Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 



Judith Basin 



Lewis and Clark 



Liberty 



Farms number,. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildingsV 



Average per farm dollars-. 



Average pet acre dotlars.. 



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 



S5.000 to $9,999 __ 



$10,000 to $24,999 _ _ 



$25,000 to $49,999 __ 



$50,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 or more _ 



Operators by pnncipal 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.. 



numtwr.. 



Beef cows farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms-- 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold larms.. 



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: 



Com 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.. 



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



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



acres., 

 tons, dry,. 



256 



378 805 



1 480 



346 199 

 216 



(D) 



351 



870 945 



2 481 



464 199 

 193 



1 079 



655 528 



608 



337 236 

 543 



480 



888 725 



1 852 



363 482 



187 



295 



934 149 



3 167 



684 251 

 221 



181 

 16 639 

 24 790 



167 

 25 356 

 54 114 



228 

 51 820 

 71 991 



616 

 59 213 

 139 668 



308 

 43 431 

 90 635 



63 

 7 821 

 12 103 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



MONTANA 143 



