Table 19. Selected Characteristics of Abnormal Farms: 1987 and 1982 



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



Characteristics 



Characteristics 



Farms - number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment' _._ $1,000.. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Cropland used only for pasture or grazing .. farms.. 



acres.. 



Other cropland farms., 



acres.. 



Total woodland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Woodland not pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms.. 



acres. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, 



etc farms.. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres.. 



20 



17 288 



864 



13 778 



688 900 



797 



3 164 



20 

 9 148 



18 



6 131 



7 



1 133 



13 

 1 884 



14 



4 233 



4 



1 207 



11 

 3 026 



6 



1 878 



16 



2 029 



7 

 409 



19 



16 729 



880 



22 446 



1 181 368 



1 342 



19 



8 839 



18 



5 937 



5 



1 537 



(NA) 



1 365 



13 



2 181 



5 



659 



11 



1 522 



3 

 3 083 



17 

 2 626 



7 

 199 



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.. 



Total farm production expenses' $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Tenure of operator 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Abnormal farms by standard industrial 

 classification: 



Cash grains (011) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132). - -- 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133, 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) . 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) __ 



^Oata are based on a sample of farms. 



24 MICHIGAN 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



