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 symbots. see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators o( 

 Spanish ongin^ 



Farms operated by Biacl^ and other races 



American Indian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms numt)er. 



Land in farms acres. 



Harvested cropland farms, 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1 to 9 acres - 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres 



140 to 219 acres 



220 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



1987 OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Owned land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 

 Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms. 1987. 



1982. 



acres. 1987. 



1982. 



Pari owners farms. 1987. 



1982. 



acres. 1987. 



1982. 



Tenants farms. 1987. 



1982. 



aaes. 1987. 



1982. 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole propnetorship) 



Partnership 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other — cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales farms. 



$1,000. 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $9.999 _ 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $24,999- 



$25,000 or more 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grams (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Insh 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, pnmanly 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. 



1 577 



1 283 



3 082 320 



2 346 914 



999 



869 



288 578 



228 523 



203 

 264 

 147 

 121 

 183 

 659 



1 276 



153 



123 



3 



22 



253 



140 



2 



28 

 13 

 43 



887 



713 



8 



8 



152 



42 



46 



56 110 



57 213 



34 



37 



6 416 



10 017 



42 

 1 495 



21 



453 



29 



1 042 



13 



10 



5 



14 



425 



433 



3 449 979 



3 230 488 



287 



337 



130 976 



148 656 



24 

 34 

 35 

 48 

 57 

 227 



352 

 20 

 13 



1 



425 

 24 117 



194 



8 871 



300 



15 247 



90 

 92 

 49 



21 

 173 



247 

 227 



7 



7 



23 047 



6 315 



7 



7 



1 915 



1 383 



7 

 274 



7 



197 



5 



77 



399 



404 



405 189 



202 146 



267 



311 



125 097 



140 780 



22 

 28 

 33 

 42 



56 



218 



328 



20 



11 



1 



399 

 22 880 



177 



8 169 



280 



14 710 



81 

 91 

 46 



18 



163 



236 

 221 



12 



14 



20 359 



19 655 



8 



12 



3 368 



5 474 



11 



(D) 



6 



(D) 



6 



7 



3 352 



7 151 



5 



6 



(D) 



(D) 



1 



1 



(D) 

 (D) 



12 

 858 



468 



9 



390 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MONTANA 21 



