Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms number. 



Land in farms __ acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildingsV 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres - 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres _ 



500 to 999 acres _ 



1.000 to 1.999 acres 



2,000 acres or more _ _ 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



irngated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products, farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (011) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) -. 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) _ 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Ck)rporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc, ._ 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Selected farm production expenses^: 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000, 



Other agncultural chemicals^ _ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory; 



Cattle and calves _ farms. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops han/ested: 

 Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

 Oats for grain farms. 



acres- 

 Irish potatoes farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 

 (see text) farms. 



acres. 

 Veget^les harvested (or sale (see text) _ farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



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



VIII MAINE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



