Table 47 Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for— 



) percent of sales 



50 percent of sales 



Farms number. 



percent. 



Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings' farms. 



St. 000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Estimated market value of all mactiinery and equipment $1,000. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland acres. 



Han/ested cropland acres. 



Pastureland, excluding woodland pastured acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Grains farms. 



$1,000. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms. 



$1,000. 

 Tobacco -- farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hay, silage, and field seeds farms. 



$1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon farms. 



$1,000. 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries farms. 



$1,000. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other crops farms. 



$1,000. 



Poultry and poultry products. farms. 



$1,000. 

 Dairy products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Cattle and calves farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hogs and pigs farms. 



$1,000. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms. 



$1,000. 



Total farm production expenses' farms. 



$1,000. 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms. 



$1,000. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms. 



$1,000. 

 Commercial fertilizer _. farms 



$1,000. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms. 



$1,000. 



Petroleum products farms 



$1,000. 



Electricity farms. 



$1,000. 



Hired farm labor farms. 



$1,000. 

 jiooo! 



Payments from government programs farms 



$1,000. 



Cattle and calves farms. 



fvlilk cows farms. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



1 254 

 22 788 

 1 415 



i sample of farms. 



38 DELAWARE 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



