Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



^ Item 



Farms number,. 



Land in farms _ acres.. 



Average size of farm acres_. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



^_. Average per farm dollars,. 



^K 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 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 sates: 



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 famn dollars,. 



Livestock and poultry; 



Cattle and calves inventory farms-. 



number,. 



Beef cows farms,. 



numt>er.. 



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: 



Com for grain or seed farms,. 



acres,, 

 bushels— 



Sorghum for grain or seed farms,. 



acres.. 



bushels.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres,, 

 bushels.. 



Rice farms.. 



acres.. 

 cwt_. 



Cotton farms,. 



acres,, 

 bales,. 



Soybeans for beans farms,. 



acres,. 



bushels.. 



Castro 



Chambers 



Cherokee 



Childress 



Clay 



Cochran 



Hay— alfaKa. other tame, small grain, wild, 

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



farms- 

 acres. 

 tons, dry- 



320 



55 895 



8 564 398 



147 

 19 828 



1 521 733 



406 

 71 215 



2 340 793 



307 

 39 222 

 46 855 



49 



4 139 



158 940 



156 

 9 646 

 19 016 



337 



306 606 



910 



664 179 

 718 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



4 

 158 

 (D) 



104 



22 026 



1 070 528 



20 



8 020 



147 664 



107 



4 217 



(D) 



1 463 



284 490 



194 



193 237 

 1 136 



27 



210 

 9 241 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



3 



46 



900 



3 

 170 

 152 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



862 

 33 748 

 89 442 



262 



406 502 

 1 552 



359 620 

 240 



23 

 673 



28 525 



129 



29 916 

 590 378 



135 

 32 128 

 31 856 



66 

 3 503 

 6 670 



836 



569 541 



681 



277 397 

 396 



4 384 

 3 638 



287 

 16 306 

 24 357 



252 



330 711 



1 312 



372 579 

 271 



6 

 11 

 24 

 42 

 74 

 95 



239 



232 912 



204 



121 506 



92 



39 712 



49 905 

 198 037 



(D) 

 (D) 



193 

 59 



100 



49 



50.0 



40 780 

 161 827 



66 



30 172 



51 



(D) 



66 

 (□) 



6 

 56 



3 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



146 



34 188 



514 964 



35 



3 906 



66 274 



181 

 81 652 

 74 594 



29 

 1 536 

 3 301 



See footnotes at end of table 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



TEXAS 147 



