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



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



Livestock (02) — 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle teedlots (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, primarily livestock (029) 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



Farms 



249 

 21 



106 



93 



8 



950 



871 



70 



2 



3 



4 



130 

 1 



120 

 9 



Land in farms 

 (acres) 



29 800 

 6 319 

 8 155 



12 205 

 313 



2 808 



38 197 



Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



131 504 



17 732 



5 637 



2 366 



7 721 



9 



1 999 



77 815 



74 365 



3 448 



689 

 5 



Value of selected capital 



assets 1 , average per farm 



(dollars) 



Land and 

 buildings 



249 921 

 961 000 

 263 107 

 155 817 

 128 750 



325 050 



268 892 

 275 067 

 197 606 



(D) 

 567 000 



(D) 



156 534 

 177 500 



516 885 



Machinery and 

 equipment 



40 702 



35 449 

 164 287 



8 461 

 24 474 



8 462 



146 211 



42 828 

 42 163 

 45 522 



(D) 

 324 247 



(D) 



13 246 

 7 714 



59 613 



Market value of sales 

 ($1,000) 



Total 



17 576 

 7 684 

 1 719 

 6 946 



1 217 

 17 620 



234 960 



210 757 



14 408 



(D) 



8 083 



(D) 



1 000 

 (D) 

 982 

 (D) 



Crops, including 



nursery and 



greenhouse 



products 



20 624 



1 768 

 273 

 231 



997 



15 454 



14 544 



909 



Livestock. 



poultry, and 



their products 



15 808 



7 411 



1 488 



5 949 



9 



951 



15 546 



219 506 



196 212 



13 498 



(D) 



8 083 



(D) 



964 

 (D) 



947 

 (D) 



Table 16. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1982 and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text} 



^ata for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



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1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



