Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Other occupations 



Age ot operator (years) 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 

 USE-Con 



Pastureland and rangeland other than 

 cropland and woodland pastured farms. . 



Land in house lots, ponds, roads. 



wasteland, etc farms. . 



acres.. 

 Cropland under federal acreage reduction 

 programs: 

 Annual commodity acreage adjustment 



programs farms.. 



acres.. 



Conservation reserve program farms, , 



acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^ farms.. 



$1,000-- 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Farms by value group: 



$1 to $39.999 



$40,000 to $69,999 



$70,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 to $149,999. _ 



$150,000 to $199,999 



$200,000 to $499,999 



$500,000 to $999,999 



$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 



$2,000,000 to $4.999.999 



$5,000,000 or more 



VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Estimated market value of all machinery 



and equipment farms-. 



31.000,. 

 Farms by value group: 



$1 to $4.999 _ 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 to $49.999. 



$50,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 to $199,999 



$200,000 to $499,999 



$500,000 or more 



SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Motortrucks, including pickups farms. 



number. 



Wheel tractors farms. 



number. 



Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms. 



number.. 



40 horsepower (PTO) or more farms.. 



number.. 



Gram and bean combines farms. 



number 

 Cottonpickers and strippers farms 



number 

 Mower conditioners farms 



number 

 Pickup balers . farms 



number 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 



Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Lime farms.. 



acres on which used.. 

 tons.. 

 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants. etc.. to 

 control — 



Insects on hay and other crops farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Nematodes in crops farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Diseases in crops and orchards farms.. 



acres on which used.. 

 Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and 



pasture farms. . 



acres on which used.- 



Chemicals for defoliation or for growth 



control of crops or thinning of fruit farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



6 756 



1 561 924 



231 191 



2 930 



1 078 

 629 

 610 

 696 

 852 



5 123 

 7 855 



6 091 

 12 823 



4 541 



7 037 

 3 382 



5 786 



11 816 



115 843 



3 034 



123 093 



178 914 



2 652 



825 



617 



1 209 



438 



1 439 

 335 567 

 233 195 



3 409 



1 191 

 1 731 



1 277 



2 539 



1 965 

 449 752 

 228 881 



2 906 



1 442 



2 179 

 1 822 



3 712 



1 511 

 370 963 

 245 508 



2 725 



1 062 



1 837 



807 



1 315 



993 

 35 734 



327 

 9 329 

 10 820 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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