Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



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



Characteristics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for— 



10 percent of sales 25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales 



75 percent of £ 



Farms - number-. 



percent.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^ farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars-. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all macfiinery and equipment $1.000.. 



percent.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland - - - acres.. 



Harvested cropland acres.. 



Pastureland, excluding woodland pastured acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold - $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Grains _ farms., 



$1,000.. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Tobacco farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Hay. silage, and field seeds - farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon _ farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other crops farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Cattle and calves - - farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hogs and pigs farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Total farm production expenses' farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms., 



$1,000. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms.. 



$1,000. 



Petroleum products _ - farms. 



$1,000. 

 Electricity _ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hired fann labor ._ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Interest ._ farms. 



$1,000. 



Payments from government programs farms. 



$1,000- 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves famis- 



number- 



Milk cows farms- 



number- 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



number. 



2 294 



3 9 



1 526 131 



665 



2 294 



1 906 996 



831 297 



1 250 



340 985 

 18.9 



1 086 086 

 852 107 



1 770 799 

 771 927 



1 126 



91 969 



152 



12 516 



692 



120 169 



174 



1 894 



151 



24 328 



29 



6 187 



80 



72 072 

 366 



73 537 



1 207 

 871 022 



194 

 81 762 



707 

 24 567 



546 

 386 630 



19 

 43 



37 

 4 102 



2 294 

 427 202 



1 720 

 235 299 



1 839 

 635 930 



1 447 

 41 781 



1 546 

 28 425 



2 230 

 37 895 



2 245 

 19 179 



2 109 

 150 629 



1 942 

 46 990 



990 

 22 597 



752 



123 087 



192 



38 820 



543 



1 803 965 



'Data are t>ased on a sample of farms. 



40 NORTH CAROLINA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



