Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning o1 abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text] 



Buena Vista 



Butler 



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 agncultural 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 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.. 



Corn for silage or green chop farms.. 



acres., 

 tons, green.. 



Wheat tor 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) farms. 



acres, 

 tons. dry. 



1 269 



305 516 



241 



257 109 

 1 106 



152 

 198 

 378 

 356 

 151 

 34 



1 150 

 279 149 



1 125 

 223 324 



14 

 160 



99 933 

 78 750 



50 001 

 49 932 



128 

 73 

 109 

 246 

 192 

 214 

 307 



742 

 527 



695 

 456 

 48.9 



76 037 

 59 825 



413 



24 204 



180 



3 887 



82 



3 290 



413 



17 095 



392 



162 483 



416 



275 866 



90 



3 686 



48 



80 541 



19 



7 819 



996 



120 536 



16 646 615 



77 



1 383 



24 393 



5 



134 



5 063 



228 



4 596 

 243 747 



867 



88 213 



4 010 768 



436 

 11 407 

 35 873 



1 029 



336 666 



327 



386 353 

 1 134 



71 

 125 

 260 

 345 

 179 



49 



962 



302 707 



938 



246 517 



5 



6 



91 247 

 88 676 



54 049 

 37 199 



97 

 56 

 79 

 155 

 158 

 222 

 262 



693 

 336 



477 

 278 

 50.0 



64 349 

 62 536 



323 



24 331 



222 



5 403 



26 



552 



318 



23 077 



257 



90 597 



270 



177 753 



97 



4 203 



45 



244 311 



6 



3 300 



825 



112 738 

 15 534 064 



30 



1 535 



33 569 



11 



167 



7 423 



148 



3 031 

 186 754 



795 



122 615 



5 406 176 



341 



8 786 



22 894 



1 140 



235 086 



206 



250 490 

 1 148 



116 

 172 

 389 

 367 

 78 

 18 



1 027 



211 488 



985 



168 763 



5 



203 



75 029 

 65 815 



31 102 

 43 927 



137 

 55 

 99 

 200 

 194 

 240 

 215 



719 

 421 



552 

 369 

 47.2 



59 231 

 51 957 



564 



34 300 



182 



3 777 

 244 



9 067 



543 



19 257 



343 



93 085 



366 



180 944 



94 



2 833 



55 



15 717 



12 



4 819 



890 



93 017 



12 379 993 



152 



2 366 



38 990 



3 

 (D) 

 981 



339 



6 102 



355 158 



692 



52 660 



2 283 773 



541 

 19 025 

 63 101 



1 332 



337 126 

 253 



279 290 

 1 071 



91 

 163 

 488 

 392 

 163 



35 



1 233 



307 384 



1 198 



236 312 



5 



218 



109 025 

 81 851 



46 360 

 62 665 



97 

 59 

 81 

 253 

 256 

 251 

 335 



968 

 364 



619 

 306 

 47.6 



83 259 

 62 553 



646 



37 083 



260 



6 642 



264 



5 976 



646 



29 072 



553 



190 879 



574 



373 171 



114 



2 461 



121 



88 683 



22 



12 997 



1 136 

 139 845 



19 024 742 



146 



2 062 

 35 591 



10 



135 



6 416 



474 



8 399 



475 365 



870 



71 922 



3 242 621 



582 

 17 151 

 49 252 



1 097 



358 798 



327 



354 375 

 1 102 



81 



65 



260 



456 



205 



30 



1 014 



330 950 



996 



264 594 



6 



(D) 



132 273 

 120 577 



50 449 

 81 824 



40 

 26 

 58 

 163 

 197 

 251 

 362 



864 

 233 



439 

 205 

 48.6 



99 632 

 90 822 



240 



30 112 



141 



4 413 



15 



498 



242 



34 767 



432 



212 076 



468 



388 304 



84 



6 247 



25 



(D) 



15 



2 385 



953 



125 356 

 15 880 096 



55 



1 504 



25 466 



3 



(D) 



10 260 



169 



3 160 



188 471 



924 



130 258 



5 335 671 



255 

 6 408 



1 294 



328 114 



254 



236 959 

 925 



129 



155 

 335 

 497 

 155 

 23 



1 162 



295 618 



1 115 



229 095 



3 



(D) 



105 209 

 81 305 



43 198 

 62 010 



106 

 50 

 73 

 207 

 253 

 278 

 327 



942 

 352 



548 

 296 

 48.4 



83 277 

 64 356 



552 



32 358 



266 



5 632 



118 



3 702 



562 



25 773 



532 

 192 796 



562 

 367 816 



133 



5 219 



67 



114 228 



26 



6 743 



1 024 



121 799 



15 823 601 



84 



1 805 



26 524 



7 



220 



7 952 



361 



6 881 



392 072 



926 



86 141 



3 689 973 



551 

 15 805 

 48 111 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



IOWA 141 



