Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



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. 



Famns by size 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres _-..._.__ . ,_. 



160 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 acres or more 



Total cropland-- (arms. 



acres. 

 Harvested cropland farms. 



acres- 

 Imgated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agncuttural 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 onerator years. 



Total fann production expenses' __ $1,000, 



Average per farm dollars- 

 Livestock and poultry 



Cattle and calves inventory farms, 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



number. 



Mitk 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. 



numtwr. 



Selected crops harvested 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres, 



bushels. 



Wheat for gram -_ farms. 



acres- 

 bushels. 



Tobacco farms. 



acres, 

 pounds. 



Soybeans for t>eans farms. 



acres, 

 bushels- 



Peanuts for nuts _ farms. 



acres. 

 pounds. 



Hay-alfalla, other tame, smalt arain. wild, 



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



acres, 

 tons, dry. 



Land in orchards _ farms. 



acres. 



266 

 46 426 



208 

 24 730 



1 943 



217 



9 697 



492 



121 196 



246 



457 



75 691 



387 



40 304 



3 018 



342 



14 506 



262 

 27 228 



217 

 12 243 



1 165 



196 



12 430 



See footnotes at end of table 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



VIRGINIA 143 



