Table 10. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1987 



and 1982-Con 



ling of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



FARMS 



Land in farms - 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Owned land in farms . 



Harvested cropland _ 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence; 

 On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming — 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None 



1 to 49 days 



50 to 99 days 



100 to 149 days , 



150 to 199 days 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



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 



240 SOUTH DAKOTA 



490 474 

 443 396 

 260 782 

 270 713 



195 873 

 189 150 

 84 954 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



