Table D. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 1987 -Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Total 

 (number) 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



Total farm production expenses— Con. 

 Agncultural ctiemicals _._ 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 tiire. 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. - 

 $l,000.- 



Livestock and poultry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms.. 



number,. 



Beef coiws. farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number,. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number,. 



Sheep and lambs inventory farms,, 



number,. 



Sheep and lambs sold farms.. 



number.. 



Hens and pullets of laying age inventory farms., 



number,. 



Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms,, 



number.. 



Horses and ponies inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Selected crops harvested; 



Corn for grain or seed farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Corn for silage or green chop farms.. 



acres., 

 tons, green.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels,. 



Oats for grain farms. . 



acres., 

 bushels,. 



Soybeans for beans farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels. - 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop. etc. 



(see text) ._ _ farms.. 



acres,, 

 tons, dry,. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms,, 



acres,. 



56 738 

 152 953 



75 271 

 150 404 



58 514 



53 309 



25 629 



218 106 



5 854 



18 685 



65 334 



197 764 



30 387 

 42 575 

 36 836 



239 733 

 21 020 



181 119 



71 580 

 90 263 



72 649 

 259 284 



35 123 



1 469 662 



19 417 



284 646 



9 144 



347 305 



33 250 



899 517 



11 421 



2 059 174 



11 752 



3 810 492 



5 491 



239 519 



5 365 



198 751 



5 889 



17 203 261 



525 

 8 967 735 



12 973 

 75 379 



.5 

 .7 

 .2 

 .6 

 .5 

 .6 



1.1 



.7 



2.8 



2.1 



.4 



.7 



1.1 

 1.5 

 .9 

 .9 

 1.3 

 1.2 



.3 

 .7 

 .3 

 .6 



.5 

 .9 

 .5 

 .9 

 .5 

 .2 



1.8 



2.9 



.3 



.6 



.4 

 .7 

 .2 

 .6 

 .5 

 .7 



1.2 



.7 



3.3 



2.2 



.4 



.7 



1.2 

 1.7 

 .9 

 1.0 

 1.3 

 1.2 



.5 

 .9 

 .2 

 .7 



.2 

 .2 



.4 

 .5 

 .4 

 .3 



.2 

 .2 

 .4 

 .4 

 .4 

 .3 



.8 

 1.3 



.8 

 1.2 



.8 



.2 



2.4 



3.0 



.6 



.9 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold are included as farms with gains. 



C-10 APPENDIX C 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



