Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment lor pnce ctianges. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms - -- number. 



Land in farms -- -- -- .acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres - 



50 to 179 acres -__ - -- 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres --- 



1.000 to 1,999 acres—- - 



2.000 acres or more 



Harvested cropland - farms. 



acres- 



Irrigated land-,- - farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grams (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) --- 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (GIB) 



General farms, pnmarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners - 



Part owners -- 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ 



Selected farm production expenses^: 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000, 



Other agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves farms, 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops han/ested: 

 Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Oats for grain farms. 



acres. 

 Tobacco farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 

 (see text) farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



'Data for 1976 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIII WEST VIRGINIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



