Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 -Con. 



(For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Tirms --- _- number.. 



t.and 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-- famis.. 



acres.. 

 Harvested cropland farms,. 



acres.. 

 Irrigated land farms-. 



acres-- 



Meirket value of agricultural products sold _- $1,000-. 



Average per fann 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 - 



32.500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



310,000 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 



>' jrage age of operator years.. 



Total farm production expenses^ $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



"ock and poultry: 



3 and calves inventory _, _ farms,. 



number.. 



' cows .- farms.. 



number.. 



cows farms.. 



number.. 



i eind calves sold _. farms.. 



number.. 



nogs and pigs inventory farms.. 



number,. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



numt>er.. 

 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, 



acres - 



232 

 7 433 



206 



3 997 



14 



280 



225 

 3 788 



268 



34 191 



232 



8 996 



230 

 8 555 

 13 210 



245 



83 901 



342 



See footnotes at end of table. 



146 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



