Table 47. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of 

 Less Than $20,000: 1982-Con. 



[Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Other occupations 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



55 10 64 



LIVESTOCK -Con 



Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory farms., 



number. 



Ewes 1 year old or older farms. 



numl)er_ 



Sheep and lambs sold farms., 



number. 



Sheep and lambs shorn farms., 



number, 

 pounds of wool. 



Horses and ponies Inventory farms., 



numt>er. 

 Horses and ponies sold farms. 



number. 



$1,000. 

 Goats inventory farms. 



number- 

 Goats sold - farms. 



numt)er. 



$1,000. 



POULTRY 



Chickens 3 months old or older inventory .. farms. 



number. 

 Farms with— 



1 to 99 - 



100 to 399 



400 to 1.599 - 



1,600 to 3,199 - 



3,200 to 9,999 _ 



10,000 to 19,999 — 



20,000 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 wrth— 



1 to 1,999 - - 



2,000 to 3,999 _ _ 



4.000 to 7.999 



8,000 or more... 



Turkey hens kept for breeding farms. 



numt>er. 

 Turiieys sold farms. 



number. 



CROPS HARVESTED 



Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



acres, 

 tons, green. 



Irrigated farms. 



acres- 

 Famis by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 49 acres 



50 to 99 acres 



100 acres or more 



Insh potatoes farms. 



acres, 

 cwt. 



Irngated farms. 



acres. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres 



5.0 to 14.9 acres 



15 to 24.9 acres 



25.0 acres or more 



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

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



acres. 



tons. dry. 



Irrigated farms. 



Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 49 acres 



50 to 99 acres 



100 acres or more 



See footnotes at end of table. 



276 

 4 569 



235 

 2 920 



208 



2 745 

 236 



3 972 

 27 162 



669 

 3 964 

 168 

 406 

 527 

 134 

 625 



53 

 337 



24 



397 

 16 799 



364 



28 

 5 



393 

 15 126 



46 

 1 673 



59 

 18 464 



21 

 2 037 



13 



441 



41 



2 599 



146 



1 382 



17 500 



7 



(0) 



133 



12 



1 



24 



47 



a 193 



5 



(D) 



21 

 3 



1 104 



23 117 



34 838 



5 



26 



1 



(D) 

 1 



(D) 

 1 



(D) 

 1 



(D) 



(D) 



3 

 14 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



5 



49 

 122 



30 

 (D) 

 21 

 (D) 

 18 

 (D) 

 24 

 (D) 

 (D) 



93 

 581 

 32 

 52 

 73 

 21 

 59 



9 

 57 



5 



46 



(D) 



46 

 (D) 



7 

 (D) 



2 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



9 



244 



20 



198 



1 698 



765 



248 



77 



14 



3 



2 



220 



1 

 (D) 



107 

 1 995 

 3 353 



100 



1 541 



88 



955 



80 



862 



90 



1 303 



9 002 



218 

 1 049 



67 

 193 

 216 



51 

 271 



23 



129 



9 



137 

 3 831 



132 



5 



137 

 3 299 



23 

 532 



17 

 438 



10 

 400 



6 



(D) 



19 



1 326 



45 



445 



5 691 



4 



4 



40 

 4 



1 



7 



24 



4 085 



2 



(D) 



5 

 2 



283 



4 828 



7 394 



3 



(D) 



215 



51 



14 



3 



68 



1 477 



60 



999 



57 



864 



58 



1 304 



8 175 



157 

 1 058 

 33 

 64 

 86 

 37 



215 

 15 



134 

 9 



100 

 3 654 



99 

 3 500 



9 

 154 



12 

 14 480 



357 

 6 



29 



264 



3 587 



1 



(D) 



26 

 3 



4 



2 



240 



268 



5 832 



8 827 



1 



(D) 



50 

 832 



41 

 558 



32 

 471 



39 



687 



4 821 



129 



833 



24 



66 



102 



21 



66 



5 



(D) 



(D) 



74 

 6 415 



72 

 5 558 



7 

 857 



17 

 2 865 



2 

 (D) 



3 



14 



4 



916 



33 



256 



2 710 



2 



(D) 



32 



1 



8 

 (D) 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



7 

 1 



272 



5 822 



8 753 



1 



(D) 



189 



58 



22 



3 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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