Table c. Reliability Estimates of U.S. Totals: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Total farm production expenses'— Con. 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.- 



$1,000-. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1.000_. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms. _ 



$1,000-. 

 Petroleum products farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Electricity farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Hired farm labor _ farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Contract labor farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Repair and maintenance farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest farms.. 



$1.000., 

 Cash rent farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Property taxes paid farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 All other farm production expenses farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Livestock and poultry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Beef cows farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows _ farms., 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs inventory farms.. 



number-. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 



Sheep and lambs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Sheep and lambs sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Hens and pullets of laying age inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Horses and ponies inventory farms.. 



number,. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms., 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres.. 

 bushels. - 



Cotton farms— 



acres.. 



bales.. 



Soybeans (or beans ._ farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small gram. wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 



(see text) farms.. 



acres, . 

 tons, dry.. 



Vegetables harvested for sate (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 



Land In orchards farms.. 



acres. - 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of aghcultural products sold are included as farms with gains. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



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