Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982 and 



1978-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory textj 



Characteristics 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Han/ested cropland . 



.farms. 1982. 



1978., 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



.farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 1982- 



1978-. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Harvested cropland - farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Pan owners — farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Owned land in farms. .acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Rented land in farms acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Tenants farms. 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Han/ested cropland farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Not on farm operated 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Not reported 1982- 



1978- 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming — . 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Other 1982.. 



1978.. 



Operators by days of worts off farm: 



None 1982.. 



1978. 



Any 1982. 



1978. 



1 to 49 days 1982. 



1978. 

 50 to 99 days 1982. 



1978. 

 100 to 149 days 1982. 



1978. 

 150 to 199 days 1982. 



1978. 

 200 days or more __ 1982. 



1978. 



Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



1982 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 



Operators by age group: 

 Under 25 years 1982. 



1978. 

 25 to 34 years 1982. 



1978. 

 35 to 44 years 1982. 



1978. 

 45 to 54 years 1982. 



1978. 



55 to 64 years 1982. 



1978. 

 65 years and over 1982. 



1978. 

 Average age 1982. 



1978. 



Fergus 



805 



810 



2 090 999 



2 114 120 



666 



720 



361 579 



318 542 



365 



336 



639 713 



425 018 



275 



269 



95 336 



73 946 



341 



379 



1 278 951 



1 554 061 



848 088 



1 008 648 



430 863 



545 413 



317 



365 



232 730 



215 069 



99 



95 



172 335 



135 041 



74 



86 



33 513 



29 527 



588 

 603 

 112 

 128 

 105 

 79 



629 



650 

 176 

 160 



429 

 495 

 287 

 263 



73 

 79 

 38 

 22 

 21 

 16 

 20 

 33 

 135 

 113 



89 

 52 



37 

 66 

 114 

 431 

 19,4 

 157 



21 

 24 

 106 

 104 

 164 

 137 

 186 

 189 



192 

 248 

 136 

 108 

 50.2 

 50.3 



Flathead 



743 



669 



108 



81 



63 



61 



379 

 342 

 535 

 469 



281 

 254 

 581 

 524 



59 

 57 

 27 

 32 

 47 

 37 

 84 

 60 

 364 

 338 



52 

 33 



59 

 92 

 181 

 463 

 15.8 

 119 



10 



7 

 85 



80 



213 

 180 

 235 

 224 



201 

 198 

 170 

 122 

 51.2 

 50.8 



Gallatin 



782 



759 

 774 240 

 888 246 

 615 

 623 

 166 473 

 163 003 



423 



402 



245 538 



181 894 



299 



296 



52 837 



46 711 



253 



244 



478 627 



634 202 



328 494 



460 572 



150 133 



173 630 



230 



227 



91 862 



89 952 



106 



113 



50 075 



72 150 



86 



100 



21 774 



26 340 



610 

 615 

 109 

 101 

 63 

 43 



517 

 512 

 265 

 247 



321 

 375 

 385 

 347 



90 

 87 

 26 

 25 

 38 

 11 

 39 

 36 

 192 

 188 



76 

 37 



55 

 66 

 139 

 390 

 17.6 

 132 



9 

 19 

 119 

 101 

 180 

 158 

 150 

 177 



201 

 205 



123 



99 



50.0 



496 



Garfield 



263 



269 



2 095 759 



2 054 185 



205 



216 



140 779 



119 734 



93 



97 



438 672 



483 025 



63 



60 



24 638 



22 826 



138 



148 



1 531 505 



1 411 117 



1 030 461 



942 272 



501 044 



468 845 



125 



139 



105 462 



91 060 



32 



24 



125 582 



160 043 



17 



17 



10 679 



5 848 



186 

 201 

 34 

 34 

 43 

 34 



236 



204 



27 



65 



161 



169 



65 



91 



22 



32 



11 



11 



6 



1 



7 



7 



19 



40 



37 

 9 



4 



12 



30 



147 



24.9 



70 



5 

 4 

 41 

 50 

 37 

 32 

 59 

 70 



67 

 82 

 54 

 31 

 51.7 

 50.0 



Glacier 



349 



363 



649 452 



673 073 



266 



295 



239 102 



208 409 



148 



110 



012 093 



896 111 



86 



70 



65 184 



29 691 



165 



208 



585 445 



701 770 



284 731 



349 308 



300 714 



352 462 



151 



194 



158 883 



166 775 



36 



45 



51 914 



75 192 



29 



31 



15 035 



11 943 



215 

 222 

 65 

 84 

 69 

 57 



243 

 244 

 106 

 119 



139 

 186 

 154 

 159 



24 

 21 

 10 

 9 

 9 

 17 

 12 

 28 

 99 

 84 



56 

 18 



17 

 29 



45 

 173 

 17.9 



85 



12 



8 



52 



58 



75 

 82 

 71 

 102 



96 



68 



43 



45 



48.9 



479 



Golden Valley 



153 



139 



628 983 



652 327 



130 



120 



55 501 



41 454 



66 



61 



181 010 



138 207 



50 



47 



20 114 



15 959 



74 



68 



399 226 



474 664 



282 670 



303 724 



116 556 



170 940 



68 



65 



31 520 



23 905 



13 



10 



48 747 



39 456 



12 



8 



3 867 



1 590 



115 

 105 

 19 

 17 

 19 

 17 



119 

 109 

 34 

 30 



79 

 80 

 55 

 55 



10 

 21 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 7 



s 



33 



23 



19 



4 



7 

 21 

 17 

 81 

 21.0 

 27 



3 

 4 

 15 

 16 

 28 

 19 

 40 

 40 



43 

 33 



24 



27 



51.5 



51.3 



166 MONTANA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



