Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



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



Bennington 



Chittenden 



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 (arm 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.. 



Marl(et 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.. 



Com for silage or green chop farms.. 



acres., 

 tons, green.. 



Oats for gram farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



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



grass silage, green chop. etc. (see te)ct) farms.. 



acres., 

 tons, dry. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 



Land in orchards farms., 



acres. 



5 877 



1 407 868 



240 



258 713 

 1 124 



714 



220 949 



309 



295 510 

 1 019 



32 825 

 194 



246 101 

 1 297 



461 



102 126 



222 



194 631 

 921 



14 

 65 

 168 

 172 

 37 

 5 



440 



46 556 



402 



32 417 



5 



(D) 



23 438 

 50 843 



1 047 

 22 392 



124 

 57 

 34 

 43 

 34 

 93 

 76 



296 

 165 



223 

 130 

 48.8 



18 291 

 39 506 



324 



19 685 



85 



650 



219 

 10 781 



311 

 10 856 



24 



82 



16 



89 



44 



1 058 



55 



(D) 



4 



110 



3 

 (D) 

 (D) 



85 



3 046 



52 848 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



380 

 30 288 

 53 884 



14 

 44 



12 

 21 



452 



98 069 



217 



331 435 

 1 768 



81 



22 237 



275 



213 556 

 778 



2 

 6 

 25 

 37 

 9 

 2 



79 

 9 122 



74 



6 611 



3 



4 964 

 61 281 



405 

 4 558 



37 



26 



53.2 



4 298 

 53 057 



62 

 4 269 



21 

 260 



36 

 2 300 



51 

 2 210 



2 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



17 



1 021 



19 206 



69 

 6 349 

 11 634 



3 

 9 



1 

 (D) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



130 VERMONT 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



