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



[Data (or 1 987 include abnormal (arms. For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see Introduclory text ] 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - 



Con 



Operators by days o) work off larm — Con. 

 Any — Con. 



150 to 199 days.--- - 1987. 



1982. 



200 days or more 1987. 



1982. 



Not reponed 1987. 



1982. 



1 967 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 reponed -_ 



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 



Average age 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole propnetorship) . 



Parlnerstiip farms, 



Other than family held farms. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982.. 



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-- 

 Commercialty mixed formula feeds farms- - 

 $1,000-- 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms-- 



$1,000-- 



Commercial fertilizer farms-- 



$1,000-- 



AgncuKural 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. 



241 



1 501 

 434 

 296 

 470 



2 700 



206 



226 



120 922 



127 629 



338 



239 

 2 427 



247 

 2 493 



227 

 2 895 



258 



1 333 



188 



2 841 

 232 

 290 

 258 



1 770 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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