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AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS: SOME ASPECTS OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS BY TYPE and DISCUSSION OF FARMS BY TYPE

AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS: SOME ASPECTS OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS BY TYPE and... AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS: SOME ASPECTS OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS BY TYPE R. G. WALKER Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics The recent application of an experimental type classification of farms in New South Wales is, I think, the most significant development in Australian agricultural statistics since the war. This operation, carried out for the year 1955-56, involved the classification of statis- tical returns for the 78,000 rural holdings in the State, according to the nature of activity on individual holdings. A great deal of teamwork has gone into the planning and development of this classification,l and I believe that it will provide useful and reliable statistical results. The project is still in the experimental stage and much remains to be done before a fully operative classification can be applied in all States. BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS . The classification of farms according to type of activity is consistent with the long-established statistical practice of classifying manufacturing and other industrial “establishments” according to their activity. These “industrial classifications” as they are known have in recent years been extended by statistically advanced countries to cover all economic activities, and in fact the Statistical Commission of the United Nations has indicated http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource Economics Wiley

AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS: SOME ASPECTS OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS BY TYPE and DISCUSSION OF FARMS BY TYPE

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Copyright © 1958 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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1364-985X
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AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS: SOME ASPECTS OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS BY TYPE R. G. WALKER Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics The recent application of an experimental type classification of farms in New South Wales is, I think, the most significant development in Australian agricultural statistics since the war. This operation, carried out for the year 1955-56, involved the classification of statis- tical returns for the 78,000 rural holdings in the State, according to the nature of activity on individual holdings. A great deal of teamwork has gone into the planning and development of this classification,l and I believe that it will provide useful and reliable statistical results. The project is still in the experimental stage and much remains to be done before a fully operative classification can be applied in all States. BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS . The classification of farms according to type of activity is consistent with the long-established statistical practice of classifying manufacturing and other industrial “establishments” according to their activity. These “industrial classifications” as they are known have in recent years been extended by statistically advanced countries to cover all economic activities, and in fact the Statistical Commission of the United Nations has indicated

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Published: Feb 1, 1958

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