Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, 



Farms number. 



Land in farms- acres. 



Average size of farm acres- 

 Value of land and buildings^ 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars- 

 Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 



Average per farm dollars- 

 Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres _ 



1,000 acres or more 



Total cropland farms- 



acres- 



Harvested cropland farms- 



acres- 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops $1,000. 



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



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 to $99,999 _ 



$100,000 or more 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other ._ _ 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000- 



Average per farm dollars. 



Livestock and poultry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number- 



Beef cows farms- 



number. 

 Milk cows farms- 

 number. 



Cattle and calves sold farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs inventory farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs sold farms- 



number. 



Sheep and lambs inventory farms- 

 number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms. 



number. 



Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms. 



number- 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms- 



acres- 

 bushels- 



Wheat for grain farms- 



acres- 

 bushels- 



Tobacco farms- 



acres- 

 pounds- 



Soybeans for beans farms- 

 acres, 

 bushels. 



Peanuts for nuts farms- 

 acres, 

 pounds. 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small gram, wild, 



grass silage, green chop, etc, (see text) farms- 



acres. 

 tons, dry- 



Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



3 408 

 10 753 

 17 530 



9 252 



2 624 

 1 232 



41 491 

 4 363 106 



37 332 

 2 406 976 



3 054 

 78 681 



13 622 

 7 995 

 7 580 

 6 895 

 3 028 



2 102 



3 577 



25 826 



18 291 



54.5 



28 325 

 1 510 920 

 22 228 

 581 298 

 3 372 

 157 128 

 28 222 

 859 708 



3 711 

 345 058 



3 016 

 642 863 



2 127 

 161 076 



3 194 

 6 605 717 



567 

 142 971 809 



8 162 

 341 412 



20 941 850 



4 339 



188 428 



6 065 684 



9 750 

 45 121 



80 582 854 



4 586 



459 924 



10 421 715 



27 244 

 1 075 203 

 1 832 905 



277 

 74 134 



259 

 67 629 



13 650 248 



676 

 73 448 



568 

 38 924 



322 



73 391 



228 



300 

 36 452 



269 

 22 747 



186 



10 990 



142 



2 894 



33 



2 446 



189 



6 414 



29 

 810 



340 



16 613 



305 



9 219 



17 



294 



340 



8 777 



See footnotes at end of table. 



140 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



