Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con 



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



Other occupatlona 



Age of operator (years) 



FARMS BV SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 10 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 10 1.999 acres. 

 2,000 acres or more . 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grams (011) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets. Irish 

 potatoes, tield crops, except cash 

 grains, nee (0133. 0134. 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, pnmanly crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except teedlots (0212) 



Dairy farnis (024) ___ 



Poultry and eggs (025) ___ 



Animal specialties (027) ._ 



General farms, pnmarity livestock and 

 animal specialties (029) 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory farms 



number. 

 Farms v^ith — 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 , 



50 to 99 , 



100 to 199 ., 



200 to 499 , 



500 or more 



Cows and heifers that had calved _ farms 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



number. 



Farms with — 



1 to 9 , 



10 to 49... , 



50 to 99... _ , 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more ___ 



Milk cows _ farms, 



number. 



Farms with — 



1 to 4 , 



5 to 9 _ , 



10 to 49. _ , 



50 to 99 , 



100 to 199 



200 to 499.. 



500 or more 



Heifefs and heifer calves farms, 



number. 



Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 



calves. farms. 



number. 



Cattle and calves sold fanns. 



number. 

 $1,000. 



Calves farms, 



number, 

 $1,000, 



Cattle farms, 



numtier, 

 $1,000, 

 Fattened on gram and concentrates ... farms, 

 number, 

 $1,000 



See footnotes at end of table 



2 232 

 7 359 

 2 704 

 2 914 

 2 712 

 1 741 

 1 144 



773 

 1 723 



662 



3 819 

 8 538 

 1 660 



12 404 

 239 627 



11 980 

 229 145 



4 879 



6 291 



605 



14 678 

 290 696 

 109 837 

 9 312 

 107 044 



28 376 



11 334 

 183 652 



81 461 

 1 179 



995 

 16 509 



956 

 15 551 



1 227 



23 246 



8 721 



766 



1 815 

 570 

 590 



926 



1 745 



326 



2 632 

 45 859 

 2 528 



43 995 



3 052 

 57 880 

 21 525 



1 925 

 20 764 



5 575 



2 3S3 

 37 116 

 IS 950 



269 



3 137 

 1 613 



1 047 



2 443 

 503 



3 586 

 71 137 



3 479 

 67 334 



4 128 

 83 341 



31 522 



2 631 



32 863 

 8 731 



3 209 

 50 478 

 22 791 



378 



395 



1 576 



614 



805 



2 136 



496 



3 129 

 66 249 



3 046 

 64 087 



3 721 

 74 633 

 27 616 



2 378 

 27 465 



7 207 



2 940 

 47 168 

 20 409 



243 



3 949 

 1 883 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



VIRGINIA 73 



