Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



(For meantng ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Lyon 



Mahaslta 



Mitchell 



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 macfiinery 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. 



Han/ested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



fvtarket value of agricultural 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 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: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number. 



Beef covKS 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 for grain farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Oats for grain farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



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

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



... farms. 



acres. 



tons. dry. 



1 234 



342 938 



278 



284 406 

 981 



125 

 84 



305 



545 



151 



24 



1 108 

 312 475 



1 078 



249 352 



16 



1 339 



135 613 

 109 897 



38 781 

 96 832 



40 



39 



50 



180 



251 

 284 

 390 



1 000 

 234 



458 

 216 

 46.6 



99 059 

 80 275 



649 

 69 260 



287 

 10 335 



134 



4 650 

 688 



77 511 



567 



200 491 



599 



404 640 



102 



7 539 



55 



9 356 



21 



5 404 



1 016 

 117 416 



13 619 698 



184 



5 684 



79 413 



5 

 53 



2 250 



369 



8 074 



566 384 



939 



105 650 



4 264 369 



580 

 17 502 

 56 854 



1 059 



293 643 



277 



220 540 

 778 



75 

 159 

 346 

 300 

 135 



44 



962 



212 601 



904 



137 088 



6 



14 



57 338 

 54 144 



21 353 

 35 985 



162 

 110 

 155 

 185 

 161 

 144 

 142 



568 

 364 

 51.9 



44 124 

 41 666 



685 



47 876 



609 



21 765 



22 



96 



697 



24 951 



275 



71 853 



297 



123 559 



103 



5 678 



54 



(D) 



7 



398 



698 



58 576 



6 955 682 



32 



1 182 

 14 559 



4 



120 



5 045 



142 



3 048 



153 495 



583 



51 363 



2 104 554 



666 

 26 569 

 72 773 



1 193 



328 093 



275 



291 229 

 1 059 



95 

 124 

 322 

 462 

 163 



27 



1 096 



277 151 



1 052 



211 100 



3 



(D) 



111 789 

 93 704 



35 848 

 75 941 



64 

 69 

 109 

 227 

 172 

 205 

 347 



881 

 312 



512 

 273 

 49.8 



80 835 

 67 758 



594 

 47 081 



402 



12 308 



51 



1 304 

 610 



44 124 



496 



231 333 



534 



407 094 



105 



4 963 



65 



176 937 



10 



2 383 



954 

 107 872 



14 344 045 



84 



2 178 

 29 372 



6 

 94 



3 615 



318 



6 110 



337 828 



858 



79 429 



3 294 041 



587 

 18 691 

 55 259 



1 131 



279 315 



247 



183 063 

 785 



36 062 



102 

 177 

 350 

 346 

 128 

 28 



1 032 



223 313 



972 



154 503 



10 



74 



63 716 

 56 336 



26 309 

 37 408 



158 

 98 

 136 

 227 

 155 

 162 

 195 



672 

 459 



592 

 393 

 51.1 



45 506 

 40 235 



586 



35 063 

 445 



12 625 



41 



1 334 



585 



22 399 



381 



129 745 



402 



227 507 



87 



4 066 



60 



36 292 



13 

 1 059 



801 



70 865 



8 764 911 



37 



1 039 



15 062 



16 



235 



7 450 



246 



4 948 

 248 410 



688 



58 702 



2 435 855 



598 

 21 952 

 56 969 



1 073 



330 012 



308 



313 765 

 1 041 



94 

 130 

 260 

 355 

 188 



46 



977 

 293 898 



929 

 217 817 



12 



90 288 

 84 146 



49 698 

 40 591 



102 

 56 

 76 

 181 

 180 

 196 

 282 



763 

 310 



482 

 263 

 50.6 



67 296 

 62 776 



464 

 36 041 



353 



11 189 



21 



769 



471 

 27 840 



300 



110 052 



315 



191 669 



108 



4 666 



42 



2 411 



11 



2 522 



833 



121 035 



16 830 774 



38 



1 467 



26 764 



10 



140 



5 938 



197 



3 631 



184 055 



744 



81 281 



3 909 328 



445 

 13 025 

 o7 663 



641 



245 380 



383 



278 058 

 773 



37 

 90 

 135 

 195 

 139 

 45 



603 

 218 646 



577 



169 179 



4 



771 



55 111 

 85 976 



31 630 

 23 481 



62 



40 



58 



88 



101 



124 



168 



469 

 172 



272 

 161 

 50.7 



37 000 

 57 722 



264 



21 503 



203 



6 820 



5 



112 



272 



23 337 



169 



42 997 



170 



77 324 



34 



1 248 



25 



1 319 



2 



(D) 



513 



80 324 



9 796 784 



388 

 8 465 



29 



673 



22 119 



52 



1 210 



55 791 



487 



80 845 



992 822 



208 

 6 228 

 16 896 



939 



270 582 



288 



259 002 

 923 



97 



90 



210 



383 



134 



25 



842 

 247 794 



818 



192 403 



7 



828 



96 194 

 102 443 



33 922 

 62 272 



61 

 44 

 68 

 122 

 168 

 176 

 300 



676 

 263 



417 

 214 

 48.0 



72 394 

 77 097 



356 



35 450 



121 



3 412 



110 



3 683 



371 



34 898 



387 



145 781 



406 



273 074 



71 



1 964 



63 



521 298 



13 



54 716 



763 



96 111 



11 770 471 



168 



4 915 

 68 515 



23 



338 



12 084 



321 



7 833 



476 743 



664 



72 951 



3 024 302 



377 

 13 931 

 35 040 



See footnotes at end of table. 



148 IOWA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



