Table 2. Livestock and Poultry: 1978 and 1974 



Cattle and calves Inventory farms.. 



number.. 

 Farms by size of inventory: 

 1 to 19 farms- 

 number.. 



20 to 99 farms.. 



number.. 



100 to 499 farms.. 



number.. 



500 or more farms.. 



number.. 



Cows and heifers that had calved farms.. 



number.. 



Beet cows farms.. 



number.. 



tvlilk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



number.. 



Steers and bulls including calves farms.. 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Cattle fattened on gram and concentrates farms.. 



number.. 

 Dairy products sold farms.. 



$1.000.. 



All farms 



1978 



1974 



Hogs and pigs inventory . 



farms, 

 number. 



Farms by size of inventory: 



1 to 99 farms.. 



number.. 



100 to 499 farms.- 



number.. 



500 or more farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs used or to be used tor breeding farms.. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 



Feeder pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Litters farrowed between — 



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



number.. 



Dec. 1 of preceding year and l\/lay 31 farms.. 



number . 



June 1 and Nov. 30 farms.. 



number.. 



Sheep and lambs 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 . 



1 994 

 103 938 



776 



6 238 



936 



46 198 



275 



45 008 



7 



6 494 

 1 730 



62 978 

 759 



7 650 

 1 239 



55 328 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 745 

 48 032 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



465 

 43 229 



370 



4 089 



71 



14 806 



24 



24 334 



(NA) 



(NA) 



309 



52 681 



86 



11 531 



206 

 7 191 



165 

 3 720 



163 

 3 471 



264 



5 896 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



164 



3 600 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



710 



4 687 



577 

 1 956 434 



558 

 1 682 941 



456 



62 564 



61 



232 538 



41 

 (D) 



31 

 301 430 



Farms with sales of 

 $2,500 or more 



1978 



1974 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE— PRELIMINARY REPORT 



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