Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



[Data tor 1967 include abnormal lamns. For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



Operators by days ot work oft farm— Con. 

 Any — Con 



150 to 199 days.- 1987. 



1982. 



200 days or more 1987. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987. 



1982. 



1987 operators by years on present (arm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present fami 



Not reporled 



1 967 operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole propnetorstiip) . 



Partnership farms, 



Corporation: 

 Family tietd . 



Other than family held farms, 



1962. 

 1967. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1967. 



1987 FARM PRODUCTION 

 EXPENSES' 



Total farm production expenses farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Commercially mixed formula feeds farms . 



$1,000.. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms. 



$1.000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms-- 



$1,000-. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Petroleum products lamns— 



$1,000.. 



Electricity (arms-. 



$1,000.- 



Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Contract labor... ___ _ farms 



$1.000.. 



Repair and maintenance farms 



$1.000.. 



Customwork. machine hire, and rental of 



machinery and equipment farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Interest... farms. 



$1,000.. 

 Cash rent farms 



$1,000.. 

 Property taxes _ farms. . 



$1,000.. 

 All other farm production expenses farms.. 



$1,000.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



668 



625 



4 246 



4 171 



687 

 825 



1 801 

 7 809 



1S.2 



2 854 



3 435 



3 443 



2 563 



51.5 



11 904 



12 814 

 4 371 010 

 4 994 247 



1 590 



1 665 



1 082 421 



1 305 331 



357 



13 875 



485 994 



7 362 



278 452 



10 376 

 554 506 



5 671 

 506 758 



7 394 

 31 322 



9 786 

 71 917 



6 144 



60 019 



13 600 

 52 690 

 10 511 

 18 724 



8 158 

 116 785 



2 656 

 16 867 

 12 299 



61 236 



6 497 

 64 174 



5 581 

 37 360 

 13 109 



9 903 

 13 669 

 91 166 



207 



230 



123 745 



138 351 



352 



316 



63 006 



58 342 



394 

 55 557 



217 

 8 394 



319 

 33 398 



208 

 32 422 



127 

 221 

 279 

 1 065 

 216 

 570 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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