Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con. 



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



Other occupattons 



Age ol operator (years) 



CROPS HARVESTED 



Corn tor gram or seod ._ farms. 



acres. 

 bushels- 



Irrigated (arms. 



acres- 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres - 



100 to 249 acres 



250 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



Corn for silage or green chop - farms- 



acres. 

 tons, green- 

 Irrigated .- farms- 



acres- 



Sorghum for grain or seed farms. 



acres 

 bushels. 



Irrigated farms. 



acres. 



Wheat for gram farms., 



acres, 

 bushels- 



Imgated _-_ farms- 



acres. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres 



250 to 499 acres _ 



500 acres or more 



Cotton -- farms.. 



acres., 

 bales.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres _. 



25 to 99 acres _ 



100 to 249 acres — 



250 to 499 acres , 



500 acres or more 



Soybeans for beans farms- 



acres- 

 bushels- 



Irrigated farms, 



acres. 

 Farms by acres fiarvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres _ 



250 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



Irish potatoes farms.. 



Irrigated farms. 



acres- 



Farms by acres fiarvested: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres 



5.0 to 24 9 acres ___ 



25.0 to 99 9 acres _ 



100.0 to 249.9 acres - 



250.0 acres or more 



Sweetpotatoes farms., 



acres., 

 bushels., 



Imgated farms.. 



acres - 



Peanuts for nuts farms. 



acres- 

 pounds- 



Irrigated farms- 



acres- 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres __ 



100 to 249 acres - 



250 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



537 

 24 811 

 716 067 



483 

 29 672 

 32 051 



1 395 



95 301 



1 804 106 



883 



30 437 



62 167 377 



376 



5 662 



347 183 



826 

 13 624 

 784 327 



922 



13 702 

 781 936 



257 



9 617 



19 446 131 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



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