Table 19. Selected Characteristics of Abnormai Farms: 1987 and 1982 



(Fof meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Characteristics 



Farms number- 

 Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm acres- 



Value of land and buildings' $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars- 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment' $1,000. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland -. farms.. 



acres.. 

 Cropland used only for pasture or grazing .. farms.. 



acres.. 



Other cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Total woodland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 

 Woodland not pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms, 



acres. 

 Land in house tots, ponds, roads, wasteland, 



etc farms. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



88 



375 644 

 4 269 



525 879 



5 975 898 



1 400 



80 



427 759 



5 347 



714 068 



8 926 850 



1 669 



62 



29 332 



56 



12 615 



24 



4 395 



(NA) 



12 322 



21 

 40 544 



12 

 14 497 



17 

 26 047 



52 

 329 521 



64 

 28 362 



59 

 20 500 



Market value of agricutturat products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars- 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops $1,000. 



Livestocit, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Tenure of opeiator: 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Abnormal farms by standard industrial 

 classification: 



Cash grains (Oil). 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) .__ 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133, 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017)__ 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) . 



Uvestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



35 

 26 



8 



T 



14 



'Data are based on a sample of (arms. 



24 CALIFORNIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



