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



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



Item 



Ottier occupations 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



NET CASH RETURN FROM 

 AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR 

 THE FARM UNIT' 



All farms number., 



$1,000.. 

 Average per farm dollars.. 



Farms with net gains^ number.. 



Average net gain dollars.. 



Gain of- 



Less ttian $1,000 



$1,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 or more 



Farms with net losses number.. 



Average net loss dollars.. 



Loss of — 



Less than $1,000 



$1,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 or more 



GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS AND 

 OTHER FARM-RELATED INCOME 



Government payments farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Other farm-related income^ farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Customwork and other agricultural 



sen/ices farms.. 



$1,000. 



Gross cash rent or share payments farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Forest products and Christmas trees farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Other farm-related income sources farms.. 



$1,000.. 



COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS 



Total farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Com farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Wheat farms. 



$1,000.. 

 Soybeans farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Sorghum, bariey, and oats farms. 



$1,000. 

 Cotton farms. 



$1,000. 

 Peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, and honey farms. 



$1,000. 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 

 USE 



Total cropland farms. 



acres- 



Harvested cropland. farms. 



acres. 

 Farms by acres han/ested: 



1 to 49 acres 



50 to 99 acres 



100 to 199 acres 



200 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1,999 acres.. 



2,000 acres or more 



Cropland: 



Pasture or grazing only farms. 



acres. 

 In cover crops, legumes, and soil- 

 improvement grasses, not harvested 



and not pastured farms. 



acres. 



On which all crops failed farms. 



acres. 



In cultivated summer fallow farms. 



acres. 



Idle farms. 



acres. 



Total woodland farms- 

 acres. 



Woodland pastured farms- 

 acres. 



Woodland not pastured farms- 

 acres. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



3 002 



1 740 



580 



951 

 12 546 



263 



432 



222 



34 



325 



517 



197 



12 



108 



107 



641 



1 488 



230 

 469 



153 

 214 

 303 

 475 

 108 

 330 



11 



-159 

 -14 429 



11 

 14 429 



19 

 537 



17 

 315 



15 

 1 

 1 



1 

 (D) 



4 

 88 



2 

 (13) 



2 

 (D) 



278 



963 



3 463 



104 

 15 699 



40 

 18 

 41 



5 



174 

 3 851 



31 



132 



11 



13 



5 



50 



216 



25 

 12 



11 

 5 

 25 

 96 

 20 

 102 



241 

 9 180 



211 

 4 684 



192 



7 



11 



106 

 2 108 



13 

 (D) 

 5 

 29 

 1 

 (D) 

 37 

 (D) 



142 

 7 261 

 42 

 (D) 

 127 

 (D) 



803 



391 

 487 



289 

 9 544 



72 



134 



68 



15 



514 

 4 605 



65 



389 



60 



22 



32 



180 



359 



86 

 137 



68 

 119 

 72 

 92 

 10 

 11 



710 



14 332 



604 



8 878 



567 

 30 



7 



304 

 (D) 



44 

 313 



30 



145 



9 



(D) 



99 

 991 



405 

 18 158 



123 

 2 381 



362 

 15 777 



751 

 1 046 

 1 392 



161 

 28 861 



25 



590 

 6 103 



70 



449 



67 



4 



182 

 505 



51 

 143 



22 

 10 

 73 



150 

 56 



202 



721 

 20 549 



620 

 12 628 



562 



34 



19 



5 



673 

 -68 



-102 



211 

 9 977 



67 



93 



49 



2 



462 

 4 705 



322 



33 



8 



23 



24 



139 



2SS 



13 

 59 

 104 

 92 

 22 

 15 



605 



15 541 



529 



9 854 



497 



23 



6 



3 



247 

 4 126 



34 

 293 



21 



194 



S 



174 



81 

 SOO 



363 



19 227 



96 



2 909 



318 



16 318 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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