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



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



Total farming 



and otfier 



occupations 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres - 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 .000 to 1 .999 acres . 

 2.000 acres or more . 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Casti grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except casfi grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irisfi 

 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) 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number. 

 Farms with— 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 ___ 



200 to 499 ___ 



500 or more 



Cows and heifers that had calved farms. 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



number. 



Farms with— 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 ___ 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 _ 



500 or more 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Farms with — 



1 to 4 



5 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



number. 

 Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 

 calves farms. 



number. 



Cattle and calves sold farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 



Calves farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 



Cattle _ farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 

 Fattened on grain and concentrates .-_ farms, 

 number. 

 $1,000. 



See footnotes at end of table 



1 940 



2 745 

 554 

 818 

 718 

 929 

 525 

 481 



2 309 



2 737 



3 460 

 7 352 



7 206 

 2 079 



40 

 238 

 114 

 728 



12 156 

 10 044 



256 



69 



1 322 



360 



14 866 

 2 591 391 



2 022 

 4 316 

 2 485 

 2 552 

 2 407 

 1 084 



13 544 



1 426 828 



13 073 



1 399 949 



2 164 

 4 376 

 2 397 

 2 143 

 1 599 

 394 



1 732 

 26 879 



1 354 



69 



105 



115 



74 



14 



1 



11 500 

 635 912 



12 352 

 526 651 



14 718 



1 644 768 



774 052 



5 573 



311 903 



107 760 



12 990 



1 332 865 



666 292 



1 120 



187 191 



120 498 



1 Oil 

 856 

 191 

 381 

 348 

 519 

 302 

 289 



1 527 



2 116 

 2 973 

 6 892 



6 177 

 1 109 



23 



79 



52 



388 



8 696 

 7 335 



229 



31 



452 



11 340 

 2 310 548 



859 

 2 815 

 2 052 

 2 313 

 2 274 

 1 027 



10 532 



1 307 996 



10 203 



1 282 831 



1 006 

 3 179 



2 119 

 1 999 

 1 534 



366 



1 372 

 25 166 



031 

 57 

 89 



108 



72 



14 



1 



9 030 

 557 220 



9 678 

 445 332 



11 373 



1 430 265 



662 522 



4 267 



281 695 



97 698 



10 121 



1 148 570 



564 824 



819 



122 156 



78 823 



101 

 14 



114 

 87 



138 

 10 933 



14 

 65 

 36 

 14 

 7 

 2 



128 

 6 285 



124 

 6 236 



106 

 2 557 



113 

 2 091 



141 



6 375 



2 797 



60 



2 485 

 886 

 118 



3 890 

 1 910 



14 

 134 

 93 



193 



98 



11 



37 



36 



61 



50 



49 



245 



342 



400 



767 



990 

 137 



6 



5 



4 



44 



022 

 842 



28 



2 



45 



182 



136 



29 



54 



46 



75 



51 



47 



290 



381 



633 



1 405 



1 308 

 216 



4 



6 



16 



66 



1 506 

 1 232 



55 



8 



109 



137 



114 



24 



57 



45 



92 



37 



42 



238 



373 



533 



1 481 



1 137 

 193 



193 



1 

 11 

 12 

 73 



1 575 

 1 307 



227 



198 



55 



97 



103 



104 



77 



68 



311 



474 



663 



1 776 



1 456 

 282 



2 079 

 1 765 



72 MONTANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



