Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con. 



[For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductory textj 



Item 



CROPS HARVESTED-Con. 



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

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



acres, 

 tons. dry. 



Irrigated farms. 



acres. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres— 



250 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



Alfalfa hay farms. 



acres, 

 tons, dry. 



Irrigated farms. 



acres. 



Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain, 



and wild hay (see text) __ _ _ farms. 



acres. 



tons, dry. 



Irrigated farms. 



Total 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ... farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres 



5.0 to 24.9 acres 



25.0 to 99.9 acres 



100.0 to 249.9 acres 



250,0 acres or more 



Land in orchards farnis__ 



acres. - 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres. . 

 Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres __ 



5.0 to 24.9 acres 



25.0 to 99.9 acres __ _ 



100,0 to 249,9 acres 



250,0 acres or more 



Under 25 



249 

 6 194 

 8 129 



188 

 71 



8 



371 

 878 



179 



4 563 



5 905 



Other occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



45 to 54 



7 028 



172 522 



250 900 



29 



282 



2 181 



165 



17 



5 



984 



13 065 



26 857 



7 



54 



5 486 



129 994 



188 022 



12 



108 



125 



722 



13 



73 



88 



31 



5 



1 



244 



928 



16 



42 



195 



45 



3 



1 



55 to 64 



65 and over 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold are Included as farms with gains of less than $1,000. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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