Table 17. 



Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



; introductory text] 



Farms operated by Black and other i 



Black American Indian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 1987. 



1982. 



Land in farms acres. 1987. 



1982. 



Harvested cropland.- farms. 1987. 



1982. 



acres. 1987. 



1982., 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



50 to 139 acres""";;""^;i"^^;;;;ii;iIIIIII"";--^ 

 140 to 219 acres 



220 to 499 acres _ 



500 acres or more 



1987 OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Owned land in farms _ _ farms.. 



Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms. 1987.. 



1982.. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982. 



Part owners farms. 1987.. 



1982. 



acres, 1987.. 



1982. 



Tenants farms, 1987.. 



1982.. 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorsfiip) 



Partnersflip 



Family held corporation 



Ottier than family held corporation 



Other-cooperative, estate or trust. 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLO 



Total sales farms. 



$1,000. 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms, 



$1,000, 

 Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 , 



$2,500 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 or more 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n,e,c. 

 (0133, 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018). 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primanly livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



DELAWARE 21 



