Table 10 Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1987 

 and 1982-Con. 



r nr meaning of abbreviations and symt)Ols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



I (arms farms, 1987. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982.. 

 .(arms, 1987.. 



1982.. 

 acres, 1987.. 



Harvested cropland . 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Full owners 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987- 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987.. 

 1982. 



1987., 

 1982. 

 1987., 

 1982. 

 1987., 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres, 



Part owners farms, 



acres. 



Owned land in farms acres. 



Rented land in farms acres. 



Harvested cropland farms, 



acres, 



Tenants farms, 



acres, 

 Han/ested cropland farms. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1987., 



1982., 

 Not on farm operated __ 1987., 



1982., 

 Not reported 1987., 



1982., 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming 1987., 



1982., 

 Otfier 1987., 



1982., 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None _. 1987.. 



1982., 

 Any ___ 1987., 



1982., 



1 to 49 days 1987. 



1982. 

 50 to 99 days 1987. 



1982. 

 100 to 149 days 1987, 



1982- 

 150 to 199 days 1987- 



1982- 

 200 days or more 1987. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987. 



1982. 



Operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less - 1987. 



1982. 



3 or 4 years .— 1987. 



1982. 

 5 to 9 years 1987. 



1982- 

 10 years or more 1987. 



1982. 

 Average years on present farm 1987. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987. 



1982- 



13 309 

 16 519 

 7 131 



565 



97 319 



101 783 



435 



139 

 137 

 45 334 

 45 255 

 20 629 

 22 850 

 24 705 

 22 405 



126 



365 



368 



78 246 



65 812 



293 



316 



14 229 



14 724 



227 



258 



30 616 



42 563 



118 

 115 

 44 624 

 40 324 

 26 366 

 22 279 

 18 258 

 18 045 



33 

 41 



13 051 



14 346 



5 215 

 7 573 

 7 836 



6 773 



33 



246 



50 530 

 62 283 



174 



245 



35 821 



51 657 



121 

 33 195 

 43 415 

 12 388 

 16 015 

 20 807 

 27 400 



87 



85 



118 



38 045 



38 518 



18 693 

 21 474 



19 352 

 17 044 



85 



302 



381 



65 154 



63 692 



252 



350 



13 373 



16 353 



249 



35 765 

 34 986 

 153 

 223 

 4 514 

 6 334 



87 

 100 

 25 672 

 25 827 

 16 077 

 16 891 

 9 595 

 8 936 



82 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



VIRGINIA 285 



