Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustrDent for price cfianges. For meaning of abbreviations and sym 



Average size of farm__- 



Value of land and buitdingsV 



Average per farm 



Average per acre 



180 to 499 acres. 



Harvested cropland . 

 Imgated land 



/larket value of agricultural products sold $1,000, 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops _ $1,000. 



Grains $1,000. 



Cotton and cottonseed _ $1,000. 



Tobacco $1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet com. and melons 



Fmits. nuts, and bemes 



Nursery and greenhouse crops _ 



Other crops 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1.000., 



Poultry and poultry products __ $1,000. 



Dairy products $1.000., 



Cattle and calves $1.000., 



Hogs and pigs $1.000., 



Sheep, lambs, and wool $1.000., 



Other livestock and livestock products {see text) $1.000., 



Farms by type of organization: 

 Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Other ..;;i;i;;;i;;;;i;;;;i;i; 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



"200 c 



Average age of operator 



Total farm production expenses' 



Selected farm production expenses' 

 Livestock and poultry purchased . 

 Feed for livestock and poultry ... 



Commercial fertilizer^ . 

 Agricultural chemicals^ . 



Petroleum products 



Hired farm tabor 



Hogs and pigs 



Chickens 3 months old ( 



7 255 



8 221 

 30 660 



1 139 



2 824 

 2 018 



256 578 

 136 645 

 95 354 

 15 231 



'Data are based on a sample of farms, 



2Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications, 



'Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



MAINE 1 



