Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



' farm dollars.. 



= per acre -.dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 



; per farm dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



r^O '0 179 dcteA 



180 10 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 ,000 acres or more _ 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres. 

 Harvested cropland _ farms. 



acres. 

 Irngated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average por farm i dollars.. 



Crops. Including nursery and greenhouse 



crops .- $1.000., 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Farms bv value of sales; 



Less than $2.500 



$2,500 to $4.959 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $24.999... 

 $25,000 to$49,99S... 

 $50,000 '0 $99.993. „ 

 $100,000 or more 



Operators by principal occupation; 



Farming 



Other .-_ 



Operators by dayr^ worked off farm. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000. 



J per farm. dollars. 



Livestock and poultry; 



Cattle and calves inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Beef cows. farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Sheep and lambs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms.. 



acres. , 

 bushels.. 



Wheat for grain farms.. 



acres.-. 

 bushels.. 



Eiarley for grain farms.. 



acres.. 



bushels.. 



Tobacco _. farms.. 



acres., 

 pounds.. 



Soybeans for boans farms.. 



acres. . 

 bushels.. 



H.iy -alfalfa, othei tame, small gram, wild. 



grass silage, gree* chop, etc (see text) farms... 



acres., 

 tons. diy.. 



409 

 288 

 53 9 



286 



7 813 



395 680 



256 

 13 041 

 283 675 



302 

 45 495 



265 

 38 246 



91 988 



239 



76 918 



254 



6 066 



267 710 



209 



4 275 



254 781 



69 674 



479 



61 594 



216 

 14 998 

 360 150 



347 

 41 334 

 964 244 



'Data are based on a .sample of fatms. 



142 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



