All larms. All forms. Value Value Value Value Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000)

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1 Table. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Usa: and 94 All larms Farms with sal.. of $,00 or more Farms Acres Farms Aaes Farms Au.. Farms Au.. farms Average size ollorm Approximate land area Proportion in farms percent Value of land and buildings,' Average per form dollars Average per acre dollars land in farms according to use: Total cropland Harvested cropland 8y I acres to 9 harvested, acres 0 to 9 acres 0 to 9 acres 0 to 49 acres 0 to 99 acres to 99 acres 00 to 499 acres 00 to 999 acres,000 acres or more Cropland used only for posture Other cropland Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soilimprovement grosses, not harvested or pastured Cropland on which all crops foiled Cropland in cultivated summer fallow Cropland idle Total woodland Woodland pastured Woodland not pastured Other land Posturelond and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured land in house lots. ponds, roods, wasteland, etc Pastureland, all types Irrigated land Harvested cropland irrigoted Posturelond irrigated Other land irrigated land set aside in the lederal larm programs in ,6 0,8 4,0 9, I 08 I 0 (Xl I 9 8 I I I I (0) II III I 6 6 I I 084 I III 0 9 (0) I ' data are OOsed on a sample 0 forms; see text. Table. Market Value of Agricultural Produds Sold: and 94 Forms with soles of $,00 or more Value Value Value Value Farms ($,000) Forms ($.000) Forms ($,000) Forms ($,000) Market value 0 agricultural products sold' I Average per lorm dollars (Xl 694 Forms by value 0 agricultural products sold,' $,000 or more $40,000 to $99,999 $0,000 to $9,999 $0,000 to $9,999 $,000 to $9,999 $,00 to $4,999 less than $,00 (see text) $,000 to $,499 $,00 to $,999 $,000 to $,499 less than $,000 Abnonmollarms (see text) Crops Groins Commodity Credit Corporation loons Cotton and cottonseed Commodity Credit Corporation loons ToOOcco field seeds, hay, forage, and silag" Vegetables, sweet com, and melons Fruits, nuts, and benies Nursery and greenhouse products Other crops Uvestock, paultry, and their products Poultry and paultry products Ooiry products Cattle and calves Hogs and pigs Sheep, lambs, and wool Other livestock and livestock products (see text) '94 data include sales of forest products I I 88 6 INA) I (NAI , CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA ASHE COUNTY, N.C.

2 Table. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: and 94 Forms Farms w~h harvested cropland Farms with irrigated land Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested Irrigated 94 in forms Forms in farms cropland Forms in farms cropland land rorms with to 9 acres 0 to 49 acre, to 69 acre, to 99 acres to 9 acres to 9 acres to 9 acres to 9 acres I 60 to 499 acres (0) (0) 00 to 999 acres to.999 acres I 49,000 6 acres or more (0) Table 4. OperatorsTenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: and 94 Forms with sales of $,00 or more Farms Acres Forms Acres farms Acres Forms Acres land in fontis Harvested cropland Tenure of operator: Full owners Harvested cropland Part owne" Harvested cropland Tenants Harvested cropland Type of organization, IndIVidual or family Partnership Corporotioo Othercooperanve, estate or trust, instimional, etc. 09 Forms with soles of rorms with sales of $,00 or more $,00 or more '94 '94 '94 '94 Operolors rorming by principal occupation, _ Other Operators by age group, Under yeors to 4 yeors to 44 years 4 to 4 yeors to 64 years 6 years and over Average oge Operators by place of residence: On farm operated Not on farm operated 4 40 Not reported Operators reporting days of work off farm, None to 49 days to 99 days to 49 days to 99 days days or more 'Applies only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. Table. Selected Farm Production Expenses: and 94 [ data are based on a sample of farms se. text] Forms with sales of $,00 or more Uvestock and poultry purchasod Food for livestock and poultry Commercially mixed formula feed' Animol health cost> Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees Commercial fertilizer Other agricultural chemiajls induding lime Hired farm labor Contract labor Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Forms ($,000) Forms ($.000) Forms ($,000) Forms ($,000) Customwark, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment, Energy and petroleum products Petroleum produm Gosoline Diesel fuel ru.r~j ~_a_":: ~~_~~~~=================== ========= Natural gas Kerosene, motor oil, and grease Eloctricity Othercool. wood, coke, etc I I } f ASHE COUNTY, N.C. CENSUS OF AGRICUlTURECOUNTY DATA

3 Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: and 94 [ data or. based on a sampl. of farms ; see t.xt J Forms Acr.s on which used Farms Acres an which used Forms with sol.s of $,00 or mar. Forms 94 Acres on which used Commercial fertiliz.r Cropland f.rtilized, exc.pt pasture Pastur. and rang.land fertilized Ume Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants,.tc. to contro~ Insects on hay and other crops Nematod.s in crops Disease. in crops and orchards Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and pasture I I Chemlcols for Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit Insect control on livestock and paultry Sanitation and rodent and bird control Table. Machinery and Equipment on Place: and 94 [ data or. based on a sample of forms see t.xt J Forms with sal.s of $,00 or more Forms with soles of $,00 or mar ALl MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ALl MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT(on. Estimated market valu. of all machinery and equipment farms $,000 Av... age per form dollars Forms $ to by $4,999 value group, $,000 0 $9,999 $0,000 0 $9,999 Estimaled mark.t valu. of all 06 I machinery and equipm.ntcon. $0,000 to $9, $0,000 to $49, II 084 $0,000 to $69,999 $0,000 to $99, $,000 0 $99,999 $00,000 or mor" } I 6 { } Manufactured 94 to Manufactured prior to 94 Farms Number Farms Number Farms Number.. Farms Number 94 Manufactured 90 to 94 SBKTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Automobil.s Motortrucks including pickups Wheel tractors Groin and bean combines, selfpropelled only Com heads for combin.s Other compick.rs and pickershell.rs COltonpick... Mow... oonditioners Pickup balers Field forage harv.st..., shear bar or flywheel type I I Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: and 94 [ dolo are based on a sample of forms ; see t.xt J Hired work.rsaii forms, Working 0 days or mar. Working less than 0 days Any hired workersforms with sales of $,00 or more Forms Work... Forms with I work.r work.rs or 4 workers to 9 work.rs 0 work.rs or mare Any Fanns Workers Farms Workers ~ I li CENSUS OF AGRICUlTURECOUNTY DATA ASHE COUNTY, N.C.

4 Table 9. Uvestock and PoultryInventory and Sales: and 94 Ali farms Farms with sales of $,00 or more UVIDoex AND POULTRY Farms Number farms Number farms Number Farms Number Invenlory, Any livesloci< or poultry Any cottle. hogs, or sheep Any liveslock or pou~ry and lheir products $,000 Any cottle, hogs, or sheep $,000_ I CATTU AND CALVES lnvenlory, Cottle and caives Cows and heifers thai had colved Beef cows Milk cows Heifers ond heifer colves Sleers, sleer calves, bulls and bull calves Cottle and colves $, Calves $, Cottle $, Fallened collle $.000_ 88 Dairy products $,000_ HOGS. SHEEP. GOATS. AND HORSB Inventory: Hogs and pigs Used or 0 be used for breeding Other hogs and pigs Litters of pigs farrowed between De<:. of Precedi~ year and Nov ?U"~; l ~~!:v i~ y~~~~~_~~ ~================== Sheep and lambs Ewes year old or older Goo" 0 II Horses and ponies Hogs and pigs $,000 Feeder pigs Sheep and lambs $,000 _ 0 Sheep and lambs shorn Goats ~":,ndw'mo:'~~ ;~I~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~$I~OOO=_ $,000 (Z) Horses and ponies $,000 4 POULTRY Invenlory, Any poultry Chickens monlhs old or older Hens and puliels of laying age Pulle" months old or older I Pullel chicks and pullels under months old 8roilers and other mealtype chicbns I Turkeys I Turkeys for slaughter Turkey hens kepi for breeding Other poultry $ales: Any Chickens poultry months old or older 6 6 Hens and puliels of laying oge Pullets months old or older Pullel chicks and pullels under months old 8roilers and other meat type chickens "_ Turkeys Turkeys for slaughler Turkey hens kepi for breeding Other poullry Poultry and poultry products $,000_ ASHE COUNTY, N.C. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA

5 Table 0. Crop.: and 94 Farms with soles of $,00 or more Horwsted Irrigoted Harvested Irrigated Farms Acres Quantity Farm. Acre. Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres Com fol' on purposes 94 For grain 0' seed (bushels) 94 For silage 0' green chop (tons, g... ) 94 For fodder, hogged 0' grazed 94 Sorghums for 0 purposes.. 94 F«gnin 0' seed (bushels).. 94 For silage 0' green chop (tons, green) 94 Cut for dry forage 0' hay (tons, dry) 94 Hoaaod 0' grazed 94 Wheat for grain (bushels).. 94 Oats for grain (bushels) 94 IIarIoy for grain (bushels).. 94 Rye for groin (bushels).. 94 OIlIer smoi QIIIIns for grain 94 SoyIItons for beans (bushels) 94 I'eoIIuts for nuts (pounds).. 94 Cotton (boios) 94 Toboa:o (pounds) 94 Irish potatoes ~) 94 stpotatoes (bushels) 94 Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see text) 94 Alfalfa hay (tons, dry).. 94 OIlIer tame dry hay (tons, dry) (see text) ReId seed crops 94 Alfalfa seed (POUnds) 94 Red dover seed (pounds). 94 Alwgotobles ""'ted for sole (soet.xt) 94 Swwt com 94 Tomotoes 94 Gmn peas exdudlna cowpeos 94 Land In «<hards 94 Apples (pounds) 94 PeodIes (pounds) 94 G!upes (pounds) (see text) 94 Berries 94 SInIwbenies (pounds) 94!Usery and QIMfthouse products. OIlIer crops n I 8n 94 I II (HA) (ll I (XJ (HA) (HA) (XJ (Xl (Xl (XJ (HA) S (Xl 6 (Xl (Xl (Xl ' (Xl 9 I 648 I 86 I 0 I I I I I I ~6O (XJ (l) (Xl (Xl 4 4 S I CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA ASHE COUNTY. N.C.