Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, 



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 10 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 agncultural 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 Of more 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age ot 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 ptgs inventory... farms.. 



numt>er.. 

 Hogs and ptgs 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. 



acres, 

 tons. dry. 



Land in orchards .,_ farms. 



562 



28 451 



398 



10 704 



75 



2 960 



584 



19 717 



587 

 15 433 

 25 240 



307 



23 852 



1 009 055 



260 

 18 374 

 460 696 



320 



30 198 

 81 055 816 



209 

 10 090 

 16 978 



56.2 



2 808 

 14 253 



45 177 



399 



17 452 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



VIRGINIA 151 



