Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



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 marltet value of all machinery and 

 equipments 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 17S 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 $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 priricipal 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.. 



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 harvested: 



Com for grain or seed farms.- 



acres.. 



bushels.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres. - 

 bushels.. 



Cotton farms.. 



acres., 

 bales.. 



Soybeans for beans farms.. 



acres.. 



bushels.. 



Peanuts for nuts farms.. 



acres.. 



pounds.. 



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



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



acres. - 

 tons, dry.. 



338 



28 793 



226 



6 723 



377 



17 308 



338 



9 932 



294 



18 769 



203 



6 046 



286 



10 610 



267 



6 061 



10 



200 



285 



5 774 



842 



179 311 



213 



97 764 



604 



46 577 



26 497 



438 



14 820 



327 



23 874 



50 228 471 



328 

 8 210 

 20 673 



563 



145 104 



258 



483 

 93 448 



380 

 56 994 



279 

 8 136 

 11 123 



46 981 



290 



21 914 



15 376 



253 



8 211 



14 



270 



292 



7 585 



223 

 7 563 



203 

 4 556 



See footnotes at end of table. 



142 ALABAMA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



