Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con. 



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



140 to 179 

 acres 



180 to 219 

 acres 



220 to 259 

 acres 



260 to 499 

 acres 



500 to 999 

 acres 



1.000 to 1,999 

 acres 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 



USE-Con. 



Pastureland and rangeiand other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms. 



acres. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads. 



wasteland, etc. farms, 



acres. 

 Cropland under federal acreage reduction 

 programs: 

 Annual commodity acreage adjustment 



programs farms. 



acres- 



Conservation resen/e program farms. 



acres- 



Vatue of land and buildings^ farms. 



$1,000. 



Average per farm. dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Farms by value group: 



$1 to $39.999 



$40,000 to $69.999 



$70,000 to $99,999 _ 



$100,000 to $149,999 , 



$150,000 to $199,999 _ , 



$200,000 to $499,999 



$500,000 to $999.999 



$1,000,000 to $1.999.999 



$2,000,000 to $4.999.999 



$5,000,000 or more 



VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Estimated market value of all machinery 



and equipment farms.. 



$1.000_ 

 Farms by value group: 



$1 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 .._. 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 to $49.999 



$50,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 to $199,999 



$200,000 to $499.999 



$500,000 or more 



SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Motortrucks, including pickups farms, 



number. 



Wheel tractors farms,. 



number,. 



Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms. 



number. 



40 horsepower (PTO) or more farms. 



number. 



Grain and bean combines farms, 



number, 

 Cottonpickers and strippers farms, 



number. 

 Mower conditioners farms, 



number. 

 Pickup balers farms, 



number, 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS^ 



Commercial fertilizer farms., 



acres on which used.. 



Lime farms. 



acres on which used- 

 tons. 

 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants. etc.. to 

 control — 



Insects on hay and other crops farms, 



acres on which used. 



Nematodes in crops farms, 



acres on which used. 



Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 



acres on which used. 

 Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and 



pasture farms, 



acres on which used. 



Chemicals for defoliation or for growth 



control of crops or thinning of fruit farms, 



acres on which used. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1 



7 

 3 



274 

 1 138 

 1 773 



197 

 2 



3 341 

 9 557 

 3 310 

 16 533 



1 442 



2 797 



3 234 

 13 736 



3 023 

 3 617 



1 441 



1 590 



1 523 



1 90S 



3 342 



1 922 625 



890 



131 619 



302 769 



1 955 

 718 716 



121 



39 458 



62 



19 997 



2 903 

 190 756 



45 

 17 384 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



IOWA 89 



