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



(Data lor 1987 include abnormal farms For meaning ol abbfevialions and symbols, see inlroduclory text) 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



Operators by days ol work off farm— Con. 

 Any— Con, 



150 to 199 days — 1967, 



1982 



200 days or more _ - 1 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. 



to years or more - 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



1 987 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 propnelorsfiip) farms, 



acres. 

 Partnership farms. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 



1982. 

 , 1987., 

 1982. 



acres, 



Other than family held .farms. 



acres. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987 FARM PRODUCTION 

 EXPENSES' 



Total farm production expenses farms., 



$1.000., 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms., 



$1,000. 



Feed for livestock and poultry farms., 



$1,000. 



Commercially mixed tormula feeds farms. 



$1,000. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



SI .000-. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Agncultural chemicals farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Electricity farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Contract labor farms.. 



81,000.. 

 Repair and maintenance farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Customwork, 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. 



268 



263 

 40 954 

 36 950 



499 



559 



60 483 



71 262 



1 995 



354 



5 389 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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