Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Lagrange 



Lake 



La Porte 



Farms 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^: 



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.. 

 Irrigated land farms.. 



acres- - 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse 



crops $1,000.. 



Livestock, poultry, and ttieir products $1,000.. 



Farms by value of sales: 



Less ttian $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.. 



numtjer.. 



Beef cows farms.. 



numt>er-. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



numt)er.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



numt)er.. 

 Sheep and lambs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Chickens 3 monttis old or older inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Corn for silage or green chop farms.. 



acres., 

 tons, green.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres, 

 bushels.. 



Oats for grain farms. 



acres, 

 bushels- 



Soytieans for beans farms. 



acres, 

 bushels- 



833 



309 372 



371 



354 891 

 986 



43 

 136 

 206 

 243 

 130 



75 



798 



274 337 



767 



222 449 



43 



5 237 



66 039 

 79 279 



47 496 

 18 543 



72 

 70 

 75 

 139 

 152 

 118 

 207 



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

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



Vegetables harvested tor sale (see text) . 



farms.. 



acres. 

 tons, dry. 



farms. 



acres. 



580 

 253 



347 

 184 

 51.0 



51 972 

 62 391 



306 



15 040 



206 



4 581 



15 



522 



306 



11 246 



191 



55 759 



196 



98 832 



17 



300 



35 



1 019 



634 



100 588 



13 477 410 



40 



1 065 



18 010 



470 

 32 603 



1 630 329 



7 



322 



15 324 



594 

 84 336 



2 737 595 



216 

 6 397 

 14 821 



88 

 4 915 



1 327 



268 334 



202 



239 496 

 1 122 



116 

 305 

 498 

 268 

 103 

 37 



1 227 

 228 077 



1 164 



176 926 



55 



9 381 



115 932 

 87 364 



28 957 

 86 974 



219 

 136 

 178 

 271 

 147 

 133 

 243 



643 

 664 



855 

 616 

 49.5 



94 396 

 71 135 



559 



35 567 



224 



4 382 

 142 



5 115 

 527 



40 561 



281 



109 582 



298 



197 272 



94 



2 782 



83 



3 084 007 



5 



322 



893 



86 743 



10 107 947 



165 



5 124 



85 312 



372 



10 707 



514 788 



148 



2 231 



127 298 



764 



60 340 

 2 406 158 



526 



14 193 

 45 000 



14 

 114 



1 437 



191 358 



133 



169 372 

 1 244 



31 122 



159 

 342 

 728 

 128 

 57 

 23 



1 297 



154 664 



1 172 



110 726 



81 



18 561 



81 433 

 56 669 



21 456 

 59 977 



185 

 107 

 158 

 312 

 303 

 201 

 171 



825 

 612 



893 

 543 

 44.5 



65 131 

 45 293 



973 



42 501 



89 



1 038 



684 



10 713 



945 



36 365 



664 



92 035 



681 



221 386 



79 



1 655 



332 



1 310 551 



37 



820 216 



978 



53 842 



5 930 007 



540 



5 529 

 83 993 



385 



6 644 

 280 448 



475 



5 458 



293 672 



277 



19 976 



753 800 



853 

 19 956 

 57 409 



18 

 76 



551 



145 566 



264 



346 299 

 1 377 



49 482 



47 

 142 

 133 

 132 

 65 

 32 



509 

 133 998 



495 



108 284 



34 



5 524 



32 553 

 59 080 



26 471 



6 082 



110 

 46 

 59 

 90 

 77 

 68 



101 



316 

 235 



286 

 177 

 51.5 



24 331 

 44 157 



154 



6 096 



77 



1 395 



35 



1 377 



139 



3 659 



46 



9 871 



48 



IS 908 



15 



230 



30 



6 097 



4 



(D) 



350 



50 363 



6 155 521 



31 



747 



13 240 



122 



3 854 



217 585 



68 



1 113 



66 983 



362 



45 728 



1 822 479 



178 

 4 099 

 12 590 



18 

 2 301 



914 



258 506 



283 



310 716 

 1 099 



81 

 171 

 292 

 202 

 120 



48 



852 



230 944 



804 



185 603 



78 



15 607 



65 355 

 71 504 



42 056 

 23 297 



142 

 105 

 94 

 149 

 118 

 107 

 199 



507 

 407 



488 

 348 

 50.2 



51 402 

 56 238 



309 



22 219 



142 



2 288 



77 



4 805 



292 



22 707 



122 



32 920 



135 



58 357 



46 



1 164 



41 



(D) 



6 



208 



639 



94 986 



11 928 483 



70 



2 826 



43 096 



213 



5 318 



279 122 



86 



1 363 



93 708 



568 



68 425 



2 745 975 



293 

 11 335 

 37 210 



27 

 976 



865 



172 226 



199 



130 457 

 661 



364 



22 749 



2 238 230 



42 



736 



9 237 



3 104 

 117 796 



22 



258 



10 433 



203 



12 080 



315 654 



563 

 20 250 

 47 787 



See footnotes at end of table. 



146 INDIANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



