 8.6 8.' b. PULLET CHICKS and PULLETS under 3 months old IExciude commetciaJ broilers) ................................ 0 

3. BROILERS, fryers, and other maat type chickens .98 8 •• 

including capons and roasters ............................. 0 4. TURKEYS .00 901 

a. Turkeys for slaughterlExclude breeders) .............. 0 

b. Turkey HENS kept for breeding ........................ 0 '02 .03 

5. OTHER POULTRY raised in captivity - ducks, 

gaase, pigeons or squab, pheasants, quail. etc. (Enter poultry name and code from the list below.' , 

Poultry name Code ___ , 

PoulUy name Code ___ 

Ne .... Code , N ..... Code , N_ Code 

Duck ....................... 904 , Pigeons or squab ......• 908 I 0uaiI ...................... 812 

Geese ...................... 906 Pheasants •.............••• 810 AllOIherpoulUyI I SpecIfy ................. 814 

6. POULTRV HATCHED on this place in None Number 

1982 and placed or sold - chickens. "8 

turkeys, ducks, etc. -Specifykindofpouluy 0 .17 

7. Incubator egg capacity on December 31,1982 ............. 0 

Gross value of sale. 

8. What was the gross value of sales of None Dollars Cents 

poultry and poultry products (eggs, etc.! "8 I 

from this place in 1982? .......................... 0 $ 

, FOAM 82·A02t3 12 -1 282) - Page 4 

106 HISTORY 

I S17 

• GOVERNMENT CCC LOANS Dollars I Cents 1. Amount received in 1982 from Government eec loans for - None r,,,,.:.-. --=:=""---+==; 

(Include regular andlflSeNe loami •• ..." if redeemed '" fOtfeited) , 

a. Corn, sorghum, barley. and oats ".. ...... .................. 0 ":"'0"0 ------r' _---j 

b. Wheat ........................................................... , ... 0 ":""0" _____ +' _---j 

c. Cotton ...................................... , ............... , ....... D ":;,;0"2-----+'----j 

d. Soybeans, peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, and honey ............. . [] r$~--------~'-----j • MACHINE WORK, CUSTOMWORK .... OTHER I 

AGRICULTURAL SERVICES I 

2. ~~~t~~~~~~=~e:~~~~rD~~O~:~~ '" : 

1982 - planting, plowing, spraying, harvesting, etc. ........ 0 L$'-----;;-----'-,--I 

Specify kind of work done " 

: =i~=:.~===:PTION roMIIde 

5 '8 SWIds, f ........ 1IIlIIbIa. pick your _ ••• 1 

10 YES - CcJmp/eCIt ___ 

2 [] NO - Go to section 19 None 1-.1''''200-0::.0:::1::18::.:'',--_,-, C::.e::.n:.:.t.,-! 

1. What was the gross value of these direct sales? ,.......... 0 '-$---.r---+'----j 

¥ 

Specify products sold vegetables, eggs. etc. 

• TYPE OF ORGANlZAnON 

5'. 

Mark (X) the one item which best describes the type of organization for 

this place in 1982. Refer to the INFORMA TION SHEET. s.cWn 19. 

• FAMILY or INDIVIDUAL operation - 921 

· :;~~~:;;~;:i::;=:~:~:;~;~::......... : B} Go to section 21 

• INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAW ................... .. 

• OTHER, such as estate or trust, prison farm, grazing .. association, Indian reservation. etc ......................... . 

Specify 

3D 

40~ 

Go to section 20 

Specify below then go to section 21 

• I -:;,;;;;~~~=MET,_20.CIp8rIIIonsonlyl S20 

1.ls this a family·held corporation? .................................. 22 1 0 Ves 2 0 No 

2. Are there more than 10stockhofders? ......................... 3D Ves 40 No 

• CHARACTERISnc&ANDOCCUPAnONOFOPERATORtsenIor..-

or person In chergal_ to tIIe/IllFOfUtfATIOIf BHffT, _21. 

52' 

,. RESIDENCE - Does the opj!fetor (senior partner or .23 1 0 Ves 

person in charge) live on this place? .......................... .. 20 No 

2. PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION - At which occupation 

did the operator spend the majority (50 percent or 

more) of his/her work tima in 1982? For partn61Ships 

consid6f all members of the partnership together ••...••.•.•••.•••• 

928 

1 0 Farming 2 0 Other 

or ranching 

3. OFF FARM WORK - How many days did the oparator .2

j

'

, 0 None 

(senior partner or person in charge' work at least 0 1 49 d 4 hours par day off this place in 198271nc1ude worlc 2 - ays 

atanonf.rmjob. business. O<Otlsomeof/lJ/,/se·sfann. 3D 50-99 days 

IExcludeexc/l8ng8f.rmworl<) ....................................... : B ~:=~:::: 

6 0 200 days or more 

4.ln what year did the operator (or senior partner) begin oeo to operate any part of this place? ................................ Vear 

'2. 

5. AGE of oparator (senior partner or person in charge) ....... ____ Vears old 

2 0 Negro or Black 

. 3 0 American Indian 

92

1

4 0 White 

6. RACE of operator (semor partner or person in charge) .... • 0 Asian or Pacific 

Islander 

9 0 Other - Speci~ 

... 7. SEX of operator (senior partner or parson in charge) .. ..... 1 0 Male 2 0 Female 

8. SPANISH ORIGIN - Is the operator (senior partner 

or person in charge) of Spanish origin or descent 

(Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Spanish)? ........ 

FOAM 82·A0213 (2·12·82) 

Page 5 

.27 

lOVes 20No 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A0213 

(Section 22 through 28 were collected from only a sample of farms; see text.) 

W .. any ~, .. ~ •• ,or UME uNCI on 11111111-during 19821 522 526 

.-:--;--::;;--:;---1 Include expenditures paid by you and others for 

Acr.s fertilized production of crops, livestock, and ,---.,-.-~;.---ro-.n .. -n.'-r'o -n~-;"'--,-o1,,-i. 932 other agricultural products on this ,"'" .... ""_""n, > ~"" 

lOY E S - Complete this S«tIon 

2 0 NO - Go ro section 23 None 

1. Acres of cropland fertilized in 1982, other than cropland 

used only for pastures reported in section 10, item 1 b ..... 0 

2. Acres of pastureland and rangeland fertilized 

in 1982 reported in section 10, items 1 band 3 ............... 0 

3. Expenditures for commercial fertilizer purchased 

- all forms, including rock phosphate and gypsum 

(exclude lime) Report cost of custom application in 

None ...... .----D_o_II._,_s _-J._ce_n_ts--i~ 

1988 : I section 27, item 6 .................................... , ......... . o "'-$ ____ -'--'_-' 

Tons of lime Acres limed 

934 j"3S 

:;;:'E:~~i~:::'i~E .. S~.:"O;~;:~ .. ~ .. ,,., i ... , thit pIaca in 19821 

523 lOY E S - Complete this S«tIon 

2 0 NO - Go to section 24 

Include any materials provided by you, your landlords, or contractors. For each 

item listed, report acres only once. If multipurpose chemicals were used, 

report acreage treated for each pIlrpose. 

place in 1982. n...... 'r.n.. C,p~,city in Non.~;--_u __ u"·_" __ r-'--_·"-~~-+~_-~~g·.~II~~o~ncs~-4 

1. Gasoline and gasohol for 966 1 96

0

' !968 

the farm business ......... 0 ,,$= ____ -;-11--+~=--,=c_---_1 

2. ~~~~~~~~,f~~.~h.e.f~~.~ .... 0 r,,:=69 _____ ,..:, _-t;97,,'O;;=-'--t

I97

"' ____ -i 

972 I' 973 [97' 

1 

3. LP gas, butane, propane 

for the farm business 

(4.5 Ibs.= 1 gallon)....... 0 4. Fuel oil and kerosene for 

the farm business ......... 

75 

o rs,.-8-:v@@Z8srrTId 0$ 

6. Motor oil and grease for 979 

the farm business ......... 0 $ 

7. Electricity for the farm 960 

business ...................... 0 $ 

8. ~::~ etc~oal, wood, 0:8 

: .. 

1. Sprays, dusts, granUles, fumigants, etc., (fungicide, 

herbicide, insecticide, nematicide) to control -

S~LEC!ED.I:,,". .. u": .. ~!'!.~XPENSES paid by youand 

None :~;::c"~~~~~s 52' othenforthitplacain1982 

a. Insects on crops, including hay ............................. . o 936 Include your best estimates of expenses paid by you, your landlord, contractors, 

buyers, and others for production of crops, livestock, and other agricultural products 

b. Nematodes in crops ........................................... . o '937 in 1982. DO NOT INCLUDE expenses connected with performing customwork for 

1-:9-:c36:-----~ others; operation of nonfarm activities, businesses, or services; or household expenses c. DIM.-in crops and orchards (blights, smuts, not related to the farm business, 

rusts, etc.) .......................................................... 0 I-:-:c;;------I 

d. Weeda, grass, or bruah in crops and pasture 93 9 

Include both ptlHimergence and post amergence................... 0 ~;;-____ -I 

2. Chemicals for defoliation or for growth c:ontrcJI 940 1 • Li.-k lilt! poultry purchuad - cattle, calves, 

of crops or thinning of fruit ............ .......... .......... ........ 0 hogs, pigs, sheep, lambs, goats, horses, chicks, poults, started pullets, etc ................................................. . 

Selected expendnures 

Non61-:-98~2D_OII._'5_+-:cen-l" 

o ~$~ __ 'r---I 963 

2 • Total feed purcha .... for IivtIIIIOCk and poultry -

grain, hay, silage, mixed feeds, concentrates, etc. ........ 0 $ 

3. Agricultural chemicals purchased-insecticides, None DoIl8'S 

herbicides, fungicides, other pesticides, etc. 0 1969 

~Centsl 

I Report cost of custom applications in section 27. item 6. ... ... 1$ 

S" 941 lOY E S - Complete this section 

2 0 NO - Go to section 25 DolI.rs : Cents 

S25 

• Value of ALL machinery and equipment on this p/aca. December 31, 1982 

2. Automobiles............................... 0 

a. Commercially mixed formula feeds pIlrchased 

complete, supplement. concentrates, premixes. 

~~~:::::'y, I Ton9 ~Tenth' Dolla,s 

cottonseed None I suchassoybeanmeol, 1'984 1 ,985 

=J~ ....... 0 1 /10 $ 

Iq4R i94~ S28 

3. Motortrucks - Include pickup.......... 0 L'-.,.-;;- -------+=,------1 Please give your best ESTIMATE of the CURRENT 

4. Wheel tractors other than garden 

tractors and motor tillers .............. 0 

[948 1949 MARKET VA~UE of land and buildings for the acres 

reported in section 1, items 1 , 2, and 3, page 1. 

: : : : : : 

: : 

98' 

Estimat~n~a~~~,~~e of land .n",,'''~.'~._ 

5. Grain and bean combines, 950 9" None /-:;199=6---'-'-DOII_"! __ --t_C""'!--i 

_self·propelled only....................... 0 1. AN land owned .... ....... ............................ 0 ~~=-------;----i 

6. Com heads for combines .............. 0 tol5""'2----+n.c15~3-----I 2. AN land rented or leased FROM OTHERS ..... 0 I ~g; : 

7.Cottonpickersandstrippers ......... 0 1

956 95: 3.ANlandrentedorleasedTOOTHERS .......... 0 10

1

:=-98-------+---i 

8. Mower conditioners ..................... 0 958 959 PERSON COMPUT ...... n" REPORT __ ,..,... 

9. ~~~::-.. ~.~ ....... 0 '960 ." Name l'99 Date 

10. ~:=7;;!~~~:.~~~~ ..... ". 0 I'b' "03 Telephone ___ ..... 1 Area code 1 Numbe, 

FOAM 82 A0213 12-12-82) Page 6 US GOVERNMEr-.,T PRINTING OFFICE 1982-561 -532 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 107 
Form 82-AO 1 (I) 

108 

fORM 82·A01 (II ,21]82, INFORMATION SHEET u S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE Cf~SUS 

1982 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Special Reporting Instructions 

1. Who Should Report 

WE NEED A REPl Y FROM EVERYONE RECElVING A REPORT FORM, 

INCLUDING IndIVIduals, landlords, tenants. partnershiPs. corporatIons, 

InstItutions. and THOSE NOT CONDUCTING AGRICUl TURAl OPERATIONS. 

Each case Included In the census has a unique census file number (CFN). In 

order to make the census results as complete and accurate as possible. we 

need to obtain JOformatlon about every census file number. 

2. If You Received More Than One Report Form for an Operation 

Complete only ONE report form for dn operation. Wnte "Duplicate" near the 

address label of each extra report form .. Also. write the 11-d191t census hie 

number/s! of the DUPLICATE report(s) ON THE COMPLETED REPORT tn the space 

provided to the left of the address label. Return the extra report{s) m the same 

envelope with your completed report form so that we can correct our records. 

3. If You No Longer Farm 

If you had agncultural operations at any time during 1982. please report all 

agricultural actIVtty dutlng the year Report all land on your census form that 

you owned or.tented. Also. report your 1982 crop and livestock production 

and 1982 sales. 

Explam on the ftrst page of the report form lor on a separate sheet of paper) 

that you QUIt farmmg or ranchmg and give the approximate date and the 

name and address of the present operator, tf known. 

4. If You Never Farmed or Have No Association With Agriculture 

Please write a note on the report form near the address label and return It so that 

we can correct our reCords. In our efforts to make the census as complete as 

possible. we obtamed lIsts from vanous sources. We tned to elimInate duplicate 

and nonfarm addresses, however, It was not always possible to do so. 

5. If You Have More Than One Agricultural Operation 

Complete a report form for EACH SEPARATE and DISTINCT productton untL that 

IS, each indIvidual farm, ranch, feedlot, greenhouse, etc., or combInation of 

farms, etc., for whIch you maintain SEPARATE records of operating expenses 

and sales, livestock and other Inventones. crop acreages, and production. 

6. If You Have a Partnership Operation 

Complete only ONE report for the entire partnership's agricultural operatIon 

and include all partners' shares on the one report. 

If members of the partnershIP also operate separate farms or ranches to 

addition to the partnershIp farmtng operauon, separate report forms should 

be completed for each IndIVIdual operatIOn. 

If tWO or more report forms were received for the same operation, mark each 

additional form as a "Duplicate." Return the duplicate reports in the same 

envelope wIth the completed partnershIp report. if possible, or wnte a note 

on the duplicate report. such as, "Partner (provide name) has completed a 

report for the partnershIp {provIde partnership name)." 

7. Landlord's or Contractor'S Share 

If you rented or leased land from others or had a contract for the productIon 

of agncultural products, IOc!ude both your share and the landlord's or 

contractor'S share of the production, sales, and expenses so your census 

report form will be complete for "this place." 

If you do not know the landlord's or contractor's share, toc!ude your BEST ESTIMATE 

How to Enter Your Response 

If you do not have exact figures, give your best estimate. 

Enter your replies In the proper spaces, on the correct line. and In the units 

requested, i.e., dollars. bushels, tons, etc. Write any explanation outside 

the answer spaces or on a separate sheet of paper. 

All do!lar figures may be entered in whole dollars. CENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED. 

Enter whole numbers except where tenths are requested, such as acres of 

potatoes harvested. If you have 1/2, 1/3, or 1/4 of an acre, convert to 

tenths. For example, convert 1/2 to 5f 1 0. 113 to 3110, 1/4 to 211 O. 

The census report form is betng used throughout the entire United States 

Because it is meant for use In all parts of the country, it may contam sections 

and questions which do not apply to you. When this occurs, mark the 

"None" or "No" box and go on to the next item or section. 

Instructions For Specified Sections 

.. Section 1 - ACREAGE IN 1982 

Your answers to this section will determine the land ("Acres In This Place", 

referred to in the rest of the report form. 

When answering the acreage questions, tnclude the land associated with 

your agricultural operations in t 982 whether in production or not. Include 

al( land that you owned or rented during 1982 even If only for part of the 

year. Exclude any unrelated resIdential or commercial land. 

IFYOU QUIT FARMING DURING 1982 - Complete the report form for 

the portion of the year that you dId farm. Explain on the report form or 

another sheet when you stopped farming and the name and address of the 

person now using the land. 

Report all land in section 1 In whole acres. 

Item 1 - All Land Owned - Report all land owned In 1982 whether held 

under title, purchase contract or mortgage. homestead Jaw, or as heir or trustee 

of an undiyjded estate. Include aU land owned by you andlor your spouse, or 

by the partnership, corporation, or organization for which you are reporting 

Item 2 - All Land Rented or Lea •• d FROM OTHERS - Report all land 

rented by you or your operation even though the landlord may have supplied 

materials or superYlsion. 

INCLUDE in Item 2: 

a, Land for agricultural use that you rented from others for cash 

b. Land you worked on a share baSIS [crop or ltvestock) 

c. Land owned by someone else that you used rent-free 

d, Federal. State, Indian Reseryatlon, or railroad land rented or leased by the acre 

DO NOT INCLUDE to Item 2· 

Land used on a per-head or animal unit ltcense or permit basis, such as 

section 3. Taylor Grazing Act, NatIonal Forest, or Indian Reservation permIt 

land. If you had any of these permIts. mark "yes" to Item 7. 

Itam 3 - All und Rented or Leased TO OTHERS - Include aU land tented au! 

for any purpose If It was part of the acreage reported In items 1 and 2. A report form 

will be obtained from each of your tenants to cover the operatIons on that land. 

HISTORY 

INCLUDE tn Item 3 

e. Owned land rented to others for cash or a share of crops or livestock 

b. Land you rented from someone and then subleased to someone else 

c.land worked for you by someone for a share of cropsor livestock 

d. Land whIch you allowed others to use rent-free 

Item 4 - Acres In This Place - Thts fIgure wdl show the total of all land you 

operated at any time tn 1982. To determlOe "Acres In This Place" ADO the 

land you owned and the land you rented or leased from others, then SUBTRACT 

the land you rented or leased to others: Item 1 + Item 2 Item 3 "0 Item 4. It IS 

Important to report Item 4 correctly (even If "0" acres) since the rematnder of 

your report should cover only operatIons on the "Acres In This Place." 

If item 4 C" Acres In This Place") is "0" and: 

8_ You raised any crops or had any hvestock or poultry on this place in 

1982, complete the report 

b. All your land was operated by a renter or sharecropper, complete item 6 

(name and address of rentersl, skIp to and complete section 29, and 

explatn bflefly, "Altland rented out." etc. Mail form In return envelope. 

c. You did not have any agncultural acttvtty on owned or rented land In 

1982. complete sectIon 29 and explain brief/yo such as "retired." "sold 

farm." and date. GIve name and address of current operator If known 

and return form. 

Item 7 - Grazing Permits - In some states, government lands and Indian 

lands are used for grazing hvestock under permit or specIal hcense, WIth 

payments on a per-head or anImal unit baStS. ThIS land should NOT be 

included as part of item 2, "Land rented or leased from others," or Item 4. 

"Acres In This Place," but you should report any of your lIvestock located 

on this permit land In 1982. 

.... Sections 2 through 8 - CROPS 

Sections 2 through 8 provIde space lor reporting crops harvested durtng the 

1982 crop year from the land shown In sect ton 1, Item 4 (" Acres In This 

Place") of your report. Please report your crops In the appropriate secttons. 

Do NOT include any crops grown on land rented or leased TO others, or 

worked by others ·on shares during 1982 

Acres harvested - Enter the acres harvested In t 982. Round fractIons to 

whole acres except where tenths are requested by'· tl 0'· In the reporttng 

box, such as for potatoes. 

Quantity harvested - The Untts of measure on the report form are those most 

commonly used 10 your state. If you use a differf'nt unIt of measure, please 

convert your ftgure for quanttty harvested to the unit requested. 11 the harvest 

was Incomplete by December 3 t, 1982, please estimate the total Quantity 

harvested or to be harvested. 

Crop irrigation - For each crop Irrigated, report number of acres irrigated. 

Irrtgatlon is defined as land watered by artifICial or controlled means -

spnnklers. furrows or ditches, spreader dikes, purposeful flooding, etc. 

Include acres that receIved supplemental, partIal, and preplant imgatlon. 

For any crop not trngated, leave "Acres Itrtgated" blank. 

How to Report Crops Harvested: 

.. Sections 2 and 3 - In these two sections, separate Imes are prOVided for 

reporting each of severa[ crops most commonly grown tn your state. Do not 

write in figures or information for any other crops in these two sections 

.. Sections 4 through 8 - Report the information requested for any crops 

prelisted in the sections. To report for crops not prel!sted In these sections, 

! 1 ) find the crop name and the code number from the list In the section; 

(2) enter crop name and code In the first two columns of the Itrst avatlable 

answer line In the sectIon; (3) enter the informatlOn that is requested In the 

remaining columns. If a crop is not listed, use the "Other" code in the 

appropriate section and specify the crop name. 

Example: You harvested 20 acres of alfalfa seed, Yielding 6,000 pounds, 

and 30 acres of red clover seed, yieldIng 8.400 pounds. NeIther crap was 

Irrlgated. You would enter the follOWing tn section 7: 

~ :'~:'!~'~!~!I~;rRc~::' ~!,'"I"::!:~~:I~r~h;~.:f7e in 1982 .mellgraln., 

S' 'l:; YES Camplefa thl • • .efion I ~ NO Go fO secr,on 8 

From the lost below. enter crop name and code R~pul/ <lu~m'l> n;s'v".,,,d ,n "",I 

s(Jec>I'l:dwU"C'oD,,~me 

C'opn~m~ 

Allalfaseed 542 '" i, 000 

JO f'lOO 

Two or More Crops Harvested From the Same Land (DoubleCropping) - Report the total acres and production of each harvested crop 

in the appropriate section(s) of the report form. 

Example: In 1982 you harvested 1,230 bushels of wheat from 40 acres, 

then on the same 40 acres planted soybeans, from whtch you harvested 

1,550 bushels. You irngated the soybeans but not the wheat. 

Interplanted Crops - If two crops were grown at the same ttme In alternating 

stops In the same field. report the portion of the field used for each crop. 

Example: A 60 acre held was planted In cotton and soybeans, WIth two rows 

of cotton followed by an area of the same WIdth planted to soybeans. No 

IrrigatIon was used. ThIrty acres of soybeans and 30 acres of cotton would be 

reported in theIr appropriate section{s). 

Skip Row Planting - If a CfOp IS planted In an alternating pattern of planted 

and non-planted rows, such as two rows planted and tWO rows skipped 

(2 X 21. report the portIon of the field occupied by the crop in the appropflate 

sectIon fot that crop, and report the skIpped portion as . 'Cropland idle" in 

sectIon 10 (Land Use) 

.. Section 4 - Vegetables - Report acres of vegetables harvested FOR SALE 

Of commerctal processlOg. Do not report acres of vegetables for home use 

only Report the total acreage of each vegetable crop harvested. 

Example: In 1982 you harvested 10 acres of lettuce from a field, then 

replanted the fIeld In lettuce and harvested the 10 acres agam. Both crops of 

lettuce were Irrigated. Enter only 10 acres of land from which vegetables were 

harvested and 10 acres Irrrgated 10 Item 1 of sectIon 4, but write In 20 acres of 

lettuce harvested and 20 acres of lettuce Irrigated m Item 2 of sectIon 4. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A01 (I) 

... Section 8 - Fruits and Nuts - In counting the combined total of 20 or more 

trees and Vines, Include those for home use as well as those main tamed for sale 

01 the production. Acres In trees or vines that have been abandoned should not 

be Included; these acres should be Included in section 10, Item f "Cropland idle," 

If crops other than frUlt and nut trees and vines were mterplanted with trees 

or Vines, report the total acres for BOTH the orchard and the inter planted 

crops harvested 

... SectionS - GROSS VALUE OF CROPS SOLD 

Report the value of all crops sold from "thiS place" In 1982, regardless of 

the year they were harvested or who owned the land. Be sure to give gross 

values (before deducting expenses and t3xes\ Include payments received 

In 1982 from cooperatives or marketing organizations for crops produced on 

thiS place regardless of the year In WhiCh the crops were harvested. 

Include the landlord's or contractor's share of crops removed from thiS place In 

198210 the value of crops sold. If the sale pnce or market value IS not known. give 

your best estimate of the crops' market value when removed from "thiS place." 

Include In the value of crops sold from "thiS place" any cost of harvesting. 

tllhng. fertilizer. chemicals. etc .. furnished under a contract arrangement. 

Also Include as sales your estimate of the value of any crops removed from 

thiS place In trade for services. such as hay cut In exchange for fence repair. 

cleaflng. or other services 

DO NOT INCLUDE: 

a.Amount of government CCC loans receIVed In 1982 In thiS section 

Repon :.<overnment CCC loans In section 17 

b. Crops or crop products purchased from others and later resold 

... Section 10 - LAND USE 

The purpose of thiS section IS to classify the" Acres in This Place" you 

reported In se<:tlon 1. Item 4, by pnnclpal use In 1982. Do NOT Include any 

acres you rented TO others {reported In section 1. Item 3). 

Land Used for More Than One Purpose - If part of your land was used for 

more than one purpose In 1982. report that land on the line for the use ftrst 

listed, and NOT on the line lor the second use. For example. If you plowed 

under a cover Crop. and planted and harvested a graIn crop, report the land m 

Item 1 a. "Cropland harvested:' but NOT as "Cropland used lor cover ClOp. 

legumes. etc." (l1em lcl. 

Double Cropping - When more than one crop was harvested from the 

same land In 1982. report that land only ONCE as "Cropland harvested." 

item 1 a of thiS section. 

Interplanted Crops - If you Interplanted crops. such as cotton In an orchard. 

report the total land used for both crops only ONCE, as "Cropland harvested," 

In Item la. 

Skip Row Planted Crops - Report the acres that represent the total non· 

planted or skipped rows as "Cropland Idle," Item 1 f. The acres that represent 

the planted rows should be reported as "Cropland harvested." Item 1 a 

... Sections 12 through 16 - LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND ANIMAL 

SPECIALTIES 

Animals and Poultry to Include in the Report - Report all animals. poultry, 

and ammal speCialties on "thIS place" (seC1l0n 1, Item 4) on December 31. 1982 

Include all owned by you and anv kept by yOll lor others. Include anImals on 

';nfenced lanos NatIonal Forest land, dlStrtCt land, cooperatlve grazing associatIon 

land. or rangeland administered by the Buteau of Land Management on a per' head 

or tease baSiS Animals In translt on December 31, 1982. or anImals on short·term 

,Jasture (such as wheat pasture or crop residue I on a per· head or lease baSIS should 

be reported by the person who had control of the anImals. 

Animals and Poultry to Exclude from the Report - 00 not report any 

aOimals or poultry kept on land rented to others or kept under a share arrange· 

ment on land rented to others. Do not include amma!s Quartered m feedlots 

which are not a part of "thiS place." Animals kept on a place not operated 

by you are to be mcluded on the report for that place. 

Animals Bought and Sold - DO NOT REPORT ANY ANIMALS BOUGHT AND 

THEN RESOLD WITHIN 30 DA YS Such purchases and sales are considered 

"dealer" transactions, and are not Included 10 thiS census. 

Number Sold - Report all animals and poultry sold or removed from thiS 

place If the anImals were located on the place 30 days or more and were sold 

or removed from this place In 1982. Without regard to ownershIp Or who 

shared In the receipts. Include anImals sold for a landlord or gIven to a 

landlord or others in trade or in payment for goods or services. Do NOT 

report number sold for any livestock or poultry kept on another place 

Animals Moved to Another Place - For animals moved from thiS place to 

another place, such as for further feeding, report animals as "sold" and give 

your best estImate of their market value when they left "thiS place." 

Fat Cattle Sold - Cattle fattened on grain or concentrates for 30 days or 

more and sold for slaughter are reported In sectIon 12. 

00 NOT INCLUDE WITH FATTENED CATTLE SOLD: 

a.Canle and calves sold for further feedIng 

b. Dairy cows fed only the usual dairy ratIon before being sold 

c. Veal calves, or any calves welghlOg less than 500 pounds 

Value of Sales - Report the total gross value of animals and poultry sold or 

removed from thiS place In 1982 WIthout deducting production or marketing 

expenses (cost of feed, cost of livestock purchase, cost of hauling and se1ling, 

etc.). If the sale price or market value is not known, give your best estimate 

of their market value when they left "this place." Do NOT report the value 

of sales of any hvestock and poultry owned by yOu but kept and sold from 

a place you did not operate. 

Contract and Custom Feeding Operations - Livestock or poultry kept by 

you on "this place" on a contract or custom oasis should be Included on thiS 

report REGARDLESS OF OWNERSHIP. Repon as "INVENTORY" numbers 

of anImals or poultry on the place on December 31, 1982. Report as 

"SOLD" anImals and poultry whIch were kept on a contract or custom baSIS 

and were removed or sold from the place In 1982. If the sale pnce or market 

value IS not known, give your best estimate of the market value of the 

animals or poultry when they left thiS place. 

... Section 15 - HORSES, PONIES, BEES, FISH. GOATS, ANIMAL 

SPECIALTIES. OTHER LIVESTOCK 

Item. 1 through 4 - Report the IOventory number of animals. bee colonIes, 

or aOimal speCIalties on the place on December 31, 1982. Indicate number 

sold and the gross value of sales for the number sold in 1982. In item 4, 

speCify the name and code from List A of any lIvestock or animal specialties 

on "thIS place" which are not covered In Items 1 through 3, or 6 (fish and 

aquaculture prodLJCI~I, or sections 12 through 14. or 16. 

If "Inventory" or "Sold" IS in unIts other than "Number" (such as pounds, 

packages. etc.), IndIcate the Unit. 

If you own colonIes or hives of BEES - report all bee and honey operations 

conducted by you regardless of where the hives were kept most of the year. 

(Report hIves In Item 2 and honey, beeswax, or pollen In Item 5). 

MINK PELTS. RABBIT PELTS, and CHINCHILLA PELTS should be included in 

number sold and value of sates, but NOT in Inventory. WORMS raised for sale 

shou!d be reported 10 beds 124 cubic feet per bed) In item 4. "Inventory" 

and In.pounds In !tern 4. "Number sold." 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

Item 5 - Sales of Animal Specialty Products - If any semen. manure. 

honey, beeswax, or other animal products were sold from thIS place in 1982, 

specify the products, the code from list B, the Quantity sold, and the gross 

value of sales in 1982. If sold in Units other than pounds or gallons, please 

Indicate um!. 

Item 6 - Fish and Aquaculture Products - Report water surface acres 

(estimate, If necessary) used for ra!slng fish or other aquaculture products 

FOR SALE . 

... Section 16 - POULTRY 

Roosters and turkey toms used or to be used for BAEEDING should be 

specified and reported m Item 5, code 914 (All other poultry) 

Item 8 - Gross Value of Sales - Include an estimated value of poultry 

and poultry products moved from thIS place by contractors and others. 

... Section 17 -AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT CCC 

LOANS AND AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 

Item 1 - Report the amount received under the regular or reserve program for 

commodities placed under CCC loan dunng 1982. Include amount received 

even If commodIty was redeemed or forfeIted prior to December 3' , 1982 

Do not mclude CCC loans recetved to budd crop storage facJlltles, or amount 

received for storage payments In the reserve program 

... Section 19 - TYPE OF ORGANIZA TION 

Use the follOWing defInitions to help you determine the type 01 organizatIon 

for your operation 

Individual or Family Operation - Defined as a farm or buslOess organlzatton 

contraJlr:!d and operated by an IndiVidual. InCludes family operations that are 

not Incorporated and not operated under a partnershIp agreement. 

Partnership Operation - Deftoed as two ar more persons who have agreed 

on the amount of thelf contnbutlan (capItal and effort) and the dIstribution of 

profits. Co· ownershIp of land by husband and Wife or jotot flIlOg of tncome 

tax forms by husband and wife DOES NOT constitute a partnership, unless a 

spec!flc agreement to share contnbut!ons, declslonmaktng. proflts, and 

!labilities eXists. ProductIon under contract or under a share rental agreement 

DOES NOT constitute a partnership. 

Incorporated Under State Law - A corporation IS defined as a legal entity 

or artifiCial person created under the laws of a state to carryon a bUSIness. 

ThiS deflnllion does not Include cooperatives. Also complete section 20. 

Other - Such as cooperative Ideflned as an Incorporated or unmcorporated 

enterpnse or assocI at ton created and formed IOlntly by the members!, estate 

or trust (defined as a fund of money or property admInistered for the benefit 

of another IndiVIdual or organization). poson farm, grazlOg association, Ind!an 

ReservatIon, tnstltutlon run by a governmental or religiOUS entity, etc. 

... Section 20 - CORPORATE STRUCTURE 

ThiS sectIon IS to be answered by corporations only. Answer both Items. A 

lamtly·held corporation has more than 50 percent of its stock owned by per· 

sons related by blood or marrtage . 

... Section 21 - OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS AND OCCUPATION 

This seCllon applies to the characteristIcs and occupation of the indiVidual 

owner. operator. senior partner. or person In charge for the type of orgamza· 

tlon reported In section 19 of the form. 

For Individual or Family Operation - Complete thIS section for the operator. 

For Partnership Operations - Answer all Items except 2 for the "Semor 

Partner." The "Sentor Partner" IS the indiVidual who IS matnly responsible for 

the agncultural operations on this place, not necessanly the person senior In 

age. If each partner shares equally 10 the day·to·day management deCISIons. 

consider the oldest as the "Senior Partner ." For Item 2 (Principal Occupation) 

conSIder all members of the partnership together. Please lOciude as "farmtng" 

work time at all types of agncultural enterpnses, Including work at greenhouses. 

nutsenes, mushroom productIon, ranching, feedlots, brotler feeding, etc. 

For Corporations and Other Operations (Cooperatives, Estat •• , etc.) -

Complete section 21 for the person In charge, such as a hired manager. 

bustness manager. or other person primartly responsIble for the on-site, 

day·to·day operation of the farm or ranch bUSiness. 

Item 4 - Year Began Operation - Report the first year the operator or 

sentor partner began to operate any part of thIS place on a continuous baSIS 

If the operator returned to a place previously operated, report the year 

operations were resumed. 

... Section 22 - COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER AND LIME 

Report acres on which commerCial fertilizer (Items 1 and 2) or lime (item 4) 

was applIed durmg 1982. If any acreage was fertilized or limed more than 

once, report acres ONL Y ONCE in each Item. Report expense for cammer· 

clal fertilizer purchased, excluding ilme, in Item 3. 

... Section 24 - INTEREST EXPENSE 

Report all Interest expenses paid in 1982 for the farm busmess. 

INCLUDE Interest or finance charges on: 

a. Mortgage loans for land and bUlldmgs In "this place" 

b. Machinery, tractors, trucks, and other equipment 

c. FertJlizer, feed, seed, etc. 

d. livestOCk, poultry. breeding stock 

e. Funds borrowed to replenish or prOVide workIng capItal 

f, Interest paid on CCC loans 

DO NOT INCLUDE, 

a. Interest on debts associated wIth actIVIties not related to the production 

of crops or livestock on "this place," such as land or buildings rented to 

others. packing sheds. or feed mills providing services to others 

b. Interest on owner/operator dwelling where amount is separated from 

Interest on other land and buildings in thiS place. 

... Section 26 - MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 

The estimated market value tn item 1 refers to ALL machinery and equipment kept primarily on this place and used for the farm buSiness. The value 

should be an estimate of what the machmery and equipment would sell for 

In ItS present condition, not the replacement or depreciated value. 

~ Section 27 - SELECTED PRODUCTION EXPENSES 

Include expenses paid by you and by anyone else for the production of crops. 

poultry, livestock, and other agricultural products on thIS place. Also include 

expenses incurred even if payment was not made 10 1982. Please give 

estImates if you do not know the exact figures. For livestock or poultry grown 

under contract or fed on a custom baSIS on "this place." report their value 

(estImate. If necessary) m Item 1 (Livestock and poultry purchased). at the 

time they came on this place. Also, mclude In Item 2. the value and amount of 

feed purchased by you or someone else for use on thiS place. Do not include 

expenses related to nonfarm actiVIties (trading and speculation, livestock, or 

dealer activities). 

Hired Labor - Include in expenses for hIred labor gross wages or salaries, 

commISSIons. paId bonuses, and leave pay before deductions. Social 

Security taxes, health, lIfe, or employment Insurance and any other benefits 

paId by you should be Included. Be sure any salary paid to a hired manager is 

part of yOur total figure. 

Contract L.bor - Applies to expenditures pnmarity for labor in harvesting of 

crops, shearing sheep. etc. Exclude money paid to contractors fat capital 

Improvements such as putting up fences. repair or maintenance of buildings 

or machinery, land clearIng, etc. Include the expense of Items considered 

primarily machlOe work 10 customwork, Item 6. 

HISTORY 109 
Form 82-A01 (L 1) 

82-AOllL 1) 

(1982) 

FROM THE DIRECTOR 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Washington. D.C. 20233 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 

In reply refer to: 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1201 EAST TENTH STREET 

JEFFERSONVILLE. INDIANA 47133 

Your report form for the 1982 Census of Agriculture is enclosed. 

Please fill it out and mail it to us by February 15, 1983. 

Since the 1978 census, we have all seen some significant changes in agricultural prices and 

production patterns. This new census gives us the opportunity to measure these changes 

down to the county level so that you can make the kinds of informed decisions that will 

keep the industry - and your own operation - healthy. 

The data are important to everyone in agriculture. People at all levels of government need 

complete and timely information for programs that directly affect your interests. The same 

is true of your own organizations - the marketing associations and co-ops and the experiment stations and land grant colleges. And of course your suppliers depend on the statistics 

to make sure that what they offer to you is what you need. 

I n these days, particu larly, when all of us are trying to rejuvenate the economy, we need to 

be as efficient as possible. And so we ask that you complete and return the report form as 

early as you can. This will help us gather and publish the results at an early date and also 

will reduce the cost of sending out reminders. 

Please note that if you do not have book figures, we will welcome your best estimates. In 

addition, if you anticipate difficulty in meeting the February 15 deadline, it will help if you 

write our office in Jeffersonville, Indiana for extra time. We also will need the 12-character 

Census File Number (CFN) that is shown on your address label in any correspondence to us. 

We deeply appreciate your cooperation in this census effort, and we look forward to presenting the new data to you at the earliest possible time. 

Many thanks, 

BRUCE CHAPMAN 

Enclosures 

NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law (title 13, United States Code). By the same law 

YOUR REPORT TO THE CENSUS BUREAU IS CONFIDENTIAl. It may be seen only by sworn 

Census Bureau employees and may be used only for statistical purposes. Your report CANNOT be used 

for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. The law also provides that copies retained in your 

files are immune from legal process. 

i:l u.s. G.P.O.: 1982-561-047 

110 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A01 (L2) 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Jeffersonville. Indiana 47144 

82-AOl(l2) 

OFFICIAL BUSINESS 

Per>alty for Private Use. $300 

RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED 

(back) 

A~ ... 

PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL 

POSTAGE & FEES PAID 

CENSUS 

PERMIT No. G-58 

We have not received your 1982 Census of Agriculture report form which was mailed 

to you several weeks ago. This census has been a major source of information aboLlt 

agriculture in the Nation since 1840. 

Filing of this report is required by law (title 13, United States Codel_ By the same law, 

your report to the Census Bureau is CONFI DENTIAL and cannot be used for purposes 

of taxation, investigation, or regulation. 

If you mailed your report form within the past several days, thank you and disregard 

this notice. 

SV(~fl~~ MICHAEL G. FARRELL 

Assistant Director for Economic 

and Agriculture Censuses 

Bureau of the Census 

NOTE - If you write to us regarding your report, please enclose this card or include 

your 12-character Census File Number (CFNl shown in the address label. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 111 
Form 82-A01 (L3) 

82-A01(L3) 

(1982) 

.. .,." .. ~Or('~ 

". \k4 '\, ~ ~lL ~ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census \ ~ ~ ~ Data Preparation Division • _ .. 0; "'04 • ., Of'" Jeffersonville, Indiana 47133 

We have not received your 1982 Census of Agriculture report form. This form was due 

February 15. 

Your best estimates are acceptable if your records are incomplete or unavailable. In case 

your form has been lost, we have enclosed another. 

We need a reply from everyone who receives a census form. I f you did not conduct any 

agricultural operations in 1982, please complete section I or provide an explanation on 

the form to clarify your status. 

If you have filed under another name, please write "Duplicate" near the address label of 

the enclosed form, and copy the name and address or Census File Number (CFN) from 

your file copy. 

If you have already returned your form, thank you for your response and disregard this 

notice. 

Sincerely, 

MICHAEL G. FARRELL 

Assistant Director for Economic 

and Agriculture Censuses 

Bureau of the Census 

Enclosures 

NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law (title 13, United States Code). 

By the same law YOUR REPORT TO THE CENSUS BUREAU IS CONFIDENTIAL. 

It may be seen only by sworn Census Bureau employees and may be used only for 

statistical purposes. Your report CANNOT be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. The law also provides that copies retained in your files are 

immune from legal process. 

112 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A01 (L4) 

82-A01(L4) 

(1982) 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureeu of the Census 

Data Preparation Division 

Jeffersonville, Indiana 47133 

82-A01(L4) 

We are very concerned that we have not received your report form for the 1982 Census of 

Agriculture. This form is now long overdue. 

If you have not done so, please take time today to fill out the report form. Your best 

estimates are acceptable if records are not available. 

We are relying on your cooperation in the census. However, we are required by The Privacy 

Act of 1974 to notify you that filing of this report is required by law (title 13, United 

States Code) and there are penalties for failure to report. By the same law, your report to 

the Census Bureau is CONFIDENTIAL. It may be seen only by sworn Census Bureau 

employees and may be used only for statistical purposes. Your report CANNOT be used 

for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. Pertinent sections of the law are 

printed on the other side of this letter. 

We need your report so that the census results for your county will be complete, accurate, 

and timely. Census data are used extensively by your farm organizations, Congress, the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, other federal and state agencies, agricultural experiment 

stations and colleges, farm publications, and the businesses on which you depend for 

services, supplies, and equipment. 

Thank you for your cooperation. 

Sincerely, 

~~fl~~ MICHAEL G. FARRELL 

Assistant Director for Economic 

and Agriculture Censuses 

Bureau of the Census 

IMPORTANT - If you write to us regarding your report, please include the 

12-character Census File Number (CFN) shown in the address label. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 113 
Form 82-A01 (L4) (back) 

EXCERPTS FROM TITLE 13, UNITED STATES CODE WHICH 

RELATE TO THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CENSUS - Section 142 

(a) The secretary shall in 1979, in 1983, and in every fifth year beginning after 1983, take a census of 

agricu Itu re. 

(c) The data collected in each of the censuses taken under this section shall relate to the year immediately 

preceding the year in which such census is taken. 

AUTHORITY TO COLLECT PRELIMINARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL STATISTICS - Section 193 

In advance of, in conjunction with, or after the taking of each census provided for by this chapter, the 

Secretary may make surveys and collect such preliminary and supplementary statistics related to the 

main topic of the census as are necessary to the initiation, taking, or completion thereof. 

MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW 

Section 221 

(a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the 

Secretary, or by' any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the 

best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to 

himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his 

family is the occupant, shall be fined not more than $100. 

(b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be 

fined not more than $500. 

Section 224 

Whoever, being the owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge, of any 

company, business, institution, establishment, religious body, or organization of any nature whatsoever, 

neglects or refuses, when requested by the Secretary or other authorized officer or employee of the 

Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, to answer completely and correctly to the best of 

his knowledge all questions relating to his company, business, institution, establishment, religious body, or other organization, or to records or statistics in his official custody, contained on any census or other 

schedule or questionnaire prepared and submitted to him under the authority of this title, shall be fined 

not more than $500; and if he willfully gives a false answer to any such questions, he shall be fined not more than $10,000. 

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION 

Section 9 

Neither the Secretary, nor any other officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, may, except as provided in section 8 of this title (which permits only the release of identifiable personal information to a respondent or the heir, successor or agent of such respondent) -

(1) use the information furnished under the provisions of this title for any purpose other than the statistical purposes for which it is supplied; or 

(2) make any publication whereby the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual under 

this title can be identified; or 

(3) permit anyone other than the sworn officers and employees of the Department or bureau or agency 

thereof to examine the individual reports. 

No department, bureau, agency, officer, or employee of the Government, except the Secretary in carrying 

out the purposes of this title, shall require, for any reason, copies of census reports which have been 

retained by any such establishment or individual. Copies of census reports which have been so retained 

shall be immune from legal process, and shall not, without the consent of the individual or establishment be 

concerned, be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial or administrative proceeding. 

Section 214 

Whoever, being or having been an employee or staff member referred to in subchapter II of chapter I of this 

title, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, or having sworn to observe the limitations imposed by 

section 9 of this title, publishes of communicates any information, the disclosure of which is prohibited 

under the provisions of section 9 of this title, and which comes into his possession by reason of his being 

employed (or otherwise providing services) under the provisions of this title, shall be fined not more than 

$5,000 or imprisioned not more than 5 years, or both. 

82.AOl(L4) 

(6-82) 

114 HISTORY 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A01 (L5) 

82-A01(L5) 

(1982) 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Data Preparation Division 

Jeffersonville, Indiana 47133 

82-A01 (L5) 

This is the fourth notice we have mailed asking that you file your 1982 Census of Agriculture report form. This form was due February 15. 

If you have not done so, please complete and return your form. Your best estimates are 

acceptable if your records are incomplete or unavailable. 

We need a reply from everyone who receives a census form. If you did not conduct any 

agricultural operations in 1982, it is equally important for usto hear from you. If the 

person(s) named on the address label is deceased, did not farm in 1982, sold the farm, 

or rented all land to others, please answer the questions on the other side of this letter. 

The answers will help you determine whether you need to complete your census form. 

If you already returned your census report form, or if you need help in completing it, 

please call us on this toll-free number, (800) 457-6760 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. E.T. 

Sincerely, 

MICHAEL G. FARRELL 

Assistant Director for Economic 

and Agriculture Censuses 

Bureau of the Census 

NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law (title 13, United States Code). 

By the same law YOUR REPORT TO THE CENSUS BUREAU IS CONFIDENTIAL. 

It may be seen only by sworn Census Bureau employees and may be used only for 

statistical purposes. Your report CANNOT be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. The law also provides that copies retained in your files are immune 

from legal process. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 115 
Form 82-A01 (L5) (back) 

O.M. B. Approval No. 0607-0408: Expires 12/84 

IMPORTANT - Complete these questions ONLY if the addressee is DECEASED, DID NOT FARM 

in 1982, SOLD THE FARM, or RENTED ALL LAND to others 

1. During 1982, did you grow any CROPS or have any LIVESTOCK or POULTRY or other agricultural products for home use or for sale, such as groins, hoy, nursery and greenhouse products, 

fruit, vegetables, cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, bees, furbeoring animals, fish in 

captivity, and other specialties? 

(Do not include crops or I ivestock on land rented to others.) 

DYES - Please complete your census form 

o NO - Go to item 2 

2. Mark (X) all items which apply 

o Landlord only - All land is rented to others. Please complete 

the appropriate sections of your census form. 

o Farm or ranch sold and now operated by someone else. <If sold in 1980 or later, 

give year sold .) List the name and address of the current 

operator or owner in the "Other" space below. 

Please complete your census form for agricultural operations you had at any time 

duri ng 1982. 

o Land idle or not used for agricultural production in 1982. 

Give year agriculture activities were discontinued _______ _ 

o Partner Or shareholder in farm or ranch operated by someone else. 

List name and address of operator or senior partner in the "Other" space below. 

o Did not engage in any agricultural activity in 1982. 

Specify occupation or business activity ___________________ _ 

o Other - Specify 

3. Person completing these questions - Please print 

I Date I Teleehone 

PL.EASE RETURN THIS LETTER ALONG WITH YOUR 

CEHSUS FORM IN THE PREADDRESSED EHVELOPE 

FORM 8z-AOt(Lel (U8Z1 

116 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A01 (l5)A 

82-A01(L5)A 

(1983) 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bu .... u of the Census 

Data Preparation Division 

Jeffersonville, Indiana 47133 

82-A01 (L5)A 

This is the fifth notice we have mailed asking that you file your 1982 Census of Agriculture 

report form_ This form was due February 15. 

If you have not done so, please complete and return your form. Your best estimates are 

acceptable if your records are incomplete or unavailable. 

We need a reply from everyone who receives a census form. If you did not conduct any 

agricultural operations in 1982, it is equally important for us to hear from you. If the 

person(s) named on the address label is deceased, did not farm in 1982, sold the farm, 

or rented all land to others, please answer the questions on the other side of this letter. 

The answers will help you determine whether you need to complete your census form. 

If you already returned your census report form, need a new form to complete, or need 

help in completing it, please call us on this toll-free number, (800) 457-6760 between 

8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. E.T. 

Sincerely, 

MICHAEL G. FARRELL 

Assistant Director for Economic 

and Agricu Itu re Censuses 

Bureau of the Census 

NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law (title 13, United States Code). 

By the same law YOUR REPORT TO THE CENSUS BUREAU IS CONFIDENTIAL. 

It may been seen only by sworn Census Bureau employees and may be used only for 

statistical purposes. Your report CANNOT be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. The law also provides that copies retained in your files are immune 

from legal process. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 117 
Form 82-A01 (l5)A (back) 

O.M.B. Approval No. 0607-0408: Expires 12/84 

IMPORTANT - Complete tbese questions ONLY if tbe addressee is DECEASED, DID NOT FARM 

in 1982, SOLD THE FARM, or RENTED ALL LAND to otbers 

1. During 1982, did you grow any CROPS or have any LIVESTOCK or POUl TRY or other agricul. 

tural products for home use or for sale, such as grains, hay, nursery and greenhouse products, 

fruit, vegetables, cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, bees, furbearing animals, fish in 

captivity, and other specialties? 

(Do not include crops or livestock on land rented to others.) 

DYES - Please complete your census form 

o NO - Go to item 2 

2. Mark (X) all items which apply 

o Landlord only - All land is rented to others. Please complete 

the appropriate sections of your census form. 

o Farm or ranch sold and now operated by someone else. (If sold in 1980 or later. 

give year sold .) List the name and address of the current 

operator or owner in the "Other" space below. 

Please complete your census form for agricultural operations you had at any time 

duri ng 1982. 

o Land idle or not used for agricultural production in 1982. 

Give year agriculture activities were discontinued 

o Partner or shareholder in farm or ranch operated by someone el se. 

List name and address of operator or senior partner in the "Other" space below. 

o Did not engage in any agricultural activity in 1982. 

Specify occupation or business activity. _____________________ _ 

o Other - Speci fy 

3. Person completing these questions - Please print 

FORM 82.AD! (L!»A (1983) 

118 HISTORY 

IDate I Telephone 

Area code !Number 

PLEASE RETURN THIS LETTER ALONG WITH YOUR 

CENSUS FORM IN THE PREADDRESSED ENVELOPE 

* u.s. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1983--659-008/33 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A01 (L6) 

82-A01(L6) 

(1982) 

FROM THE DI RECTOR 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Washington. D.C. 20233 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 

I n rep Iy refer to: 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1201 EAST TENTH STREET 

JEF FERSONVI LLE. INDIANA 47133 

To date we have not received your form for the 1982 Census of Agriculture. You have been 

notified previously of your legal responsibility to report. Pertinent sections of the law 

(title 13, United States Code) are printed on the reverse side of this letter. 

If we do not receive your completed report form or a setisfactory explanation within 

2 weeks, your case may be referred to the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce 

for appropriate legal action. The Census Bureau would rather have your report form. 

Our responsibility is to collect and publish reliable county statistics on agriculture in this 

Nation. We are trying to make certain that the census data for your county are as complete 

and accurate as possible. 

For your convenience, we are enclosing another report form. 

Sincerely, 

k 

BRUCE CHAPMAN 

Enclosure 

NOTE - If you write to us regarding your report, please include the 12-character Census 

File Number (CFN) shown in the address label. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 119 
Form 82-A01 (L6) (back) 

EXCERPTS FROM TITLE 13. UNITED STATES CODE WHICH 

RELATE TO THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CENSUS - Section 142 

la) The Secretary shall in 1979, in 1983, and in every fifth year beginning after 1983, take a census of agriculture. 

leI The data collected in each of the censuses taken under this section shall relate to the year immediately preceding the 

year in which such census is taken. 

AUTHORITY TO COLLECT PRELIMINARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL STATISTICS - Section 193 

In advance of, in conjunction with, or after the taking of each census provided for by this chapter, the Secretary may 

make surveys and collect such preliminary and supplementary statistics related to the main topic of the census as are 

necessary to the initiation, taking, or completion thereof. 

MANDA TORY PROVISIONS OF LAW 

Section 221 

lal Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuse~ or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any 

other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the 

instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any 

schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of 

chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms 

of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined not more than $100. 

(bl Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be fined not more than $500. 

Section 224 

Whoever, being the owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge, of any company, business, 

institution, establishment, religiOUS body, or organization of any nature whatsoever, neglects or refuses, when requested by 

the Secretary or other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, to 

answer completely and correctly to the best of his knowledge all questions relating to his company, business, institution, 

establishment, religious body, or other organization, or to records or statistics in his official custody, contained on any 

census or other schedule or questionnaire prepared and submitted to him under the authority of this title, shall be fined 

not more than $500; and if he willfully gives a false answer to any such questions, he shall be fined not more than $10,000. 

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION 

Section 9 

Neither the Secretary, nor any other officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, 

may, except as provided in section 8 of this title (which permits only the release of identifiable personal information to 

a respondent or the heir, successor or agent of such respondent) -

111 use the information furnished under the provisions of this title for any purpose other than the statistical purposes 

for which it is supplied; or 

121 make any publication whereby the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual under this title can 

be identified; or 

131permit anyone other than the sworn officers and employees of the Department or bureau or agency thereof to examine. 

the individual reports. 

No department, bureau, agency, officer, or employee of the Government, except the Secretary in carrying out the purposes 

of this title, shall requ ire, for any reason, copies of census reports which have been retained by any such establishment or 

individual. Copies of census reports which have been so retained shall be immune from legal process, and shall not, without the consent of the individual or establishment concerned, be admitted as evidence or used for purpose in any action, 

suit, or other judicial or administrative proceeding. 

Section 214 

Whoever, being or having been an employee or staff member referred to in subchapter II of chapter I of this title, having 

taken and subscribed the oath of office, or having sworn to observe the limitations imposed by section 9 of this title, 

publishes or communicates any information, the disclosure of which is prohibited under the provisions of section 9 of this 

title, and which comes into his possession by reason of his being employed (or otherwise providing services) under the 

provisions of this title, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisioned not more than 5 years, or both. 

82-A01(L6) 

( IgS2) 

120 HISTORY 

U.S. DE PARTME NT OF COMMERCE 

BUREAU oF' THE CENSUS 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A01 (L7) 

82-A01 (L7) 

(1983) 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Washington. D.C. 20233 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 

Send your reply to: 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1201 EAST TENTH STREET 

JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA 47133 

Do you need help in completing the 1982 Census of Agriculture 

report form you received? 

If so, you can get help. 

You can take your census report to your county agent's office or 

your county ASCS office. They will be glad to help you. Vocational 

agriculture teachers and students have learned how to fill out the 

census report and may be willing to help you. 

You also can call the Census Bureau, free. Just dial the number 

(800) 457 - 6760. We will pay for the call. When we answer, just 

tell us that you want to complete your agriculture census report. 

If you have stopped farming, we still need to hear from you. 

Please fill in the numbers in Section 1 of the form and send it to us 

or call us collect within the next week. 

Sincerely, 

SHIRLEY KALLEK 

Associate Director 

Bureau of the Census 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 121 
Form 82-A01 (L8) 

82-A01(L8) 

(1983) 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Washington, D.C. 20233 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 

Address your reply to: 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1201 EAST TENTH STREET 

JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA 47133 

We have not received your 1982 Census of Agriculture report and thought you might have 

some questions about it. 

If help is needed in completing your report form, you may call free on (800) 457-6760. 

When your call is connected, say that you want to complete your agriculture report form. 

You and your agricultural operation are very important to the U.S. economy. The facts you 

provide in the census are used by farm organizations, by private industry, and by the government to help solve many farm problems. 

If you did not conduct farming or ranching operations during 1982, it is just as important 

for you to return the form with Section 1 completed. We need to hear from you to avoid 

the cost of additional letters and personal contact. Please take time today to fill out and 

return your census report form. 

Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

SHIRLEY KALLEK 

Associate Director 

Bureau of the Census 

122 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A46 

FORM 82-A46 11-14-831 

FROM THE AGRICULTURE DIVISION 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Washington, D.C. 20233 

According to our records we have not received your report form for the 1982 CENSUS 

OF AGRICULTURE. In order to provide complete and accurate information about the 

agriculture operations in your county and State, WE NEED A COMPLETED FORM FROM 

EVERYONE RECEIVING THIS REQUEST. We are obligated by law (title 13, section 142, 

United States Code) to obtain the agriculture information that is needed. You are 

required by the same law to furnish the information requested. Excerpts from the law are 

shown on page 4 for your information. 

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FEW QUESTIONS ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES AND RETURN 

THIS FORM TO US IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE WITHIN FIVE DAYS. 

If exact answers are not known, your best estimates are acceptable. 

Your reply with the requested data will be held in strict confidence and cannot, by law, 

be used for any purpose except to compile statistical totals. 

We appreciate your cooperation and assistance in making sure that the 1982 Census of 

Agriculture for your county and State is as complete and accurate as possible. 

MICHAEL G. FARRELL 

Assistant Director for Economic 

and Agriculture Censuses 

I;nclosure 

Note - If you have already returned your 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE report form, please mark this form 

"Census Report Returned" and return it to us. Indicate: (1) the approximate date your report was returned, (2) the 

name or names on the form, (3) the address, and if possible, (4) the Census File Number of the report submitted, 

so we can locate it in our files. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

1982 

CENSUS OF 

AGRICUL TURE 

HISTORY 123 
Form 82-A46 

Please answer the following questions 

At any time during 1982 did you have or produce any - YES NO 

B. Livestock, poultry, or their products? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. D D 

b. Corn, sorghum, small grains, hay, cotton, tobacco, soybeans, 

peanuts, potatoes, or sugar crops? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. D D 

c. Vegetables for sale. including sweet corn, melons, etc.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. D D 

d. A combined total of 20 or more fruit trees (including citrus), nut trees, 

grapevines, or any berries for sale? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. D D 

8. Nursery products, greenhouse products, or sod grown for sale? . . . . . . . . . . . .. D D 

f. Other crops? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. D D 

g. Other agricultural products - horses, goats, mules, fur-bearing 

animals, fish in captivity, bees, honey, other animal specialties, etc.? . . . . . . . . .. D D 

Please 

read {

If you answered "YES" to ANY of the above questions, SKIP TO ITEM 3. 

If you answered "NO" to ALL of the above questions. GO TO ITEM 2. 

Mark (X) all items which apply, SKIP TO ITEM 7, and return this form in the envelope provided. 

D Landlord only - Land is rented to 

others and have no separate crop or 

livestock operation 

D Farm or ranch sold before 1 982 and 

now operated by someone else 

D Land idle or not used for agricultural 

production in 1982 

D Partner or shareholder in farm or 

ranch operated by someone else 

D Never operated farm or ranch 

D Agricultural activities other than 

production of farm commodities. 

such as farm supplier, processor, 

feed mill, customwork, farm 

management service, etc. 

D Other - Specify,/ 

At any time during 1982, were there any other individuals associated with the operation 

of this place? Include partners, relatives, managers, or other associated persons. Do not 

include landlords or tenants. 

DYES - Complete table below and go to item 4. 

D NO - Go to item 4. 

Name of associated person 

name, middle i name 

First name, middle initial, last name 

Post Office 

FORM 82·A46 (1·14·83) 

Page 2 

124 HISTORY 

Mailing address 

State ZIP code 

What is this person's 

business relationship to the 

farm operator? (For 

example, hired manager, 

partner, business associate, 

other) - SPECIFY 

(c) 

Relationship 

Relationship 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A46 

Report all land operated in 1982. Include all land, regardless of location or use -

cropland, pastureland, rangeland, woodland, idle land, etc. 

At any time in 1982 - None 

Number of acres 

8. How many acres of land were owned? ................ . . . . . - . . . .... 0 

b. How many acres were rented FROM others, sharecropped for 

. others, or used rent free? ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 

c. How many acres were rented TO others or leased to others? Include land 

subleased and land worked on shares or sharecropped by others. . . . . . . . . ... 0 

d. TOTAL ACRES IN THIS PLACE (Add item "a" to item "b, " 

then subtract item "c.") ~ 

NOTE: If all the land owned and rented from others in 1982 was rented to others or 

sharecropped by others, (if item "d" is zero), skip to item 7 below. 

~ crops and livestock on the TOT AL ACRES IN THIS PLACE in 1982; that is, acees repacted in item 4d above il\;;! 

What crops were harvested in 19827 

If none, mark (X) this box. ~ D 

Name of crop Value of sales 

Corn, wheat, soybeans, oats, barley, Unit of measure Acres Quantity including landlord's 

sorghum, cotton, tobacco, potatoes, harvested harvested Bushels, share 

melons, peanuts, berries, vegetables, pounds, etc. Dollars only nursery products, etc. 

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

What livestock or poultry were on this place on December 31, 1 982, 

or were sold in 19827 Include any livestock or poultry whether 

owned by you or by others. If none, mark (X) this box. ~ D 

Kind of livestock, poultry, or animal specialty Value of sales 

Cattle, hogs, chickens, turkeys, broilers, Number on this place on Number sold including landlord's 

ducks, geese, horses, mules, goats, December 31, 1982 in 1982 or contractor's share 

sheep, bees, fish, fur-bearing animals, Dollars only worms, other livestock 

(a) (b) (cl (dl 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

Person ,",VI Ilf_m:aing this report 

ature Date completed (Month/day! Telephone 

Area code Number 

FORM 82-A46 11-14-83) 

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1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 125 
Form 82-A46 

EXCERPTS FROM TITLE 13, UNITED STATES CODE WHICH 

RELATE TO THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CENSUS - Section 142 

(a) The Secretary shall in 1979, in 1983, and in every fifth year beginning after 1983, take a census of 

agriculture. 

(c) The data collected in each of the censuses taken under this section shall relate to the year immediately 

preceding the year in which such census is taken. 

AUTHORITY TO COLLECT PRELIMINARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL STATISTICS - Section 193 

In advance of, in conjunction with, or after the taking of each census provided for by this chapter, the Secretary 

may make surveys and collect such preliminary and supplementary statistics related to the main topic of the 

census as are necessary to the initiation, taking, or completion thereof. 

MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW 

Section 221 

(a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, 

or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency 

thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his 

knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or 

survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to the 

family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the occupant, 

shall be fined not more than $100. 

(b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions 

or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be fined not 

more than $500. 

Section 224 

Whoever, being the owner, official, agent, person in charge, or assistant to the person in charge, of any company, business, institution, establishment, religious body, or organization of any nature whatsoever, neglects 

or refuses, when requested by the Secretary or other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof, to answer completely and correctly to the best of his knowledge all questions relating to his company, business, institution, establishment, religious body, or other organization, or to 

records or statistics in his official custody, contained on any census or other schedule or questionnaire 

prei-3red and submitted to him under the authority of this title, shall be fined not more than $500; and if he 

willfully gives a false answer to any such questions, he shall be fined not more than $10,000. 

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION 

Section 9 

Neither the Secretary, nor any other officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency 

thereof, may, except as provided in section 8 of this title [which permits only the release of identifiable personal 

information to a respondent or the heir, successor or agent of such respondent] -

(1) use the information furnished under the provisions of this title for any purpose other than the statistical purposes for which it is supplied; or 

(2) make any publication whereby the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual under this 

title can be identified; or 

(3) permit anyone other than the sworn officers and employees of the Department or bureau or agency thereof 

to examine the individual reports. 

No department, bureau, agency, officer, or employee of the Government, except the Secretary in carrying out 

the purposes of this title, shall require, for any reason, copies of census reports which have been retained by 

any such establishment or individual. Copies of census reports which have been so retained shall be immune 

from legal process, and shall not, without the consent of the individual or establishment concerned, be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any action, suit, or other judicial or administrative proceeding. 

Section 214 

Whoever, being or having been an employee or staff member referred to in subchapter II of chapter I of this 

title, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, or having sworn to observe the limitations imposed by 

section 9 of this title, publishes or communicates any information, the discloslJre of which is prohibited under 

the provisions of section 9 of this title, and which comes into his possession by reason of his being employed 

(or otherwise providing services) under the provisions of this title, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or 

imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 

FORM 82·A46 (1·14·831 

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"" UB. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFI"ICE, 1983 - 381-009 - 227/514 

126 HISTORY 

u.s DEPARTMENT OF.COMMERCE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A0313 

O.M.S. APPROVAL NO. 0607·0408: EXPIRES 12/84 

Fo ... 82-A0313 u.s. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 12-10-831 BUREAU OF THE CENSUs TELEPHONE ENUMERATION REPORT FORM 

UNITED STATES 

CENSUS 

OF AGRICULTURE I2-A0313 

I I 

~ L ~ CE.IUI i'· i'· i" j"' UIE r r'o r" O.LY •• 1°42 

INTRODUCTION: 1_ c.-... about the ......... for the 1882 c-of 8. (11 ...... initom3J ....... the_ ........ of .......... the ...... 

AgrIcuIbn th8t _1MIIed to you In MIIy J..-y. Our -"-...... th8t of_ ..... to ... 7 

_ ..... notNClived~-..... ....... I-*I •• to--....the Name of ,enter (Fm, middle. Jut) Mailing addr ... (Include ZIP code) Number of ICfII NPOrt now,"you ha,.. few ........ 

To keep _ -"-In order I Mtd to""" the_ end ..... 011 the 

NPOrt form IMIItd to you. (M.b corrtction.1Md condnue.J 

DId you nctIwetwo or __ NPOrtfonnt with ~ c:-fit 

Numbers rCFNI for this opemIon 7 

o YES - Ent'" ext,. CFN's. go '0 Section 1 

o NO - Go to Section 1 

Uat additional rentert on • .. par.,. ~r of paper. 

Enter extra Census A - •• Of the land you rent8d or IMMel to ott... how None 0'3 

File Numberts) here. lIWIy_lIdyouown7 .................................... 0 Acres 

A -

I N_l-*I •• to" you about.the 7. DwIng 1982. lid you haYelllY hdInII or Itata 

IMd you UIed In 1982. .... ptII!IIIaOll.,....,... .... ; 1UCh .. 0.' F.-t 8tnIct. T.yIor GnzIng. I ..... Number of acres "-'watioM. etc.7 ............................................................ ,OYes 20No 

1. HowllWly_oflandlldyouown7 

(Include all agricultural/and owned. rented, or used by None 8. How IIWIY __ cIIM1ecIlor ... ......, you, y.our,spouse, o~ by the partnership, corpor"tion, or None 

't1~~~~~"cfl~~'t:sC: 6:roc:''if8~i'Jf,j t"£~U~ ALL 

04' under hdInI COIIIIIIOIIty ..... MIctIon 0.' 

pngr-.In 11821 ................................................ 0 Acne. 

cropland, pasture/andl rangeland, woodland. idle land, 

house/ou, etc.) ................................... " ••...•.•. " ................. , 0 

2. How IIWIY _lid you ~ FROM OTHERS1 ou • LOCATION OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY FOR THIS PLACE 

(Include !fie number 01 ocre. rented. _ rent free, Of 9 •• w_. crtthe_lnthls ........ _ COUIIly1(500itom 4.} 

worlced on shlf8I.} lDo not include IIJnd usad on I per·heed 

bail under. grazing permit.} ................................................... 0 045 o YES-SKIPtoBi> 

3. H __ y _lIdyou ~ TO OTHERS7 

0 

o NO -S/(/Ptolk 

(Include land worlced 00 shiro. by others IMd lend subla_.} ........•..... 

0" C4IIIIV nomo Stitt Number of ces 

4. (ACRES IN THIS PLACE - ADD acres owned (item 11 and II, WhatCOUllly ........ 0 •• 

acres rented (item 21. then SUBTRACT acres rented TO ...... 7 ............................ 

OTHERS (item 31. and enter the result in this space.) I 

1 ....... __ .. _ .... ,.._." .. , ~ c ...... _the_crt 

theCOUllly ........ 1n 

o Yes-R.~ 0 No-v.rilyandedjust .. ~. wIIIch the ......... crt 0 •• 

~""""'producta ~ __ 1fIo "ACRES'III TH,.,.LACE .......... _-" _,....ar~ ... Du!*'IIIfIo_tIIINo __ '_IO'TIIIo_"' .. 057 "'-""'10 __ 

0 •• 

6, {II ""ro, in item 2} ....... the_ end ..... of ... laIIcIOId ... the 

IIUIIIb.- of _ ...... UNCI ~ he. or ... 111011 .... tr.ft18Ch7 d, In ......... COUIIIyIIaa/ ......... ,.. ..... 059 

Name of landlord (First, midd/4, lut) Mailing addms (Include ZIP code) Number of ICrSS .............. 7 .... 

Comments 

U.t addition.'Mldlord. on. Hpar.t.lheet of~. 

,.ENALTY FOR FA'LURE TO REPORT 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 127 
Form 82-A0313 

Now I -.lei like to uk you about the crops hllrYeeted on thia piIIce in 1982. (Do not include crops on Bny IBnd rented to others.) 

.. n.tUl'h'W. DId you heoveet 1liiY ••• in 19821 

S2 How ..... y .... W"-t ... the quInIIty How ...... y .... w" hwveoted in harvested7 _1rrigated7 Other reported units Comments 19827 None 

1°·' 1°·· 06S 

1 . Com (field) for grain or seed {Report quantity on a 

dry shelled-weight basis} ...... 0 Bu. 

IU' u" 

2 . Corn (flflld) for silage 

0 

Tons, 

or green chop ................ green 

073 074 075 

3. WhlNlt for grain, 

including durum ............ 0 Bu. 

076 077 078 

4. Oats for grain ................ 0 Bu. 

079 0.0 I u81 

5. Barley for grain .............. 0 Bu. 

082 083 1084 

6. Sorghum for grain or 18ed, including milo ....... 0 Bu. 

08' 086 087 

7. Sorghum for IiIage 

or green chop (Exe/ude 

0 

Tons, 

sorghum-sudan crosses.) ...... green 

088 089 090 

8. SoybeaN for buns ....... 0 Bu. 

091 092 093 

9.Cotton .......................... 0 Bales 

I v.' I I V" V.D 

I I 

I I 

10. Tobacco - all typea ....... 0 I /10 Lbs. I /10 

109' I 10 • 8 0 •• I 

I I 

11 . lriah potatoes ........... ; .... 0 

I /10 I /10 I Cwt. I 100 I 101 102 I 

I I 

12. Sweetpotatoes 0 

I I 

or yams ......................... I 110 Bu. I /10 

• DId you harveat any HAY, SILAGE, or GREEN CHOP from this place in 19821 

S3 

10YES-c.",.,.,.,. __ 2 D NO - Go to section 4 

If cuttings were or will be made for both dry hay and grass silage. hay/age. Of gr88f) chop from the 

same fields. report the acreage ;n the appropriate items under DRY HA Y and also under GRASS 

SILAGE. HA YLAGE. and GREEN CHOP. 

1. DId you cut or harveat any ... 1 How many acres How many tOM ._ Howmanyoc ... {If two or more cuttings of dry hay were w_ harvested7 hlIY.lled7 w .. irrIgated7 nutde from the SlItn8 acres, report lfCres (Report either dry or green Other reported units Comments 

only once, but report total tons from 811 weight as indicated.) cuttings.} 

None 103 104 10' 

a. Alfalfa hay IIncIude 

alfalfa ......... for 

0 

Tons, 

hay or Mr.-Ill .... dry 

b ......... hayC ... 106 107 108 

...... ..."".. 0 

Tons, 

•• 1 ......................... dry 

C.a..--.dlyMy, 

1cIDIw, .......... 10' 110 111 tIIIIoIIIr, ....... ........ 0 

Tons. 

....... , ................. dry 

112 113 114 

0 

Tons, 

IL ... ..., .................... dry 

..... ::, ........ -.-

1_ hr(""- cut md fed 

_IIH two ex"..,. CUftinQt __ ..-from the 115 116 117 

--. once.buI~ -,-DIlly __ 

0 

Tons, 

from .. aItIinfIa.} •••••••.•••. green 

FORM 82·A 03 1 3 (2 10-83) 

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128 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A0313 

!/_.!~ !!'.' _V.CUC r~.Bl~s, SWEET~ORN r MELONS harftIted FOR liALt from this place in 19827(f. __ .... _ "" _ _ .1 

S4 1 DYES - ~lIIII__ 2 D NO - Gotosection5 

{!.n this section only, for Florida report for 

Septemberl, 1981throughAugust3l, 1982 How ...... '..,_ 

~:~~~~:~~:~:o; ;;2~rer States report Acres w .. frrIpted7 

1. Howmany..,_oflandwereusedfor Wholeacres :Te_nths_ 'l'lholeacres Tent~ 

!':. =Ir.~~:.~~~.~ .... '--___ '---11 _-'-.c.."-,-,- ()137_"6 ___ -'--I--'!.c..lQ-'-I 

2 • What vegee.blea, including melons Ind Iweet com, WIN harveIted fOf .... 

from this place in 19827 ( If more than one vegetable crop was harvested from the same acres, report acres for each crop. Report crops grown under protection in section 5,) 

Crop Code ::: ~II'-'~ H.::. ~ 

, If more space is needed, use "Commenrs." 

Crop _me Cod. Crop_ 

Aspar.gus ................... 379 I Eggplant .................... . 

Beans, snap 381 I Garlic ....................... . (bush and pole) ............ Honeydew melons ........ . 

~~~oii·:::::::::::::········.. ~:: I ta:~::~: ~~:~n~.::::: Cabbage, head 391 I Mu.tard green •............ 

~~~~~~f:n:n~.. 395 I g~:~~:: ~~~~.:::::::::::::: 

~:~1?t1~.;~;·:::::::::::::::::: m I ~!::, E;,gii·~h:·g;~~······· 

~~:faid .. ::::::::::::::::::::::: m I ~~~~:" ~":Z ........... . Cucumbers and pickles.. 411 I Peppers, sweet ........... . Peppers, hot .............. .. 

I ,,0 1 ,,0 /10 " 0 

1 "0 I "0 

I ,,0 I "0 

1 " 0 I /1 0 

1 " 0 I /1 0 

Cod. Crop _me Codo 

416 I Pumpkin. . ... .... ........ 449 

m I ~\~~~~p;;~.~:.g~.;;;~ .. 451 

427 I (cowpea.) - black- 428 eyed, crowder, etc ... 409 431 I Spinach ....... ... .... .... 457 433 Squ.sh ....... .... ........ 459 431 I Sweet corn .............. 481 

437 I f~::::~~ .. ::::::::::::::: ::: 441 I ~:~!~.\'.:l':.': ::::::::::: :~~ 443 I Other vegetable. - 445 Specify .................. 471 

~r ''''!'''.5_~r end , .... uuu ..... GROWN FOR SAU lin 19827 (iltCIude_,_,_, _,_, - ._. ____ - ....... -,.,--.1 S5 1 DYES - ~lIIII __ 2 D NO - 6oto_6 

Area irrigated 

11. How many aqua .. feet of nursery Of er-houH producb None Squarefeet 

under ..... 01' odw protection ... irrIptad an thII place 1=.=:":":':::":"-'-1 

in 19821 ....... , ... "." .. "",."" ..... " ..... "" .. "",,.,, .... ,............. D Acre. Tenth. b. How meny __ in the O\MII of nurt«Y and ....... 

producb ... irrIptad an thII place in 19821 "" ............... . D'" 1 ,,0 

2. Dldyou ,. ••• 17 Any( ••• 17 

Product n.me 

;;.? How!"!,, = ;;;;,;::'21 Coda ~_~ In 

in 19821-- ~WhoIe:::-:-,- . acres,""" : :T~.nth.+---;:-:'- DoIl.r-.~: c--l.nu 

I" mo,. spac. i. needed, use . 

Product_ Cod. 

Bedding plants {include vegetable plantsl 47. Bulbs ................................................ 482 Cut flowers and cut florist greens...... .... 486 Nursery products - ornaments Is, fruit 

and nut trees, and vines..................... 488 Foliage and flowering plants................. 491 

: "0$ 

Product _ Cod. 

Mushroom •....................................... 484 Sod h.rv •• ted .................................. 487 Vegetabla and flower seed •........•........ 100 Greenhouse vegetables ....................... 103 Other - Specify ............................... 1108 

Comments 

Comments 

"_'"'-."A-;'!.V. Of OTHER BERRIEShIrYMtecI Comments FOR II"LC from this pIacI in 19827 (f. __ ....... "" _ _ ,I 

S6 1 DYES _ ~lIIII __ 

1. Which berry crops did ,OU have in 19827 

2 D NO - Goto_7 

How IMIIY...... What ... the === Crop name Cod. w .. " .. Yllted1 quontIty '*-lId? 

IWhole acr •• ~ Tenth, 

., neooeo, us. ... ........ CropMIM 

Blackberries and dewberries (pounds) ... 

Blueberries. tame (pounds) ...... . 

Blueberries, wild (pounds) ....... . 

Cranberries {1 00 lb. barrels) . 

'ORM 62·A0313 12·10·.3) 

I ,,0 I /10 

I --'-lCI 

Cod. 

1109 

112 

111 

1121 

Cropnomo 

Raspberries (pounds) •. 

~hole 

1 /10 

l1~ 

I ,,0 

Cod. 

. ... 533 Strawberries (pounds) ........ . . ............ 538 All other berries (pounds) -

Specify ......................................... 539 

Page 3 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 129 
Form 82-A0313 

W_IIIY OTHER CROPS "-tIcI from this pI8ce In 1982 adI_ ........... flIId ..... or other 

crops not previously report.t7 ("-' _In _ S.) 

57 1 DYES CompletetIDHCdon 

2 0 NO Go to section 8 

1. What other crops did you harvest in 19827 

Crop name Code 

How IIIIftY _ WMt woo thoquentity 

_1wwItod? harvootodl 

HowIIIIIIY_ 

- iIripted? Other reported units 

If more space is needed, USB "Comment •. " 

~_ Cod. 

Alfalfa seed (poundsl ....... ....... ... ......... ... .... 542 Beans. dry edible (excluding dry Iimasl 

(hundredweightl ..................................... 664 

Beans. dry lima (hundredweightl ............. .... 667 

Buckwheat (bushelsl ..............•.................. 676 

Corn cut for dry fodder. hogged or 

grazed (report acres onlyl .......................... 581 Dry southern peas (cowpeasl (bushelsl ..... ... 584 Emmer and spelt (bushelsl ....... ................ ... 689 Fescue seed (poundsl ................................ 602 Flaxseed (bushelsl . ......... ............. ......... ... 606 

Grains. mixed (bushelsl ............................. 614 Kentucky Bluegrass seed (poundsl .............. 829 Lespedeza seed (poundsl ....................... .... 638 Mint for oil (pounds of oill ........................... 844 Peanuts for nuts (poundsl ............... ... ........ 866 Peas. dry edible (poundsl . ................... ....... 668 

c...,- Cod. 

Popcorn (pounds. shelled) •• •... •.. ••.•.••.• ..•.. ..• •..•• &62 

Proso mmat (bushels) ••....................••....•..••. c.. 886 Red clover seed (pounds) ..........•..................... 871 Rice (hundredweight) .................................... 877 Rye for grain (bushels) .. ..... ....... ..... ..... .... ... ..... 888 Ryegrass seed (pounds) ................................. 8 .. Safflower (pounds) .......................... ........ ..... 892 Sorghum cut for dry forego 

or hay Itons. dry) .... ........ .............................. 893 Sorghum hogged or grazed 

(report acres only) ........................................ 701 Sugarbeets for sugar Itons) ......... _.................. 719 Sugarcane far sugar (tons) .............................. 722 Sugarcane for seed Itons) ............................... 726 Sunflower seed lpounds) ...... .......... ................ 734 

Timothy seed (pounds) ...... ............................. 748 Other crop. lpounds) - Specify ............ .......... 762 

Comments 

I:. w_ there • combined totlll of 20 or more FRUITTREES.lnclucllng GRAPEVINES. CITRUS and NUT TREES ON THIS PLACE in 19827 

130 

C.....,.,.. tII. __ 

Go to section 9 

S8 10 YES 

20 NO Totalacr.s HOWIMIIJ_ 

_1nIpted7 

1. How _y _ 01 orchards. vineyards. Md grow. 

did you have In 19827 Include bArIng Md 1ICIIIbMrIng_. (00 ____ )....................... .. 

2. What fnIIt or nut crops cId you have In 19827 

Whole acres 

121 

How..-y_or How..-y_of 

"""_of- _or""" of. 

Crop name Code f----r------j ... dldyouhMe NonIINrInt • ..tnt In 11827 ... 7 ... 7 Whole acres Tenths 

110 

110 

110 

/10 

3 

/10 

110 

tf more space is needed. U$8 "Comments." 

Comments 

FORM 82 A0313 (2 1083) 

HISTORY 

Tenths Whole acres Tenths 

122 

110 110 

~ :c Lbs. 

li )( per 0 ... .... .8 box 

• , ,0 20 301 

• 5 

,0 20 3D I 

,0 20 30 :5 

,0 20 I' 3D I 

• ., ,0 20 301 

• , ,0 20 30 I 

~o 20 0 1 3 I ' 

Page 4 

NoncItruo_ 

Apple ............................................ .. 

Apricots ........................... . 

Avocados ............................. . 

Cherries ............................................. . 

Grapes, dry weight ............................. .. 

Grapes, fresh weight ..................... . 

Oliv8s (Report quantity for Sept. 1981 

through March 1982 harvest season) ..... 

Peaches ............................... . Pears .................................... . Plums and prunes, fresh weight ............. . 

Prunes, dry weight ........... . Other noncitrus - Specify ......... . 

~-(Report quantity harvested for the 

1981-82 harvest season) 

Grapefruit ............................... . 

Lemons ................................. . limes ............................................... . Oranges ........................................... . 

Tangelos ......................................... .. 

Tangerines ....................... .. .... .. 

Other citrus - Specify ........................ .. 

Nut_ 

Almonds {Report quantity in meats} . 

(Report quantity in shell) 

Filberts and hazelnuts ... .. 

Pecans .......................................... . 

Walnuts. English ................ . 

Other nut trees - Specify .... . 

Cod. 

123 

129 

136 

147 

171 

177 

207 

226 

231 

243 

249 

261 

Cod. 

287 

279 

286 

297 

303 

309 

316 

Cod. 

321 

327 

339 

357 

383 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A0313 

The next questionl .Ik .bout the groa doIl.r value of the cropllOkl These next few· ,ask about 59 from this place in 1982. Please report the gross value before taxes and 

expenses. Include the value of the landlord's and/or contractor's share. Did you or .ny_ else ha, .. ny CA TILE or CALVES on thil place in 19827 

estimating if necessary. Exclude value of Government CCC loans. 512 

1 0 YES - cOlllfJ/fto dlls_ 

1. What was the gross dollar value of sales in Dollars Cents 2 0 NO - Go to section 13 INVENTORY 1982 from- None \: Number on this 

•• Com for gr.in 7 ..... ............................................. 0 1$ : . • On DECEMBER 31, 1982 how many - None place Dec. 31, 1982 

0 ~5 1. CATTLE AND CALVES of all agel ware on 1'03 

b. Wheat7 .............................................................. : thil placa7 ................... " .............................. 0 Total 

c. Soybeanl? ......................................................... 0 It • Of tho .. c.ttIa and c.lv .. , how rnany ware - '04 

',,:,,'} • • BEE F COWS? (Include beef heifers that 0 Beef 

d. Sorghum for gr.ln7 ............................................. 0 1$ had calved) ................................................... ~ 

1$'8 b. MILK COWS kept for production of milk or ov, 

a. Oats? ................................................................ 0 cream Milk for .... or horne UN? {Include dry milk cows 

f. AI other gr.lns - {barley. nce. dry beans. dry peas. 7' : and milk heifers that had calved} ••.••.•••••••.••..•.•• , ..••• 0 cows 

flaxseed, sunflower seed, popcorn, and safflower, rye, etc.) .,. 0 1$ : : '06 Heifers 

~80 c. HEIFERS AND HEIFER CALVES? and 

2. Cotton .nd cottOfll88Cl? .......................................... 0 (Exclude heifers that had calved) . ........................... 0 heifer 

~81 : calves 

0 : 3. Tobacco? ............................................................... :: d. STEERS. STEER CALVES, BULLS, ov Steers and 

0 ~82 \ AND BULL CALVES? ..................................... 0 bulls of 

4. H.y,sIIaga,fIeId .... , and ......... ? ................. .I~ 

5. VagatabIas, lweat corn, and maIons1{Do not include '83 : • Of the CATILE AND CALVES SOLD Irish potatoes and sweetpotatoes, report them in item 7 below) .••. 0 $ I; : : FROM THIS PLACE IN 1982, how 

6. Fruita, nuts, berrIa?{opp!es. peoches, grape •• citrus. '8' W=~~ i : many_- Number sold 

pecans, strawberries, etc.} .................................................... 0 $ (Include those fed on this plBCB on a contract or in 1982 : Dollars I Cents custom basis. Also report as sold, cattle moved 7. Other cropI7 (Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes. peanuts, 78. ;: from this place to B feedlot for further None I'~' ' '0' 

l:l:l sugar beets, sugar cane, mint for oil, etc.) {Exclude nursery 

'111!:lr: 

feeding.} 

and greenhouse products) - 2. CaIYaa nighing .... than 6OOpounds7 0 $ 

:; 110 

Specify 0 1$ 3. Cattle. including c.ma weighing 

0 $ 

LAND USE IN 1982 

&GO pcIIIrId8 or more? ........................ 

The next qU8l1lonI refer to the usa of the land In thli place durtng 1112. If the .. me • • Of \tit total cattle 1OId, how mIIIy wen FATIENEDonthiap.caonGRAINor 812 813 

land had mora than ona usa in 1982 REPORT THAT LAND ONLY ONCE Intheflnt 

"UN" that .ppI .... CONCENTRATES for 30 days or mora $ ,:;::::: S10 and SOLD lor SLAUGHTER?........... 0 

1 . In 1982 how many .cres of cropland ware - None . Number of~s 

•• Cropland h.rvested7 {Include all land from which crops were ,., g~~~Yv~~~~~;aT:~ ~~r:v~~r;: ~~~~~;;:~ c:n;; a;,~:~~~~~~~~~c:u~~~j,. ~i~~~.~ ~~~~~~'......... 0 None Dollars Cents 

b. Cropl.nd uud only for pasture or grazing? (Include rotation 1

78' 4. What W.I the gro .. v.lue of DAIRY 14 

~~~~~r:n:7r,;~~~~:~:~1s~~~~ ~.~~~~. ~~~~. ~~~~. ~.~~~. ~~~.~~~:.~ .~j:~~~.t .... 0 i\\'l:\:lll\\ll PRODUCTSIoldlTomthilpt.celn 19827 

(Include , cream, buirer, etc.) ......... .. 0 $ .: ;' 

c. Cropland uud for coYer CropI, legumes, and 1CIiI- 1'89 I Did you or .ny_ .... ha,e any HOGS or PI GS on thil place in 19827 improvement gr._, but NOT herv8ltad and NOT 

pastured7 ....................................................................... 0 0 YES 790 1 - COIIIfJ/fto fIIII_ ,lNvtN lun' 

d. CropI.nd on which .11 Cropl f.iIad7{Exception: Do 2 0 NO - Go to section 14 None E~Dec'3~,t~~ ~~~~e:r;te;~~~~~;~a~~~:~~st!nr~:a':::;~~~~~ ~Z~~h. ~~~ •.••••.••••.••• 0 • On DECEMBER 31,1982 how many - 815 

e. CropI.nd in cuhiYated summar f.llow 7 ............................ 0 791 1. HOGS and PIGS of .. ages wen on thi. place7 ......... 0 TOlal 

f. Cropland idl.? .......................................................... 0 '93 .Of these HOGS and PIGS, how many wen -

0 816 •• UudortobeuudforBREEDING7 ...................... Breedino 

2. How many .cres of woodl.nd ware - ~. P.atured? .......... 0 '94 

b.OTHERHOGSand PIGS? .................................. 0 81 

(Include all woodlots Bnd timber tracts and Other 

~t::,:~rg~~~1~.~orested land with young b. Not peatured7 ... 0 '9. {Sum of a snd b must equal 1. If not, verify Bnd adjust as necessary.} 

3. How many acres of other pastureland arid rangeland did you 796 2. How many 1Itt_ wen f_wed on Number of litters 

~O:/!~d 1p~~t~;~S~::~~~. :~~ .~;~~~~~~~~.~ .~~~r. ~~~ .~:~~/~~~. :~~ ••.•.••.••. D 

this place batw-. - None 818 

•. DacMnbar 1, 1981 and M.y 31, 19827 ........ 0 

4. How many Icres of all other land did you heYa in 19B2? 1797 0 819 

b.J_1, 19S2 and Noyembar 30, 1982? ...... 

~~~~::,~~i~e~~:n~~n~~o~O;:j :::as~:~a~~,. ~~~. ~/~:~~~~ ~~~. ~~~.~ •••••....••• 0 "':'..;..~~ ! 5. IfJ.O~A,f.R!!.~I=t;o;;-l:itMi-4,_ ,. '-.".4 1'98 Number sold 

in 1982 Dollars 

, _ .... ny land In thil place be irrigated st any time in 19827 3. How many HOGS and PIGS w_ sold 'w,,~ ."'0 '21 Ii 

(Irrigated land is all land watered by any artificial or controlled means - sprinklers, furrows from this place In 19821 ..................... 0 1$ I or ditches, spreader dikes, etc. Include supplemental, partial, and preplant irrigation.) 4. Of the hop and pip lOkI. how nuny 822 1'23 t 511 1 0 YES - ~1No __ 

irri~~~d 

__ ....... FEEDER PIGS for further 

feadlllt7 .......................................... 0 1$ jlJ 20 NO - Go to section 12 None 

1. How m.ny .cru of harvested lind wen irrigated in 19821 1 680 DId you or anyOll8 .... heve.ny SHEEP or LAMBS onthi. place in 19827 S14 

(Include land from which hay was cut and land in bearing and nonbearing 0 YES 0 1 - CompImINo_ 

fruit and nut crops reported in section 10, item la.) .......................... 0 NO Go to section 15 , 681 2 - NUMBER 2. How m.ny .cras of pasturaland, r.ngeland, .nd .ny other None 

0 1. How many SHEEP and LAMBS of.llagas ware on 82' 

I.ndl not included in harvested acres wen irrigated7 .......... thil place on Decembar 31, 1982? ....................... 0 

3. Whet percent of the irrlg.tion w.ter uud on thll pllce In •• How many ware lOkI in 19827 ......................... 0 82' 

Percent 1982 W.I obt.ined - None 826 

1

682 b. Of the I .•. ) inventory reported. how m.ny ware 0 •. From a well or w"llloc.ted on thil firm or another farm 7 ..... 0 _% awn 1 yell' old or oIder7 .................................. 

b. From. surface IUPply on thl f.rm not controlled by a 683 Number shorn How mIIIY pounds of wool wore shorn 

water supply organization 7 {stream, drainage ditch, lake. pond, 2. Hew many SHEEP and LAMBS None in 1982 In 1982/ 

spring, or reservoir on or adjacent to this farm} ............................... 0 % ware SHORN on thi. pI.ca in '27 82' 

68' 19827 .......... . ., ....................... .... 0 c. From off-farm watar lupplien7(U.S. Reclamation projects; 

irrigat.'o~ disrrict; mutua!, cooperative. or neighborhood ditches; or 0 Gross value of sales other Ifllgation organizatIOns) ........................................... ..... % None Dollars I Cents 

d.TOTAL Sum of e, b, and c should equal 1 00% • 100% 

3. ~~~the grollvalue olsalelolSHEEP, 

and WOOLfrom thi~in 19827 . ..... 0 1~29 1':::::-:::. FORMa2 A03131 10831 

Page 5 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 131 
Form 82-A0313 

•• , •• _., CCC LOANS and CUSTOMWORK 

• Did you ~ 1liiY money from Government CCC loans in 1982? 

51·,0 YES _ C-....__ 20 NO - Go to section 16 0 YES- Continuo to Part 1 0 NO-GotoPart2 

r'------,-----==---,-----:-----... (P.rt 1 I What dollar .mount w •• rec:elved for - I How IMII,'" I II- 1 WhIt 'WII the..... {Include regular MJd reserve Iosns, 8v~n if redeemed or forfeited} 

• Didyouhawanyl ••• I? r:~'=7 I"~.~~ ' ... of ..... 7 •. Com,lOr1Ihum, barley,andoata? ......................... . 

11. "--and JIOIIiM of None F30 ' .32 Dalla" : Cents b. Wheat? .............................................................. . 

.... 7 ...................... 0 $ c. Cotton? ............................................................. . 

~. CoIonIM of .... 7... ..... 0 ~F39.,-___ t..84;;;-0 __ --I~~4,,-__ --B*-:;t d. Soybeans, peanuts, ry., rica, tobacco, and honey? 

~ .... goats7 ................. 0 ~., 1

846 1'$4: .IPart2IDidyouprovideanymachinework,cullomworkor"'-

.. Other IIYMtock enI I other agricultu' .... rvic .. for othera in 1982? '--";:--;Cnll'--- ... -T, I"~~_---f+. 

, •• apecIMIIea In ~"? IPlanting, plowing, spraying, harvesting, etc,) ~~ .. u,.,!: '::l:::~::::'l: :,'l'l'I IEntw_Mldcodefrom 0 YES- Continue 0 NO-Gotosectionl8 1

919 

"lAtA" below.) 1

2 •• WhatW •• the groII.mount received? .......................... I"-$---:~--=="'i 

~ 

Neme ___ Code -l-.---.L---~I$'-----J.;;;;;::;:;:zIlr.i~Bi 1.l!lndof work _. done? k' 

, -DIRECi~2~?!SE~RI .. ' "~~~ 11_ . eo. , II..... Code , N..... Code rOllllldulMda,farmeramarklll, picIc y_own, etC.? 

~ :.:"::::::::::::::: ::= , Mink and their pelt ..... 838 Worms - lie"" 518 to 

Mules, burros, =:...~.!""r pelt .... 881 , i~:,,:::est~''::'''' 8&7 10 YES - Complet."'~_on I~ __ ._ 

2 0 NO 

None 1 Dollars ,,,,~,,<> MId donkey ............... 833' their pelts..................... 814' Specify .................... 880 - Go to section 19 . 1920 f~!?rt~~ 

... --------r=~ What~.~ _._~, ~ ,~, '~;;In~=r=fi-~,ii;.ii.:.:::=i~iiiiii==]-1~. What w •• the g'Msvalue of Ihae ..... ? ............. 0 1'-'---$ ___ ---'f::"''':,{=?·f·'4?· ... In 1882, lid you .. •• What producta w .... old? - any I ••• 17 19827 Dollar.: Cents Veg6tabl6S, eggs, etc . 

r2

- - - - 0 R ~~~~ - i~I~~~r~!. 519 ;=.-;;i;ch' .nd f'::o~the~ O!ho operll .. llt~f thl. 

-_ Gallons IIIII ~. WhIch of the following 41ype1 of organization best 

~;"-_-=--'====~~=====~~~-'\ daacrlbesthia placaln 198211. IhiI place ... . 

. Name Code 

II Code N Code • A FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL operation7 921 

,: sold , ..... (Exclude partnership and corporatIon) .... ..................... 1 m 

Goat"'.:.n, .;,id:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: , =YI'::OCkP;;;;j~"':':'~::::::::::::: m ° A PARTNERSHIP operatIon7 (Include family partnerships) 2 or Go to section 21 

...... ·~andOlMr u_ ° INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAW? ............... 3D Go to section 20 

......... producta lid""'!" :";-cid How IIWIY - " .... ;t .. 7 • SOME OTHER type of organlzallon7!Such as estate or yau .... 011'" pIaca In tIIIo~''-l aoId In 18827 Dollar. :Cents.. trust, pri",n farm, grazing association, Indian reservation, etc.) 

18827 Pounds :ml~jj~ 

4 D Specify below then k/ go to section 21 

Nama Coda I I oJ OR ._l· 

..m;;;;J. 

~ 

I 11 ,... Number r, 

Specify 

11_ c:.-, ~ eo. ,II..... Code'N ..... c.tfloh........... 872 Tropicol MId 0Ih0r filii - Other ~ 

820 922 

1. I.thia. flllllly hIId CCJI1IOFrion7 ............................... lOVes 2 0 No 

Truut ............. "_, 878'1 ____ boItfIoh ........ 880' ol_.} $pc/fy ...... 8S4, producla -Specify ... 888 2. An .... _1han10Ilockholclera?....................... 3 OVes 40 No 

~:DUc~~~~:'.! ~!RY ~.... S21 or""'; i::~c:' AND .... ..url" 'v", Of OPERATOR (SInIor jIIrInIr 

..... 'r 

II. INVENTORY 1IMt__ . o-the operator (senior partner or 923 0 0 

10 YES - ~__ Number on l1l8I....... person in charge) 1lva000tNaplacaL........................... 1 Yes 2 No 

:. 20 NO - GotoMCtion 17 None D~ra;;82 .... 1n1982? 2. Didtheoperatorapand50%._of~tIme r~ ........ 31, 1112. 1ICIw ..... chIcII_ Iii •• ii'-".:..:.:...:..:..:=-n.;o;-.,---I In 19S2farmlngornnchlng.doInglOllldllng 928 . 

_ ................ _ _ " •• 7................................................................... 1 0 Farrmng 20 Other 

.... ' __ "'-'I:I.ITI of'-" 1 0 (If PARTNERSHIP) Did the partnan apend 50% or or ranching cO'· - rv ..... -..... .................... _ of Ih*tIme In 1882 farming. ranching 2;: ' 1 __ 0lil or older not,. of I'" ••• doing 80IIIeIhIng _7 

3. PUW~~iCii:.;;;·;;UWT8·.· ...... · .... · .. · 0 1898 .9 13. =ow many cIa,,1n 1882 lid the operator (senior partner

92

t

: B ~~n:9 days 

3 .... oId7 (EJrcIude commercial broilers)............... 0 or person in charge) work 1I1M114 hoIn per clay off 0 50 99' d 1898 I'"' thia place? (Include work at a nonfarm job, business, 3 - ays 14. BROILERS, .,.., and ottw JIIMt type or on someone 61se's farm. Exclud6 exchange farm work) ...... 4 0 100 - 149 days 

chIck_1ncIucIng capOIII and --.7 ........... 0 5 0 150 - 199 days 

e. Howlllllllyturkeya_OIIthiaplHalhat_ - !900 1

90 ' 60200 days or more 

•• Turkey. for elaughtar7(Exciude breeders) ......... 0 

b. TurileyHENSkeplforbnladlng? ................... 0 1

902 

1

903 

~.~~=:=~;:~:~~1r.~~.~~) ............ 080 ___ Year 

18. Did you haw ..., OTHER POULTRY ....... In f-----+-----te. How old I. the operator (senior partner or person in 925 

:::"~~::':t=r=-: 1 charge)7.................................................................. ___ Years old 

and code from the list below.) 

92

1

4: 8 :eh~:: or Black 

e. What I. the RACE of the operator (senior partner or 3 0 American Indian , N..... Cod. I N.... Cod. person in charge)? ..................................................... 4 0 ASian or Pacific I Pigeons or squab ...... 908 , Quail .................... 912 Islander Pheasants........ ........ 91 0 All othaf poul1ry -

I , Specify ................. 914 9 0 Other - SpeciZi 

7. H_ many poultry _ hatched 011 None ,----;N-;-'um-:-ber----I 

Poul1ry nlllTHl' ________ Code __ 

Poul1ry name ________ Cod8 __ 

N..... Cod. 

Duckl ...................... 904 Geese ...................... 908 

=~:~s'"~:.:c~:nd~~Itry) ................. 0 916 17, Whet I. the SEX of the operllor (senior partner or 926 

8. What w .. the Incubator egg c:apaclty h;-;-,,--------I· person in charge)? ..................................................... ,0 Male 

011 December 31, 1982? ........................................ 0 ID I. the operator (senior partner or person in charge) of 

20 Female 

Spanl.h origin or deacant (Mexican, Puerto Rican, 927 0 Y 

Cuban, or other Spanish)? ............................................ ' es 19. Whatw .. thear-v ..... of ..... of None Dollars !Cents 

poultry and poultry producta IInc:IudIng I .,' ~::::::::::::: .1 fromtNa pIKe In 18827 ............. 0 1$ ;::::::,:::::: 

Gross value of sales 20No 

'QRM 82·A03t 312-10-83! Page 6 

132 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A0313 

522 1 DYE 5 - Complete this section 

2 D NO - Go to section 23 

1. How many .c .... of cropl.nd were fertilized in 1982?(Exclude 

or 

S2. 

(Include expenditures paid by you and 

,.....,--.,---=--..,.-1 others for production of crops, 

fo.;"':'-:'::"":"':'-=-I and other agricultural products on this 

place in 19B2.! 

cropland used only for pasture. (Reponed in section 10, item fb.1 ........... 0 

2. How many .c .... of pastureland .nd r.ngeland were 

fertilized in 1982?(lnclude acres reported in s.ction 10, 

1::::::------1 How much WIS spent for ( .•. ) None f;;;;;,_---~=d"=,_-t,;,,-;;--""="'----l 

1 • G.soIine Ind g.sohol 

items 1b and 3.) ........................... . for the f.rm busln ... ? ... 

;:::::~~==;:;;=:::;1 2. Dialel fuel for the f.rm 

3. How much was spent for all forms of bu . ? 

commerci.1 fertilizer in 1982? IInclude rock phosphate "-..................... . 

and gypsum {exclude lime} Report cost of custom application 3. LP ps, butane, propane in section 27, item 6.1 ........ .......... ............................ for the f.rm busin ... 

4. How many tones of lime were used In 1982? (4.5Ibs. = 1 gallonl? ...... 

8. How many acres were limed? None ~~cc:..':':"-'--'':':''-b~='::'''''-'-'--I 4. Fuel oIl.nd kerosene for 

~;::e nfo~i~~~~~~j~~}d ~/ast8r or gypsum Or the farm business? ...... . 

• IDI:IIDI1~~~~~~~f!~~~~!il~~~~~~~~[15. ~-:~~.~~.~.~~~. S23 YES Complete this section 

NO Go to section 24 

(Include any materials provided by you, your landlords, or contractors. For each 

item listed, report aCres only once. If multipurpose chemicals were used, report 

acreage treated for each purpose.) 

1. How many .c .... were treated for •.• 

6. Motor oil Ind g_for 

the f.rm busi_? ........ 

7 • Electricity for the farm 

busi_? .................... . 

8. OtherExpen ... 

8. Insects on crops, including hay? ............................. . (Include expenses paid by you, your landlord or contractors. DO NOT INCLUDE expenses 

b.;c;------1 connected with performing custom work for others; operation of nonfarm activities, 

businesses, or services; or household expenses not related to the farm business.) b. Nematodes in crops? .............................................. . 

c. Di ...... in crops and orchards 

(blights, smuts, rusts, etc.) 7 .................................. · ........ . 

d. Weeds, gr ... , or brush in crops.nd pasture? .......... .. 

2. How many ac .... of..nJpl were treated with chemicals 

for defoliation, growth control, or thinning of fruit? ....... . 

• During 1982 how much did you spend for -

,..---------f 

Selected 

expenditures 

fqz,,-_____ 1 1 . I!rverh~r~~s~=~~!(;~~~:.scattl., 

None~~~~I ______ ~~ 

poults, pullets, BtC.J.. ••••• •••••••.•••••..••••••..•..•••.••..••.••.••.... D 

2. All feed purchased for livestock and poultry? 

L--------t (including grain, hay, silage, mixed feeds, concentrates, 

3. How much w.s spent during 1982 for .gricultur.1 etc,) ............. , .... , .................................................. 0 

chemicals? {Insecticides, herbicides, fungiCides, None ,= ___ ::..::;==---+.;m~ a . How many toni of commercially 

mixed formula feed were purchased 

in 1982? (lnclude complet. teeds, j~t~~~i~1,e:iee,:,c6f.e~~ .~~~.t. ~:. ~~~~~~. ~:.~~i.~~~;.~~~ ........ 0 

~~td~;,;~~i~en~~~~llf~~~~~~~~~~~~L--~ 

524 941 

purchased separately, 

such as soybean meal, cottonseed None 

meal, and urea) 0 

.llIlm.11h:';;~~~;.~~~[tiiNl~~~~iil]~~~;~~r:::~ 3. Seeds? IInclude plants and trees purchasedl ....................... 0 

S25 

990 

4. Hired f.rm or r.nch labor? IInclude paid family work.rsl .... 0 a . Including paid family c--:---:----==-t'------="""j 

1. On December 31,1982 what w.stha estimated members, how many hired 

m.rkat value of ALL machinery, equipment, and work ... worked ... 

implements ulu.lly kept on this pI.ce.nd used (11150 days or more in 1982? 0 foo>,------1 

for the farm or r.nch busin ... ? (Include cars"trucks, tractors, I-;;-;c;----'---'c..::..---mm'l 

;~:~~:~/:~;' .~~~:.~:fn~~$::;t~il:,~~~d ~~/~;in~~g8tion (21 ..... than 150 daYI In 1982?0 L------l-;;-;;".-------c=",f 

livestock feeders, grinding and mixing equipment, etc.) •••.•• •••••.•• 6. Contract labor? {Include expenditures primarily for labol, such as 

2. On December 31, 1982, what w.s 

the total number of ( ••• ) 

2. Automobiles? 

3. Motortrucks? (lnclud. pickups) ......... 

4. Wheel tractors other than garden 

tracton and motor tllIen? .......... .. 

5. Grein and bien combines, 

saIf-propelled only? ...................... 0 

6. Com haeds for combines? ...... ...... 0 

7. Cotton pick .. and strippers? ...... . 

8. M_ condition .. ? ................... 0 

9. Pickup belen? (Include rectangle 

and round balers) ........................... 0 

fonlll8·har1'est .... , shear 

.................. 0 

'-'-______ ...>:<="11 ~:::':s~ :f::n1;:a~~~~:'Je~s~ ~~:,:,::::c~;.~ .~~~.-.... 0 

,..------,.-=-0-:-:-;"7.'=-1 6. CUltomwork, machine hIie end rental of machinery 

end equipment? (Include expenditures for use of equipment 994 

and for customworlc such as grinding and mixing feed, plowing, 

f:;~~~~~~~~J':~:,i~fg~::~::~9,;;;:!a.~"!!:.~~~.t~~~' ...... 0 

~~----------~~------------IS28 

• What Is Jeu best estimate of the Currant 

Marte .. Velua for the. . • None f=,,--=:=...--....,.,;;.m~ 

f;;.,-:;,------i-o.::,------1 1 • l.enchnd buIcIngI you own? (Section 1, item 1) ................................... " ................. 0 

2. Lend UId buildings you ranted or .... ed 

from OTHER8? (Section 1, item 2) ..... " .... 

fn.;-;;,------f=,------t 3. Lend UId buildings you ranted or INsed to OTHERS? (Section 1, item 3) .............. . 

Date 

Page 7 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 133 
Form 82-A0313 

RECORD OF CALLS 

Call Interviewer Day of week Date of call Time of call Outcome (d) (e) Comments number code call made of call 

(a) (b) (e) Month Day Began Ended (f) (g) 

1 a.m. B.m. p.m. p.m. 

2 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 

3 a.m. ..m. p.m. p.m. 

4 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 

5 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 

8 a.m. a.m. jl.m. p.m. 

7 a.m. B.m. p.m. p.m. 

8. B.m. B.m. p.m. p.m. 

9 a.m. B.m. p.m. p.m. 

10 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 

11 a.m. a.m. 

p.m. p.m. 

12 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 

13 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 

14 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 

15 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 

CALLBACK OR APPOINTMENT INFORMATION FINAL DISPOSITION 

1_ appointment or callback 2nd appolntmont or collback 3rd appointment or callback 

DATE DATE DATE 

Month I Day ,Year Month I

Day [Year Month I

Day I Year 1 0 Interview 

I I I I I I 2 0 Noninterview TIME a.m. TIME a.m. TIME a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 

Additional Comments TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SAMPLE PERSON 

Area code Number Remarks 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

FORM 82·A0313 12·10-83) Page 8 ::. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE MARCH, 1983, 659.()()8J379 

134 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A90 

to this 

~~ 

same law yO'I' report to the Census It may seen only by sworn 

Census employees and may be used only for statistical purposes. Your report cannot be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. The law also provide. that 

copies retained in your files arelmrnune from. ..... procea. 

~ ~ EVALUATION OF THE 

1982 CENSUS 

OF AGRICULTURE 

CENSUS 

USE 

ONLY 

EI Number 

01' 1 0 Yes - Enter number ----. IT] -- LI_--'-_---' __ L--_-'-_-"---_--'--_-' 

20No 

1 .In the p •• t two y •• r. h.v. you r.c.lved m.1I .t .ny oth.r .ddr ••• ? {lnclud. dlff.rent w.y. m.1I c.n be .ddr •••• d to you .t your pr ••• nt loc.tlon.' ~~~----------------------------~ 

020 1 0 Yes - Enter other address ------+ ~----------------~~----~~~--~ 

20No 

2. For bu.ln ••• purpo ••• do you u ••• ny n.m., 

021 1 0 Yes - Wh.t i. the n.m •• nd .ddr ••• ? 

2 ONo 

3. Which type of org.niz.tion be.t d •• crlbe. your .gricultur.1 op.r.tlon in 1 

022 1 0 Indlvidu.1 or f.mlly op.r.tlon 1.01. proprletor.hip', excluding p.rtnershlp .nd corpor.tion 

2 0 P.rtn.rshlp op.r.tion, Including f.mlly p.rtn.rshlp 

3 0 Corpor.tlon, including f.mlly corpor.tlon 

4 0 Oth.r - Such •• 

4. At .ny tim. were .ny oth.r 

(lnclud. p.rtners, children, rel.tlves, m.n.g.rs, .nd oth.r .ssocl.ted per.on •• 

I.ndlord. or t.n.nt •• ' 

023 1 0 Yes Fill table below 

2 0 No - GO to item 5 

Name Mailing address. city. St8te, ZIP code 

. Wh.t Is the n.m. of the person prlm.rily In ch.rg. of the 

.grlcultur. oper.tlon (person m.klng the m.Jorlty of the 

men.g.ment decisions'? (If a partnership or corporation and 

several individuals share equally in the management decisions, 

enter the name of the senior person or partner.) 

penon's f.mlly 

r.l.tlonshlp to the oper.tor of 

this pl.ce? (For 

.x.mpl.: p.r.nt, 

son, unci., or not 

rel.t.d.' 

: Name of the person in charge 

I 

I 

I 

I 

person's busln •• s rel.tlonshlp to the 

oper.tor? IFor 

.x.mpl.: hired 

m.n.g.r, p.rtn.r, 

busln .... sso- cl.t., other' -

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 135 
Form 82-A90 

. ACREAGE and OWNERSHIP as of December 31,1982 

On December 31, 1982. how many acres did you - fIIone Acres 

043 

1. Own? ............................................................................................................... 0 

044 

2. Rent or lease FROM others? (Include land worked on shares or share-cropped for 

others; leased Federal. State, and railroad land. and land used rent free. Do not 

include land used on a per-head basi. under a grazing permit.) •••••.•••.••••••••••••••••.• 0 

045 

3. Rent or lease TO others? (Include land subleased and land worked on shares or 

share-cropped by others.) ....••..•.•..•..•.•••••••..•..••••••.••.•...•.••••.•..••.•••...••.•.•.••••••.•••• 0 

04S 

4. ACRES IN THIS PLACE - ADD acres owned (item 1) to acres rented (item 2), then 

SUBTRACT acres rented to others (item 3), and enter your answer in this space. .. 

4a.ls acre. (number of acres from item 4! the correct number of acre. that you 

operated on December 31 , 1982? 

047 10 Yes 

2 0 No - Verify and correct items 1 through 4 as necessary 

5. (If acres in item 2! What is the name and mailing address of each landlord and the number of acres 

rented, used rent free, or worked on shares? 

Name Mailing address. city. State. ZIP code Number of acres 

04. 

04' 

050 

S. (If acres in item 3! What is the name and mailing addra.s of each renter and the number of acres rented? 

Name Mailing address, city. State, ZIP code Number of acres 

051 

052 

053 

Non. 054 

Sa. Of the land you rented or lea.ed to others litem 3 above!. 

how many acre. did you own? •.••.•••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••.•..•..•..•..•••••••••.••••••••••• 0 Acres 

• LOCATION 

7. In what county and State wa. the largast dollar value of your agricultural products raised or produced? 

County Istate 

7 a. Did you have agricultural operation. in any other county or counties? 

055 I 0 Yes - Enter the county and State name(s! and acreage 

20No - Go to section 4 

County State Number of acres 

05S 

057 

058 

FORM 82 A90 Page 2 

136 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A90 

CROPS HAR'n::t I I:U FROM THIS PLACE IN 1982 

W.re any of the following cropa harv •• ted from this plac. in 1982118. aure to include 

tha landlord' a ahare and cropa grown under contract. Do not include cropa on land 

rented to othera.) 

NOTE: " you do not h.v • • x.ct flgurea 

from your recorda, pl •••• glv. 

your best .atlm.t •• 

la.Howmany Ib.Howmuch acr.a w.r.. waa harv.at.d harve.ted 

in 19827 In 19821 

IC. What waa the 

total dollar 

value of aale. 

in 19821 

:~~:I:::r~nd1. F .. ld com for grain or aeed (Raport 

quantity on a shelled baalaln BUSHELS, 

Dollars : Cents Non.r---------~-------------+--~~--~,~~ 

70 lbe •• r com or 5elba. ah.lled com = 1 .,....,.. eheIled com.) ................................. 0 

2. Field com for al"ge, cut for green chop or dry fodder, hogged or grazed (Do not Includ. _ alrNdy reported In Item 1.) ................. 0 

3, Wheat for grain .•....•••••......••.•..••••.••.•..•....•.•. 0 

4. ~_II grain. for 

grain - oats, barley, 

ry., rice, etc. Specify crop name(al _______ _ o 

15. Sorghum or milo for grain or seed (R.port 

quantity harvntad In eIth.r BUSHELS OR 

HUNDREDWEIGHT) ••••.•••••••..••••.••.•.••.••••.•• 0 

8. Sorghum for allage, cut for green chop, dry 

forage or hay, or hogged or grazed (Do not 

Include aerea alrNdy raportaclln It.m 5.1 •.••••. 0 

7. ~forbeana •••••.•••••••.••••.••••..•••••..••.•. 0 

8. Cotton ....................................................... 0 

9. Tobacco - alltyp ••......•...•...................•....•. 0 

1'04 

'06 

110 

116 

,. 

I 110 

I 

102 I 

I 

Bu. $ I 

::::::::::::::::::'::::::::::::::::::::::/:::::::: 10. 

:;;:;::,,~::::::: .::::;::::::::: 

:::::::: :. :'. IS 

108 

li I 

11 

1,'-' -- OR Bu. 

Cwt. $ 

117 

$ 

120 

Bu.l$ I 

'" Bales 1$ I 

12. 

Lbs.l$ I 

I"· 110. Irish potat_ (.xclude hom. u .. '.••...•••..••.•. 0 I 110 

12. 129 

cwt.l$ 

111. IwMlpotat_ and yam. (.xclude hom. u .. 1 0 

12, Hay - all kinde .xcept sorghum hay (Include 

grain hay, gra .. silage, wild hay, atc.lf two or more cutting. ware made from the .. m. "nd, REPORT ACRES ONLY ONCE but 

,...on total tone of all cuttlng •• 1 .••••..•••••••.•••• 0 

13. VegatabIea, .w'" com, or m.lon. for .. I. 

(.xclude horne u .. '.••.•••••••••••••••.••.•..••••.•.••.•• 0 

114 ........ f or .... (axclude horne usal 

8pecIfy crop name(. 0 

1115. P .. nuts for nute ........................................... 0 

118. Land In bearing and nonbearlng 

fruIt.orchard., cltru. or other 

grov_, vineyards, and nut tNM of all .... (Include 

land on which the fruit crop 

faUacI. Do not Includ. 

abanclonacl acraagaa.1 Specify crop name(., 0 

17. All other crops (Include 

tIaId aeeda; sugar crop.; 

nuraery procIucta; 

tto-a, etc., grown In 

the open ; sod; etc.) 8pecIfy crop namelal _______ _ 

'8. G"-"'-procIucta -Specify,; 

o 

o 

131 

: 110 

133 134 

1'36 I 

~,~3.----'~/~1~0~·1fI I 

>4U 

143 

45 

I 

I 110 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 110 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

: 110 m 

la. ~ow many aqua,. 

f ... unclerg .... 

or other protection 

In 19827 

FORM 82·A90 Page 3 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

'"' 

Bu·l$ 

$ 

14Z 

Lbs·l$ 

44 

$ 

146 

$ 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

~ 

: 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

lb. ~~ wa. th._ total 

dollar valu. of 

greenhou .. eal •• In 19821 

Doliars I Cents 

HISTORY 137 
Form 82-A90 

LlVc .. I u .... AN D PDUL TRY 

Did you or anyone else have any of the following livestock or poultry on this place on 

December 31, 19827 (8e sure to report all livestock and poultry on this place on 

December 31, 1982, no matter who owned them. Include as sold all livestock and 

poultry fed on a contract or custom basis and taken from this place in 1982.) 

a. b.How many I c. What was the 

NOTE: If you do not have exact figures were sold in gross value of 

from your records, please give INVENTORY 19827 sales7 

your best estimate. Number on this place 

December 31, 1982 

• CATTLE None Dollars : Cents 

On December 31,1982, how many - I 

I 

1 . Cattle and calves of all ages were on this 201 202 203 I 

place? 0 $ I ................................................... 

Of these cattle and calves, how I 

I 

many were - I 

204 205 1206 I 

a.Beef cows? (Include beef heifers that I 

had calved.) .•............•..••........•• , ........•.. LJ $ I 

207 208 209 I b. Milk cows? (Include dry milk cows and I 

milk heifers that had calved.) ••.•.......• , ... D $ I 

c. Other cattle and calves? (Include 10 12 I 

heifers, steers, bulls, and calves.) .•.••..•.. D $ I 

I 

. r:::t: /:: :: : : SUM OF a, b, AND c MUST EQUAL ITEM 1. .:. I 

IF NOT, VERIFY AND CORRECT AS ::: : : ,{:} I 

I NECESSARY : : : : : I 

I 

2. What was the gross value of dairy 213 I 

D : : I products sold from this place in 19827 .... $ I 

I 

• HOGS I 

I 

On December 31,1982, how many- I 

:214 I 215 216 I 

3. Hogs and pigs of all ages were on this I 

place? ................................................... D $ I 

I 

• POULTRY I 

I 

I 

Were any of the following on this place on I 

December 31, 1982?- I 

2" 218 219 I 

4. Hens and pullets of laying age? (Exclude I 

started pullets being raised for sale.) ........ D $ I 

5. Pullets 3 months old or older not yet of 120 1221 " I 

I 

laying age? ............................................. D $ I 

6. 8roilers, fryers, and other meat-type 

u, I'" ,,, I 

chickens? (Include capons and I 

D I roasters.) ......................................... $ I 

7 .Other poultry raised in captivity? (Include I 

turkeys, ducks, geese, etc.) •..•••••..••.•......• D I 

I 

Specify kind of poultr~ I 

226 227 228 I 

I 

$ I 

,230 1

23 ,232 I 

$ I 

8. What wes the gross value of eggs sold ::::::::':::::':::':':::::: ::::::::. ::::::':::'::::::::'::::::: 233 I 

from this place in 1982? ..•.•.••••••.......•.••••. D ::::::::::::::::::::::::::,::, .::::::': ;::::::::':::,:::::::::::: $ I : I 

• OTHER LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL I 

I 

SPECIALTIES I 

I 

Were any of the following on this place on I 

December 31, 1982? - 234 235 1

236 I 

I 

9. Sheep and lambs of all ages? .....•....••••••.•. D 1$ I 

10. Horses and ponies of all ages? ..••••••••••....• D I'" 238 1$'9 I 

I 

11 . Other· livestock? (Include goats, mules, I 

fur-bearing animals, colonies of I 

bees, fish in captivity except at fish I 

hatcheries, etc.) ••.•...•.•.....••••.•...........••.••.• D I 

I 

Specify what kind.; I 

240 241 242 I 

I 

$ I 

243 '44 1

245 

1$ 246 124 1

248 I 

$ 

FORM 82·A90 Page 4 

138 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A90 

(Complete questions 1 through 8 for the person listed in section 2, item 5.) 

1. Do you (operator) live on this place? ..•........... ,. ........ ,. .... ,. ..... . 

2. At what occupation did you (operator) spend the majority (50 

percent or more) of your work time in 1982? For partnerships consider all members of the partnership together ........ . 

3. How many days did you (operator) work at least 4 hours 

per day off this place in 1982? Include work at a 

nonfarm job, busineaa, or on aomeone elae's ferm. 

(Exclude exchange farm work.) .......................................... . 

4. In what year did you (operator) begin to operate any part of 

this place? .....................•.......................................•.....•..... 

5. What la your (operator's) age? ....•..........•........•..................... 

6. What i. your (operator's) race? .........................•.............•..... 

7. Sex of operator ...........•...............•.. '" ................................ . 

8. Are you (operator) of Spenlah origIn or "cent, auch a. Mexican, Cuban, or othar Spaniah? ..........•......•.............•.•... 

251 1 0 Yes 

252 1 0 Farming 

253 1 0 None 

201-49 days 

3 050-99 days 

20 No 

20 Other 

• 0100-149 days 

5 0150-199 days 

• 0 200 days or more 

______ Vear 

______ Vears old 

256 1 0 White 

2 0 Negro or Black 

3 0 American Indian 

• 0 Asian or Pacific Islander 

9 0 Other - Spec',!; 

257 1 0 Male 20 Female 

258 lOVes 20 No 

In January 1983, U.S. Cenaus of Agriculture report form. were sent to farm operatora 

throughout the United Statea. 

1 . Did you receive an agriculture cenaua form around the flrat part of 19831 

259 1 0 Ves - What waa the name and addrea. 

which appeared on that form and 

the Cenaua File Number (CFN),1f 

avaUable? --------_+ 

20 No 

Census File Number 

Name 

MaIling address 

CENSUS PERSONNEL: Ask column 9 of listing sheet after completing the interview for the lest person 

listed in each household. 

FORM 82·A90 Page 5 .;: us. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFF!CE 1982-660-1 t 1 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 139 
Form 82-A 1 (PR) O.M.B. APPROVAL NO. 0607-0423: EXPIRES 12~ 

'0'" 82-A 1 (PRJ u s OEPART~~R~:UO~FCT~~~~~S~ NOTICE - Response to thl~~~q~lr~,1 reqUIred by law Itltle 13, U S. Code) By the same law your report to the <1.14-83) Census Bureau is I :;;~~~t( be seen only by sworn Census employees and may be used only for 

E1J statistical purposes This census t cannot be used for purposes of taxation, . or regulation 

CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - 1982 

PUERTO RICO 

A. Kepo rm I 

Mun,c,p,o No I ED No :- F"m se"a' numb" ~ 

! 1 , , , 1 

M",c'p'o 8,mo 

B. Operator's Name and Mail,ng Address 

Name Middle name or Inlllal Surnames 

, , POBox. R F 0 and box number, numDer and street 

Bamo 'If neededl 

('!Y or town [ Z'P code 

Census use only 

1°30 1°36 1°37 1°38 1°39 (Please correct errors in name, address, and ZIP code) 

CUERDAS IN THE lAST 12 MONTHS 

When reportmg part of a cuerda, wore In whole numbers under None Cu"das ; Cent 1. Was any sugarcane grown on this place during the last 12 months? "cenres/mos, " never In frac/lons or deCimals Example 

CenresJmos {Cenr 105, 10,25, 75, 95 '"' , DYes - Complete this section I Cuerdas harvested T cns harvested 

1. All land owned ........................... .... .. 0 , o No - Go to section 4 tll 121 

(IntervIewer If operator IS a saJafled manager, enter all land !O'O None Cuerdas : Cenl Tons managed In "Item 1 - All land owned" and enter this figure In I 

"IIem4 - Totaicuerdasmth,splace "J I 

0 075 

: 76 

I a. Fall cane ...................... 

2. land rented lor leased) from others .................. 0 I 077 : 078 

lOS! I b. Spring cane .................... 0 

3. Land rented lor leased) to others 100 not include cuerdas I c. Ratoon cane ................... 0 079 

I 080 

wOlked by shareCioppers and "agregados "I ............ 0 I 

d. Sojourn cane for seed ............ 0 ue I 

.::::::::::::::::::1 

4. TOTAL CUERDAS IN THIS PLACE ~ c 0>2 I 

Iinlervlewer Add land owned {Item 1/ to land rented from others , 083 I litem 21 then subtract land rented to otherS (Item 31 and enter your 

... I e. Sojourn cane cut forfsed .........• 0 , answer here For managed land enter figure from Item 1 ) 1°85 08. 

S. land rented from others. IG,ve the follow,ng ,nformation for each of the landlordsc I 

f. TOTAL CANE (Add the figures entered in I 

items "a" through "e" and enter the total I 

Name Address Cuerdas Cent in this space J ~ I 

053 I COFFEE, TOBACCO, OR I 

054 1. Did you harvest any COFFEE, TOBACCO, OR PINEAPPLES from this place in the I last 12 months? 

DYes -J:emplete this section lOSS I Cuerdas harvested o No - Go to section 5 111 Amount harvested 

Land rented to others. IG,ve the follOWing InformatIOn for each of the tenantscl None Cuerdas ' Cent 121 

U9' I U9' 

Na Lbs rn,,- Address Cuerdas ~ a • Coffee grown in the shade ..•...•.. 0 I 056 I b. Coffee grown in the open .....•.... 0 : 095 Lbs , 

1°5. I c. Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1°9• I 097 Lbsc 

d. Pineapples .........••...••.... 0 ) 098 I 099 

Tons 1°58 I 

GRAINS AND liS CROPS 

7. land managed as a salaried manager. IG,ve the following information concerning your 

employercl 1. Were any of the following crops Cuerdas harvested Amount harvested 

harvested from this place in the last 111 121 

Name Address Cuerdas Cent 12 months? None Cuerdas : Cent Pounds 1

059 I 105 lU6 

a. Pigeon peas 0 I ................... 

~~~~ll~TN l~F r:g:i~~l TURAl LAND vn:rv<lCtJ 8Y YOIIIN 0 '0' : 108 

b. Dry beans ..................... 

0 109 I 110 

c. Green beans ..................• I 

1. Are all of your agricultural operations located in the o No - Complete thiS section 

municipio and barrio shown in item A above? 0 DYes - Go to section 3 d. Com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 

e. Dasheens 0 11, I .................... 

Wnle name and cuerdas for pnnclpal barriO and muniCipiO on the f,rSlline; write names and cuerdas for 0 115 I I 

additional barf lOS and munlClplOS In spaces provided If n€cessary, contmue In "Remarks" on the last f. Cassava ..................... I 

page 0 I 118 

g. Celeriac ..................... I 

PrinCipal Name of bar"o MUOlc'p,a Cuerdas : Cen! 

0 119 "u barriO and 065 

: 

h. Sweetpotatoes ................. I 

m<..tnlClfjlO I2 C 

I 066 

: 

i. Yams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 01rJI;f barriOS 0 ''" : '" Jf!(j 1°0; I j. Taniers ...................... m'.;f) ('I),OS 0 125 I 12' 

1

068 I k. Rice ................. ....... , 

"" TOTAL CUERDAS (Must equal cuerdas in section I, item 4) :069 , 0 I 

I. Other Specify I 

140 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A 1 (PR) 

FRUIT-5 ORNAMENTAL AND FLOWERING PLANTS, CUT FLOWERS, LAWN GRASS 

1. Are there any fruit trees or coconut palms on this place? 1. Did you grow any ORNAMENTAL or FLOWER· 

ING PLANTS or LAWN GRASS for sale on this 

0 Yes - Complete this secllon place in the last 12 months? Area used ,n the last 12 months Value of sales o No - Go to section 7 o Yes - Complete this section Square fee! Cuerdas Cenl lDoliars only) 

TOIal I 0 No - Go to section 10 under shade 

Non, ttt 121 t3t 

2. How many cuerdas in bearing and Cuerdas Cent I 

nonbearing fruit treas or coconut 134 I I a. lawn grass (sod) ..•....... .... .. .0 I::::::::::i:::::::",,{: : ~23 I 00 

palms are on this place? I 1224 225 ,26 

b. Ornamental plants ............. ... 0 I 00 

3. Which of these fruits are NUMBER OF c. Flowering plants lexcept orchIds) ... ... 0 1227 228 I 02 9 100_ now planted or were TREES OR PLANTS OF - Amount 1

230 231 I pl harvested : 00 in the last 12 harvested d. Orchid plants ........... ... 0 

months? Nonbeanng Bearing ... , .. age age e. Cut flowers lexcept Otchldsl ......... 0 1233 234 I 03, I 00 (il 121 131 I 

None 

f. Orchid flowers .................. 0 1236 237 I I ~38 00 a. Coconuts 0 135 136 1); 

....... No 

b. Grapefruits 0 138 139 <40 No 

OTHER CROPS 

...... 1. Were any other crops or agricuhural products grown on this place in the last 12 months? 

c. Oranges 0 <42 <43 ........ No o Yes - Complete thiS section Cuerdas harvested 

0 <44 ", 1'46 0 No - Go to section 11 d. Avocados ....... No Cuerdas : Cent 

e. Chironjas 0 148 1'49 No a. Crop name 24' I ....... 

f. Plantains .......• 0 150 151 1'52 Hds b. Crop name 245 

: 

g. Bananas 0 103 154 I'" Hds LAND USED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ........ 

h. Citron .......... 0 156 157 1

158 

Lbs 

The purpose of this section is to distribute all land on this place among items 2 through 4 below 

according to the way it was used in the last 12 months. 

i. Mangoes ........ 0 159 160 1'6 ' No 1. "TOTAL CUERDAS IN THIS PLACE" from section 1. item .)250 

Cuerdas Cenl 

I I j. Papayas 0 162 163 1'64 

Lbs 4, on page 1 .. ........ 165 166 167 NOTE: If the same land was used for two or more purposes. report that 

k. Other - Specify~ land only once - in the f"st item that applies. 

0 No 2. CULTIVATED CROPLAND Onclude land harvested. land on which 

crops failed. land under cultivation whether harvested or not. land at VEGETABLES rest. etc.) Cuerdas ~ Cent None 

1. Did you cultivate for sale any vegetables in the last 12 months? a. Used for crops or suitable for cultivation ................. 0 25< 

.... 

DYes - Complete this section 

b. Cropland that lie at rest (applied to land which lie fallow) ........... 0 252 : 0 No - Go to sectronS 3. LAND IN PASTURES - 253 I 

2. Which of the following vegetables Cuerdas harvested Value of sales a. Cultivated andlor improved pastures ................... ..... 0 I for sale did you harvest 254 from this place for 121 b. Natural pastures 0 I sale in the last 12 months? 111 ................................. ..... 

None Cuerdas : Cent DOllarsonly c. Pastures overgrown with brush . . . . . . . . . ................ 0 155 

173 I IS" ... a. Tomatoes ... ......... 0 I 100 4. OTHER LANDS - 256 I 

0 r75 : 1$" a. Woodland, forests, and underbrush that cannot be utilized for I b. Cucumbers ........... 00 0 I 

<77 1$78 100 

cultivation or pastures . . ........•.•..................... I 

c. String beans .......... 0 I b. Lakes, ponds, buildings. roads, fences, or wasteland ............. 0 I 17. 

d. Lettuce 0 l$~o : 00 I ......... .... 258 5. TOTAL CUERDAS - Add the cuerdas reported in items 2 through 4 and I 

0 18' I 1$82 I .00 enterthe total in this space. Total should be the I 

e. Peppers ........ .... same as Item 1 above. .. ... I 

~ 0 183 : IS"' I .00 

. f. Cabbage. ............ InnlUI<"un 

g. Eggplant 0 18' I 1$86 100 1. Did you irrigate any land on this place at any time during the last 12 months? .... ........ 

h. Pumpkins 0 187 I 1$88 :00 

o Yes ~ Complete this section ........... 0 Cuerdas :Cent 189 I IS'" No ~ Go to section 13 None 

i. Sweet cooking peppers .. 0 I 1.00 2. Cuerdas irrigated from a PUBLIC SYSTEM . . . . ... 0 264 

: 

j. Other vegetables . . . . .. 0 191 I 1$92 

................ 

I 100 3. Cuerdas irrigatad from a PRIVATE SYSTEM (wells. rivers. 265 I 

0 I 

CULTIVATED ANDIOR IMPROVED PASTURE brooks. etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 

1. Did you have any CUlTIVATED 4. Major source of water usad for irrigation 

ANDIOR IMPROVED PASTURE on 266 lOWell or cistern 4 0 Constructed reservoirs 

this place in the last 12 months? 2 D River or stream 5 0 Other - Specif~ Cuerdas for Cuerdas cut o 3 0 Lake or pond Yes - Complete thrs section grazing only for roughage 

o No - Go to section 9 111 121 

None Cuordas . Cenl Cuerdas : Cent HOGS 

a. Paragrass 0 ' 198 I 199 I 1. Do you or anyone else have any HOGS or PIGS on this place, or ......... ... I I were any sold in the last 12 months? 

b. Guinea grass ........... 0 !200 : 201 : o Yes - Complete this section 

c. Merker grass ........... 0 .'02 

I 103 I 0 No ~ Go to section 14 Number on Number sold In 

thiS place the las! 12 

0 204 .20, July 1, 1983 months 

d. Pangola grass """"" I I 2. Hogs and piglets of all ages and sexes 111 121 None 

0 206 I 207 I (The total of items 2a and 2b should be the same as that 

0 272 >73 

e. Molasses grass ......... I I in item 2.1 ............................... 

0 208 I 209 I 0 74 175 

f. M~o (sorghum) ..... .... , I I a . less than 6 months of age .... ............ .. 

g. Elephant grass. 0 210 I 2' I b. 6 months ofage and older ..... 0 276 271 

" ....... . ........... .. 

h. Star grass ...... 0 '" I 213 I 3. Sows and gilts kept for breeding purposes . . . . ..... 0 278 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .... ... 

i. Other cuhivated grasses . 0 '" I .215 I 4. Boars of all ages kapt for breading purposes .. . ..... 0 280 

.. ::::;:;:::::::::::::::;:;:::::::::::::::::: 

f,ldM 82 A llPRI (1.14·83) Page 2 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 141 
Form 82-A 1 (PR) 

. CATTlE . : SALES 

1. Do you or anyone else have any CA TILE on this place, or were any sold from this place in What was the total market value of agricultural products the last 12 months? sold from this place in the last 12 months, before taxes and Dollars only o Yes ~ Complete this section Number on [his place July 1, 1983 expenses? 347 

o No ~ Go to sec lion 15 DalfV caWe Beef and other canle 1. Sugarcane ....... .... , ........ ........ . ....... S I 00 NO'le ." 121 348 2. Cattle and calves of all ages: !If "None. .. :~ i 2E3 2. Tobacco ... S I ...... ...... ........ . ............. 00 

mark IXI and go to Item 3 I ...... 0 349 I 28<) 290 3. Coffee .. ........ .... ....... ........... . ..... S 00 

a.Cows ................... ..... 0 350 I 

291 :r'2 4. Pineapples ....... .... ...... . . ........... .. .... S I 00 

b. Heifers 6 months of age and older ... 0 5. Grains and farinaceous crops 100 nOllnclude plantains and 35' 

I c. Heifer calves less than 6 months ~q -'. 7Q.l bananas. Ihey are IOcluded In Ilem 6 I ............... .... S I .00 

of age ........ ..... ... ...... .. 0 6 . Fruits ~ coconuls, oranges, grapefrulls, plantains, bananas, 352 

~ I 

0 :"!6 

d, Bull papayas, CIIrons, avocados, Wesllndles chemes, etc S I 00 calves less than 6 months of age .. ..... . . Poultry and poultry products ~ broilers, other chICkens, eggs, 353 

0 ~q . 298 7. I e. Steers and bulls .. , . .. , . .. .... ... turkeys, etc .... .... .............. ..... . ..... .. S I 00 

INTERVIEWER The sum of Quest!ons . 2a . Ihrough "2e . should be the same as Item 2 above 8 . Dairy products ~ milk, cheese, elc IDa not Include goal milk 354 

I 

None 299 here, it should be Included ,n Item 12 I .............. .... S I 00 

0 Ouarts 355 3. Quarts of milk sold in the last 12 months ....... ......... sold S . Cattle and calves . ........ ........... .. ...... . ... S I 00 

4. Cattle sold from this place in the last 12 356 I 

months /Include Ihose fed by contract and 10. Hogs ...... .... ...... ., .......... .... .. . ...... S 00 

357 taken from thiS place In the I lasl 12 DalfV canle sold Beef ana other None 11. Sheep and goats S .00 callie sold .. ....... ....... ... ....... ..... months. I 

12. Other livestock and livestock products ~ horses, mules, 358 I 300 ll)1 I a . Bull calves and heifer calves ........ 0 bees, honey, goal milk, elC ~ SpeedY,; I 

0 302 303 S I 00 b. All other cattle except calves ....... 359 

OTHER LIVESTOCK . 13. Any other agricultural products sold ~ wood, hay, lorage, I 

Silage, molasses, elC ~ SpeCif1' I 

I 1. Do you or anyone else have any HORSES, SHEEP, GOATS, BEES, or other livestock on S I 00 

this place, or were any sold in the last 12 months? /Include all ages and sexes I . OTHER FARM RELATED INCOME 

o Yes ~ Complete thiS section How much did you receive in the last 12 months from 

o No ~ Go 10 sec lion 16 Number on Ihls alace Number sold In Ihe the following? Dollars only 

Code July 1. 1983 lasl 12 months 385 

III 121 1. Custom farm work done for others, such as: plOWing, planllng, 2, I Specif~ I spraying, harvesllng, preparallon of producls for markel, etc ... S I 00 

2. Recreational services, such as' providing hunting, fishing, 38' I picnICking, camping, boarding and lodging, or 01 her recreallonal I 

facllilies on thiS place, .. , .. , , ... , .. , , , .... , .. , . , ... $ I .00 

3, For renting out farm land [Include paymenls for livestock 387 I 

pastured on a per-head baSIS, monthly paymenls, or Ihrough any I 

other arrangement.! .......... , ................. , .. S I 00 

LIST OF ENTRIES 4. For participation in Government farm programs I Include 388 I Name Code I Name Code only payments received Irom Ihe Federal or Puerto Rican I 

Horses 304 I Hives of bees 308 government.) S I .00 Mules and donkeys 305 I Honey (lbs) 309 ................................... 

Sheep 01 both sexes 306 I Rabbits 310 . I FARM OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS GoalS 01 both sexes 307 I Other Specdv 311 All these questions refer to the person who operates this farm. . POULTRY 

1. In what year did you start 

1. Do you or anyone else have any CHICKEN HENS, PULLETS, ROOSTERS, operating this land? 3~4 ---~ Year 

BROILERS, or other poultry on this place or were any sold from this place in the 2. Do you (the operatorl live ~ ", 1 0 On this place? ,0 In a city or town? last 12 months? 2 0 On another farm? 50 Outside of Puerto Rico? Total sold 10 the 

o Yes ~ Complete Ih,s seclion last 12 manlns 3 0 In a rural area but 

o No ~Gotoseclion 17 Number on i/nclude Doullry not on a farm? thiS place led on a Can/fact 

How old are you (the Julv 1. 1983 baSIS and taken 3. 

2. How many ~ from [hiS place In operatorl now? 3"' ___ ~Years old the last 12 

a. Layers IDa not Include star led pullels months I 4, Highest grade or year of 3\)7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elementary school ." 121 school completed? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 raised for sale I None 

0 "2(-, J2' Mark IXI one box 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1 I Less than 1 year old? ... ..... 7 B 9 10 11 12 Secondary schoo! 

0 :l2? ,2, 

(211 year old or older? .. , , ..... .,. 0 0 0 0 0 College or University 

b,Started pullets? Iinclude those raised for 124 l2" 13 14 15 16 17 and over 

sale only I ........... ......... . 0 5 . How many days did the 398 1 D None 50 75~99 

0 3:'(, :527 operator (or the person in 20 1~24 ,0100-149 c . Fighting cocks? ... ........ . ..... chargel WORK OFF this 3025~49 70150-199 328 J2<J place at least 4 hours per d, Other roosters? ... ......... .. 0 day in the last 12 months? 4050~74 80 200 days or more 

e. Broilers? 0 3:l0 :111 ...... Iinciude work al nonfarm , .. ....... . ..... 

f. Otherfowl? ITurkeys, pigeons, gUineas, 332 n"j lob, business, or someone 

0 else's farm Exclude elC I ...... ..... .. . .... . ..... exchange larm work I 

g ,Chicken eggs? .... ....... .. ..... 0 ~~ ~ ~ I~~ ~ j~I ~i~I~ ~~ ~~ j ~I ~j~ j~ j~t jmm 3.i~ 

Dozens 6. What did the largest part of 3g9 • 0 The sale of agncullural products (crops, livestock, 

. TYPE OF FARM ORGANIZATION your (the operator'sl total poultry, milk, etc.1 

income come from in the last 2 0 Other farm-relaled income 

Which of the following best describes the type of your farm organization? 12 months? 30 Nonfarm-relaled Income 

INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY FARM .. , .. 3':: ,0 7. What percent of your (the 'DO • 0 Less Ihan 25% 3050%10 74% 

PARTNERSHIP ......... ,0 operator'sl gross income ........ ,025% 1049% ,075% or more received in the last 12 

CORPORATION ....... ... . ..... 3D months came from farming? 

OTHER .............. ........ , 0 ESlale, cooperallve. other type - Specd).! 8. What is your (the operator'sl '0' . 0 Agncullural 

main occupation? 20 Nonagncullural ~ Speedy 

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142 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A 1 (PR) 

_ • ..Do" " "omb'''"' '" 2 m 7? DYes DNo 

LV'- tUUll'MI:N , ANDFACiLiTiES ON THIS ........... PLACE JUL 1, 19B3 

b. Are cuerdas in section 1 , item 4, 50 or more? •. DYes DNo 1. How many of the following were on this place July 1. 19B3? Iinciude all machinery, 

PRlDUCTS FOR HOME vv .. vv .... Itun equipment, and facilities on the place, regardless of ownership, provided it was In work· 

ing order. I 

Include all animals, products, and crops consumed or given away during the last week. 

Old you consume or give away any of the following during the last week? A. Selected Machinery and Equipment None Number 

No 1. Automobiles, jeeps, pick·up and motor trucks .... , , , , , • 0 1

432 

1, How many - 1'02 

2. Rubber tired wheel tractors , " , , " " " , " . , " " " " 0 1433 

a. Quans of milk? . , .•.. , , ... , . , . , , , . , , , , ..•. 0 Ouarts 

1'03 3. Crawler tractors " .. " .. ,.,.,.,.".".,", ..... 0 1'3' 

b. Chicken eggs? "',.,',.,."."., •. ,.".,' 0 Dozens 

4. Carts loxen or tractor drawnl . , . , , , • , • , , , , , , , , . , . , • 0 1'35 

5. Coffee depulpen ,.""",.", .. ,.,."""".,.0 1'30 

2. Uvestock or poultry slaughtered or given away - 1'0' 

a. Cattle and calves? ... , ... , . , ...... , . , , , • , • , 0 Number 6. Mechanical coffee dryen , , , , , , •. , . , , , . , , , , , , , , , • , 0 1'37 

1'05 7. Solar or air coffee dryers, .. , " • " , " " " " " " " , , 0 1'38 

b. Hogs and pigs? , , , , , , , , , , • , , , , • , , . , , •.• , , • 0 Number 

1'06 B. Mechanical coffee washers , • " , " , " " " " " " " , , 0 1'39 

c. Chickans, turkeys, pigeons, guineas, or othen? , , , , 0 Number 

9. Milking machines " " " • , • " . " , " " " " " " " " 0 

440 

'07 

d. Sheep? ................................ 0 Number 10. MHk coolers ,.,'," ...... , .,' .......... ,."",0 144 

1'08 

11. Emergency electric power plants • , . , , , , , . , • , " ••..•• 0 1'42 

e. Goats? ................................ 0 Number 

'09 B. Selected Buildings and Facilities 

E;:::;:;:,:;:;::::::::::,::::;,:::::::::::, 

f. Rabbits? ............................... 0 Number 1 , Storage buildings for crops • , . , " , " " , . , " " " " " 0 1'43 

2. Buildings for machinery " , , " , " , , " " " " " , , " " 0 1'44 

3. Crops- 1"° 

a. Coffee? 0 3. Houses for egregedos and other workers • , • , • , • , , , , • , , 0 1'45 ............................... Lbs 

b, Plantains? .............................. 0 Hds . EstImated market value 

1412 2. What is the estimated market value of ALL machinery and tOollars only) 

C. Bananas? .............................. 0 Hds equipment, usuaRy kept on this place and used for the farm 1446 

busineas? IInclude cars, trucks, tractors, plows, disks, harrows, I 

PESTICID~S~ri~~: AND OTHERr.uiu,r.A', ~THER dryers, pumps, motors, irrigation equipment, dairy equipment I 

I including milkers and milk coolers, livestock feeders, grinding and 1$ :00 Include the materials bought by you, the landlord, or any other person if it was applied by mixinQ eauipment, etc.1 • , • , . , •..• , • 

contract. For each item listed, report the cuerdas only once. HIRED WORKERS, ,AND 

Did you use any of the .. chemical products on Cuerdas on 1. In the last 12 months, did you hire any workers to do farm work on this place Ido not 

this place in the last 12 months? Tons used WhICh used include employees of labor contractors who did work for youl, or was any agregado family 121 or sheracropper lYing on this place July 1, 1983? 111 Cuerdas ! Cent. o Yes - Complete this section 

1, Ume 100 not include gypsum or lime used for 413 1

41 ' 

sanitation.1 ... , . , • , , • , . , , , , , , , .• , , , , , , . I o No - Go to section 26 None Number 

2. Chemical products used for spraying, dusting, fumigants, etc. lin I 1452 

the form of powder, liquid, or gasl, to control - I 2. Of the hired workers, a. 5 months or more? •.•. , 0 Workers 

a . Insects on crops, cultivated and improved pastUres , ... , , ... , . , : how many worked on this ['53 

"6 

I place - b, Less than 5 months? •. , 0 Workers 

b. Diaaaaas in crOPS and orchards Iblights, smutS, rusts, atc.l ' . , , , , '5' 

c. Weeds or gress in cropS and oaatures I 

3. ::'iS~~;tfg=~r~r~r f~~S w~~~ ~~~ , • 0 EXPENSES FamilIes 

Include your estimate of expenses paid by you as well as others (landlord REMARKS - Make any remarks you feel are necessary concerning this farm; the owner or 

contractors, buyers, etc.! for crops, livestock, or livestock products produced manager; the crops, output per cuerda, size of farm; and name and address of the owner if 

on this place. the land is managed or leased; etc. 

How much did you spend in the last 12 months for the 

following? Dollars only 

1, Uvestock and poultry purchased - cattle, calves, hogs, pigs, 416 I 

sheep, lambs, goats, horses, baby chicks, started pullets, etc ..• " $ i .00 

2. Feed purchased for ivestock and poultry - grain, hay, 1'19 

silage, mixed feeds, concentrates, etc .. , . , ... , , ~. , ••••• 1 $ I .00 r Is20 3. Mediclnas and drugs purcheaed i .00 for livestock and poultry , , , , , . 

4. Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees purchased . , " , , " , , , , , , , •• Is2 I .00 

5, Commercial fartiizers "''''''''''''''''''''''''','' Is" I .00 

6, Gasoline and other fuel and oil products purcheaed for the 423 I 

I fann business - Diesel oil, LP gas, butane, propane, piped I 

gas, kerosene, fuel oil, motor oil, grease, etc: 100 not include 

costs for items used in the family home or automobile.! , , , , , , , ., $ :00 

7. wageS and salaries psid to employees or hired farm workers, 1

42' I 

IInciude money paid in cash for farm labor including payments to I 

family members and for SOCial Security taxes. Do not Include I 

housework or contract work.! ,.,', .. ,""",.,"""" $ I .00 

B. Contract labor IInciude expenditures primarily for farm labor 1425 I 

I 

performed on a contract basis by a contractor, corporation or :00 

PERSON COMPLETING rHlSFORM ~ Please orin! 

cooperative, etc.1 """"""""""""""""" I $ IDate 1

426 ."drne 

9. Machine hire and customwork such as plowing, planting, I 

harvesting, silo lilling, spraying and dusting chemical I 

products, etc. ,.""",.",,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,, •• ,, $ I .00 ~ IArea code INumber 

10. Agricultural chemicals purchased , , .• , , • , . , , • , , .• , , , , I$' I .00 lelephOne 

FORM82AI(PR)(1 '" a3) Page 4 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 143 
Form 82-A 1 (PR)SP 

OM B APPAQVAlNO 06070423 EXPIRES 12183 

~?~~~j~RIO 82-A 1 {PR)SP DEPARTAMENTO DE COMERCIO AVISO La contestaclon a esta encuesla es requerlda par ley de~ _C_~~~re~~_de los ESlados un'do~ IU S C . lilU'.O 131 Por la 

DE lOS EST ADOS UNrDOS mlsma ley, SU mforme aI Negoc1ado del Censo es confidenclal Solamente puede ser vista par empleados lurameolados del (eose 

~ NEGOC!ADO DEL CENSO Y ouede ser usado so!amente para Pfoposltas estadistlcos Este mforme censal no puede ser usado para proposnos de ImDuestos, 

,nves!>gac,6n ° I 

CENSO DE AGRICUL TURA - 1982 

PUERTO RICO 

A. i I dellnfc me :ensal 

Nume<o del muniCipiO 

I 

j Num~~o del ~ NU;:;~ I~~c~"" ~ 

1 L 

Mun",p,o Bamo 

B. Nombre y Direwon de Correos del Operador 

Nombre ! Inlelal 0 segundo nombre Apeilldos 

I 

A08rtado postal, ruta y apanado rural, calle y numero 

Bamo lSI es necesanol 

C,udad 0 pueblo I Ciave ZIP 

USU UEL GENSU SULAMENTE 

j035 1°36 1

03 

1

038 1°39 I Tenga la bondad de cOffeg" errores en eJ nombre. dlrecclon, y Clave ZIP) 

CUERDAS EN LOS Ul TIMOS 12 MESES CANA DE AZUCAR Cuando sea necesano mformar parte de una cuerda, hagafo en Nmguna Cuerdas Cenl numeros enleros balo l Se produjo alguna CANA DE AZUCAR en este lugar en los "Itimos 12 meses? "centesImos" y no en fracciones 0 1. deCimales EJemplo' Centesimos (Cent! OS, 10, 25, 75, 95 'Q, I 

I o SI - Llene esta seccion 1. TOTAL DETIERRA DE SU PROPIEDAD ................ 0 I Cuerdas cosechadas Toneladas ~osechadas 

fEnrrevlsrador 51 el operador es un admrnlstrador asaianado, anote toda la 1

050 o No - Pase a la sewon 4 111 ,2, 

tierra admlnlstrada en la "partida 1 - Tierra de su propledad" y anore esta I 

can/,dad en la" parMa 4 - Toral de cuerdas en eSle/ugar ") I Nlnguna Cuerdas : Cent Tonelaoas I 075 

: 1

076 

2. TIERRA RENTADA (0 ARRENDADAI DE OTROS ......... 0 I a. Cana de gran cultura ............. 0 1

05 ' I b. Cana de primavera ............... 0 

07 : 1078 

3. TIERRA RENTADA (0 ARRENDADAI A OTROS. INo IOcluya I 

las cuerdas trabaJadas por medlaneros y "agregados ") ..... 0 I c. Cana de retonos .•.............. 0 

079 I i080 

4. TOTAL DE CUERDAS EN ESTE LUGAR ~ ,..052 I 08 :~ IEnlrevlstador Sume la tierra de su propledad !partlda 1) a tierra arrendada de I d. Cana quedada para semilla ......... 0 airos (partida 2), restele la cantldad de lIefra arrendada a alros (partida 31 y .... : 083 I anote el ::::::::::::::::::\::::::::::::::: total aQui Para herra admlOlstrada anote la canhdad de la partida 1 ) e. Cana quedada cortada para forraje ... 0 

5. TIERRA RENTADA DE OTROS IDe la slguiente informacion para f. CANA TOTAllSume las anotaciones de 1"85 I cada uno de los dueiios de tierra. I las preguntas "a" a la "e" y anote el I 

Nombre Orreccron Cuerdas Cent totai aquiJ ~ I 

'053 I CAFE, TABACO, 0 PINAS 

1. l Cosech6 usted algun CAFE, T ABA CO, 0 PINAS en este lugar en los 054 I ultimos 12 meses? 

o Sf - Llene esta seccion 06S I o No - Pase a la seccion 5 Cuerdas cosechadas 

ill Cantldad cosechada 

TIERRA RENTADA A OTROS IDe la stgUiente informaCIon para cada uno de los i '"»"O,ooos.1 Nmgunc Cuerdas : Cent 121 

Nom-","- Orreceron ~erdas . Cenr a . Cafe bajo sombra .... 0 

I U92 I !ueJ ........... cbs 

066 I b. Cafe sin sombra ........ 0 I u" I :095 Lbs .... " .. 

1

096 109: 05: Lbs I C. Tabaco .... , ..... , ... ........ 0 

d. Pinas 0 109a 099 

Tons 058 I ....................... 

GRANOS Y 

7. TIERRA ADMINISTRADA COMO ADMINISTRADOR ASAlARIADO I De la sigulente 

informacion concernlente a SU patron. I 1- l Se cosech6 en este lugar en los ultimos Cuerdas cosechadas Canlldad cosechada 12 meses algunos de los siguientes 111 121 

Nombre Orreceron Cuerdas Cent productos? N,ngunc Cuerdas ~ Cenr L,bras uoo I 

0 '05 I HJ6 

I a. Gandures ................. ... , 

EN LOS UL TIM~~; ~~ESESn~"u., . i QUE OPERABA 0 ro; 

: 

'0' b. Habichuelas secas ............... 

0 '09 "0 c. Habichuelas verdes .......... .... I 

1. l Estaban todos los terrenos agrrcolas situados en el o No - Llene esta secclon 0 . municipio y barrio indicado en la partida A, arriba? o Si - Pase a la seccron 3 d. Mall , ........ .............. I 

e. Malangas 0 '" I ." AnOle en la pf/mera linea el barriO y el muniCIpIO donde manlenia las operaclones prmctpales. anOle ...... ............... 

luego los barnos y munlClpiOS adlclonales en 105 espaCios provlSIOS SI es necesaflo. continue en f. Yucas 0 '1; I '''' "Comenlarlos" en la uilima pagma ..... , , ................ I 

Nombre del baroo Cuerdas Cenr 0 I '8 

Barno y Mun,e'D'u g. Apio ........................ muniCipIO 06" -' I pflnClpal 0 "9 I 

'lU 

I h. Batatas ................... ... 066 : i. Names 0 ". ,'22 

... , .. ' .. , .. ....... ... 011'05 barr,os ".r I 0 " I ',' murllC;D'OS j. Yautlas . . , . . , . . . . . .......... , I U68 I 0 '" I '2' 

k. ArrOl ....... , ........ ........ I 

TOTAL DE CUERDAS (Debe ser igual al mimero de cuerdas en 06' I I '" 

la secci6n 1, panida 4) I I. Otros F<nr ,,fir UP 0 I I 

144 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A 1 (PR)SP 

FRUTAS PlANTAS r ALES Y DE FLORES. GRAMA PARA CESPED 

1. ,Hay arboles Irutales a palmas de cocos en este lugar? 

1. ,Tenia usted sembredas para la venta 

PLANTAS ORNAMENTALES 0 DE FLORES. 0 

o Sf - Llene esra seecion GRAMA PARA CESPED en este lugar en los A<ea usada en los ult'mos 12 meses 

ultimos 12 meses? Valor de las v€ntas o No - Pase a la seeeion 7 o Si - Llene esra sec cion . Pl.es cuadrados Cuerdas Cent I061ares unlcamenle) 

I Total I balo sombra 

o No - Pase a la seeeion 70 N"",,,, 111 121 131 

2. ,Cuantas cuerdas de arboles Irutales 0 Cuerdas Cent I 

palmas de cocos en produccion y no en >34 I a. Grama para cesped .............. , 0 ,:::,:,:,:,:,:::::,,:::,:. 1'22 : 11

23 I .00 I 

produccion hay en este lugar? ~ 

b. Ptantas omamentales . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 '24 1

225 I 1$'6 00 

3. ,Cuales de estas lrutas NUMERO DE ARBOLES c. Ptantas de flores Ino Inciuya orquideasl ., 0 227 228 I ~'9 I .00 tiene sembradas a cosech6 o MATASen esta linca en los ultimos Canlldad 

d. Ptantas de orqurdeas .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 '30 1

23 ' I I ~32 :00 12meses? No en En cosechada 

produccI6n produccl6n 

e. Flores Ino Inciuya orqufdeasl ..•...... 0 '33 1'34 : ~35 100 

Nlflgun3 111 121 131 ,236 ~38 

a. Cocos ... 0 '35 '36 13' 

Num I. Orqufdeas ..................... 0 I I .00 ....... 

b. Toronjas 0 >38 >39 "0 _N,'m 

OTROS ""VUVv J V;) 

........ 1. l Se cosech6 algun otro producto agricola en este lugar en los ultimos 12 meses? 

c. Chinas 0 141 '42 "3 ......... Num o Si - Llene esta seCC/on Cuerdas cosechadas 

0 144 '45 : '" o No - Pase a la secci6n 7 7 d. Aguacates ... ... Num Cuerdas :Cent 

e. Chironjas 0 147 "8 1'49 Num a. Nombre del producto agnCoia cosechado 1244 I ....... 

I. Platanos 0 150 '5' I'" C .. nlos b. Nombre del producto agnCola cosechado 1'45 I ........ I 

g. Guineos 0 >53 >54 i 155 usa DEL TERRENO EN LOS ULTIMOS 12 MESES ........ 

0 156 ,s; 1>58 Lbs 

EI prop6slto de esta secci6n es el de dlstribuir toda la tierra en este lugar entre las partidas 2 ala 4 

h. Cidra .......... a continuaci6n. da acuerdo al uso que sale di6 en los ultimos 12 meSeS . 

I. Mangos 0 159 '60 1'61 Num I Cuerdas Cent ........ 1. "TOTAL DE CUERDAS EN ESTE LUGAR" viene de la ·1250 I 162 '63 1'64 secci6n 1. partida 4. p6gina 1 ~ I 

j. Papayas ........ 0 Lbs. 

'65 166 '67 RECOROATORIO: Si el mismo rerreno se utiliz6 para dos a mas proposiros. k. Otras - EspeciliQueJ informe ese rerreno solo una vez - en la primera parrida que se aplique 

0 Num 2. TERRENO CULTIVADO (lncluya el terreno cosechado, terreno donde 

VEGETALES 

los cultivos se perdieron. terreno balo cultivo. haya sido 0 no 

cosechado. terreno en descanso. etc. I Nmguna Cuerdas :Cent 

1. ,Cultivo usted algunos vegetales (hortalizas) para la venta en los uhimos 12 meses? 8. Terrenos en cultivos 0 terrenos cultivables .. . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • •• 0 25' I 

0 Sf - Llene esta seccion 252 

o : No - Pase a la sewon 8 b. Terreno en dascanso Ise apliea a terreno en barbechol ..........•.. 0 

3. TERRENO EN PASTO - 253 

2. ,Cuales de los siguientes vegetales Cuerdas cosechadas Valor de la vanta a. Pastos cultivados y/o mejorados ........................... 0 I 

(hortalizas) cosech6 ustad para la para la venIa 254 

venta en este lugar en los ultimos 111 12) b. Pastas naturales ...................................... 0 ! 

12 meses? N,. Cuerdas : C8nl D61ares Un'cament. 0 255 

'73 I IS" c. Pastos naturales enmalezados .....•.•••................... 

a. Tomates ...•......... 0 I .00 4. OTROS TERRENOS - 256 I 

0 'b 

: 1$'" 1.00 a. Montes. bosques y malezas que no se pueden utilizar para cultivos 0 I 

b. Pepinillos ............ I 

pastos ............................................. 0 I 

c. Hablchuelas tiernas ..... 0 I 1$78 1.00 b. Lagos. charcas. ediflcaciones. caminos. Cercas 0 terrenos baldlos ... 0 257 I 179 1$80 d. Lechugas .... ........ 0 :00 5. TOTAL DE CUERDAS - Sume las cuerdas informadas en las partidas 2 ala ,," I "'III 

0 181 I 1$82 I .00 4 y anote el total aqur. EI toral debe ser igual ala I e. Pimientos .... ........ partldill de esta<~rrinn I 

0 183 

I. Repollos .... ......... : It I .00 IUEGO 

g. Berenjenas 0 '85 I 1$86 I 00 1. l REGO usted algun terreno en este lugar durante los ultimos 12 meses? ........ ... 

h. Calabazas .... 0 187 I 1$88 :00 

o s, - Llene esta seeeion ... ..... o No - Pase a la seeeion 73 Cuerdas :Cenl 189 I 1$90 Nmguna 

I. Aji dulce ...... ....... 0 I I .00 2. Cuerdas que sa ragaron utiAzando SISTEMAS DE RIEGO PUBLICO ..... 0 264 I 

j. Otros vegetales . . . . . .. 0 19' l 1$92 I .00 3. Cuerdas que se ragaron utilizando SISTEMAS DE RIEGO PRIVADO Ide 265 

PASTOS CULTIVADOS Y/O pozos profundos, rios, riachuelos, etc.1 .....................•••.. 0 

1. ~ T uvo usted algun terreno en 4. Fuente principal de abasto da agua para ragar 

ASTOS CUL TIVADOS ylo '66 1 0 POlO a cisterna 4 0 Estanques MEJORADOS en este lugar en los 

ultimos 12 meses ? , 0 Rio a quebrada 5 0 Otro - EspeCifique~ 

0 Cuerdas para Cuerdas cortadas 3 0 Lago a charca S( - Llene esra seCC/on pasloreo sola mente para forra]e 

o No - Pase a la seCC/on 9 111 12) 

Nmguno Cuerdas : Cenl Cuerdas : Cent CERDOS 

a. Malojillo ...... 0 1198 

: 199 

: 

1. l TI8II8 ustad 0 cualquiera otra Il8rsona CERDOS 0 CERDITOS en esle ........ lugar. 0 se vendi6 alguno en los ultimos 12 meses? 

b. Guinea 0 1'00 : 20' ..... .......... : o Sf - Llene esta seeeion 

c. Merker 0 1'02 I '03 I o No - Pase a la seeeion 74 Habia en este Fueron vendldos ..... ..... ..... jugar el 1 de en los ultlmos 12 

0 1'04 205 I julio de 1983 meses 

d. Pangola ... ..... ....... 2. Cerdos y cerditos de todas las adades y sexos N n " 111 121 

e. Yaragua .. 0 1'06 I "07 I ILa suma de los roralesen las partidas "2a" y "2b" debeser '0' 1272 1

273 

... .. .... .... J igual a la partida 2.1 ............................ 

0 1'08 .'09 I 0 274 2" I. Millo {sorghumsl ...... .. I I a. Menores de sais meses da adad ...•............. 

g. Yerba elelante ... 0 1"° I I' I b. De seis meses 0 mb de edad ................... 0 1

276 1'77 ....... 

h. Estrella 0 1"2 I' " I 3. Cerdas paridoras y cerd~as retenidas para Ia crianza .... 0 1

278 E:':,,':':':':,:,:,:':,:::::,:::,:::: 

.. ..... . .. ... 

I. Otras yerbas cultivadas 0 I'" I 1

215 I 0 1'80 ... 4. Padrotas de todes las adades retenidos para Ia crianza ... ~::::: :,:::::: 

" .. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 145 
r 

Form 82-A 1 (PR)SP 

GANADO VACUNO VENTAS 

, ~~~~~ ~sted 0 cualquiera otra persona algun GANADO VACUNO en este lugar, 0 se vendi6 ~:~~~fue el valor total en el mercado de los productos 

de este lugar en los ultimos 12 meses? agrlcolas vendidos de este lugar en los ultimos 12 D61"es "",camenle D Si - Llene esta secclon Nume'o en eSie luga, " 1 de IU"O de 1983 meses, antes de descontar los impuestos y gastos? 

D No - Pase a la seCCIon 15 Ganado para leche Ganado para carne 1. Cana de azucar ....................... ........... $ I 00 y otro ganado 

2. Ganado y novillos de todas las Nmguno 111 121 2. Tabaco ........................ .... . ....... . .. ~'tl '.00 

edades: IS, "Nrnguno," marque IX) V I" "" ~49 pase a '..c2Q. la partida 3 de esta seCCIon ) ...... D 3. Cafe ................. ..... . ......... . ........ 

a. Vacas D 1

28" 1

290 4. Piilas .............. ...... ................... ~so : 00 ... ................ .... 

D 129' 1

29 ' 5. Granos y productos fariOl\ceos INa Incluya plata nos ni guineas. 301 

I b. Novillas de 6 meses 0 mas de edad ... se incluyen en la partida 6 I ....................... ... $ I 00 

C . Becerras de menos de 6 meses de 

D 29 '" 6. Frutas - cocos. chinas. toronlas. plalanos, gUineas. papayas. 

352 

: edad ... ...... ... . ........... cldras, aguacales, acerolas, elc ....................... $ i .00 

d. Becerros de menos de 6 meses de edad . D 29S 29G 

7. Aves y productos derivados - pallas para carne. gallinas, 353 

I 

D 29- '98 huevos, pavos, elc .. .............. ............... 1$ I 00 e . Novillos y toros , .... , ........ .... 8. Productos derivados del ganado vacuno - leche. queso. elc I'" ENTREV/STAOOR La suma de las pregunlas "2a" a la "2e' debe , / a/lora/ en /a palr,da 2 INo In forme la leche de cabra aqui; se Incluye en la parlida 12 I . 1$ I 00 

Cuartillos 9. Ganado vacuno .................................. [~SS 100 

3. Cuartillos de leche vendidos durante los ultimos 12 meses ... vendldos 

1~S6 loa 4. Ganado vacuno de este lugar vendido en los 10. Cerdos . ...................................... ultimos 12 meses IIncluva aquel/os que (ueron I" 00 alrmentados par contra to V se los lie varon de Ganado lee hero Ganado para carne 11. Ovejas, y cabros .. , . .............. .............. Is' vendldo y otros vendrdos 1

308 I este lugar en los Olt,mos 12 meses ) .-,nO/", 12 . Otros animales y sus productos - caballos. mulas. abelas. "," 30' I 

a . Becerros y becerras .............. D mlel. leche de cabra, elc - EspeCilique I 

b. T odo otro ganado excluyendo becerros 302 30:1 $ I 00 

Y becerras ............. ........ D 13. Otros productos agricolas vendidos - madera. heno. forrale. I'" I 

ensilale, mleles, elc. - EspeCJIlque / 

OTROS ANIMALES DE LA FINCA i $ '00 1. (Tiene usted 0 alguna persona CABALLOS, OVEJAS, CABROS, ABEJAS, u otra clase 

de ganado en este lugar, 0 se vendi6 alguno en los ultimos 12 meses? IIneluva todas las OTROS INGRESOS RELACIONADOS CON LA FINCA 

edades V sexos ) l Cuanto recibi6 usted en los uhimos 12 meses de 10 siguiente? 

D S, - Llene esta seCCIon 1. Por servicios agricolas provistos a otros, lales como: aranda, D61ares "",camenle 

D No - Pase a la seCCIon 16 Habia en es!e lugar el 1 Fueron vendrdos en sembrando, fumigando. cosechando. preparaclon de produclos 38S 

le6d,gC de julio de 1983 los ultimo::; 12 meses :00 2. Especifique 111 121 para venderse en el mercado. elc ...................... $ 

2. Por servicios recreativos, lales como: proveyendo facilidades de 386 

I caza. pesca.liras. campamenlo. casa de huespedes. posadas u I 

olras aCllvldades recreallvas que se olrecen en ellugar ...... $ I 00 

3. Porrentar terrenos agricolas a otros IIncluya pagos reClb,dos par el .181 I 

alquller de lerrenos para paslar ganado. ya sea a base de cabeza de I , ganado, pagos mensuales. 0 de cualquier olro acuerdo.1 ......... $ I 00 

4. Par participar en los programas agrlcolas auspiciados por el 388 I 

OTRA CLASE DE GANADO gobierno IIncluya solo los pagos recibidos del Gobierno de Puerlo / 

Nombre C6digo I Nombre C6digo RICO a Federal I .................................. $ I .00 Caoa!IQs 304 I Colmenas de abe)as 312 Mulas CARACT tl1':> ,,\.,,;) DEL' IDELAFINCA v burros 306 I Mrel de abej8S 314 OVej3S de ambos sexos 308 I Conejos 316 Todas estas preguntas se relacionan a la persona que opera esta finca. Cabros de ambos sexos 310 I Olros Espeed,que 318 

AVES 1. lEn que ano empez6 usted a 

operar estos terrenos? 3!14 ____ Ana 

1. ~Tiene usted 0 cualquiera otra persona GALLINAS, POLLONAS, GALLOS, 2. (D6nde vive usted (el "IS ,0 En estos terrenos? ,0 En la ciudad a pueblo? OLLOS, 0 cualquiera otra ave en este lugar, 0 se vendi6 alguna de este lugar operador de estos terrenos) 20 En otra finca? ,0 Fuera de Puerto Rico? en los ultimos 12 meses? 3 0 En la zona rural, pero Fueron vendlda:; en 

D sf - Llene esta seee,on 105 tiltlmos 12 meses no en una finca? 

D No - Pase a la seCCIon 17 Habia en este lugar linclura las aves Que 3. l Que edad tiene usted (el fueron allmen/adas a el 1 de Julio de base de con/rato y se operador) ahara? 3% ____ Anos de edad 1983 

2. (Cuantas - lIevarOIl de este lugar 4. Grado 0 ana escolar mas 3!17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 en los u/tlmos 12 Escuela elemental 

a.Gallinas ponedoras INo ,ncluya pollonas me!>t'S I alto que completo 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 

cr,adas para la venta ) ," 121 (Marque un encas,/lado) 0 0 0 0 0 0 "0' '" "" 7 8 9 10 11 12 Escuela secundana 

(1) Menores de un ano de edad? ..... 0 0 0 0 0 D " _".1 Anas de coleglo a 

(2)De un ano de edad 0 mas? ... .... 13 14 15 16 170 mAs unlversldad 

b.Polionas? IIncluya las que se erian para la '.j.j 12', 5. lCuantos dias el operador (0 :lH8 ,0 N,nguno sO 75-99 

venia solamenle I ....... , .. .... D persona encargada) TRABAJO ,01-24 60100-149 

c. Gallos de pelea? D i.-, " FUERA de este lugar por 10 3025-49 ,0150-199 ..... ......... menos 4 horas diarias en los ,050-74 80200 dias 0 mas D I·m. 11", ultimos 12 meses? IIncluya d. Otros gallos? ... ...... .... ... . . Itaba,os en lareas no agricolas . 

e.Pollos? D "" 13 negoclo. 0 Irabajo en Olra Ilnca. ..... .. ..... . .... ... 

f. Otras aves? IPavos. palomas. '" No mcluya Irabalo de ayuda gUineas. mulua I etc I ..... ... ... . ..... , . ..... D 

g. Huevos de jlallina? ... D 1.1' 6. (De que partida procedi6 la ]')'j ODe venlas de producloS agricolas Icosechas. 

.......... Docenas mayor parte de los ingresos ganado, aves. leche. ele I 

,1It'uDE IDELAFINCA totales recibidos por usted (el ,ODe olros Ingresos relaG/onados can la finca 

operador) en los ultimos 12 ·,0 De Ingresos no relacionados con la linca 

(Cual de estas declaraciones describe mejor el tipo de organizacion de su finca? meses? 

FINCA INDIVIDUAL 0 DE FAMILIA . 'I D 7. lQue por ciento de los ingresos 'I'" ,0 Menos de 25% 3050% a 74% 

D 

totales (bruto) recibidos par ,025%a49% .,075% 0 mas SOCIEDAD , ..... ...... . . . . . . . . usted (el operador) en los 

CORPORACION .. ... D ultimos 12 meses fueron ..... derivados de la agricuhura ? 

OTRO ...... ... ... . ... " . .10 SuceSlon, cooperatlva, otro tlDO - Espeedlque 8. lCual es su (el operador) 41)1 ,0 Agricola 

ocupaci6n principal? 20 No agricola Espeerl'que 

146 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A 1 (PR)SP 

~:testadas ~ a. iEI nDmero de la A 1 term ina en 2 0 en 7? ..... OSi 0 No F~~~:~ADES EN ESTE LUGA~~~~:'1~~I~~~OS Y OTRAS 

~.li..f"'"'''' .n. r b. iLas cuerdas que se Informan en la secci6n 1 . . DEL CENSO. partida 4. son 50 0 mas) ................ OSi 0 No 1. ,Cu6ntos de los siguientes seancontrabananeste lugaral1 de julio de 1983? 

'1IIIpRODtlaOsp:;:iU:Ei~o;SU'MCiDiELifiOGAii---------1 IInciuya toda maquinaria. equipo. edlficlos y faCilidades en este lugar. sea 0 no de su ~ "nuu\ I U;) PARA EL CONSUMO DEL HOGAR propledad. con tal que funcione bien.1 

Incluya todo animal a sus productos y cosechas consumidos a regalados durante la semana pasada 

,Consumi6 usted 0 ragal6 algunos de los siguientas durante la semana pasada? 

N, 1. lCu6ntos _ ""U, 40' 

a. CuartiHos de lache? ... , . , , , , .. , .. , , , . , ..... 0 f-:--____ .::.Cu"'a:..."_"'.::.o'--I 

b. Huevos de gal6nas? , . , ... , .. , ... , .. , . . . . . .. 0 L-'03 __________ .::.Do"'c~e~na~'~ 

2, ,Ganado 0 aves que fueron sacrificados 0 regaledos - 1'04 

a. Ganadoeduhoy novillos? ., ... , ... ,., ... ", .. 0 Numero 

b. Cardos y carditos? . , .. , .. , , , . , , .. , . , .. , .. " 0 1 r:

4

::-::-O' ____ ""N"'um=er"'0--l 

1'°6 

Numero 

1

407 

d. Ovejas? .... ,." .... " .. ,.,., ... ,.,.... 0 Numero f-:-: 14o:::-- 8 ------"=-=--I 

e. Cabros? ... , ..... , ...... , ... , .. , ..... ,. 0 Numero 

1

409 

f. Conejos? , .. , . , ..... , , , . , , , . , . , . , , .. , .. 0 Numero '------'--'--'--1 

3, lCosechas - r;;,""- w-------I 

a. Cafe? """""""""""""""'" 0 Lb' 

b. Pl6tanos? .............................. 0 emotos 

A. Maquinaria y Equipo Saleccionado Numero 

1, Autom6viles. jeeps. camionetas y camiones . , , . , . , , . .. 0 "'143=-' ____ -1 

2, Tractores da rueda de goma , . , , . , , .. , . , . , . , .. , . , . 

3. Tractores de oruga • , , , •.. , .. , . , . , . , , , .. , , , , , ... 

4, Carretonas (Tirados por buayes 0 tractor) .. , .... , . , ... 

5, Despulpedoras de cafe, .. , , . , , . , .. , , . , .... , , , , , . 

6, Sacadoras mec6nicas da cafe ., .... , ... , . , ...... , , 

7, Sacadoras de caf6 al sol 0 aire libra ....... , ... , . , , , . 

8. Lavadoras mec6nicas para caf6 , , . , , , , , . , . , , .. , , ... 

9, Ordafladoras mac6nicas .. , , . , . , .. , . , .. , , .. , , , . , . 

o 1

433 

1-=-------1 o 1

43' 

o 1-0-0

1

'350------1 

o 1

43• 

1-------1 

0 1437 

1-=-------1 

o 1

438 

1-=-------1 

o 1

439 

01-0-01".".---0----1 

10, Tanquas para anfriar lecha ...... , , , , , ...... , . , ... 0 """-;-0-____ -1 

B. 

11, 

Edificios 

1. Edificios 

Plantas 

y Facilidades 

auxiliares 

para almacenar 

de 

Saleccionadas 

energfa 

cullivos 

electrica 

, . , ...... 

... , , ... 

, . , . , . , . 

, .. , , ,. 

,. 

0 

0 

~ 

~ 

2, Edificios para maquinaria .. , .. , . , . , . , ... , . , , . , ... 

3, Casas para agregados y otros empleados de la finca . , .. 

o [44' 

1-------1 o 1. 45 

L-___ --I 

t.,,, ,,-------12. ,Cu6i as al valor astimado an al mercado da TODA la Valor estlmado en 

el mere ado 

(D6lares unlcamente! c. Guineos? . .. ......... ....... . . . . . .. 0 C,enIOS maquina~l~ y al aquipo. usulalfiment~ 1

m I ani tenido an aste lugar y 

qua sa utllzan para operar a nca, nc uya carros, cam lones, 

~~~~C;~~S~~AL Y OTROS P~gDUCTOS ci~~:ggs tractores, arados, discos, rastrillos, secadoras, bombas, motores, I'" I 

eqUipo de regar, equipo de vaquerias mciuvendo ordenadoras V : 

Incluya los comprados por usted. el dueno del terreno, 0 por otras personas sr se ha contratado tanques de enfriamiento para leche. comederos para el ganado, I. M 

la aplicaclon Por cada renglon enumerado, in forme el nU;:'m:::e:::ro~d~e~c~ue~rd~a::siso~'lo~u~n~a~ve~z~~~11lIlmo!11e adorr-as; Vio' e~quu;;,PO)~ del~ nie~zclla tc;r,e~tc .. t.I' ~';;ttc,~,~·t·~·~· ~' ~·~·~·to$S-----~""1 I Cuerdas en las cuales OBREROS AGRICOLAS. AGREGADOS Y MEDIANEROS 

,Us6 ustad algunos de los siguientes productos T ~~~~~:s luero~2~sados 1, ,En los ultimos 12 meses. tenia usted empleados algunos obreros haciendo trabajos de 

qulmicos en este lugar en los u~imos 12 meses? f-.."...---rc---I la linca en asta lugar Ino incluva a empleados contra tad os par otros los cuales Ie hlcieron ,11 Cuerdas ~ Cent. trabajo a ustedl. 0 vivla alguna familia de agregado 0 medianero en este lugar para ell 

1, ;aa~~~i~;;~)a~e.so,o.ca~~~~d,a,~ara .. " .. , ... 1413 41' : de julio de 1983? 

L-____ -+..,.,-___ -+-_--I 0 Si - Llene esta seccion 

2. Productos quimicos que se usan para asperjar. rociar. fumigar. 5 I 0 etc. (en polvo. liquido 0 en estado gaseoso) para controler _ I No - Pase a la seCCIon 26 

a, Los insactos en cosachas. en pastos cultivados y mejorados ... , . f:-:-;c----:r-----I 2. ,Entre los obreros 

• I agricolas amplaados. Trabaladores b. Las enfermedades de las cosechas y de los huertos (ailublo. tiz6n. 

manchas. moho. etc,) .,"'.,', .. " .. ,', .... ,." .. , ... I cu6ntos trabajaron en 

~-----J,'-----f este lugar -

~lIc·iLalfmale~ZaIY~laS"~~' •• ~r.~.u •• '~'~tlo~scw~~~"y~en~el~past~o"~"~'~"~' ______ ~-1 

fa, 5 meses 0 m6s? " "" 0 I" 

lb. Menos de 5 meses? , .. 0 b:--___ T_"_b'c.I'_d_m_es, 

<'", 

II GASTOS 3. ,Cuantas familias de agregados y medianeros viVian en 0 

Incluya estlmado de gastos costeados par el agflcultor como tamb,,!n par otros ipropletarro, contratlsta, esta lugar el 1 da julio de 1983? .. , , , . , .... , ... , .. F,,,,""s 

comprador, etc I en cosechas, ganado a productos de ganado que se produjeron en este lugar COMENTARIOS _ Haga cualquler comentarro que sea necesano en relacion a esta ftnca, C 

,Cu6ntos d61aras gast6 en los lihimos 12 meses en 10 r--:::.,,---,-----t Sabre el dueno u operador, sobre cosechas, lend,m,ento par cuerda, lamano de la flnca, 

siguiante? D61ares umcamente nombre y dlfeccion del dueno de los lerrenos Sl eSla es admtnlstrada a arrendada, elc 

1. En comprar ganado y aves - ganado vacuno, cerdos, cerdltos, 1418 

cabros, caballos, gallinas, pollitos, pollonas, etc. , . , . , , ..... , , f.,S-;-o-_____ .;-:.'. 0,-0'---1 

2, En alimentos para ganado y aves - granos, heno, 419 

ensilaJe, alimentos mezclados, concentrados, etc. , , .. , , .. 'j-;.$=-----T II_._O_0-f 

3, Madicamantos 0 drogas compradas para el ganado y aves, , ... j-;~='o _____ +-1._0°--1 

4. En comprar semillas. bulbos. plantas y arbolitos . , . , ...... , . f:~=21 ____ ---i __ o0__l 

5, En comprar abonos comerciales , , . , , , , ...... , . , ... , ... '\-'$':-:-" _____ -:--: '=OO~ 

6. En gasolina y otros productos de petr61eo comprados para el uso 4' 3 : 

dal negocio de la finca - Acelte Diesel, LP gas, bulano, propano, I 

gas keroslna, acelte combustible, acelte de motor, grasa, etc. I 

INa incluya los gastos en eslos productos para el usa de la vivlenda 0 I 

el autom6vil de la familia. I .... ,.,',., .... ,.,', ... " ... 1 r.S-;;-;-_____ ~'~O.=.0__l 

7, En jomales y salarios a empleados y obreros de la finca, Iincluva [42' , 

todo el dinero que pago en electivo par Irabalo en la fmca, Incluven· I 

do pagos a mlembros de la familia, y pagos par Segura SOCIal No In- I 

cluya trabalo domestico, nllrabalo por conlralO I . ,. """'" f'1 $~ _____ +' -,O::.0-t 

8, En trabajo por contrato, Iincluya gaslos relaclonados 1'20 : 

prrnclpalmente par labores agricolas a base de conlratos hechos can I ~,---____ l'...QJ~!!m[:p~ER~so~NAD' CmlOM~PL~E:~'Tr~AN~DOOI E~.§l~r![:~ INF~CO~RM~E: -~££ por~f:;avo~'~ useli~etr~a,:;: de,:; mO~lde=1 un contrallsta, corporaClon, cooperallva, etc I , , , , ...... , , ... ~ I 00 I Nombre IIFecha 

9, En alquiler de maquinaria y en trabajo hecho seglin pedido I','" I 

(customwork)lales como arado, sembrado, cosechado, pleparaclon de : 

silos, rOClado y pulverrzado de produclOS quim,cos, etc .,., .... ,.,. f:S7:' _____ +--O::.0-t 

10, En productos quimicos agricolas comprados. ", ....... , , 1'$' : 00 T elefono 

__ ~~~'ICOdI90 de area tDmero 

.... ,1' i {.' !,;.,,,S!' I 14·831 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 147 
Form 82-A 1 (G) 

OM B APPROVAL NO 0&070423 EXPIRES 12/83 

FORM 82-A 1 (G) u.s. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

112-30-82) BUREAU OF THE CENSUS NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law 

Ititle 13, U.S. Code). By the same law YOUR REPORT 

TO THE CENSUS BUREAU IS CONFIDENTIAl. It may be 

~ seen only by sworn Census employees and may be used 

only for statistical purposes. Your report CANNOT be 

used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or 

regulation. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICUL TURE I 

I 

GUAM FARM SERIAL NUMBER ~ I 

From A2, column 161 I 

I 

Section 1)- OPERATOR 

Full name (First name, middle initial, last name) 

1. What is your (the operator's) name? 

Complete mailing address 

2. What is your (the operator's) mailing address? 

(Gille address where correspondence is receilled.) 

Section 2) LAND IN AGRICULTURE 

Acres I Tenths 

None 041 I 

1. How many acres do you own? ..•••••••••.•••••••.•.•.•••••••••••••.•••••••.••••••••.••.••••••••••..•.••••••••.••••.••..•••••.••••••• 0 I 110 

042 I 

2. How many acres do you rent from others? •••••.••••.•••••.•.••••••••.••.••.••.••.••.•••••••••...••••.••.••••.•••.••••••..•.•.• 0 I 110 

043 I 

3. For how many acres do you have a government land permit? •••••••••••••.••.•••••.••••.•••.•.•••••••.•...••.•.••.••.•. 0 I 110 

044 I 

4. How many acres do you occupy without a land permit? ..••••..••.•••••••.••.•.••..•..•..•.•••••••••.•..•.•..•..••.••.•••• 0 I 110 

045 I 

5. How many acres are furnished to you, in connection with your living quarters, by the government? •••• 0 I 110 

046 I 

6. How many acres do you rent to others? (Do not include land used by U.S. military services.} ..........•... 0 I 110 

047 I 

7. TOTAL ACRES IN THIS PLACE (ADD the entries in items 1, 2. 3.4. and 5. then SUBTRACT the entry in item 6,) .... I 110 

8.ls the farm located on a hard 048 Miles I Tenths 

049 surface (all weather) road? ............... 10 Yes 20 No - About how many miles is it to the I 

nearest hard surface (all weather) road? I 110 

9. How many unpaid and paid farm hands (including the operator 055 

and his familyl worked on this place in 1982? ............................................................ Total farm hands 

150 days 25 to 149 Less than 

or more? days? 25 days? 

a. Of the unpaid farm hands (including the operator and unpaid 056 057 058 

family workers). how many worked - .................................................................... 

b. Of the paid farm hands (hired workers and paid members of 059 060 061 

operator's family), how many worked - .................................................................. 

062 

10. Is this holding producing mainly for home consumption or sale? ................................... 1 0 Home consumption - Go to section 3 

2 0 Sale - Ask item 11 

063 

11. If producing mainly for sale, is it one of the following? ................................................ 1 0 Vegetable holding 

2 0 Field crop holding 

3 0 Fruit and nut holding 

4 0 Dairy holding 

5 0 Livestock holding 

6 0 Poultry holding 

7 0 Mixed holding 

8 0 Other - Specify 

Section 3 > CROPS HARVESTED IN 1982 

How many acres were How many How many What was the 

• Were any of these VEGETABLES AND harvested in 19821 POUNDS were POUNDS were value of sales 

harvested sold in 19821 in 19821 FIELD CROPS harvested in 1982? la) in 1982? None Acres I Tenths Ibl (e) Id) 

1 • Bittermelons ................................................................ 0 064 I 065 066 067 

110 

2. Cantaloupes ................................................................ 0 068 I 069 070 071 

I 110 

3. Cassava (tapioca) ........................................................ 0 072 I 073 07. 075 

I 110 

4. Gado ........................................................................... 0 076 077 078 079 I 110 

5. Muskmelons and pepinos ............................................ 0 080 I 081 082 083 

110 

148 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A 1 (G) 

Section 3 > CROPS HARVESTED IN 1982 - Continued 

• Were any of these VEGETABLES AND 

FIELD CROPS harvested in 19827 

None 

6. Sweetpotatoes ................................................................. 0 

7. Taro ............•...............................•.••................................ 0 

8. Watermelons ................................................................... 0 

9. Yams ...........................................••...............................•.. 0 

10. Chinese cabbage ............................................................. 0 

11. Corn .................................•.•...............................•............ 0 

12. Cucumbers ..............................................................•....... 0 

13. Eggplant .......................................................................... 0 

14. Green beans ........•............................•................•............. 0 

15. Green onions ..............................•...............................•.... 0 

16. Head cabbage ...................................•............................. 0 

17. Peppers .............................................•............................. 0 

18. Pumpkins and squash ..........•.............................•............. 0 

19. Radishes ......................•..............................................•.... 0 

20. Tomatoes .........................................................•............•. 0 

21. Other vegetables and field crops - Specify..................... 0 

• FRUITS AND NUTS 

22. Were there any fruit and nut trees or plants on this 050 

How many acres were harvested in 19821 

How many 

POUNDS were harvested ~ ______ I~a~I-,~ __ ~in 1982? Acres Tenths (bl 

OB4 OB5 

/10 

OBB 089 

110 

092 093 

/10 

096 097 

110 

WO .01 

110 

'04 105 

110 

>08 109 

110 

112 113 

/10 

116 117 

/10 

120 121 

110 

124 125 

110 

128 129 

110 132 133 

/10 

136 137 

/10 

140 141 

/10 

144 145 

110 

How many What was the 

POUNDS were value of sales 

sold in 19821 in 1982? 

lei Idl 

OB6 087 

090 091 

094 095 

09B 099 

102 

106 >07 

110 

114 115 

118 119 

11£ 123 

126 127 

130 131 

134 135 

138 139 

142 143 

146 147 

place or were any harvested in 1982? .....................••................. 1 0 Yes 20 No - Skip to item 41 

I Acres Tenths 

23. ~:: ,:~~h ~::.nn'!!~ i.~.~~.~~.i.~~.~~.~.~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~ .................................•........•..........•.............•..................... 1'-0_5_' ____ ---'--__ /_'_0.., 

None 

24. Avocados ................•...........••........................................... 0 

25. Bananas........................................................................... 0 

26. Betelnuts ..........................•................•..................•........... 0 

27. Breadfruits ...........................................•.••.............•..•....... 0 

28. Coconuts.......................................................................... 0 

29. Grapefruits ......................................................•........••...... 0 

30. Guavas ............................... '" .•........ '" ..... .•.........•............. 0 

31. Lemons-Limes .................•...............•................................ 0 

32. Mangoes ..•....•.........................•..•............•••....................•. 0 

33. Oranges............................................................................ 0 

34. Papayas ..... ......... ..... ..... .•... ....•...... ...... ...................... ...•.•. 0 

35. Pineapples ....................................................................... 0 

36. Soursops .•..............................•........•...•.•....•.............•....... 0 

37. Star Fruits ...•...........................•..•............•...•..••••.••........•. 0 

38. Sweetsops ...•................•...........................••...................•. 0 

39. Tangerines ....•................•...........................••.•........•.••••.••. 0 

40. Other fruits, nuts, and tree crops - Specify......................... 0 

41. Nursery and Ornamental plants, flowering 

trees and plants, shrubs, etc.; on the place in 

the fast 12 months •....••.••.......••••••.••••.....••......••••••... _ .... 

FORM 82 A lIG) (12·30·82) 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

None 

o 

Page 2 

How many trees or plants are not of 

bearing age 7 

lal 

148 

15" 

158 

163 

168 

173 

178 

183 

18B 

193 

19B 

203 

20B 

213 

21B 

223 

22B 

How many trees or plants are of 

bearing age 1 

Ibl 149 

154 

159 

164 

169 

174 

179 

lB4 

lB9 

194 

199 

204 

209 

214 

219 

224 

229 

How many 

pounds were harvested in 

1982? 

lei 

150 

155 

160 

165 

170 

175 

lBO 

185 

190 

195 

200 

205 

210 

215 

220 

225 

230 

How many 

pounds were sold in 19821 

Idl 

151 

156 

161 

166 

171 

176 

181 

186 

191 

196 

201 

206 

211 

216 

221 

226 

231 

What was the value 

of sales 

in 1982? 

lei 

152 

157 

162 

167 

172 

177 

182 

187 

192 

197 

202 

207 

212 

217 

222 

227 

232 

Number of plants on 

the place 

Number of plants sold What was the value 

of sales in 19821 lal Ibl lei 

233 234 235 

HISTORY 149 
Form 82-A 1 (G) 

Section 4> LAND USE 

Of the totel ecres on this piece 

(Section 2. item 7) -

1. How meny ecres of lend are in crops7 .u •••• u •••••• u.u.u •• u •• u •••• u •• uu.u.uuu ••••• u.u ••••• uu •• u ••••• u.uu.u.u •• u 

2. How much cropland is used for pasture7 •..............•..•.......................................................................... 

3. How much cropland is not used for crops or pasture7 ............•.....•......................................................... 

4. How much pastureland is used for pasture or grazlng7 .......................................•.................................. 

5. How much pastureland is not used for pasture or grazing7 .........•........•.....•.......................................... 

6. How many acres are in other land7 .................................•.................................•............................•..... 

7. TOTAL LAND (Add entries in items 1 through 6. The total should 

None 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

be equal to the entry in section 2. item 7.1 -----------------------+ 

Section 5> LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Do you or anyone else have any of the following livestock 

and poultry on this place or were any sold from this place 

in 19827 

1 . Carabaos of all ages .....•.....••...••.............•..............•.•..............•..•.... 

2. Total cattle and calves of all ages •...•............................................•.. (Must equal sum of a and b below.) 

None 

0 

0 

a. Milk cows .....•............••.......•.....•.•...........•..•.............•.....•.......... 0 

b. All other cattle and calves ..............................•..•.•..............•.••.... 0 

3. Hogs and pigs of all ages ..•...............•... ........•.. ..............•................ 0 

4. Goats and kids of all ages ....•.... ...•.••................•........•.. ......... .......... 0 

5. Horses and colts of all ages .........•...................•..... ........•.....•.......... 0 

How many ara on How many were this place today1 sold in 19821 

la) Ib) 

1"0 ,oJ 

253 254 

257 

259 260 

262 263 

266 266 

1'·6 1 , •• 

271 272 

Acres I Tenths 

236 

110 

238 

110 

240 

110 

242 

110 

244 

110 

246 

110 

248 

110 

What was the value 

of sales in 19827 

Ie) 

I'" 

255 

258 

261 

264 

267 

70 

273 

275 276 

6. Chicken hens 4 months old and over ...•....•.........•.......•.•..•...........•..•. 0 '-T..------tt"'------+,"'-------j (Must equal sum of a and b below.) '274 

a. Commercial layers .....................•.......•........•.....•........•.. .....•..•.... 0 277 278 279 

b. Other chicken hens .......................•..•..........•..•........................... 0 

1

260 281 ,., 

7. Chickens less than 4 months old .....•..... ........•..• ........... ...•.. ..•..•.....•. 0 283 284 285 

8. Roosters and pullets .........................•....•........•.....•........•..•.•..•..•... , 0 2.6 287 268 

9. Other poultry 

a. Ducks ...............................•...•..........•..•.....•.••.....•.•...........•......... 0 269 290 291 

b. Geese ...............•...................•....•..•..•........•..•.......•........•..•....•..•. 0 295 296 297 

c. Pigeons ......•..•........................•..................................•.............•. 0 29. 299 300 

d. Other - Specify ___________________ _ o 

Number sold What was the value 

in 1982 of sale8 in 19821 

18) Ib) 

None 301 302 

10. How many dozens of chicken eggs were sold during 19827 .•..........•..•..•..•................ uu 0 Dozens 

303 304 

11. How many quarts of milk were sold during 19827 .....................•...............................•.. 0 Quarts 

Section 6> FISHERY 

Total pounds Total pounds Value of sales 

caught sold in 1982 

None h3~05o--~I~a)~---+3~0~6---~lb~)---~30~7.--~I~e~I---; 

1 . How many pounds of fish were caught during 19827 ........•...... ..•...... 0 

FORM 82 Al(G) (12·30 82) 

Page 3 

150 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A 1 (G) 

Section 7 ) SELECTED EXPENDITURES IN 1982 

How much did you spend for each of the following in 1982? 

1 • Machine hire and customwork .......................................................................................................... .. 

2. Wages and salaries paid to employees or hired farm workers (Do not include housewolk 0' cont,act 

construction wo,k. Include cash payments only.) .............................................................................. .. 

3. Feed purchased for livestock and poultry (Include cost of g,ain, feed, concent,ates, and 

roughages; also amount paid fo, g,inding and mixing feed.} .................................................................. .. 

4. Insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides ............................................................................................. .. 

5. Fertilizers and manure purchased ...................................................................................................... .. 

6. Livestock and poultry purchased ........................................................................................................ .. 

Section 8 ) EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES USED ON THE PLACE IN 1982 

1 . How many of the following are on this place? (Include all specified equipment on this place 

today, ,ega,dless of ownership, p,ovided it is in ope,ating condition.) 

a. Tractor (of all kinds) ....................................................................................................................... .. 

b. Motortrucks ................................................................................................................................... . 

c. Automobiles ., ................................................................................................................................. . 

2. Do you have the following on this place? 

318 

a. Electricity .................................................................................................. 10 Yes 

319 

b. Piped running water ................................................................................... 1 0 Yes 

Section 9 > OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

The following questions are about the FARM OPERATOR. 

320 

1. Do you live on this place? ............................................................................... 10 Yes 

321 

2 .In what year did you begin to operate this place? ............................................. _____ Year 

322 

3. Howald were you on your last birthday? ......................................................... _____ Years old 

323 

4. What is your main occupation? ....................................................................... 10 Agricultural 

5. OFF FARM WORK - How many days did the operator 

work 4 hours or more off this place in 19827 

Include wo,k at a nonfalm job, business, 0' on someone 

324,0 None 

else's fa,m. Exclude exchange fa,m wOlk ..................................................... .. 

201-49days 

30 50-99 days 

Section 10> ENUMERATOR'S RECORD (To be filled by the Census enumerator) 

325 

Dollars only 

None 309 

0 

310 

0 

311 

0 

312 

0 

313 

0 

314 

0 

Number 

None 315 

0 

316 

0 

317 

0 

20 No 

20 No 

20 Non-agricultural 

40100-149days 

50 150-1g9days 

60 200 days or more 

1. Who furnished the information in this report?.................. 10 Operator 40 Wife or member of 

the operator's family 

20 Landlord 

30 Hired laborer 50 Other - Specify __________ _ 

2. Remarks (Make any remarks needed in regard to the place, the owner or operator, the crops cultivated, or the livestock 

on this place.) 

3. Residence 8. Election District 

of operator 

4. Location 8. Election District 

of land 

5. Certified by I tnumerator S sIgnature 

6. Checked by Supervisor's signature 

FORM 82 Al!G! (123082) 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

b. Village 

b. ED number 

Page 4 

• Date 

I 

I 

Date 

I 

I 

HISTORY 151 
Form 82-A 1 (VI) 

o M 8 APPROVAL NO 06070423- EXPIRES 12/83 

FORM 82-A 1{VI) u.s. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law (title 13, U.S. (1-18-83) BUREAU OF THE CENSUS Code). By the same law your rep~rt to the Census Bureau is confidential. It IA11 may be seen only by sworn Census employees and may be used only for 

statistical purposes. Your report cannot be used for purposes of taxation, 

investigation, or regulation. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE FARM SERIAL NUMBER • I 

VIRGIN ISLANDS From A2 column (9) I 

Section 1 ) OPERATOR Full name (First nsme, middle ;nit;a/s, last name) 

1. What is your (the operator's) name? ........................ Complete mailing address 

2. What is your (the operator's) mailing address? ......... 

(Give address where correspondence is received.) 

Section 2 > LAND IN AGRICULTURE Acres None 041 1. How many acres do you own? (If you own more than 

0 I one tract of land, include all land in the Virgin Islands.) ..................................................................... I 110 

2. How many acres do you rent from others? 042 

0 I (Include acres worked on shares.) .................................................................................................. I 110 

043 

0 I 3. How many acres do you operate for others as a hired or salaried manager? ......................................... I 110 044 

I 

4. How many acres do you rent to others? ............................................................................................ 0 I 110 

045 I 

5. TOTAL ACRES IN THIS PLACE (Add items 1 and 2, subtract item 4; if managed, enter data from item 3 here.) • I 110 

046 

6. Is the farm located on a hard surface (all weather) road? ......... 10 Yes Tenths 2 0 No - About how many miles Miles 

047 I is it to the nearest hard I 110 surface (all weather) road? ..•.• 

7. How many unpaid and paid farm hands (including the 053 

operator and his family) worked on this place the last 12 months? ........... Total farm hands 

150 days 25 to 149 Less than 

or more? days? 25 days? 

054 055 056 

a. Of the unpaid farm hands (including tha operator and unpaid 

family workers), how many worked - .................................................................... 057 058 059 

b. Of the paid farm hands (hired workers and paid 

members of operator's family), how many worked - ............•.................................. 

060 

8. What type of operating organization does this place have? ............. 1 0 Individual 

(If you are a manager, specify if working for an individual, 2 0 Partnership partnership, corporation, cooperative, estate, trust, etc.) 3 0 Corporation 1D0 not include cooperatives) 

40 Other (Cooperative, estate, trust, etc.) 

9. Is this holding producing mainly for 061 

home consumption or sale? ......................................................... 1 0 Home consumption - Go to section 3 

20 Sale - Ask item 10 

062 

10. If producing mainly for sele, which of the following is it? ............... 1 0 Vegetable holding 60 Poultry holding 

2 0 Field and forage crop holding 70 Nursery holding 

3 0 Fruit and nut holding BO Mixed holding 

4 0 Dairy holding 90 Other - Specify ~ 

5 0 Livestock holding 

Section 3 > CROPS HARVESTED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

Include all crops harvested from July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1983 from the land reported in section 2, item 5, whether harvested 

by you or by someone else. Be sure to Include the landlord's share. Do not include crops which were a complete failure or 

which were not harvested because of drought, labor shortage, low prices, or destruction from any cause. Report tenths of an acre, such as 1/10, 3/10,1-5/10, etc. 

How many How many How many How many What was the 

acres were acres were for acres were for acres value of salas 

Were any of these FORAGE crops cultivated on planted? cutting? grazing? wera used for in the last 12 • both purposes I months? this place in the last 12 months? None {al {bl {el {dl {el 

063 064 065 066 067 I I I I 

1 • Sugarcane 0 I 110 I ....................................... /10 I 110 I 110 

068 I 089 I 070 I 071 I 072 

2. Sorghum 0 I 110 I ......................................... 110 I 110 I /10 

073 I 07. I 075 I 076 I 077 

3. TOTAL .. I 110 I /10 I 110 I 110 

152 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A 1 (VI) 

Section 3) CROPS HARVESTED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS - Continued 

rH:-:-o-w-m-e-n-y"""'A=-C=R=E=S-T-:-H-;O-o-w-m-a-n-y--=pc;;OC;U7.N=Dc;;S:-r-C::H,--o-w-m-a-n-y--:P::cO=U:=cNO::D:-:S::-r-:cWc:::-ha-t-w-a-s-Cth:--e----I 

• Were any of these FIELD CROPS 

harvested in the last 12 months? 

were harvested in the were harvestad in the were sold in the last VALUE of sales in the 

last 12 months? last 12 months? 12 months? last 12 months? 

None (al (bl (el (dl 

4. Cassava .................................... D 

5. Dry beans .................................. D 

6. Dry corn .................................... D 

7. Sorghums for grain..................... D 

B. Sweetpotatoes .......................... D 

9. Taniers 

10. Yams ....................................... . 

11. Otherfield crops - Specify) 

D 

D 

D 

078 

110 082 

110 086 

110 090 

110 094 

110 098 

110 '02 

110 '06 

110 

079 080 08' 

083 084 085 

087 088 089 

091 092 093 

095 096 097 

099 100 '0' 

'03 104 '05 

107 108 '09 

How many ACRES What was the 

were harveeted In VALUE of sales in 

the last 12 months? the last 12 months? • Were any of these VEGETABLE CROPS 

harvested in the last 12 months? None ~~ ___ (_a_'_.-__ ~;---____ (_b' ______ ~ 110 111 

12. Cabbage ....................................................................... . 

13. Carrots ......................................................................... . 

14. Celery ........................................................................... . 

15. Cucumbers ................................................................... . 

16. Eggplant ....................................................................... . 

1 7. Green beans .................................................................. . 

1B. Lettuce ......................................................................... . 

19. Okra ............................................................................. . 

20. Onions .......................................................................... . 

21. Peppers 

22. Spinach 

D 

D 

D 

D 

D 

D 

D 

D 

D 

D 

D 

23. Squash ...................................................... .............. ...... D 

24. Tomatoes ...................................................................... D 

25. Other vegetable crops - Specify ____________________ __ D 

• FRUITS AND NUTS 

112 

114 

116 

118 

'20 

122 

124 

126 

128 

130 

132 

134 

136 

26. Are there any fruit and nut trees or plants on 138 

110 113 

110 115 

110 117 

110 119 

110 

'2' 

110 '23 

110 '25 

110 '27 

110 '29 

110 13' 

110 133 

110 135 

110 '37 

110 

this place today or were any harvested in the last 12 months? .... 1 DYes 2 D No - Skip to item 39,-________ --, ____ -1 

I Acres ! Tenths 

27. How much land is in bearing and nonbearing fruit trees and plants today? ............................................... . [

'40 

/10 

• Are any of the following kinds of 

FRUIT TREES. NUT TREES. OR 

PLANTS on this place? 

None 

28. Avocados . ........ .... ........... ..... ........ .......... D 

29. Bananas ................................................ D 

30. Coconuts ............................................... D 

31. Grapefruits ............................................ D 

32. Limes and lemons. .... ..................... ......... D 

33. Mangoes ............................................. .. 

34. Oranges 

35. Papayas 

D 

D 

D 

36. Pineapples ............................................. D 

37. Plantains ............................................... D 

38. Other fruits. nuts. and tree crops - Specif't) 

D 

How many trees How many trees How much was How many were What was the 

or plants are not or plants are of harvested in the sold in the last value of sales in 

of bearing age? bearing age? last 12 months? 12 months? the last 12 

months? 

(al (bl (el (dl (el 

,., '42 '43 '44 145 

Number Number Fruits Fruits 

'46 147 148 149 150 

Hills Hills Bunches Bunches 

151 152 '53 154 155 

Number Number Nuts Nuts 

156 157 158 159 160 

Number Number Lbs. Lbs. 

161 162 163 164 165 

Number Number lb •. Lbs. 

166 167 168 '69 170 

Number Number Fruits Fruits 

171 172 173 174 175 

Number Number Lbs. lb •. 

176 177 178 179 180 

Number Number Lbs. lb •. 

181 182 183 184 185 

Number Number Boxes Boxes 

'86 187 188 189 190 

Hills Hills Bunches Bunches 

191 192 193 194 195 

39. How many square feet under cover and/or acres 

did you have planted in ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 196 

Square feet 

under cover 

197 

Acres I T tho What was the value of sales I en "" in the last 12 months? 

198 

or ill any other NURSERY CROPS? ............................ . andlor /10 

FORM 82 A1(VI) II 1883) Page 2 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HISTORY 153 
Form 82-A 1 (VI) 

Section 4 > LAND USE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

land is to be reported in ONLY ONE CATEGORY. If two or more uses were made of the same land, report in the FIRST category that applies. 

None Acres 

1. How many acres were in crops hervested in the last 12 months? (Can be obtained by 199 

adding the acres of the various crops reported in section 3, items 1 through 39. However, 

if more than one crop was harvested from the same land, count this land only once for this item.) ................. 110 0 1200 I 

2. How many acres were in other cropland? ('nclude crop'end pesture, crop feilure, I 110 idle end fellow crop/end, end crop/end used for soil improvement crops.} ........................................ 0 

3. How many acres were in other pasture or grezing land? {Include wood/end 1

201 I 

I 

pesture; do not 11Q include crop/end pesture.} .................................................................................... 0 I 

202 

4. How many ecres were in woodland? {Do not include wood/end pesture.} ........................................ 0 I 110 

5. How many acres ware in other uses? 1

203 

I {Include house lots, bern 'ots, lenes, roeds, 

ditches, ponds, end weste/end.} .................................................................................................. 0 I 110 

1204 I 

6. TOTAL LAND (Add entries in items 1 through 5. This total should equal the entry in section 2, item 5.) _ 0 I 1101 

Number 

None 1

20S 

7. How many wells ere on this place? ............................................................................................... 0 

Section 5 > LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY ON THIS PLACE NOW AND NUMBER SOLD IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

How many are on How meny were What was the 

· Do you or anyone else have eny of the following livestock, this place now? sold in the last 12 value of sales in the 

regardless of ownership, on this place or were eny sold months? last 12 months? 

from this place in the last 12 months? None (a) (b) (c) 

206 1 20: 208 

1. Horses and colts, including ponies ............................................... 0 'os 1"0 I" 

2. Mules, asses, and burros of all eges .............................................. 0 12 , 213 1214 

3. Sheep and lambs of all ages ......................................................... 0 

0 I'" 21" I" 

4. Goats and kids of all ages ............................................................. 1

218 219 220 

5. Hogs and pigs of all ages, including sows and boars 

(Must equal sum of a and b below.) ................................................... 0 

0 1221 222 1

223 

a. Pigs less than 8 months old ...................................................... 

0 1224 22S 1

226 

b. Hogs and pigs 8 months old or older .......................................... 228 1

229 

6. Cattle and calves of all ages (Must equal sum of a. b. c. and d below.) ....... 0 1230 231 1

232 

a. Cows, including heifers that have calved ................................... 0 1233 234 I

23S 

b. Heifers and heifer calves 1 year old and over 

{Do not include heifers thet have calved.} .................................. 0 

0 1

236 237 ,238 

c. Bulls, bull calves, steers, and steer calves 1 year old and older ..... 239 240 24' 

d. Calves less than 1 year old ........................................................ 0 

How many ara on How many were What was the 

· Do you or anyone else have any of the following poultry, this place now? sold in the last 12 valllll of sales in tha 

regardless of ownarship, on this place or wera any sold months? last 12 months? 

from this place in the last 12 months? None (a) (b) (cl 

0 242 1 243 244 

7. Chickens (hens, pullets, roosters, broilers, etc.) ............................ ,., ::::::::::::/:::::::::::::::: .: 

a. How many are 5 months old or older? ....................................... 0 :::::::::::,:::::: :::::::,:,:::::::,:,:,:,:::,:::::::::::::::::,:::,:': ,." 1 249 250 

8. Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry ...................................... 0 

What was the 

Number sold '!alue_ of sales in the 

last 12 months? 

None (a) (bl 

9. How many dozens of chicken aggs were sold from this place in the last 12 months? ..... 0 25' 252 

Dozens 

10. How many quarts of milk were sold from this place in the last 12 months? ................... 0 ", Quarts I'" 

Section 6 > SELECTED EXPENDITURES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

• H~w much did you spend for each of the following in the last 12 months? None Dollars only 

1

255 

1. Machine hire and customwork ................................................................................................... 0 1256 

2. Wages and salaries paid to employees or hired farm workers 

{Do not include housework or contrect construction work. Include cesh peyments on'y.} ................ 0 25: 

3. Feed purchased for livestock and poultry {'nclude cost of grain, feed, concentretes, 

and rougheges; a'so amount peid for grinding and mixing feed.} .................................................... 0 

4. Insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides ...................................................................................... 0 258 

5. Fertilizers and manure purchased ................................................................................................ 0 259 

6. Livestock and poultry 0 260 

................................................................................................. FORM 82-A 1 {VI) i 1-18-83) Page 3 

154 HISTORY 1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 
Form 82-A 1 (VI) 

Section 7 > EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES USED ON THIS PLACE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

1. How many of the following are on this place? (Include _II .peclfled equipment on thl. 

place today, regard/e.s of ownership, provided it is in operetlng condition.) 

a. Tractors of all kinds ..................................................................................................................... . 

b. Motortrucks ................................................................................................................................ . 

c. Automobiles ................................................................................................................................ . 

2. Do you have the following on this place? 

a. Electricity ........................................................................................... 264 1 D Ves 

b. Piped running water ............................................................................ 265 1 D Ves 

Section 8 > OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

The following questions are about the FARM OPERATOR. 

1. Do you live on this place (the acres entered in section 2, item 5)? ................ . 

2. In what year did you begin to operate this place? .................................. . 

3. Where were you born? ........................................................................ . 

266 

267 

268 

269 

1 DVes 

Vear 

1 D Virgin Islands 

2 D Puerto Rico 

None Number 

261 

D 262 

D 263 

D 

2 D No 

2 D No 

2 D No 

3 D Elsewhere - Speci'!! 

4. How old were you on your last birthday? .............................................. . Vears old 

5. Is your main occupation agricultural or nonagricultural? ....................... . 

6. OFF FARM WORK - How many deys did the operator work 4 hours or 

more off this place in the last 12 months 7 Include work at a nonfarm 

job, bus;ness, o~ on someone else's farm. (Exclude exchange farm 

work.' ............................................................................................... . 

Section 9 > ENUMERATOR'S RECORD 

1. Who furnished the information in this raport7 ....................................... . 

270 

271 

272 

1 D Agricultural 

1 D None 

2 D 1-49days 

3 D 50-99 days 

1 D Operator 

2 D Landlord 

3 D Wife or a member of 

th'e operator's family 

2 D Nonagricultural 

4 D 100-149 days 

5 D 150-199 days 

6 D 200 days or more 

4 D Hired laborer 

5 D Neighbor 

6 D Other - SpeCif~ 

2. Remarks (Make any remarks needed in regard to this place, the owner or operator, the crops cultivated, or the livestock on this place.) 

3. Location 

of land 

4. Certified by 

5. Checked by 

FORM 82·A ljV]) l1·18·83) 

a. Island 

Enumerator's signature 

Supervisor's signature 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

I b. Quarter or city 

Page 4 

I c. ED number 

I 

I 

I Date 

I 

I 

I 

I Date 

I 

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