Table 17. 



Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



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



Characteristics 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms _ _ — number, 1987. 



1982. 

 Land in farms acres, 1987. 



1982. 

 and farms, 1987. 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



3 160 

 505 641 

 525 999 



Owned land in farms 



Rented or leased land in farms . 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



2 706 



2 677 



401 595 



.farms, 1987, 



• family (sole proprietorship) 

 Partnersfiip 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other -cooperative, estate or tmst, 

 institutional, etc 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133, 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024). 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



2 102 

 175 352 

 289 420 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



GEORGIA 21 



