Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987 -Con. 



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



Item 



Total 



50 to 69 

 acres 



70 to 99 

 acres 



LIVESTOCK -Con. 



Hogs and pigs inventory farms.. 



number,. 

 Farms with — 



1 to 24 _ - - 



25 to 49 _ 



50 to 99 — 



100 to 199 - 



200 to 499 - 



500 or more 



Used or to be used for breeding farms.. 



number.. 

 Other farms.. 



number- 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 



$1.000.. 

 Feeder pigs farms.. 



number,. 



$1.000.. 



Litters of pigs farrowed between — 

 Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ___ farms.. 



number.. 



Dec. 1 and May 31 farms.. 



number,. 



June 1 and Nov. 30 farms.. 



number.. 



Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory farms,, 



number.. 



Ewes 1 year old or older farms., 



number.. 



Sheep and lambs sold farms.. 



number,. 

 Sheep and lambs shorn ___ farms,. 



number- 

 pounds of wool,. 



Horses and ponies inventoiy farms. 



number. 

 Horses and ponies sold farms. 



number. 

 Goats inventory farms. 



number. 

 Goats sold ,,. farms. 



number. 



POULTRY 



Chickens 3 months old or older inventory .. farms. 



number. 

 Farms with— 



1 to 399 



400 to 3.199 _ 



3.200 to 9.999 



10.000 to 19,999 



20.000 to 49,999 _ 



50,000 to 99,999 



100,000 or more 



Hens and pullets of laying age farms- 

 number. 

 Pultets 3 months old or older not of 



laying age — farms- 



numt)er. 



Hens and pullets sold farms, 



number. 



Broilers and other meat-type chickens 



sold farms, 



number. 

 Farms with— 



1 to 1.999 - 



2,000 to 59.999 , 



60.000 to 99.999 _ 



100.000 or more _ 



Turkey hens kept for breeding farms. 



number. 

 Turkeys sold farms. 



number. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



667 

 94 205 



11 965 



616 



82 240 



585 



217 918 



20 304 



192 



57 382 



1 840 



460 

 18 021 



436 

 9 297 



397 

 8 724 



61 

 622 



51 



42 



1 076 



41 



1 121 



7 443 



856 

 3 510 

 139 

 474 

 137 

 994 

 39 

 223 



418 

 726 488 



324 



4 



38 



33 



12 



5 



2 



403 



1 370 276 



59 



356 212 



125 



2 116 799 



211 

 40 414 856 



4 

 33 

 38 

 136 



11 



3 036 



60 



4 317 286 



670 

 137 013 



360 

 93 

 78 

 59 

 28 

 52 



485 



18 633 



613 



118 380 



601 



309 514 



29 773 



188 



86 881 



3 759 



500 

 26 225 



463 

 14 209 



407 

 14 016 



74 

 1 767 



59 

 1 017 



55 

 1 048 



48 

 1 197 



7 730 



750 

 3 147 

 100 

 430 

 128 

 961 

 41 

 387 



347 

 1 855 264 



266 



1 



29 



28 



13 



8 



2 



332 



1 484 310 



40 



370 954 



119 



2 707 925 



236 

 45 889 644 



26 

 35 



175 



18 



3 246 



46 



3 394 902 



96 NORTH CAROLINA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



