Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Farms number. 



Land in farms __ acres. 



Average size of farm__ acres. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre.. dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres- 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1.999 acres _ 



2,000 acres or more 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) __ 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, pnmarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or tnjst, institutional, etc. 



Tenure of operator 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000, 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000. 



Other agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor. $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves fams. 



number. 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs _ _ _ farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older. farms. 



number- 

 Crops harvested: 

 Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



Oats for grain _ __. farms. 



acres. 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 

 (see text) farms. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms. 



acres. 

 Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1976 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIII VERMONT 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



