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



[Data (Of 1987 include abnormal (arms For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



Operators by days of work off 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 farm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years --. 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



1 987 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 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) ._ farms, 



acres, 



Partnership farms, 



acres. 



acres, 



Other than family held farms, 



acres, 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1967 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 feuTns.. 



$1.000.. 

 Agricultural chemicals 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. 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. 



133 

 461 

 17.6 



827 



788 



88 063 



94 272 



914 



435 



916 



6 463 



17 431 



639 



50 398 



859 I 



324 ALABAMA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



