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



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



SIC code 



Land in farms 

 (acres) 



Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



Value of selected capital 



assets\ average per farm 



(dollars) 



Land and 

 buildings 



Machinery and 

 equipment 



Market value of sales 

 ($1,000) 



Total 



Crops, including 



nursery and 



greenhouse 



products 



Livestoclt. 



poultry, and 



their products 



Livestock (02) _ 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (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-bearing animals and rabbits (0271) _ 



Horses and other equines (0272) 



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



General farms, phmanly livestock (029) 



143 533 



101 

 132 

 545 

 192 

 152 



176 



4 



121 



23 



1 



27 



407 

 41 



323 

 43 



109 259 



11 829 

 62 292 

 13 967 



12 810 



8 371 



21 993 



1 918 

 13 677 



2 970 



1 407 



2 021 



1 066 

 (D) 

 737 

 216 

 (D) 

 75 



2 555 

 30 



2 466 

 59 



156 497 

 156 653 

 174 833 

 101 541 

 158 373 



163 879 



161 680 

 106 000 

 181 614 

 160 313 

 (D) 

 (D) 



123 122 



51 304 



129 442 



187 261 



18 603 



53 692 



3 047 



521 



13 



263 



135 



18 



334 



11 



151 



144 



10 302 

 1 241 



3 785 



4 370 

 380 



526 



'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 ot farms, see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



'Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982, 



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1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



