Table 2. Irrigation: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



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



Farms with irrigation 



1982 



1978 



Farms with irrigation 



Farms number. _ 



Proportion of farms percent.. 



Irrigated land acres. _ 



Average per farm acres.. 



Acres irrigated: 

 1 to 9 acres farms.. 



acres. - 

 10 to 49 acres farms.. 



acres. - 

 SO to 99 acres farms-- 



acres-. 

 100 to 199 acres farms.. 



acres.. 



200 to 499 acres farms.. 



acres. - 

 500 to 999 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 1.000 acres or more ..i... farms.. 



acres-- 



120 



1.9 



1 254 



10 



92 



249 



21 



384 



5 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



94 



1.6 



1 397 



15 



61 



156 



27 



637 



4 



(D) 



1 



(0) 



1 

 (D) 



46 



.8 



509 



11 



30 

 (NA) 



15 



(NA) 



1 



(NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



Irrigated land use: 

 Harvested cropland farms- 

 acres. 



Pastureland and other land farms.. 



acres.. 



Land in irrigated farms .acres.. 



Cropland acres.. 



Harvested cropland ..acres. 



Principat source of inigation water 

 (see text): 



Wells on farm farms. 



irrigated acres.. 



Wells as only source farms. 



irrigated acres. 



On-farm surface supply farms. 



irrigated acres. 

 On-farm surface supply as only 



source farms. 



irrigated acres. 



Off-farm water suppliers... farms. 



imgated acres. 

 Off-farm water suppliers as only 



source _' farms. 



imgated acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



6 819 

 (NA) 



2 287 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



Table 3. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1982 and 1978 



[For meaning of abbreviatjons and symbols, see Introductofy text] 



'Data are based on a sample of feums; see text. 



2Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



2 VERMONT 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



