Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Desha 



Franklin 



Farms _ number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of fami acres.. 



Value ot 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.. 

 Han/ested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Irrigated land farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold S1.000-. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops. $1.000.. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1.000.. 



Fanns by value of sales; 



Less than $2.500 



$2,500 to $4,999 ,. 



$5,000 to $9.999 _ 



$10,000 to $24,999 _. 



$25,000 to $49.999 



$50,000 to $99,999 _ 



$100,000 or more 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off 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.. 



numtier.. 



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 harvested: 



Sorghum for grain or seed farms.. 



acres,, 

 bushels.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres.. 



bushels.. 



Rice _ _ farms. 



acres.. 

 cwt.. 



Cotton farms.. 



acres., 



bales.. 



Soyt>ean5 tor beans _ farms., 



acres., 

 bushels. 



406 



294 551 



725 



496 537 

 710 



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

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



farms., 



acres, 

 tons. dry. 



380 



111 573 



294 



183 611 

 682 



1 103 



223 594 



203 



160 401 

 708 



45 



9 728 



197 441 



684 

 37 147 

 59 976 



721 



165 498 



230 



184 417 

 863 



14 



2 424 



65 164 



454 

 28 931 

 51 821 



712 



197 374 



277 



116 562 

 417 



323 

 11 469 

 16 129 



389 



41 293 



106 



111 697 

 1 206 



146 

 4 785 

 6 990 



See footnoles at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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