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Alleghany

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Alleghany

Total population (1990 census): 9590
County seat: Sparta

Extension office

CropSELECT

Cereals, Pseudocereals, Oilseeds
Industrial, Fiber
Forages
Vegetables
Small Fruits
Tree Fruits and Nuts
Herb, Aromatic, Medicinal, and Bioactive

Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)

Cereals Farms Acres Yield
Maize=Corn 3 207 17220 bu
Wheat 3 D D
Forages Farms Acres Yield
Total Hay* 332 10954 19945 tons, dry
Alfalfa Hay 20 400 1181 tons, dry
Small Grain Hay 7 115 240 tons, dry
Tame Hay 274 9559 17263 tons, dry
Wild Hay 43 776 1033 tons dry
Grass Silage 9 104 685 tons, grn
Corn for Silage or Green Chop 34 2464 30702 tons, grn
Vegetables Farms Acres Yield
Snap Beans 4 D  
Head Cabbage 5 231  
Potatoes 8 5 805 cwt
Sweet Corn 3 D  
Fruits and Nuts Farms Acres Yield
Apples 5 6 D
Other Crops Farms Acres Yield
Tobacco 130 512 749460 lbs
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale Farms Sq. ft. under glass or other protection Acres in the open Sales ($1,000)
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 110 D 4192 8866
Nursery, Floriculture, Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops 11 X 78 X
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested 100 X 2855 8642
Nursery Crops 5 D D 141
Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops 34 D 1291 D

*Alfalfa, grass silage, green chops etc.
D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
X=Not applicable.