BOSTON PUBLIC L LIC LIBRARY I^^^M 1111111111111 7 3 9999 06398 586 3 M ■ i Census of Agriculture C3^\^-^/v.\[j^.^f AC87-A-54 Volume 1 GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES Part 54 Virgin Islands of the United States Area Data V && DEPOSIT GOVERNMENT DOCUMEirTS DEPT BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY . 700 Boylstcn Street :: Boston, MA 02117 U.S. Department of Commerce BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was prepared in the Agriculture Division. Many divisions participated in the various activities of the 1 987 Agricul- ture Census of the Virgin Islands: Economic Programming pre- pared the computer programs, designed the computer system, and installed the hardware; Field performed the clerical process- ing; Geography developed the field maps; Data Preparation assisted with the preparation of enumeration materials; Adminis- trative Services provided the forms design and other administra- tive services; Publication Services contributed in publication, planning and design, editorial reviews, composition, and printing procurement; data collection was under the direction of Eric Dawson, Commissioner of Economic Development and Agriculture of the Virgin Islands, under a special agreement with the Census Bureau. The data collection activity was conducted by census enumerators under the supervision of Godfrey Gor- don, Project Leader. Representatives of the Government of the Virgin Islands made significant recommendations which helped establish data con- tent and provided valuable advice during the planning stages of the census. Special tribute is paid to the many farm and ranch operators who furnished the information requested. Only through their cooperation was it possible to collect and publish the data in this report. If there are any questions concerning the statistics in this report call: (301) 763-8555 Division Chief (301) 763-8509 Outlying Areas Branch (301) 763-1113 General Information 1987 Census of Agriculture AC87-A-54 Volume 1 GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES Part 54 Virgin Islands of the United States Area Data Issued May 1989 U.S. Department of Commerce Robert A. Mosbacher, Secretary BUREAU OF THE CENSUS BUREAU OF THE CENSUS C. L. Kincannon, Deputy Director Charles A. Waite, Associate Director for Economic Programs Roger H. Bugenhagen, Assistant Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses Thomas L. Mesenbourg, Chief, Economic Census Staff AGRICULTURE DIVISION Charles P. Pautler, Jr., Chief Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Census of agriculture (1987). Geographic area series. 1 987 census of agriculture. Geographic area series. Includes indexes. Supt. of Docs, no.: C 3.31/4:987/v.1 1. Agriculture— Economic aspects— United States- Statistics. 2. Agriculture— Economic aspects— United States — States— Statistics. 3. Agriculture — Economic aspects — United States — Territories and possessions —Statistics. I. United States. Bureau of the Census. II. Title. HD1769.C46 1987 338.1 '0973'021 88-600103 For sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. CONTENTS Page Introduction V Islands Map VII TABLES AREA DATA 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1987 and 1982 1 2. Farms and Land in Farms by Size of Farm: 1987 and 1982 1 3. Tenure and Characteristics of Operators: 1987 and 1982 1 4. Farm Characteristics: 1987 and 1982 2 5. Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 and 1982 2 6. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1987 and 1982 2 7. Forage, Field, and Vegetable Crops: 1987 and 1982 3 8. Fruits, Nuts, and Ornamental Plants and Other Nursery Products: 1987 and 1982 4 9. Livestock, Poultry, and Their Products: 1987 and 1982 5 ISLAND DATA 10. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use, by Islands: 1987 and 1982 6 11. Size of Farm by Islands: 1987 and 1982 6 12. Type of Organization, Labor Status, and Type of Holdings, by Islands: 1987 and 1982 7 13. Farms, Land in Farms, and Tenure of Operator, by Islands: 1987 and 1982 7 14. Forage, Field, and Vegetable Crops, by Islands: 1987 and 1982 8 15. Fruits, Nuts, and Ornamental Plants and Other Nursery Products, by Islands: 1987 and 1982 10 16. Livestock, Poultry, and Their Products, by Islands: 1987 and 1982 11 17. Selected Equipment and Specified Facilities by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1987 and 1982 12 18. Selected Farm Production Expenses by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1987 and 1982 13 19. Off-Farm Work by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1987 and 1982 13 20. Operator Characteristics by Islands: 1987 and 1982 14 21. Type of Land Ownership and Value of Agricultural Products Sold by Islands: 1987 and 1982 14 SUMMARY DATA 22. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987 15 23. Summary by Age of Operator: 1987 19 24. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987 23 25. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 27 APPENDIXES A. General Explanation A-1 B. Selected Data by Current and Prior Farm Definitions: 1987 and 1982 B-1 C. Report Form C-1 Index Index 1 Publication Program Inside back cover 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE CONTENTS III Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Boston Public Library http://www.archive.org/details/1987censusofagri54unit INTRODUCTION Page HISTORY V USES OF THE CENSUS V AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED V FARM DEFINITION V COMPARABILITY OF DATA V TABULAR PRESENTATION V CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES VI DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS VI DOLLAR VALUES VI INVENTORIES, PRODUCTION, AND SALES DATA VI ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS VI HISTORY The 1987 census is the 1 1th census of agriculture of the Virgin Islands. The first, taken in 1917, was a special census authorized by the Secretary of Commerce. The next agriculture census was taken in 1930 in conjunction with the decennial census, a practice that continued every 10 years through 1960. The 1964 Census of Agriculture was the first quinquennial (5-year) census to be taken in the Virgin Islands. For the quinquennial census of 1969, the data were collected in 1970 in conjunction with the 1970 Censuses of Population and Housing. The 1974 census was taken independently of any other censuses. In 1 976, Congress authorized the census of agriculture to be taken for 1 978 and 1 982 to adjust the data reference year to coincide with the 1982 Economic Censuses covering manufacturing, mining, construction, retail trade, whole- sale trade, service industries, and selected transportation activities. After 1 982, the agriculture census reverted to a 5-year cycle to be taken covering years ending in "2" and "7." AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED The 1987 Census of Agriculture was taken in accor- dance with the provisions of Title 13, United States Code. Sections 142(a) and 191 provide for a census of agricul- ture every 5 years in each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The census data for the Virgin Islands may be collected by the Governor or a representative from his/her staff to act as census supervisor, in accordance with a Memorandum of Agreement prescribed or approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Census. FARM DEFINITION The data presented in this report relate to places qualifying as farms for census purposes. For the 1987 Census of Agriculture in the Virgin Islands, a farm was defined as any place from which $100 or more of agricul- tural products were sold or normally would have been sold during the census year. This is a definitional change from 1 982. For 1 982, a farm was defined as a "place" of 3 acres or more on which any field or forage crops were harvested or vegetables were harvested for sale during the 1 2-month period between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983, or on which there was a combined total of 1 0 or more fruit or nut trees or plants, any livestock, or 1 0 or more poultry at the time of enumeration. Places of less than 3 acres were counted as farms if their sales of agricultural products between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983, amounted to at least $100, or if they could normally be expected to produce agricultural products in sufficient quantity to pro- vide sales amounting to at least $100. COMPARABILITY OF DATA USES OF THE CENSUS The census of agriculture is the recognized source of statistics about the Virgin Island's agricultural production and the only source of consistent, comparable data at the island level. Census statistics are used to measure agri- cultural production and to identify trends in an ever chang- ing agricultural sector. Many local programs use census data as a benchmark for designing and evaluating surveys. Private industry uses census statistics to provide a more effective production and distribution system for the agricul- tural community. Comparability of data from the 1 987 Census of Agricul- ture in the Virgin Islands has been slightly affected by improvements in the coverage of the operators' list and improved techniques of training enumerators. In general, data from the 1 987 census are comparable with those of previous censuses. TABULAR PRESENTATION The detailed tables in this report give totals for St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, and for the Virgin Islands, as a whole. 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE INTRODUCTION V CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES In keeping with the provisions of Title 13, United States Code, no data are published that would disclose the operations of an individual farm. However, the number of farms in a given size category or other classification is not considered a disclosure, so this information may be given even though other information is withheld. DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS Appendix A includes definitions and explanations of selected terms used in the tables. Appendix B displays a bridge table of selected items with the 1987 census data by the new definition, and the 1 982 data by both the 1 987 definition and the 1982 definition. The 1987 report form is shown in appendix C. DOLLAR VALUES All dollar values presented in this report are expressed in current dollars, i.e., 1987 data are expressed in 1987 dollars and 1982 data in 1982 dollars. The dollar values have not been adjusted for changes in price levels between census years. INVENTORIES, PRODUCTION, AND SALES DATA Inventories of livestock, poultry, and machinery and equipment are the number on hand at the time of enumer- ation. Crop production, crop and livestock sales, and expense data are for the 12-month period between July 1, 1987, and June 30, 1988. ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS The following abbreviations and symbols are used through- out the tables: Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms. (X) Not applicable. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. (NA) Not available. VI INTRODUCTION 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE ISLAND MAP THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.K.) LEGEND * Capital underlined All political boundaries are as of January I, 1980 International boundary representation is not necessarily authoritative. 16 Kilometers U.S. Department of Comn BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE INTRODUCTION VII Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendix A and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] Farms 1987 1982 Farms 1987 1982 Farms 267 17 785 66.6 85 120 20.9 206 1 899 200 608 259 17 778 68.6 85 120 20.9 201 1 569 196 690 Total cropland— Con. Other Pasture or grazing land - - Woodland farms.. acres.. farms.. acres.. farms 49 1 291 154 13 390 49 1 836 192 660 48 Average size of farm 879 148 38 acres1.. acres__ farms 199 acres.. acres.. 1 237 1 Detail may not add to total due to rounding. Table 2. Farms and Land in Farms by Size of Farm: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendi> A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] Farms Total Less than 3 acres 3 to 9 acres 10 to 19 acres 20 to 49 acres 50 to 99 acres 100 to 174 acres 175 to 259 acres 260 to 499 acres 500 to 999 acres 1,000 acres or more number.1987.. 1982.. 1987.. 267 259 100.0 100.0 17 785 17 778 100.0 100.0 66.6 68.6 80 75 30.0 29.0 112 (D) .6 (D) 1.4 (D) 61 90 30.3 34.7 457 470 2.6 2.6 5.6 5.2 32 24 12.0 9.3 408 317 2.3 1.8 12.8 13.2 37 28 13.9 10.8 1 115 840 6.3 4.7 30.1 30.0 16 16 6.0 6.2 1 198 1 044 67 5.9 74.9 65.3 6 10 2.2 3.9 740 1 207 4.2 6.8 123.3 120.7 4 4 1.5 1.5 865 873 4.9 4.9 216.3 218.3 5 6 1.9 2.3 1 811 2 318 10.2 13.0 362.2 386.3 3 4 1.1 1.5 2 036 3 060 11.4 17.2 678.7 765.0 3 2 1.1 1982- .8 9 045 Average size of farm 1982- 1987.. 1982-. _.. acres, 1987 _ 1982- (D) 50.9 (D) 3 015.0 (D) 1 Detail may not add to total due to rounding. Table 3. Tenure and Characteristics of Operators: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendi> A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] Item 1987 1982 Item 1987 1982 TENURE OF OPERATOR .farms.. acres1.. farms.. acres1 -_ --_ farms.. acres.. farms acres. _ farms.. acres. . farms - acres. _ 267 17 785 206 1 899 201 6 478 156 820 36 9 962 27 623 7 291 5 19 23 1 054 18 438 259 17 778 201 1 569 207 7 219 168 1 250 27 9 793 20 269 1 (D) 1 (D) 24 (D) 12 (D) OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS Operators by place of residence: 189 78 25 27 50 165 166 11 90 1 19 34 63 65 85 57 159 14 542 108 3 243 94 173 13 8 15 18 119 209 50 Operators _ - Total cropland _ Operators by years on present farm: 25 44 42 148 Operators by place of birth: 168 22 Total cropland Operators by age group: 25 to 34 years 69 6 12 49 56 Total cropland 76 60 54 Operators by main occupation: Agricultural number- acres— acres -. Operators by days of work off farm: 115 15 259 acres. _ 2 519 acres., acres. . 94 165 13 3 4 27 acres.. 118 ■Detail may not add to total due to rounding. 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE- AREA DATA VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 Table 4. Farm Characteristics: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] Item 1987 1982 Item 1987 1982 LABOR STATUS FARMS BY SPECIFIED FACILITIES-Con. _ number 266 259 Wells farms.. 111 141 660 643 number. _ 202 221 Unpaid labor _ __ .farms 247 239 Reporting no wells farms 156 118 workers. _ 14 19 43 66 212 5 (D) 29 (D) 225 FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING 44 223 31 3 workers. _ _ farms workers.. farms 25 to 149 days _ __ - 150 days or more 7 workers. _ 106 226 76 214 43 6 100 Dairy Livestock _. 5 workers.. 109 Less than 25 days _ _. farms. 21 2 Poultry 3 5 workers.. (D) Nursery 8 3 25 to 149 days farms . 42 32 Mixed 29 10 workers 62 65 Other . 2 farms 51 49 workers _ 136 (D) FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION Not reported _ _ farms 1 individual 224 211 SELECTED EQUIPMENT 44 76 145 47 111 160 Partnership 15 16 12 31 Other TYPE OF LAND OWNERSHIP 10 Motortrucks number., farms.. number. _ 174 219 267 259 Automobiles .farms.. 136 126 17 785 17 778 number. _ 160 161 Owned __ ._ . farms.. acres __ 237 8 764 234 9 879 FARMS BY SPECIFIED FACILITIES Rented from others farms. _ acres.. 59 9 940 51 8 439 Electricity _ — 228 224 Managed for others farms 7 3 39 35 291 8 Piped running water No piped running water 215 52 223 36 12 1 210 5 acres. . 547 Table 5. Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] Farms Value (dollars) Item Farms Value (dollars) 1987 1982 1987 1982 1987 1982 1987 1982 267 (X) 85 53 40 33 13 8 35 259 (X) 68 69 54 27 8 4 29 2 685 351 10 057 18 885 40 081 69 383 111 346 74 772 67 699 2 303 185 2 391 506 9 234 16 676 55 106 91 383 92 571 46 961 35 365 2 053 444 Sales by commodity group or product: Forage, field, and vegetable crops 93 56 140 60 19 12 150 98 6 6 30 8 68 28 127 69 9 7 165 119 10 7 21 8 399 221 390 907 146 817 132 515 241 230 239 950 838 554 826 306 1 042 698 1 042 698 16 831 13 427 Average per farm (D) 204 972 Farms by value of sales: h 67 565 24 102 43 469 446 6 631 3 OHh 1 350 5 170 4 043 2 643 11 983 9 366 5 192 678 20 529 16 628 8 855 100 5 728 (D) (D) (D) (D) 93 1 575 1 245 10 641 6 124 2 816 3 778 ? 290 1 1/2 98 347 776 S 456 3 040 1 859 115 1 300 ? 140 161 651 128 865 39 381 5 194 2 240 1 050 300 233 1 650 28 390 (D) (D) 447 22 211 19 571 16 296 60 3 264 2 938 2 630 2 201 20 147 13 791 11 760 10 970 497 3 939 2 929 2 318 62 430 615 80 478 61 075 19 905 546 4 418 3 423 2 787 972 14 991 12 596 6 531 10 VIRGIN ISLANDS 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE- AREA DATA Table 16. Livestock, Poultry, and Their Products, by Islands: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] Item Virgin slands Saint Croix Saint John and Saint Thomas 1987 1982 1987 1982 1987 1982 LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS Horses, colts, and ponies.. . _ _ Sales . .. . farms., number. _ farms number., dollars.. 28 224 3 7 2 050 24 125 3 13 5 750 25 213 1 (D) (D) 23 (D) 3 13 5 750 3 11 2 (D) (D) 1 (D) 1 (D) 2 (D) ; : 1 (D) 2 (D) number.. number., dollars.. " Sheep and lambs - Sales farms . number.. farms number. _ dollars. _ 54 3 134 28 910 50 736 60 2 814 46 629 36 010 31 2 477 13 645 (D) 42 2 158 30 484 25 495 23 657 15 265 (D) 18 656 16 145 10 515 Goats and kids Sales farms number.. farms . number., dollars.. 93 3 315 64 928 47 150 112 3 633 74 914 45 263 57 2 322 38 608 28 300 80 2 692 54 673 28 018 36 993 26 320 18 850 32 941 20 241 17 245 Hogs and pigs — Sales farms.. number.. . . farms. _ number., dollars. _ 62 2 536 44 1 424 125 226 87 (D) 62 1 513 129 973 33 1 020 20 479 35 270 53 (D) 34 532 35 603 29 1 516 24 945 89 956 34 1 389 28 981 94 370 Under 8 months old . _ Sales .. . farms.. number.. dollars.. 56 1 378 645 42 456 71 (D) 822 62 085 31 595 399 28 075 40 (D) 398 25 095 25 783 246 14 381 31 811 424 36 990 8 months old or older Sales farms number. _ number dollars.. 58 1 158 779 82 770 77 (D) 691 67 888 30 425 80 7 195 45 (D) 134 10 508 28 733 699 75 575 32 578 557 57 380 Cattle and calves _ . _ Sales _ farms. number. _ farms number. _ dollars. _ 95 5 078 70 1 555 613 392 90 5 578 51 1 287 488 633 62 4 740 51 1 361 538 959 63 5 150 36 1 142 427 913 33 338 19 194 74 433 27 428 15 145 60 720 Cows Sales. _ . _ farms- number. _ dollars. _ 77 2 499 451 186 219 79 3 031 235 114 150 57 2 350 397 160 253 56 2 785 186 90 950 20 149 54 25 966 23 246 49 23 200 Heifers and heifer calves 1 year old or older Sales.. farms number.. dollars. _ 65 1 130 312 127 773 53 1 249 282 100 755 43 1 046 275 114 263 38 1 190 265 95 185 22 84 37 13 510 15 59 17 5 570 Bulls, bull calves, steers, and steer calves 1 year old or older Sales _ number., dollars.. 66 488 479 266 147 68 845 498 244 228 47 448 429 239 120 51 801 459 220 678 19 40 50 27 027 17 44 23 550 Sales number., dollars.. 57 961 313 33 253 54 453 272 29 500 38 896 260 25 323 42 374 232 21 100 19 65 53 7 930 12 79 40 8 400 Livestock sales dollars.. 150 838 554 165 705 629 96 640 981 110 522 779 54 197 573 55 182 850 Milk sales quarts.- dollars.. 6 2 097 423 1 042 698 10 1 858 145 922 830 5 (D) (D) 7 1 680 825 789 825 1 (D) (D) 3 177 320 133 005 POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS Sales number. _ 65 5 326 14 1 666 2 276 49 2 690 55 (D) 12 20 071 15 216 51 (D) 40 3 762 9 1 455 (D) 25 1 600 50 17 628 11 (D) (D) 46 9 158 25 1 564 5 211 (D) 24 1 090 5 (D) number dollars.. number. _ (D) (D) 5 (D) Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry Sales ... farms.- number.. number. _ dollars. _ 21 727 5 345 1 013 17 366 3 655 995 16 464 4 (D) (D) 16 (D> 2 (D) (D) 5 263 1 (D) (D) 1 (D) 1 (D) (D) Chicken egg sales dozens. . dollars. . 22 11 279 13 542 15 284 107 299 375 14 10 169 12 132 12 283 407 298 450 8 1 110 1 410 3 700 925 Poultry and egg sales dollars.. 30 16 831 21 315 586 20 14 309 18 314 316 10 2 522 3 1 270 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-AREA DATA VIRGIN ISLANDS 11 Table 17. Selected Equipment and Specified Facilities by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendix A and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] Item Virgin Islands Saint Croix Saint John and Saint Thomas 1987 1982 1987 1982 1987 1982 SELECTED EQUIPMENT Tractors of all kinds „ farms-. 44 47 42 46 2 1 number,. 76 111 (D) (D) (D) (D) Full owners farms . 27 31 26 31 1 number. . 43 81 (D) 81 (D) Part owners „ - _ - farms - 11 12 10 11 1 1 number.- (D) (D) 24 25 (D) (D) Managers farms 4 1 4 1 number.. 4 (D) 4 (D) Tenants farms 2 3 2 3 number.. (D) 3 (D) 3 " " 145 174 160 219 90 113 114 155 55 61 number 64 Full owners ._ _ - _ farms 104 126 63 91 41 35 number 119 159 73 121 46 38 Part owners. farms 23 21 16 16 7 5 number 34 44 26 24 8 20 4 5 1 (D) 2 (D) 1 (D) 2 (D) number.. - Tenants, ... _- farms 14 12 9 6 5 6 number.. 16 (D) (D) (D) (D) 6 136 160 126 161 84 99 97 128 52 61 29 number 33 Full owners - farms.. 98 104 58 79 40 25 number.. 117 135 69 107 48 28 Part owners _-_ farms.. 27 14 19 12 8 2 number 30 18 21 (D) 9 (D) Managers farms 4 - 3 1 number. _ 6 (D) (D) Tenants farms 7 8 4 6 3 2 number.. 7 8 (D) (D) (D) (D) SPECIFIED FACILITIES Electricity . _ farms. 228 224 148 164 80 60 Full owners farms 184 190 114 135 70 55 Part owners farms 28 24 22 21 6 3 Managers farms 7 - 5 - 2 - Tenants farms. . 9 10 7 8 2 2 No electricity farms. . 39 35 20 17 19 18 Full owners farms.. 17 17 11 9 6 8 Part owners farms.. 8 3 3 1 5 2 Managers - . farms - 1 - 1 - - Tenants.-^ farms 14 14 6 6 8 8 Piped running water _ farms _ 215 223 140 155 75 68 Full owners -- _ _ _ farms _ 164 185 104 128 60 57 Part owners . -- . farms . 30 24 22 20 8 4 Managers - _ _-_ . farms - 7 1 5 1 2 - 14 52 13 36 9 28 6 26 5 24 7 No piped running water- _ -- farms 10 37 6 22 3 21 3 16 2 16 3 6 Part owners farms.. 1 9 111 11 141 4 87 8 83 5 24 3 Wells farms.. 58 number.. 202 221 146 143 56 78 Full owners . -_ _ farms.. 82 110 64 63 18 47 number.. 139 163 99 98 40 65 Part owners ._ farms.. 19 15 15 12 4 3 number 41 34 (D) 29 (D) 5 Managers -_ farms 3 1 2 1 1 - number 8 (D) (D) (D) (D) 7 14 15 (D) 6 (D) 7 (D) 1 (D) 8 number.. 8 Reporting no wells _ farms.. 156 118 81 98 75 20 Full owners _ _ farms.. 119 97 61 81 58 16 Part owners farms.. 17 12 10 10 7 2 4 16 9 3 7 7 1 9 2 12 VIRGIN ISLANDS 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-AREA DATA Table 18. Selected Farm Production Expenses by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] Virgin Islands Saint Croix Saint Joh and Saint Thomas Item Farms Expenses (dollars) Farms Expenses (dollars) Farms Expenses (dollars) 1987 1982 1987 1982 1987 1982 1987 1982 1987 1982 1987 1982 94 63 18 2 11 106 66 25 5 10 148 98 30 4 16 115 77 21 4 13 66 49 9 3 5 43 23 7 4 9 98 72 18 8 75 56 13 6 173 134 21 1 17 59 50 6 3 63 52 8 3 54 39 7 8 120 640 71 866 (D) (D) 18 442 896 660 432 061 304 096 56 043 104 460 742 512 138 383 365 939 15 200 222 990 46 436 20 132 12 087 7 850 6 367 34 989 25 038 7 640 1 644 667 66 495 33 520 5 125 5 025 22 825 123 015 73 361 39 374 10 280 887 029 565 259 294 320 27 450 (D) 355 562 521 497 (D) 101 436 74 467 72 598 1 738 131 (D) 51 472 (D) 317 (D) 31 566 (D) 34 525 79 55 16 1 7 62 37 18 3 4 90 59 22 2 7 67 41 16 4 6 27 19 4 3 1 20 10 5 2 3 87 66 15 6 63 47 12 4 121 94 18 1 8 41 33 5 3 37 29 6 2 31 21 6 4 86 590 51 816 (D) (D) 11 642 748 895 348 421 262 496 (D) (D) 549 337 (D) 257 389 (D) 208 454 31 076 11 407 7 587 7 850 4 232 17 657 12 073 (D) 1 644 (D) 19 960 8 785 (D) (D) 3 425 88 865 50 861 (D) (D) 826 929 526 959 (D) (D) (D) 260 142 442 497 (D) 82 426 70 047 (D) (D) 131 (D) 45 602 13 876 (D) 53 355 17 761 4 819 30 775 15 8 2 1 4 44 29 7 2 6 58 39 8 2 9 48 36 5 7 39 30 5 4 23 13 2 2 6 11 6 3 2 12 9 1 2 52 40 3 9 18 17 1 26 23 2 1 23 18 1 4 34 050 20 050 (D) (D) 6 800 147 765 83 640 41 600 (D) (D) 193 175 (D) 108 550 (D) 14 536 15 360 8 725 4 500 2 135 17 332 12 965 (D) (D) 46 535 24 735 (D) IP) 19 400 34 150 Full owners _- 22 500 (D) (D) 60 100 Tenants 38 300 (D) (D) 193 430 95 420 79 000 19 010 (D) (D) Tenants Fertilizers and manure purchased .. Full owners Part owners , 6 490 5 870 (D) (D) (D) Full owners Part owners Managers Tenants 13 805 (D) 3 750 Table 19. Off-Farm Work by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration penods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] Item Virgin Islands Saint Croix Saint John and Saint Thomas 1987 19B2 1987 1982 1987 1982 Operators by days of work off farm: None Any 94 173 13 8 15 18 119 74 127 12 8 10 15 82 10 26 3 23 2 5 1 4 8 15 1 2 2 10 94 165 13 3 4 27 118 79 128 6 3 3 24 92 12 15 2 1 1 11 1 1 3 21 5 2 14 83 85 3 6 6 7 63 63 62 3 6 4 6 43 10 15 1 14 2 3 3 8 5 1 1 3 78 103 11 1 3 21 67 65 79 4 1 2 19 53 11 11 2 1 1 7 1 1 2 12 5 1 6 11 88 10 2 9 11 56 11 65 9 2 6 9 39 11 2 9 2 1 1 10 1 1 1 7 16 62 2 2 1 6 51 Full owners by days of work off farm: None Any 1 to 49 days 14 49 2 2 100 to 149 days 1 5 39 Part owners by days of work off farm: None Any 1 4 4 Managers by days of work off farm: None Any : 200 days or more ,_ Tenants by days of work off farm: None Any 1 9 1 8 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE- AREA DATA VIRGIN ISLANDS 13 Table 20. Operator Characteristics by Islands: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] Saint John and Saint Thomas Operators by place of residence: On farm operated Not on farm operated Operators by years on present farm: Less than 2 years 2 to 4 years 5 to 9 years 10 years or more Operators by place of birth: Virgin Islands __ ___ Puerto Rico Elsewhere Operators by age group: Under 25 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and over Average age Operators by main occupation: Agricultural Nonagricultural Table 21. Type of Land Ownership and Value of Agricultural Products Sold by Islands: 1987 and 1982 [For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] Virgin slands Saint Croix Saint John and Saint Thomas Item 1987 1982 1987 1982 1987 1982 FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms _ number. 267 259 168 181 99 78 Land in farms1 17 785 17 778 16 132 15 689 1 654 2 089 Owned farms.. 237 234 150 166 87 68 acres.. 8 764 9 879 7 627 7 903 1 137 1 976 Rented from others farms 59 51 38 36 21 15 acres. 9 940 8 439 9 627 8 325 313 114 .- farms . 7 3 5 3 2 - acres.. 291 8 (D) 8 (D) Rented to others _ farms.. 12 5 8 5 4 acres.. 1 210 547 (D) 547 (D) ~ VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 267 259 168 181 99 78 dollars.. 2 685 351 2 391 506 2 083 821 2 011 878 601 530 379 628 10 057 93 9 234 68 12 404 45 11 115 59 6 076 48 Forage, field, and vegetable crops . farms.. 9 dollars. 399 221 (D) (D) 209 307 (D) (D) 140 127 76 80 64 47 dollars.. 146 817 (D) 65 638 86 651 81 179 (D) Ornamental plants and other nursery products farms 19 9 14 8 5 1 dollars. 241 230 89 700 198 780 (D) 42 450 (D) 150 165 96 110 54 55 dollars.. 838 554 705 629 640 981 522 779 197 573 182 850 Milk 6 10 5 7 1 3 dollars.. 1 042 698 922 830 (D) 789 825 (D) 133 005 30 21 20 18 10 3 dollars.. 16 831 315 586 14 309 (D) 2 522 (D) 1 Detail may not add to total due to rounding. 14 VIRGIN ISLANDS 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE- AREA DATA Table 22. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987 [For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS Farms — - number. Percent of farms Land in farms1 acres. Percent distribution __ i of farm acres. LAND USE Total cropland _ _ — farms- Harvested— — — — farms- acres. Other — - - farms. Pasture or grazing land Woodland Ottier land __ TENURE OF OPERATOR All operators farms.. Full owners farms— acres- Part owners farms.. acres.. Managers farms,, acres.. Tenants - --- farms.. acres. . FARMS BY SIZE Farms Less than 3 acres ... 3 to 9 acres 10 to 19 acres 20 to 49 acres 50 to 99 acres 100 to 174 acres __.. 175 to 259 acres .... 260 to 499 acres 500 to 999 acres ... 1,000 acres or more FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING Home consumption holding Sale holdings Vegetable Field and forage crop Fruit and nut Dairy Livestock Poultry— Nursery Mixed Other OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS Operators by place of residence: On farm operated Not on farm operated Operators by years on present farm: Less than 2 years 2 to 4 years _ 5 to 9 years 10 years or more Operators by place of birth: Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Elsewhere Operators by age group: Under 25 years 25 to 34 years. — 35 to 44 years _ _ 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years or more Average age Operators by main occupation: Agricultural _ number acres Nonagricultural number acres Operators by days of work off farm: None Any 1 to 49 days 50 to 99 days 100 to 149 days _ _ 150 to 199 days _ _ _ _ 200 days or more See footnotes at end of table. 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE- AREA DATA 267 100.0 17 785 100.0 66.6 75.3 6 478 36.4 32.2 13.5 9 962 56.0 276.7 VIRGIN ISLANDS 15 Table 22. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987-Con. [For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] LABOR STATUS Farms number. _ workers.. Unpaid labor ._ farms.. workers.. Less than 25 days farms.. workers.. 25 to 149 days farms.. workers.. 150 days or more farms.. workers.. Hired farm labor farms.. workers.. Less than 25 days _ farms.. workers.. 25 to 149 days farms.. workers.. 150 days or more farms.. workers. _ Not reported SELECTED EQUIPMENT Tractors of all kinds farms. number. Motortrucks farms. number- Automobiles farms. number. FARMS BY SPECIFIED FACILITIES Electricity No electricity Piped running water No piped running water. Wells VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD Total sales farms. dollars. Average per farm dollars. Farms by value of sales: $100 to $499 farms- dollars. $500 to $1,199 farms. dollars. $1,200 to $2,499 __ farms- dollars- $2,500 to $4,999 farms. dollars. $5,000 to $7,499 farms. dollars. $7,500 to $9,999 farms. dollars. $10,000 or more farms. dollars- SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP OR PRODUCT Forage, field, and vegetable crops farms- dollars. Fruits and nuts farms- dollars. Ornamental plants and other nursery products farms. dollars. Livestock farms. dollars. dollars. Poultry and eggs farms- dollars. SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES Machine hire and customwork farms. dollars- Hired farm labor farms- dollars. Feed purchased for livestock and poultry farms. dollars. Insecticides, fungicides.and herbicides farms. dollars- Fertilizers and manure purchased farms- dollars, Livestock and poultry purchased farms- dollars. See footnotes at end of table. 267 2 685 351 10 057 1 042 698 30 16 831 120 640 106 896 660 742 512 115 46 436 72 15 901 42 31 454 29 49 877 22 75 547 9 51 660 8 67 699 19 671 336 255 815 109 120 427 203 880 103 370 153 71 866 66 432 061 365 939 21 12 087 7 640 7 5 125 16 VIRGIN ISLANDS 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE- AREA DATA Table 22. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987-Con. [For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] Item Total Full owners Part owners Managers Tenants SELECTED FRUITS, NUTS, AND TREE CROPS Land in bearing and nonbearing fruit trees and plants _ . farms acres.. 181 347 140 253 24 73 4 6 13 15 Avocados farms- trees not of bearing age., trees of bearing age., number harvested.. dollars.- 137 807 1 449 41 206 32 494 23 914 109 612 1 243 35 815 29 285 21 513 19 108 195 4 957 2 778 1 895 1 (D) 8 (D) 11 434 431 506 Bananas _-_ - - farms.- hills not of bearing age.. hills of bearing age., bunches harvested. _ dollars.. 120 6 348 6 708 5 881 4 666 38 891 91 4 936 4 385 4 338 3 386 28 415 18 1 072 1 151 821 793 6 588 4 108 604 285 180 1 051 7 232 568 437 307 2 837 Coconuts - farms trees not of bearing age.. trees of bearing age_. number harvested.. dollars.. 123 3 193 2 011 19 977 13 070 11 979 103 923 1 798 18 252 12 339 11 256 15 2 247 200 1 293 726 718 2 (D) (D) (D) 3 (D) (D) (D) 5 5 Grapefruit farms trees not of bearing age.. trees of bearing age.. pounds harvested.. dollars.. 49 250 166 3 419 2 009 1 484 39 178 123 3 247 1 984 1 464 7 (D) (D) (D) 25 20 2 (D) 1 (D) (D) Limes and lemons farms . trees not of bearing age__ trees of bearing age__ pounds harvested-. Sales pounds dollars.. 116 387 905 11 359 7 209 5 311 92 289 756 9 553 6 679 4 898 17 20 112 1 366 415 338 2 (D) (D) 5 (D) (D) 440 115 75 Mangoes - . farms.. trees not of bearing age__ trees of bearing age__ number harvested.. dollars. . 146 971 2 881 171 104 128 640 44 007 117 672 2 294 148 120 110 610 36 397 19 185 496 20 586 16 110 7 000 3 91 6 100 7 23 85 2 298 1 920 610 Oranges - farms.. trees not of bearing age.. trees of bearing age.. pounds harvested.- Sales pounds dollars.- 57 516 488 7 331 3 620 1 668 49 365 465 7 041 3 620 1 668 7 (D) 23 290 1 (D) : Papayas -_ farms.. trees not of bearing age__ trees of bearing age__ pounds harvested-. Sales pounds- dollars. _ 76 350 937 9 588 7 466 5 430 59 258 736 7 308 6 143 4 872 10 63 122 1 690 1 223 478 1 (D) (D) 6 29 (D) (D) 100 80 LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS Horses, colts, and ponies . . farms.. number.. Sales - farms.. number. _ dollars.. 28 224 3 7 2 050 17 154 3 7 2 050 8 64 ; 3 6 Mules, asses, and burros farms _ number. _ Sales farms.- number.. dollars.. 1 (D) 1 (D) : \ : Sheep and lambs farms- number. _ Sales farms number.- dollars.. 54 3 134 28 910 50 736 37 2 242 18 644 38 316 7 305 5 (D) (D) 2 (D) 1 (D) (D) 8 (D) 4 202 8 736 Goats and kids farms.. number.. Sales farms number.- dollars.. 93 3 315 64 928 47 150 70 2 471 51 650 31 830 14 515 8 (D) (D) 3 108 1 (D) (D) 6 221 4 122 6 140 Hogs and pigs farms.. number. _ Sales _ farms number.. dollars. _ 62 2 536 44 1 424 125 226 37 1 286 27 694 49 011 12 587 7 239 20 590 3 316 2 (D) (D) 10 347 8 (D) (D) Under 8 months old farms number. _ Sales _ _ .. _ ______ number.. dollars.. 56 1 378 645 42 456 34 724 404 28 616 11 377 97 6 415 3 (D) 3 115 8 (D) 141 7 310 8 months old or older farms number. _ Sales number.. dollars.. 58 1 158 779 82 770 35 562 290 20 395 12 210 142 14 175 1 (D) (D) (D) 10 (D) HJ4iP.1.icM r-nnp«t mni/tQTcn iiu the ■ act i t mimitu. r- None 4. Cassava d 5. Dry beans LJ 6- Dry corn LJ 7. Sorghum for grain LJ 8. Swsetpotatoes 1.1 9. Taniara d 10. Yams □ 1 1 . Other field crops — Specify _ □ How many ACRES were harvested in the last 1 2 months? How many POUNDS ware harvested In the last 1 2 months? How many POUNDS were sold in the last 12 months? What was the VALUE of sales in the last 1 2 months? Cabbage I I Carrots I~l Celery |~| Cucumbers I~~l Eggplant I I Green beans I 1 Lettuce [~1 Okra □ Onions □ Peppers . . Spinach . . Squash . . Tomatoes 25. Other vegetable crops — Specify How many ACRES were harvested in the last 1 2 months? What was the VALUE of sales in the last 1 2 months? (bl /10 111 /10 113 /10 11B no 117 /10 11» I no 121 no 123 no 12B no 127 no 129 no 131 no 133 ] no 13S I no ,37 FRUITS AND NUTS Are there any fruit and nut trees or plants on 1 38 this piece today or were any harvested hi the last 1 2 months? ... i LJ Yes How much land is in bearing and nonhealing fruit trees and plants today? . . 2 □ No — Skip to item 39 • Are any of the following kinds of FRUIT TREES, NUT TREES, OR PLANTS on this place? Avocados □ Bananas I I Coconuts I I Grapefruits I~l Limes and lemons LJ Mangoes □ Oranges I I Papayas □ Pineapples I~l Plantains 1 I Other fruits, nuts, and tree crops — Specify ^ □ How many trees or plants are not of bearing age? How many trees or plants are of bearing age? How much was harvested In the last 12 months? How many were sold In the last 1 2 months? What was the value of sales in the last 12 months? How many square feet under cover and/or acres did you have planted In ORNAMENTAL PLANTS or in any other NURSERY CROPS? C-2 APPENDIX C 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE gWBnWffEB LAND USE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS PlWBWm I JVESTOCK AND POULTRY ON THIS PLACE NOW AND NUMBER SOLD IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS Land la to be reported In ONLY ONE CATEGORY. If two or more usee were mode of the same land, report in the FIRST category that applies. 1 . How many acres were in crops harvested in the last 1 2 months? (Can be obtained by adding the acres of the various crops reported in section 3, items 1 through 39. However, if more than one crop was harvested from the same land, count this land only once for this Item.) . . . 2 . How many acres were in other cropland? (Include cropland pasture, crop failure. Idle and fallow cropland, end cropland used for soil Improvement crops.) How many acres were in other pasture or grazing land? (Include woodland pasture: do not Include cropland pasture.) 4. How many acres were in woodland? IDo not Include woodland pasture.) 5 . How many acres were in other uses? {Include house Iota, bam Iota, lanes, roada. ditches, ponds, and wasteland.) g _ TOTAL LAN D (Add entries in items 1 through 6. This total should equal the entry in section 2, item S. I 7. How many wells are on this place? None . □ . □ . □ . □ . □ □ None . □ _£10 ■ Do you or anyone else have any of the f ollowing livestock, regardless of ownership, on this place or ware any sold from this place In the last 1 2 months? 1 . Horses and colts, including ponies 2 . Mules, asses, and burros of all ages 3. Sheep and lambs of all ages 4. Goats and kids of all ages □ n □ □ 5. Hogs and pigs of all ages, including sows and boars (Must equal sum of a and b below.) □ a. Pigs less than 8 months old LJ b. Hogs and pigs 8 months old or older CJ 6 . Cattle and calvas of all ages (Must equal sum of a, b. c, and d below.) CD a. Cows, Including heifers that have calved lOo not Include heifers thai have calved.) c. Bulls, bull calves, steers, and steer calves 1 year old or older d. Calves less than 1 year old □ □ □ □ ■ Do you or anyone else have any of the following poultry, regardless of ownership, on this place or were any sold from this place in the last 1 2 months? Nonc 7. Chickens (hens, pullets, roosters, broilers, etc.) Ll a . How many are 5 months old or older? I — I 8 . Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry LJ How many are on this place now? How many are on this place now? How many were sold in the last 1 2 months? What was the value of sales In the last 1 2 months? How many were sold In the last 12 months? 9. How many dozens of chicken eggs were sold from this place In the last 1 2 months? 1 0. How many quarts of milk were sold from this place In the last 1 2 months? □ □ 3| SELECTED EXPENDITURES IN TTfE"^sTl2™r3of3THS Number sold What was the value of sales in the last 1 2 months? What was the value of sales in the last 1 2 months? * How much did you spend for each of the following in the last 1 2 months? 1 . Machine hire and customwork Feed purchased for livestock and poultry (Include coat of grain, food, concentrates, and roughages; also amount paid for grinding and mixing feed.) 4. Insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides 5 . Fertilizers and manure purchased .... 6. Livestock and poultry purchased . □ . □ . □ . □ . □ . n 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE APPENDIX C C-3 CEHrBBHl EQUIPMENT AMP FACII ITIES IISfD OBI THIS PI Af.g IM THP I a«T -I -y MOWTUg ESKfffffiH nPFRATOB PHARAr.TFBISTIFS 1 . How many of the following are on this place? (Include all specified maulpmmnt on this place today, regardless of ownership, provided it Is in operating condition.! a. Tractors of all kinds b. Motortrucks , c. Automobiles 2. Do you have the following on this place? a. Electricity b. Piped running water □ □ □ □ Yes □ Yes □ Nc □ Nc The following questions are about the FARM OPERATOR. 1 . Do you live on this place (the acres entered in section 2, item 5JI . dye 2 . Sn what year did you begin to operate this place? 3 . Where were you born? 4 . How old were you on your last birthday? 5 . Is your main occupation agricultural or nonagricultural? 6 . OFF FARM WORK — How many days did the operator work 4 hours or more off this place in the last 1 2 months? Include work at a nonfarm Job, business, or on someone else's farm. /Exclude exchange farm work.) C-EfSfBBHI pmiimfbhtiw-s PFr-r»nr» □ Virgin Islands : □ Puerto Rico □ Agricultural □ None i □ 1—49 days i nsO — 99 days i □ Nc i □ Elsewhere — Specify. □ Nonagricultural □ lOO- 149 days □ 160-199 days ; □ 200 days or more 1 . Who furnished the Information in this report? □ Operator □ Landlord i □ Wife or a member of the operator's family □ Hired laborer □ Neighbor . □ Other — Specify - 2 . Remarks (Make any remarks needed in regard to this place, the owner or operator, the crops cultivated, or the livestock on this place.) b. Quarter or city c. ED number Enumerator's signature 4. Certified by Supervisor's signature 5. Checked by C-4 APPENDIX C 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE INDEX Item Area tables Island tables Sum- mary tables Item Area tables Island tables A Age of farm operator Agricultural products sold.. Automobiles Average size of farm Avocados B Bananas Beans: Dry Green C Cabbage Carrots Cassava Cattle and calves, number. Cows Other cattle and calves. . . Cattle and calves sales .... Celery Chemicals (see Expenses) Chickens Coconuts Corn, dry Cropland: Harvested Other Cucumbers Customwork and machine hire, expenses D Ducks, turkeys, geese, and other poultry E Eggplant Egg sales Electricity Equipment and specified facilities: Automobiles Electricity Motortrucks Tractors Water, piped running Wells Expenses: Feed for livestock and poultry Fertilizers and manure purchased 3 7-9 4 1, 2 8 20 14-16, 21 17 15 15 14 14 14 16 16 16 16 14 16 15 14 10, 13 10 14 18 16 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 E— Con. Expenses-Con. Hired farm labor Insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides Livestock and poultry pur- chased Machine hire and customwork F Facilities, specified Farm labor, hired and unpaid Farm operators (see Opera- tors) Farms classified by age of operator Farms classified by size of farm Farms classified by tenure of operator Farms classified by type of holding Farms classified by value of agricultural products sold Farms, number Feed purchased Fertilizers and manure purchased Field crops, harvested and sold Forage crops, harvested and sold Fruits and nuts Fungicides (see Expenses) G Geese, ducks, turkeys, and other poultry Goats and kids Grapefruit H Herbicides (see Expenses) Hogs and pigs Holdings fa home consump- tion or sale Horses, colts, and ponies. . I 6 6 6 6 4 4 3 2 3 4 5 1, 2 6 6 7 7 20 11 13,17-19 12 21 10, 11, 13, 21 18 18 14 14 15 16 22-25 Insecticides (see Expenses) 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE INDEX 1 INDEX— Con. Item Area tables Island tables Sum- mary tables Item Area tables Island tables Labor expenses Labor status Land in farms Lettuce Limes and lemons Livestock and poultry: Feed purchased (dollars) Number on place and num- ber sold Products sold, value of.. Purchased (dollars) M Machine hire and customwork expenses .... Machinery (see Equipment and specified facilities) Mangoes Milk, amount and sales value Motortrucks Mules, asses, and burros.. N Nursery products, orna- mental plants and other . . O Occupation of farm operator Off-farm work Okra Onions Operator characteristics . . . Operators by — Age Occupation Off-farm work Residence Tenure Years on present farm. . . . Oranges Organization, type of Ornamental plants and other nursery products . . . P Papayas Pasture or grazing land .... Peppers Pineapples Plantains Poultry 9 5, 9 18 12 10, 13, 21 14 15 18 16 16 18 18 15 20 19 14 14 19,20 20 20 19 20 13,17-19 20 15 12 15 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 22-25 P— Con. Poultry and livestock: Feed purchased (expenses) Number on place and num- ber sold Purchased, (expenses) . . Production expenses R Residence of farm operator S Sale of agricultural products Sheep and lambs Size of farm Sorghum for forage and grazing Sorghum for grain Spinach Squash Sugarcane Sweetpotatoes T Taniers Tenure of farm operator . . . Tomatoes Tractors Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry V Value of agricultural products sold (also see individual products) Vegetables, harvested and sold W Water, piped running Wells Woodland Work off farm Y Yams Years on present farm, oper- ator 5, 7-9 9 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 14-16, 21 16 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13, 17-19 14 17 16 2 INDEX 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE •Cr U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1989— 242-303 00016 PUBLICATION PROGRAM 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE Results of the 1 987 Census of Agriculture are being published in a series of reports which provide data for each county (or equivalent), each State, the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The publications include statistics on the number of farms; land in farms; farm and operator character- istics; livestock, poultry, and their products; crop production and value; operating expenditures; irrigation; and other characteris- tics of farms. Publication order forms may be obtained from Data User Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233, any U.S. Department of Commerce district office, or by calling (301) 763-1113. ADVANCE REPORTS (AC87-A-01 -000(A) TO 56-000(A) Advance Reports are published separately for each county (or equivalent) in the United States with 10 farms or more, for each State, and the United States. The reports contain data for all agricultural operations with $1 ,000 or more in actual or potential sales of agricultural products in the census year. The Advance Reports contain final data for major data items together with comparable data from the 1982 census. Included in the reports are data on number of farms, land in farms, size of farms, land use practices, farm operator characteristics, sales expenditures, machinery and equipment, livestock, poultry, dairy products sold, and major crops harvested (which vary by State). No advance reports are available for Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. VOLUME 1. GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES (AC87-A-1 TO 56) State and County Data (A-1 to 50) are published showing detailed data in national and State tables for the United States, and in county and State tables separately for each State. These reports include data on number and size of farms; crop produc- tion; livestock, poultry, and their products; tenure, age, and occupation of operators; types of organization; value of products sold; and standard industrial classification of farms. Summary and State Data (A-51 ) • Chapter 1 . National level data • Chapter 2. State level data Outlying Areas (A-52 to 56) provide detailed data for the regions and municipios of Puerto Rico; the election districts of Guam; the U.S. Virgin Islands; American Samoa; and Northern Mariana Islands. VOLUME 2. SUBJECT SERIES (AC87-S-1 TO 6) Agricultural Atlas of the United States (AC87-S-1), formerly the Graphic Summary, presents a profile of the Nation's agricul- ture in a series of dot and multicolor pattern maps. The maps provide displays on size and type of farm, land use, farm tenure, market value of products sold, crops harvested, livestock inven- tories, and other characteristics of farms. Coverage Evaluation (AC87-S-2) provides national and regional level estimates on the completeness of the census, in terms of both the number of farms missed and selected characteristics of those farms. Ranking of States and Counties (AC87-S-3) presents the ranking of the top 20 States and the top 100 counties of importance of selected items from the 1 987 census. Comparative data from the 1982 census are included in most tables. Tables also show cumulative totals for States and counties. History (AC87-S-4) is a concise description of the major census operations together with facsimiles of selected data tables. It explains the history of the agriculture census, farm definition, data collection and processing, and dissemination of census data. Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold (AC87-S-5) shows detailed data for farms cross- tabulated by combined market value of agricultural products sold and Government payments received, including detailed national data and selected data for each State. ZIP Code Tabulations of Selected Items From the 1987 Census of Agriculture (AC87-S-6) provides tabulations by five- digit ZIP Code for selected items from the 1987 census. Data items include number of farms, land in farms, farms by size, market value of agricultural products sold by size of sale, livestock inventory, cropland harvested, and selected crops. VOLUME 3. RELATED SURVEYS (AC87-RS-1 AND 2) The Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (AC87-RS-1) pro- vides statistical data collected from a sample of farm operations from the 1987 Census of Agriculture. The publication offers information on acres irrigated, land use, yields of specified crops, methods of water distribution, quantity of water used by its source, and other irrigation practices. Agricultural Economics and Land Ownership Survey (AC87- RS-2) provides data on indebtedness, expenditures, income and assets for both farm operators and landlords. This report also includes measures of credit used for purchases and expendi- tures, debt by type of lender, assets, off-farm income, and other land ownership data. VOLUME 4. CENSUS OF HORTICULTURAL SPECIALTIES (AC87-HOR-1) This report includes detailed information on the horticultural establishments with production and sales of $2,000 or more. It provides data on number of establishments, value of sales of horticultural products, type of horticultural products, and kinds of horticultural businesses, for the United States, States, and counties. ELECTRONIC MEDIA Flexible Diskette— The Advance Reports of the 1 987 Census of Agriculture are available on flexible diskettes. The files can be used with any compatible microcomputer employing the PC-DOS 2.0 or higher operating system. Diskettes can be obtained by calling (301) 763-4100. Computer Tapes — Public-use computer tapes contain the same summary statistics that are found in the published reports. Two files are available for each State: data for counties and the aggregated State-level data. Order forms may be obtained from the Data User Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233 (or call (301) 763-4100). Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM)— Data for the conterminous United States and Puerto Rico are available on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM can be obtained from the Data User Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233 (or call (301) 763-4100). Online Access— National and State level data from the 1 987 Census of Agriculture are available on CENDATA through two information vendors — CompuServe and DIALOG. In addition, the advance reports, highlights of the Subject Series, and Related Surveys reports, are available online from AGRIDATA. For infor- mation on these services call (301) 763-4100. o ©