Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



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



Farms with 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 - farms-- 



acres.. 



500 to 999 acres - farms., 



acres,, 



1.000 acres or more farms,, 



acres, - 



1982 



200 



2.9 



5 831 



29 



134 

 334 



33 

 744 



11 

 725 



14 

 1 898 



8 

 2 130 



255 



3.8 



7 013 



28 



171 



377 



46 



1 001 



17 



1 251 



10 



1 195 



10 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



176 



2.7 



; 211 



35 



94 

 (NA) 



54 

 (NA) 



13 



(NA) 



7 



(NA) 



7 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



1 



(NA) 



Farms v^itfi irrigation 



Irrigated land use: 



Harvested cropland farms,. 



acres,. 



Pastureland and ottier land farms-. 



acres-. 



Land in irrigated farms acres,. 



Cropland acres,. 



Harvested cropland acres-. 



Principal source of irrigation water 

 (see text): 



Wells on farm farms-. 



irrigated acres-. 



Wells as orily source,, farms. 



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. 



199 



5 825 



4 



6 



55 206 



27 270 



20 760 



36 

 327 



31 



311 



152 



5 467 



141 



5 227 



12 



37 



1978 



246 



6 479 



(NA) 



534 



60 940 



31 903 



20 909 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



47 873 

 (NA) 



16 382 



(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] 



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



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



2 MAINE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



