Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con 



[For meaning of abbrevialions at.d symbols, see introductory text] 



Famis 



Land in farms 



Average size of farm. 



Value of land and buildings^ 



Average per farm 



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 . 

 Irngated 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 ot sales: 



Less than $2.500 



$2,500 to $4.999 



$5,000 to S9.999 



$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 



Total farm production expenses' 



Average per farm 



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 . 



.. farms. 



number. 

 _. farms. 



number. 

 .. farms. 



number. 

 _. farms. 



number. 



_. farms, 



number. 

 _. farms. 



number. 

 .. farms, 



number, 

 -- farms, 



number. 

 -_ farms. 



numbei 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for gram or seed farms., 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Wheat tor 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. 



1 067 



95 403 



822 



44 763 



928 



35 979 



820 



IB 311 



56 



2 235 



910 



22 252 



696 

 23 028 

 34 503 



75 406 



220 



42 037 



200 

 7 874 

 15 031 



605 

 179 660 



297 



436 

 31 421 



389 

 16 024 



277 

 8 531 

 22 189 



30 836 



333 



8 275 



19 752 



463 



10 322 



1 050 



18 



1 411 



611 175 



65 



11 045 331 



276 



143 568 



520 



530 

 39 773 



375 

 16 366 



458 



16 371 



409 



1 042 



454 



7 282 



See footnotes at end ot table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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