| Show Census Bureau prepares I for 78 agriculture census I Final preparations are underway for I the next Census of Agriculture which will begin in LaRue f Chairperson of the Uintah County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation f The Bureau of the U.S. i Department of farm and ranch activities across the Nation for calendar year household which conducts agriculture operations will receive a in the man at the turn of the Despite careful screening of the mailing lists some persons not engaged in agricultural activities in 1978 will receive report persons should return the form with that fact so that additional mailings can be Drastically reduced from the 22 pages of the last farm report forms for the new census consist of four or five According to each farmer or rancher will need answer only questions that apply to his or her form is designed so that individual questions or sections dealing with crops and livestock not produced can be The Census Bureau obtained the advice of representatives of farm agricultural State and Federal program agencies in the report Respondents will be asked the amount of farm acreage by type of land production and sales of number and sales value of livestock and selected characteristics of farm operators and farm About 20 percent of the farmers and ranchers will receive an additional page for information on the value of land and selected production selected farm hired farm fertilizer and pesticide grain storage and petroleum fuel usage and storage data will be summarized and published for each of the more than counties which have agricultural for each region and the entire According to additional data for States will be obtained in follow-up sample surveys of farms early in Subjects being considered for these surveys include horticultural farm structural studies of corporations and ownership and control farms by financial institutions or foreign on-farm energy chemicals and completed forms should be mailed back as soon as possible in Pickup the postage-paid envelopes Estimates are acceptable and should be reported in the absence of firm He emphasized that farmers and ranchers should not discard the report forms as costly follow-up mailings will be required until all forms are to the census is required by and information furnished on the report forms is kept The law also provides that copies retained by the operator are immune for legal The new farm census has been advanced one year to put it into phase with the five-year cycle of censuses or retail and wholesale industry and manufacturers starting in After the farm censuses will be held for years ending in 2 and |
