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 buildings 1 : 



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 grams (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 



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 1 : 



Feed for livestock and poultry __ $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000. 



Other agricultural chemicals 2 $l!000. 



Energy and petroleum products ___ __ $l[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 harvested: 



Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 

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



(see text) __ __ _ f arms . 



acres. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ___ _ farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



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



VIM NEW HAMPSHIRE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



