Table 14. Petroleum Products Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] 



Expenses 

 ($1,000) 



Petroleum products __ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Average per farm dollars. 



Gasoline and gasofiol farms. 



$1,000. 

 Average per farm__ dollars. 



Farms witfi expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1,999 



$2,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 _ 



$10,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 or more _ 



Diesel fuel farms. 



$1,000. 

 Average per farm _ dollars. 



Farms witfi expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1,999 



$2,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 or more 



Natural gas farms. 



$1,000. 

 Average per farm dollars. 



Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $99... 



$100 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1.999 



$2,000 to $4,999 __ 



$5,000 to $9,999 _ ___ 



$10,000 or more 



LP gas, fuel oil, kerosene, motor oil, grease, etc farms. 



$1,000. 

 Average per farm dollars. 



Farms witfi expenses of— 



$1 to $99 



$100 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1,999 



$2,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 10 $9,999 _ 



$10,000 or more 



540 

 (X) 

 (X) 



462 



276 



64 



58 



66 



6 



2 



310 

 (X) 

 (X) 



159 



62 



36 



38 



8 



7 



12 

 14 

 3 

 3 



4 

 1 

 5 



363 

 (X) 

 (X) 



150 



156 



27 



16 



11 



3 



(X) 



1 140 



2 112 



(X) 

 409 

 8B4 



56 

 41 

 74 

 161 

 (D) 

 (D) 



(X) 



387 



1 248 



28 

 39 

 47 



113 

 56 



104 



(X) 



213 



5 073 



(Z) 

 5 

 2 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 



(X) 



132 

 363 



> 



559 

 1 113 

 1 990 



528 

 517 

 979 



277 



114 



66 



55 



12 



268 



275 



1 026 



142 

 54 

 33 

 30 

 6 



11 

 (D) 

 (D) 



2 

 4 



1 



1 

 3 



(NA) 



(D) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



361 



507 



1 404 



350 

 246 

 700 



224 

 54 

 44 

 22 



158 



97 



614 



99 

 26 

 22 

 10 

 1 



7 



43 



6 143 



(NA) 

 121 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



Table 15. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1987, 1982, 

 and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Chemicals used 



1987 



Chemicals used 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime 

 used _.. farms. 



Commercial fertilizer' farms- 

 acres on which used- 

 $1,000. 



Ume farms. 



acres on which used, 

 tons- 

 Farms by tons used: 



1 to 49 tons 



50 to 99 tons 



100 to 199 tons 



200 to 499 tons 



500 to 999 Ions 



1,000 tons or more 



Agncultural chemicals' farms. 



$1,000. 



338 



30 853 



1 413 



35 

 318 

 183 



351 



25 698 



1 lie 



23 

 (D) 

 (D) 



256 



19 645 



776 



16 

 190 

 157 



156 

 166 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime 

 used — Con. 



Sprays, dusts, granules, 

 fumigants, etc., to control — 

 Insects on hay and other 

 crops. farms- 

 acres on which used.. 



Nematodes in crops farms.. 



acres on which used.. 

 Diseases in crops and 



orchards-- farms.. 



acres on which used.. 

 Weeds, grass, or brush in 



crops and pasture farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Chemicals used for defoliation 

 or for growth control of crops 



or tflinning of fruit farms.. 



acres on which used-. 



47 



1 653 



4 



(D) 



12 

 (D) 



92 

 5 683 



(D) 



41 

 567 



80 

 4 432 



32 



562 



7 



26 



5 

 31 



55 

 5 051 



2 



(D) 



'Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications; data for agricultural chemicals exclude the cost of lime for 1987 and 1982. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



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