Table 15. Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1982-Con. 



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



SIC code 



Land in farms 

 (acres) 



Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



Value of selected capital 



assets', average per farm 



(dollars) 



Land and 

 butldings 



f^achinery and 

 equipment 



Market value of sales 

 ($1,000) 



Total 



Crops, including 



nursery and 



greenhouse 



products 



Livestock, 



poultry, and 



tfieir products 



Livestock (02) _. 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties {021)___ 



Beef cattle feedlots (0211) - 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Hogs (0213) 



Sfieep and goats (0214) ___ 



(3eneral livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 

 specialties (0219) — 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Broiler, fryer, and roaster cfiickens (0251) 



Ctiicken eggs (0252) 



Turkeys and turkey eggs (0253) 



Poultry fiatcfieries (0254) 



Poultry and eggs, n.e.c. (0259) 



Animal specialties (027) _. 



Fur-beanng animals and rabbits (0271) 



Horses and otfier equines (0272) 



Animal specialties, n.e.c, (0279) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



12 667 

 907 



10 554 

 309 

 579 



318 



325 

 110 

 145 



54 

 2 



14 



384 

 11 



323 

 50 



524 872 

 170 702 

 122 806 

 42 712 

 99 952 



88 700 



76 172 

 35 098 

 17 877 

 21 217 

 (D) 

 (D) 



39 636 



311 



34 194 



5 131 



337 27B 



27 188 



277 783 



7 145 



8 262 



16 900 



8 075 

 3 756 

 2 005 

 2 077 

 (D) 

 (D) 



662 



29 



331 



302 



122 227 

 137 905 

 119 074 

 115 431 

 96 306 



226 503 



188 252 

 270 907 



(D) 

 333 941 



(D) 

 117 893 



113 542 

 75 114 

 118 321 

 105 421 



52 091 



7 745 



4 279 

 310 



2 554 



226 



33 



1 156 



321 



200 



62 



57 



74 258 



7 740 



58 598 



2 955 

 1 771 



3 195 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



Table 16. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1982 and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Ctiemicals used 



1982 



1978 



Cfiemicals 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 lo 199 tons 



200 to 499 tons 



500 lo 999 tons _ 



1,000 tons or more 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime used— Con. 



Other agricultural chemicals' ___ farms.. 



$1,000. 

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

 control — 



Insects on hay 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.. 

 Chemicals used for defoliation or for growth 



control of crops or thinning of fruit farms.. 



acres on which used,. 



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



10 WEST VIRGINIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



