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



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



Characteristics 



Fewest number ot farms accounting tor — 



10 percent of sales 25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales 75 percent of 



Farms number.. 



percent. _ 



Land in (amis 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.. 



Pastureland. 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. silaqe. 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. 

 Electncity farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hired farm latxjr farms. 



$1,000. 

 Interest famns. 



$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. 



15 



46 



24 082 

 44 



14 536 



1 



(D) 



230 



3.9 



161 889 



704 



230 



168 755 



733 717 



1 042 



37 380 

 13.8 



102 850 

 82 070 



93 889 

 408 213 



12 

 1S7 



6 

 325 



11 



4 665 



3 



535 



1 



(D) 



10 



3 818 

 206 



73 670 



214 



9 994 



2 



(D) 



10 



14 



2 



(D) 



230 

 71 898 



151 



4 966 

 219 



22 867 



209 



2 502 



170 



907 



223 

 2 112 



227 

 2 260 



225 

 10 923 



199 



5 374 



62 

 401 



213 



66 317 



204 



39 693 



7 



30 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



38 VERMONT 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



