Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Fergus 



Gallatin 



Golden Valley 



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 



SO 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 agricultural products sold $1,000-. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse 



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 pnnclpal 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 grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Barley for grain farms., 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Oats for grain farms. 



acres - 

 bushels. 



Sugar beets for sugar farms. 



acres, 

 tons. 



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

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



farms. 



acres, 

 tons. dry. 



838 



2 143 210 



2 558 



429 990 

 167 



74 

 35 

 52 

 87 

 93 

 497 



658 277 



658 



359 485 



98 



12 036 



50 152 

 59 847 



21 462 

 28 690 



134 

 37 

 67 

 128 

 139 

 178 

 155 



665 

 173 



290 

 139 

 51.2 



38 549 

 45 946 



615 

 98 763 



577 



59 886 



64 



633 



613 

 56 041 



60 



5 563 



57 



10 982 



93 



10 102 



76 



5 004 



5 



1 381 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



439 



145 444 



5 619 689 



417 



101 240 



4 196 834 



83 



4 078 



214 757 



549 

 110 169 

 150 495 



825 



258 633 



313 



313 455 

 1 024 



(D) 



3 

 (D) 

 (D) 



143 



9 967 



588 467 



196 



23 281 



1 623 192 



51 



1 572 



82 444 



508 

 32 271 

 76 137 



850 



731 603 



861 



433 439 

 527 



58 

 176 

 152 

 177 

 140 

 147 



737 

 305 160 



657 

 172 273 



477 

 99 806 



52 838 

 62 162 



21 164 

 31 673 



169 

 80 

 96 



140 



114 

 94 



157 



529 

 321 



421 



255 

 50.3 



41 058 

 48 246 



531 

 71 679 



408 

 30 450 



104 

 6 675 



521 

 38 439 



58 



4 083 



53 



5 669 



95 

 8 527 

 60 

 (D) 

 3 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



281 

 46 146 



2 570 495 



334 

 46 735 



3 187 481 



53 



2 456 



167 081 



561 



74 656 



210 173 



297 



2 063 133 



6 947 



587 744 

 84 



4 



154 



1 894 



155 



98 035 



2 395 420 



112 



22 060 



726 208 



38 



3 856 



129 563 



142 

 24 664 



32 054 



405 



1 646 324 



4 065 



818 459 

 201 



219 

 121 734 

 205 649 



227 

 109 052 

 057 516 



24 



2 543 



169 495 



130 

 25 995 

 39 562 



135 



625 754 



4 635 



767 593 

 164 



77 

 11 062 

 16 642 



See footnotes at end of table. 



142 MONTANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA 



