Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, 



introductory text] 



Anne Arundel 



Farms 



Land in farms 



Average size of farm. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm 



Average per acre 



- number. 

 ...acres. 

 ...acres- 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment'. 

 Average per farm 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 .000 acres or more . 



Total cropland 



Harvested cropland _ 

 Irrigated land 



farms- 

 acres. 

 farms. 



Market value of agncultural products sold __. 



Average per farm _ 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 

 crops 



Livestock, poultry, and their products 



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than S2.500 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $24.999... 

 $25,000 to $49.999... 

 $50,000 to $99.999 ... 

 $100,000 or more 



Operators by pnncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more _. 



Average age of operator 



Total farm production expenses' 

 Average per farm 



Beef cows 



Milk cows 



Cattle and calves sold . 



Hogs and pigs inventory 



Hogs and pigs sold _ 



Sheep and lambs inventory^ _ 



Chickens 3 months old or older inventory ., 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold. 



-_ farms. 



number. 

 __ farms, 



number. 

 _. farms 



number. 

 _. farms 



number. 



_. farms. 



number. 

 ,. farms 



number. 

 .. farms. 



number. 

 __ farms. 



number. 

 -. farms. 



number. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for gram or seed farms.. 



bushels.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Barley (or grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Tobacco farms.. 



acres., 

 pounds.. 



Soybeans for beans farms.. 



acres. . 

 bushels- 



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



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



acres., 

 tons. dry.. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 



4 400 



4 B85 



2 591 



712 



350 



13 200 

 1 744 891 



11 960 



1 346 913 



1 074 



50 762 



7 985 



5 504 



52.7 



5 780 

 308 052 



3 185 

 48 454 



1 694 

 110 463 



5 368 

 154 540 



1 322 



197 214 



1 265 



372 470 



660 



24 599 



1 337 



4 060 760 



1 381 



257 070 110 



1 541 



59 268 



3 707 134 



1 357 



10 780 



13 751 729 



3 697 



405 170 



9 352 369 



6 619 

 255 676 

 593 854 



26 473 



465 



17 445 



202 

 4 823 

 7 678 



70 063 



644 



50 714 



4 317 



308 



6 534 



396 

 12 077 

 28 854 



457 

 22 225 



432 

 13 560 



277 

 20 272 

 913 907 



427 



54 426 

 804 130 



11 902 



670 



18 626 



See footnotes at end ot table. 



140 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



