1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 1 PUTNAM COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Farms (number) 443 470 571 Land in farms (acres) 55827 55635 62456 Average size of farm (acres) 126 118 109 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/farm ($) 112254 86047 108017 Est mkt val land & bldg@1 avg/acre ($) 897 741 1065 Est mkt val all mach@1 avg/farm ($) 14062 11937 10821 Farms by size - 1 to 9 acres 37 35 44 Farms by size - 10 to 49 acres 86 85 109 Farms by size - 50 to 179 acres 234 265 339 Farms by size - 180 to 499 acres 81 77 73 Farms by size - 500 to 999 acres 3 6 3 Farms by size - 1,000 acres or more 2 2 3 Total cropland (farms) 413 446 537 Total cropland (acres) 18505 19223 21181 Harvested cropland (farms) 377 420 491 Harvested cropland (acres) 7917 6840 7850 Irrigated land (farms) 15 10 10 Irrigated land (acres) 105 66 14 Mkt val of ag products sold ($1,000) 3096 2460 2604 Mkt val of ag products sold avg/farm ($) 6989 5235 4560 Mkt val crop, inc nurs&grnh crop($1,000) 2159 1575 1716 Mkt val lvestk, poultry, & prod ($1,000) 937 886 888 Farms by value of sales Less than $2,500 232 280 350 Farms by value of sales $2,500-$4,999 83 91 122 Farms by value of sales $5,000-$9,999 73 54 63 Farms by value of sales $10,000-$24,999 43 36 24 Farms by value of sales $25,000-$49,999 5 5 9 Farms by value of sales $50,000-$99,999 1 3 0 Farms by value of sales $100,000 or more 6 1 3 Total farm production expenses@1($1,000) 2587 2125 (NA) Total farm production exp@1 avg/farm ($) 5839 4521 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales farm unit@1 (f) 443 470 (NA) Net cash ret ag sls farm unit@1 ($1,000) 215 552 (NA) Net cash ret ag sales@1 avg per farm ($) 485 1175 (NA) Operators by prin occupation-Farming 147 177 179 Operators by principal occupation-Other 296 293 392 Operators by days worked off farm-Any 261 286 351 Oper by days worked off farm >=200 days 198 207 252 Cattle and calves inventory (farms) 267 285 380 Cattle and calves inventory (number) 5148 4545 5303 Beef cows (farms) 247 250 323 Beef cows (number) 2766 2425 2747 Milk cows (farms) 13 18 49 Milk cows (number) 23 26 106 Cattle and calves sold (farms) 235 239 299 Cattle and calves sold (number) 2151 2527 2637 Hogs and pigs inventory (farms) 13 21 42 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 2 PUTNAM COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Hogs and pigs inventory (number) 80 137 307 Hogs and pigs sold (farms) 8 14 18 Hogs and pigs sold (number) 235 125 192 Sheep and lambs inventory (farms) 9 13 11 Sheep and lambs inventory (number) 177 271 140 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (f) 16 45 77 Chickens >=3 months old inventory (num) (D) 1074 5780 Broilers... chickens sold (farms) 0 0 2 Broilers... chickens sold (number) 0 0 (D) Corn for grain or seed (farms) 42 47 78 Corn for grain or seed (acres) 506 606 882 Corn for grain or seed (bushels) 50972 48102 69176 Corn for silage or green chop (farms) 4 12 7 Corn for silage or green chop (acres) 19 57 54 Corn for silage/green chop (tons, grn) 285 515 645 Sorghum for grain or seed (farms) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (acres) ... ... ... Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels) ... ... ... Wheat for grain (farms) 3 3 2 Wheat for grain (acres) (D) 59 (D) Wheat for grain (bushels) (D) 2045 (D) Barley for grain (farms) ... ... ... Barley for grain (acres) ... ... ... Barley for grain (bushels) ... ... ... Oats for grain (farms) 0 2 6 Oats for grain (acres) 0 (D) 47 Oats for grain (bushels) 0 (D) 826 Rice (farms) ... ... ... Rice (acres) ... ... ... Rice (cwt) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (farms) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (acres) ... ... ... Sunflower seed (pounds) ... ... ... Cotton (farms) ... ... ... Cotton (acres) ... ... ... Cotton (bales) ... ... ... Tobacco (farms) 181 206 253 Tobacco (acres) 384 325 382 Tobacco (pounds) 528145 401394 549511 Soybeans for beans (farms) ... ... ... Soybeans for beans (acres) ... ... ... Soybeans for beans (bushels) ... ... ... Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (farms) ... ... ... Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (acres) ... ... ... Dry edible beans, exc dry limas (cwt) ... ... ... Irish potatoes (farms) ... ... ... Irish potatoes (acres) ... ... ... 1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE PAGE 3 PUTNAM COUNTY, WV, WEST VIRGINIA Table 01 TABLE 1 COUNTY SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------------[1992]------[1987]------[1982] Irish potatoes (cwt) ... ... ... Sugar beets for sugar (farms) ... ... ... Sugar beets for sugar (acres) ... ... ... Sugar beets for sugar (tons) ... ... ... Sugarcane for sugar (farms) ... ... ... Sugarcane for sugar (acres) ... ... ... Sugarcane for sugar (tons) ... ... ... Pineapples harvested (farms) ... ... ... Pineapples harvested (acres) ... ... ... Pineapples harvested (tons) ... ... ... Peanuts for nuts (farms) ... ... ... Peanuts for nuts (acres) ... ... ... Peanuts for nuts (pounds) ... ... ... Hay-all (see text) (farms) 272 303 340 Hay-all (see text) (acres) 5896 5118 5522 Hay-all (see text) (tons, dry) 8812 6982 7224 Veg hv for sale (see text) (farms) ... ... ... Veg hv for sale (see text) (acres) ... ... ... Land in orchards (farms) 11 29 20 Land in orchards (acres) 73 159 45 (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms (X) Not applicable. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. (NA) Not available. ... Unpublished data. [B] Not available due to brackets.