Table 19. Selected Characteristics of Abnormal Farms: 1987 and 1982 



(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 



Charactenslics 



Characteristics 



Farms number,. 



Land in farms . acres.. 



Average size of farm acres,. 



Value of land and buddings' $1.000_. 



Average per farm dollars,. 



Average per acre - dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment' $1,000-. 



Land in farms according to use; 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Cropland used only for pasture or grazing .. farms., 



acres. 



Other cropland farms. 



acres.. 



Total woodland farms., 



acres.. 



Woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Woodland not pastured. farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland. 



etc farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated land farms. . 



acres.. 



24 



15 324 



639 



28 633 



1 193 042 

 1 869 



3 865 



26 



16 259 



625 



25 745 



990 192 



1 583 



5 075 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops $1 ,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners 



Part owners _ __ _ 



Tenants 



Abnormal farms by standard industrial 

 classification: 



Cash grains (Oil).. __ _ , 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) , 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) , 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Insh 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, pnmanly 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, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



^Data are based on a sample of farms, 



24 WISCONSIN 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



