Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



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



Farms with irrigation 



1982 



1978 



Farms with irrigation 



Farms number.. 



Proportion of farms percent.. 



Irrigated land _ .acres. . 



Average per farm acres.. 



Acres irrigated: 

 1 to 9 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 10 to 49 acres farms.. 



acres. - 

 50 to 99 acres farms.. 



acres. . 

 100 to 199 acres farms.. 



acres.. 



200 to 499 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 500 to 999 acres farms.. 



acres. . 

 1,000 acres or more farms. . 



acres.. 



323 



9.7 



44 168 



137 



80 

 213 



66 

 1 608 



63 

 4 784 



56 

 7 500 



36 



11 832 



17 



9 976 



5 



8 255 



255 



7.5 



33 725 



132 



76 



211 



48 



1 262 



40 



2 860 



35 

 5 000 



45 



14 082 



7 



4 220 



4 



6 090 



154 



4.5 



19 879 



129 



41 

 (NA) 



29 

 (NA) 



23 

 (NA) 



29 

 (NA) 



24 



(NA) 



6 



(NA) 



2 



(NA) 



Irrigated land use: 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Pastureland and other land _ farms. 



acres. 

 Land in irrigated farms _ acres- 

 Cropland acres. 



Harvested cropland acres. 



Principal source of irrigation water 

 (see text): 



Wells on farm farms. 



irrigated acres. 



Wells as only source farms. 



irrigated acres. 

 On-farm surface supply farms- 

 irrigated acres. 

 On-farm surface supply as only 

 source farms- 

 irrigated acres. 



Off-farm water suppliers farms. 



irrigated acres. 

 Off-farm water suppliers as only 



source farms. 



irrigated acres. 



318 



44 014 



6 



154 



175 518 



143 651 



140 247 



215 



33 987 



185 



20 716 



95 



9 900 



82 



7 356 



13 



281 



252 



33 429 

 (NA) 

 296 

 138 440 

 111 036 

 106 632 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



75 642 

 (NA) 



61 399 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



Table 3. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1982 and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Farms number. _ 



Land in farms acres.. 



Value of land and buildings 1 : 



Average per farm __ dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Irrigated land acres.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland __ farms.. 



acres.- 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured farms.. 



acres,. 

 Inventory of livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number.. 



Sheep and lambs farms.. 



number.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment 1 farms. 



$1,000.. 

 Average per farm _ .dollars.. 



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



Average per farm __ dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms _ 



$1,000- 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms 



$1,000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms 



$1,000.. 



Selected farm production expenses 1 : 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms 



$1,000.. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms 



$1,000- 

 Commercial fertilizer _ farms 



$1,000.. 

 Other agricultural chemicals 2 farms.. 



$1,000- 



Energy and petroleum products farms 



$1,000- 

 Hired farm labor ___ farms 



$1,000.. 

 Contract labor ,. farms 



$1,000.. 

 Interest expense farms 



$1,000.. 



•Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. 



2 Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



2 DELAWARE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



