Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Gilchrist 



Glades 



Gulf 



Hamilton 



Hendry 



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 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 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 $1,000. 



Average par 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: 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres. 

 bushels. 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres. 

 bushels. 



Sugarcane for sugar farms. 



acres . 

 tons. 



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. 



336 



87 500 



260 



414 080 

 1 336 



117 

 6 288 

 16 585 



41 

 2 432 



20 

 282 



194 



222 232 



1 146 



1 054 114 

 940 



35 



33 644 



961 



564 314 

 587 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



6 

 868 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



4 

 (D) 



256 



73 603 



288 



244 828 

 856 



104 

 6 319 



410 902 



13 



1 315 



30 893 



62 



2 221 



(D) 



16 

 540 



15 

 142 



1 130 



303 892 



269 



493 415 

 1 848 



110 

 461 

 301 

 130 

 69 

 59 



(D) 

 (D) 



103 

 6 554 

 18 147 



39 

 3 724 



749 

 44 495 



396 



545 111 



1 377 



2 215 972 

 1 612 



13 



24 660 



814 200 



16 

 1 423 

 3 394 



37 

 8 581 



156 

 57 975 



431 



66 167 



154 



296 826 

 2 280 



55 

 213 

 97 

 32 

 21 

 13 



317 



22 732 

 200 



7 969 



52 



608 



24 612 

 57 104 



955 



23 656 



217 

 74 

 58 

 35 

 15 

 6 

 26 



178 

 253 



257 

 186 

 54.1 



22 827 

 52 964 



289 



23 686 



244 



8 773 



26 



3 551 



266 



19 688 



38 



910 



27 



2 027 



9 



174 



42 



1 070 913 



2 



(D) 



3 



(D) 

 (D) 



117 



5 790 



(D) 



11 

 189 



59 

 1 084 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



FLORIDA 145 



