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 numt>er_ 



Land in farms acres., 



Average size of farm acres., 



Value of land and buildings^: 



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.. 

 Irrigated 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 (Oil) _ 



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 ^wcialties (021) 



Dairy famis (024) _ _._ 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Famis by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation 



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 agricultural 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 hEuvested: 



Corn for silage or green chop. farms.. 



acres.. 

 Tobacco farms.. 



Irish potatoes farms.. 



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

 (see text) _ _ _ farms.. 



Vegetables han/ested lor sale (see text) farmsl! 



acres.. 

 Land in orchards farms,. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIM CONNECTICUT 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



