Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Item 



Tyler 



Upshur 



Wayne 



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 ali macfiinery and 

 equipment': 

 Average per farm dollars.. 



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 , farms.. 



acres.. 

 Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres. . 

 Irrigated land farms.. 



acres. . 



Market value of aghcultural products sold S1,000.. 



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 or more 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days iworked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more ___ 



Average age of operator years.. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Livestock and poultry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Beef covvs farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows.. ... farms.. 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs 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: 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres - 

 bushelS- 



Corn for silage or green chop farms- 

 acres, 

 tons, green. 



Wheat for grain .- farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Oats for grain farms. 



acreS- 

 bushels. 



Tobacco farms- 



acres- 

 pounds. 



Hay — alfalfa, other lame, small grain, wild, 



grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) farms. 



acres, 

 tons, dry. 



Land in orchards _ farms. 



acres - 



260 



48 770 



1S8 



73 243 

 421 



9 



27 



117 



92 



13 



2 



248 



19 195 



232 



8 040 



4 



14 



1 571 

 6 042 



181 

 1 389 



132 



58 

 38 

 18 



7 

 7 



123 

 137 



136 



91 



57,0 



1 160 

 4 479 



213 

 4 673 



179 



2 325 



18 



435 



199 

 2 442 



18 

 287 



12 

 580 



14 

 563 



40 



821 



1 



(D) 



38 



343 



23 836 



14 



173 



2 143 



3 



12 



280 



3 

 11 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



225 

 7 601 



11 149 



354 



60 106 



170 



98 418 

 567 



7 



64 



177 



85 



16 



5 



335 



26 034 



310 



8 953 



5 



34 



2 379 

 6 720 



680 

 1 699 



200 



67 



33 



40 



8 



4 



2 



141 

 213 



216 

 144 

 57.6 



2 292 

 6 474 



268 



6 313 



233 



3 238 



36 

 146 

 260 



4 267 



17 

 36 

 1 

 (D) 

 18 



370 

 46 



968 



14 



178 



16 566 



17 



252 



2 920 



299 



8 784 

 11 686 



20 

 36 



193 



26 728 



138 



128 016 

 870 



7 



36 



113 



31 



5 



1 



176 



9 571 



153 



2 943 



4 



10 



886 

 4 593 



197 

 689 



117 

 40 

 21 

 9 

 4 

 1 

 1 



67 

 126 



114 



93 



55.4 



1 319 

 6 836 



136 

 2 404 



106 



1 102 



14 



191 



120 

 1 285 



11 



82 



8 



89 



1 



(D) 



23 



723 



32 



359 



26 814 



10 



197 



1 825 



131 

 330 

 762 



5 

 14 



105 



11 722 



112 



64 162 

 849 



98 

 2 699 



89 



1 315 



2 



(D) 



191 

 1 821 



47 

 144 



67 



43 



57.3 



240 

 2 287 



70 



767 



54 



438 



12 



23 



51 



372 



7 



45 



2 



(D) 



6 



253 



26 



641 



11 



16 



225 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



83 

 1 293 



1 503 



13 

 24 



203 



36 217 



178 



66 621 

 385 



17 

 110 



61 

 7 

 2 



189 



11 344 



171 



4 105 



1 



(D) 



564 

 2 776 



78 

 486 



138 



33 



20 



11 



1 



61 



142 



139 

 101 

 54.4 



611 

 3 Oil 



140 

 2 045 



118 



1 075 



25 



162 



122 

 1 034 



18 



260 

 22 



644 

 35 



927 



3 



98 



22 



117 



8 845 



7 



64 



455 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



163 



3 896 



4 821 



221 



36 627 



166 



84 712 

 486 



23 



20 



24 288 



198 

 6 094 

 8 367 



520 



70 831 



136 



101 490 

 797 



17 

 110 

 257 

 123 



12 

 1 



481 



30 541 



443 



13 065 



11 



77 



3 208 

 6 170 



511 

 2 698 



288 



113 



73 



30 



6 



6 



4 



149 

 371 



361 

 276 

 54.6 



2 928 

 5 631 



405 

 7 698 



343 



3 878 



14 



181 



375 

 5 226 



29 

 649 



22 

 884 



17 

 454 



46 



1 838 



1 



(D) 



73 



875 



48 499 



28 



395 



3 938 



19 



259 



10 169 



3 

 36 

 (D) 



10 



16 



16 280 



420 

 11 473 

 15 763 



5 

 8 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



146 WEST VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



