use of administ~ative reco~os and contacts with the agents involved in agricu1turaJ business. At the publication 1ev~l, more informati on must be given on the statistical characteristics of the data published {size of the sample. variance of the estimator). However, in orde~ to avoid misinte~pr etation of the ctata by outsiders. monographs on se•ected topics. p~epared by in-house teams of eKperts. shoulo be pub­ lished parallel to the statistical abstracts. In the sa~ way regular publication of brief comments on setected economic and socio-economic indicators would he1p the users of stdtistical data to incorporate the raw data into their hi~to~ic~l ana socio-economic environment. 14 