Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 



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



Item 



Total farming 



and ottier 



occupations 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



35 to 44 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number.. 



percent. _ 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL- 

 TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales (see text) farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Average per farm dollars.. 



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $1,000 (see text) 



$1,000 to $2,499 



$2,500 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 to $249.999 



$250,000 to $499,999 



$500,000 to $999.999.. 



$1,000,000 or more 



Grains. farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Corn for grain farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Wheal farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Soybeans farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Sorghum for grain farms.. 



$1 ,000.. 

 Barley farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Oats farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other grains farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Cotton and cottonseed farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Tobacco farms. - 



$1.000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more larms.. 



$1,000.. 



Hay, silage, and field seeds farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms— 



$1 ,000.- 



Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Fruits, nuts, and berries farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Other crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Poultry and poultry products farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Dairy products farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Cattle and calves farms,. 



$1.000.. 



Sales of $50,000 or more farms.. 



$1,000.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



24 568 



100.0 



60 203 993 



2 451 



17 405 



708 



53 334 476 



3 064 



240 



1.0 



281 908 



1 175 



240 



9 317 



38 819 



132 



4 529 



29 



2 806 



2 

 (D) 

 110 



3 175 



97 

 186 



11 

 (D) 



19 



86 



61 



751 



2 



(D) 



15 

 854 



141 



2 797 



11 



1 428 



2 289 



9 3 



5 106 592 



2 231 



1 082 



18 730 



114 



750 



248 



1 891 



3 329 



10 386 900 

 3 120 



3 173 



12.9 



11 267 962 



3 551 



1 412 

 25 752 



161 

 780 

 257 



2 150 



4 153 



169 



14 505 547 



3 493 



1 742 

 30 212 



238 

 1 304 



353 

 3 102 



60 MONTANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



