Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



[For meaning of abbreviations { 



I symbols, see introductory t 



Charactenstics 



r of farms accounting for- 



) percent of sales 



25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales 



percent. 



Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm .._ _. .acres. 



Value of land and buildings^ farms. 



$1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment $1,000. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland acres. 



Harvested cropland acres. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured acres. 



IVIarket value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm _ dollars. 



Grains _ _ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms. 



$1,000. 

 Tobacco - farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hay. silage, and field seeds farms. 



$1,000. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon farms. 



$1,000. 

 Fruits, nuts, and bernes..- farms. 



$1,000. 

 Nursery and greenfiouse crops farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other crops farms. 



$1,000. 



Poultry and poultry products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Dairy products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Cattle and calves farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hogs and pigs farms. 



$1,000. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms. 



$1,000. 



Total farm production expenses' farms. 



$1,000. 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms. 



$1,000. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry _ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Commercial fertilizer _ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms. 



$1,000. 



Petroleum products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Electricity farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hired farm labor farms. 



$1,000. 

 Interest farms. 



$1,000. 



Payments from government programs farms 



$1,000. 



Inventory of selected livestock: 

 Cattle and calves farms. 



Milk cows farms. 



Hogs and pigs farms. 



6 269 



100.0 



342 588 



8 221 



914 



30 660 



28 467 



163 



5 755 



I sample of farms. 



38 MAINE 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



