Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory tejrt] 



Farms- number. 



Land In farms ___acres- 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per fami dollars- 

 Average per acre. dollars. 



Estlmated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment^: 



Average per fami 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. 



Market value of agricultural 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 dollars. 



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- 

 bushets- 



Wheat for grain farms., 



bushels- 



Tobacco. farms. 



acres, 

 pounds. 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres - 

 bushets- 



Peanuts for nuts farms. 



acres, 

 pounds- 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, 



grass silage, green chop, etc (see te>ct) farms. 



acres- 

 tons, dry. 



Land in orchards farms. 



acres - 



14 024 



80 



11 487 



482 



41 390 



435 



20 374 



340 

 260 

 54.3 



423 



23 583 



298 



7 303 



62 



3 145 



437 



15 121 



408 

 16 236 

 27 450 



302 



65 154 



216 



See footnotes at end of table. 



148 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



