Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Item 



Martin 



Mason 



Matagorda 



Medina 



Midland 



FamiS-- 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 macfiinery and 

 equipments 



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.. 



Marltet value of agricultural products sold S1,000_. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse 



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 pnncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Otiier _ __ 



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: 



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.. 



Soyt>eans for beans farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



366 



503 635 



1 376 



437 005 

 316 



10 

 18 

 36 

 65 

 94 

 143 



335 



264 154 



323 



121 713 



42 



5 769 



31 796 

 86 873 



28 903 

 2 893 



36 

 14 

 25 

 37 

 52 

 66 

 136 



291 

 75 



123 

 68 



49.0 



19 778 

 54 186 



102 



10 885 



83 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



106 



6 095 



3 

 (D) 



4 

 (D) 



7 

 (D) 



6 

 151 



Hay — alfalfa, other tame, small gram, wild, 

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



... farms., 



acres.. 



tons, dry.. 



56 



3 340 



105 240 



9 



488 



7 205 



300 

 110 974 

 99 357 



67 



6 059 



7 103 



567 



548 293 



967 



579 513 

 608 



24 

 29 

 80 

 160 

 114 

 160 



327 



49 990 



180 



9 324 



69 



5 079 



23 490 

 41 428 



3 467 

 20 023 



90 

 67 

 101 

 166 

 73 

 40 

 30 



290 

 277 



327 

 217 

 56.7 



21 280 

 37 530 



506 



45 924 



463 



22 464 



16 



33 



506 



35 950 



29 



1 205 



28 



4 249 



89 



10 766 



31 



497 



117 

 3 052 



9 



374 



12 632 



640 

 18 460 



129 



3 405 



(D) 



721 



578 993 



803 



585 567 

 708 



52 

 115 

 176 



144 

 102 

 132 



549 

 222 322 



465 

 100 330 



183 

 35 026 



37 017 

 51 342 



27 730 

 9 288 



80 

 89 

 47 

 95 

 120 



417 

 304 



374 

 228 

 52.0 



31 374 

 43 515 



465 



54 665 



433 



36 581 



6 



8 



450 



27 447 



16 



131 



9 



272 



8 



85 



34 



665 



67 



7 141 



509 124 



147 



38 533 



2 338 904 



3 



(D) 



6 526 



145 



29 111 



1 692 847 



34 



6 315 



7 473 



37 



6 706 



98 690 



185 



7 458 



17 286 



202 



672 382 



3 329 



1 123 644 

 342 



26 

 55 

 44 

 21 

 10 

 46 



147 



25 560 



95 



11 613 



116 

 16 499 



53 158 

 263 157 



3 378 

 49 779 



89 

 113 



116 



78 



55.4 



43 114 

 213 437 



129 



50 796 



97 



8 003 



7 



18 



116 



82 485 



55 



3 



78 



17 



10 748 



10 



206 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



4 



144 



6 080 



32 



4 161 



(D) 



1 570 



685 417 



437 



463 152 

 949 



28 205 



85 

 297 

 413 

 400 

 211 

 164 



1 205 



210 838 



842 



103 822 



325 



33 330 



44 074 

 28 073 



16 028 

 28 046 



508 

 267 

 262 

 278 

 100 

 95 

 60 



715 

 855 



894 

 601 

 55.7 



41 712 

 26 568 



1 227 



73 126 



1 121 



35 554 



21 



375 



1 199 

 61 994 



72 



2 324 



56 



3 129 



78 



1 850 

 110 



2 242 



200 



38 507 



I 284 871 



181 



22 490 



135 043 



143 



11 021 



296 154 



21 



2 826 

 4 469 



4 

 131 



3 600 



501 

 15 611 

 29 273 



261 



501 761 



1 922 



719 985 

 370 



140 

 75 337 



7 

 84 



3 



50 



3 080 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



8 



1 314 

 29 724 



343 



733 377 



2 138 



539 131 

 254 



54 

 1 847 

 3 330 



86 

 25 953 

 19 561 



69 

 3 817 



8 533 



See footnotes at end of table 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



TEXAS 163 



