Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



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



Farms -- number,. 



Land in farms acres-- 



Average size of farm acres-- 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars-- 



Average per acre dollars-- 



Estimaled market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 

 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 acres or more 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres,. 

 Harvested cropland __ farms, - 

 acres-- 



Irhgated 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 $49.999 — — 



$50,000 to $99,999 .- 



$100,000 or more -.- - 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other - 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years,, 



Total farm production expenses' $1.000,, 



Average per farm dollars,. 



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-. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Com tor gram or seed farms.. 



acres -- 

 bushels-. 



Corn for silage or green chop farms— 



acres., 

 tons, green.. 



Irish potatoes farms,. 



acres-, 

 cwt.. 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild. 



grass silage, green chop. etc. (see text) farms.. 



acres., 

 tons, dry.. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms-. 



acres.. 



Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



Connecticut 



3 580 



398 400 



111 



467 677 

 4 171 



36 996 



261 



13 695 



52 



464 660 

 8 170 



656 



60 277 



92 



497 353 

 5 701 



619 



95 321 



154 



559 710 

 3 474 



259 



23 743 



92 



489 666 

 4 343 



See footnotes at end of table. 



130 CONNECTICUT 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



