Table 1. Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years-Con. 



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



Selected crops tiarvested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres - 

 bushels- 



Wheat for grain farms. 



acres. 



bushels. 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



Tobacco farms.. 



acres., 

 pounds.. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, 

 small grain, wild, grass 

 silage, green chop, etc. 



(see text) farms— 



acres., 

 tons. dry.. 



Land in orchards farms.. 



acres.. 



8 162 

 341 412 



20 941 860 



4 339 



188 428 



8 065 684 



4 586 



459 924 



10 421 715 



9 750 

 45 121 



80 582 854 



27 244 



075 203 



832 905 



1 463 



34 027 



15 288 



611 032 

 58 283 179 



6 594 

 296 840 



10 873 751 



7 247 



612 399 

 17 698 179 



13 486 



64 006 



122 488 096 



28 796 



948 741 



1 714 484 



1 714 



36 274 



17 564 



612 215 



50 865 163 



5 051 

 123 985 



4 427 658 



6 925 

 474 287 



13 015 028 



14 835 



70 928 



131 522 222 



28 860 



910 150 



1 535 228 



1 808 



38 452 



20 890 



543 067 



43 268 674 



10 115 



258 366 



9 636 104 



7 950 



421 462 



10 Oil 420 



15 903 



67 308 



122 370 907 



28 667 



787 434 



1 403 313 



1 653 



41 956 



24 571 



423 864 



32 511 424 



10 745 



151 983 



6 477 754 



7 Oil 

 303 038 



7 776 397 



21 183 



66 283 



117 547 795 



31 469 



775 454 



1 278 669 



2 072 



48 992 



38 022 

 433 862 

 24 255 072 

 14 766 

 177 146 



5 086 620 



6 638 

 319 294 



6 370 491 



27 695 



78 542 



151 808 299 



(NA) 



988 039 



1 233 824 



4 659 



65 278 



60 636 



621 477 



28 311 876 



24 366 



253 967 



6 996 456 



9 851 



280 637 



5 733 425 



34 806 



85 851 



127 795 512 



(NA) 



1 094 204 



1 620 013 



7 628 



67 457 



85 640 



747 843 



25 226 286 



26 774 



262 111 



6 455 119 



8 410 



197 619 



2 760 406 



42 096 



122 491 



141 120 307 



(NA) 



1 163 553 



1 336 360 



11 694 



85 448 



'Data are based on a sample of farms- 



^Data for 1974 and prior years include the value of forest products sold. 



^Data for 1982 and prior years exclude abnormal farms. 



'Data for 1959 are for $10,000 or more. 



'Data for 1954 are for $25,000 or more, 



^Data for 1 974 apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and paftnerships; see text 



^Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications, data (or agncultural chemicals exclude the cost of lime for 1987 and 1982. 



^Data for 1982 do not include imputation tor item nonresponse, 



'Data for 1 964 and prior years are for chickens 4 months old or older. 



8 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



