Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



[Data for 1987 include abnormal farms For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



Operators by days of work off farm— Con. 

 Any — Con. 



150 to 199 days 1987. 



1982. 



200 days or more ._- 1987. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987. 



1982. 



1987 operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



1987 operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms, 



Partnership farms, 



acres, 



acres, 



Other than family held farms, 



acres, 



1987 FARM PRODUCTION 

 EXPENSES' 



Total farm production expenses farms. 



S1.000. 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms. 



$1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry farms. 



$1,000. 



Commercially mtxed formula feeds farms. 



$1,000. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms. 



$1,000. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms. 



$1,000. 

 Agricultural chemicals farms. 



$1,000. 



Petroleum products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Electricity farms. 



$1,000. 

 Hired farm labor farms. 



$1,000. 



Contract labor farms. 



$1,000. 

 Repair and maintenance farms. 



$1,000. 

 Customvi/ork, machine hire, and rental of 

 machinery and equipment farms. 



$1,000. 



Interest farms. 



$1,000 

 Cash rent farms 



$1,000 

 Property taxes farms 



$1,000 

 All other farm production expenses... farms 



$1,000 



See footnotes at end of table. 



264 

 22 461 

 39 868 



199 

 1 028 



203 

 3 074 



216 

 1 779 



239 



1 577 



203 



639 



659 



70 098 



388 



19 550 



442 



14 959 



361 

 3 450 



535 

 1 105 



659 

 7 673 



2 782 

 254 



3 195 



949 

 130 



1 283 

 229 

 817 

 269 



2 158 



237 

 1 832 



235 

 3 505 



229 

 1 759 



256 



1 573 



210 



202 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



