Table 9. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



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



Chemicals used 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia 



Wyoming 



Commercial fertilizer _ 



farms. 1987. 



1982. 



acres on which used. 1987. 

 1982. 



Cropland fertilized, except pastureland farms, 1987. 



1982. 



acres on which used. 1987. 



1982,. 



Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 1987_. 



1982.. 



acres on which used, 1987.. 



1982., 



Lime farms. 



acres on which used. 



tons, 



Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc., to 

 control— 

 Insects on hay and other crops farms. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 



acres on which used, 1987. 

 19B2. 



Nematodes in crops . 



farms. 1987. 



1982. 



acres on which used. 1987., 

 1982. 



Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 1987. 



1982. 

 acres on which used. 1987. 

 1982. 

 Weeds, grass, or bnjsh in crops and 



pasture farms, 1987. 



1982. 



acres on which used, 1987. 



1982. 



Chemicals used tor defoliation or for growth 



control of crops or thinning of fnjit farms, 1987. 



1982. 



acres on which used. 1987, 



1982, 



3 418 



3 605 



284 133 



310 956 



3 124 



3 454 



244 240 



271 479 



1 131 



1 142 



39 893 



39 477 



1 345 

 1 546 

 43 638 

 50 809 

 73 269 

 87 860 



560 

 562 



22 170 



23 925 



68 



115 



5 063 



8 519 



238 



235 



7 366 



7 920 



1 534 



1 498 



74 766 



78 374 



67 



112 



3 912 



6 726 



32 186 



36 864 



2 032 835 



2 226 798 



28 853 



33 991 



1 646 711 



1 898 780 



10 060 

 9 878 



386 124 

 328 018 



9 154 



11 149 

 346 270 

 447 130 

 501 586 

 614 829 



11 662 



11 781 



678 466 



731 928 



3 141 

 3 802 



134 215 

 163 290 



3 921 



4 311 



135 909 

 143 271 



13 779 



13 813 



1 153 803 



1 276 528 



1 658 



2 152 

 55 322 

 87 325 



18 030 

 18 911 



3 893 955 



4 482 028 



16 383 



17 071 



3 813 267 



4 392 326 



2 990 



3 333 

 80 688 

 89 702 



1 546 

 1 459 

 49 707 

 41 942 

 75 230 

 53 450 



9 486 

 8 827 



1 007 286 

 1 082 099 



821 



653 



122 066 



82 156 



5 253 



4 758 



418 882 



431 312 



14 365 



13 550 



203 927 



530 230 



3 595 



3 799 



242 479 



234 982 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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