- Fruits & Nuts..
43. □ Apples
44. □ Peaches
45. □ Pears
46. □ Blueberries
47. □ Cherries
48. □ Grapes
49. □ Strawberries
50 □ Melons (various)
51.0 Tomatoes
52 □ Nuts (various)
53. □ Other Fruit
- Meat Animals, Fish & F0w1...
54 □ Cattle & calves
55. □ Hogs & pigs
56. □ Sheep & lambs
57. □ Goats
58. □ Trout & 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. □ Other Dairy/Eggs
Place a check beside each piece of major farm equipment below that you own or lease,
1. □ Aerators 11. □ Mowers
2. □ Backhoes/Excavators 12. □ Planters
3. □ Bailer 13. □ Plows
4. □ Combine 14. □ Pumps - Irrigation
5. □ Cultivators 15. □ Pumps - Manure
6. □ Disc Harrows 16. □ Sprayers
7. □ Dryers 17. □Tractors
8. □ Fans & Heaters 18. □ Trucks
9 □ Grain Augers 19. □ Wagons
20. □ Windrowers
10. □ Hay Rake
21. □ Other Major Farm Equipment (specify)
As a farming household, do you pursue any methods of income other than farming?
What kinds?
1. □ None
2.0
3 □
For comparison to the US Census of Agriculture, what is the value of the total sales
produced on your farm 9
1. □ Less than $2,500
2. □ $2,500 to $4,999
3. □ $5,000 to $9,999
4. □ $lO,OOO to $24,999
5. □ $25,000 to $49,999
Please review the list of communications devices below and check each one that you
use on your farm
1. □ Regular telephone
2. □ Cellular telephone
3. □ Fax Machine
4. □ C-B Radio
Do you have access to the internet on your farm?
1. □ Yes (continue)
How many hours per week do you spend on the internet?
1. □ Under 2 hours
2. □ 2 hours to 4 hours
3. □ 4 hours to 6 hours
Have you made purchases for your farm on the internet?
1. □ Yes (continue)
What types of things did you purchase for your farm on the internet?
1. □ Fanning equipment
2. □ Parts & supplies for farm equipment
3. □ Animal health supplies
4. □ Animal feed supplies
5. □ Seed
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6 □ $50,000 to $99,999
7. □ $lOO,OOO to $249,999
8. □ $250,000 to $499,999
9. □ $500,000 or more
5. □ Walkie-Talkie
6. □ E-Mail
7. □ Electronic Bulletin Board
8. □ Other (specify)
2. □ 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 (Specify^
75. If you are a dealer, what are the primary things you sell to farmers 7
(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?
1.0 Own 2.0 Rent 3.0 Other (Specify)
77 How many adults 18 yeais oi older, including yourself, live in your household 9
1 O One 5 □ Five
2 □ Two 6 □ Six
3 □ Three 7 □ Seven or more
4 □ Four
78 How many of the adults living in your household are employed 35 or mote hours per week ’
I. □ 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 your age falls.
5. □ 55-64
6. □ 65-74
7. □ 75 or older
1. □ 18-24
2. a 25-34
3.0 35-44
4. □ 45-54
83. What is the occupation of the chief wage earner of the household (that is, the
individual in the household with the largest annual income)?
7. □ Executwe/Managemenl
8. □ Military Service
9. □ Retired
10. O Unemployed
11.0 Other (Specify)
1. □ Farming
2. □ Skilled Trade/Craft
3. □ Skilled Tech Labor
4. □ Heavy Equipment Operator
5. □ Unskilled Labor
6. □ Sales or Clerical
84. For classification purposes only, please check the category in which the total,
combined annual income of all members of your household (before taxes) tails
1. □ Under $20,000 6 □ $75,000 - $99,999
2. □ $20,000 - $29,999 7 □ $lOO,OOO - $149,999
3.0 $30,000 - $39,999 8.0 $150,000 - $249,999
4.0 $40,000 - $49,999 9.0 $250,000 or more
5 0 $50,000 - $74,999
85. For classification purposes only, please check the category of your gender
I. □ Male
Please fill in the stale and 5-digit zip code of your home residence
86. State (abbreviation) 87. Zip Code
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.
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