Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols 



Farms number- 

 Land in farms .._ acres- 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildingsV 



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 agncultural 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 dotlars- 



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: 



Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Wheat for grain farms. 



bushels. 



Tobacco farms, 



acres - 

 pounds. 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres - 

 bushels. 



Peanuts for nuts 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- 



346 



79 229 

 229 



264 



12 421 



236 



6 362 



14 



262 



257 



6 640 



27 



4 688 



12 



1 239 



38 



76 408 



16 



3 886 216 



1 474 



426 



12 754 



875 

 67 488 



779 

 22 760 



30 614 



536 



11 012 



60 



2 455 



755 



22 006 



683 



18 853 

 28 579 



45 



16 240 



37 



13 280 



8 



628 



See footnotes at end of table. 



142 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



