Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



St. Joseph) 



Shelby 



Spencer 



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 mactiinery and 

 equipment 1; 



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 ttietr 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: 



Cattte and calves inventory farms.. 



numt>er.. 



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.. 

 Sfieep and lambs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Cfiickens 3 monttis old or older inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and otfier meat-type cfiickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



Selected crops fiarvested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms., 



acres., 

 busfiels.. 



Corn for silage or green cftop farms.. 



acres.. 

 tons, green.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Oats for grain farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Soybeans for t)eans farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



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

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



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) . 



farms., 



acres., 

 tons, dry., 



farms.. 



acres.. 



834 



239 641 



287 



351 141 

 1 238 



58 

 102 

 230 

 268 

 131 



25 



778 



213 450 



758 



171 791 



2 



(D) 



66 542 

 79 786 



34 113 

 32 429 



54 

 44 

 52 

 155 

 142 

 172 

 215 



584 

 250 



359 

 220 

 49.0 



48 114 

 57 691 



345 



17 284 



173 



3 360 



61 



1 943 



338 



13 323 



326 



lie 424 



350 



199 472 



35 



688 



40 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



681 



91 720 



12 596 110 



64 



1 341 

 29 609 



274 



7 149 



418 365 



38 



399 



26 704 



647 



66 758 



2 810 992 



289 



7 026 



21 487 



897 



174 226 



194 



257 056 

 1 312 



75 



265 



298 



164 



69 



26 



844 



156 357 



804 



126 049 



71 



10 632 



47 350 

 52 787 



28 460 



18 890 



199 

 108 

 125 

 162 

 93 

 90 

 120 



450 

 447 



529 

 376 

 50.9 



38 871 

 43 383 



269 



10 192 



95 



1 014 



81 



3 173 



232 



5 689 



131 



34 207 



139 



65 645 



36 



750 



46 



(D) 



10 



1 417 



611 



62 399 



7 301 738 



57 



1 526 



25 277 



213 



5 999 



292 657 



79 



942 



66 495 



520 



43 400 



1 708 673 



299 



8 456 



27 324 



30 

 932 



390 



63 520 



163 



157 662 

 1 016 



205 



16 763 



1 862 305 



210 

 2 640 



58 



1 151 



50 020 



3 



6 



270 



192 



11 837 

 406 609 



157 

 3 321 

 7 252 



11 

 54 



876 



217 961 



249 



305 910 

 1 192 



82 

 205 

 230 

 224 

 100 



35 



815 



200 956 



786 



168 241 



15 



1 242 



49 819 

 56 871 



35 081 

 14 737 



120 

 75 

 125 

 151 

 130 

 131 

 144 



516 

 360 



439 

 287 



50.8 



38 317 

 43 741 



337 



11 720 



217 



3 148 



46 



1 494 



315 



7 506 



146 



39 507 



149 



70 950 



36 



550 



32 



1 488 



2 



(D) 



636 



83 670 



11 088 922 



56 



1 857 



36 483 



225 



7 111 



404 997 



28 



272 



15 506 



635 



70 594 



2 785 892 



269 

 5 557 

 15 267 



808 



178 720 



221 



213 226 

 1 032 



491 



43 023 



4 690 475 



44 



1 804 



26 843 



244 



7 115 



309 351 



15 



358 



22 860 



388 



40 292 



1 184 555 



406 

 13 199 

 27 240 



9 



(D) 



449 



140 869 



314 



274 412 

 883 



24 

 104 

 143 

 89 

 54 

 35 



423 



119 726 



395 



93 003 



44 



8 650 



25 312 

 56 375 



19 381 

 5 931 



230 

 219 



263 

 171 

 49,3 



21 731 

 48 400 



90 



4 680 



55 



1 085 



9 



484 



80 



3 411 



76 



10 008 



85 



23 559 



11 



578 



15 



(D) 



5 



(D) 



328 



56 369 



6 229 216 



17 



695 



10 555 



36 



843 



31 706 



23 



466 



21 267 



282 



25 966 



901 063 



104 

 2 429 

 6 478 



8 

 529 



See footnotes at end of table. 



150 INDIANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



