Table 17. 



Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



(For meaning of abbreviations i 



Characteristics 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Harvested cropland. 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



Owned land in farms 



Rented or leased land in farms . 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Individ jal or family {sole proprietorship) . 



Partnership ,, 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other-cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



acres- 

 acres- 



-farms, 1987 



1982 



acres. 1987. 



1982 



.farms, 1987 



1982. 



acres, 1987 



1982 



-farms, 1987. 



1982 



acres, 1987 



1982. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 or more 



Cash grains (Oil) _. 



Field crops, except cash grai 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beet 

 field crops, except cash c 

 (0133, 0134, 0139) ._.._" 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primartly crop (019). 

 Bpt dairy, poultry, and 



%17 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primanly livestock and i 

 specialties (029) 



12 720 



913 



25 421 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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