Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



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



Famis with imgation 



1982 



1978 



1974 



Farms witti 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 famis.. 



acres.. 

 500 to 999 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 1.000 acres or more farms.. 



acres.. 



845 



5.2 



38 556 



46 



440 



1 325 



226 



4 938 



75 



5 180 



56 

 8 030 



38 

 11 847 



9 

 (D) 



1 

 (0) 



616 



4.0 



28 467 



46 



295 

 870 

 184 



3 896 



58 



4 148 



43 



5 962 



28 



7 852 



8 



5 739 



499 



3.3 



22 629 



45 



240 

 (NA) 

 166 

 (NA) 

 41 

 (NA) 

 32 

 (NA) 



11 

 (NA) 



7 

 (NA) 



2 

 (NA) 



Irrigated land use: 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Pastureland and other land farms. 



acres. 



l.and 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 famis. 



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. 



826 



38 219 



36 



337 



218 246 



159 492 



147 700 



339 



20 603 



296 



12 961 

 452 



16 938 



429 



13 719 



54 

 1 015 



45 

 642 



595 

 28 023 

 (NA) 

 444 

 183 114 

 124 711 

 110 487 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 137 643 

 (NA) 

 82 873 



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 



1978 



Irrigated farms 



Any land irrigated 



1982 



1978 



All harvested cropland 

 irrigated 



1982 



1978 



Nonirrigated farms 



1982 



1978 



Farms - numtwr.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



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' _ _ 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^ 

 Feed for livestock and poultry. farms 



$1,000.. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer __ _ farms 



$1,000.. 

 Other agricultural chemicals^ 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.. 



16 183 

 2 557 728 



332 301 



2 121 



38 556 



14 719 

 799 220 



13 672 



528 994 



7 785 



308 991 



7 002 



355 418 



2 218 



128 183 



1 861 



179 149 



599 



21 797 



16 168 



660 519 



40 853 



1 029 244 



63 600 



11 040 



339 430 



9 422 



689 815 



2 458 



366 495 



8 971 

 275 819 



10 144 

 22 406 



11 855 

 72 146 



9 847 

 27 401 



16 067 



61 336 

 7 321 



68 545 



830 



4 473 



6 289 



58 509 



IS 540 

 2 614 439 



298 920 



1 719 



28 467 



14 384 

 1 809 726 



13 663 



1 477 316 



7 611 



344 136 



6 608 

 328 598 



2 429 

 124 321 



2 424 



183 685 



463 



15 985 



15 492 



497 402 



32 107 



784 559 



50 486 



11 146 



267 125 



9 340 



517 434 



2 496 



271 364 



9 182 

 214 291 



10 461 

 18 509 

 12 557 



51 748 



11 741 

 18 983 



15 432 



37 006 



7 613 



52 667 

 838 



3 640 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



845 

 218 246 



585 774 



2 486 



38 556 



842 



159 492 

 842 



147 700 



184 



8 054 



141 



8 347 



40 



2 136 



82 



16 577 



19 



1 157 



974 



61 201 



62 834 



118 738 



140 518 



824 



88 214 



253 



30 524 



125 



22 347 



217 

 15 178 



705 

 4 701 



931 

 9 071 



893 

 4 401 



958 

 7 966 



629 

 .15 043 



108 

 1 733 



488 

 6 688 



616 

 183 114 



656 755 



2 284 



28 467 



614 

 124 711 



607 

 110 487 



147 

 6 744 



91 



4 602 



26 



913 



76 



27 437 



10 



605 



629 

 36 829 

 58 551 



76 335 



123 920 



596 



61 396 



171 



14 939 



61 



8 882 



184 



9 214 



531 



4 240 

 595 



5 022 

 596 



2 204 



629 



4 656 



486 



13 888 



113 



1 431 



(NA) 



(NA) 



306 

 9 803 



142 539 

 6 328 

 2 678 



306 

 4 462 



306 



2 657 



36 



1 169 



21 



354 



3 



3 



6 



121 



4 



29 



369 

 7 367 



19 965 



23 292 



76 117 



297 



20 411 



46 

 2 681 



27 

 2 720 



31 



1 501 



191 



1 670 

 340 

 212 

 317 

 221 



361 



2 215 

 219 



4 421 



39 



157 



121 



544 



208 

 16 858 



191 430 



2 262 



3 237 



208 

 5 265 



208 



3 170 



29 



794 



8 



179 



2 



(D) 



5 



14 976 



3 



25 



223 

 4 518 



20 268 



21 222 

 102 029 



204 



17 134 



23 



4 088 



9 



1 978 



22 



2 981 

 162 



1 680 

 192 

 219 

 204 

 120 



223 



1 713 



164 



4 915 



24 



145 



(NA) 



(NA) 



15 338 

 2 339 482 



316 068 



2 085 



(X) 



13 877 

 639 728 



12 830 



381 294 



7 601 



300 937 



6 861 



347 071 



2 178 



126 047 



1 779 



162 572 



580 



20 640 



15 194 



599 318 



39 444 



910 506 



59 363 



10 216 



251 215 



9 169 



659 291 



2 333 



344 148 



8 754 

 260 641 



9 439 

 17 705 

 10 924 

 63 075 



8 954 

 23 001 



15 109 



53 369 

 6 692 



53 503 



722 



2 740 



5 801 



51 821 



14 924 

 2 431 325 



283 825 



1 679 



(X) 



13 770 

 685 015 



13 056 



366 829 



7 464 



337 392 



6 517 



323 996 



2 403 



123 408 



2 348 



156 248 



453 



15 380 



14 863 



460 573 



30 988 



708 224 



47 455 



10 550 



205 729 



9 169 



502 496 



2 435 



262 482 



8 998 

 205 078 



9 930 

 14 269 

 11 962 

 46 725 

 11 145 

 16 779 



14 803 



32 350 



7 127 



38 779 



725 



2 209 



(NA) 



(NA) 



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



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



2 MARYLAND 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



