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Crop
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Statistical Reporting
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US. Depament
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Form Approved
0, M. B. Number 40.R3831
Approval Expires 5.31480
OPERATOR
QUESTIONNAIRE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
SECTION TITLE
Seed and Plant Expenses...........
Fertilizer and Agricultural Chemicals
Livestock and Poultry
Inventory....
Feed Expense
Other Livestock Expenses.
Equipment Purchases, Rep
Autos Owned,
Trucks Owned
G. Tractors Owne
Purchased,
, Purchased,
d. Purchase
. .. ... ... .. .. 7
. .. 8
. 9
air & Maintenance
Leased or Rented...
, Leased or Rented..
d. Leased or Rented.
H. Other Motor Driven Vehicles Purchased .......
Farm Machinery and Implements
Tillage.....
Planting and Fertilizing
Combining,
Harvesting & Haying.
Other Machinery Purchased and
Machinery Rental............,
Fuel and Petroleum Products.
K. Farm and Motor Supplies
L. Capital Improvements -
- Repair
and Maintenance.
Building Construction and Improvements
Building Maintenance and Repairs......
Fencing Expenses ......
Land
M. Hand Tools
, Farm Improvements and Irrigation
Miscellaneous Equipment and Supplies...
Container Expenses ......
Farm Services
- Business Expenses..
.... .
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LANDLORD'S
EXPENSE?
Report
in this
Questionnaire
NO
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
*YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
YES
YES
Report
in Landlord
questionnaire
Section
Acreage
- Purchases,,
CROP
ACREAGES
1. We have defined the land you operated in 1977 as
acres. How many acres of the following crops were harvested in 1977?
a. All corn harvested for grain..
b. All small grains (wheat, oats,
c. Soy
barley, rye) for
beans for beans..
d. All sorghum for grain ........................... .. .. .. .... .
e. Cotton and Tobacco ............... ..... ... .
f. All hay .................................................................
g. All other crops harvested (Specify
(other field, forage, fruit, vegetables,
specialty, n
urseiry
not listed above)
greenhouse
crops
SEED
AND
PLANT
EXPENSES
In 1977, did you have
any expenses
for the purchase of
seeds
and plants,
including seed cleaning?
* EXCLUDE' '
+ LANDLORD *
* EXPENSE *
YES
How much
- Continue.
were
b. Seed for food grain crops (wheat,
c. Seed for oilseed crops
d. Seed for cotton or
e. Seed for legumes,
peas,
lespedeza,
(soybeans,
other fiber crop
forage,
LI~NO
your purchase and transportation
rice,
Section.
expenses
buckwheat)....
flax, peanuts, sunflowers,
s. ... .
grass and forage crops
for the
following items excluding seed treatment?
a. Seed for feed grain crops (corn and sorghum for grain, oats, barley, millet)
(alfalfa, clovers, dry beans and
lentils, lupine, vetch, trefoil, timothy,
grass,
bluegrass,
sudan, sudan-sorghum
and hybrid corn for forage).....
and plants for fruits,
plants,
trees
ryegrass
crosses,
, fescue,
sorghum
...... ......... *** **
potato and vegetables (fruit and nut
and shrubs for windbreaks, potatoes,
seeds,
nursery
crops,
seed
foliage plants,
sweet
trees,
corn, all other
etc. for the farm share
and plants, sugarbeets, broomcorn,
vines,
canes,
vegetables,
e) *
etc.).
h Seend and plants purchased for resale nursery and greenhouses)............ ........
Acres Harvested
in 1977
022
O23
024
025
026
027
028
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(Exclude seed corn purchased for distributors resale)........
* a a a *49*~ee*** S
* S. tt S S *SS*t*St S S S
etc.)
5*54t
brome, orchard
Total Expense
in 1977
029
030
031
032
033
034
035
036
bulbs, flower
Seed for other
crops (tobacco
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FERTILIZER AND ARICUJL1URAL
CHIBVlICALS FOR USE ON CROPS,
PASTURES AND LIVESTOCK
In 1977, did you have any expense for the purchase or application of fertilizer, lime
and soil conditioners, pesticides for use on crops, pasture, livestock, seed treatment or
buildings?
+ EXCLUDE *
* LAND ORD
+ EXPENSE ,
++..++++++++
YES
- How much did you spend in 1977 including
delivery and custom application for:
* NO
FERTILIZER
2. Commercial chemical fertilizers:
a. Fertilizer (without pesticides) ...... .... ...... ..... .... . ...... .
b. Fertilizer-pesticide combination. . .... ... .... ... ....
3. Other purchased fertilizers (manure, cottonseed hulls, sludge, etc.)........................
LIME AND SOIL CONDITIONERS
4. Lime.... ... ................
5. Other soil conditioners (gypsum,
sulfur, chemicals, peat,
CHEMICALS FOR CROPS, STORED CROPS
STORAGE STRUCTURES
AND
6. Pesticides or agricultural chemicals for use on crops, pastures,
seeds, crop storage structures and seedbeds for control of all
types of weeds, plants, insects, rodents, birds and other
predators: ........ .........
- Go to next Section.
Total Expense
in 1977
(Including materials,
delivery and
custom application.)
$
039
040
041
042
043
044
045
etc.).... .. .. .. .. .
se*...... c..... e. Se.a .....
CHEMICALS FOR LIVESTOCK, POULTRY
AND LIVESTOCK BUILDINGS
7. Pesticides for insect control on livestock, livestock
buildings, poultry and poultry houses. (Include
chemicals such as sprays, dips, dusts, and for oiler, etc
SEED TREATMENTS
8. Inoculation of legume seeds, rooting hormones and other
seed and plant treatments.
(Exclude fertilizer nutrient
I
..t..Set P S**S***S S **tSU*9U SW
solutions, and seed and soil treatments for insects and
disease.) .. .. ..... .,,a ........ .
MACHINERY RENTAL
9. How much were the expenses for rental of machinery
or equipment used for applying fertilizer, lime.
pesticides, etc....................................... .......... ......... ......
HIRED TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES
10. How much were the additional hired transportation
LIVESTOCK
AND
POULTRY
Purchases
1. In 1977, did you purchase any livestock or poultry?
YES
How much was your purchase
expense for the following items?
LINo
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page.
ATTLE PURCHASED
2. Beef cattle
e and calves
3. Dairy cattle and calves
4. Feeder cattle
- herd replacement or expansion. (Include bulls) ...............
- herd replacement or expansion.
(Include bulls)..............
and calves .. ........... ... .. .....* -..* *** **** .. *.. .-. ..
5. All other cattle purchased................... ............ ........**- *--*-***-
HOGS PURCHASED
6. All hogs and pigs purchased (breeding and feeding)................................
SHEEP PURCHASED
7. All sheep and lambs purchased ...............................
POULTRY PURCHASED
8. Broiler chicks ..................... ....... ...-. ..- ....- -...-. ..'.*** **
9. Egg type chicks............. .......... ..... ... ...... ... .. ** ** *
10,. Started pullets and
Turkeys, including poults
layers ............ .. ..... ....... * *- *** *
C 111 1)(III cIt S C *S C S cc *' c I. t
OTHER LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PURCHASED
12. Other livestock and poultry purchased (Specify
13. Hired transportation expenses for livestock or poultry delivered to your farm or
transportation between farm parcels in 1977. (not included in the above items). .......... .. ..
INCLUDE *
: LANDLORD:
EXPENSE *
Total Expense
in 1977
$
049
050
051
052
053
054
055
056
057
058
059
060
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VESTOCK
AND
POULTRY
nven tory
On January 1,
YES
1978, were there any
LE~iNo
ivestock or poultry on the land you operated?
- Skip to Item 3.
How many did you have on hand January 1
1978?
CATTLE
a. Total cattle and calves.....
b. Cattle on feed for slaughter.
HOGS
c. All hogs and pigs .......
SHEEP
d. All sheep and lambs.....
POULTRY
e. Broilers.
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S S C CS C C ttS*S~ *C C SI *t n* S* tIt**St* C
Layers and started pullets.
g. Turkeys...
OTHER LIVE
h. Other (Specify
CS~t~ S C C C
a. Did you have a contract arrangement to produce
any poultry during 1977?
I YES
- Continue.
Eli No
- Skip to next
page.
b. What was the name, address and phone number of the contractor:
_ _ _ ~~~ ~ ~~I _____________I_______
- Continue.
Number On Hand
January 1, 1978
(N umber)
C* 1111 S CS C ** S* ** C*el.. .. CC S
:STOCK AND POULTRY
Name Address s Phone
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LIVESTOCK
AND POULTRY
Expenses
1. In 1977, did you purchase any feed grains, hay, formula feeds, feed ingredients
or any other feed stuffs?
* INCLUDE
* LANDLORD *
EXPENSE
[- YES What was the expense for the following
feeds. (Include delivery charges)
DINa a skip to item 9.
2. GRAINS, Whole, Cracked, Rolled, Etc.
a. Corn .......
b. Other grains (Specify
3. HAYS AND FORAGES
a. All hays including alfalfa, mixtures, cubed and others .............................
b. Silage and green chop .........
4. LIVESTOCK MIXED OR FORMULA FEEDS (less than 30% protein content)
a. Dairy feed ................................................................
b. Beef cattle feed...........................................................
Total Expense
in 1977
$
069
iotb
071
072
c. Hog feed .........
d. Other feeds (sheep,
horses,
ec.).
etc.)
5. FEED SUPPLEMENTS & CONCENTRATES (30% or more protein content)
a. Dairy feed ............ .. .....
b. Beef cattle feed .................................. ................... .......
c. Hog feed ........
d. Other feeds (sheep, horse,
etc.) ..........0...............................
6. POULTRY MIXED or FORMULA FEEDS
a. Broiler feed; starter, growers, finishers, supplements and concentrates ..............
b. Poultry feed; starter, growers, layer feed, supplements and concentrates ..............
Turkey feed; starter, growers, finishers, supplements and concentrates .............
'I
7. OILSEED MEALS AND MOLASSES
a. Soybean meal
b. Cottonseed, linseed, peanut or other oilseed meals................... ............
c. Molasses dry or liquid ....................................... ...... .... .....
8. OTHER FEEDS, ADDITIVES AND INGREDIENTS
a. Salt, protein and mineral blocks and loose salt, protein and mineral mixescrcombination~
075
076
077
078
079
080
081
082
083
084
085
086
087
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VESTOCK
AND
POULTRY
Expenses
Continued)
9. CUSTOM GRINDING AND MIXING OF FEED.
10. CUSTOM FEEDING OF LIVESTOCK
on a per head or gain basis....
11. PASTURING AND GRAZING LIVESTOCK on a per head or gain basis for
grass, crops,
Agencies,
other farmers or ranchers)...............................................
12. BEDDING or LITTER, STRAW, SAWDUST, etc.............................
13. What was the Hired Transportation Expenses for feed and bedding delivered to
to your farm in 1977
OTHER LIVESTOCK EXPENSES
14. Veterinarian services and equipment, serums, vaccines, tonics, medicines, artificial insemination
or breeding fees for the livestock and poultry kept on the land you operated. .............
15. Other livestock services and expenses not performed by a veterinarian. (Branding,
brand inspection, caponizing, castrating, clipping, shearing, dehorning, dead stock
removal, performance testing, DHIA testing, etc.). ............... ..... .... ......
16. In 1977, did you purchase any dairy, poultry or other livestock equipment or supplies?
YES
How much
was your total expense
for the following items?
LINo
- Skip to item 24.
DAIRY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
17. Milking systems, complete (pump, pipeline, milker units, coolers, etc., for
new installation), milker vacuum pump, milker units, pipeline, suspended
or floor type, milk coolers, dairy bulk feeding and storage equipment.
Other feeding equipment, mechanical barn cleaners, stanchions or milking
stalls, water heaters, sinks, wash tanks, water fountains or bowls........
18. Other dairymen's
stools
equipment (pails,
, stall mats, etc.)............
cans,
. .. .
strainers
, dairy scales,
19. Dairy cleaning supplies and disinfectants.........................................
POULTRY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
20 Poultry bulk feeding and storage equipment, feeders,
- .
waterers
, cages
d sts e readers egg washers refrigerated cooling equipment,
anU lo, -& &"" -- .... 'n ggg "* 1 hc roes
egg processing units, complete (candle, wash, dry, etc.), incubators and chick brooders.
21. All other poultry and egg equipment -
Include wire egg baskets, feed carts,
- exclude egg
cases
and cartons.
stalks, or other grazing (include amount paid to Federal
OTHER LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
22. Other livestock feeding equipment, troughs, tanks, bunks,
pens, chutes, scales, dippers, oilers, steam cleaners, farn
aninrn nltn f 1hnrv= rfirinca eniinment- etc. ..........*.
vats,
rowing
Total Expense
in 1977
$
091
092
093
094
095
096
097"
098
099
100
101
i0o-
(Not reported in the above items) ............................
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AUTOS
OWNED.
PURCHASED
. LEASED
RENTED
1. On January 1, 1978, how many autos did you have on hand?
(Include those of family members living at your home) .....
AUTOS PURCHASED (Do not include trucks)
2. During 1977
, did you purchase any autos?
living at your home, but exclude racing
~i No
- Skip to item 3.
LIIV
cars,
(Include purchases by family members
antiques, etc.)
- Continue.- List the following information for
each auto purchased in 1977.
INCLUDE
LANDLORD
EXPENSE
for vehicles used
on this farm
a. Make .................. .
b. Model year (last two digits of
c. Was it purchased:
-= New
2 = Used
Name
Code
year)
.... Code
d. What was the total price before trade-in,
including
accessories,
license fees and sales tax?
finance charges.). .......
registration,
(Exclude
. . $
e. What was the total amount of
trade-in allowance, rebate or
discount received? .......,
. Then the actual expense
was about
-- (item d minus e)
g. Of the actual expense (item f)
what percent is for the farm
share?. ... ... ... ..* ...
....e $
.....%
h. Number of vehicles if fleet purchase. .
AUTOS RENTED OR LEASED
3. During 1977, did you rent or lease any autos?
(Include rented by family members living at your home)
- Continue.
- Skip to next
Section.
a. How much was the total rental or leasing expense for all autos in 1977?........... $
Autos Purchased During 1977 1
1 st 2nd 3rd
107o 115 123
108 116 124
109 117 125
110 118 126
111 119 127
112 120 128
113 121 129
114 122 130
YES
Total for 1977
171
172
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0909$Q~0399~~$
399$3~90~0~0$0
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PiiDWA rFin I FASFn
Autos Purchased During 1977
4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
131 139 147 155 163
132 140 148 156 164
133 141 149 157 165
134 142 150 158 166
135 143 151 159 167
136 144 152 160 168
137 145 153 161 169
138 146 154 162 170
Codes For Item 2a:
GM Company Ford Chrysler AMC
21 = Chevrolet 26 = Ford 29 = Plymouth 32 = American Motors
22 = Pontiac 27 = Mercury 30 = Dodge
23 = Oldsmobile 28 = Lincoln 31 = Chrysler Others
24 = Buick
25 = Cadillac 33 = All others
LI n u I u 3 v 11 i~ r u I u ir u I I ~ ~~i~
(Continu ed)
RENTED
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TRUCK
AND
PICKUPS
OWNED
PURCHASED
, LEASED
RENTED
NOTE: Jeeps, carryalls, vans, campers, light duty trucks and buses are included here.
On January 1, 1978, how many trucks or
(Include those of family members living
* pickups did you have on hand?
at your home).
TRUCKS AND PICKUPS PURCHASED
During 1977, did you purchase any trucks or pickups?
purchases by family members living at your home)
(Include
t73
INCLUDE +
LANDLORD ?
EXPENSE '
afor vehicles used 4
on this farm a
++:+-++*<+++++++9<
K- NO
- Skip to 'item
YES
- Continue
each
truck or pickup purchased during 1977,
list the following information:
a. Make.................
b. Model year (last two digits c
c. Was it purchased:
= New
= Used
Na me
Code
)i year)
....Code
d. What was the total price before trade-in,
including accessories, registration,
and sales tax? (Exclude
and finance charges.) ..
e. What
license
was the total amount of
trade-in allowance, rebate or
discount received? ........
f. Then the actual expense
was about -- (item d minus e)
* $
* S U U $
What was the expense of the bed
or box and hydraulic system if
purchased separately from the
truck?
(If truck tractor, list
semi-trailer) .
Of the actual
percent
I~l~l~t~l~ltlU.
expenses,
what
is for the farm share?.....%
Number of vehicles if fleet purchase. .
TRUCKS OR PICKUPS RENTED OR LEASED
3. During 1977
did you rent or lease any trucks or pickups?
rented by family members living at your home)
(Include
Trucks and Pickups Purchased During 1977
1 st 2nd 3rd
174 183 192
175 184 193
176 185 194
177 186 1 95
178 187 196
179 188 197
180 1 89 198
181 190 199
182 191 200
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. TRUCKS
AND
PICKUPS
OWNED,
PURCHASED,
LEASED
RENTED
(Continued)
i.. -.. -
Trucks and Pickups Purchased Durina 1977
4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
201 210 219 228 237
202 2T 220 229 238
203 212 221 230 239
204 213 222 231 240
203 214 223 232 241
206 215 224 233 242
207 216 225 234 243
208 217 226 235 244
C~des -or Item 2a.:
1 = Chevrolet 4 = GMC
-m 4 -ll C
_ I I_ ~ ______~
TRACTORS
OWNED
PURCHASED
, LEASED
RENTED
On January 1, 1978, how many wheel or crawler tractors
(Include those of family members living at your home)..
did you have on hand
TRACTORS PURCHASED
2. During 1977, did you purchase any tractors?
INCLUDE
LANDLORD
EXPENSE
(Include purchases by family
members living
-- NO
at your home)
- Skip to item 3.
H] YES
- Continue
-- For each tractor purchased during 1977,
.. for tractors used .
, on this farm .
* +Q.+*++.++.4..
list the following information:
a. Make and model number
Model year (last two
Name
Model
Code
digits of year)
c. What was the rated PTO
horsepower? ........
Was it purchased:
= New
= Used
e. What was the total
.....*..*. Code
* .,......Code
price
before
trade-in including sales tax?
(Exclude finance charge
....... $
What was the total amount of
trade-in allowance, rebate or
discount received?
. .. .... $
g. Then the actual expense
was about
-- (item
e minus
.... $
h. Of the actual expense, what
percent
is for the farm share?
i. Number of tractors if group purchase. .
TRACTORS RENTED OR LEASED
3. During 1977, did you rent or lease
members living at your home)
any tractors? (Include rented by family
Tractors Purchased During 1977
1st 2nd 3rd
249 258 267
250 259 268
251 260 269
252 261 270
253 262 271
254 263 272
255 264 273
256 265 274
257 266 275
248
TRACTORS
OWNED
, PURCHASED,
LEASED
RENTED
(Continued)
Tractors Purchased Du
ring 1977
4th 5th 6th 7th 8 th
276 285 294 303 312
277 286 295 304 313
278 287 296 305 314
279 288 297 -306 3 15,
2-( 289 298 307 316
281 290 299. 308 317
282 291 300 309 318
283 292 301 310 319
284 293 302 311 320
Model Codes (item 2a) PTO Hrsepower Codes (item 2c)
2-Wheel 4-Wheel 2-Wheel 4-Wheel
Make Drive Drive Make Drive Drive 1 = Under 35 hp
Drive Drve Drve Drive
0 = _"4 dA km
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OTHER
MOTOR
DRIVEN
VEHICLES
PURCHASED
1. During 1977, did you purchase any other motor vehicles for use on this farm?
(Include garden tractors, snowmobiles, motorcycles, skid loaders, airplanes,
or other special use vehicles but exclude self-propelled farm machinery
such as combines).
* INCLUDE +
+ LANDLORD*
* EXPENSE .
- Continue.
WI NO
- Skip to item
2. List the following information for each vehicle purchased in 1977.
OTHER VEHICLES PURCHASED DURING 1977
ist 2nd 3rd 4th
323 327' 331 335
a. What was the total price before trade-in
including sales tax? (exclude finance
charges)............................... $ _
b. What
was the total amount of trade-in
allowance or rebate and discount received?....
c. Then the actual expense was (item a
minus b) .................. ......... .
d. Of the actual expense, what percent is for
the farm share?.
. .. ...... ... ..... .... .%
3. During 1977, did you rent or lease any other motor driven vehicles such
(Include rented by family members living at your home)
as listed above?
- Continue
LII3 No
- Skip to next Section.
How much was the total rental or leasing expense for these vehicles in 1977? ..... .$
Of the total rental or leasing expense, what percent is for the farm share?
9~%
Total for 1977
339
340
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FARM
MACHINERY
AND
IMPLEMENTS
In 1977, were any plows, disks, harrows or other tillage machinery purchased?
9 INCLUDE f
c LANDLORD 4
EXPENSE
D YES
- How much was your net expense
after trade-in for the following
items purchased new or used?
Plows Moldboard, disk or chisel (one-way
two-way, reversible, deep tillage or sweep).
NO Skip to Item 6.
or
Disks and harrows (4-gang tandem offset or single
disks; drag, spike tooth, tine tooth or spring
tooth harrows; rollers and roller packers)........
Cultivators and rotary hoes (front or rear mounted,
folding or non-folding) ................... .....
5. All other tillage implements (tool carriers, tool
bars, subsoilers, ditchers, scrapers
and any other tillage implements not included above).
(Specify )...........
6. In 1977, did you purchase any planting, fertilizing or pesticide application machinery
HlYES
_. _
- How much was your net expense
after trade-in for the following
items purchased new or used?
7. Grain drills (including fertilizer
LIN O
attachments)
8. Planters and listers (including fertilizer
attachments corn, cotton, potato, vegetable
and other row crops)
9. Spreaders (fertilizer, lime or manure)......
10. Sprayers and dusters for fertilizer and
pesticides (self-propelled, tractor or trailer
O 0W *OCOO*6~ S S *
505e0*@* 0.***~~* 4
mounted, orchard type, portable type, including
accessories and individual units pumps,
spray guns, nozzles, hoses, etc.)...............
11 All nftrnt n1nnti ncr fsrtii i 7ino an1 rrnrn nsfticide
- Skip to next page.
2.
Code Net Expense
1 = New in 1977
2 = Used $
a b
341 363
342_ 1364
343 365
.366
Code Net Expense
1 = New in 1977
2 = Used $
a b
344 367
345 368
346 369
347 370
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FARM
MACH INERY
AND
IMPLEMENTS
12. In 1977
* INCLUDE $
? LANDLORD t
* EXPENSE +
: +
, did you purchase any combining, harvesting or haying machinery?
How much was your net expense
trade-in for the following items
purchased new or used?
etc..
.ers and.* a .....
pers and
after
L-UNo
HARVESTING MACHINERY
- (Including all heads and attachments
purchased separately or together)
Forage Harvesters
- (Including all heads, pickups,
cutter bars, cubers and all other attachments)....
cotton pickers and strippers)............ ............... .
Potato, sugarbeet and tobacco harvesters or diggers .. .... ....
Fruit harvesters, vegetable cutters,
pickers, lifters, etc..............
HAYING MACHINERY
19. Mowers, rotary cutters, shredders,
Side delivery rakes Conditioners crime
crushers, Hay balers All types including bale
throwing attachment
Haystack movers and bale loaders......
* *S *
* 9 P 9 S
.....09**t*9 S N .. S
shake
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ALL OTHER HARVESTING AND HAYING MACHINERY
22. All other harvesting and haying machinery and
implements not reported above.
(Specify ) ... ... .. .. ......... ...............
YES -
Combines
Pickers
- (corn pickers, snappers picker-shellers,
18. Windrowers or
swathers . ....... ...... ....
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. FARM
MACHINERY
EQUIPMENT
- Other Machinery
Purchased
Machinery
Renta
In 1977 what were your expenses for the purchase of the following farm machinery
and equipment items purchased new or used in 1977?
* INCLUDE *
* LANDLORD *
* EXPENSE
* ++
AA & AA^AA *A
Wagons and trailers (Complete wagons, utility trailers, gooseneck
trailers with or without running gear or box, including all racks,
boxes, beds and other accessories)........................ ...
Feed grinding and mixing equipment (portable or other).....
Blowers, elevators and silo unloaders (forage or grain; bale,
chain or auger elevators) ..................... ... .. .
Loaders and posthole diggers (tractor mounted, complete
outfits and/or extra accessories) ......................*
6. Stand-by electrical equipment (include mounting units or trailers)
7. Crop dryers and drying equipment (exclude equipment normally
d -t
considered part of the building or bin.
Ex.: perforated flooring).
8. All other machinery and equipment (excluding irrigation
equipment -- Specify
9. Electric motors and gasoline engines, all sizes
(exclude motors for irrigation) .............
10. Power farm shop equipment (attachments and
power saws, drills, welders,
compressors, etc.).........
grinders, hoists,
accessories,
lathes
sanders
* *O ***** *S. sec
MACHINERY RENTAL
11. Implement and other farm machinery rental (exclude machinery or
equipment for spreading fertilizers or chemicals, autos, trucks, tractors,
land improvement and development machine hire). ..... ........ .
Code Net Expense
1= New in 1977
2= Used $
a b
357 382
358 383
359 384
360 385
361 386
362 387
389
390
; .3 .; 1 "
i^ *+ :0
: ~I
^ T^''l'^^-!i"'^'; T :^^J '^' "' -^'^l'y JJ 'L' : !
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FUEL
AND
PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS
1. What were your expenses for the purchase of fuels, oil and grease used for
* INCLUDE
farming operations and farm related business during 1977?
expense and farm share
is not known,
(If the total
use the work table to determine the
cost and farm share.)
LANDLORD
EXPENSE
WORK TABLE TO DETERMINE VALUE AND FARM SHARE
Type of Fuel Total Expense in 1977 Frm Shre %
392 400
2o Gasoline Delivered bulk to farm
393 401
3. Gasoline Purchased at Service Station
394 402
4. Diesel
395 403
5. Fuel Oil & Kerosene
396 404
6. LP Gas
397 405
7. Natural Gas
398 406
8. Motor oil, Grease, and Special fluids
399 407
9. Other fuel (coal, wood, etc.)
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FARM
AND
MOTOR
SUPPLIES
- Repair
Maintenan
What was your expense during 1977 for repair, maintenance and upkeep for farm
vehicles and equipment? (Include both parts and labor.
Do not duplicate previously
reported expense for dairy, poultry or livestock equipment.)
. INCLUDE
LANDLORD
* EXPENSE
& &.&.< A
2. Tires and tubes
- all types.
000000I0 0@@tO*0
3. Replacement parts, repairs and maintenance
(belts, pulleys, plow shares, canvas, motor
overhaul, tuneups, filters, brake relining,
batteries, antifreeze, spark plugs, etc.,
including labor)................... ......
4. Accessory equipment for vehicles and equip-
ment (hydraulic cyliners,
hoses
charges, tractor cabs, etc.) ...
5. All other expenses o.........
radios, battery
. .. ....... ...$
6. What percent of above expense (item 1-4)
was for farm use? ................... o
0 0.%
Registration and license fees paid excluding those included in new purchases?
S.....,
426
42 -7
427
%
8. Of the total registration and license fees paid what percent was the farm share? .... .... .....
C
CAP
TAL
IMPROVEMENTS
- Bu
struction
m provem ents
. EXCLUDE V
* LANDLORD
* EXPENSE &
* A
How many farm buildings,
(excluding the operator's
and completed in 1977? ..
mobile homes
, storage
bins. silos or homes
or partner's) were constructed or remodeled
If any buildings were completed, continue.
zero,
skip to next page.
2. For each building completed
in 197'
, (excluding the operators
or partners hom
es), complete the following information:
a. What buildings
were they?....
1st Building 2nd Building 3rd Building
a b c
429 435 441
430 436 442
431 437 443
432 438 444
433 439 445
434 440 446
Name
Code
b. Was this an addition to, or
remodeling of an existing
structure?
YES
LINO
S = 1, skip to item 3.
= 2 (new construction) Code
c. For new construction, what
kinds of materials were
used for:
3. Total
Framing .......... ..... Code
Siding................. Code
Roofin g. .. ..Code
expenses including materials,
labor and services.
ding Codes
= Machine
, implement or workshop
= Grain storage
= Other crops (fruit, tobacco, greenhouses,
nursery, forage, etc.)
= Beef cattle production
Material
For Item 2a
= Dairy cattle production
= Hog production
= Poultry production
= Multi-purpose
= Other buildings
Codes For Item 2c:
= Wood
= Metal
= Masonarv
CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS
Building
Construction
Improvements
(Cont'd)
2a.
b.
c(l)
(2)
(3)
4th Building 5th Building 6th Building 7th Building 8th Building
dc e f _________ h
447 453 459 465 471
448 454 460 466 472
449 455 461 467 473
450 456 462 468 474
451 457 463 469 475
452 458 464 470 476
- v v w ii
-- --iii, ,i,
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CAP
TAL
IMPROVEMENTS
ding
intenance
Repa
1. In 1977, did you have any expense for maintenance, repair or painting of buildings
other than the homes occupied by the farm operator or partners?
* EXCLUDE "
* 4
: LANDLORD :
* EXPENSE *
$O + + + + + + +< +
- Continue.
-S No
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2. For all repair and maintenance activities completed in 1977,
report the following expenses:
a. What was the total cost of materials purchased by you for repair and maintenance?. ..
b. What was the total cost of labor and materials for repairs and maintenance performed
by a separate contractor or work force. .. .... .. ...... .. ...... ..... ...
CAP
TAL
IMPROVEMENTS
Expen
ses
1. Did you have any expense in 1977 for the purchase of fencing materials or supplies
for new construction or repairs of fences already constructed?
. EXCLUDE ,
: LANDLORD
+ EXPENSE +
w m+++++
L YES
Wire, all
- How much were your expenses
for the following items?
[ NO
- Skip to next page.
types ........ ....... .. .... ..... C... .C.. C.. .C S C... S .. .C
Gates and posts, all
4. All other Fencing Materials....... .... ..................f ............ .. ..- *.. *
5. Contract construction of fences and rental of equipment for construction. ...................
Total Expense
in 1977
479
480
481
482
YES
Total Expense
in 1977
477
478
II ----
--
types
CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS
Land,
Farm
m provem ents
irrigation
p p_
, what were your expenses for the following improvements
and irrigation?
2. Land Improvements (land clearing or leveling, terracing,
tile drainage, dikes, all ponds, flood control facilities,
drainage pumping systems, roads and lanes, etc.).......
3. Farm Improvements
a. Improved Feedlot, Feeding Floors,
Trench Silos, etc.......,........
b. Lagoons, Holding Ponds,
Corrals or Barnyards,
or Facilities for Animal Waste
Disposal or Pollution Control ............,..........
4. Farm Water Facilities (wells and water
storage
facilities
cisterns, tanks, pumps, water lines, windmills, etc.)............
5. Irrigation Improvements (wells, pumping equipment including
motors, sprinklers, pipes, fittings, and other distribution
equipment) ............................... ..... .. .****..*
6. All Other Improvements Not Listed Elsewhere
(Include recreational use) ................. ..... .............
7. Irrigation Water Cost and Irrigation fees for Land You Operate.. ...
* EXCLUDE
* LANDLORD ,
* EXPENSES +
TOTAL EXPENSE IN 1977
Maintenance New
and Construction
Repairs $
$
a
483 488
484 489
485 490
486 491
487 492
Total Expense
in 1977
494
495
Drainage District Assessments and Fees
Paid a o ., o a .o 0.o0 G. oo *o oe o oo o to
During 1977
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HAND
TOOLS,
MISCELLANEOUS
EQUIPMENT
AND
SUPPLIES
1. How much were your
and supplies for farm
2. Baling wire and twine
expenses
use?
during 1977 for hand tools, miscellaneous farm equipment
* INCLUDE
: LANDLORD
* EXPENSE
000 O G.. ... 0 ,IO COo O e.....*... e.....,....1 .......
3. Carpentry, plumbing, painting, hand tools (wrenches, pliers, etc.) spades, shovels,
scoops, forks, spraying, fencing and other equipment (fuel tanks, barrels, etc.)....
4. Hardware (nuts, bolts, nails) rope, chain, polyethylene film canvas, other supplies and
accessories not included above *............. o .... ......................
CONTAINER
EXPENSES
1. In 1977, did you have any expenses for the purchase of containers used for marketing and handling produce
such as baskets, boxes, bags, sacks, or crates?
E YE
2. Fruits
IS
How much was your expense for the
following items?
NO Skip to next Section.
(Include all
containers whether for marketing
or use on the farm. Include new
and used containers.)
, Vegetable and Potato Containers
a. Baskets and hampers,
Sacks and bags......
boxes, cartons, and crates or master containers ..............
B*B BC*0 S BC 4 S S.t *. C *** **5* **5*
3. Grain and Seed Marketing Containers (burlap, cotton, plastic or paper bags and
other seed containers)...
4. Poultry and Egg Marketing Containers (egg crates,
fillers and poultry coops) ..
cases,
5. Milk and Milk Products Marketing Containers (milk bottles,
cartons,
caps, ca
*I I S I *W S *W S**
or
rtons, etc.) ........
6. Honey, Meat and Other Livestock Products Marketing Containers........ .............
INCLUDE
LANDLORD *
+ EXPENSE 9
Total Expense
in 1977
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
Total Expense
in 1977
496
497
498
FARM
SERVICES
Business and Insurance Expenses
In 1977, how much was your expense and the farm share for the following miscellaneous
farm business items?
* INCLUDE
* LANDLORD
EXPENSE
4.
2. Electricity,
3. Telephone,
total expense farm and home0 ................... ...
total
expense 0.... ............. ... ..... ......
4. Water, total expense (rural water lines, trucked in, municipalities)
5. Accounting expenses (farm record keeping,
postage,
telegrams,
traveling
expenses,
tax preparation,
etc. for farm business)
6. Fees and dues paid (attorney or other legal fees for the farm, license
fees other than motor vehicles for farm business, marketing fees or
other association or council fees for promotion, advertising,
membership
fees to farm organizations,
Farm management expenses (soil testing,
buying or selling farm
advertisements
periodicals, bulletins,
estate,
purebred registration,
seed
certification,
farm management
services,
and printing for the farm, technical books,
etc. for farm business4...
8. Farm office equipment (desk, chairs, typewriters,
radios
calculators,
, etc.)
Total Expense Farm Share
in 1977 Percent
$ %___
506 513
507 514
508 515
________________
Insurance and Losses
9. How much
was your insurance
costs
in 1977 for the farm related business?
* EXCLUDE
LANDLORD
1 EXPENSE
Total Expense
in 1977
Farm
Share
a. Motor vehicles
bo Liability cover
-- autos and trucks.
exclude
motor vehicles)
c. Federal Crop Insurance Program.
d. Other crop insurance coverage ..
et* *** ** .0* ..e
* S C C a a.* ** @ S
ir
paper, pencils, two-way
(If paid for more than one
year, include the total for all years)
512
FARM
SERVICES
Mark
eting
Expen
ses
In 1977
, did you have any expense for marketing agricultural products from this farm operation or
for hired transportation to market?
: INCLUDE ,
*LANDLORD%
* EXPENSE
8+++++++++@
- How much were your marketing
expenses for the following items?
IENO
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(Do not record
expense
vehicle rental or fuel.)
FIELD CROPS
Corn
, small grains,
Cotton or tobacco..
Sugarbeets,
hay grass
soybeans,
S. @ @I
sorghum, ric
. C. t
:e, peanuts.
or legume seed,
other field crops...
FRUITS
VEGETABLES AND POTATOES
Fruits, berries or nuts, vegetables,
dry beans and peas, etc .........
potatoes,
HORTICULTURAL AND FOREST PRODUCTS
Greenhouse and nursery products
Timber and forest products.
VESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
Cattle,
calves
, sheep and hogs
9. Milk and dairy products..........
Eggs and poultry products
Other livestock and livestock products
honey, wool and mohair.............
including
. ....t-*
1/ Other marketing expenses:
pallet rental, etc.
commission
sales charges, deduction charges for special handling, demurrage,
C~v
FARM
SERVICES
- Custom
H ired
Work
In 1977, did you have any custom work hired for any agricultural purpose?
( INCLUDE
+ LANDLORD
** EXPENSE
- What were the amounts and costs
for the following
services?
flNO
(Include hired transportation
or hauling, if part of custom
charges.
Exclude leasing of
autos, trucks or tractors,
contract labor, land improvement
and development, and custom
hired fertilizer
application
previously reported.)
Plowing.
Seedbed preparation (stalk shredding, disking,
subsoiling, chiseling or listing for erosion control,
4. Planting or seeding.
5. Crop cultivation....
6. Mowing, crushing or conditioning, windrowing, swathing
or raking, baling hay, straw, other forages. Include
standing hay custom harvested. .. ............ ....
7. Field chopping (hay crops, row crops, straw),
Silage making (chopping, hauling,
packing, etc.)..................
blowing,
8. Combining small grain and other row crops except corn.
9. Corn harvesting using corn head on combine and
corn picker or picker-sheller........................
10. Other harvesting (mechanical harvest of fruits and
vegetables,
seed crops,
sugarbeets, potatoes, cotton, peanuts,
etc.). ... .. .. .
Corn shelling, other than field shelling..
12. All other custom hired work not reported elsewhere
(hauling and spreading of manure produced on
etc.). . . .
YES
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etc.) .
the farm, custom sawing,
_~
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WAGES
TAXES
AND
INTEREST
1. In 1977, did you (operator) work off the farm 100 days or more?
(Include work at
else'
days
s
farm.
a non-farm job,
Do not include
exchange
work.
profession, or
someone
Consider all part
as full days.).... ... .... ...... .... .... ....
. .... Yr ES
NO =2...
Code
2. During 1977, did you hire any agricultural workers, including contract labor,
or pay any of your family members to work on the land you operate?
YES
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WAGES
What were the total cash wages paid to all hired workers, excluding contract
labor in 1977?
(Include payments to family members.
Exclude
expenses
housework,
custom
work,
contract
labor and
social
security on head of household.)......
4. What were the total expenditures for contract labor performed on the land you operated
in 1977? (Contract workers are those doing agricultural work on the land you operated4
but who were paid by a crew leader, contractor, buyer,
processor,
cooperative, custom
operator or other such person having an oral or written contract with you.)
5. What
was the expense of the following fringe benefits provided for
hired workers:
a. Life or health insurance and pension or retirement plans?
Employer's share of social security
taxes,
workmans'
compensation and unemployment compensation? ......... ...
What was the cash value of the following fringe benefits provided
for hired work rs:
a. Board
, housing or other lodging furnished?
b. Other items furnished farm labor (Food--other than meals, such
as meat and milk; fuel, transportation, utilities, pasture or feed
and any other items furnished.) (Specify
PROPERTY TAXES (Exclude taxes paid on land owned, but rented out)
7. Total property taxes paid in 1977? (Include
household effects, autos and other property
8. Of the total property tax, how much was
taxes on farm
taxes
estate,
) S. S ** *
machines, livestock,
S S S S S *S*
for farm real
INTEREST
9. Interest paid in 1977 on farm real estate debt (mortgages, land contracts,
LANDLORD*
570
571
572
573
10. Interest paid in 1977 on operating loans for the farm business loans for
purchase of feed, seed, fertilizer, livestock, trucks and autos (farm share),
machinery,
etc. ..
ATLUCD CVDCMACQ
business,
* INCLUDE *
: LANDLORD:
* EXPENSE ?
$9999<0
levied.).
estate'It L IXII I tl 111
etc.)
FARM SALES
Considering all crops, livestock, poultry
greenhouse or nursery products, agricultural products sold and
government farm program payments received, what was the gross value of sales from this farm operation in 1977?
$100,000 or more
$5,000
* INCLUDE
LANDLORD'SS
SSHARE
*>A.:..:..+++
- $9,999
2=0
3=--
4=1-
$40,000
$20,000
$10,000
- $99,999
6= ]
$39,999
- $19,999
$2,500
$1,000
$250 -
Less than
- $4,999
- $2,499
-$999
$250
2. Were you (operator)
years
age or older on your last birthday?
|] YES
NO= 2
* a S S S 0 5 5 S S S Code
AREA FRAME ONLY
3. Are there any other persons living in this household who operate
a farm or ranch?
- Conclude this interview and
start a new Screening Questionnaire.
[7 NO
- Conclude
interview
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OFFICE
USE
OPERATOR CELL COUNT
Check Below:
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9= C7
SECTION
- TITLE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
3IIIIIIl 12)2 O8l) 9 078
3 1262 08860 9978
A. Crop Acreage
B. Seed and Plant Expenses
C. Fertilizer and Agricultural Chemicals
D. Livestock and Poultry
- Purchases
Inventory
Feed Expense
Other Livestock Expenses
Equipment Purchases, Repair and Maintenance
E. Autos Owned, Purchased, Leased or Rented
F. Trucks Owned, Purchased, Leased or Rented
G. Tractors Owned, Purchased, Leased or Rented
H. Other Motor Driven Vehicles Purchased
Farm Machinery and Implements
Tillage
Planting and Fertilizing
Combining, Harvesting and Haying
Other Machinery Purchased and Machinery Rental
Fuel and Petroleum Products
K. Farm and Motor Supplies
L. Capital Improvements I
- Repair and Maintenance
Building Construction and Improvements
Building Maintenance and Jtepairs
Fencing Expenses
Land, Farm Improvements and Irrigation
M. Hand Tools, Miscellaneous Equipment and Supplies
Container Expenses
N. Farm Services
- Business Expenses
Insurance and Losses
Marketing Expenses
Custom Hired Work
O. Wages, Taxes and Interest
P. Farm Sales
