Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Item 



Meagher 



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 agricultural 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 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.. 



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) . 



441 



1 277 022 



2 896 



454 367 

 156 



farms. 



acres, 

 tons, dry. 



453 



1 195 898 



2 640 



858 207 

 329 



52 



10 334 

 510 963 



101 



11 573 

 718 595 



36 



2 101 



140 276 



330 



91 698 



234 388 



144 



1 012 764 



7 033 



1 246 604 

 176 



(D) 



4 



(D) 



21 



8 426 



17 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



23 



11 428 



385 684 



34 



15 047 



646 076 



16 



1 321 



91 270 



102 

 44 617 

 74 044 



58 



14 517 



250 



250 655 

 1 001 



2 



11 



21 



17 



4 



3 



49 

 3 846 



35 

 2 243 



33 

 1 526 



854 

 14 722 



121 

 733 



43 



25 



52.6 



662 



11 412 



32 



1 137 



26 



634 



5 



7 



30 



614 



3 

 (D) 



3 

 (D) 



3 

 (D) 



4 

 327 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



3 

 31 

 (D) 



31 

 1 833 

 3 592 



473 



253 098 



535 



333 241 

 509 



249 



1 042 418 



4 186 



704 056 

 158 



294 

 18 448 

 38 501 



104 

 13 464 

 25 661 



See foolnotes at end of table. 



144 MONTANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



