Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



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



Farms with irrigation 



1982 



1978 



Farms witti irrigation 



Farms _ number.. 



Proportion o( farms percent.. 



Irrigated land acres-- 



Average per farm acres. _ 



Acres irrigated: 

 1 to 9 acres _ farms.. 



acres.. 

 10 to 49 acres - farms.. 



acres.. 

 50 to 99 acres - farms.. 



acres-- 

 100 to 199 acres--- - farms.. 



acres. - 



200 to 499 acres - — farms-- 



acres.. 



500 to 999 acres farms.- 



acres-- 



1,000 acres or more farms.. 



acres.. 



135 



.7 



945 



7 



115 



223 



17 



307 



3 

 415 



116 



.7 



1 236 



11 



83 



205 



28 



559 



3 



(D) 



2 



(0) 



113 



.7 



1 513 



13 



78 



(NA) 



29 



(NA) 



4 



(NA) 



2 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



Irrigated land use: 



Harvested cropland .- farms-. 



acres-, 



Pastureland and otfier land farms., 



acres.. 

 Land in irrigated farms acres- 

 Cropland acres.. 



Harvested cropland acres. 



Pnncipal source of irrigation water 

 (see text): 



Wells on farm farms. 



irrigated acres- 



Wells as only source farms. 



irngated acres. 



On-farm surface supply farms- 



irrigated acres- 

 On-farm surface supply as only 



source farms. 



irrigated acres. 



Off-farm water suppliers farms- 



irrigated acres- 

 Off-farm water suppliers as only 



source farms. 



irngated acres. 



130 



871 



5 



74 



17 886 



7 477 



5 046 



47 

 304 



47 

 304 



61 

 567 



58 



510 



27 



74 



24 

 69 



103 



1 041 



(NA) 



195 



24 919 



7 051 



4 570 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 27 209 

 (NA) 

 4 694 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



Table 3. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1982 and 1978 



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



Ctiaractenstics 



Irrigated farms 



Any land irrigated 



All fiarvested cropland 

 irrigated 



Nonirngated farms 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres-- 



Value of land and buildings^; 



Average per farm dollars-- 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Irrigated land acres.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland, excluding woodland pastured farms.. 



acres-- 

 (nventory of livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms-- 



number-- 



Milk cows farms-- 



number-- 



Hogs and pigs- farms.- 



number.. 



Stieep and lambs farms.. 



number.. 



Estimated market value of all mactiinery and 



equipment^ farms.. 



$1,000-- 

 Average per farm dollars-- 



Market value of agricultural products sold - $1,000-- 



Average per farm dollars.- 



Crops. including nursery and greenfiouse products farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Livestock, poultry, and tfieir products farms.. 



$1,000- 



Poultry and poultry products farms-. 



$1.000.. 



Selected farm production expenses^: 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms-- 



$1.000.. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer - farms.- 



$1.000.. 

 Other agricultural chemicals^ .-- farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Energy and petroleum products farms-- 



$1.000.. 

 Hired farm tabor farms.. 



$1,000- 

 Contract labor farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Interest expense farms.. 



$1.000.. 



18 742 

 3 559 051 



129 390 

 688 

 945 



17 763 

 1 319 437 



16 446 

 576 889 



15 224 

 1 273 808 



15 123 

 455 173 



2 901 

 34 776 



1 981 

 33 881 



1 964 

 98 050 



18 715 



301 305 



16 100 



242 127 



12 919 



5 552 



57 203 



14 665 



184 923 



1 150 



53 615 



12 165 



51 915 



5 972 



3 211 

 9 021 



10 226 



4 999 



5 024 



18 529 



20 226 

 5 958 



20 340 



599 



2 371 



4 213 



16 738 



17 475 

 3 529 266 



119 153 



583 



1 236 



16 780 

 1 356 048 



15 890 

 560 652 



14 356 

 1 314 246 



13 938 



428 763 



3 263 



36 040 



2 641 



51 769 



2 130 



107 306 



17 439 

 239 330 



13 724 



193 710 



11 065 



5 391 



44 832 



14 343 

 148 877 



1 097 

 34 806 



12 614 

 40 533 



7 208 



3 420 

 10 816 



9 184 

 7 938 



4 521 



17 241 



13 488 

 6 004 



16 643 



601 



2 143 



(NA) 



(NA) 



135 

 17 886 



163 164 



1 327 



945 



135 

 7 477 



134 



5 046 



69 



4 640 



57 



2 442 



11 



439 



6 



179 



7 



384 



152 



3 687 



24 255 



9 424 



69 809 



108 



6 959 



55 



2 465 



7 



1 089 



48 

 869 



74 

 346 

 114 

 309 



80 

 120 



152 



1 151 



65 



1 917 



4 



16 



65 



639 



116 

 24 919 



182 319 



950 



1 236 



116 



7 051 

 114 



4 570 

 55 



8 046 



47 



3 279 



16 



339 



14 



1 795 



7 



456 



113 



2 509 



22 201 



7 421 



63 975 



84 



6 283 



50 



1 138 



6 



3 



32 

 210 



70 

 981 

 101 

 161 



83 

 117 



113 



734 



54 



1 837 



14 



166 



(NA) 



(NA) 



72 

 2 822 



119 738 



2 912 



225 



72 

 906 



72 

 225 



22 

 647 



20 

 224 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



80 



1 215 



15 190 



4 328 



60 112 



62 



4 300 



17 



29 



1 



(D) 



21 

 6 

 39 

 222 

 52 

 19 

 39 

 26 



80 



671 



27 



1 056 



2 



(D) 



37 



277 



52 

 4 263 



97 885 



1 695 



457 



52 

 933 



52 

 456 



15 

 823 



13 

 544 



2 

 (D) 



3 

 28 



1 

 (D) 



52 



980 



18 841 



4 427 



65 135 



39 



4 342 



14 



85 



3 



2 



7 

 14 

 37 

 821 

 42 

 60 

 42 

 41 



52 



569 



24 



1 189 



6 



4 



(NA) 



(NA) 



18 607 

 3 541 165 



129 113 

 685 

 (X) 



17 628 

 311 960 



16 312 

 571 843 



15 155 

 269 168 



15 066 

 452 731 



2 890 

 34 337 



1 975 

 33 702 



1 967 

 97 666 



18 563 



297 619 



16 033 



232 702 



12 506 



5 444 



50 244 



14 610 



182 458 



1 143 



52 526 



12 117 



51 046 



5 898 



2 865 



8 907 



9 917 

 4 919 



4 904 



18 377 



19 075 



5 893 

 18 424 



595 

 2 355 

 4 148 

 16 099 



17 359 

 504 347 



118 741 

 580 

 (X) 



16 664 

 1 348 997 



15 776 

 556 082 



14 301 

 1 306 200 



13 891 



425 484 



3 247 



35 701 



2 627 



49 974 



2 123 



106 850 



17 326 

 236 822 



13 669 



186 289 



10 732 



5 307 



38 550 



14 293 

 147 739 



1 091 

 34 803 



12 582 

 40 322 

 7 138 

 2 440 

 10 715 

 9 023 

 7 855 



4 404 



17 128 

 12 754 



5 950 

 14 806 



587 



1 976 



(NA) 



(NA) 



^Data are based on a sample of farms: see text. 



2Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982, 



2 WEST VIRGINIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



