Table 5. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1987 and 1982 



[For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see rntroductory text] 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Land in farms _. 

 Average : 



1987., 

 1962. 

 1987.. 

 1982.. 

 1987.. 

 1982. 



Average per acre . 



1 to 9 acres . 

 10 to 49 acre 



100 to 139 acres. 

 140 to 179 acres. 



180 to 219 acres. 

 220 to 259 acres . 



1,000 to 1,999 = 

 2.000 acres or r 



farms, 1987 



1982 



acres, 1987 



Harvested cropland . 



Cropland used only for pasture or grazing farms, 



See footnotes at end of table. 



2 760 

 675 052 



333 453 



190 701 



3 223 



2 019 



1 824 



7 

 1 111 



(D) 



5 



1 813 



148 673 

 3 873 

 2 358 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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