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Rap Owings and extension office secretary Ruby Jenkins to arrive at the number of fanners who earned the majority of their living from agriculture. “We came up with 68,” Taylor reported.
While the number of farms in the top size category (2,000 acres and up) increased from three to five between 1978 and 1982, the number in the top sales category went up by that same figure. Four years ago, Rappahannock had only one farm reporting $250,000 or more in sales; in 1982, there were three such operations.
An increased number of farms in every size category had higher total value of sales: from six to seven in the four year period for farms reporting sales between $100,000 and $249,999; from 18 to 25 for farms reporting sales be
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