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



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



Land in farms 

 (acres) 



Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



Value of selected capital 



assets \ average per farm 



(dollars) 



Land and 

 buildings 



Mactiinery and 

 equipment 



Market value of sales 

 ($1,000) 



Total 



Crops, including 



nursery and 



greentiouse 



products 



Livestock, 



poultry, and 



ttieir 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) 



General livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 

 specialties (0219) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Broiler, fryer, and roaster ctiickens (0251) 



Cfiicken 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) 



22 512 

 1 075 



16 897 



3 801 



99 



640 



4 496 



2 960 



1 393 



55 



36 



52 



209 



34 



898 



277 



I 723 098 

 186 494 



: 720 789 



568 546 



5 653 



241 614 



461 261 



282 954 



150 143 



18 862 



2 311 



6 991 



115 989 



728 



84 728 



30 533 



585 540 



44 217 



267 777 



186 999 



357 



87 190 



109 082 



62 785 



38 157 



5 280 



59 



2 801 



5 240 



52 



3 964 



1 224 



144 609 

 151 984 

 138 981 

 144 470 

 61 745 



305 029 



163 015 

 153 803 

 173 702 

 321 590 

 245 780 

 130 385 



121 087 

 45 821 



141 154 

 81 682 



15 660 

 19 370 

 12 793 

 23 892 

 9 408 



41 422 



32 158 

 28 938 

 35 359 

 62 200 

 110 515 

 25 009 



12 941 

 24 755 



12 340 



13 097 



351 864 



23 927 



105 210 



186 151 



139 



36 437 



964 252 



538 791 



315 514 



28 054 



76 905 



4 988 



18 413 



597 



11 313 



6 503 



80 850 



51 124 

 4 324 

 9 698 



23 805 



1 



13 295 

 9 351 



14 287 



7 353 



5 803 



515 



616 



188 



2 



99 



87 



300 739 

 19 602 

 95 512 



162 345 

 138 



23 142 



195 552 



949 965 



531 438 



309 712 



27 540 



76 905 



4 372 



18 225 



596 



11 213 



6 416 



^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 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime used farms.. 



Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



acres on which used- 

 Si. 000. 



Lime farms. 



acres on which used. 

 tons. 



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 



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 bnjsh 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 GEORGIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



