Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con. 



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



Shendan 



Silver Bow 



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 grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Barley for grain farms.. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Oats for grain farms.. 



acres. . 



bushels.. 



Sugar beets for sugar farms., 



acres., 

 tons,. 



620 



1 194 869 



1 927 



395 753 

 198 



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

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



farms.. 



acres - 

 tons, dry. 



96 



4 008 



59 346 



417 



145 658 



4 299 292 



315 



41 662 



1 664 397 



133 



8 414 



389 479 



118 



15 034 



366 615 



379 

 40 456 

 66 309 



598 



1 364 020 



2 281 



441 035 

 188 



20 

 15 

 38 

 77 

 95 

 353 



559 

 751 600 



540 



358 627 



50 



5 662 



27 540 

 46 054 



21 069 



6 471 



71 

 25 

 59 

 120 

 131 

 124 

 68 



487 

 111 



230 



98 



50.9 



23 415 

 39 155 



255 



22 837 



248 



14 400 



20 



36 



263 



12 559 



45 

 3 601 



45 

 5 369 



30 

 9 320 



35 



1 591 



1 



(D) 



15 



561 



5 145 



497 



257 437 



6 421 479 



382 



47 187 



1 542 246 



97 



5 495 



226 362 



363 



2 908 183 



8 012 



885 196 

 108 



273 

 31 893 

 43 919 



24 

 2 785 



50 595 



98 



51 391 

 1 544 724 



67 



11 049 



471 214 



33 



2 897 



130 296 



10 



1 755 



44 004 



200 



42 154 

 70 312 



382 



374 629 



981 



407 476 

 461 



1 



(D) 

 (D) 



27 



1 633 



55 794 



27 



1 062 



37 008 



20 



523 



34 470 



271 

 28 986 

 49 267 



600 



1 024 567 



1 708 



368 353 

 230 



24 

 9 

 24 

 64 

 117 

 362 



556 

 687 985 



546 



319 747 



24 



4 183 



24 711 

 41 185 



19 498 



5 213 



48 

 24 

 59 

 136 

 160 

 123 

 50 



508 

 92 



241 



88 



50.9 



19 326 

 32 209 



226 



17 456 



213 



10 806 



10 



21 



221 



9 831 



39 



5 017 



39 



7 540 



38 



6 100 



41 



1 865 



3 



100 



4 



60 



204 



527 



231 484 



5 507 791 



421 



50 590 



1 511 354 



128 

 7 708 



303 334 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



253 

 24 988 

 28 543 



114 



115 350 



1 012 



371 763 

 364 



5 

 12 

 25 

 24 

 16 

 32 



72 



12 585 



55 



5 776 



53 



6 751 



2 202 

 19 312 



73 

 2 129 



68 



38 



56.0 



1 954 

 17 141 



73 



8 790 



64 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



76 



5 104 



5 



(D) 



5 



(D) 



8 



320 



10 



228 



2 



(D) 



54 



5 577 



10 979 



See footnotes at end of table. 



146 MONTANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



