Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



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



Big Horn 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres,. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 



Average per farm dollars-. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres - — 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 acres or more 



Total cropland farms-. 



acres,- 

 Harvested cropland.. farms.. 



acres.. 

 Irrigated land farms.. 



acres.. 



Market value of agncultural products sold $1,000-. 



Average per farm dollars-. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops $1,000-- 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000.. 



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $4,999 - -- — 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24.999 



$25,000 to $49.999 _ 



$50,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 or more 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years-. 



Total farm production expenses' $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Livestock and poultry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms.. 



number.. 



Beef cows farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows - -- farms.. 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory,.- farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Sheep and lambs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms,. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold - farms-. 



number.. 



Selected crops harvested: 



Corn for silage or green chop farms,. 



acres,, 

 tons, green.. 



Wheat for gram farms.. 



acres. . 

 bushels.. 



Barley for grain farms-. 



acres.. 



bushels.. 



Oats for grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels-. 



Sugar beets for sugar farms.. 



acres., 

 tons.. 



24 568 



60 203 993 



2 451 



505 526 

 205 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, 

 grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) . 



farms. 



acres, 

 tons, dry. 



373 



1 525 564 



4 090 



1 Oil 155 

 250 



61 473 



42 

 27 

 37 

 43 

 42 

 182 



293 

 236 345 



259 

 162 929 



288 

 247 743 



49 228 

 131 979 



6 360 

 42 868 



50 

 30 

 31 

 39 

 38 

 65 

 120 



271 



102 



152 



86 



51.6 



40 669 

 109 032 



280 



163 524 



256 



87 628 



32 



251 



285 



86 139 



6 



157 



7 



809 



54 



21 328 



22 



657 



1 



(D) 



40 



15 230 



595 889 



69 



9 769 



645 237 



619 

 31 980 



250 

 150 038 

 264 787 



501 



2 759 309 



5 508 



910 898 

 162 



28 



3 097 

 64 626 



102 913 

 3 320 709 



166 



26 410 



1 285 571 



51 



3 611 



196 595 



33 



5 750 



113 505 



307 

 74 593 

 149 386 



529 



2 433 747 



4 601 



721 720 

 157 



71 661 



342 



5 582 



285 



170 300 



5 323 273 



259 



56 889 



2 205 512 



50 



3 345 



155 780 



296 

 57 666 

 102 893 



213 



458 807 



2 154 



610 667 

 271 



635 



536 553 



845 



333 046 

 390 



See footnotes at end of table. 



140 MONTANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



