Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see inlroduclory text) 



Lyon 



Farms number.. 



Land in (arms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars,. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimaled 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 10 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 acres or more _ 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Irrigated land farms-. 



acres.. 



Market value o( agncultural 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 phncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days v^orked 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 (or gram farms. 



acres. 

 bushels. 



Irish potatoes farms. 



acres, 

 cwt. 



85 



202 363 



2 381 



455 800 

 191 



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

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



farms. 



acres, 

 tons, dry. 



14 

 (D) 



13 

 314 



70 

 26 136 

 75 326 



191 



833 913 



4 366 



1 077 497 

 244 



4 667 

 323 805 



19 



4 768 



393 649 



7 



6 994 



2 331 500 



132 

 66 655 

 189 592 



64 

 (D) 

 (D) 



(D) 

 (D) 



23 



15 



52.8 



6 025 

 94 144 



45 

 38 165 



40 



21 775 



9 



21 



44 

 14 094 



5 



494 



4 



599 



10 



(D) 



14 



275 



9 



980 



45 241 



6 



410 



36 939 



44 

 25 040 

 52 917 



102 



46 385 



455 



333 922 

 734 



67 



42 



52.5 



2 695 

 26 419 



81 



12 237 



66 



6 437 

 13 

 21 

 82 



5 711 



1 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



9 



114 



16 



278 



64 



6 648 



23 814 



346 



209 805 



606 



575 639 

 1 068 



18 



1 515 

 115 062 



11 



406 



29 709 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



226 

 46 207 

 176 541 



38 

 (D) 

 (D) 



(D) 

 (D) 



3 

 21 

 9 

 2 

 1 

 2 



36 

 4 320 



36 

 2 513 



36 



(D) 



913 



24 018 



195 

 718 



11 



12 



3 



9 



1 



18 

 20 



21 



19 



54.8 



980 

 26 802 



21 

 3 486 



17 

 1 757 



20 



744 



6 



171 



5 



70 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



36 



(D) 

 7 132 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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