Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



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



Clark 



Douglas 



Elko 



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 lo 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.. 



fvlarket 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: 



Wheat for grain farms., 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Barley for grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Insh potatoes farms. 



acres- 

 cwt. 



3 027 



9 988 520 



3 300 



749 936 

 227 



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

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



farms. 



acres- 

 tons. dry- 



114 



15 052 



1 096 511 



115 



9 150 



725 196 



10 

 7 501 



2 561 680 



1 762 



479 346 



1 223 895 



542 



366 213 



676 



352 867 

 507 



54 349 



29 



2 088 

 146 999 



28 



1 018 



85 002 



402 

 38 907 



160 511 



267 



67 772 



254 



338 775 

 1 152 



16 



716 



59 897 



71 



5 014 



22 902 



202 



114 574 



567 



711 777 

 1 318 



(D) 



5 



111 

 8 103 



5 



72 



3 123 



94 

 15 206 

 42 039 



386 



3 375 548 



8 745 



1 248 772 

 142 



2 



(D) 

 (D) 



7 



427 



25 865 



223 

 164 349 

 201 089 



See footnotes at end of table. 



130 NEVADA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



