Table 46 Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. 



(Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 



Other occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



35 to 44 



45 to 54 



LIVESTOCK -Con. 



Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory farms. 



number. 



Ewes 1 year old or older farms. 



number. 

 Sheep and lambs sold farms- 

 number. 



Sheep and lambs shorn farms. 



number, 

 pounds of wool. 



Horses and ponies inventory.. farms. 



number.. 

 Horses and ponies sold farms.. 



number.. 



$1,000., 



Goats inventory farms., 



number,. 

 Goats sold farms.. 



number.. 

 $1,000.. 



POULTRY 



Chickens 3 months old or older inventory .. farms.. 



number.. 

 Farms with— 



1 to 399 



400 to 3,199 



3,200 10 9,999 



10,000 to 19,999 



20,000 to 49,999 



50,000 to 99,999 



100.000 or more 



Hens and pullets of laying age farms.. 



number.. 

 Pullets 3 months old or older not of 

 laying age farms.. 



number,. 



Chickens 3 months old or older sold farms,, 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens 



sold farms. - 



number.. 

 Farms with— 



1 to 1,999 



2,000 to 59,999 



60,000 to 99,999 



100,000 or more 



Turkey hens kept for breeding farms.. 



number.. 

 Turkeys sold farms.. 



number,, 



CROPS HARVESTED 



Com for silage or green chop farms,, 



acres,, 

 tons, green.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres _.. 



100 to 249 acres _ 



250 acres or more 



Irish potatoes farms.. 



acres., 

 cwt.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres harvested; 



0.1 to 4.9 acres 



5.0 to 24.9 acres 



25.0 to 99 9 acres 



100.0 acres or more 



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

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



acres., 

 tons. dry.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres harvested; 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres 



250 acres or more 



See footnotes at end of table. 



282 



1 840 

 241 



I 081 

 212 



' 836 

 241 

 136 



689 



5 391 



179 



624 



2 435 



140 



636 



55 



340 



24 



414 

 68 078 



404 

 7 

 2 



410 

 57 781 



50 

 10 297 



66 

 63 154 



21 

 2 037 



14 

 (D) 



44 

 2 615 



186 



3 117 



46 973 



7 



(D) 



149 



35 



2 



63 



11 763 



7 



5 



24 



4 



1 174 



29 344 



50 746 



5 



26 



790 



354 



25 



5 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (0) 



1 

 (D) 



i 



3 

 14 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



5 

 49 

 122 



32 

 (D) 

 23 

 (D) 

 20 

 (0) 

 26 

 IP) 

 (D) 



33 

 58 

 111 

 23 

 62 

 10 

 58 

 5 



49 

 (D) 



48 



1 



49 

 (D) 



5 

 356 



9 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 

 10 



22 



221 

 2 048 



4 

 4 



520 

 2 



(D) 



115 

 2 261 



4 203 



101 



1 546 



89 



957 



80 



862 



91 



1 308 



9 056 



223 



2 288 



71 



363 



1 810 



51 



271 



23 



129 



9 



139 



139 

 3 334 



23 

 532 



17 

 438 



10 

 400 



6 



(D) 



20 



1 330 



46 



549 



7 576 



4 



4 



42 

 6 



32 



5 685 



2 



(D) 



5 

 3 



297 



5 455 



8 836 



3 



(0) 



222 



70 



5 



68 



1 477 



60 



999 



57 



864 



58 



1 304 



8 175 



161 

 1 109 



35 



80 

 181 



38 

 217 



16 

 136 



101 

 3 684 



100 

 3 530 



9 

 154 



13 

 22 980 



6 



357 



38 



758 



15 027 



1 



(D) 



28 

 9 

 1 



4 

 2 



240 



281 



8 215 



14 490 



1 



(D) 



183 



88 



8 



2 



52 

 849 



43 

 570 



33 

 476 



40 



134 



898 



26 



75 



244 



24 



72 



5 



(D) 



(D) 



81 

 41 935 



79 

 34 554 



9 

 7 381 



2 



(D) 



3 

 14 



5 

 926 



53 



979 



12 355 



2 



(D) 



41 

 12 



9 



20 



3 656 



3 



2 



8 

 1 



298 



7 849 



14 983 



1 



(D) 



198 

 90 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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