Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 -Con. 



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



Eaton 



Emmet 



Farms 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 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 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 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 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.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Soybeans for beans farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas farms.. 



acres., 

 cwt.. 



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

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



acres., 

 tons, dry.. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms. 



acres. 



Land in orchards farms. 



271 



73 981 



273 



116 852 

 420 



33 



1 159 



109 784 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



10 



924 



8 366 



207 

 16 346 

 32 315 



16 

 92 



18 

 96 



109 



28 967 



266 



153 064 

 548 



6 

 19 

 23 

 46 

 13 



2 



103 



14 927 



94 



10 132 



12 



542 



4 426 

 40 606 



1 881 



2 545 



55 



37 



52.3 



3 438 

 31 543 



68 



2 817 



42 



591 



22 



847 



58 



1 006 



11 



389 



7 



829 



12 



205 



1 



(D) 



9 



443 



37 270 



1 219 



233 517 



192 



161 762 

 867 



80 

 7 308 

 12 503 



4 



39 



3 

 4 



744 



50 111 



4 831 215 



19 606 

 873 556 



396 



26 357 



989 900 



158 



13 696 



145 283 



623 

 22 030 

 54 294 



39 

 2 054 



211 



44 850 



213 



156 156 

 754 



851 



145 269 



171 



198 105 

 1 225 



27 

 171 



411 



68 285 



166 



112 221 

 723 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



MICHIGAN 145 



