Table D. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 1987-Con. 



IFor meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introduclory text] 



Total 

 (number) 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Relative standard 



error o( estimate 



(percent) 



Total farm production expenses — Con. 



Agncultural chemicals farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Petroleum products __ _ farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Electricity farms. - 

 $l,000-. 



Hired farm labor farms. . 



$1,000.. 

 Contract labor farms. . 



$1,000.. 

 Repair and maintenance farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Customwork. machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment farms. _ 



$1,000.. 



Interest farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Cash rent farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Property taxes farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 All other farm production expenses farms. . 



$1,000.. 



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.. 

 Sheep and lambs sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Hens and pullets of laying age inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Horses and ponies inventory 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 gram 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.. 



86 631 

 309 894 



100 939 

 315 061 



90 255 

 126 591 



49 121 



282 515 



8 078 



21 032 



91 920 

 407 270 



57 354 

 133 395 



67 262 

 579 338 



41 375 

 492 800 



87 431 

 230 810 



101 919 

 513 358 



49 469 

 4 303 682 



32 279 

 1 123 745 



7 748 

 294 888 



50 509 

 3 539 020 



36 670 

 12 983 074 



38 638 

 23 483 812 



8 636 

 451 617 



8 806 



607 492 



4 834 



8 212 576 



1 060 



666 016 



11 647 



59 338 



2.4 



3.1 



.3 



.5 



.7 

 1.3 

 .5 

 .7 

 .8 

 1.0 



.3 

 .7 

 .2 



.4 

 .6 

 .4 



.6 

 .5 

 .5 



1.2 



10.5 



.3 



.6 



.1 

 .1 

 .1 



.3 

 .3 

 .5 



.9 

 1.1 

 1.1 



.2 

 .2 



.2 



.1 

 .1 



.1 



.3 

 .6 

 .1 

 .4 

 .3 

 .5 



.7 

 .9 

 2.5 

 3.2 

 .3 

 .5 



.7 



1.4 



.5 



.8 



.4 

 .6 

 .4 

 .7 

 .6 

 .5 



1.3 



12.0 



.4 



.7 



.1 

 .1 



.1 



.3 

 .3 

 .5 



.9 

 1.0 

 1.1 



.2 

 .2 

 .2 



.1 

 .1 

 ,1 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold are included as farms with gains. 



C-10 APPENDIX C 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



