Table 19. Selected Characteristics of Abnormal Farms: 1987 and 1982 



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



Charactenstics 



Characteristics 



Farms number. 



Land in farms __ acres- 



Average size of farm _._ acres. 



Value of land and buildings^ $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



I per acre .dollars. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms. 



acres. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 

 Cropland used only for pasture or grazing .. farms.. 



Total woodland farms.. 



acres- 

 Woodland pastured farms.. 



acres- 

 Woodland not pastured farms.. 



acres. 



Pastureland and ranqeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, 



etc - farms- 



acres. 



Irrigated land -- farms. 



acres. 



64 384 



2 384 593 



3 200 



2 084 



8 



204 



38 520 



1 284 000 



1 743 



2 916 

 (NA) 

 298 



5 119 



23 

 2 096 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 

 crops - $1,000.. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000, 



Tenure of operator 



Full owners 



Pan owners 



Tenants 



Abnormal farms by standard industrial 

 classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) _.. 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133. 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) . 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



24 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



