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



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 1 



Chemicals used 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime 

 used farms. 



Commercial fertilizer' farms. 



acres on which used. 

 $1 ,000. 



Lime 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 tons 



1,000 tons or more 



Agricultural chemicals' farms 



$1,000 



12 009 



3 261 217 



72 666 



12 904 

 45 925 



14 139 



11 637 



3 113 736 



77 644 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



9 621 

 32 960 



1978 



11 723 



2 481 005 



69 064 



6 

 27 

 33 



12 530 

 22 759 



Chemicals used 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime 

 used— Con. 



Sprays, dusts, granules, 

 fumigants, etc., to control — 

 Insects on fiay 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.. 



Cfiemlcals used for defoliation 

 or for growth control of crops 



or ttiinning of fruit farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



7 559 

 1 846 016 



423 

 61 056 



1 317 

 158 727 



8 605 

 1 943 125 



530 

 56 315 



5 497 



1 151 594 



392 



46 430 



1 118 

 158 082 



7 186 



1 700 247 



436 

 39 842 



1978 



6 373 

 1 102 940 



578 

 59 374 



1 196 

 130 727 



7 988 

 1 710 807 



351 

 31 443 



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



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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