Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978-Con. 



'Data lor 1978 are tor $10,000 or 



'Data for 1987 include cost of cus 



3Data for 1987 exclude cost of custom applications for commercial fertitaer and agricultural cftemicals 



•Data tot 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 



lime for 1987 and 1982. 



Table 4. Net Cash Return From Agricultural Sales: 1987 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Average per farm 



■arms witfi net gains^ _— 



Average per farm.-. 



Gain of- 

 Less than $1.000. . . 

 $1,000 to $4,999... 

 $5,000 to $9,999 ... 

 $10,000 to $24,999. 

 $25,000 to $49,999 . 

 $50,000 or more ... 



Farms with net losses . 

 Average per farm . 



$10,000 t 

 $25,000 t 

 $50,000 < 



6 266 

 74 252 

 11 850 



3 354 

 18 521 

 5 522 



2 559 

 83 808 

 32 750 



3 707 

 -9 556 

 -2 578 



'Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold are included as farms v 



12 MAINE 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



