Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



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



Arkansas 



Ashley 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres-- 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars-. 



Average per acre dollars-. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres - 



180 to 499 acres - 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 acres or more 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres. - 

 Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres-- 

 Irrigated land farms.. 



acres__ 



Market value of agricultural 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 52,500 



$2,500 to $4,999 -- 



$5,000 to $9.999 -- 



$10,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 to S49.999 



$50,000 to S99.999 



$100,000 or more 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked oft farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years.. 



Total farm production expenses' $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



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.. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms., 



number.. 



Selected crops han/ested: 



Sorghum for grain or seed farms., 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Wheat for grain farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Rice farms. 



acres - 

 cwt. 



Cotton farms. 



acres, 

 bales. 



Soybeans for beans farms. 



acres, 

 bushels- 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, 

 grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) . 



farms.. 



acres., 

 tons, dry.. 



48 242 



14 355 611 



298 



225 604 

 761 



572 



454 783 

 795 



672 087 

 882 



368 



154 580 



420 



282 326 

 722 



17 

 89 

 85 

 79 

 51 

 47 



341 

 132 539 



298 

 97 364 



165 

 53 421 



32 513 

 88 351 



30 127 

 2 386 



111 

 48 

 27 

 19 

 17 

 39 



107 



176 

 192 



184 

 144 

 49.5 



20 840 

 56 630 



150 



4 360 



124 



2 363 



5 



95 



141 



4 385 



18 



745 



15 



1 485 



5 



172 



25 



778 



37 



3 030 



158 071 



27 



3 722 



71 896 



14 609 

 672 473 



118 



(D) 



67 356 



116 



36 585 



658 560 



116 

 2 654 

 4 031 



484 



103 034 



213 



170 364 

 602 



19 

 98 

 201 

 123 

 25 

 18 



357 



37 492 



222 



7 495 



7 



11 



15 067 

 31 130 



186 

 14 881 



134 

 107 

 90 

 95 

 25 

 7 

 26 



183 

 301 



304 

 227 

 53.1 



13 704 

 28 313 



398 



20 146 



333 



8 806 



17 



240 



401 



14 219 



27 



700 



24 



2 622 



2 



(D) 



42 



1 793 



9 



1 026 020 



211 

 7 455 

 9 261 



2 441 

 302 659 



124 



180 793 

 1 434 



948 



361 



51 



19 



1 956 



164 812 



1 444 



69 434 



50 



1 010 



263 484 

 107 941 



4 032 

 259 452 



607 

 384 

 374 

 314 

 119 

 153 

 490 



1 118 

 1 323 



1 406 



1 057 



52.1 



202 570 

 82 962 



1 961 



103 697 



1 614 



46 924 



187 



8 279 



1 902 



56 312 



121 



134 421 



108 



280 575 



34 



1 295 



173 



2 200 189 



363 



68 896 889 



5 



181 



8 200 



18 



1 060 



33 050 



27 



3 347 

 81 941 



1 372 

 58 538 

 106 321 



1 193 



242 099 



203 



138 570 

 714 



561 

 21 484 

 25 853 



See footnotes at end of table. 



140 ARKANSAS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



