Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



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



Michigan 



Alcona 



Alger 



Allegan 



Alpena 



Farms number- 

 Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings ^r 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Estimated market value of all machinery 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.. 



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.. 



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 Of 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 farm 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 tor grain or seed farms.. 



acres.. 



bushels^. 



Wheat for grain _ fannns.. 



acres-, 

 bushels.. 



Soybeans for beans _. farms.. 



acres.. 



bushels.. 



Dry edible beans, excluding dry llmas... farms.. 



acres., 

 cwt.. 



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



grass sliage, greon chop, etc. (see text) farms.. 



acres., 

 tons, dry. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 



LarwJ In orchards farms.. 



acres-. 



51 172 



10 316 861 



202 



196 065 

 971 



45 954 



229 

 43 436 



190 



90 751 

 558 



7 



22 



119 



65 



13 



3 



213 

 28 573 



184 



14 390 



4 



(0) 



3 860 

 16 856 



625 

 3 235 



111 

 118 



124 



75 



53.9 



2 744 

 11 983 



126 



5 559 



87 



1 836 



16 



732 



133 



3 616 



6 

 (D) 



6 

 (D) 

 16 

 943 

 16 

 (D) 



4 

 (D) 



35 



1 537 



155 740 



13 



468 



19 762 



4 

 (D) 

 628 



171 

 11 086 

 20 082 



3 

 (D) 



10 

 30 



63 



16 140 



256 



104 095 

 406 



1 634 



253 646 



155 



184 433 

 1 162 



424 



82 201 



194 



131 278 

 645 



36 816 



248 



55 114 



222 



182 698 

 799 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



118 

 9 803 

 17 974 



See footnotes at end of table. 



142 MICHIGAN 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



