Table 1. Historical IHighlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



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



AH farms 



1987 



Famns _ number. _ 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of 

 all machinery and 



equipment' $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1,999 acres 



2.000 acres or more _ 



Total cropland farms., 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated land farms. _ 



acres.. 



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.. 



Farms by value of sales^: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24.999* 



$25,000 to $49.9995 



350,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 to $499.999 



$500,000 or more 



Farms by type of 

 organization: 

 Individual or family (sole 



proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other — cooperative, 

 estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



Operators by days worked 

 off farm^: 



None 



Any 



200 days or more 



Operators by principal 

 occupation^: 



Farming 



Other 



Average age of operator^ years.. 



Total fami production 

 expenses^ $1.000.. 



Selected farm production 

 expenses^: 

 Livestock and poultry 



purchased $1,000.. 



Feed for livestock and 



poultry $1.000__ 



Commercial fertilizer' $1.000__ 



Petroleum products $1.000.. 



Hired farm labor $1.000.. 



Interest expense^ $1.000., 



Agricultural chemicals' ... $1,000.. 



Livestock and poultry: 

 Cattle and calves 



inventory farms. , 



number,. 



Beef cows farms., 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



numlier,. 



Cattle and calves sold famis.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory... farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Chickens 3 months old or 

 older inventory^ farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat- 

 type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



2 923 

 355 

 276 



1 418 

 1 940 

 1 304 



1 842 

 1 738 



53.5 

 255 212 



3 119 

 360 

 251 



1 459 



2 032 

 1 432 



1 957 

 1 797 



(NA) 



2 927 

 362 

 205 



1 577 

 1 784 

 1 161 



2 009 

 1 510 



52.2 

 (NA) 



} 



3 421 



440 056 



129 



196 135 

 1 525 



68 108 

 20 447 



481 

 888 



1 272 

 655 

 106 



13 

 6 



3 139 

 227 006 



2 959 

 159 157 



319 

 7 474 



186 921 

 54 639 



75 560 

 110 929 



986 

 343 

 350 



348 

 45 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



1 314 



1 445 



930 



1 987 

 1 250 



11 062 



4 490 



541 372 



121 



111 071 

 921 



43 487 

 10 059 



573 



1 245 



1 724 



825 



98 



19 



6 



3 907 

 252 072 



3 444 

 162 275 



243 

 8 937 



145 890 

 32 492 



59 493 

 86 167 



1 686 

 384 

 431 



224 

 24 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 2 267 

 1 556 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



9 978 



33 171 



3 932 



4 374 

 28 351 



(NA) 

 1 740 



2 122 



106 935 



(NA) 



5 894 



1 362 



56 885 



1 921 

 54 379 



149 



7 760 



90 



10 018 



806 

 4 978 834 



121 

 4 494 475 



> 



6 068 



721 314 



119 



67 429 

 561 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



907 



1 711 



2 197 

 1 085 



137 

 21 

 10 



5 263 

 288 041 



4 833 

 205 861 



381 

 14 452 



138 999 

 22 907 



53 679 

 84 804 



2 296 

 515 

 693 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 2 495 

 1 778 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



53.2 



(NA) 



6 750 



35 624 



4 343 



4 855 



26 459 



(NA) 



(NA) 



3 363 

 123 460 



598 



4 468 

 2 591 



72 232 



2 838 



71 402 



317 



13 660 

 127 



14 657 



1 602 

 4 278 093 



220 

 10 234 658 



} 



{ 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 3 693 

 2 570 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



52.3 

 (NA) 



8 381 



41 272 



(NA) 



3 767 



22 703 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



4 899 



139 738 



(NA) 



3 301 



4 114 

 82 947 



4 062 

 78 006 



646 

 20 828 



175 

 19 710 



3 223 

 3 534 583 



451 

 16 814 337 



6 274 

 1 346 



1 749 



2 285 

 1 067 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



6 250 

 6 238 

 4 549 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



52.7 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



CONNECTICUT 7 



