Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 -Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory to)ct] 



Farms number. 



Land in farms aaes.. 



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 

 equtpment' 



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. 

 Imgated land farms 



acres. 



Market value of agncultural products sold $1,000 



Average per farm -dollars. 



Crops, rncluding 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: 



Livestock and poultry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms.. 



numl>er-. 



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.. 



acres., 

 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. 



tons. dry. 



ijind in orchards farms. 



acres. 



283 



10 729 



249 



5 295 



273 

 6 988 

 9 860 



253 



57 858 



229 



812 

 60 128 



750 

 21 257 



666 



29 267 



466 



9 812 



300 



394 



532 828 



95 535 

 1 127 

 37 355 



17 835 



497 



10 067 



364 



5 655 



222 495 



293 



5 112 

 167 169 



843 



6 746 

 11 478 971 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



VIRGINIA 145 



