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



(Data for 1987 include abnormal farms. 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 



1 987 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 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorstiip) U 



a 

 Partnership farms, 



Otfier tfian family held farms, 



1982. 

 1987- 

 1982- 



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.- 



Commercially mixed formula feeds farms-- 



$1,000- 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1,000- 

 Commercial fertilizer ,- farms-- 



$1,000- 

 Aghcultural 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. 



278 



1 630 



229 



961 



346 

 1 023 

 277 

 302 

 212 

 1 451 



43 



360 



295 



1 214 



220 



488 



249 



2 139 



5 553 



224 



18 181 



326 



266 



1 629 



1 501 



239 

 873 

 276 



3 094 

 213 



4 204 



317 



1 579 

 173 



1 017 

 308 

 227 

 329 



5 950 



326 ALABAMA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



