Table 1. Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



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



Land in "(arms 



Average size of farm. 



lue of land and buildings': 



Average per farm 



Average per acre 



Estimated market value c 

 all machinery and 



equipment' 



Average per farm__. 



180 to 499 acres. 



Total cropland 



(Market value of agncullural 



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 



$10,000 to $24,999" . 

 $25,000 to $49,9995 . 

 $50,000 to $99,999 .. 

 $100,000 to $499,999 

 $500,000 or more ... 



Other-cooperative, 

 estate or tnjsL 

 institutional, etc 



Operators by days worked 



200 days or more 



Operators by principal 

 occupation^: 



Other . 

 Average age of operator*. 



purchased 



Feed for livestock ani 

 poultry 



Commercial fertilizer' 

 Petroleum products.. 



Hired farm tabor 



Interest expense".... 

 Aghcultural chemicals 



Cattle and calves 



Hogs and pigs inventory. 

 Hogs and pigs sold 





chickens sold farms. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



2 275 



3 653 

 2 253 



94 386 

 16 437 

 12 827 

 51 613 

 15 455 



2 609 



3 932 

 2 467 



13 242 

 1 784 

 57 173 



2 867 

 497 



56 633 

 2 796 



7 788 



409 



9 565 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



641 940 



5 631 



449 901 



132 582 

 224 145 



2 458 

 2 743 

 1 579 



22 851 



115 882 



18 968 



9 266 



31 435 



(NA) 



64 457 259 



7 253 

 706 769 



6 519 

 457 935 



63 894 

 132 772 



P! 



(NA) 

 4 315 

 2 219 



7 350 



288 



9 257 



59 906 919 



255 931 

 19 878 



138 268 



9 501 



6 098 



22 218 



(NA) 



59 018 598 



8 208 



1 714 



2 099 



50 730 



(NA) 



5 584 



21 735 



