Table 14. Petroleum Products Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample ot farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text 



Table 15. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1987, 1982, 

 and 1978 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text] 



Chemicals used 



1987 



1982 



1978 



Chemicals used 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime 

 used -- - — farms. 



Commercial fertilizer' farms. 



acres on which used. 

 $1,000. 



Lime farms. 



acres on which used, 

 tons. 



Farms by tons used: 



1 to 49 tons 



50 to 99 tons 



100 to 199 tons 



200 to 499 Ions 



500 to 999 tons .— 



1.000 tons or more 



Agncultural chemicals' farms. 



$1,000. 



3 075 



814 565 



51 672 



3 000 



966 275 



60 308 



3 003 



039 793 



44 972 



3 253 

 60 366 



2 346 

 60 000 



2 934 

 46 256 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime 

 used -Con. 



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 brush in 



crops and pasture farms., 



acres on which used. 



Chemicals used for defoliation 

 or for growth control of crops 



or thinning of fnjit farms., 



acres on which used.. 



2 228 



677 844 



202 



32 365 



333 

 61 965 



1 770 

 538 181 



1 120 

 311 847 



1 866 



788 261 



150 



38 037 



323 

 62 384 



1 502 

 536 834 



903 

 396 628 



1 687 



768 585 



220 



52 636 



359 

 91 747 



1 591 

 633 707 



1 027 

 428 535 



'Data for 1987 include cost of custom applications; data for agricultural chemicals exclude the cost of lime for 1987 and 1962, 



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