Table 15. Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1982-Con. 



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



Farms 



Land In farms 

 (acres) 



Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



Value of selected capital 



assets\ average per farm 



(dollars) 



l-and and 

 buildings 



Machinery and 

 equipment 



Martlet value of sales 

 ($1,000) 



Total 



Crops, including 



nursery and 



greenhouse 



products 



Livestock, 



poultry, and 



their products 



Livestock (02) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



sgecialties (021) 



Beef cattle feedlots (0211) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Hogs (0213) 



Sheep and goats (0214)_ _ 



General livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 

 specialties (0219) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) _ 



Broiler, fryer, and roaster chickens (0251) 



Chicken eggs (0252) 



Turkeys and turkey eggs (0253) 



Poultry hatcheries (0254) 



Poultry and eggs, n.e.c. (0259). 



Animal specialties (027) 



Fur-beanng animals and rabbits (0271) 



Horses and other equines (0272) 



Animal specialties, n.e.c. (0279) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



123 200 

 4 445 



110 568 

 3 305 

 3 325 



1 557 



1 831 



719 



861 



86 



28 



137 



5 967 

 138 



5 282 

 547 



100 835 467 



96 204 958 

 2 538 449 



82 080 202 



466 796 



9 931 382 



1 188 129 



1 247 598 



287 565 



119 482 



118 243 



27 684 



11 523 



10 623 



893 767 



2 684 



820 473 



70 610 



2 201 589 



4 270 591 



840 326 



225 965 



298 650 



70 764 



54 195 



190 752 



280 648 



344 999 



348 674 

 382 756 

 337 465 

 141 156 

 812 433 



460 475 



472 338 



240 677 

 238 200 



241 923 

 286 270 

 926 250 

 112 953 



226 275 



95 373 

 218 621 

 317 701 



19 009 



18 058 

 31 584 



17 305 



18 957 



19 376 



29 226 



35 625 



36 289 

 31 798 

 61 981 



227 541 

 12 062 



14 631 

 10 453 

 14 492 

 16 556 



5 891 527 



4 809 066 



2 725 697 



1 820 406 



89 582 



120 749 



52 631 



458 663 

 180 820 

 172 567 

 61 044 

 42 825 

 1 408 



74 960 



749 



52 209 



22 002 



200 136 



178 760 



17 874 



142 181 



4 192 



1 397 



13 115 



1 633 

 869 

 608 

 142 



14 



583 



7 



487 



89 



93 770 



5 691 391 



4 630 306 



2 707 823 



1 678 226 



85 389 



119 352 



39 516 



457 030 

 179 951 

 171 959 

 60 902 

 42 825 

 1 394 



74 378 



743 



51 722 



21 913 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



Table 16. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1982 and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Chemicals used 



1962 



1978 



Chemicals used 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime used farms. 



Commercial fertilizer farms, 



acres on which used. 

 $1,000. 



Lime- farms. 



acres on which used, 

 tons. 



Farms by tons used: 



1 to 49 tons 



50 to 99 tons 



100 to 199 tons 



200 to 499 tons ___ 



500 to 999 tons 



1.000 tons or more 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime used— Con. 



Other agricultural chemicals^ farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc., to 

 control— 



Insects on hay and other crops famis., 



acres on which used.. 



Nematodes in crops famis_, 



acres on which used.. 



Diseases in crops and orchards farms.. 



acres on which used.. 

 Weeds, grass, or bmsh in crops and pasture ___ farms.. 

 acres on which used.. 

 Chemicals used for defoliation or for growth 



control of crops or thinning of fruit farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



^Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



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1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



