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 ] 



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 prophetorsfiip) . 



Partnership farms, 



Corporation: 

 Family field . 



Other than family held farms. 



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.. 



Commercially mixed formula feeds (arms.. 



$1,000.. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees _. farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms 



$1.000_. 

 Agncultural 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. 



344 

 40 420 



204 

 11 307 



253 

 17 461 



188 

 15 870 



1 261 



220 



1 693 



272 



1 042 



255 



272 



328 ALABAMA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



