l-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3,2001
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Fruits & Nuts.
43. □ Apples
44. O Peaches
45 □ Pears
46 □ Blueberries
47 □ Cherries
48 □ Grapes
49. □ Strawberries
50 □ Melons (various)
51 □ Tomatoes
52. □ Nuts (various)
53 □ Other Fruit
- Meat Animals, Fish & F0w1...
54. □ Cattle & calves
55 □ Hogs & pigs
56. □ Sheep & lambs
57 □ Goats
58. □ Tiout & salmon
59 □ Broilers (chickens)
60. □ Turkeys
61 □ Ducks & geese
62. □ Other Meat Animal
- Dairy & Eggs.
63 □ Milk - cows
64 □ Milk - goats
65 □ Layers (hens)
66 O Other Dany/Eggs
Place a check beside each piece of maior farm equipment below that you own or lease
1 O Aerators
2 n Backhoes/Excavators
3 n Bailei
4 □ Combine
5 □ Cultivate! s
6 n Disc Hal rows
7 DDryeis
8 "1 Fans & Heaters
9 nCn am Augers
10 D Hay Rake
20 O Windrowers
21 □ Other Major Farm Equipment (speedy)
As a farming household, do you puisne any methods of income other than farming 9
What kinds 7
1 □ None
2 □
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Foi companson to the US Census ot Agriculture, what is the value of the total sales
pioduced on your farin' 7
1 □ Less than $2,500
2 D $2,500 to $4,999
5 □ $5,000 to $9,999
4 □ $lO,OOO to $24,999
5 □ $25,000 to $49,999
Please icview the list ot communications devices below and check each one that you
use on youi taim
1 Regular telephone
2 f) Cellulai telephone
3 □ Fax Machine
4 □ C-B Radio
Do you have access to the internet on your larm 11
I DYcs (continue)
How many houis pei week do you spend on the internet 9
1 □ Under 2 hours
2 T 2 hours to 4 houis
7 □ 4 houis to 6 houis
Have you made purchases toi your farm on the internet 9
I GYes (continue)
What types ot things did you purchase tor your farm on the internet 9
1 □ Farming equipment
2 □ Parts & supplies tor farm equipment
3 □ Animal health supplies
4 □ Animal feed supplies
5 □ Seed
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11 □ Mowers
12 □ Planters
13 □ Plows
14 □ Pumps - Irrigation
15 □ Pumps - Manure
16 □ Sprayers
17. □ Tractois
18. □ Trucks
19 □ Wagons
6 □ $50,000 to $99,999
7. □ $lOO,OOO to $249,999
8. O $250,000 to $499,999
9 □ $500,000 or more
5 □ Walkie-Talkie
6. □ E-Mail
7 □ Electronic Bulletin Board
8. □ Other (specify)
2 O No (skip to Q. 75 )
4 □ 6 hours to 10 hours
5 □ Over 10 hours
2 □ No (skip to Q. 75.)
6. □ Insecticides
7 □ Fertilizer
8 □ Fencing
9. □ Other (Speedy)
75. If you are a dealer, what are the primary things you sell to farmers 9
(Check all that apply)
1 □ Not a dealer
2. □ Farming equipment
3. □ Parts & supplies for farm equipment
4. □ Animal health supplies
5. □ Animal feed supplies
6. □ Seed
- INFORMATION ABOUT YOU FOR CROSS REFERENCE -
76. Do you own or rent your home?
!.□ Own 2.0 Rent 3.D Other (Specify)
77. How many adults 18 years or older, including yourself, live in your household?
5. □ Five
6. □ Six
7. □ Seven or more
1. □ One
2. □ Two
3. □ Three
4. □ Four
78. How many of the adults living in your household are employed 35 or more hours per week?
5. □ Five
6. □ Six
7. □ Seven or more
1. □ One
2. □ Two
3. □ Three
4. □ Four
Please check below the number of children you have in each of the following age groups
living in your household...
79. Age 5 or Under
80. Ages 6-11
81. Ages 12-17
82. Please check the age category into which vour age falls.
1. □ 18-24 5. □ 55-64
2. □ 25-34 6 □ 65-74
3 □ 35-44 7. □ 75 or older
4 □ 45-54
83. What is the occupation of the chief wage earnei of the household (that is, the
individual in the household with the largest annual income) 7
!.□ Fanning 7. □ Executive/Management
2. □ Skilled Trade/Craft 8. □ Military Service
3 □ Skilled Tech Labor 9. □ Retired
4. □ Heavy Equipment Operator
5. □ Unskilled Labor
6 O Sales or Clerical
84 Foi classification purposes only, please check the category in which the total,
combined annual income of all members of your household (before taxes) falls
I □ Under $20,000 6. □ $75,000-599,999
2. □ $20,000-529,999 7.0 $lOO,OOO - $149,999
3 □ $30,000 - $39,999 8.0 $150,000 - $249,999
4 □ $40,000 - $49,999 9. □ $250,000 or more
5 □ $50,000- 574,999
85 For classification purposes only, please check the category ot your gender.
I □ Male
Please fill in the state and 5-digit zip code of your home residence
86. State (abbreviation)
Thanks for your help! Fold up this survey, place it an envelope and place it
in the mail addressed to:
Lancaster Farming, Research Department
do Lancaster Newspapers Inc.
PO Box 1328
Lancaster, PA 17608-1328
As promised, your answers will be kept strictly confidential!
If you wish to enter the drawing for one of the five $5O certificates,
carefully print the information below. Limit one entry per household.
Name
Phone Number (.
Address
Town
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2 □ Female
87 Zip Code
Must be 18 or older to enter.
7. □ Insecticides
8. □ Fertilizer
9. □ Fencing
10. □ Other (Specify)
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