Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size ot farm -- acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre — dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 

 Average per farm dollars.. 



Fams 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 famis-- 



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 $49,999 - 



$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 arul pigs inventory fzirms.. 



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 sotd farms. . 



number.. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Com for grain or seed farms.. 



acres.. 

 bushels.. 



Com 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- - 



407 



26 203 



64 



427 922 

 6 506 



556 



74 063 



133 



396 905 

 3 152 



338 



40 732 



121 



458 246 



3 832 



484 



64 366 



133 



421 329 

 3 216 



73 

 123 

 166 

 101 



14 

 7 



408 

 34 408 



372 



26 675 



30 



187 



45 660 

 94 339 



3 980 

 41 680 



136 



56 

 47 



107 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



CONNECTICUT 131 



