Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Cumberland 



Dauphin 



Delaware 



Fayette 



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 pouttry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



number. 



Mitk 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 grain or seed farms, 



acres. 

 bushels- 



Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



acres- 

 tons. green. 



Wheat for grain farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Oats for gram farms. 



acres, 

 bushels, 



Irish potatoes farms. 



acres, 

 cwt. 



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



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



acres - 

 tons, dry. 



Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



1 100 



153 746 



140 



279 562 

 1 945 



675 



101 692 



151 



286 975 

 2 017 



95 



8 036 



85 



528 779 

 6 492 



36 



24 

 59.0 



5 385 

 56 686 



24 

 1 207 



12 

 231 



10 

 431 



22 

 452 



6 

 (D) 



6 

 (D) 



4 



(D) 



11 



315 



1 265 

 153 766 



349 

 7 104 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



168 



18 609 



111 



121 601 

 1 260 



1 355 



184 586 



136 



163 965 

 1 133 



33 



1 196 



2 824 



6 

 75 



902 



116 231 



129 



118 952 

 931 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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