Table 15. Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1982-Con. 



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



■Data are t>ased on a sample of farms. 



Table 16. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1982 and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text For meanir>g of abbreviatkxw and symbols, see introductory text] 



Chemicals used 



1982 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime used— C^n. 



Otfter agricultural chemicals'.. farms.. 



$1.000,, 

 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc.. to 

 control— 



Insects on hay and other crops farms. 



acres on which used. 



Nematodes in crops _ farms. 



acres on which used. 

 Diseases in crops and orchards farms- 

 acres on which used.. 

 Weeds, grass, or bnjsh in crops and pasture ... farms, 

 acres on which used. 

 Chemicals used for defoliation or fcr growth 



control of crops or thinning of fruit fanns. 



acres on which used. 



'Data for 1978 Include the cost of lime which mras not collectad In 1682, 



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1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



