Table 1. Selected Summary Items: 



Agricultural products sold and farm related income: 



Market value of products sold ' $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars- 

 Crops $1,000. 



Livestock and livestock products $1,000. 



Poultry and poultry products $1,000. 



Farms by value of sales: 

 Sales of $20,000 or more number. 



$100,000 or more number. 



$40,000 to $99.999 number. 



$20,000 to S39.999 number. 



Sales of less than $20,000 . number. 



$10,000 to $19.999 number. 



$5,000 to $9,999 number. 



$2,500 to $4,999 number. 



Less than $2,500 number. 



Value of agricultural products sold directly to 

 individuals for human consumption 



. farms.. 

 51,000 



Income from machine work, customwork. and other 



agncultural services provided for others farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family number 



Partnership number. 



Corporation number. 



Family held number. 



Other than family held number. 



Other— cooperatives, estates or trusts, 



institutional, etc number.. 



Operator characteristics: 

 Tenure of operator: 



Full owner farms.. 



Part owiner farms.. 



Tenant farms.. 



Pnncipal occupation and residence: ' 



Farming farms. 



Residence on farm operated farms 



Residence not on farm operated farms 



Other than farming farms 



Residence on farm operated farms 



Residence not on farm operated farms 



Average age of operator ' years 



Sex of operator male. 



female 



Operators reporting days of work off farm: * 



Any farms.. 



100 days or more farms.. 



Selected production expenses: ' 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1.000.. 



Feed purchased for livestock and poultry $1.000.. 



Commercially mixed formula feeds $1.000.. 



Animal health costs $1.000.. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees $1,000.. 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000.. 



Other agncultural chemicals including lime $1,000.. 



Hired farm labor $1,000.. 



Workers working 150 days or more farms.. 



number. 



Contract labor $1.000.. 



Customwork and machine hire $1,000. 



Energy costs ■ petroleum products. 



electricity, coal, wood, coke, etc $1,000.. 



Gasoline and other petroleum products $1,000.. 



Gasoline $1,000.. 



Diesel fuel $1 ,000.. 



Machinery and equipment: ' 

 Estimated market value of all machinery 



and equipment $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Motortrucks including pickups farms.. 



number.. 



Wheel tractors farms. 



number. 



' 1978 data are based on a sample of farms 



' Data included with Oirier paslureiand and rangeland 



^ 1974 data inclLde sales of forest products. 



* 1 974 data exclude corporations and other organizations 



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