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



(Data for 1 987 include abnormal farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] 



Qay 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - 



Con. 



Operators by days of worit off farm— Con. 

 Any— Con. 



150 to 199 days 1987. 



1982. 



200 days of more 1987. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987. 



1982. 



1987 operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less ', 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years. 



10 years or more 



Average years on present (aim 



Not reported 



1987 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 propnetorsfiip) . 



Partnerstiip farms, 



Otfier tfian family held farms, 



1987. 

 1982.. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987.. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1982- 

 1987. 

 1982. 



19S7 FARM PRODUCTION 

 EXPENSES' 



Total farm production expenses farms. 



$1,000_ 



LivestocI* and poultry purctiased 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 cfiemicals farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Electricity .-- farms.. 



$1,000-- 

 Hired farm labor farms-- 



$1,000-- 



Contract labor farms-- 



$1,000-- 



Repair and maintenance farms.- 



$1,000-- 



Customwork, macfiine tiire, and rental of 



macfiinery and equipment farms.- 



S1.000-- 



Interest farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Casti rent farms.. 



$1,000.- 

 Property taxes farms-. 



$1,000-- 

 AH other farm production expenses _ farms-- 



$1,000.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



377 



397 



107 668 



104 094 



436 

 59 469 



213 

 11 474 



323 

 28 085 



210 

 27 622 



278 

 1 536 



343 

 1 845 



304 



567 



376 



1 977 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



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