Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Farms --- numbers- 

 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.. 

 Irngated land farms.. 



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 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.. 



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. 



370 



144 986 



392 



22 218 



17 



2 219 



249 



13 568 



209 



7 580 



12 



518 



245 



7 046 



217 

 12 237 

 880 436 



259 

 45 779 

 956 792 



388 

 89 551 



290 

 36 016 



1 652 



402 



23 416 



233 

 20 321 

 38 347 



1 086 



34 583 



958 



18 334 



19 029 



314 



9 668 



25 



1 131 



352 



10 455 



209 

 6 170 

 14 243 



299 



17 717 



259 



9 518 



209 



9 009 



656 590 



See footnotes at end of table. 



146 ALABAMA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



