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



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



SIC code 



Land in farms 

 (acres) 



Harvested 



cropland 



(acres) 



Value of selected capital 



assets', average per farm 



(dollars) 



Land and 

 buildings 



Machinery and 

 equipment 



Market value of sales 

 (S1,000) 



Total 



Crops, including 



nursery and 



greenfiouse 



products 



Livestock, 



poultry, and 



ttieir products 



Livestock (02) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle feedlots (0211) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Hogs (0213) _ 



Sheep and goats (0214) _ 



General livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 

 specialties (0219) 



Dairy farms (024) _ 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Broiler, fryer, and roaster chickens (0251) 



Chicken eggs (0252) 



Turkeys and turkey eggs (0253) 



Poultry hatcheries (0254) __ 



Poultry and eggs, n.e.c. (0259) 



Animal specialties (027) 



Fur-bearing animals and rabbits (0271) 



Horses and other equines (0272) 



Animal specialties, n.e.c. (0279) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



1 554 

 181 



1 014 



82 



194 



83 



233 

 12 



190 

 31 



228 289 



25 345 



159 263 



7 554 



24 269 



11 858 



7 757 

 (D) 



6 818 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 776 



20 768 



204 



19 447 



1 117 



45 067 



5 418 



32 647 



1 470 

 3 090 



2 442 



591 

 (D) 

 (D) 



133 



3 569 

 41 



3 483 

 45 



132 066 

 111 414 

 123 247 

 107 892 

 117 394 



396 015 



127 704 

 (D) 



135 784 

 (D) 



68 000 



121 097 

 52 571 



138 896 

 68 100 



122 836 



17 152 

 19 295 

 16 326 



11 759 



12 152 



43 046 



13 829 

 837 



11 662 

 301 

 554 



475 



6 136 

 (D) 



6 047 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 37 



1 797 

 335 



1 109 

 354 



4 104 



615 

 31 



477 

 15 

 17 



195 

 (Z) 



13 214 

 806 



11 184 

 286 

 537 



401 



5 936 

 (D) 



5 852 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 32 



1 740 

 335 



1 052 

 354 



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



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



Chemicals used 



Chemicals used 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime used farms- 



Commercial fertilizer farms. 



acres on which used- 

 Si .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 tons __ 



500 to 999 tons _ 



1,000 tons or more 



Any chemicals, fertilizer, or lime used— Con. 



Other 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 brush in crops and pasture ... farms,, 

 acres on which used.. 

 Chemicals used for defoliation or for growth 



control of crops or thinning of fruit farms.. 



acres on which used-. 



'Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which v»as not collected in 1982. 



10 VERMONT 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



