Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con. 



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



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Fanning 



Age of operator (years) 



45 to 54 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 



USE -Con. 



Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms.. 



acres. . 

 Land in house tots, ponds, roads. 



wasteland, etc farms.. 



acres _. 

 Cropland under federal acreage reduction 

 programs: 

 Annual commodity acreage adjustment 



programs farms., 



acres. . 



Conservation reserve program farms. . 



acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Farms by value group: 



$1 to $39.999 



$40,000 to $69,999 



$70,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 to $149,999 



$150,000 to $199.999 



$200,000 lo $499.999 



$500,000 to $999.999 



$1,000,000 to $1,999.999 



$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 



$5,000,000 or more 



VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Estimated market value of all machinery 



and equipment farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Farms by value group: 



$1 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $49,999 _ 



$50,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 to $199,999 



$200,000 to $499,999 



$500,000 or more 



SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Motortrucks, including pickups farms.. 



number.. 



Wheel tractors ._ farms.. 



number.. 



Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms.. 



number.. 



40 horsepower (PTO) or more farms.. 



number.. 



Grain and bean combines farms.. 



number.. 

 Cottonpickers and strippers farms.. 



number.. 

 Mower conditioners farms.. 



number.. 

 Pickup balers farms.. 



number.. 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS^ 



Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Lime _ farms.. 



acres on which used., 

 tons.. 

 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc.. to 

 control — 



Insects on hay and other crops farms., 



acres on which used.. 



Nematodes in crops farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Diseases in crops and orchards farms.. 



acres on which used.. 

 Weeds, grass, or bnish in crops and 



pasture farms.. 



acres on which used. 



Chemicals for defoliation or for growth 



control of crops or thinning of fruit farms. 



acres on which used. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



404 

 12 566 



23 



79 



102 



116 



59 



370 

 677 

 332 

 771 

 179 

 272 

 260 

 499 



131 

 134 

 3 

 3 

 52 

 71 

 65 

 100 



345 



21 260 



91 



3 503 



2 966 



311 

 11 044 



198 

 6 752 



106 

 3 728 



230 

 16 710 



318 

 17 700 



1 613 

 19 940 



955 



46 223 



46 



1 791 



2 894 

 820 168 

 283 403 



1 248 



430 

 318 

 195 

 445 

 257 



773 



344 



101 



27 



4 



2 894 

 150 251 



171 

 301 

 522 

 934 

 546 



288 



123 



9 



66 

 897 



2 934 

 47 675 



1 594 



89 242 



91 



4 108 



4 680 



1 602 372 



342 387 



1 183 



586 

 568 

 468 

 582 

 401 



1 191 



566 



234 



72 



12 



4 680 

 287 488 



204 

 475 

 823 

 1 457 

 848 



570 



272 



31 



881 

 67 370 



3 631 

 63 369 



1 783 



98 791 



116 



5 182 



5 644 



1 989 347 



352 471 



1 230 



650 

 610 

 533 

 815 

 463 



1 537 



644 



286 



93 



13 



8 062 



356 135 



645 

 1 325 



1 556 



2 354 

 1 169 



685 



304 



24 



70 NORTH CAROLINA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



