Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1982 and 1978 -Con. 



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



Delaware 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



1982 operators by years on present (arm: 



2 years or less _-. 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



1982 operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years _ 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms, 1982- 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Partnership _ farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Corporation: 



Family held -_ __. farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Other than family held farms. 1982. 



1978. 

 acres, 1982. 

 1978. 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



1982 SELECTED FARM 

 PRODUCTION EXPENSES 1 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms. 



$1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry __ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Commercially mixed formula feeds farms- 

 tons. 

 $1,000. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms. 



$1,000. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other agricultural chemicals 2 farms. 



$1,000. 



Hired farm labor farms. 



$1,000. 



Workers working 150 days or more farms. 



number. 



Contract labor___ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Customwork. machine hire, and rental of 



machinery and equipment farms. 



$1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products farms. 



$1,000. 



Petroleum products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Interest expense: 



Expenses reported farms. 



$1,000. 

 Expenses reported as *No" __ farms. 



MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment farms, 1982. 



1978. 



$1,000, 1982. 



1978. 



Average per farm dollars, 1982. 



1978. 



Motortrucks, including pickups farms, 1982. 



1978. 



number, 1982. 



1978. 



Wheel tractors farms, 1982. 



1978- 

 number, 1982. 

 1978. 

 Grain and bean combines, setf-propelted 



only farms, 1982. 



1978. 



number, 1982. 



1978. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



142 DELAWARE 



35 



54 



94 



297 



17.1 



118 



29 

 88 

 128 

 140 

 145 



487 



510 



132 320 



147 892 



66 



66 



(D) 



21 568 



40 



31 



(D) 



19 306 



2 



4 



(D) 



(D) 



3 



1 



B 



227 



4 405 

 275 



15 243 



227 



84 558 



14 503 



467 



2 579 

 476 



7 396 

 430 



3 355 



320 



5 605 

 183 

 641 



50 

 624 



266 

 740 

 598 

 5 239 

 598 



4 345 



405 



5 255 

 188 



599 

 571 

 46 417 

 37 613 

 77 492 

 65 873 



537 

 472 

 1 508 

 1 319 

 578 

 548 



303 

 263 

 402 

 316 



3 

 30 

 38 

 147 

 19.0 

 39 



5 

 36 

 40 

 64 

 78 

 34 

 50.8 



188 



214 



59 729 



70 323 



36 



33 



16 259 



10 703 



26 

 19 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 4 

 1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



55 



528 



101 



1 817 



77 



9 371 



1 547 



231 



1 229 

 236 



3 568 

 231 



1 727 



135 



1 888 



95 



297 



31 



(D) 



112 

 458 

 257 



2 323 

 257 



1 713 



140 



2 234 

 109 



257 

 251 

 19 841 

 17 908 

 77 201 

 71 348 



224 



219 

 706 

 611 

 255 

 227 

 975 

 890 



133 

 108 

 144 

 143 



57 

 94 

 192 

 648 

 20.1 

 334 



29 

 160 

 280 

 308 

 349 

 199 

 50.2 



1 090 



1 228 

 178 884 

 197 106 



123 



124 



38 366 



45 396 



96 



71 



(D) 



(D) 



7 



8 



(D) 



3 487 



9 

 2 



2 747 



(D) 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



