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- 

 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 ferm 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 _- 



S5.000 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 famn 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,. 



number,. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Com for grain or seed ,.- farms.. 



acres,, 

 bushels-. 



Wheal 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.. 



142 



69 188 



487 



978 



240 638 



246 



123 054 



690 



67 196 



590 



49 840 



466 



6 211 



620 



26 622 



602 

 41 876 

 75 493 



54 303 



662 



23 326 



3 217 



650 



19 763 



82 746 

 897 



45 287 



See footnotes at end of table. 



144 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



