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 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.. 

 Han/ested 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 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: 



Corn 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. 



-_. fanns- 

 acres. 



tons, dry. 



456 



208 372 



457 



87 580 



283 



27 931 



352 

 284 

 53.5 



385 



20 944 



345 



9 202 



15 



1 129 



383 



11 694 



365 



84 837 



232 



278 



10 097 



244 



5 649 



113 828 



5 



995 000 



446 

 47 753 



340 

 24 004 



328 

 239 

 55.0 



14 102 



319 



6 845 



244 



e 846 



(D) 



425 



10 417 



374 



5 761 



416 



86 532 



208 



347 



20 043 



260 



B 560 



322 



156 950 



487 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



148 ALABAMA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



