Table 47. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of 

 Less Than $20,000: 1982-Con. 



[Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



45 to 54 



SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION 

 EXPENSES^-Con. 



Energy and petroleum products ,_ __ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499... 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4.999 



$5,000 or more 



Petroleum products farms. 



$1,000- 

 Gasoline and gasohol farms- 



$1,000. 

 Diesel fuel farms. 



$1,000. 

 LP gas. butane, and propane farms. 



$1,000. 

 Fuel oil and kerosene farms. 



$1,000. 

 Natural gas farms. 



$1,000. 

 Motor oil and grease farms. 



$1,000. 



Electricity farms. 



$1,000. 



Other— coal. wood, coke, etc. farms. 



$1,000. 



Interest expense farms- 



$1,000_ 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 ___ 



$1,000 to $4.999 



$5,000 or more 



Farms reporting no interest expense 

 (see text) 



VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Estimated market value of all machinery 



and equipment farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by value group: 



$1 to $4.999 _ 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19.999. _ , 



$20,000 to $49.999 _ , 



$50,000 to $99.999 , 



$100,000 to $199.999 , 



$200,000 to $499.999 , 



$500,000 or more 



SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Automobiles farms.. 



number.. 



Motortrucks, including pickups farms.. 



number.. 



Wheel tractors farms.. 



number.. 



2 or 3 farms., 



number.. 



4 or more farms.. 



number.. 



Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 

 only farms.. 



number.. 

 Com heads for combines farms., 



number., 

 Cottonpickers and strippers farms., 



number. 

 Mower conditioners farms., 



number.. 

 Pickup balers farms., 



number.. 

 Field forage harvesters, shear bar or 

 flywheel farms.. 



number.. 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 



Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Lime ._ farms.. 



acres on which used., 

 tons.. 

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

 control— 



Insects on hay and other crops farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



434 

 475 



162 



51 



221 



434 



405 



374 



181 



271 



91 



96 



60 



41 



37 



18 



11 



434 



26 



228 



66 



33 



4 



138 

 148 



42 

 48 

 48 



440 

 ' 158 



31 

 147 

 118 

 127 



17 



229 

 393 

 326 

 438 

 333 

 582 

 142 

 333 

 17 

 75 



375 



5 556 



70 



923 

 1 353 



167 

 1 097 



1 393 

 1 617 



523 



318 



546 



6 



393 



358 



170 



533 



902 



353 



215 



198 



149 



100 



61 



77 



393 



96 



692 



247 

 64 

 13 



538 

 1 033 



156 



106 



203 



73 



765 



1 402 

 22 301 



188 



418 



456 



298 



20 



19 



3 



801 

 1 141 

 1 117 

 1 640 

 1 036 

 1 668 



380 



841 

 57 



228 



149 

 153 

 119 

 120 



130 

 138 

 165 

 165 



2 016 

 2 069 



760 



562 



681 



13 



2 016 



1 759 



1 662 



798 



1 220 

 406 

 259 

 211 

 236 

 178 



84 

 45 



2 016 

 121 



902 



294 

 78 

 16 



690 

 1 826 



153 



88 



344 



105 



1 094 



2 035 

 33 730 



484 



420 



113 



7 



10 



2 835 



3 445 



1 044 

 564 



1 189 



38 



2 835 

 2 959 

 2 346 

 1 201 



1 539 

 626 

 511 

 554 

 333 

 263 



98 

 88 



2 835 

 228 



1 370 



451 



149 



35 



1 012 



2 522 



237 

 137 

 517 

 121 



2 874 

 48 817 



476 

 851 

 710 

 665 

 123 

 48 

 1 



5 165 

 5 643 



1 952 



1 169 



2 006 



38 



5 165 

 4 896 



4 448 

 2 240 

 2 729 



1 192 

 716 

 639 

 633 

 386 

 105 



74 



5 165 

 366 



2 524 

 684 

 248 



63 



1 186 



2 339 



409 

 255 

 434 



3 468 



64 NORTH CAROLINA 



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