Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Cedar 



Cerro Gordo 



Cherokee 



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 macfitnery 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 greenfiouse 



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.. 



Beet 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 gram 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,. 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres,, 

 bushels. 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small gram. wild, 

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



farms, 



acres,, 

 tons, dry,. 



1 319 



366 656 



278 



305 600 

 1 088 



121 

 97 

 324 

 578 

 174 

 25 



1 203 



336 646 



1 164 



270 392 



3 



(D) 



170 623 

 129 358 



49 277 

 121 346 



42 

 36 

 61 

 170 

 226 

 293 

 491 



056 

 263 



532 

 249 

 46.7 



122 194 

 92 501 



577 



84 045 



308 



11 102 



22 



558 



597 



108 144 



688 



277 305 



714 



510 765 



68 



5 205 



43 



5 538 



17 



3 005 



1 105 



132 252 



17 304 749 



3 467 

 50 939 



3 



447 



24 364 



375 



8 249 



493 853 



1 037 

 115 659 

 939 438 



506 

 15 229 

 44 485 



942 



333 083 



354 



264 475 

 753 



85 



210 



353 



176 



52 



866 



291 489 



834 



213 323 



1 



(D) 



83 023 

 88 135 



36 154 

 46 869 



54 



39 



76 



186 



161 

 191 

 235 



700 

 242 



368 

 226 

 49.2 



62 455 

 66 301 



510 

 52 259 



406 



16 648 



25 



652 



534 

 45 482 



336 



93 655 



353 



167 856 



92 



3 851 



41 



1 911 



5 



1 585 



783 



106 962 



13 504 527 



46 



1 264 



20 277 



22 



505 



17 436 



185 



3 618 



151 785 



724 



84 078 



3 381 709 



491 

 21 367 

 60 394 



1 170 



345 483 



295 



338 007 

 1 209 



103 

 98 

 305 

 457 

 179 

 28 



1 067 



303 044 



1 012 



230 081 



3 



(D) 



104 711 

 89 497 



42 138 

 62 573 



96 

 46 

 60 

 179 

 190 

 255 

 344 



907 

 263 



452 

 239 

 48.7 



83 989 

 71 785 



506 



37 738 



348 



10 841 



42 



1 357 



520 



32 732 



490 



206 391 



518 



355 042 



193 



7 615 



49 



15 327 



11 



6 022 



953 



138 757 



16 395 191 



86 



2 016 



30 614 



9 



297 



8 695 



324 



5 739 



361 588 



772 



71 248 



3 170 044 



508 

 16 257 

 46 853 



929 



317 974 



342 



336 269 

 1 040 



757 



123 528 



15 908 537 



40 



1 197 



18 619 



3 

 (D) 

 450 



166 



3 600 



200 255 



683 



98 942 



4 077 185 



270 



7 141 



21 514 



1 091 



338 708 



310 



336 905 

 1 028 



53 227 



86 



96 



222 



486 



170 



31 



1 009 



292 532 



979 



230 141 



4 



68 



119 253 

 109 306 



41 169 

 78 084 



52 

 37 

 63 

 149 

 215 

 232 

 343 



843 

 248 



436 

 228 

 48.1 



88 207 

 80 850 



478 



61 492 



305 



11 277 



51 



1 646 



499 



61 876 



449 



177 791 



463 



315 806 



84 



4 430 



42 



4 361 



9 



1 115 



928 



111 626 



13 914 353 



114 



2 836 



41 821 



2 



(D) 

 (D) 



219 



4 098 



262 749 



860 



100 873 



4 296 210 



427 

 13 799 

 40 137 



1 054 



276 216 



262 



228 742 

 850 



99 779 

 12 785 975 



3 806 

 54 944 



7 



215 



8 450 



381 



7 470 



450 070 



691 



59 084 



2 461 583 



542 

 21 142 

 65 690 



See footnotes at end of table. 



142 IOWA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



