Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Chester 



Clanon 



Clinton 



Columbia 



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- 



Market 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. 



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- 

 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- 



817 



148 889 



182 



300 172 

 1 548 



50 341 



1 573 



189 943 



121 



521 388 

 4 235 



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

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



Land in orchards . 



farms- 



acres- 

 tons, dry. 



farms. 



acres- 



541 



102 577 



190 



161 969 

 93t 



421 



62 259 



148 



136 304 

 977 



295 



46 965 



159 



197 546 

 1 234 



12 

 49 

 160 

 62 



7 

 5 



286 

 31 684 



277 



24 960 



16 



597 



15 667 

 53 109 



4 373 

 11 294 



701 



110 096 



157 



208 087 

 1 266 



28 

 142 

 365 

 132 



26 



681 

 80 258 



659 



60 355 



23 



161 



27 545 

 39 294 



14 576 

 12 969 



178 

 103 

 116 

 113 

 64 



See footnotes at end of table. 



144 PENNSYLVANIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



