Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, 



Famis 



Land In famis 



Average size of fami. 



.number.. 

 __ .acres.. 



...acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^ 



Average per fami 



Average per acre 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 



Average per farm 



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- 



Harvested cropland _ 

 Irrigated land 



farms- 

 acres- 

 farms- 

 acres. 

 farms, 

 acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold ... 



Average per farm. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops 



Livestock, poultry, and their products 



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2.500 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10.000 10 $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 



Beef cows 



Milk cows _. 



Cattle and calves sold . 



Hogs and pigs inventory 



Hogs and pigs sold 



Sheep and lambs inventory 



Chickens 3 months old or older inventory ._ 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold . 



Selected crops harvested: 

 Com for grain or seed 



_- farms.. 



number.. 

 ., farms.. 



number.. 

 _. farms-. 



number.. 

 _- farms, 



number.. 



_. farms.. 



number. 

 _. farms. 



number. 

 ., farms. 



number. 

 .. farms. 



number. 

 .. farms. 



number. 



-. farms.. 



acres.. 



bushels.. 



.. farms.. 



acres.. 



bushels,. 



_. farms., 

 acres., 

 bales.. 



,, farms,, 

 acres - 

 bushel5- 



Peanuts for nuts farms, 



Soybeans for beans . 



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

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



.,, farms.. 

 tons, dry.. 



19 711 

 589 



10 602 

 22 

 610 

 642 



10 352 



420 



10 673 

 16 485 



319 

 29 090 



248 



13 089 



4 



(0) 



4 962 



1 002 



238 



4 685 



995 



619 



12 043 



423 

 11 368 

 15 445 



502 

 27 307 



439 

 14 069 



316 

 10 076 

 571 587 



444 

 31 163 

 865 862 



289 

 22 076 



224 



10 910 



20 



420 



265 

 12 030 



74 820 



297 



31 196 



235 

 14 861 

 20 786 



46 



384 



101 098 



324 



65 354 



26 



4 082 



12 890 



94 



24 250 



See footnotes at end of table. 



144 ALABAMA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



