Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



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



Pennsylvania 



Allegheny 



Armstrong 



Beaver 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms __ acres.. 



Average size of farm acres_. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 

 Average per farm _ dollars.. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 acres or more 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Irrigated land farms.. 



acres.. 



I^arket value of agricultural products sold $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops $1,000.. 



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



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24.999 



$25,000 to $49,999-- 



$50,000 to $99.999. 



$100,000 or more 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years.. 



Total farm production expenses'" $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Livestock and poultry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Beef cows farms.. 



number.. 



ivlilk 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. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms. 



number. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms. 



number. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for gram 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. 



Irish potatoes farms. 



acres, 

 cwt- 



51 549 



7 866 289 



153 



239 333 

 1 579 



1 104 



187 035 



169 



309 042 

 1 806 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, 

 grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) . 



Land in orchards . 



farms., 



acres., 

 tons, dry.. 



. farms, 

 acres- 



451 



42 686 



95 



202 905 

 1 99S, 



735 



122 420 



167 



183 174 

 1 247 



570 



59 063 



104 



136 409 

 1 356 



1 043 



221 494 



212 



223 408 

 1 084 



See footnotes at end of table. 



142 PENNSYLVANIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



