Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 



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



-Con. 



other occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres -,_ 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres __ _ 



140 to 179 acres _ 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres _ 



1,000 to 1.999 acres 



2,000 acres or more _. 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Casfi grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except casti grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) , 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Iristi 

 potatoes; field crops, except casfi 

 grains, ne.C- (0133, 0134, 0139) _ 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) _ 



Horticultural specialties (018) ., 



General farms, pnmarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy (arms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) _ __. 



General farms, pnmarily livestock and 

 animal specialties (029) 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number. 

 Farms witti- 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



SOO or more 



Cows and fieifers that had calved farms. 



Beef cows - farms. 



Farms with- 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 ____ 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 _-__ 



500 or more 



H/lilk cows farms. 



number. 



1 to 4 



5 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199___. 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 



Cattle and calves sold .__ farms. 



si.ooo! 



Calves farms. 



si.ooo! 



Cattle farms. 



si.ooo: 



1 gram and concentrates ... farms, 

 number. 

 $1,000. 

 See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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