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Mr, Glenn Hawfield, Jr., Chairman Cabarrus County Bd. of Commissioners 85 Washington Lane, S. E. Concord, North Carolina 28025 gear Co~missioner: We want to advise you that we are planning to chanoe some procedures in col.lecting information for the annual Land Utilization Survey. We do not expect to ask your county offices to collect and list Jata from tract owners in the Land Utilization Township books in early 1979. I want to personally express my sincere appreciation for your assistance in this project through the years, I feel certain that many of you will welcomo this proposed change. Several of you have told me that this project has become an increasing burden to you in recent years because of new automated tax collection procedures and several other reasons. As you know, listing of crop and livestock information in the land utilization census fs further complicated each five years when the U. S. Census of Agriculture is taken. The U. S. Census will be conducted again in early 1979. Therefore, this appears to be a most appropriate time to change the N C. Lend Utilization Census to a survey using a sampling basis. This would significantly reduce the reporting burden on farmers in each county because only a sample of farmers would be contacted by our Statistics Division. We expect this approach to provide good quality County and State agricultural statistics and that the procedure would be continued each year. The County Commissioners and Tax Supervisor offices have played a significant role for many years by participating in this important activity. County and State farm and land utilization information continue to provide valuable input to many decisions made concerning agriculture. I hope you will continue to be interested in these efforts and assist our Division of Statistics (N. C, Crop and Livestock Reporting Service) as they request assistance in your county. Thanks again for your time and interest. ~Cordially, {~/demes A. firaham