Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



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



Characteristics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for- 



10 percent of sales 



25 percent of sales 



50 percent of sales 



75 percent of sales 



Farms number., 



percent,. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' farms.. 



$1,000- 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment $1.000., 



percent.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland acres.. 



Harvested cropland acres., 



Pasturetand, excluding woodland pastured acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000., 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Grains - farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms., 



$1.000., 

 Tobacco farms., 



$1.000., 

 Hay. silage, and field seeds farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Vegetables, sweet com. and melon farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries farms., 



$1,000.. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Other crops farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Cattle and calves farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hogs and pigs farms., 



$1.000.. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms., 



$1.000.. 



Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms., 



$1.000.. 



Total farm production expenses' farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Selected farm production expenses'; 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms., 



$1.000.. 



Petroleum products farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Electricity farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Interest farms. 



$1.000., 



Payments from government programs farms., 



$1.000., 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms., 



number.. 



Milk cows farms., 



number. , 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number.. 



17 237 



100.0 



3 372 955 



196 



17 237 



2 254 629 



130 802 



682 



299 941 

 100 



1 285 786 

 553 517 



270 639 



15 701 



989 

 5 987 



1 087 

 3 033 



3 430 

 7 478 



304 

 1 038 



357 

 21 091 



185 

 9 939 



247 



683 



739 

 73 451 



506 

 39 044 

 12 061 

 97 439 



868 

 5 092 



1 565 



4 277 



1 002 



2 086 



17 237 

 231 077 



5 298 

 37 921 

 10 308 

 64 781 



9 631 



10 779 



5 728 



5 346 



16 325 



12 787 



7 743 



4 179 



5 599 

 23 244 



4 716 

 16 409 



2 116 



5 597 



12 897 

 408 129 



1 575 

 27 019 



1 226 

 30 759 



69 



,4 



78 166 



1 133 



86 266 



1 250 232 



1 104 



10 003 

 3.3 



33 442 

 25 250 



67 901 

 984 071 



13 

 913 



12 



1 



(D) 



11 



12 255 



5 



3 795 



1 



(D) 



42 



42 050 



7 



3 233 



40 



5 176 



13 



252 



9 

 55 



2 

 (D) 



316 



18 



239 946 



759 



316 



243 141 



769 434 



1 013 



32 204 

 10.7 



too 099 

 68 482 



135 456 

 428 658 



70 

 2 068 



1 



IP) 



57 



644 



4 

 40 

 29 



16 660 



16 



6 734 



2 



(D) 



133 



67 795 



95 



20 407 



234 



18 552 



46 



1 453 



585 



12 



461 



316 

 111 020 



232 



19 148 



272 



46 055 



221 



2 671 



228 



2 354 



310 

 2 992 



309 

 1 641 



285 

 14 834 



245 

 4 762 



106 



1 381 



232 



53 999 



101 



11 089 



43 



7 805 



1 365 



7.9 



776 288 



569 



1 348 



598 673 



444 119 



801 



86 969 

 29.0 



307 562 

 179 099 



202 981 

 148 704 



278 

 4 550 



52 

 504 

 293 



2 013 



38 



470 



87 



20 254 



57 



9 130 



10 



209 



224 

 73 147 



355 



37 838 



1 151 



48 941 



184 



3 329 



197 



1 545 



71 



1 053 



1 348 

 162 692 



871 



29 189 



1 145 



57 376 



1 043 



5 677 



956 



3 737 



1 337 



5 766 



1 201 



2 771 

 1 003 



19 979 



878 



8 452 



497 

 3 702 



1 107 



156 799 



403 



23 354 



186 



17 581 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



WEST VIRGINIA 39 



