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'; 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 

 Average per farm dollars. 



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 farms. 



acres. 

 Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 

 Irrigated land _ farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agncultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse 



crops $1,000. 



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



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 



$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 principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000. 



Average 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 lor grain or seed farms. 



acres. 



bushels. 



Corn tor silage or green chop farms. 



acres, 

 tons, green 



Wheat for grain farms. 



acres, 

 bushels. 



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) . 



928 

 282 301 



912 

 237 572 



463 

 2S4 

 49.4 



457 



26 558 



226 



3 978 



129 



8 624 



426 



11 811 



66 917 



203 



108 277 



806 



106 211 



3 320 175 



19 635 

 57 426 



562 

 346 

 50.3 



449 



17 894 



390 



7 524 



22 



618 



440 



9 891 



207 

 48 541 



215 

 86 453 



697 



74 820 



8 682 01 1 



559 



34 092 



1 710 796 



782 



119 276 



3 528 871 



367 

 12 937 

 25 335 



243 729 



492 



191 718 



410 



72 735 



8 756 357 



305 

 31 005 



1 548 330 



390 

 86 279 



2 503 157 



1 276 



392 712 



308 



1 194 

 358 307 



1 158 

 277 611 



3 472 



527 



54 205 



339 

 126 755 



357 

 214 638 



1 062 



188 022 



23 186 194 



709 



67 624 



2 938 616 



462 



15 012 

 45 746 



1 239 



328 729 



265 



1 170 

 308 916 



1 121 

 253 360 



895 



114 702 



13 514 967 



864 



116 101 



4 500 809 



343 

 8 832 

 26 615 



212 



15 762 



1 497 187 



5 801 



347 



21 791 



356 



30 119 



1 230 645 



392 

 17 476 

 49 033 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



152 ILLINOIS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



