Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1982 and 1978 -Con. 



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



Warren 



Washington 



Watauga 



Wayne 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



1982 operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



1 982 operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms. 1982_. 



1978. . 



acres, 1982_. 



1978. . 



Parlnerstiip farms, 1982_. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982_. 



1978.. 



Corporation: 



Family field farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978-. 



Ottier than family held farms, 1982.. 



1978-. 

 acres, 1982_. 

 1978.. 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



1982 SELECTED FARM 

 PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 



Ijvestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Commercially mixed formula feeds farms.. 



tons.. 

 $1,000.. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other agricultural chemicals^ farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Hired farm latx)r farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Workers working 150 days or more farms.. 



number.. 



Contract labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Customwork, machine hire, and rental of 



machinery and equipment farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Energy and petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest expense: 



Expenses reported farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Expenses reported as 'No' farms.. 



MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment farms, 1982.. 



1978., 



$1,000, 1982.. 



1978., 



Average per farm dollars, 1982.. 



1978. 



Motortrucks, including pickups farms, 1982. 



1978. 



number, 1982. 



1978., 



Wheel tractors farms, 1982. 



1978. 

 number, 1982. 

 1978. 

 Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 



only farms, 1982. 



1978. 



number, 1982. 



1978. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



11 

 S 



38 

 131 

 19.0 



59 



6 

 26 

 46 

 63 

 71 

 35 

 51.2 



222 

 242 



58 058 

 58 304 

 21 

 32 

 (D) 

 (D) 



4 

 9 



(D) 



(D 



24 

 900 



92 

 2 691 



22 

 8 304 

 1 574 



178 

 233 

 240 

 925 

 214 

 454 



199 



1 434 



89 



191 

 26 

 45 



30 

 32 



247 

 1 884 



247 

 1 605 



158 



1 004 



79 



15 

 13 

 41 

 110 

 16.7 

 47 



7 

 47 

 48 

 40 

 63 

 21 

 47,4 



189 



197 



60 894 



62 139 



23 



24 



16 198 



(D) 



10 



8 



12 505 



8 697 



4 



4 



14 142 



(0) 



49 



3 518 



68 



11 916 



34 



33 421 



6 215 



210 



1 317 

 166 



3 763 

 184 



1 776 



90 



2 631 



62 

 (D) 

 37 

 77 



80 

 375 

 216 

 (13) 

 216 

 2 237 



170 



5 792 



42 



76 



820 



126 



1 476 



32 



7 847 



1 400 



90 



11 

 169 

 159 

 107 



29 



113 



301 



13 



38 



26 

 14 

 184 

 284 

 184 

 249 



63 



205 



99 



184 



130 



2 653 



2 158 



14 420 



16 597 



109 

 104 

 166 

 146 

 145 

 108 

 219 

 169 



305 

 14 941 



408 

 29 580 



245 

 149 061 

 26 395 



787 



1 390 

 844 



7 187 

 786 



2 304 



722 



7 262 

 264 



(D) 



88 



591 



564 



1 208 



964 



8 933 

 964 



7 437 



606 



4 755 



298 



467 

 25 952 



525 

 54 785 



515 



307 102 



54 291 



199 

 162 

 236 

 503 

 163 

 211 



282 



2 683 



141 



300 



45 



117 



108 

 108 

 600 



3 162 

 600 



2 174 



271 



2 691 



259 



597 

 731 

 15 795 

 17 898 

 26 457 

 24 484 



486 

 610 

 902 



1 121 

 500 

 613 

 946 



1 177 



(D) 



82 



1 021 

 120 



3 178 



61 

 14 784 



2 571 



640 



1 104 

 659 



4 780 

 632 



2 667 



499 

 7 156 

 162 

 469 

 11 

 135 



343 

 832 



681 



I 424 



681 



747 



403 



I 419 



230 



676 

 837 

 40 653 

 31 225 

 60 138 

 37 306 



632 



767 



1 389 



1 437 

 624 

 779 



2 020 

 2 512 



172 

 213 

 187 

 224 



21 

 25 

 67 



286 

 20.1 



178 



25 



90 



96 



131 



164 



71 



49.5 



490 



585 



54 118 



59 091 



78 



96 



(D) 



(D) 



9 

 21 

 (D) 

 (D) 



138 



1 914 

 220 



6 719 



166 



37 161 



5 901 



444 

 519 

 527 



2 322 

 458 

 793 



399 



2 719 

 151 

 536 



31 

 339 



262 

 489 

 577 



3 399 

 577 



2 955 



265 



1 709 



254 



384 NORTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



