Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Famis 



Land in farms 



Average size of farm. 



.number.. 

 _,, acres.. 

 acres. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm 



Average per acre 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 



Average per farm 



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 



Han/ested cropland _ 

 Irrigated land 



farms, 

 acres, 

 farms, 

 acres, 

 farms, 

 acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold ... 



Average per farm 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 

 crops 



Livestock, poultry, and their products 



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 



Total farm production expenses' ... 

 Average per farm.. 



Beef cows 



Milk cows 



Cattle and calves sold . 



Hogs and pigs inventory 



Hogs and pigs sold.,. 



Sheep and lambs inventory 



Chickens 3 months old or older inventory ._ 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold. 



._ farms 



number. 

 .- farms 



number. 

 __ farms 



number, 

 .. farms 



number 



.. farms. 



number. 

 __ farms. 



numbei 

 __ farms, 



number 

 .. farms. 



number. 

 _. 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 fwms.. 



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. . 



288 



77 112 

 268 



35 041 



217 



17 955 



682 



146 455 



215 



1 278 

 55 677 

 120 842 



52 418 

 1 043 

 20 132 



37 669 



636 



18 078 



837 



1 518 



2 474 624 



1 274 



2 149 

 3 609 048 



See footnotes at end of table. 



150 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



