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



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



SIC code 



Farms 



Land in farms 

 (acres) 



[Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



Value of selected capital 



assets \ average per farm 



(dollars) 



Land and 

 buildings 



Machinery and 

 equipment 



Market value of sales 

 ($1,000) 



Total 



Crops, including 



nursery and 



greenhouse 



products 



Ljvestock, 



poultry, and 



their products 



Livestock (02) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) _-_ 



Beef cattle leedlots (0211) 



Beef cattle, except teedlots (0212) 



Hogs (0213) 



Sheep and goats (0214). 



General livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 

 specialties (0219) 



Dairy lanns (024) ...^ 



Poultry and eggs (025) --- 



Broiler, fryer, and roaster chickens (0251) 



Chicken eggs (0252) 



Turkeys and turkey eggs (0253). 



Poultry hatcheries (0254) 



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



Animal specialties (027) 



Fur-bearing animals and rabbits (0271) ___ 



Horses and other equines (0272)- 



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



General farms, pnmanly livestock (029) 



23 856 

 1 592 



19 403 



1 661 



501 



699 



2 238 



103 

 497 

 372 

 194 

 11 

 29 



1 382 



20 



1 233 



129 



510 



313 449 



354 609 



478 375 



214 892 



62 223 



203 350 



903 786 



1 194 666 



765 027 

 86 052 



539 617 



76 026 



7 030 



56 302 



38 683 



20 415 



8 086 



8 929 



10 



1 243 



15 546 



67 



14 647 



832 



190 811 

 280 214 

 180 527 

 176 544 

 107 099 



311 838 



254 367 

 250 309 

 165 377 

 395 974 

 505 500 

 288 929 



219 537 

 86 353 



234 956 

 64 624 



50 787 



29 469 



3 187 

 13 228 



8 580 

 64 



4 409 



4 563 



3 054 



783 



595 



131 



625 



11 



597 



17 



105 878 



283 253 

 36 411 



170 940 

 59 479 



2 741 



13 682 



304 400 

 143 148 

 43 994 

 80 412 

 31 441 

 5 405 



39 024 



88 



33 048 



5 889 



'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] 



Chemicals used 



Chemicals used 



1982 



Any chemicals, fenilizer. or lime used farms.. 



Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



acres on which used.. 

 $1,000. 



Ume farms.. 



acres on which used, 

 lons- 



Farms by tons used: 



1 to 49 tons 



50 to 99 tons 



100 to 199 tons 



200 to 499 tons __ 



500 to 999 tons _ 



1.000 tons or more 



38 851 



42 363 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime used— Con. 



Other agricultural chemicals' farms- 



$1,000. 

 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumtgants, 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 VIRGINIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



