Table 19. Selected Characteristics of Abnormal Farms: 1987 and 1982 



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



Characteristics 



Characteristics 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000, 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Total farm production expenses^ $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners 



Part owners -. 



Tenants. 



Abnormal farms by standard industrial 

 classification 



Cash grams (011) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) _. 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets: Insh potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133, 0134. 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, pnmarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) _ _ 



Beel cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) _ 



Poultry and eggs (025) ___ __ 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



Farms number.. 



Land m farms acres. 



Average size of farm .acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' $1.000__ 



Average per farm dollars.- 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres,. 



Cropland used only for pasture or grazing .. farms. 



acres.. 



Other cropland farms., 



acres.. 



Total woodland farms. 



acres. 

 Woodland pastured farms. 



acres. 

 Woodland not pastured farms. 



Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland. 

 etc farms. 



acres. 

 Irrigated land farms.. 



acres.. 



23 521 



1 306 722 



1 854 



110 842 



6 157 889 



6 937 



682 



14 

 3 480 



'Data are based on a sample of farr 



24 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



