Table 1 Historical Highliglits: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



(For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms 



Land in farms , 



Average size of f 



Total cropland 



Han/ested cropland. 



Farms by value of sales'*: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $4.999 



$25,000 to $49.9996 .. 

 $50,000 to $99.999... 

 $100,000 to $499,999. 

 $500,000 or more 



Farms by type of 

 organization: 

 Individual or family (sole 



proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Operators by days \ 



Hired farm labor $1,000 



Interest expense' $1,000 



Agricultural cfiemicals^ ... $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry: 

 Cattle and calves 

 inventory 1 



Beef cows . 

 Milk cows.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold 



53 522 



187 183 



8 787 



31 191 

 216 



2 187 

 169 



9 354 



834 287 



1 001 

 210 492 139 



370 562 

 111 013 



110 276 



140 508 

 19 993 

 13 435 

 17 893 



102 937 

 218 310 



15 131 

 (NA) 

 6 857 



485 727 



2 792 



451 752 



93 526 

 156 816 



30 263 



94 366 

 14 488 

 5 705 

 11 802 

 (NA) 



3 249 

 505 356 



3 052 

 422 984 



27 381 

 (NA) 

 3 078 



12 222 



43 488 



5 755 

 3 560 



6 792 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



33 040 



770 



54 666 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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