Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Nye 



Pershing 



Storey 



Carson City (IC) 



Farms number^. 



Land in (arms - 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 S4.999 



$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 han/ested: 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels. 



Barley for grain farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



Irish potatoes farms. 



acres. 

 cwt. 



136 



370 496 



2 724 



861 263 

 313 



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

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



— farms- 

 acres, 

 tons, dry. 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



83 

 11 447 

 34 753 



120 



660 662 



5 506 



1 036 883 

 186 



24 



5 377 

 442 896 



450 

 28 512 



85 

 23 948 

 102 367 



10 



1 110 



111 



B 

 594 



6 

 392 



8 

 (D) 



161 

 16 065 



(D) 

 (D) 



8 



5 



S4,4 



135 

 13 468 



8 

 285 



3 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



6 

 209 



2 

 (D) 



4 

 (D) 



346 



880 792 



2 546 



506 092 

 202 



5 

 366 



1 230 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



113 

 20 069 

 54 841 



127 



216 656 



1 706 



531 110 

 308 



5 



101 



5 422 



6 



218 



3 335 



82 

 16 385 

 45 818 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



132 NEVADA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



