Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987 -Con. 



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



Horticultural 



specialties 



(018) 



General farms, 



primarily crop 



(019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, 



and animal specialties 



(021) 



Beef cattle, 



except feedlots 



(0212) 



Dairy farms 

 (024) 



Poultry 



and eggs 



(025) 



Animal 



specialties 



(027) 



General farms, 



primarily livestock 



and animal 



specialties 



(029) 



CROPS HARVESTED 



Com for silage or green chop ._. farms., 



acres- - 

 tons, green.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres 



250 to 499 acres — _ 



500 acres or more 



Irish potatoes _-_- farms.. 



acres., 

 cwt.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres han/ested: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres _ 



5.0 to 24.9 acres --- 



25.0 to 99.9 acres 



100.0 to 249.9 acres 



250.0 acres or more 



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

 grass silage, green chop. etc. (see text) .. farms.. 



acres.. 

 Ions, dry.- 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres 



250 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain, 



and wild hay (see text) farms.. 



acres-- 

 tons, dry.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ... farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated ___ farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres 



5.0 to 24.9 acres 



25.0 to 99.9 acres 



100.0 to 249.9 acres 



250.0 acres or more 



Sweet com harvested for sale farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 



Land in orchards farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres .-. 



5.0 to 24.9 acres 



25.0 to 99.9 acres 



100.0 to 2499 acres 



250.0 acres or more 



Berries harvested for sale farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 



3 

 (D) 

 (D) 



4 



232 



69 281 



41 

 580 



909 



18 

 371 

 597 



62 

 698 



25 

 206 



32 

 18 

 12 



28 



378 



11 



95 



19 



113 



5 



10 



11 

 8 



12 



125 



441 



1 



(D) 



11 

 1 



5 



97 



20 119 



246 



4 787 



6 103 



3 



61 



197 

 44 



7 



127 



2 126 



2 582 



2 



(D) 



53 

 667 



17 

 294 



26 



17 

 10 



32 



247 

 10 

 97 



16 



96 



2 



(D) 



12 

 3 

 1 



95 



3 163 



50 892 



1 



(D) 



76 

 15 

 3 



8 



11 



805 



707 

 19 279 

 33 700 



7 

 172 



467 



216 



20 



3 



1 



409 



10 105 



17 433 



5 



133 



28 

 96 



3 

 14 



25 

 2 

 1 



15 



29 



1 



(D) 



35 

 62 



57 



912 



14 681 



5 



10 



744 



366 



22 428 



422 703 



3 



30 



199 



61 



9 



1 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



4 



35 

 605 



42 



533 



761 



3 



6 



36 

 5 

 1 



21 



282 



368 



1 



(D) 



14 

 272 



1 

 (D) 



8 

 3 

 2 

 1 



7 



200 



1 



(0) 



14 



47 



3 



9 



10 

 4 



4 



12 



248 



132 



3 104 



4 646 



2 

 (D) 



95 



31 



4 



2 



72 



1 666 



2 486 



2 



(0) 



1 



(D) 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



'Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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