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^; 



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 



Han/ested 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 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^: 



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 (arms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older farms- 

 number. 



Crops harvested: 

 Com for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 Com for silage or green chop farms. 



acres- 

 Wheat for grain 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- 

 Land in orchards farms- 



acres. 



^Oata are based on a sample of farms. 



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



VIII PENNSYLVANIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



