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



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



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1,999 acres. 

 2,000 acres or more . 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grams (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) - - 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish 

 potatoes; field crops, except cash 

 grains, n.e.c (0133. 0134. 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 

 animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) ___ 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, pnmarjly livestock and 

 animal specialties (029) - 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number- 

 Farms with — 



1 to 9 



10 to 49-_ 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Cows and heifers that had calved _ farms. 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



number_ 



Farms with — 



1 to 9 



10 to 49, 



50 to 99. _ 



100 to 199. _ 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Farms with — 



1 to 4 



5 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99_ 



100 to 199___ 



200 10 499 



500 or more 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



number. 

 Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 

 calves -- farms. 



number. 



Cattle and calves sold _. _ farms. 



numt)er 

 $1,000. 



Calves farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 



Cattle - farms. 



number 

 $1,000. 

 Fattened on grain and concentrates ... farms 

 number. 

 51,000, 



See footnotes at end of table. 



2 006 



1 159 



1 622 



2 367 

 803 



1 214 

 670 

 642 

 266 



2 841 



136 082 



1 520 



28 360 



332 

 14 381 

 5 719 



16 886 



350 

 6 591 



37 317 



369 



6 976 



23 982 



642 

 10 927 



72 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



