Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



[Data are based on a sample of farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductoiy text] 



Total farm production expenses 



Average per farm 



Livestock and poultry purchased . 



Feed for livestock and poultry 



Commercially mixed formula feeds 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees 



— farms, 

 $1,000, 



Agncultural ctiemicals^ 



Gasoline and gasofiol farms. 



Contract labor farms, 



$1,000, 



Repair and maintenance (arms, 



$1,000, 

 Customwork, mactiine hire, and rental of 

 machinery and equipment^ _ I 



$1,C 



$1,000, 



Interest paid on debt: 

 Secured by real estate farms, 



$1,000, 

 Not secured by real estate farms. 



$1,000, 



Cash rent farms, 



$1,000, 



Property taxes paid famis, 



$1,000, 



All other farm production expenses farms, 



$1,000, 



See footnotes at end of t 



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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



