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



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



Farms 



Land In farms 

 (acres) 



Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



Value of selected capital 



assets \ average per farm 



(dollars) 



Land and 

 buildings 



Macfiinery 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) 



Sheep and goats (0214) 



General livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 

 specialties (0219) 



Dairy farms (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, primarily livestock (029) 



15 567 

 685 



13 952 

 587 

 144 



199 



589 



332 



212 



4 



3 



38 



1 231 



28 



1 027 



176 



2 508 665 



107 827 



2 333 532 



36 934 



4 996 



25 376 



55 275 



36 718 



15 959 



120 



63 



2 415 



95 664 



278 



74 417 



20 969 



349 306 



243 142 



12 405 



216 277 



6 257 

 378 



7 825 



7 417 



5 443 



1 756 



23 



195 



7 963 



13 



5 768 



2 182 



193 924 

 291 792 



194 185 

 77 762 

 84 826 



222 056 



200 590 

 218 438 

 184 104 

 144 375 

 1 200 000 

 143 000 



170 508 

 59 029 

 180 750 

 144 345 



15 705 



16 515 

 15 571 

 15 908 

 15 876 



22 242 



39 343 

 46 746 

 22 727 

 11 750 

 1 722 500 

 16 029 



15 506 



5 913 



14 723 



28 114 



104 915 



6 205 



88 952 



6 751 



171 



2 836 



140 797 



103 516 



25 817 



2 



10 909 



553 



14 455 



42 



8 749 



5 664 



11 399 



8 360 

 578 



6 621 



427 



2 



733 



96 555 



5 627 

 82 331 



6 325 

 169 



2 104 



^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] 



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



10 LOUISIANA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



