Table D. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 1987-Con. 



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



Total 

 (number) 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Relative standard 



error of estimate 



(percent) 



Total farm production expenses — Con. 

 Agncuttural chemicals farms. 



$1,000.. 

 Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Electricity farms.. 



$1,000-. 



Hired farm labor farms . 



$1,000.. 

 Contract labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Repair and maintenance _ farms. 



$1,000.. 



Customwork. machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Cash rent farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Property taxes farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 All other farm production expenses farms.. 



$1,000.. 



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.. 

 Sheep and lambs sold farms., 



number,. 

 Hens and pullets of laying age inventory farms,, 



number,. 



Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms,, 



number.. 



Horses and ponies inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for silage or green chop farms.. 



acres,, 

 tons, green,. 



Wheat for gram farms,. 



acres,, 

 bushels.. 



Barley for grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas farms.. 



acres., 

 cwt.. 



Sugar beets for sugar farms.. 



acres., 

 tons.. 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small gram, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 



(see text) _. farms.. 



acres., 

 tons, dry.. 



4 029 

 9 118 

 8 493 



32 490 



6 908 

 10 576 



3 377 

 50 342 



2 130 

 10 061 



7 638 

 31 561 



2 583 



7 948 



5 235 

 54 696 



3 009 

 25 676 



8 408 

 15 961 



8 662 

 57 211 



5 990 



1 412 901 



5 082 



689 166 



788 



9 287 



5 965 



956 523 



474 



28 437 



407 



54 255 



1 568 



917 122 



1 576 



674 727 



924 



26 810 



37 



9 491 



5 346 



47 917 



433 



29 900 



508 205 



924 

 252 784 



7 207 742 



1 190 

 127 366 



8 654 469 



394 



33 866 



618 740 



400 



56 932 



1 177 191 



5 682 

 1 132 842 

 1 904 291 



2.2 

 2.7 

 .7 

 1.0 

 1.3 

 1.2 



2.5 

 1.2 

 3.4 

 2.5 

 1.1 

 1.2 



3.1 

 5.5 

 1.8 

 1.4 

 2.7 

 2.3 



.8 

 1.2 



.7 

 1.0 



.3 

 .1 

 .3 

 .2 

 1.0 

 1.3 



.3 

 .1 

 1.6 

 1.9 

 1.7 

 2.1 



.7 

 .2 

 .7 

 .2 

 1.0 

 2.0 



6.3 



26.3 



.3 



.5 



2.1 

 2.8 

 .5 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 1.2 



2.2 

 1.2 



3.1 



2.5 



.9 



1.2 



2.9 

 5.8 

 1.6 

 1.4 

 2.5 

 2.3 



.9 

 1.0 



.4 

 1.0 



.2 

 .1 

 .3 

 .1 

 1.0 

 1.4 



.2 

 .1 

 1.8 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 2.2 



.7 

 .2 

 .7 

 .2 

 1.2 

 2.4 



S.6 

 1.3 

 .3 

 .5 



1.1 

 .7 

 .7 



.7 

 .6 

 .6 



.7 

 .7 

 .7 



1.3 

 1.0 

 1.0 



1.1 

 .6 

 .5 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



=Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agncultural products sold are included as farms with gains. 



C-10 APPENDIX C 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



