Table F. Reliability Estimates of County Totals: 1987 



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



Geographic area 



Total 

 (number) 



Relative 

 standard 



error ol 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Land in tarms 



Total 

 (acres) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Average value of land 

 and buildings per farm' 



Value 

 (dollars) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Estimated market value 



of all mactiinery and 



equipment' 



Total 

 ($1,000) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Harvested cropland 



Total 

 (acres) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Irrigated land 



Total 

 (acres) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Addison .__ 

 Bennington 

 Caledonia _ 

 Chittenden 



Essex 



Franklin 



Grand Isle. 



Lamoille 



Orange 



Orleans .__ 

 Rutland ... 

 Washington 

 Windham,. 

 Windsor 



714 

 169 

 461 

 452 

 81 

 786 

 127 

 213 

 560 

 616 

 516 

 361 

 287 

 534 



.4 



10 



.6 



.7 



1.7 



.4 



1.3 



.9 



.6 



.5 



.6 



.7 



.8 



.6 



220 949 

 32 825 

 102 126 

 98 069 

 22 237 

 214 344 

 28 234 

 44 895 

 113 305 

 168 175 

 140 177 

 71 628 

 53 474 

 97 430 



.6 

 2.2 

 1.2 

 1.8 

 3.1 



.7 

 2.6 

 1.6 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 1.8 

 1.7 

 1.6 



295 510 



246 101 

 194 631 

 331 435 

 213 556 

 205 616 



247 126 



228 460 



229 743 

 221 862 

 331 237 

 235 975 

 294 167 

 305 949 



4.9 

 4.3 

 77 

 9 1 

 (Z) 

 3.9 

 4.4 

 5.9 

 5.8 

 6.3 

 12.6 

 7.1 

 6.1 

 7.7 



47 814 



5 731 



22 645 

 15 816 



3 726 

 46 675 



6 347 



7 829 



23 267 

 27 813 

 22 356 

 12 541 

 12 375 

 15 706 



28 



4.8 

 9.4 

 6.6 

 (Z) 

 5.3 

 5.4 

 8.8 

 B.2 

 5.8 

 4.9 

 6.1 

 7.8 

 7,3 



111 465 

 8 629 

 32 417 

 34 762 

 6 611 

 78 056 

 15 557 

 14 418 

 30 806 

 56 462 

 39 508 

 20 706 

 14 538 

 24 318 



.6 

 2.0 

 1.5 

 2.0 

 2.3 



.7 

 2,4 

 2.2 

 1.2 



.9 

 1.1 

 1.6 

 1.4 

 1.7 



385 

 13 

 (D) 



244 

 9 



487 



142 

 6 

 89 

 (D) 

 90 

 40 

 91 



102 



4.5 



4.9 



(D) 



1.5 



38.5 



13.1 



22.7 



14.2 

 (D) 



24.9 



11.1 

 3.4 



25.0 



Geographic area 



Cattle and calves 

 inventory 



Hogs and pigs inventory 



Ckjrn for grain or seed 



Wheat for grain 



Soytieans for beans 



Market value of agricultural 

 products sold 



Total 

 (number) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Total 

 (number) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Total 

 (acres) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Total 

 (acres) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Total 

 (acres) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Total 

 ($1,000) 



Relative 

 standard 



error of 

 estimate 

 (percent) 



Addison 



Bennington . 

 Caledonia .. 

 Chitlenden . 



Essex 



Franklin 



Grand Isle.. 



Lamoille 



Orange 



Orleans 



Rutland .... 

 Washington. 

 Windham __. 

 Windsor 



63 705 

 4 923 



19 685 



18 737 

 4 269 



66 077 

 6 969 



11 017 



22 259 

 43 577 



23 447 

 13 205 



a 789 

 13 530 



.5 

 2.9 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 2.9 



.5 

 3.6 

 1.8 

 1.2 



.6 

 1.1 

 1.4 

 1.5 

 2.0 



222 



(D) 



82 



679 



(D) 



731 



64 



89 



263 



112 



1 000 



190 



563 



1 060 



10.6 



(D) 



10.9 



30.7 



(D) 



5.7 



25.3 



7.7 



6.3 



12.1 



18.9 



12.5 



30.0 



9.1 



4 690 

 369 

 (D) 

 762 

 (D) 

 1 427 

 501 

 454 

 306 

 115 

 1 443 

 (D) 

 446 

 533 



.9 

 4.0 

 (D) 

 3.8 

 (D) 



.4 

 8.5 

 3.0 

 1.2 



8.4 



(D) 



1.9 



17.8 



224 

 (D) 



(D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 



14.1 

 (D) 



(D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 



(D) 

 (D) 



(D) 



(D) 



75 677 

 6 666 



23 438 

 22 036 



4 964 

 78 563 



8 024 

 14 098 



24 765 

 49 156 

 26 334 

 14 781 

 13 466 

 13 567 



.3 

 1.9 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 2.2 



.4 

 1.8 

 1.1 

 1.0 



.5 



.9 

 1.2 



.7 

 1.4 



Geographic area 



Selected farm production expenses' 



Livestock and poultry 

 purchased 



Total 

 ($1,000) 



Relative 



standard error 



of estimate 



(percent) 



Commercial fertilizer 



Total 

 ($1,000) 



Relative 



standard error 



of estimate 



(percent) 



Hired farm labor 



Total 

 ($1,000) 



Relative 



standard error 



of estimate 



(percent) 



Petroleum products 



Total 

 ($1,000) 



Relative 



standard enor 



of estimate 



(percent) 



Electncity for the farm business 



Total 

 ($1,000) 



Relative 



standard error 



of estimate 



(percent) 



Addison 



Bennington . 

 Caledonia .. 

 Chittenden . 



Essex 



Franklin 



Grand Isle.. 



Lamoille 



Orange 



Orleans 



Rutland .... 

 Washington. 

 Windham... 

 Windsor 



2 927 



241 



1 450 



1 619 

 240 



6 074 

 577 

 969 

 615 



2 367 

 992 

 374 

 536 

 720 



5.7 



23.2 



15.0 



24.8 



(Z) 



9.0 



16.2 



5.4 



8.7 



11.3 



87 



9.9 



10.9 



16.2 



1 891 

 176 

 676 

 458 

 124 



1 691 

 172 

 316 

 467 



1 206 

 694 

 308 

 398 

 437 



2.4 

 5.0 

 10.9 

 5.8 

 (Z) 

 2.5 

 5.7 

 8.5 

 5.8 

 4.8 

 3.4 

 6.8 

 4.9 

 9.0 



7 483 

 801 



1 339 



2 141 

 397 



5 745 

 799 

 978 



1 752 



3 504 



2 082 

 1 759 

 1 864 

 1 062 



2.3 

 2.3 

 7.4 

 3.0 

 (Z) 

 48 

 8.8 

 2.8 



13.2 

 5.4 

 7.9 



11.3 

 3.3 



101 



2 139 

 246 

 714 

 557 

 194 



1 847 

 327 

 315 

 920 



1 226 

 875 

 484 

 530 

 560 



2.3 

 4.2 

 5.8 

 7.3 

 (Z) 

 3.8 

 4.9 

 7.5 

 8.8 

 8.0 

 5.8 

 9.7 

 7.5 

 6.1 



2 136 

 191 

 592 

 643 

 125 



2 375 

 242 

 369 

 794 



1 376 

 736 

 544 

 304 

 425 



1.7 

 3.9 

 5.6 

 5.2 

 (Z) 

 3.1 

 6.0 

 7.4 

 6.2 

 5.6 

 4.7 

 7.9 

 6.7 

 6.3 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



C-12 APPENDIX C 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



