Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



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



Ctiaracteristics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for — 



10 percent of sales 25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales 75 percent of 



Farms. number.. 



percent.. 



Land in farms. _ acres. _ 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all macfiinery and equipment $1,000.. 



percent.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland ...acres.. 



Harvested cropland ...acres.. 



Pastureiand. excluding woodland pastured acres.. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Grains farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Tobacco farms.-, 



$1,000.. 

 Hay, silage, and field seeds farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other crops farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms. . 



$1,000.. 

 Dairy products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Cattle and calves farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hogs and pigs farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool farms.. 



$1.000,, 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Total farm production expenses' farms,. 



$1.000.. 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry (arms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000., 

 Electricity,,. farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Payments from government programs farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number. - 



Milk cows farms. - 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs farms.. 



number. , 



55 



.1 



35 467 



645 



55 



251 067 



564 855 



7 079 



45 913 

 2.1 



21 541 

 19 504 



308 715 

 5 612 994 



16 

 2 191 



482 



.9 



205 391 



426 



482 



705 890 



464 502 



3 437 



122 049 

 5.7 



159 017 

 134 448 



2 774 

 5,4 



1 165 030 



420 



2 695 



2 345 896 

 870 462 



2 050 



409 984 

 19.1 



947 795 

 810 402 



'Data are based on a sample of farms 



40 PENNSYLVANIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



