Table 15. Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industriai Ciassification: 1982-Con. 



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



SIC code 



Farms 



Land in farms 

 (acres) 



Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



Value of selected capital 



assets', average per farm 



(dollars) 



Land and 

 buildings 



Machinery and 

 equipment 



Market value of sales 

 ($1,000) 



Total 



Crops, including 



nursery and 



greenfiouse 



products 



Livestock, 



poultry, and 



tfieir products 



Livestock (02) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) __. 



Beef cattle feedlots (0211) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Hogs (0213) 



Sfieep and goats (0214) 



General livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 

 specialties (0219) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Broiler, fryer, and roaster cflickens (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) 



720 030 



3 636 

 848 



1 851 

 492 

 190 



255 

 1 636 



1 532 



1 244 



242 



8 



11 



27 



905 

 31 



837 

 37 



380 573 

 82 269 



193 005 

 53 833 

 11 393 



40 073 



482 612 



167 137 



149 715 



12 981 



490 



835 



3 116 



46 323 

 503 



45 266 

 554 



126 057 

 33 965 

 45 850 

 25 795 

 1 994 



18 453 



105 260 



100 805 



3 624 



122 



10 



699 



5 500 



18 



5 382 



100 



205 096 

 190 254 

 190 786 

 256 681 

 185 772 



248 494 



245 013 

 251 198 

 216 185 

 170 417 

 375 091 

 203 645 



285 127 



167 000 



302 652 



74 036 



50 096 



8 670 

 2 573 



1 457 



2 768 



28 



1 844 



59 258 

 47 638 

 98 467 

 16 542 

 656 843 

 23 780 



16 629 

 10 980 



17 428 

 7 121 



232 912 



384 561 

 288 393 



46 249 

 635 



47 867 

 1 417 



29 371 

 770 



27 855 

 746 



55 323 

 13 087 

 13 668 

 23 996 

 524 



4 048 



216 752 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



Table 16. Agrlcuiturai Chemicais 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] 



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



10 MARYLAND 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



