1987
Census of
Agriculture
AC87-A-19
Volume 1
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
Part 19
Maine
state and County Data
University of West Florida
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This report was prepared in the Agriculture Division. Many
other divisions contributed to this preparation: Data Preparation
performed the clerical processing; Administrative Services pro-
vided the forms design and other administrative services; Publi-
cations Services contributed In publication planning and design,
editorial review, composition, and printing procurement; Com-
puter Services provided the computer processing facilities; Field
provided selected data collection activities; Economic Program-
ming prepared the computer programs; and Economic Surveys
assisted in preparation of data collection and processing proce-
dures and computer programs.
Members of the Census Advisory Committee on Agriculture
Statistics and representatives of both public and private
organizations made significant recommendations which helped
establish data content.
Members of various agencies of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture provided valuable advice in the planning, publicizing,
and processing phases of the census, and In helping farmers and
ranchers complete the report forms.
The press, farm magazines, radio and television stations, and
farm organizations were most helpful In publicizing the census
and encouraging cooperation of farm and ranch operators.
Special tribute is paid to the millions of farm and ranch
operators who furnished the information requested. Only through
their cooperation was It possible to collect and publish the data in
this report.
If you have any questions concerning the statistics in this report, call:
(301) 763-8555 Division Chief
(301) 763-8567 Crops Branch
(301) 763-8569 Livestock Branch
(301) 763-8566 Farm Economics Branch
(301) 763-1113 General Information
(301) 763-8558 Statistical Methodology
VOLUME 1
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
1987
Census of
Agriculture
AC87-A-19
Changed November 1989
CHANGE SHEET
Maine
Following are changes to the 1987 Census of Agriculture volume 1 publications:
Table 17 Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin,
and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982
Female operators
Operators ol
Spanish origin'
Farms operated by Black and other races
Characietisiics
BlacK
American Indian
Asian
Other
1987 OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by days of work off farm
Any
100 10 199 days
a..
;
6
I reporting Spanish origin
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Table 18 Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1987
[For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see inlroductorv
text]
Value ol selected capital
' (dollars)
SIC code
assets', average per farm
(dollars)
Land and
equipment
Land and
buildings
Machinery and
equipment
196 423
205 491
188 400
207 271
195 750
220 296
178 675
193 736
211 092
297 141
235 943
186 799
40 505
35 658
33 592
54 986
96 437
31 256
25 742
26 551
26 551
170 362
227 194
187 883
173 046
195 615
306 487
332 954
180 319
"'1
130 308
121 705
239 250
188 828
246 783
11 709
h r ins (0111
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties
(021)...
Beet cattle leedlols (0211)
35 833
Rice (0112)
Com (0115)
Soybeans (0116) .-
19 125
20 350
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
General livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal
Sugarcane and sugar beets (0133) -
Irish potatoes (0134) _ — .
Dairy farms (024)....
64 826
Vegetables and melons (016) -
Broiler, fryer, and roaster chickens (0251)
39 605
71 855
(D)
Poultry hatcheries (0254)
Poultry and eggs, nee (0259)
(D)
GfapfesToi72) ::::;::::::::::
Tree nuts (0173)
Citrus Iruits (0174)
Deciduous tree Iruits (0175) ---
Fruitsandtreenuts, nee (0179).-
23 133
Horses and other equines (0272)
Animal aquaculture (0273)
Animal specialties, n e c (0279)
General farms, primarily livestock and animal
specialties (029)
14 477
16 750
76 828
Ornamental floriculture and nursery products (0181)...
P 9
Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and sy
mbols, see intro
uctory text]
All farms
Farms with sales
of $10,000 or more
Total
Full owners
Pan owners
Tenants
Total
Full owners
Part owners
Tenants
POULTRY
Hens and pullets sold
farms..
190
8 355 491
4 42
150
0 062
37
3 786 170
3
8 300 720
4 366 365
(0)
2
(D)
Table 49. Summary by Type of Organization: 1987
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see inlro
uctory text]
Total
or family
Partnership
Corporation
Total
Family held
other than family held
Other-
cooperative.
Total
10 or less
stock-
holders
Total
10 or less
stock,
holders
estate or
trust.
etc!
POULTRY
190
8 355 491
4 370 740
8
(D)
12
3 771 844
10
(D)
.,.;!
(o1
(D)
(D)
Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987
(For meaning of abbreviations and syn
bols, see intro
uctory text]
Total farming
occupations
Farming
Item
Total
Age ol operator (years)
Under 25
25
0 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 and over
POULTRY
190
8 355 491
7 969 947
(D)
16
(D)
4 167 354
34
774 437
39
1 819 568
number..
505 536
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Table 50 Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Other occupations
Item
Total
Age of operator (years)
under 25
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 and over
POULTRY
385 544
30 337
80 184
71 ol?
9
75 118
Table 51 Summary by Size of Farm: 1987
Hem
Total
acres
10 to 49
^° 3°,|s
70 to 99
100 to 139
POULTRY
8 355 491
30
737 749
1 149 305
218 976
20
259 302
552 693
Item
acres
180 to 219
acres
220 to 259
acres
260 to 499
acres
500 to 999
acres
1.000 to 1.999
2.000 acres or
POULTRY
157 585
,96 2J§
216 sll
5
(D)
number..
660 265
(D)
(D)
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987
[For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
S500.000 or more
Item
$1,000,000
Total
$250,000 to
$499,999
$100,000 to
$249,999
$50,000 to
$99,999
$40,000 to
$49,999
POULTRY
8 355i^?
4 556 37^
19
32
1 059 252
1 575 246
363 125
number..
124 000
Item
$25,000 to
$39,999
$20,000 to
$24,999
$10,000 to
$19,999
$5,000 to
$9,999
''i°Ul
Less than
POULTRY
Hens and pullets sold
farms..
number..
(D)
(D)
9
33 186
10
40 907
13 081
.11
Table 53 Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Total
Cash grains
(Oil)
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
Vegetables
and melons
(016)
Item
Total
?oT3°ll
Vl32)
Sugarcane
and sugar beets;
Irish potatoes.
except cash
%T3l:o,|4.
Fruits and
(Ol'7)
POULTRY
Hens and pullets sold farms..
8 355 491
298
-
298
73
(D)
Homcullural
specialties
(018)
General farms.
pnmanly crop
(019)
Livestock, except daiiv, poultry,
(021)
Dairy farms
(024)
Poultry
specialties
(027)
General farms.
Total
Beef cattle,
except feedlots
(0212)
livestock
and animal
POULTRY
(D)
40 24^
20
445
3
5
4 023
132
8 296 544
:
number..
13 800
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Official Business
Penalty for Private Use, S300
COM 202
First Class Mail
Following are changes to appendix C:
Table B. Reliability Estimates for
Number of Farms in a County
Reporting a Complete Count
Item: 1987
Farms
Relalive standard
Number ol 1
rms reporting
68
Reliability Estimates for
Number of Farms in a County
Reporting a Sample Item: 1987
Farms
Relative standa
error ol estima
(percen
d
t)
Number of farms reporting
300
1 5
(NAI
Complete count items i
Table G. New England States Coverage Evaluation Estimates of Farms Not on the Mail List:
1987
I estimates and relatiy
States Corrected i
iiiil 1987
Census of
Agriculture
AC87-A-19
Volume 1
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
Part 19
Maine
state and County Data
Issued April 1989
U.S. Department of Commerce
Robert A. Mosbacher, Secretary
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
C. L. Kincannon, Deputy Director
Charles A. Waite, Associate Director for
Economic Programs
Roger H. Bugenhagen, Assistant Director for
Economic and Agriculture Censuses
Thomas L. Mesenbourg, Chief,
Economic Census Staff
AGRICULTURE DIVISION
Charles P. Pautler, Jr., Chief
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Census of agriculture (1987). Geographic area series.
1987 census of agriculture. Geographic area series.
Includes indexes.
Supt. of Docs, no.: C 3.31/4:987/v.1
1. Agriculture— Economic aspects— United States-
Statistics. 2. Agriculture— Economic aspects— United
States— States— Statistics. 3. Agriculture— Economic
aspects— United States— Territories and possessions
—Statistics. I. United States. Bureau of the Census.
II. Title.
HD1769.C46 1987 338.1 '0973'021 88-600103
For sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
CONTENTS
Page
Introduction VII
Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982 1
FIGURES
1. State Map 2
2. Profile of State's Agriculture: 1987 3
3. Percent of Farms and of Value of Products Sold: 1987 4
4. Farms by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1959 to 1987 4
5. Land Use: 1987 5
6. Selected Crops Harvested: 1987 5
7. Value of Livestock and Poultry Sold: 1987 6
8. Production Expenses: 1987 6
TABLES
CHAPTER 1. State Data
1. Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 7
2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987, 1982, and 1978 9
3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978 10
4. Net Cash Return From Agricultural Sales: 1987 12
5. Government Payments and Other Farm-Related Income: 1987 and 1982 13
6. Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 1987 and 1982 14
7. Land Use and Acres Diverted: 1987, 1982, and 1978 15
8. Land in Farms, Harvested Cropland, and Irrigated Land, by Size of Farm: 1987 and 1982 16
9. Irrigation: 1987, 1982, and 1978 16
10. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1987 and 1982 17
11. Value of Land and Buildings: 1987, 1982, and 1978 18
12. Value of Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1987 and 1982 18
13. Selected Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1987 and 1982 18
14. Petroleum Products Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978 19
15. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1987, 1982, and 1978 19
16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms and Farms Operated by
Black and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 — 20
17. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, and Specified Racial
Groups: 1987 and 1982 21
18. Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1987 23
19. Selected Characteristics of Abnormal Farms: 1987 and 1982 24
20. Livestock and Poultry- Inventory and Sales: 1987, 1982, and 1978 25
21. Poultry- Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 25
22. Broilers and Started Pullets-Sales: 1987 and 1982 26
23. Poultry- Inventory and Sales by Size of Flock: 1987 26
24. Turkeys -Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1987 27
25. Cattle and Calves- Inventory: 1987 and 1982 - 27
26. Cattle and Calves- Sales: 1987 and 1982 - 28
27. Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales by Size of Herd: 1987 — — 28
28. Cattle and Calves- Inventory and Sales by Size of Cow Herd: 1987 — 29
29. Cattle and Calves- Inventory and Sales by Size of Beef Cow Herd: 1987 29
30. Cattle and Calves- Inventory and Sales by Size of Milk Cow Herd: 1987 30
31. Cattle and Calves-Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1987 - 30
32. Hogs and Pigs- Inventory: 1987 and 1982 30
33. Hogs and Pigs-Sales: 1987 and 1982 31
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE CONTENTS III
34. Hogs and Pigs-Litters Farrowed: 1987 and 1982 31
35. Hogs and Pigs— Inventory and Sales by Size of Herd: 1987 31
36. Hogs and Pigs- Inventory and Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1987 32
37. Hogs and Pigs- Inventory, Sales, and Litters by Total Farrowed: 1987 32
38. Sheep and Lambs- Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 32
39. Sheep and Lambs— Inventory and Sales by Size of Flock: 1987 33
40. Sheep and Lambs- Inventory and Sales by Size of Ewe Flock: 1987 33
41. Other Livestock and Livestock Products— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 34
42. Crops Harvested and Value of Production: 1987 and 1982 35
43. Specified Crops Harvested -Yield Per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 1987 35
44. Specified Crops by Acres Harvested: 1987 and 1982 36
45. Specified Fruits and Nuts by Acres: 1987 and 1982 37
46. Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale by Value of Sales: 1 987 and
1982 37
47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 .__ 38
48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987 40
49. Summary by Type of Organization: 1987 49
50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 - 58
51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987 76
52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 94
53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987 _. 112
CHAPTER 2. County Data
1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 130
2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold and Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1987 and
1982 133
3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987 and 1982 139
4. Net Cash Return From Agricultural Sales, Government Payments, Other Farm-Related Income, and
Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 1987 and 1982 142
5. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1987 and 1982 - 145
6. Harvested Cropland by Size of Farm and Acres Harvested: 1987 and 1982 151
7. Irrigation: 1987 and 1982 154
8. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1987 and 1982 157
9. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1987 and 1982 160
10. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1987 and 1982 162
11. Cattle and Calves- Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 168
12. Hogs and Pigs- Inventory, Litters, and Sales: 1987 and 1982 174
13. Sheep and Horses- Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 177
14. Poultry- Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 179
15. Selected Crops: 1987 and 1982 - 182
16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982___ 185
17. Milk Goats- Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 199
18. Angora Goats- Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 *
19. Mink and Their Pelts -Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
20. Colonies of Bees and Honey- Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 199
21. Fish Sales: 1987 and 1982 — 199
22. Miscellaneous Poultry- Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 200
23. Miscellaneous Livestock and Animal Specialties— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982 __ 200
24. Grains-Corn, Sorghum, Wheat, and Other Small Grains: 1987 and 1982 201
25. Cotton, Tobacco, Soybeans, Dry Beans and Peas, Potatoes, Sugar Crops, and Peanuts: 1987 and 1982. 202
26. Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage: 1987 and 1982 202
27. Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982 205
28. Fruits and Nuts: 1987 and 1982 210
29. Berries Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982 212
30. Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale: 1987 and 1982 213
31. Other Crops: 1987 and 1982
32. Farms Operated by Black and Other Races by Value of Sales and Occupation: 1987 and 1982 216
33. Farms Operated by Black and Other Races by Tenure: 1987 and 1982 __ 216
34. Operators by Selected Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 216
35. Operators of Spanish Origin: 1987 and 1982 217
36. Farms With Grazing Permits: 1987 217
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Page
APPENDIXES
A. General Explanation A_1
B. Places With All Cropland in the Conservation Reserve Program B-1
C. Statistical Methodology C-1
D. Report Form and Information Sheet __ Iim'"!!! D-1
Index ... ____ Index 1
Publication Program _ _ Inside back cover
*Not published for this State.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE CONTENTS V
INTRODUCTION
Page
HISTORY VII
USES OF THE CENSUS VII
AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED VII
FARM DEFINITION VII
COMPARABILITY OF DATA VII
TABULAR PRESENTATION VII
ADVANCE REPORTS VIII
ELECTRONIC DATA DISSEMINATION VIII
SPECIAL TABULATIONS VIII
CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES VIM
INVENTORIES, PRODUCTION, AND SALES DATA VIII
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS VIM
fifth year after 1983 covering the prior year. The 1987
census includes each State, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the
Virgin Island of the United States. A census of agriculture
will be conducted in American Samoa and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in conjunction with
the 1990 Census of Population and Housing.
FARM DEFINITION
HISTORY
The 1 987 Census of Agriculture is the 23d taken by the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The
first agriculture census was taken in 1840 as part of the
sixth decennial census of population. From 1840 to 1950,
an agriculture census was taken as part of the decennial
census. A separate mid-decade census of agriculture was
conducted in 1925, 1935, and 1945. From 1954 to 1974, a
census of agriculture was taken for the years ending in 4
and 9. In 1976, Congress authorized the census of agri-
culture to be taken for 1978 and 1982 to adjust the data
reference year so that it coincided with the economic
censuses covering manufacturing, mining, construction,
retail trade, wholesale trade, service industries, and selected
transportation activities. This adjustment in timing estab-
lished the agriculture census on a 5-year cycle collecting
data for years ending in 2 and 7.
USES OF THE CENSUS
The census of agriculture is the leading source of
statistics about the Nation's agricultural production and the
only source of consistent, comparable data at the county.
State, and national levels. Census statistics are used by
Congress in developing and changing farm programs and
for determining the effects of these programs. Many
national and State programs are designed or allocated on
the basis of census data, such as funds for extension
sen/ices, research, and soil conservation projects. Private
industry uses census statistics to provide a more effective
production and distribution system for the agricultural
community.
AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED
The census of agriculture is required by law under Title
13, United States Code, sections 142(a) and 191, which
directs that a census be taken in 1979, 1983, and in every
Since 1850, when minimum criteria defining a farm for
census purposes first were established, the farm definition
has been changed nine times. The current definition, first
used for the 1974 census, is any place from which $1,000
or more of agricultural products were produced and sold or
normally would have been sold during the census year.
The farm definition used for the outlying areas varies
according to area. The report for each area includes a
discussion of the farm definition.
COMPARABILITY OF DATA
Data on acreages and inventories for 1987 and 1982
are generally comparable. Dollar figures shown for expenses
and agricultural product sales are expressed in current
dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation or defla-
tion. In general, data for censuses since 1 974 are not fully
comparable with data for 1 969 and earlier censuses due to
changes in the farm definition.
The 1978 U.S., region, and State data shown in the
1978 Census of Agriculture publications included data for
farms on the mail list plus estimates from an area sample
for farms not on the mail list. For comparability, the 1 978
data in the 1987 publications include only farms on the
mail list.
TABULAR PRESENTATION
State data— Tables 1 through 47 in chapter 1 show
detailed State-level data usually accompanied by historical
data for one or more past censuses. Tables 48 through 53
provide 1987 State data cross-tabulated by various farm
classifications.
County data— Chapter 2 presents selected data items
by county. Tables 1 through 16 include general data for all
counties. The counties are listed in alphabetical order in
the column headings. Tables 17 through 36 include only
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
INTRODUCTION VII
counties reporting the data item. Counties not having the
item, or with a limited number of farms reporting the item,
have data combined and presented as "all other counties."
ADVANCE REPORTS
Advance reports of 1987 census data have been pub-
lished separately for each county with 1 0 farms or more,
each State, and the United States. This series provided, at
the earliest possible date, final data on major data items
together with comparable final data from the 1982 census.
Data items are standard across States except information
on selected crops harvested, which vary by State accord-
ing to their relative importance in the State.
ELECTRONIC DATA DISSEMINATION
The volume 1 data are available on computer tapes and
compact disc. The advance report data are available on
computer tapes, computer diskettes, and through elec-
tronic data services such as the AG R I DATA network, the
CENDATA package on Dialog, CompuServe on-line ser-
vices, and the Census Bureau's State Data Center Bulletin
Board. Computer tapes, diskettes, and compact discs are
sold by the Customer Services Branch, Data User Services
Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233
(telephone (301) 763-4100).
SPECIAL TABULATIONS
Custom designed tabulations can be developed to
individual user specifications on a programming cost reim-
bursable basis. Inquiries about special tabulations should
be directed to the Chief, Agriculture Division, Bureau of the
Census, Washington, D.C. 20233.
CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES
In keeping with the provisions of Title 13, United States
Code, no data are published that would disclose the
operations of an individual farm. However, the number of
farms in a given size category or other classification, such
as size of farm, is not considered a release of confidential
information and is provided even though other information
is withheld.
INVENTORIES, PRODUCTION, AND SALES
DATA
Inventories of livestock, poultry, and machinery and
equipment are measured as of December 31 of the census
year. Crop and livestock production, sales, and expense
data are for the calendar year, except for a few crops (such
as citrus) for which the production year overlaps the
calendar year.
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
The following abbreviations and symbols are used through-
out the tables:
Represents zero.
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual
farms.
(IC) Independent city.
(NA) Not available.
(S) Withheld because estimate did not meet pub-
lication standards on the basis of either the
response rate (associated relative standard
error) or a consistency review.
(X) Not applicable.
(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
cwt Hundredweight.
sq ft Square feet.
VIM INTRODUCTION
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1987 and 1982
[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustrDent for price cfianges. For meaning of abbreviations and sym
Average size of farm__-
Value of land and buitdingsV
Average per farm
Average per acre
180 to 499 acres.
Harvested cropland .
Imgated land
/larket value of agricultural products sold $1,000,
Average per farm dollars.
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops _ $1,000.
Grains $1,000.
Cotton and cottonseed _ $1,000.
Tobacco $1,000.
Vegetables, sweet com. and melons
Fmits. nuts, and bemes
Nursery and greenhouse crops _
Other crops
Livestock, poultry, and their products $1.000.,
Poultry and poultry products __ $1,000.
Dairy products $1.000.,
Cattle and calves $1.000.,
Hogs and pigs $1.000.,
Sheep, lambs, and wool $1.000.,
Other livestock and livestock products {see text) $1.000.,
Farms by type of organization:
Individual or family (sole proprietorship)
Partnership
Corporation
Other— cooperative, estate or trust,
Operators by principal occupation:
Other ..;;i;i;;;i;;;;i;;;;i;i;
Operators by days worked off farm:
"200 c
Average age of operator
Total farm production expenses'
Selected farm production expenses'
Livestock and poultry purchased .
Feed for livestock and poultry ...
Commercial fertilizer^ .
Agricultural chemicals^ .
Petroleum products
Hired farm tabor
Hogs and pigs
Chickens 3 months old (
Irish potatoes
Hay-alfalfa, other
lame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. (see
acres.
acres-
Larid in orchards .
acres.
... farms.
7 255
8 221
30 660
21 876
94 386
16 437
12 827
51 613
15 455
2 637
119 475
1 139
2 824
2 018
256 578
136 645
95 354
15 231
'Data are based on a sample of farms,
2Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications,
'Data for 1 982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
MAINE 1
Figure 1. State Map
MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
2 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Figure 2. Profile of state's Agriculture: 1987
1 to 49 acres
50 to 179 acres
180 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres ^ 1 7
2,000 acres or more
|o.
Farms by size
Less than $2,500
$2,500 to $9,999 [
$10,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $99,999 [
$100,000 to $249,999
$250,000 or more
Jl8f
3^^
Farms by value of
products sold
Less than $40,000 t
$40,000 to $99,999 [
$100,000 to $499,999 [
$500,000 to $999,999 j | 6 2
$1,000,000 or more [,,122
3
3 54.2
Farms by value of
land and buildings
Other I 0.4
Corporation ^^ 4.8
Partnership p^-^'j 5 g
Individual or family '
Full owner 1
Part owner \J
Tenant ^43
Farms by type of
organization
„.l,i^..,^...xa.:Saj 67.2 Operators by tenure
None
1 to 99 days [^^^
100 to 199 days
200 days or more ^f>Jf§-
Not reported \/ ] 5 ,
Operators woricing
off farm
Farming [
Other W^JCi.^k
Operators by
principal occupation
40 50 60
Percent of farms
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
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Figure 3. Percent of Farms and of Value of Products Sold: 1987
Value of sales
Less than $10,000
$10,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $249,999
$250,000 to $499,999
$500,000 or more
Figure 4. Farms by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1959 to 1987
(Thousands)
1959
1964
$100,000 or more
$40,000 to $99,999
$10,000 to $39,999
1 Less than $10,000
1974 1978
Census year
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Figures. Land Use: 1987
Other land
7.3%
Pastureland and .
rangeland
2.7%
Woodland
45.9%
Land use
Total acres =1,342,588
Cropland
other cropland— cover, crops failed, y^
and summer fallow
7.1% /
Cropland idle
8.8% ^
Cropland pastured
14.8%
Cropland
44.1%
Cropland harvested -
69.4%
Figures. Selected Crops Harvested: 1987
(Thousands of acres)
240
150
Hay— all
types
Irish potatoes vjais lur gran
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Figure 7. Value Of Livestock and Poultry Sold: 1987
State total = $247,656,000
All other livestock
6.1%
Cattle and calves
6.2%
Poultry and poultry products
51.9%
Figures. Production Expenses: 1987
j"^'
56.6
vestock purchased
21.9
Feed purchased
Fertilizer/
Chemicals/Seeds
-^
94.4
1
Energy cost
or— Hired/Contract
; 20.4
Interest expense
155
Other
1
H'-
60
Millions of dollars
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Table 1. Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Land in "(arms
Average size of farm.
lue of land and buildings':
Average per farm
Average per acre
Estimated market value c
all machinery and
equipment'
Average per farm__.
180 to 499 acres.
Total cropland
(Market value of agncullural
products sold^ $1.000_.
Average per farm dollars..
Crops, including nursery
and greenhouse crops _. $1,000..
Livestock, poultry, and
their products $1,000..
Farms by value of sales^:
Less than $2,500
$2,500 to $4,999
$10,000 to $24,999" .
$25,000 to $49,9995 .
$50,000 to $99,999 ..
$100,000 to $499,999
$500,000 or more ...
Other-cooperative,
estate or tnjsL
institutional, etc
Operators by days worked
200 days or more
Operators by principal
occupation^:
Other .
Average age of operator*.
purchased
Feed for livestock ani
poultry
Commercial fertilizer'
Petroleum products..
Hired farm tabor
Interest expense"....
Aghcultural chemicals
Cattle and calves
Hogs and pigs inventory.
Hogs and pigs sold
chickens sold farms.
See footnotes at end of table.
2 275
3 653
2 253
94 386
16 437
12 827
51 613
15 455
2 609
3 932
2 467
13 242
1 784
57 173
2 867
497
56 633
2 796
7 788
409
9 565
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
641 940
5 631
449 901
132 582
224 145
2 458
2 743
1 579
22 851
115 882
18 968
9 266
31 435
(NA)
64 457 259
7 253
706 769
6 519
457 935
63 894
132 772
P!
(NA)
4 315
2 219
7 350
288
9 257
59 906 919
255 931
19 878
138 268
9 501
6 098
22 218
(NA)
59 018 598
8 208
1 714
2 099
50 730
(NA)
5 584
21 735
24 646
858
24 130
28 427
1 379
20 490
5 773
480 993
10 074
3 556 980
1 102
863 080
863
23 828 960
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Table 1. Historical Higlilights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
Selected crops fiarvested;
Corn for gram or seed farms..
Oats for grain farms..
busfiels..
Insh potatoes farms..
acres..
Hay -alfalfa, other tame,
small gram. wild, grass
silage, green cfiop, etc.
(see text) farms.
tons. dry..
Vegetables tiarwested lor
A 290
341 490
414 555
24 933 225
4 124
236 567
367 396
2 463
51 611
2 350 822
5 816
133 348
31 969 052
4 041
206 162
333 701
17 150
3 997
74 779
2 429 555
9 223
130 303
28 272 401
513 188
601 128
'Data
2Data
JData
■"Data
'Data
'Data
'Data
'Data
»Data
'"Data
I value of forest products sold.
based on a sample of
974 and prior years ir
982 and pnor years e
959 are for $10,000 or more
954 are for $25,000 or more.
974 apply only to Individual or family operations (sole proprietorsliip) «nc
987 include cost of custom applications; data for agricultural cfiemicals i
982 do not include imputation
964 and prior years i '
1974 were from land
i for chickens i
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
Table 2.
[For meaning c
Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987, 1982, and 1978
I symbols, see introductory text]
Percent of total i
Total sales (see text) farms.
$1,000.
Average per farm dollars.
Value of sales':
Less than $1,000 (see text) farms.
$1,000.
$1,000 to $2,499 _ _ farms.
$1,000.
$2,500 to $4.999 I
$
$5,000 to $9,999 I
$1,000.
$10,000 to $19.999 I
$1,000.
$20,000 to $24.999 farms.
$1,000.
$25,000 to $39,999 _ farms.
$1 ,000.
$40,000 to $49,999 I
$1,000.
$50,000 to $99,999 _ farms.
$1,000.
$100,000 to $249.999 farms.
$1,000.
$250,000 to $499.999 I
$1,000.
$500,000 to $999.999= I
$1,000.
$1,000,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Sales by commodity or commodity group:
Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse crops farms.
$1,000.
Grains — farms.
$1,000.
Com for grain farms.
$1,000.
Wheat farms.
$1,000.
Soybeans I
$1,000.
Sorghum for grain I
$1,000.
Barley farms.
$1,000.
Oats - I
$1,000.
other grains' - - farms.
$1,000.
Cotton and cottonseed farms.
$1,000.
Tobacco farms.
$1,000.
Hay. silage, and field seeds __ f
$1,000.
Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons 1
$1,000.
Fruits, nuts, and berries farms.
$1,000.
Nursery and greenhouse crops farms,
$1,000.
Other crops farms.
$1,000.
Livestock, poultry, and their products — farms.
$1,000.
Poultry and poultry products farms.
$1,000.
Dairy products farms.
$1,000.
Cattle and calves-.- farms.
$1,000.
Hogs and pigs farms.
$1,000.
Sheep, lambs, and wool -.- farms.
$1,000.
43 894
26
121 376
128 641
949
88 672
135 645
1 265
95 354
'Data for 1982 and 1978 exclude abnormal farms.
2Data for 1982 and 1978 are for $500,000 or more
'Data for 1 982 include barley
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978
[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text- For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory \ex\ ]
1987
1982
Item
Farms
Expenses
($1,000)
1978
6 266
'^
2 317
1 257
961
536
586
401
150
58
1 742
857
475
150
Vs
3 197
(X)
(X)
1 286
838
209
389
226
95
33
121
2 044
(X)
(X)
700
442
195
353
151
68
135
2 525
iS
1 206
299
543
212
138
26
101
3 252
1 Oil
584
856
317
349
35
63
28
9
2 821
(X)
(X)
1 083
354
789
288
225
50
32
5 857
'^
1 759
417
160
24
6
8
(X)
324 276
51 752
6 272
8 866
15 345
19 247
41 889
63 892
50 247
118 517
(X)
21 876
6.7
284
1 000
1 039
1 962
2 176
1 813
10 109
(X)
94 386
29.1
541
1 650
1 445
6 426
7 649
5 943
2 921
67 811
63 160
19.5
261
1 013
1 295
5 755
5 114
4 246
45 477
(X)
10 684
3.3
220
204
1 148
1 941
575
5 153
(X)
16 437
5.1
189
1 955
2 201
5 354
923
2 419
1 766
1 233
11 9?^
3.7
180
240
1 820
1 974
1 627
2 917
12 827
4.0
1 189
3 775
2 926
2 319
772
265
1 581
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
]
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
InX!
(NA)
(NA)
H
2 196
(NA)
1 175
567
143
232
79
4 051
100 879
(NA)
1 766
276
855
221
2 471
92 580
(NA)
791
529
190
661
300
2 585
9 218
(NA)
1 197
298
611
92
3 344
18 719
(NA)
1 193
378
884
332
427
130
2 704
9 865
(NA)
1 204
314
651
258
277
6 889
18 739
(NA)
4 252
1 646
599
358
34
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Average per farm
Farms with expenses of-
$1000
dollars
$5 000 to $9 999
$10,000 to $24.999
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
2 659
farms
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1.000..
34 845
(NA)
1 308
$1 000 to $4 999
586
i 591
$50,000 to $99,999 ._._
{ :
Feed for livestock and poultry
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
farms..
$1,000..
percent of total-.
4 113
140 499
(NA)
1 848
$10 000 to $24 999'
r 1 431
1
i :
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999 -
$1 000 to $4 999
$1.000..
percent of total..
118 360
(NA)
762
322
273
1 296
$25 000 to $49 999
$50 000 to $79 999
-
Seeds, bulbs, plants and trees
Farms with expenses of -
farms..
$1.000..
percent of total..
3 544
8 219
(NA)
$500 to $999
415
$10 000 to $19 999
famis
4 110
Farms with expenses of-
$1.000..
percent of total..
17 456
(NA)
566
$5 000 to $9 999
486
$10 000 to $24 999'
{ 548
$50 000 to $99 999
-\
Agricultural chemicals' -
.- farms..
$1.000..
percent of total..
A 090
8 603
(NA)
2 041
$5 000 to $9 999
244
Petroleum products —
-- farms..
$1,000..
percent of total-
6 738
13 885
(NA)
4 100
i -?
$25 000 to $39 999
i :
$50,000 or more ._
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Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978-Con.
(Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
1987
1982
Item
Farms
Expenses
(il.OOO)
1978
Total farm production expenses-Con.
Electricity - - farms-
$1.000..
percent of total..
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $499
4 574
(X)
(X)
499
678
183
62
12
1 105
817
371
396
223
110
29
57
906
(X)
(X)
386
347
92
56
10
15
5 381
(X)
(X)
2 265
2 065
556
391
76
28
1 444
(X)
(X)
870
430
92
35
12
5
2 753
S!
S95
1 141
377
11
19
8
2 032
1 445
1 287
!S
475
160
463
52
7
6 064
ss
1 039
1 617
3 039
240
115
(X)
7 596
447
470
674
2 101
1 224
819
1 860
5ji?
15.9
391
1 899
2 704
6 260
7 537
6 816
2 523
23 481
(X)
4 978
1.5
131
832
643
849
326
2 198
(X)
19 687
6.1
889
4 410
3 790
5 606
2 432
2 560
(X)
3 052
.9
320
959
604
476
368
325
4.8
2??i
2 585
3 867
1 842
1 230
2 795
11 312
4 143
(X)
3 845
1.2
103
107
1 077
329
665
(X)
11 460
3.5
274
1 148
5 978
1 566
1 503
991
4 671
7 001
(NA)
2 422
654
675
703
}
3 356
44 906
(NA)
927
1 117
388
}
}
428
3 436
(NA)
186
151
} *•
(NA)
(NA)
s
(NA)
(NA)
1 498
2 416
(NA)
1 083
323
61
}
2 826
18 511
(NA)
821
1 033
453
519
«
s
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
s
(NA)
4 913
5 000
(NA)
2 804
$2 000 to $4 999
415
3 946
$1,000..
percent of total..
Famis with expenses of-
$1 to $999
39 420
(NA)
1 332
1 287
$5,000 to $9,999
$10 000 to $24 999'
517
$25 000 to $49 999
-\
1
Contract labor farms..
$1,000..
percent of total..
Farms with expenses of-
629
2 449
(NA)
$5 000 to $9 999
93
$10 000 to $24 999
$1,000..
percent of total..
Farms with expenses of-
PI
$5 000 to $9 999
$10 000 to $24 999
CustomworK, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment' farms..
$1,000_.
percent of total—
Farms with expenses ol-
1 907
1 738
(NA)
$5 000 to $9 999
41
$10 000 to $24 999
Interest* farms..
$1.000..
percent of total..
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999..
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
fcSi
$5 000 to $9 999
$10 000 to $24 999
(NA)
$100 000 or more
Interest paid on debt:
Z\
$1,000..
percent of total..
Farms with expenses of-
ti
$500 to $999
$1 000 to $4 999
(NA)
$25,000 to $49,999
$50 000 or more
""" """$1 ooo:;
percent of toUI..
$1 to $499.'!
(NA)
(NA
$1,000 to $4 999
(N/
$5 000 to $9 999
$25,000 or more _
(NA
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978-Con.
(Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols
see introductory text]
1987
1982
Item
Farms
^IT.ooo1
1978
Total farm production expenses -Con.
5 630
(X)
(X)
2 642
1 870
434
397
166
82
39
(X)
38 383
11.8
1 027
4 074
2 957
6 297
5 588
5 429
13 012
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
s
(NA)
(NA)
Farms with expenses of-
$1.000..
(NA)
V{ nnn^^sVgqg
(NA)
(NA)
$100,000 or more -
(NA)
'Data lor 1978 are tor $10,000 or
'Data for 1987 include cost of cus
3Data for 1987 exclude cost of custom applications for commercial fertitaer and agricultural cftemicals
•Data tot 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse.
lime for 1987 and 1982.
Table 4. Net Cash Return From Agricultural Sales: 1987
[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Average per farm
■arms witfi net gains^ _—
Average per farm.-.
Gain of-
Less than $1.000. . .
$1,000 to $4,999...
$5,000 to $9,999 ...
$10,000 to $24,999.
$25,000 to $49,999 .
$50,000 or more ...
Farms with net losses .
Average per farm .
$10,000 t
$25,000 t
$50,000 <
6 266
74 252
11 850
3 354
18 521
5 522
2 559
83 808
32 750
3 707
-9 556
-2 578
'Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold are included as farms v
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Table 5. Government Payments and Other Farm-Related Income: 1987 and 1982
> and symbols, see introductory t
> with sales of $10,000 or more
Government payments __ 1987
Average per farm^ 1987.
Farms witti receipts of —
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Amount received in cash 1987.
Value of certificates received 1987.
Other farm-related income, gross before taxes and expenses^ 1987.
Average per farm' 1987.
Farms with receipts of —
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Customwork and other agricultural services^ 1987.
1982.
Average per farm' 1987.
1982.
1987 farms with receipts of —
$1 to $999 _
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999 _
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Rental of farmland.. ,. 1987.
Average per farm' 1987.
Farms with receipts of—
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4.999
$5,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Sales of forest products and Christmas trees.. 1987.
Average per farm' 1987.
Farms with receipts of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4.999
$5,000 to $9.999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more _
Other farm-related income sources 1987.
Average per farm' 1987.
Farms with receipts of—
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 10 $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
'Data are in whole dollars.
^Dala are based on a sample of farms.
^Data for 1987 are based on a sample of farms: data for 1982
I abnormals from farms v
1 sales of $10,000 or r
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 6.
[For meaning
Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 1987 and 1982
I symbols, see introductory text)
Total —
Average per farm' _
Farms with loans of —
$1 to $999 --
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9,999-
$10,000 to $19,999
$20,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more _.
Corn
Average per farm'
Farms vnth loans of-
$1 to $999 --
$1,000 to $9,999—
$10,000 to $24,999_
$25,000 or more
Wheat
Average per farm'... ,-
Farms with loans of —
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999----
$25,000 or more
Soybeans --- ._
Average per farm'
Farms with loans of—
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Sorghum, barley, and oats
Average per farm'
Farms with loans of-
$1 to $999 —
$1,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Cotton
Average per farm'
Farms with loans of —
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24.999
$25,000 or more
Peanuts, rye, nee. tobacco, and honey
Average per farm'
Farms with loans of —
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $9.999
$10,000 to $24.999
$25,000 or more
'Data are in whole dollars.
T^
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Table 7. Land Use and Acres Diverted: 1987, 1982, and 1978
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory tesrt]
Percent of total In 1987
Cropland used o
Ottier cropland .
r pasture or grazing farms-.
l-improvement grasses, i
Cropland on wtiicti all crops failed.
Woodland not pastured .
Pastureland and rangeland other ttian cropland £
Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc
Consen/ation resen/e program .
592 309
5 486
410 891
35 903
3 849
98 596
2 970
86 726
1 867
5 461
707 404
1 298
77 478
5 012
629 926
2 842
90 587
2 227
96 740
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
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Table 8.
Land in Farms, Harvested Cropland, and Irrigated Land, by Size of Farm: 1987
and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Farms
Land in farms
(acres)
Hareesled cropland
(acres)
Irrigated land
(acres)
1987
1982
1987
1982
1987
1982
1987
1982
d
6 269
419
1 029
515
564
812
562
409
321
1 028
106
30
2
5 486
240
766
440
503
726
518
387
999
464
104
30
2
82
72
31
33
20
18
30
17
7
5
7 003
379
1 139
573
890
669
517
373
1 128
505
108
30
3
6 138
201
853
480
603
812
620
490
363
1 086
496
104
3
200
29
50
15
19
8
10
22
8
10
6
1
1 342 588
1 706
27 974
29 599
46 380
93 204
87 913
80 649
76 467
362 664
310 704
137 583
87 745
(D)
1 283 973
1 013
21 728
25 300
41 492
83 477
81 096
76 247
73 608
353 039
304 645
134 583
87 745
(D)
68 548
275
1 863
1 837
2 536
3 847
2 212
4 268
10 278
12 993
9 249
16 091
1 468 674
1 376
31 793
33 015
56 889
101 774
105 044
102 172
88 713
394 666
329 717
136 442
87 073
19 073
1 398 887
768
24 171
27 728
49 512
92 943
97 418
96 840
86 302
380 492
323 741
131 899
87 073
19 073
55 206
132
502
2 206
2 108
1 564
5 335
13 188
17 512
(D)
410 891
582
9 382
13 402
27 861
23 646
23 740
23 297
115 118
91 222
44 354
29 048
(D)
410 891
9 239
9 382
13 402
27 861
23 646
23 740
23 297
115 118
91 222
44 354
29 048
(D)
20 176
132
386
326
672
751
556
1 061
3 145
3 253
3 362
6 150
457 076
445
10 179
9 721
17 120
30 367
29 990
32 079
28 410
127 777
102 506
43 248
25 234
7 575
457 076
445
10 179
9 721
17 120
30 367
29 990
32 079
28 410
127 777
102 506
43 248
25 234
7 575
20 760
58
308
173
208
600
768
470
635
3 461
2 351
5 604
6 124
(D)
6 065
112
180
151
362
396
88
249
1 242
1 163
1 101
895
6 028
112
175
151
126
330
396
88
249
1 242
1 101
895
6 065
112
ISO
151
126
362
396
88
249
1 242
1 163
1 101
895
5 831
Farms by size:
50 to 69 acres
85
140 to 179 acres
150
180 to 219 acres
103
500 to 999 acres
621
5,000 acres or more -..
Farms with harvested cropland
1 to 9 acres
(D)
5 831
45
208
100 to 139 acres
243
140 to 179 acres
150
260 to 499 acres
197
1 530
500 to 999 acres
1 000 to 1 999 acres
621
1 186
2 000 acres or more
1 375
5,000 acres or more
(D)
5 831
50 to 69 acres
88
70 to 99 acres
140 to 179 acres
150
103
500 to 999 acres
621
2,000 acres or more
1 375
S.OOO acres or more
(D)
Table 9. Irrigation: 1987, 1982, and 1978
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Farms with irrigation
Imgated land-Con.
Acres irrigated— Con.
200 to 499 acres farms.
acres.
500 to 999 acres farms.
acres
1.000 acres or more farms.
acres.
Irrigated land use:
Harvested cropland farms.
Pastureland and other land farms.
Land in imgated farms acres.
Cropland acres.
cropland acres.
Proportion of farms _
Irrigated land
Average per farm_„
Acres irrigated:
1 to 9 acres
10 to 49 acres
50 to 99 acres
68 548
28 423
20 176
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Table 10. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Characteristics
Irrigated farms
Nonirrigated farms
Land in farms acres
Value of land and buildings':
Average per farm dollars.
Average per acre dollars,
Irngated land acres.
Land in farms according to use:
Total cropland farms.
acres.
Han/ested cropland farms.
acres.
Pastureland, excluding woodland pastured farms.
Land set aside in federal farm programs farms.
acres
Owned and rented land in farms:
Owned land in farms farms.
Rented or leased land in farms _ farms.
Market value of agricultural products sold — $1,000.
Average per farm dollars.
Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse crops _. farms.
$1,000
Livestock, poultry, and their products farms.
$1,000
Total farm production expenses' — $1,000
Average per farm dollars
Livestock and poultry purchased _. farms.
$1,000.
Feed for livestock and poultry farms.
$1,000.
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.
$1,000.
Commercial fertilizer^ -__ farms.
$1,000.
Agricultural chemicals^ farms.
$1,000.
Petroleum products _ farms.
$1,000.
Electricity farms.
$1,000.
Hired farm labor _. farms.
$1,000.
Contract labor farms.
$1,000.
Repairs and maintenance farms.
$1,000.
Customwork. machine hire, and rental of machinery
and equipments __ farms.
$1,000.
Interest" farms.
$1,000.
Cash rent paid for land and buildings — farms.
$1,000.
Property taxes paid farms.
$1,000.
All other farm production expenses -. farms.
$1,000.
Commodity Credit Corporation loans farms.
$1,000.
Government payments received ._ farms.
$1,000.
Other farm-related income' farms.
$1,000.
Estimated market value of all machinery and
equipment' farms.
$1,000.
Average per farm dollars.
Inventory of livestock:
Cattle and calves — farms.
Milk cows___ farms
Hogs and pigs farms
number
Sheep and lambs _._ farms
5 919
592 309
6 591
610 691
5 486
6 13b
410 891
457 076
3 292
3 680
123 390
133 857
228
(NA)
(NA)
5 997
(NA)
148 150
2 058
2 226
194 438
196 236
405 484
399 412
64 681
57 034
3 822
3 873
157 828
142 834
3 301
4 028
247 656
256 578
324 276
(NA)
51 752
(NA)
1 742
2 196
21 876
20 717
4 051
2 525
2 585
10 684
9 218
3 344
16 437
18 719
2 704
5 857
6 889
12 827
18 739
4 574
4 671
7 001
3 108
51 613
44 906
906
428
4 978
3 436
5 381
(NA)
19 687
(NA)
1 444
1 498
3 052
2 416
15 455
18 511
1 287
(NA)
3 845
(NA)
6 064
(NA)
11 460
(NA)
5 630
(NA)
38 383
(NA)
8 999
559
15 606
6 974
236 527
33 916
68 548
274 510
55 206
292 309
(NA)
(D)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
173
9 137
22
787
22 784
13 919
6 403
35 183
192
21 520
45
1 264
179
6 375
17
28
129 361
3 234
247 029
IB 004
1 323
2 677
2 532
13 823
1 210
3 218
5 732
10 576
5 286
34 147
5 905
217 349
36 808
'Data are based on a sample of farms.
2Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications
^Data for 1 987 exclude cost of custom applications
'Data tor 1 982 do not include imputation lor
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Table 11. Value of Land and Buildings: 1987, 1982, and 1978
IData are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
gs
„,
1982
Value of land and buildi
Farms
Value
($1,000)
1978
(arms..
.5K;:
6 266
(X)
652
773
916
998
699
1 699
389
119
16
5
(X)
1 320 729
210 777
962
13 827
41 129
75 647
115 600
114 278
479 696
242 349
147 352
42 206
48 645
7 003
1 053 861
150 487
708
998
1 404
1 133
1 311
775
1 108
225
}
6 775
799 631
Farms by value group:
$70 000 to $99 999
1 095
1 163
573
Table 12. Value of Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1987 and 1982
[Data are based on a sample of farms: see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory i
1987
1982
Value of machinery and equipment
Farms
value
($1,000)
Farms
Value
($1,000)
6 264
(X)
lO?
1 301
967
801
538
in
183
7
240 068
38 325
1 445
8 196
17 547
21 982
29 249
29 413
46 864
46 603
11 368
6 974
691
1 862
1 328
881
785
464
337
459
156
}
236 527
Average per farm'
%^IV'^,T
33 916
$5,000 to $9,999
12 677
17 471
19 878
25 612
$100 000 to $199 999
37 737
8 666
Table 13. Selected Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1987 and 1982
[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ]
1987
1982
Selected macfiinery and equipment
Total
1983 10 1987
prior to 1983
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
1978 to 1982
fvlotortrucks. including pickups
5 537
1 880
852
5 597
2 576
1 285
3 805
3 549
471
2 152
2 708
12 236
5 181
14 260
5 983
6 541
6 201
8 059
540
2 326
2 925
2 102
211
26
1 050
168
46
545
583
38
538
424
2 459
467
127
1 403
367
200
655
748
564
432
4 580
1 399
697
5 181
2 384
1 143
3 389
3 339
438
1 652
2 352
9 777
3 198
4 095
12 857
5 536
5 667
5 546
7 311
1 762
2 493
5 784
1 940
808
5 955
288
2 128
2 890
12 231
4 398
4 797
13 569
6 918
4 523
(NA)
(NA)
320
3 047
2 525
560
165
1 821
2 or 3
701
94
(NA)
(NA)
45
656
552
'Data for 1982 include self-propelled only.
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Table 14 Petroleum Products Expenses: 1987, 1982, and 1978
[Data are based on a sample of terms; see text
For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
1982
Item
Farms
Expenses
(il.OOO)
1978
5 857
S!
5 232
2 SSO
976
172
49
8
3 268
1 799
517
Ji?
124
40
3
87
i?)
9
34
16
3
4 128
(X)
(X)
1 649
1 678
403
V^2
32
16
(X)
12 827
2 190
(X)
6 421
1 227
465
653
978
712
584
4 2?]
1 301
300
345
566
1 068
824
554
593
I'o^^
1 212
8
13
(?.1
ss
2 0'i2
496
76
355
261
270
365
184
538
6 889
18 739
2 720
6 435
9 200
1 430
3 477
907
659
980
295
}
3 220
5 401
1 677
1 581
426
404
570
164
}
52
8f4
15
12
4%1
(NA)
(NA
(NA
'^
(NA)
6 738
$1.000_.
dollars—
2 061
$1.000..
dollars
1 022
Farms with expenses ot-
3 543
767
49
2 643
$1,000..
dollars__
1 070
Farms with expenses of-
1 433
270
49
Avera e er farm
$1.000..
dollars
367
Farms witti expenses of-
7
LP gas. fuel oil. kerosene, motor oil. grease.
(NA)
$1.000..
(NA)
Farms with expenses o(-
(NA)
(NA)
$500 to $999
(NA)
SKJ!
%%
$10,000 or more
Table 15. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1987, 1982,
and 1978
[Data are based on a sample
of farms: see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text I
Chemicals used
1987
1982
1978
Chemicals used
1987
1982
1978
Any chemicals, fertilizer, or linr
farms
3 896
3 252
246 899
16 437
1 220
59 021
64 204
843
122
67
2 821
11 996
3 912
3 344
252 282
18 719
1 510
1 058
229
152
58
10
3
2 704
9 865
4 732
4 110
275 065
17 456
2 119
87 395
98 267
1 540
311
193
60
13
2
4 090
8 603
Any chemicals. ferMllzer. or lime
used-Con.
Sprays, dusts, granules,
fumigants. etc.. to control -
Insects on hay and other
<='°P=- acr^-c^'whtehS-
1 728
129 050
8 314
1 079
72 535
138 262
562
53 000
1 948
139 550
150
8 800
1 094
80 281
1 690
145 312
565
53 611
Commercial fertilizer'
acres on
farms..
which used..
$1.000..
1 878
135 617
acres on
Farms by tons used:
which used..
acres on which used..
Diseases in crops and
orchards farms..
acres on which used..
Weeds, grass, or brush in
9 697
1 279
95 176
50 to 99 tons
acres on which used..
Chemicals used for defoliation
or for growth control of wops
or thinnina of fruit .farms..
500 to 999 tons
1 000 tons or more
694
Agncutua c e cas .. .
$1.000..
^ acres on which used..
'Data for 1987 include c
f custom applications; data for agricultural chemicals exclude the cost of lime for 1987 and 1982.
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Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms
and Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms
Farms operated by Black and other races'
1987
1982
1978
1987
1982
1978
Tenure of operator.
All operators .—
... farms..
acres. -
... farms..
farms"
6 269
1 342 588
5 486
410 891
4 211
712 238
3 516
149 468
1 786
595 137
1 716
243 734
272
35 213
254
17 689
4.3
5 276
654
339
3 220
3 049
nil
436
240
287
437
2 253
341
267
402
1 039
3 680
18.8
881
53
611
1 469
763
757
760
622
566
668
51.7
.Jill
564
16
4 676
4 300
1 963
5 594
1 059 102
350
110 356
300
158 330
i
143 827
(D)
18
(D)
25
14 800
7 003
1 468 674
6 138
457 076
4 778
844 527
4 023
191 874
t 931
590 661
1 852
247 014
294
33 486
18 188
4.2
5 762
650
591
3 644
3 359
2 609
3 932
501
229
286
449
2 467
462
361
620
1 300
3 546
17,2
1 176
96
873
1 741
]- 1 701
}
y 1 087
498
6 468
1 395 656
535
73 018
10
3 104
(NA)
(NA)
1 180 862
384
122 912
272
150 650
3
4 843
239
129 683
7
8 770
23
7 354
30
14 250
6 775
1 500 390
6 064
463 029
4 553
840 719
3 900
193 004
1 943
627 531
1 910
253 931
279
32 140
254
16 094
5 558
583
3 908
2 867
2 842
3 659
568
293
284
399
2 115
274
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
87
900
1 537
1 738
1 515
998
49.7
6 343
1 434 894
432
65 496
13
3 582
(NA)
(NA)
6 078
1 212 357
426
134 882
244
142 881
5 597
221
129 231
1
(D)
27
10 270
20
4 343
15
1 901
(D)
10
(D)
2
(D)
2
(D)
3
2 200
3
1 200
15.0
15
17
3
9
3
3
5
13.4
5
3
2
i t
{ I
50.3
4 137
3
206
3
409
6
16
2 068
1
(0)
2
(D)
(D)
1 894
401
1 894
401
10
7
6
6
17.1
2
3
]- 5
} ^
52.5
<o1
2
(D)
(NA)
(NA)
10
(D)
(D)
(D)
15
5 002
15
1 619
12
acres-
3 951
1 064
farms
1 051
3
555
acres.,
farms
-
Percent of tenancy -. -
Operators by place of residence:
acres-
11
2
2
Operators by principal occupation:
a3^--- - : :::":
Operators by days of work off farm:
5
8
2
3
Operators by years on present farm:
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Operators by age group:
5
3
60 to 64 years
3
52.0
Operators by sex:
11
Female
farms
402
farms
(D)
(NA)
Spanish ongin not reported _.
Type of organization:
Individual or family (sole proprietorship)
Partnership ,._
Corporation
Family held:
twiore than 10 stockholders
-..- famis-
.... farms-
— . fams-
famis—
acres..
farms
(NA)
13
(D)
(D)
(D)
1
Other than family held:
(D)
10 or less stockholders
Other-cooperative, estate or tnjst, institutional.
.... farms-
;
acres..
-
'For classification c
I and ethnic groups, see text.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish
Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982
J symbols, see introductory t
Farms operated by Black and other r
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
1987 FARMS BY SIZE
50 to 139 acres -
140 to 219 acres
220 to 499 acres
500 acres or mon
Owned land in farms
Rented or leased land in farms -
farms..
farms..
TENURE OF OPERATOR
Full owners
I Of family (sole
Partnership
Family held corporation
Livestock, poultry, and their products .
. farms..
$1.000..
. farms..
$1,000..
2 864
302
9 832
Less than $2,500 ..
$2,500 to $9.999....
$10,000 to $19,999.
$20,000 to $24.999..
Cash grains (Oil)
Reld crops, except cash grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets: Ihsh potatoes;
field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c.
(0133. 0134. 0139)
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialties (018)
General farms, primarily crop (019).
specialt
i(0212).
Dairy famis (024)
Poultry and eggs (025)
Animal specialties (027)
General farms, primarily livestock and c
specialties (029)
See footnotes i
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
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Table 1 7. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish
Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviatic
t symbols, see introductory text]
Female
operators
Operators of
Spanish origin'
Farms operated by Black and other races
Chafacleristics
Total
Black
American Indian
Asian
other
(see text)
1987 OPERATOR
CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of residence:
34
268
296
448
57
157
38
32
46
141
fil
83
71
126
126
63
46
55
77
52.3
(X)
564
2
41
47
e
S
15
9
5
J
3
5
5
2
2
49.9
2
16
15
3
9
5
i3.i
5
3
2
9
2
2
50.3
17
3
3
2
(D)
(D)
(0)
2
5
9
6
3
2
5
15.1
3
2
7
50.5
9
2
2
(D)
':
Not on farm operated
2
Operators by principal occupation:
srr--
5
Operators by days of worli off farm:
3
1 to"99"daysIIIIIIIIIIIIII"I"IIIIIIIIII""IIIIIIII
100 to 199 days
5
3
1
Not reported- -
Operators by years on present farm:
3 or 4 years
5 to 9 years
Operators by age group:
Under 25 years
.|
35 to 44 years
2
45 to 54 years
1
65 to 69 years
Averaqe age
Op^e^orsbyse,:
Female
1987 COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION LOANS AND
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
$1,000..
-
$1,000..
'See chapter 1, table 16 for operators not of or not reporting Spanish origin
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Table 18
[For meaning of abbrevialions
Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1987
lis. see introductory text]
Crops, including
nursery and
Total
Crops (01)
Cash grains (Oil)
Wheat (0111)
Rice (0112) —
Com (0115)
Soybeans (0116)
Cash grains, n.e.c. (0119)
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets (0133)
Irish potatoes (0134)
Field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. (0139)
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fnjits and tree nuts (017)
Berry crops (0171)
Grapes (0172) ___
Tree nuts (0173)
Citnjs fnjits (0174) _.
Deciduous tree fnjits (0175)
Fmits and tree nuts, n.e.c. (0179)
Horticultural specialties (018)
Ornamental floriculture and nursery products (0181)
Food crops grown under cover (0182)
General farms, primarily crop (019)
Livestock and
Livestc
(021) _._.__....__.:
Beef cattle feedlots (0211)
Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212)
Hogs (0213)
Sheep and goats (0214)
General livestock, except dairy, poultry, and
specialties (0219)
Dairy farms (024)
Poultry and eggs (025)
Broiler, fryer, and roaster chickens (0251) ,.
Chicken eggs (0252)
Turkeys and turkey eggs (0253)
Poultry hatcheries (0254)
Poultry and eggs, nee, (0259)
Animal specialties (027)
Fur-bearing animals and rabbits (0271) ...
Horses and other equines (0272)
Animal aquaculture (0273)
Animal specialties, n.e.c. (0279)
General farms, primarily livestock and animal
specialties (029)
'Data are based on a sample of farms
6 269
3 380
1 342 588
747 291
25 171
740
2 520
217 009
33 659
129 871
12 566
30 434
22 296
1 571
3 274
410 891
233 463
6 493
100
720
5 673
177 609
5 534
27 746
2 416
4 208
210 777
303 505
254 000
274 032
175 773
306 247
213 751
204 529
224 230
373 219
180 319
471 747
(D)
85 333
43 884
15 649
61 292
405 484
156 081
6 992
30 544
9 720
783
6 692
157 828
154 811
5 909
30 400
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Table 19. Selected Characteristics of Abnormal Farms: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Charactenstics
Characteristics
Market value of agncultural products sold $1,000.
Average per farm ..dollars.
Crops, including nursery and greentiouse
crops $1,000.
Livestock, poultry, and ttieir products $1,000.
Total farm production expenses^ $1,000.
Average per farm ...dollars
Tenure of operator
Full owners
Part owners
Tenants
Abnormal farms by standard industrial
classification:
Casfi grains (Oil)
Field crops, except casf> grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Iristi potatoes:
field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c.
(0133, 0134, 0139)
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialties (018)
General farms, pnmanly 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, pnmanly livestock and animal
specialties (029)
Land in farms
Average size of farm .
Value of land and buildings'
Average per farm
Average per acre
Estimated market v
I machinery and
J cropland farms.
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing .. farms.
Total woodland .
farms,
farms,
farms.
cropland and woodland pastured
Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland,
'Data are based on a sample of farms.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 20. Livestock and Poultry— Inventory and Sales: 1987, 1982, and 1978
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Uvestocl< and poultry __
Poultry -
Livestock
Any cattle, hogs, or stieep
Cattle and calves
Cows and heifers that had calved
Beef cows
Milk cows -
Hogs and pigs
Feeder pigs sold
Sheep and lambs^
Horses and ponies
Chickens 3 months old or older'
Hens and pullets of laying age
Broilers and other meat-type chickens
Turkeys
2 637
3 652
3 246
2 271
3 123
2 787
119 475
141 206
129 250
61 597
10 572
49 815
57 173
56 633
8 999
8 586
7 788
7 232 235
9 015 115
5 665 233
5 765 315
7 517 338
2 209 817
3 306 637
13 497 257
2 526
2 671
18 914
28 454
72 312
93 531
66 097
66 924
86 685
63 492
45 336
60 935
16 432
16 917
20 212
14 163
13 837
3 104
3 752
3 334
2 826
3 490
3 085
2 366
3 030
2 796
(NA)
50 357
52 363
61 349
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
13 905
12 067
9 565
7 322
8 355 491
8 506 210
14 107 703
5 315 452
5 241 332
7 396 552
13 679 943
20 061 324
69 135 035
256 578
287 117
128 641
135 645
201 273
119 015
120 933
85 843
17 273
16 908
15 800
15 329
15 231
15 008
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
'Data are estimated; see text.
^alue of sales includes sheep, lambs, and \
'Sales for 1987 include pullets of less than ;
Table 21. Poultry— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
1987
1982
Item
1987
1982
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
INVENTORY
Chickens 3 months old or older
Farms with-
719
628
74
682
593
20
12
32
5
3
128
155
143
15
228
6 999 685
23 712
130 000
6 845 973
5 665 233
12 108
3 631
6 450
93 900
186 631
933 827
299 844
4 128 842
2 209 817
2 526
2 375
151
(X)
1 015
881
19
115
975
838
21
18
31
3
253
216
198
306
7 232 235
(D)
140 486
7 057 146
5 765 315
17 408
3 101
12 030
129 986
463 965
1 284 600
464 225
3 390 000
3 306 637
2 671
2 592
79
(X)
SALES
Hens and pullets'
1 to 3,199....
190
68
24
98
139
55
3
5
20
18
31
3
95
98
36
8 355 491
8 812
167 607
8 179 072
5 315 452
1 123
342
6 434
137 507
269 142
934 780
260 350
3 705 774
13 679 943
4 128
4 128
(X)
280
105
42
133
219
18
10
38
36
36
2
2
145
110
108
3
8 506 210
10 000 or more
10 000 or more
8 190 396
Hens and pullets of laying age
Farms with-
1 to 99
Hens and pullets of laying age
Farms with-
1 to 99
5 241 332
1 588
1 00 to 399
100 to 399
3 545
3,200 to 9,999...
10,000 to 19,999
20 000 to 49 999
10,000 to 19,999
556 163
1 085 046
50,000 to 99,999
50 000 to 99 999
(D)
Turke^ f". . ° _ *! ™.*. . . . .^. f . !^ .*"°. I
For slaughter
Broilers and other meat-type chickens .
20 061 324
3 712
(D)
(D)
Ducks, geese, and other poultry
Ducks, geese, and other poultry
(X)
^ Sales for 1987 include pullets of less 1
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Table 22. Broilers and Started Pullets— Sales: 1987 and 1982
(For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see intfoductoiv text)
Pullets not of laying age
Pullets 3 months old or older not
of laying age
Number sold
1987
1982
1987
1982
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
ToUl
Farms with-
1 to 1 999
95
40
3
S
12
24
15
13 679 943
2 364
12 776
220 992
590 000
1 785 970
7 628 041
2 033 500
5 594 541
3 439 800
145
54
3
3
16
24
42
(NA)
(NA,
20 061 324
2 222
18 867
146 200
1 250 285
3 490 929
13 152 821
(NA)
(NA)
2 000 000
61
10
(NA)
(NA,
3 040 039
913
67 100
214 026
515 000
733 000
(D)
(na")
(NA)
(D)
70
7
8
18
18
16
2
ina")
(NA)
3 264 878
175
2 000 to 1 5 999
(0)
60 000 to 99 999
1 172 451
(D)
200 000 to 299 999
(NA)
300 000 to 499 999
Table 23. Poultry— Inventory and Sales by Size of Flock: 1987
[For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
Inventory
Chickens 3 months old or older
Pullet chicks and pullets
under 3 months old
Broilers and other
meat-type chickens
Chickens 3 months old or older
Total
Hens and pullets of
laying age
Pullets 3 months old or
older not of laying age
Farnis
».»,
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
T t 1 t
719
600
24
3
17
16
43
12
(X)
6 999 685
12 957
4 305
130 li
236 631
1 263 609
716 788
4 628 745
(X)
682
590
23
3
29
8
3
(X)
5 665 233
(D)
3 800
is
195 631
817 883
415 788
4 128 842
(X)
115
76
(X)
1 334 452
(D)
41 000
445 926
301 000
499 903
(X)
40
29
3
3
2
2
18
436 816
432
735
(D)
68 500
IS
460 012
65
61
63
2 644
Farms with-
100 to 399
572
1 600 to 3 199
_
20 000 to 49 999
50 000 to 99 999
_
2 207 173
Sales
Hens and pullets
Broilers and other
meat-type chickens
Poultry and poultry
products
Chickens 3 months old or older
Total
Hens and pullets of
laying age
Pullets not of laying age
Farms
Number
Famis
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Famis
Value
($1,000)
149
12
7 112 860
2 167
156 702
235 609
1 429 617
876 609
4 405 774
1 242 631
119
43
29
20
5 145 931
si
(D)
83 602
176 609
776 591
395 609
(D)
169 521
39
3
6
22
1 966 929
73 100
59 000
653 026
481 000
(D)
1 073 110
29
66
4 822
13 675 121
384
265
24
3
16
43
12
3
163
1 to 99 -.
100 to 399
400 to 1.599
1 .600 to 3 1 99
102
52
3 200 to 9 999
1 628
10,000 to 19,999
3 475
50 000 to 99 999
9 085
100 000 or more
76 148
No inventory .
25 517
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Table 24. Turkeys— Sales by Number Sold Per Farm:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
Turkeys
Total
Sales for slaughter
Sales of hens kept for breeding
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
98
97
4 128
(D)
(D)
98
97
^
':
Farms with-
1 to 1.999
-
1 6 000 to 29 999
30 000 to 59 999
Table 25. Cattle and Calves— Inventory: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
1982
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
2 637
854
458
561
424
241
95
3
1
2 271
1 042
310
514
293
??
2
1 331
943
239
^e
3
1
1 183
263
ill
286
273
2
2 025
1 666
119 475
3 944
6 262
17 754
29 823
31 844
26 710
(D)
(D)
61 597
4 029
16 969
19 109
12 059
(D)
(D)
11 782
3 599
3 048
3 464
(D)
49 815
450
403
3 780
10 979
17 728
11 645
IS
47 036
10 842
3 652
1 354
685
698
529
293
84
9
3 123
1 653
357
668
351
77
17
1 811
1 400
268
124
16
2
1 784
620
291
375
327
75
15
2 924
2 604
Farms with-
1 to 9
6 603
iirs
50 to 99
36 975
1 00 to 1 99
38 246
200 to 499..
22 658
1 000 to 2 499
2 500 or more
Cows and heifers that had calved
70 415
Farms with-
10 to 19 —
50 to 99
4 881
21 749
500 to 999
1 000 or more
Beef cows
Farms with-
1 to 9
10 to 19
13 242
4 778
20 to 49
3 353
100 to 199
(D)
200 to 499
Milk cows
57 173
Famiswith-
1 to 4
5 to 9
30 to 49;"""";"I"I"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIII
50 to 99
1 091
521
5 869
14 249
21 500
200 to 499
500 or more
4 163
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
Table 26. Cattle and Calves— Sales: 1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
1982
Item
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
2 366
1 208
408
531
154
49
12
3
2 087
1 371
404
256
38
12
5
433
362
48
20
2
1 465
729
304
342
66
18
2
50 357
4 959
5 488
16 356
10 264
6 354
3 565
(D)
(D)
24 201
5 431
5 106
7 421
2 439
1 504
(D)
(D)
2 604
1 152
473
(D)
(D)
26 156
2 705
4 099
9 570
4 243
15 329
1 903
1 723
4 230
2 808
1 824
1 108
(D)
ID)
12 487
2 543
2 403
3 675
1 440
809
!S
1 332
560
300
252
(D)
(Dl
2 842
399
389
669
234
438
(D)
(D)
3 030
t 711
536
577
149
38
15
2 611
1 871
482
215
27
11
660
578
56
24
2
1 992
1 133
351
15
7
2
52 363
6 575
7 180
17 331
9 922
4 531
4 274
2 550
23 841
6 603
6 293
6 149
1 769
1 340
3 144
1 648
721
28 522
3 881
5 501
9 787
4 229
1 964
(D)
(D)
15 231
Farms with -
1 to 9 -
2 357
4 416
2 559
200 to 499 -._- — -
1 721
836
12 476
Farms with-
20 to 49
3 130
3 261
984
Sd!
500 to 999
Farms with-
10 to 19 "
784
354
(D)
(D)
100 to 199 —
200 to 499
500 to 999
:
2 755
Farms with-
1 to 9 — -
10 to 19 —
508
398
663
100 to 199
114
(0)
(D)
Table 27.
[For meaning ol
Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales by Size of Herd: 1987
> and symbols, see introductory text]
Catlle and calves inventory
Catlle and calves
Total
Cows and heifers that
had calved
Heifers and heifer
calves
Steers, steer calves,
bulls, and bull calves
Cattle and calves sales
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Total inventory
Farms with-
1 to9_ .—
2 637
458
561
424
241
95
3
(X)
119 476
3 944
6 262
17 754
29 823
31 844
26 710
(X)
2 271
650
382
503
401
238
93
3
(X)
61 597
1 945
2 649
8 639
15 919
17 016
(X)
2 025
450
366
478
404
234
89
(X)
47 036
967
2 085
6 169
11 519
13 624
(D)
(X)
1 666
493
340
418
229
125
58
2
(X)
10 842
1 528
2 946
2 385
1 204
1 724
(D)
(D)
(X)
2 249
466
458
561
424
241
95
3
117
47 254
2 096
2 823
7 366
11 762
11 765
10 266
(D)
(D)
3 103
742
1 038
20 to 49
2 975
100 to 199
200 to 499
500 to 999
1,000 to 2,499
2 500 or more
3 031
No inventory
1 794
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Table 28. Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales by Size of Cow Herd:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
Cattle and calves inventory
Cows and heifers thai had
calved
Total
Cows and heifers that
Heifers and heifer
calves
Steers, steer calves,
bulls, and bull calves
Cattle and calves sales
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Total inventory
Farms wilh-
2 271
655
387
310
181
333
93
17
2
366
113 491
4 913
5 432
7 898
22 461
34 815
22 007
(D)
(D)
5 984
2 271
655
387
310
181
293
93
2
(X)
61 597
1 542
2 487
4 101
4 250
12 719
19 109
(D)
(X)
1 760
424
265
242
142
305
279
88
2
265
1 637
1 683
2 313
2 315
8 725
14 256
9 386
3 662
1 399
272
227
Vi
145
51
10
267
8 520
1 734
1 262
1 484
906
1 017
1 450
562
!g
2 322
1 989
400
360
310
181
333
293
??
2
377
43 770
3 262
2 604
3 159
2 573
9 386
12 495
7 354
(D)
(D)
6 587
11 918
1 163
912
1 124
686
2 092
3 392
1 871
5 to 9
10 to 19
20 to 29
30 to 49
SO to 99
100 to 199
1 ,000 or more
3 411
Table 29. Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales by Size of Beef Cow Herd: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Cattle and calves inventory
Beef cows
Total
Cows and heifers that had calved
Heifers and heifer calves
Total
Beef cows
and bull calves
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Total inventory _
Farms with-
1 331
619
324
239
82
47
16
3
1 306
30 805
8 193
5 772
7 263
3 840
2 897
1 947
(D)
(D)
88 670
1 331
619
324
239
82
47
16
3
940
16 180
3 680
2 773
3 911
2 226
1 799
1 081
(D)
(D)
45 417
1 331
619
324
239
82
47
16
3
(X)
11 782
1 499
2 100
3 048
1 820
1 644
991
(X)
904
405
217
182
51
36
1 121
8 653
2 777
1 793
1 995
834
658
(D)
38 383
952
404
240
191
67
36
12
714
5 972
1 736
1 206
1 357
780
440
!S
(D)
10 10 19
20 to 29
30 10 49 _._
50 to 99
100 to 199
200 10 499 ___.
1 000 or more
4 870
Cattle and calves sales
Total
Cattle
Calves
Beef cows
Total
Farms
Value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
Value
(SI, 000)
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
1 100
409
303
239
82
47
16
3
1 266
13 152
4 628
2 162
2 918
1 394
1 172
680
(D)
(D)
37 m^
4 467
1 488
759
1 034
457
354
308
IS
955
361
261
204
68
42
15
3
7 235
2 022
1 428
797
514
iS
(D)
3 469
962
645
882
366
276
(D)
9 018
301
112
79
18
13
3
132
1 742
573
310
418
131
142
IS
(D)
902
283
143
218
59
90
(D)
(D)
(D)
574
174
159
143
58
27
12
"
I
5 917
2 606
734
1 071
597
658
999
526
113
152
92
78
(D)
(D)
Famswith-
10 to 19
20 to 29
30 to 49
200 to 499
500 to 999
1 844
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 30.
[For meaning i
Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales by Size of Milk Cow Herd: 1987
I symbols, see introductory text]
Cattle and calves inventory
Total
Cows
and heiters Itiat had calved
Heilers and
heifer calves
Steers, steer calves, bulls.
Milk cows
Total
Milk cows
and bull calves
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Total inventory ___ -_
Farms with-
1 183
263
65
76
113
286
273
90
15
2
1 454
93 983
3 267
1 336
2 044
5 067
20 189
32 696
21 527
(D)
(D)
25 492
1 183
263
65
76
113
286
273
90
15
2
1 088
51 860
1 412
557
1 179
2 901
11 403
17 832
(D)
(D)
9 737
1 183
263
65
76
113
286
273
90
15
2
(X)
49 815
450
403
1 098
2 682
10 979
11 645
(D)
(D)
(X)
1 046
190
55
66
268
266
12
2
979
38 444
1 213
563
688
1 753
8 136
13 904
(D)
(D)
624
168
40
43
57
12£
49
9
1 042
3 679
642
5 to 9-
216
20 to 29- —
30 to 49
650
960
100 to 199 -
200 to 499 —
500 or more
528
No inventory
7 163
Cattle and ca
ves sales
Dairy product sales
Total
Cattle
Calves
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Value
($1,000)
Total mvento
1 105
187
63
76
113
286
273
90
15
34 646
1 326
826
766
1 691
8 230
11 764
7 206
(D)
8 600
484
240
204
368
1 780
3 053
1 830
978
158
46
60
98
265
255
82
13
1 109
14 302
343
766
3 123
4 895
2 977
905
97
52
59
92
255
253
80
15
2
560
20 344
496
422
423
925
5 107
6 869
4 229
(D)
(D)
5 812
927
30
71
113
286
273
90
15
2
22
87 258
75
5 to 9 — -
10 to 19
20 to 29.. —
30 to 49
1 382
3 582
18 116
32 019
100 to 199
200 to 499
(D)
No inventory
1 26
15 711
6
729
9 899
1414
Table 31. Cattle and Calves-Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1987
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, se
introductory t
exl)
Cattle and calves
Cattle
Calves
Total
Fattened
on grain and concentrates
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Total sold
2 366
727
481
408
531
154
49
12
3
50 357
1 817
3 142
5 488
16 356
10 264
6 354
3 565
(D)
(D)
15 329
737
1 165
1 723
4 230
2 808
1 824
1 108
2 087
586
422
376
497
149
45
10
2
24 201
1 301
3 067
7 525
4 577
2 750
12 487
635
1 427
3 587
2 437
1 439
433
184
113
65
56
3
2
2 604
371
477
499
680
291
(D)
(D)
1 332
192
237
254
173
1 465
255
253
299
454
145
43
12
3
26 156
516
1 004
2 421
8 831
5 687
3 604
2 842
FarrSswlth-"""" "
102
5 to 9
10 to 19
fS
100 to 199
200 10 499
!?
1,000 or more..
Table 32. Hogs and Pigs— Inventory: 1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
1982
Famis
Number
Farms
Number
421
372
14
16
9
7
1
158
146
I
1
373
8 999
474
1 116
1 633
850
172
7 366
804
750
28
268
257
7
3
728
8 586
Farms with -
1 to 24
3 100
901
838
100 to 199...
200 to 499..
500 to 999
1 610
(D)
5 000 or more
1 796
'S'
25 to 49
Other hogs and pigs
6 790
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Table 33. Hogs and Pigs— Sales: 1987 and 1982
1 symbols, see introductory text]
1987
1982
Item
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
295
201
42
26
13
6
3
88
13
48
13
5
1
260
221
16
12
2
13 905
1 165
1 397
1 732
1 791
1 579
2 260
3 981
7 322
75
1 255
843
497
1 228
(D)
(D)
6 583
1 076
1 044
(D)
1 064
96
127
154
107
70
367
253
2
38
i?
43
!§
812
165
65
93
115
is
450
352
49
29
g
8
2
1
152
46
77
"5
4
2
384
(NA)
(NA)
Sna!
(NA)
12 067
2 408
1 659
1 923
6 623
221
1 632
1 226
605
i§
5 444
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
1 to 24
25 to 49 _ _
50 to 99. ._
100 to 199
200 to 499 —
500 to 999
1.000 10 1.999
235
150
133
(D)
153
(D)
(D)
51
36
18
IS
50 to 99
100 to 199
500 to 999::;:::::::;::::::::::::::;:::::::::::::::::::::
Farms wilti-
1 to 24
(NA)
P!
(NA)
(NA)
P!
(NA)
(NA)
25 to 49
500 to 999
1 000 to 1 999
2,000 to 4,999
Table 34. Hogs and Pigs— Litters Farrowed: 1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Utters
,„,
1982
Famis
Number of litters
Famis
Number of litters
167
14
2
3
151
125
1 756
418
264
367
li
882
874
289
258
19
6
;
256
148
1 681
10 to 19 ___ ___
20 to 49
259
IS
100 to 199____
200 to 499
Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31
June 1 and Nov. 30
983
698
Table 35. Hogs and Pigs- Inventory and Sales by Size of Herd: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and
symbols, see introductory
ext]
Hogs and pigs inventory
Hogs and
pigs sales
Hogs and pigs
Total
Used or to be used for
breeding
Other hogs and pigs
Total
Feeder pigs
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Famis
Number
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Tow inventory
Farms witti-
1 to 9
421
330
42
30
9
7
2
(X)
1 094
564
1 164
1 830
!S
(X)
158
85
29
28
8
6
2
(X)
1 633
271
212
325
374
(D)
(D)
(X)
373
290
29
9
7
2
(X)
7 366
823
352
1 265
790
!S
(D)
(X)
247
156
42
30
9
7
2
48
13 587
1 811
1 310
2 130
1 928
3 101
318
1 021
148
124
135
115
166
iS
43
86
38
2
(D)
1 007
388
1 380
1 060
ig
(D)
(D)
32
10 to 24
12
100 to 199
200 to 499
500 to 999
i
No inventory
(D)
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Table 36. Hogs and Pigs— Inventory and Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1987
IFor meaning of abbreviations and
symbols, see introductory text)
Hogs and pigs inventory
Hogs and pigs sales
Hogs and pigs
Total
Used or to be used for
breeding
Ottier tiogs and pigs
Total
Feeder pigs
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
247
124
72
25
13
6
3
8 554
629
921
1 156
1 241
1 066
2 440
445
132
23
61
25
12
5
2
26
1 584
84
305
227
182
!S
49
210
118
50
19
10
6
163
6 970
545
638
851
874
1 059
iS
396
295
164
79
26
13
6
3
(X)
13 905
573
1 732
1 791
1 579
3 981
m
1 064
92
148
127
154
107
70
367
(X)
10
46
15
6
5
2
(X)
7 322
63
1 063
887
637
1 040
(D)
(D)
(X)
Farms with-
2
10 to 49
32
100 to 199
200 to 499...
500 to 999
26
35
None sold
(X)
Table 37. Hogs and Pigs— Inventory, Sales, and Litters by Total Litters Farrowed: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and
symbols, see introductory text)
Hogs and pigs inventory
Hogs and
3igs sales
Litters farrowed
Total
Used or to be used for
breeding
other hogs and pigs
Total
Feeder pigs
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
($1,000^
Farms
Number
Value
($1,000)
Total litters farrowed
Farms with-
163
30
59
33
21
2
3
1
258
6 307
145
474
609
1 311
1 762
(D)
2 692
158
57
32
21
14
2
3
43
191
223
301
372
is
115
24
24
12
2
3
258
4 674
102
1 010
1 390
(D)
225
(D)
2 692
140
2
3
155
11 253
127
1 334
1 755
2 376
(D)
2 184
(D)
2 652
712
12
63
100
137
146
'?i
(D)
353
88
7
32
22
10
2
3
7 322
46
659
786
615
1 584
(D)
(D)
253
20
10 to 19
20 to 49
50 10 99
20
56
(D)
200 or more
(D)
L
tters farrowed between Dec
1,1986
, and Nov. 30, 1987
Litters farrowed
Total
Dec. 1. 1986. an
dMay3
, 1987
Junel, 1987, and Nov. 30,
987
Farms
Litters
Farms
Litters
Farms
Litters
Total litters farrowed
Farms witti-
167
31
61
34
21
2
3
1 756
31
166
221
264
367
(D)
367
151
25
56
30
20
2
3
882
25
85
113
152
(D)
124
125
6
53
29
17
2
3
874
6
2 to 4
81
5 to 9
108
112
164
50 to 99
(D)
100 to 199
200 or more
(C
)
1
(D)
(D)
Table 38. Sheep and Lambs— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
1982
Farms
Number
Famis
Number
Sheep and lambs inventory
Farms with -
1 to 24
25 to 99
559
383
147
26
3
495
504
(X)
508
549
15 606
3 882
6 359
1 200
9 915
12 905
104 438
11 933
879
623
425
164
27
541
524
(X)
505
561
17 308
4 076
7 119
3 724
300 to 999
1 000 to 2 499
2 389
2 500 or more
11 709
13 838
94 519
10 344
Value of sales from sheep lambs and wool ($1 000)
731
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1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Sheep and la
Sheep and lambs shorn
Sales
Sheep and lambs
Total
Ewes 1 year old or older
Sheep
and lambs
Sheep, lambs, and wool
Farms
Fam,s
Number
Farms
Number
Pounds of
wool
Farms
Number
Farms
Value
($1,000)
Total inventory
383
147
26
(X)
15 606
3 882
6 359
4 165
(X)
495
320
146
26
3
(X)
9 915
2 531
tilt
770
(X)
491
316
146
26
13
12 724
3 489
5 268
3 057
910
181
102 889
27 650
42 214
25 976
7 049
1 549
479
303
147
26
29
11 368
3 443
4 583
2 742
600
565
520
344
26
3
29
855
220
74
25 10 99:::::.:::::.::::::
100 to 299
300 to 999
1 000 to 2 499
2,500 to 4,999
24
Table 40. Sheep and Lambs— Inventory and Sales by Size of Ewe Flock: 1987
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Sheep and lambs inventory
sales
Ewes 1 year old or older
Total
Ewes 1 year old or older
nd lambs.,,.,,,
Sheep and lambs
Sheep, lambs, and wool
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Pounds o(
wool
Farms
Number
Farms
Value
($1,000)
495
387
96
2
64
15 297
6 005
•1
309
495
387
96
10
2
(X)
9 915
3 703
4 162
(D)
(D)
(X)
473
365
96
10
2
31
12 560
5 166
5 263
345
101 585
40 916
45 745
(D)
(D)
2 853
447
339
96
10
2
61
10 959
4 817
!R!
(D)
974
484
376
96
to
2
65
Farms wHh-
1 to 24
25 to 99
iS
200 10 499
500 to 999
1 000 to 2 499
2,500 to 4,999
-
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Table 41. Other Livestock and Livestock Products— inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text)
.n.en.0.
Sales
Item
1987
1982
1987
1982
1 349
6 324
's^
96
(X)
229
7 313
(X)
S^
(X)
191
1 255
9
51
(X)
(X)
(X)
610
B
594
(X)
334
lS
i
(X)
1 382
5 498
?1>
54
(X)
274
6 182
(X)
(X)
266
1 716
5
35
(X)
2?^
1 276
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
51
405
(X)
2
(D)
(X)
5 837
(X)
(X)
(X)
(NA)
(X)
252
1 127
1 013
8
(D)
16
461
86
305 472
92
207
64
523
5
39
158
3
19 261
39
80
250
669
23
68
16 645
62
235
8
(D)
245
Mules, burros, and donkeys
number..
$1.000..
farms..
number..
$1,000..
1 031
1 067
15
larmsll
1 078
59
pounds..
323 156
$1,000_.
255
number..
898
number..
'I
pounds-
farms.
(D)
(NA)
$1,000..
I<?i'
number..
farms
767
Milk goats and goats milk sold
gallons..
famis..
^^rs::
26 247
'^1
number..
$1.000..
110
3
4
number..
^'r::
692
4I
Fisti and other aquaculture products sold
number..
$1,000..
farms.-
$1,000..
fnmu
19 964
36
109
(NA)
$1.000..
(D)
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Table 42 Crops Harvested and Value of Production: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
1987
1982
Crop
Farms
Acres
Quantity
Value of
production'
($1,000)
Farms
Acres
Quantity
production'
($1,000)
Com for grain or seed (bushels) _ —
Corn lor silage or green chop or cut for dry fodder, hogged or
grazed
Sorghum lor grain or seed (bushels)
Sorghum for silage or green chop, cut for dry forage or hay, or
hogged or grazed
Wheat for gram (bushels)
5 486
80
544
20
33
40
535
21
[
72
839
3 672
509
394
739
370
46
410 891
5 342
28 711
495
533
756
35 548
392
1 509
83 26?
221 675
9 727
7 405
24 303
752
1 407
(X)
485 087
(X)
(X)
25 012
40 177
2 728 024
14 979
16 263
22 412 030
393 393
(X)
(X)
(X)
198 265
825
5 314
64
63
2 864
276
106 457
26 347
8 221
14 129
21 784
11 582
262
6 136
126
690
37
34
679
36
1
9
115
1 134
_
4 290
535
792
339
(NA)
457 076
32 517
546
805
703
40 971
939
I?i
1 965
99 251
241 490
11 278
7 772
19 584
558
(NA)
(X)
647 910
(X)
(X)
35 394
35 769
2 514 472
24 924
(D)
2 986
24 744
24 556 322
414 555
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
164 182
1 490
9 727
35
Rye for grain (bushels)
50
Sunflower seed (pounds)
Soybeans lor beans (bushels) ..
(D)
18
Tobacco (pounds)
-
Sweetpotatoes (bushels)
Pineapples haroested (tons) _..
Sugar beets lor sugar (tons) .__
=
Hay-alfalla, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop.
25 839
5 313
Nursery and greenhouse crops, mushrooms, and sod grown for sale
Other crops
(D)
1 are estimated; see text.
Table 43. Specified Crops Harvested -Yield Per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 1987
[For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Entire crop irrigated
Part of crop irrigated
None of crop irrigated
Com for grain or seed (bushels)
Corn for silage or green chop (tons, green) _.
Sorghum for grain or seed (bushels)
Wheat for grain (bushels)
Oats for grain (bushels) _.
Barley for grain (bushels)
Rice (cwt)
Soybeans for beans (bushels)
Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _
Dry edible beans, excluding dry limas (cwt)
Cotton (bales) _
Tobacco (pounds)
Irish potatoes (cwt) _
Sugar beets for sugar (tons)
Sugarcane for sugar (tons)
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry)
Small grain hay (tons, dry)
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain, and wild hay (see
(tons, dry) __
Wild hay (tons, dry) _.
Grass silage, haylage, and green chop hay (tons, green) ..
Alfalfa seed (pounds)
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) __
Land in orchards
136 843
24 979
31 478
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Table 44. Specified Crops by Acres Harvested: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations i
! introductory text)
Corn for gram or seed (bushels)
Corn lor silage or green chop (tons, green)
1 to 14 acres
15 to 24 acres--
25 to 49 acres.
50 to 99 acres.—
100 to 249 acres
250 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1.000 acres or more
Oats for grain (bushels)
15 to 24 acres
25 to 49 acres
50 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres
250 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1.000 acres or mors
Irish potatoes (cwt)
0.1 to 0.9 acres
5.0 to 14.9 acres
15.0 to 24.9 acres
25.0 to 49.9 acres
50.0 to 99.9 acres
100.0 to 249.9 acres
250.0 to 499,9 acres
500.0 acres or more
Hay-alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass
silage, green chop, etc, (see text)(tons, dry)
1 to 14 acres
15 to 24 acres
25 to 49 acres
50 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres
250 to 499 acres -..
500 to 999 acres
1,000 acres or more
1.000 to 1,999 acres
2,000 to 2,999 acres
3,000 to 4,999 acres
5,000 acres or more
Alfalfa hay (tons, dry)
Small gram hay (tons, dry)
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain, and wild
hay (see text)(tons, dry)
1 to 14 acres
25 to 49 acresm""I""II""IIIIIIIII"I"
50 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres
250 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 acres or more
Wild hay (tons, dry)
Grass silage, haylage, and green chop hay (tons,
green)
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text)
0.1 to 0.9 acres
1.0 to 4.9 acres
5.0 to 14.9 acres
15.0 to 24.9 acres
25.0 to 49.9 acres
50.0 to 99.9 acres
100.0 to 249.9 acres
250,0 to 499,9 acres
500.0 to 749,9 acres
750.0 10 999 9 acres
1,000.0 acres or more
1,0000 to 1,999,9 acres.
2,000.0 to 2,999.9 acres..
3.000.0 acres or more
Sweet com
Green peas, excluding green cowpeas
Tame bluebemes (pounds)
Wild
Land in orchards.
0.1 to 0.9 acres
1.0 to 4.9 acres
5.0 to 14.9 acres ...
15.0 to 24.9 acres ..
25.0 to 49.9 acres ..
50.0 to 99,9 acres ..
100.0 to 249.9 acres
250.0 to 499.9 acres
500.0 to 749.9 acres
750.0 to 999,9 acres
1 ,000,0 acres or mon
1,000,0 to 1.999,9
2,000 0 to 2,999,9
3,000.0 acres or m
5 342
485 087
28 711
442 833
1 024
1 615
25 042
4 062
58 748
6 955
110 136
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
56 642
1 109
80 740
4 452
320 680
13 046
980 817
470 523
(D)
(D)
(D)
83 261
22 412 030
13
1 881
155
527
134 998
50 160
85 705
35 148
23 836
51 166
4 436
5 359
36 898
240 584
3 270
5 531
21 235
34 949
38 279
71 276
13 184
18 230
31 478
9 727
2 107
3 615
2 426
8 020
647 910
1 255
16 722
1 720
24 480
5 752
79 434
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
40 971
2 514 472
1 196
62 531
2 317
8 787
533 643
15 203
937 949
4 115
269 275
4 500
314 200
99 251
24 556 322
197
31 420
504
97 091
1 126
241 088
5 046
1 179 535
39 678
9 815 664
20 872
5 374 650
8 999
2 424 332
541 490
414 555
34 899
53 295
56 133
98 396
30 591
53 479
6 358
10 964
60 072
274 091
5 256
8 187
43 409
45 361
81 502
105 754
3 340
5 940
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Table 45. Specified Fruits and Nuts by Acres: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols,
> Introductory text]
Crop
Total
Trees or vines not of
bearing age
Trees or vines of
bearing age
Han/ested
Farms
Acres
Trees or vines
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Pounds
1987 acres harvested:
386
400
50
156
88
21
28
27
16
51
189
68
28
16
20
7 293
20
357
756
410
942
1 763
3 046
24
427
561
501
1 005
1 090
4 026
648 653
590 770
1 290
21 475
61 650
24 784
69 784
139 120
330 550
1 296
22 898
32 972
24 753
68 775
100 726
339 351
277
295
34
113
70
12
19
12
40
125
58
19
21
134 649
133 027
658
10 363
26 084
4 369
20 872
32 280
40 023
715
13 401
6 397
16 669
25 006
59 940
333
336
128
75
21
27
27
16
36
156
56
25
27
16
20
514 004
457 743
632
11 112
35 566
20 415
48 912
106 840
290 527
581
11 999
19 571
18 356
52 106
75 719
279 411
267
241
24
91
62
21
26
27
16
22
89
45
22
27
16
20
70 609 358
90 293 322
31 828
1 096 803
3 974 969
2 821 148
7 736 271
18 978 219
35 970 120
14 236
720 477
2 287 499
2 756 268
10 377 217
16 377 518
57 760 107
1 5 0 to 24 9 acres
0 1 to 0 9 acres
15,0 to 24.9 acres
25 0 to 49 9 acres
Table 46.
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, IMusiirooms, and Sod Grown for Sale by Value of
Sales: 1987 and 1982
I of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Nursery and greenfiouse crops, musfirooms. and sod
grown for sale (see text) _ 1987_
1982.
1987 value of sales:
$1 to $2,499 sales. .-
$2,500 to $9,999 sales
$10,000 to $39,999 sales
$40,000 to $99,999 sales
$100,000 to $199,999 sales
$200,000 to $499,999 sales
$500,000 sales or more __
Bedding plants 1987.
1982.
Foliage and potted flowering plants, total 1987.
1982.
Foliage plants 1987.
Potled flowering plants _ 1987.
Nursery crops 1987.
1982.
391 416
46 226
162 512
423 526
544 646
230 700
104 700
148 600
74 875
324 213
80 507
2 726
2 930
2 272
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Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations {
I symbols, see introductory t
Charactenstics
r of farms accounting for-
) percent of sales
25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales
percent.
Land in farms acres.
Average size of farm .._ _. .acres.
Value of land and buildings^ farms.
$1,000.
Average per farm dollars.
Average per acre dollars.
Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment $1,000.
Land in farms according to use:
Total cropland acres.
Harvested cropland acres.
Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured acres.
IVIarket value of agricultural products sold $1,000.
Average per farm _ dollars.
Grains _ _ farms.
$1,000.
Cotton and cottonseed farms.
$1,000.
Tobacco - farms.
$1,000.
Hay. silage, and field seeds farms.
$1,000.
Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon farms.
$1,000.
Fruits, nuts, and bernes..- farms.
$1,000.
Nursery and greenfiouse crops farms.
$1,000.
Other crops farms.
$1,000.
Poultry and poultry products farms.
$1,000.
Dairy products farms.
$1,000.
Cattle and calves farms.
$1,000.
Hogs and pigs farms.
$1,000.
Sheep, lambs, and wool farms.
$1,000.
Other livestock and livestock products (see text) farms.
$1,000.
Total farm production expenses' farms.
$1,000.
Selected farm production expenses':
Livestock and poultry purchased farms.
$1,000.
Feed for livestock and poultry _ farms.
$1,000.
Commercial fertilizer _ farms.
$1,000.
Agricultural chemicals farms.
$1,000.
Petroleum products farms.
$1,000.
Electricity farms.
$1,000.
Hired farm labor farms.
$1,000.
Interest farms.
$1,000.
Payments from government programs farms
$1,000.
Inventory of selected livestock:
Cattle and calves farms.
Milk cows farms.
Hogs and pigs farms.
6 269
100.0
342 588
8 221
914
30 660
1
324 276
(D)
1 742
1
3 197
1
94 386
(D)
3 252
16 437
(D)
2 821
11 996
(D)
5 857
1
12 827
(D)
4 574
(D)
3 108
1
51 613
(D)
2 753
15 455
(D)
28 467
163
5 755
I sample of farms.
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Table 48.
Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987
i and symbols, see introductory text]
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms number.
Land in farms .acres.
Average size of farm acres.
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD
Total sales (see text) farms.
$1,000.
Average per farm dollars.
Farms by value of sales:
Less tfian $1,000 (see text)
$1,000 to $2.499
$2,500 to $4.999
$5,000 to $9.999
$10,000 to $19.999
$20,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $39.999
$40,000 to $49.999..
$50,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $249,999.
$250,000 to $499,999
$500,000 to $999,999
$1,000,000 or more
Grains farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Corn for grain (arms.
$1,000.
Wlieat farms.
$1,000.
Soybeans farms.
$1,000.
Sorgfium for grain farms.
$1,000.
Barley.. farms.
$1,000.
Oats farms.
$1,000.
Otfier grains farms.
$1,000.
Cotton and cottonseed farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Tobacco farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Hay. silage, and field seeds farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1 ,000.
Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
'$1,000^
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Other crops... farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Poultry and poultry products farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farnis.
$1,000.
Dairy products farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Cattle and calves farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
See footnotes at end of table.
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30 660
96
23 228
29 878
27 307
70 286
125
69 634
16 829
143
13 425
1 786
228 943
128 187
16 910
44
15 807
60 128
270
58 369
2 621
41.8
871 002
2 621
395 352
150 840
1 289
156 217
121 192
7 941
5 923
2 952
(D)
289
29 661
177
27 307
352
60 086
270
58 369
166
70 167
125
69 634
57
56 988
26
56 931
265
13 425
570
69 405
431
64 980
432
3 543
6
697
9 035
20
3 091
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
i with sales of $10,000 or r
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD-Con.
Total sales (see text) -Con.
Hogs and pigs farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Stieep, lambs, and wool farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
Jl.OOO.
Other livestock and livestock products
(see text) farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
Total farm production expenses farms.
$1,000.
Average per farm.. dollars.
Livestock and poultry purchased farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more
Feed for livestock and poultry farms-
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more
Commercially mixed formula feeds farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $79,999..
$80,000 or more
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Commercial fertilizer farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Agricultural chemicals farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999.
$50,000 or more
Petroleum products farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Gasoline and gasohol farms.
$1,000,
Diesel fuel farms.
$1,000,
Natural gas farms.
$1,000.
LP gas, fuel oil, kerosene, motor oil,
grease, etc farms
$1,000.
See footnotes at end of table.
13 070
5
11 832
12 806
(D)
6 266
324 276
51 752
4 186
133 365
31 860
1 742
21 876
12 512
1 332
823
5 232
6 421
3 268
2 559
304 135
118 849
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987-Con.
ling of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Farms with sales of $10,000 or t
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
-Con.
Total farm production expenses -Con.
Farms with expenses of-
$1,000..
$5 000 to $24 999
245
$25 000 or more
12
. farms..
$1,000..
Farms with expenses of-
51 613
1 922
$25,000 to $99,999
$100 000 or more
362
57
Contract labor
Farms with expenses of-
. farms..
$1,000-.
906
4 978
$5 000 to $24 999
148
$25 000 or more
25
Repair and maintenance
. farms..
$1,000..
5 381
19 687
$25 000 to $49 999
76
$50 000 or more
28
Customwork, machine hire, and rental o
machinery and equipment
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
- farms..
$1,000..
1 444
3 052
870
$1 000 to $4 999
430
-$^w::
Farms with expenses o(-
$1 to $4 999
15 455
2 036
. farms..
$1,000..
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
11 312
521
$1 .000 to $4,999
969
$5 000 to $24 999
477
'"$i%oo;;
1 445
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
4 143
800
$25 000 or more
12
Cash rent -
Farms with expenses of-
""$i,oooi;
1 287
3 845
$10 000 to $24,999
52
$25 000 or more
18
.. farms..
$1,000..
$1 to $4,999
11 460
$25 000 or more
All other farm production expenses
Farms with expenses of -
$1 to $4,999
.. farms..
$1,000..
5 630
38 383
4 512
$25 000 to $49 999
166
$50 000 or more
121
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987 -Con.
) of abbreviations £
I symbols, see introductory text]
Farms with sales of $10,000 c
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 than $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
services --- farms-
$1,000.
Gross cash rent or share payments farms-
$1,000-
Forest products and Christmas trees farms-
$1,000.
Other famn-related income sources farms.
$1,000-
COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION LOANS
Total farms.
$1,000.
Corn farms.
$1,000.
Wheat -. farms.
$1,000.
Soybeans farms.
$1,000.
Sorghum, barley, and oats farms.
$1,000-
Cotlon farms-
$1,000.
Peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, and honey... farms.
$1 ,000-
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE
Total cropland - farms.
acres.
Harvested cropland famis-
acres.
Farms by acres harvested;
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.
In cover crops, legumes, and soil-
improvement grasses, not harvested
On which all crops failed farms.
acres.
In cultivated summer fallow farms.
acres.
acres.
Total woodland — - farms.
Woodland pastured farms.
Woodland not pastured farms.
acres.
See footnotes at end of table.
410 891
3 273
36 102
2 856
347 617
326 585
1 716
243 734
2 559
63 806
32 750
33 202
1 784
314 605
159 345
198
14 245
662
145 100
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987 -Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory t
Land in house lots, ponds, roads.
larnis
Cropland under lederal acreage reduction
Annual commodity acreage adjustment
acres. -
ac^es.-
acres..
$1.000..
dollars
Average per aore
Farms by value group:
$70 000 to $99 999
$100 000 to $149 999
$200 000 to $499 999
$500,000 to $999.999
$1,000,000 to $1.999.999
$2 000 000 to $4 999 999
$5,000,000 or more_.
Estimated market value of all machinery
farnis
$1,000..
$5 000 to $9 999
$10 000 to $19 999
SELECTED MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT'
number..
40 horsepower (PTO) or more
number..
.. (arms..
farms
number..
Mower conditionets
number..
.. (arms..
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'
Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants. (
Insects on hay and other crops ..
1 crops
Diseases in crops and orchards
Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and
6 266
320 729
210 777
5 537
12 236
5 597
14 260
2 326
2 708
2 925
8 314
1 079
72 535
1 136
1 464
1 557
1 788
571 751
319 771
78 200
66
5 854
324
40 137
40 673
139 291
1 038
1 135
3 008
1 102
3 371
21 354
520
36 448
77 271
66
5 854
274
39 611
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987 -Con.
Farms with sales of $10,000 or more
Black and other r
Tenants
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
Land owned
Owned land in farms
Land rented or leased from others .
Rented or leased land in farms ..
Land rented or leased to others.
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of
On farm operated ...
Not on farm operated
Not reported
Operators by pnncipal occupation:
Other ..;;;";];i;;;;;iiiiiiii
Operators by days of work off farm:
1 to 99 days
100 to 199 days..,
200 days or more .
Operators by years on present farm:
Average years on present farm .
50 to 54 years .
55 to 59 years _
60 to 64 years .
65 to 69 years .
70 years and ov
Average age .
Operators by sex:
Male
Individual or family (sole proprietorship) .
Partnership
6 002
167 728
5 997
148 150
2 073
196 037
2 058
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
440 445
1 786
435 912
1 786
159 887
1 786
159 225
2 465
723 861
2 463
713 325
1 174
1 174
1 172
1 172
1 174
379 905
1 174
376 069
336 925
115
61 384
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Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987 -Con.
[For meanrng of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All farms
Farms with sales
f $10,000 or mor
Item
Total
Full owners
Tenants
Total
Full owners
Part owners
Tenants
FARMS BY SIZE
419
1 029
515
564
812
562
409
321
1 028
474
106
30
70
1 730
1 730
230
780
290
280
1 434
789
862
216
315
62
2 637
119 475
854
1 019
424
241
95
2 271
61 597
1 331
11 782
943
368
16
3
1 183
49 815
263
65
475
273
90
15
2
2 025
47 036
1 666
10 842
2 366
50 357
15 329
1 465
26 156
2 842
2 087
24 201
12 487
433
2 604
1 332
359
782
395
425
592
395
282
181
526
225
37
12
1 074
1 074
645
i^
1 042
572
275
185
264
38
1 487
36 860
629
642
152
54
10
1 217
17 992
858
7 080
643
200
12
2
1
487
10 912
177
50
193
58
9
1 063
13 028
5 840
1 278
16 511
5 267
687
7 427
951
9 084
4 316
261
1 323
687
21
170
86
120
184
146
487
242
67
16
18
536
536
68
100
22
37
363
199
553
28
20
1 074
79 668
201
349
252
84
985
42 040
441
4 498
277
159
37 542
78
253
210
80
15
2
898
32 798
659
4 830
1 018
32 604
9 768
725
18 059
1 842
917
14 545
7 926
164
1 248
625
39
77
34
19
36
21
13
15
7
2
2
8
120
15
35
9
5
29
34
3
4
76
2 947
24
28
20
3
69
1 565
32
204
23
9
1 361
8
29
5
64
1 210
48
172
70
1 242
295
53
670
49
59
572
246
8
21
104
228
115
125
264
219
176
195
710
362
93
30
799
799
346
146
170
100
828
171
29
11
1 180
100 151
87
370
388
236
95
1 088
53 332
309
4 494
170
125
2
882
48 838
29
15
458
273
90
15
2
1 036
40 679
673
6 140
1 172
42 907
12 826
899
23 283
2 411
1 066
19 624
10 415
122
1 539
838
95
157
64
72
157
128
86
77
280
135
26
12
341
341
34
253
128
7
98
56
253
143
24
1
440
23 906
45
206
129
50
10
386
12 636
147
2 378
79
59
276
10 258
15
10
184
58
9
8 673
270
2 597
432
11 337
3 543
298
5 433
677
388
5 904
2 866
61
(D)
(D)
32
28
38
86
74
78
421
220
66
16
10
373
46
75
66
542
25
5
9
699
73 634
40
149
239
183
84
663
39 297
156
2 058
89
62
569
37 239
12
246
210
80
15
2
635
30 883
382
3 454
697
30 433
9 035
565
17 220
1 695
637
13 213
7 340
59
842
445
70 to 99 acres
15
21
17
180 to 219 acres
12
220 to 259 acres
1 000 to 1 999 acres
FARMS BY STANDARD
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
3
Cotton (0131)
Sugarcane and sugar beets: Irish
potatoes; field crops, except cash
grains, ne.c. (0133, 0134, 0139)
5
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and
33
Animal specialties (027)
LIVESTOCK
2 611
2
50 to 99
20
100 to 199
3
Cov»s and heifers that had calved ....
Beef cows
Farms vmth-
1 to 9
.. farms.,
number..
.. farms..
39
6
58
2
100 to 199
200 to 499
'_
Farms with-
number..
1 341
2
sSs::::::::::::::::::::::::;:;:::::;:
50 to 99
5
100 to 199
-
Heifers and heifer calves
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull
calves
.. farms.,
number..
farms
38
1 123
21
Cattle and calves sold
farms
89
43
Calves
Cattle
Fattened on grain and concentrates
number..
$1.000..
.. farms.,
number..
$1,000..
.. farms.,
number..
$1,000..
$i.ooo"
1 137
248
36
630
40
507
208
i
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987-Con.
760 515
176
3 255 082
11 469 335
10 204
800
28
5 072
1 333 187
125
6 594 657
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 48 Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbol
, see introductory text]
.farms
Farms with sales of $10,000 or more
Total
Full owners
Part owners
Tenants
Total
Full owners
Part owners
Tenants
CROPS HARVESTED
. farms-
acres..
544
28 711
442 833
223
228
85
6
2
535
35 548
2 728 024
3
150
839
83 261
22 412 030
34
3 485
120
118
285
249
67
3 672
221 675
393 393
13
184
1 322
600
112
2 494
136 898
240 584
3
(D)
509
9 727
776
294
52
16
6
394
7 405
21
177
206
117
55
6
739
24 303
711
142
3 909
58 767
87
49
248
13 966
1 034 300
2
(D)
367
26 539
6 845 354
9
(D)
79
63
124
16
2 300
88 752
146 272
9
92
1 082
1 Oil
IB
1 479
59 483
98 192
3
(D)
305
2 736
39
185
213
72
15
3
2
313
3 816
15
114
173
100
595
9 703
65
538
388
24 205
374 740
170
79
2
259
20 119
1 570 841
(D)
369
50 993
14 105 345
23
2 366
32
26
115
146
50
1 281
125 801
235 185
220
577
388
89
7
948
72 314
134 143
176
6 744
30
566
67
57
13
3 381
(D)
27
15
19
5
5
106
12 884
22
169
597
9 326
5
9
28
1 463
122 883
103
5 729
1 461 331
2
(D)
9
29
46
18
91
7 122
11 936
20
43
23
5
67
5 101
8 249
28
248
25
14
2
10
209
2
(D)
6
2
38
1 716
5
5
27 928
433 113
157
221
85
6
2
436
33 965
2 625 926
3
150
720
82 748
22 306 015
33
(D)
79
284
249
67
1 374
145 806
291 377
190
578
493
106
1 071
88 972
172 609
235
8 988
39
675
62
100
51
16
6
145
6 333
8
139
28
50
51
6
301
21 077
49
612
95
iS
45
6
180
12 785
962 751
,o1
26 252
6 782 132
8
(D)
20
123
85
16
546
39 057
123
274
132
415
27 845
53 919
100
2 235
14
(D)
37
43
15
3
2
95
2 848
5
(D)
20
39
208
7 055
28
364
23 994
372 172
109
168
79
6
2
232
19 813
1 549 719
(D)
50 914
23
2 366
21
20
115
146
50
780
102 119
203 711
62
345
86
620
57 749
112 402
126
6 603
23
533
24
50
35
13
45
3 285
3
(D)
7
19
5
5
76
12 577
19
(D)
12
ton
Irngated
Farms by acres hareested:
(D)
(D)
9
Oats lor gram _
Irngated --
Irish potatoes --
. farms-
acres..
bushels..
. farms.,
acres..
" acres-
cwt__
13i^
113 456
80
S 582
1 432 399
2
Farms by acres harvested:
acres..
(D)
P-Pn 1 qq 9 acres'
46
18
Hay -alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild
grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text)
Irngated
Farms by acres harvested:
. farms. -
ons, dry..
48
4 630
8 749
5
24
16
250 to 499 acres
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain
and wild hay (see teict)
'■•"galed—-
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ,
Irrigated -
Farms by acres harvested:
. farms-.
acres..
ons, dry..
. farms. -
.. farms..
.. fa'rms-
acres..
36
3 378
6 288
9
150
.o1
1
5
Farms by beanng and nonbearing acres
0 1 to 4 9 acres
acres..
;
1
100,0 to 249 9 acres
250 0 acres or more
1
farms
17
acres..
farms
2
I agricultural products sold are included as farms with gains of less t
48 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 49. Summary by Type of Organization: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Total sales (see text)
Average per farm
Farms by value of sales;
$1,000 to $2,499 ,._
$2,500 to $4,999 ...
$5,000 to $9,999 ...
$10,000 to $19,999.
$20,000 to $24,999 .
$25,000 to $39,999 .
$40,000 to $49,999 .
$100,000 to $249,999.
Grains
farms
$1,000.
$1,000.
Wheat
$1,000.
farms
Soybeans
$1,000-
Sorghum for grain
Barley
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
$1,000.
$1,000.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000.
Hay, silage, and field seeds
$1,000.
farms
Sales of $50,000 or more
Vegetables, sweet com. and melons
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
"'"$1%'oo:
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000.
$1,000.
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000.
Poultry and poultry products
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
$1,000.
$1,000.
Cattle and calves
Sales ot $50,000 or more
$1,000-
"'"$i%oo;
... farms.
$1,000.
8 221
29
5 005
914
30 660
96
23 228
95 811
488
90 302
88 672
594
80 387
5 594
243 337
43 500
12 107
53
5 756
62 483
465
55 374
See footnotes at end of table
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
15 733
35
15 308
54 462
60
12 325
MAINE 49
Table 49. Summary by Type of Organization:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987 -Con.
Total
Individual
or family
Corporation
Item
Total
Family
held
Other than family held
Other-
cooperative.
Total
10 or less
stock-
Total
10 or less
stock-
trust,
etc.
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD -Con.
Total sales (see text) -Con.
295
1 064
3
367
549
879
477
13 070
5
11 832
6 266
324 276
51 752
1 742
21 876
1 332
280
19
3 197
94 386
2 124
598
354
121
2 044
63 160
1 142
548
219
135
2 525
10 684
1 505
543
3 252
16 437
2 451
666
98
37
2 821
11 996
2 226
513
50
32
5 857
12 827
5 242
577
30
8
5 232
6 421
3 268
4 252
87
105
4 128
2 049
274
1 018
3
367
506
770
1 334
3
(D)
34 391
1 602
14 067
1 253
253
13
2 872
53 527
2 006
511
262
93
1 753
47 125
1 022
470
159
102
2 201
7 345
1 389
442
315
55
2 871
11 379
2 255
548
53
15
2 445
7 562
2 002
410
23
10
5 290
9 028
4 867
406
4 701
4 669
2 864
2 854
78
93
3 628
1 412
13
29
90
23
(D)
287
23 341
81 327
1 139
54
14
2
195
6 493
59
45
166
5 045
75
44
35
12
127
942
56
36
21
148
1 572
52
15
146
1 036
95
40
7
268
1 006
199
64
5
248
535
186
353
1
(D)
231
(D)
7
33
12
11 619
2
(D)
270
103 740
384 222
59
6 608
23
19
112
34 169
27
27
44
107
10 893
31
32
23
21
180
2 383
59
40
32
220
3 403
112
60
30
18
113
59
20
17
256
2 696
140
100
14
2
249
1 181
200
1 021
8
(D)
250
(D)
6
(D)
(D)
(D)
258
46 530
180 350
54
1 196
23
18
2
106
26
12
101
4 207
31
31
21
18
173
2 235
48
56
30
211
3 239
109
57
27
18
200
2 809
57
16
244
1 744
138
94
11
1
237
811
190
622
7
9
239
301
6
(D)
10
(D)
(D)
256
(D)
(D)
54
1 196
23
18
11
2
106
4 966
27
26
41
12
101
4 207
31
31
21
18
173
2 235
48
56
39
30
209
(D)
107
57
27
18
198
(D)
109
57
15
242
(D)
137
93
188
'1
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
12
57 210
4 767 482
5
5 412
2
2
6
29 203
3
2
6
6 685
2
3
7
3
2
9
164
3
3
3
9
379
3
2
3
12
952
2
6
3
12
370
10
399
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(0)
(D)
2
1
5
(D)
5
(Q)
2
2
6
(D)
3
2
B
(D)
3
2
8
(D)
3
2
2
(D)
2
6
3
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1.000..
farms .
-
$1.000..
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000..
farms
10
Other livestock and livestock products
(see text)
Sales of $50,000 or more
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
Total farm production expenses
Livestock and poultry purchased
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
$1,000..
.. farms..
$1,000..
.. farms..
$1,000..
.. farms..
$1,000.-
.. dollars..
.. farms..
$1,000..
(D)
43
2 334
54 273
62
2
$5 000 to $24 999
1
18
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
$1,000..
198
Commercially mixed formula feeds ..
Farms with expenses of-
.. farms..
$1,000..
18
97
$5 000 to $24 999
2
$25 000 to $79 999
2
farms
17
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000..
11
$1 000 to $4 999
6
13
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
$1,000-.
84
$5 000 to $24 999
6
$50,000 or more
Agricultural chemicals
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
.. farms..
$1,000..
21
209
16
$50 000 or more
43
Farms With expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
$1,000..
36
$50,000 or more
34
Diesel fuel
$1,000..
farms
18
Natural gas
LP gas. fuel oil, kerosene, motor oil.
grease, etc.
$1,000..
.. farms..
$1,000.-
24
19
37
See footnotes at end of table.
50 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 49. Summary by Type of Organization: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbrevialions and symbols,
10 or less
stock-
Total holders
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 49. Summary by Type of Organization: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Total riolders
NET CASH RETURN FROM
AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR
THE FARM UNIT'
Average per fami -
$1,000 to
$10,000 t
$50,000 c
$1,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $49.99
$50,000 or more
famns
$1.000..
Customwork and other agricultural
$1.000..
Gross cash rent or share payments _
Forest products and Christmas trees
Other (ami-related income sources _.
$1.000..
... famis..
$1.000..
... terms..
$1,000..
... famis..
$1.000..
Total...
Com .
$1,000
.. farms
$1,000
Peanuts, rye. rice, tobacco, and honey .
I FARMS ACCORDING TO
Farms by acres hareested:
too to 199 acres
200 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres.
Total V
Woodland pastured
Woodland not pastured .
See footnotes at i
52 MAINE
6 266
74 252
11 850
5 919
592 309
5 486
5 666
43 001
7 589
6 679
4 970
52 171
33 955
4 565
4 090
59 939
51 479
4 170
3 730
555 841
452 578
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 49. Summary by Type of Organization: 1987 -Con.
(Fof meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
I woodland [
Cropland under federal acreage reduction
programs:
Annual commodity acreage adjustment
Value of land and buildings' .
$70,000 to $99.999...
$100,000 to $149,999.
$150,000 to $199,999.
$200,000 to $499.999
$500,000 to $999.999
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 .
$1 to $4.£
$5,000 to $9,999 ...
$10,000 to $19,999.
$20,000 to $49,999 .
$50,000 to $99,999 .
$100,000 to $199,999.
$200,000 to $499,999.
$500,000 Of more ....
Less ttian 40 horsepower (PTO) famns
number
• (PTO) or more farms
Cottonpickars and strippere.
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'
Sprays, dusts, granules, fumlgants, e
control -
Insects on hay and other crops ..
Diseases in crops and orchards
Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and
control of crops or thinning c
acres on which used-
6 266
320 729
210 777
5 537
12 236
5 597
14 260
3 805
2 627
96
5 180
4 990
10 268
5 057
12 218
3 483
5 602
3 136
6 616
2 326
2 052
2 925
2 605
3 252
2 871
346 899
168 616
1 220
1 050
64 204
47 541
29 050
83 576
144
102
8 314
5 814
952
72 535
50 674
9 871
(D)
37
3 986
2 887
198
11 158
45 926
105
11 500
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
MAINE 53
Table 49.
[For meaning ol
Summary by Type of Organization:
J symbols, see introductory text]
1987-Con.
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
Owned land in farms.
Land rented or leased from otf>ers .
Rented or leased land in farms ..
Land rented or leased to others -.
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
On farm operated
Not on farm operated .
Not reported .-.
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming
Other
Operators by days of work off farm:
None
Any .
1 99 days
100 to 199 days —
200 days or more .
Operators by years on present farm;
2 years or less .
Average years on prt
Not reported
Operators by age group:
Under 25 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years ._
55 to 59 years ....
60 to 64 years
65 to 69 years
70 years and over .
Average age
Operators by sex:
t^ale
Female
Operators of Spanish origin (see text) ,
Individual or
_. farms-
"^S^'Sd
acres.
10 or less stockholders -..
aher than family held
ivlore than 10 stockholders
10 or less stockholders --.
Other-cooperative, estate or tmst.
institutional, etc
.. farms.
.. tarms-
;i farms!
farms
See footnotes at end of table.
54 MAINE
6 002
167 728
5 997
5 578
3 838
1 510
150 996
1 744
149 779
93 297
329
93 043
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
Table 49. Summary by Type of Organization: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
FARMS BY SIZE
10 to 49 acres
50 to 69 acres
70 to 99 acres
100 to 139 acres
140 to 179 acres -
180 to 219 acres
220 to 259 acres
260 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres
2,000 acres or more _
FARMS BY STANDARD
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
Cash grains (011)
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish
potatoes; field crops, except cash
grains, n.e.c, (0133, 0134, 0139) -_
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Hortcultural specialties (018)
General farms, pnmanly 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)
LIVESTOCK
Cattle and calves inventory farms.
number.
Farms with —
1 to 9
10 10 49
50 to 99
100 to 199
200 to 499
500 or more
Cows and heifers that had calved farms.
Beef cows farms-
Farms with-
1 to 9
10 to 49
50 to 99
100 to 199
200 to 499 -.
500 or more
Milk cows ._ farms.
number.
Farms with-
1 to 4
5 to 9
10 to 49
50 to 99
100 to 199
200 to 499 _
500 or more
Herters and heifer calves farms.
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull
Cattle and calves sold farms,
$1,000^
Calves farms.
$1,000:
Cattle farms
$i.ooo'
Fattened on grain and concentrates ... farms
2 271
61 597
1 331
2 366
50 357
15 329
1 465
26 156
2 842
2 087
24 201
12 487
2 038
46 974
1 247
35 253
1 506
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
MAINE 55
Table 49.
Summary by Type of Organization: 1987-Con.
I symbols, see introductory tex\\
LIVESTOCK -Con.
Hogs and pigs inventory
.. farms..
Farms with-
1 to 24
1 00 to 1 99
200 to 499
Used or to be used for breeding
Other
.. farms.,
number..
Hogs and pigs sold
number..
Feeder pigs
$1,000..
farms
number..
$1.000..
Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30
.. farms..
Dec. 1 and May 31
.. farms..
June 1 and Nov 30
.. farms.,
number..
Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory..
.. farms..
number.,
pounds of wool..
number..
number..
number..
number..
POULTRY
Chickens 3 months old or older inventory __ farms.
10 000 to 19 999
20 000 to 49 999
100,000 or more .
Hens and pullets of laying age
Pullets 3 months old or older not of
... farms-,
number..
ens and pullets sold
number..
... farms.
Turkey hens kept for breeding farms. .
Turkeys sold farms. .
number..
See footnotes at end of table.
11 933
504
12 905
13 679 943
13 550
1 018
84
7 263
887 412
217
3 224 113
56 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 49.
[For meaning of
Summary by Type of Organization: 1987-
; and symbols, see introductory text]
Con.
Total
Individual
or family
Partnership
Corporation
Total
Family held
Other than
family held
Other-
cooperative,
Total
10 or less
stock-
holders
Total
10 or less
stock-
holders
estate or
trust.
institutional.
etc.
CROPS HARVESTED
544
28 711
442 833
223
228
85
6
2
535
35 548
2 728 024
3
150
839
83 261
22 412 030
34
3 485
120
118
285
249
67
3 672
221 675
393 393
13
184
1 322
1 631
600
112
7
2 494
240 584
3
(D)
509
9 727
73
776
294
52
16
6
394
7 405
21
177
206
117
55
10
6
739
24 303
92
417
18 732
289 620
192
51
3
23 794
1 762 178
2
(D)
708
59 846
15 857 335
22
1 663
108
105
261
203
31
3 335
187 955
323 787
(D)
1 247
1 505
493
5
2 272
120 739
209 532
3
(D)
452
6 140
513
275
127
37
10
335
3 636
17
86
191
103
38
3
651
9 896
78
64
3 845
57 104
33
10
2
40
^
(D)
6 710
1 896 980
3
(D)
8
7
17
21
202
20 Oil
38 812
(D)
49
76
61
14
2
139
10 Oil
18 207
34
125
10
8
2
24
564
10
8
5
45
1 456
11
72
58
5 882
93 612
10
23
2
47
9 197
775 743
66
16 413
4 590 363
8
1 455
2
6
23
1Z3
12 199
27 491
22
46
45
10
75
5 191
10 973
21
2 580
5
139
5
3
2
31
3 140
90
5
3
6
6
38
11 926
2
(D)
54
5 752
90 174
21
23
2
46
(D)
(D)
8
1 455
2
6
6
22
113
11 309
25 680
21
41
10
68
4 821
20
(D)
(D)
5
2
7
4
2
29
(D)
90
5
3
6
35
7 038
2
(D)
54
5 752
90 174
7
21
23
2
46
(D)
(D)
64
8
2
6
22
28
20
40
10
67
(D)
(D)
5
2
2
27
2
5
3
10
5
35
7 038
2
(D)
130
3 438
3
2
iS!
(D)
10
890
1 811
5
370
675
1
(D)
(D)
2
(D)
2
3
4 888
3
2
2
!E!
9
(0)
(D)
4
6
(D)
(D)
2
(D)
2
3
4 888
5
252
2 497
2
2
tons, green.-
Imgated farms-
Farms by acres harvested:
1 to 24 acres
25 to 99 acres
250 to 499 acres
500 acres or more
Oats tor grain farms-
acres..
bushels..
Imgated farms..
Irish potatoes farms..
acres..
cwt..
29!
67 352
acres..
Farms by acres harvested:
0.1 to 4.9 acres
(D)
2
100 0 to 249 9 acres
2
12
1 510
4
250-0 acres or more
Hay-alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild,
grass silage, green chop. etc. fsee text) .. farms..
tons. dry..
Irrigated famns..
acres..
Farms by acres harvested:
25 to 99 acres _
100 to 249 acres
250 to 499 acres _
3
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain,
and wild hay (see text) farms..
tons, dry-
Irrigated farms..
Irrigated farms-
acres..
8
957
1 872
(d1
25.0 to 99.9 acres
100 0 to 249 9 acres
acres..
Irrigated farms..
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres:
65
-
5.0 to 24.9 acres
25.0 to 99.9 acres
3
100 0 to 249 9 acres
5
ill
1 025
1
(D)
I production expenses equal to market \
> of agricultural products sold are included as f
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 50 Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Age of operator (years)
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms
Average size of farm
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD
Total sales (see text)
... farms..
$1.000..
rinlliir!i
Farms by value of sales:
Less than $1,000 (see text)
$2 500 to $4 999
$5 000 to $9 999
$20 000 to $24 999
$50 000 to $99 999
$100 000 to $249 999
$500 000 to $999 999
$1 000 000 or rrore
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1.000..
farms
$1.000..
farms
^?^-
Soybeans
$1,000..
farms
$1.000..
farms
$1.000..
Oats
$1.000..
farms
Other grains
$1.000..
... farms..
$1.000..
— farms..
. silage, and field seeds
ales of $50,000 or more .
Sales of $50,000 or moi
Fruits, nuts, and bemes ..
Sales of $50,000 or moi
Nursery and greenhouse c
Sates of $50,000 or moi
Other crops .
Sales of $£
Poultry and poultry products .
Sales of $50,000 or more .
Dairy products
Sales of $50,000 or more .
Sales of $50,000 or r
See footnotes at
58 MAINE
"$i.ooo".
"$i.oooI
$1,000.
.. farms,
$1,000.
$1,000
.. farms
$1,000
$1,000.
"$1.000;
"$i.ooo!
. fartis.
5 005
914
30 660
95 811
488
90 302
547
128 641
154
127 902
20 503
70
17 284
191
9 549
7 952
714
89 552
460
85 059
305
125 655
125 073
20 602
133
19 237
271
2 349
4
(D)
2 425
76
5 175
20 428
131
18 857
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 50.
[For meaning ol
Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
1 symbols, see introductory text]
Other occupations
Age of operator (years)
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Land in farms
48.6
429 693
Average size of fam,
acres--
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD
$1,000..
riollars
45 836
15 033
Farms by value of sales:
$1 ,000 to $2,499
765
$2,500 to $4 999
574
$20 000 to $24 999
50
$25 000 to $39 999
$50,000 to $99,999
53
$100 000 to $249,999
31
$1 ,000.000 or more
100
521
(D)
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1.000..
... farms..
$1.000..
Wlieat
$1.000..
33
$1.000..
7
$1,000..
Sorghum for grain
Barley
... farms..
$1.000..
:
Oats
Other grains
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
7
68
393
22
80
Cotton and cottonseed
Sales of $50,000 or more
... farms..
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
... farms-.
$1,000..
Sales of $50 000 or more
'kZ-
3 5«
$1,000..
(D)
Vegetables, sweet com, and melons .
... farms-.
$1,000..
179
1 292
$1,000-
683
farms
Sales of $60,000 or more _.
$1.000..
... farms..
$1.000..
10 158
26
5 944
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000-.
farms
2 033
$1,000-
703
Other crops
Sales of $50,000 or more
... farms..
$1,000-
"""$1,000-
119
6 259
28
5 243
Poultry and poultry products
Sales of $50,000 or more
'"'$1%00-
... farms..
$1,000..
242
2 986
2 829
Dairy products
Sales of $50,000 or more
... farms-
$1,000-
""'$1,000-
3 028
16
2 280
Cattle and calves
Sales of $50,000 or more
"""$1,000-
... farms. -
$1.000..
890
3 493
1 100
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
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Table 50.
[For meaning ol
Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con.
I symbols, see introductory textj
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD-Con
Total sates (see text) -Con.
Hoqs and pigs farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Sfieep. lambs, and wool famis.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Other livestock and livestock products
(see text) farms.
Sales of $50,000 or more __ farms.
$1,000.
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
Total farm production expenses farms.
$1,000.
Average per farm ..dollars.
Livestock and poultry purcfiased farms.
$1,000.
Farms witfi expenses of —
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more
Feed (or livestock and poultry farms.
$1,000.
Farms ynth expenses of-
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99,999.-
$100,000 or more
Commercially mixed formula feeds farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $79,999
$80,000 or more
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.
$1,000.
Farms wtth expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 or more
(Commercial fertilizer tarms,
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999..
$50,000 or more
Agricultural chemicals farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Petroleum products farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Gasoline and gasohol farms.
$1,000.
Diesel fuel farms.
$1,000.
Natural gas farms.
$1,000,
LP gas. fuel oil, kerosene, motor oil,
grease, etc. farms.
$1,000
See footnotes at end of table.
3 084
11 072
2 507
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Otlier occupations
Age of operator (years)
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD-Con.
Total sales (see text) — Con
Hogs and pigs farms
$1,000
Sales of $50,000 or more farms
$1,000
Stieep. lambs, and wool farms
$1,000
Sales of $50,000 or more farms,
$1,000
Otfier livestock and livestock products
(see text) farms.
$1,000
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
Total farni production expenses farms.
$1,000.
Average per farm dollars.
Uvestock and poultry purchased _ farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more
Feed for livestock and poultry farms.
$1,000.
Famns with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more
Ckjmmercially mixed formula feeds farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999 _...
$25,000 to $79.999 _
$80,000 or more _..
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees _ farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more __.
Commercial fertilizer farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999 __ _
$5,000 to $24.999 _
$25,000 to $49,999 _
$50,000 or more
Agricultural chemicals farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Petroleum products _._ farms.
$1,000.
$1 to $4,999 _-_ _.,
$5,000 to $24,999 _.
$25,000 to $49,999 __
$50,000 or more
Gasoline and gasohol — farms.
$1,000.
Diesel fuel .__ famis.
$1,000.
Natural gas farms.
$1,000.
LP gas, fuel oil. kerosene, motor oil.
grease, etc farms.
$1,000.
See footnotes at end of table.
3 054
40 229
13 172
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Total fanning
and other
occupations
Farming
Item
Total
Age of operator (years)
Under 25
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 and over
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
-Con.
Total (arm production expenses-Con.
■$i%oo:;
4 574
7 596
3 140
1 177
245
12
3 108
51 613
1 922
767
362
57
906
4 978
386
347
148
25
5 381
19 687
4 330
947
76
1 444
3 052
870
430
127
17
2 753
15 455
2 036
635
74
8
2 032
11 312
521
969
477
65
1 445
4 143
800
473
160
12
1 287
3 845
1 098
119
52
18
6 064
11 460
5 695
240
115
14
5 630
38 383
4 512
831
166
121
2 708
6 401
1 369
1 098
230
2 086
44 765
1 001
694
342
49
468
3 846
143
185
121
19
2 962
16 585
1 989
875
75
23
971
2 492
497
349
112
13
13 301
1 204
573
70
5
1 357
9 598
201
662
436
58
1 022
3 703
476
380
156
10
1 008
852
91
48
17
3 091
7 678
'l^
105
11
3 078
33 923
2 052
757
157
112
32
68
22
30
159
16
13
1
24
59
10
40
96
34
27
16
25
47
109
2
21
85
2
16
1
2
35
24
2
43
105
32
33
32
47
245
33
13
268
555
127
128
2
214
4 054
103
70
37
57
971
2
34
20
301
1 789
164
132
3
2
136
435
57
60
18
240
1 444
173
60
6
131
1 019
2
85
39
5
162
424
35
19
166
775
135
24
3
268
608
240
20
7
321
2 884
202
94
13
12
567
2 054
220
284
62
442
13 779
220
68
10
99
604
22
3
606
3 893
357
228
15
6
210
606
79
101
26
443
4 417
247
174
21
353
2 955
48
157
133
15
237
1 462
104
72
56
5
670
209
26
2
608
1 396
553
34
20
601
11 937
365
170
38
28
646
1 474
336
238
67
5
524
11 820
241
169
99
15
97
487
37
27
29
677
4 489
422
226
6
195
685
88
68
34
5
480
3 235
296
163
20
393
2 565
42
203
131
123
83
35
3
263
700
222
30
10
2 008
589
38
3
681
7 769
398
202
45
lis?
291
254
61
3
483
10 184
213
171
84
15
98
1 234
37
38
15
645
4 031
416
204
18
7
207
462
131
45
29
2
407
3 110
261
131
13
2
315
2 224
67
140
95
13
210
886
103
74
31
2
159
817
138
9
705
2 048
624
48
27
6
689
8 117
428
187
27
586
Farms with expenses of-
172
28
. farms. -
$1,000..
393
4 769
208
127
53
Contract labor
Farms with expenses of-
. farms..
$1.000..
93
492
35
31
$25 000 or more
Repair and maintenance
Farms with expenses of-
"$1.000l^
693
2 286
596
79
$25 000 to $49 999
16
2
Customwork, machine hire, and rental o
. farms..
$1.000..
196
Farms with expenses o(-
$1 to $999
288
74
-$1%^'::
236
Farms with expenses of-
183
$100 000 or more
. (amis..
$1,000..
144
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999.- -
$1 000 to $4 999
750
61
37
Not secured by real estate
Farms with expenses o(-
"'$1.000;i
134
237
78
$5 000 to $24 999
15
Cash rent
farms
129
Farms with expenses of-
$1,000..
268
116
$6 000 to $9 999
$10 000 to $24 999
2
2
Farms with expenses of-
.. farms..
$1,000..
784
1 544
737
$5 000 to $9 999
$10 000 to $24 999
All other farm production expenses
Farms with expenses of-
.. farms..
$1,000..
739
2 972
626
$25 000 to $49 999
$50,000 or more
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Age of operator (years)
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
-Con.
Total farm production expenses-Con,
Electncity
. farms..
$1.000..
1 866
1 195
$5 000 to $24 999
15
$25 000 or more
1
. farms..
$1.000..
Farms vyitfi expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
6 848
921
$100 000 or more
8
. farms..
$1,000..
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
1 132
243
$1,000 to $4,999
162
$25 000 or more
6
. farms..
$1.000..
Farms witti expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
3 102
2 341
$5,000 to $24.999
72
$50 000 or more
5
Customwork. mactiine hire, and rental o
machinery and equipment
. farms..
$1.000..
473
561
$5 000 to $24 999
15
$25 000 or more
Interest expense
"$1^II
901
Farms with expenses of-
2 153
$5 000 to $24 999
62
$25,000 to $99.999
Secured by real estate
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999...
. farnis..
$1,000..
675
1 714
320
307
$25 000 or more
.. farms..
$1,000..
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $999...
$1 .000 to $4 999
440
324
93
$5 000 to $24 999
Cash rent
.. farms..
$1.000..
279
Farms with expenses of-
511
$5,000 to $9 999
$10 000 to $24 999
^
Property taxes
Farms with expenses of-
.. farms..
$1,000..
2 973
3 782
$5,000 to $9,999
40
$10,000 to $24 999
10
$25 000 or more
All other farm production expenses
Farms with expenses of-
.. farms..
$1,000..
2 552
4 460
$25,000 to $49,999
9
$50 000 or more
9
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con.
[For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory tejct]
Total farming
and other
occupations
Farming
Item
Total
Age of operator (years)
Under 25
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 and over
NET CASH RETURN FROM
AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR
THE FARM UNIT'
All farms ...number..
6 266
74 252
11 850
2 912
31 859
1 021
1 027
423
3 354
5 522
642
2 283
400
29
851
3 062
1 941
7 942
666
2 163
294
525
1 025
4 546
450
709
56
323
5
(D)
1
(D)
40
126
5 919
592 309
5 486
410 891
719
441
54
16
3
2 649
87 487
772
33 608
1 473
206
6 679
1 245
52 171
4 565
616 780
1 158
59 939
4 170
555 841
3 212
70 533
21 959
42 061
155
558
818
407
1 274
8 619
213
325
25
593
2 647
1 106
5 607
331
1 452
134
323
613
3 388
362
443
46
308
(D)
(D)
35
(D)
7
100
3 076
447 396
2 917
320 004
1 209
410
47
2
1 409
61 467
511
27 154
73
660
123
4 954
621
33 157
2 415
385 235
637
39 108
2 210
346 127
47
395
8 406
30
15 219
15
13
2
17
3 615
15
(d1
17
38
(D)
16
(D)
(D)
(D)
33
4 190
3 157
12
8
6
10
385
5
445
(o)
(D)
16
1 945
181
14
1 764
321
7 851
24 458
196
48 357
23
65
68
40
125
13 015
16
38
68
3
71
(D)
106
605
(D)
25
73
(D)
31
24
5
(D)
5
(D)
317
43 543
297
30 675
101
73
72
51
126
5 469
62
3 266
19
222
?i
(D)
204
24 867
56
2 492
22 375
621
20 664
33 276
401
56 367
19
124
157
220
8 814
22
126
71
127
461
237
1 079
80
282
49
56
111
666
68
75
9
100
(D)
565
89 295
533
67 709
184
106
138
15
268
11 422
121
5 867
152
19
380
127
3 765
431
112
4 284
397
53 068
16 676
23 258
41 121
25
85
239
122
246
10 943
34
145
59
8
156
1 007
202
943
65
285
23
43
98
476
74
140
115
3
(D)
17
5
(D)
663
124 383
634
89 657
199
131
151
133
16
3
328
14 358
142
9 526
68
36
1 554
122
9 220
525
93 105
145
12 703
482
80 402
707
17 570
24 851
389
51 275
16
102
184
87
318
7 471
166
73
5
163
750
265
1 748
80
320
9
133
161
1 190
91
105
28
(D)
5
(D)
(D)
691
106 047
651
78 107
255
148
91
10
6
307
13 279
107
4 946
100
24
420
9 195
570
101 186
137
7 723
525
93 463
799
Average per farm..
$1.000..
.dollars..
number.,
.dollars..
7 377
451
21 424
Gain of-
72
$1 000 to $9 999
157
55
348
.dollars..
6 567
Loss ol-
Less than $1 000
52
235
53
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS AND
OTHER FARM-RELATED INCOME
$1,000..
. farms..
$1,000..
. farms..
$1,000..
'$1,0001"
■$i%oo"^
'$i,ooo"
. fanns..
$1,000..
. farms..
279
1 193
Gross cash rent or share payments ...
Forest products and Christmas trees ..
Other farm-related income sources
COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION LOANS
Total
Corn
39
66
154
624
98
100
5
50
Wheat
Soybeans
Sorghum, barley, and oats
$1.000..
. farms..
$1.000..
.. farms..
$1,000..
.. farms..
$1,000..
5
50
Peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, and honey.
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE
Total cropland....
$1,000..
.. farms..
$1,000..
" acres^I
farms .
807
79 938
769
Farms by acres harvested:
458
99
42
6
Cropland:
farms _
370
acres..
In cover crops, legumes, and soil-
improvement grasses, not ha/vested
?ams""
8
acres..
26
acres..
150
acres. .
acres..
106 780
183
Woodland not pastured
acres..
615
95 055
See footnotes i
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Other occupations
Age of operator (years)
NET CASH RETURN FROM
AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR
THE FARM UNIT'
Average per farm
number..
$1,000..
dollars..
3 719
1 218
rinllars
11 559
Gain of-
286
463
209
16
2 080
3 625
429
1 572
75
$10 000 to $49 999
Farms with net losses-—
number..
rtnllare
Loss of-
$1,000 to $9,999
$10 000 to $49 999
$50,000 or more
Other farm-related income'
Customwork and other agricultural
$1,000
"'"$1,000.
Gross cash rent or share payments .
Forest products and Christmas trees
Other farm-related income sources ..
$1,000.
... farnis.
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
Com
- farms.
$1,000.
Wheat
$1,000.
$1,000.
$1,000.
Cotton ...
$1,000.
farms.
Peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, and honey.
FARMS ACCORDING TO
acres—
Farms by acres harvested:
acres.-
1 00 to 1 99 acres
200 to 499 acres
Cropland:
In cover crops, legumes, and soil-
improvement grasses, not harvested
On wfhich all crops failed ..
In cultivated summer fallow
acres..
. farms..
acres..
Woodland not pastured
See footnotes at end of t
farms.,
farms.
20 831
1 960
209 714
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
3 957
443
55 151
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Total farming
occupations
Age of operator (years)
Cropland under federal acrt
programs:
Annual commodity acreage adiustment
programs
farms
alue of land and buildings'
Average per farm
Average per acre
Farms by value group:
farms..
$1,000..
dollars..
.....dollars..
$70 000 to $99 999
$100 000 to $149 999
$200 000 to $499 999
$5,000,000 or more
Estimated market value of all machinery
and equipment
Farmsj^y^a^grr^
SI. 000..
$5 000 to $9 999
$10 000 to $19 999
$500,000 or more
Motortrucks, including pickups .
Wtieel tractors
number,
famis.
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) ..
40 horsepower (PTO) or more ....
number.
farms.
number.
farms.
number.
Grain and bean combines
farms.
Cottonpickers and strippers
fanns.
Mower conditioners
farms.
number.
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'
Commercial fertilizer ,
Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants. etc..
acres on
Nematodes in crops
which used.
..... farms.
farms
Weeds, grass, or brush in crops anc
pasture
which used.
6 266
320 729
210 777
5 537
12 236
5 597
6 201
3 549
8 069
246 899
1 220
59 021
64 204
3 255
2 201
5 973
See footnotes at e
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Age of operator (years)
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE-Con.
cropland and woodland pastured
Land in house lots, ponds, roads.
- farms-
acres, -
Cropland under federal acreage reduction
programs:
Annual commodity acreage adjustment
farms
Conservation reserve program
Value of land and buildings'
. farmsll
acres..
$1,000..
dollars
rinllars
Farms by value group:
$1 to $39,999
$40 000 to $69 999
$200 000 to $499 999
$1,000,000 to $1.999,999
$2 000 000 to $4 999 999
$5,000,000 or more
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'
Commercial fertilizer
Lime
Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc.,
control -
Insects on hay and other crops
\ crops and orchards
iss, or bnjsh in crops and
acres on v
Chemicals for defoliation or for growth
control of crops or thinning of fruit farms.
acres on which used..
3 054
461 284
151 043
Motortmcks, including pickups
Wheel tractors
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) -.
farms..
number..
farms..
number..
farms..
number.,
farms
2 517
4 121
2 611
5 032
1 973
2 946
1 348
number.,
farms
life
105
number..
116
Mower conditioners
number.,
fanns
741
Pickup balers ._
number..
famns..
787
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations e
, see introductory text]
Total (arming
and other
occupations
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
Land owned ---
Owned land in farms -
Land rented or I
Rented or lea:
sed from others .
1 land in famis ..
acres-
farms-
Land rented or leased to others.
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of
On farm operated .-_
Not on farm operated
Not reported
Operators by days of work off farm:
1 to 99 days .
100 to 199 da
200 days or rr
Not reported ._-
5 to 9 years--- --
10 years or more -
Average years on present farm .
Not reported -.
Operators by age group:
Under 25 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 49 years
50 t
Average age
Operators by sex:
Male
Female
Operators of Spanish c
°"™^--
Corporation:
Family held
acres--
_ famis-.
10 or less stockholders
Other than family held
(arms-
farms—
awes—
2 073
196 037
2 058
194 438
3 061
767 902
3 058
756 983
3 755
19
3 612
26
2 928
26
2 801
198 129
709
194 943
294
32 361
292
31 705
163 612
53
20 270
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
1987 -Con.
Age of operator (years)
Black and other races
Tenants
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
Landowner) -.
Owned land in farms -
Land rented or leased from others .
Rented or leased land in farms ..
acres,,
acres-
farnis-
famis-.
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of
On farni operated _
Not on farm
Not reported
Operators by days of word off farm:
None
1 to'99'dayVIIII""IIIIIIIII
"" I99days-
I days or more .
Operators by years on present farni:
3 or 4 years
5 to 9 years
10 years or more.
Operators by age group:
Under 25 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 to 69 years .
Female
Operators of Spanish origin (see text)
Individual or family (sole proprietorship) .
Partnership
Other thi
10 or I
Other -cooperative.
399 B26
2 939
391 167
2 716
200
467
2 049
See footrK3tes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory texl]
1987 -Con.
Total farming
occupations
Farming
Item
Total
Age of operator (years)
Under 25
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 and over
FARMS BY SIZE
419
1 029
515
564
812
562
409
321
1 028
106
30
70
1 730
1 730
230
780
280
1 434
862
216
315
62
119 475
854
1 019
424
241
95
4
2 271
61 597
1 331
11 782
943
368
16
3
1 183
49 815
263
66
475
273
90
15
2
2 025
47 036
1 666
10 842
2 366
50 357
15 329
1 465
26 156
2 842
2 087
24 201
12 487
433
2 604
1 332
349
168
i
219
216
782
375
11
33
959
959
131
280
138
77
492
304
809
164
110
27
102 975
251
571
391
230
91
54 172
564
6 395
347
12
2
968
47 777
107
42
439
266
87
15
2
41 203
7 600
1 476
42 533
11 837
1 050
23 539
2 400
1 311
18 994
9 436
190
1 651
840
16
16
5
10
16
741
7
8
15
399
6
58
3
341
11
15
318
24
15
154
47
9
72
5
82
42
3
9
18
50
23
18
45
31
17
23
79
21
124
124
13
18
24
81
24
6
8 251
27
37
34
26
4
113
4 302
32
206
24
8
92
4 096
8
48
32
103
3 668
65
281
121
2 559
675
87
1 415
87
109
1 144
588
12
40
23
32
68
28
52
64
48
37
43
138
63
17
3
5
181
181
33
33
35
14
66
35
174
30
20
2
297
22 653
55
87
84
48
271
12 251
96
1 053
61
32
2
199
11 198
20
3
91
59
21
237
8 620
175
1 782
271
9 886
2 349
213
6 575
752
245
3 313
1 597
29
145
67
36
71
29
34
57
55
46
51
186
101
27
10
5
190
190
20
57
15
90
59
222
46
26
9
368
27 512
48
100
27
342
15 009
116
1 243
261
13 766
22
114
79
26
6
319
10 732
218
1 771
360
11 181
3 296
271
6 272
708
315
4 909
2 588
44
345
178
33
81
31
44
81
55
42
178
23
5
208
28
61
34
17
lis
73
175
54
16
6
342
24 944
84
64
23
297
12 437
120
1 385
70
199
11 052
10
87
61
23
294
10 566
215
1 941
335
10 386
3 026
227
302
5 303
2 642
45
637
354
55
55
140 to 179 acres
90
180 to 219 acres
71
500 to 999 acres
73
1 000 to 1 999 acres
12
FARMS BY STANDARD
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
Field crops, except casti grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
240
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish
potatoes; field crops, except cash
grains nee (0133 0134 0139)
240
Horticultural specialties (018)
28
25
Livestocli. except dairy, poultry, and
Beef cattle except feedlots (0212)
129
^St^^cS^ik::::::::::::::::::::::::::
General farms, pnmarily livestock and
animal specialties (029)
24
4
LIVESTOCK
Cattle and calves inventory
Farms with-
1 to 9
.. farms.,
number..
387
18 874
76
10 to 49
191
200 to 499
15
Cows and heifers that had calved ....
Beef cows
'Tlf!^.
10 to 49
.. farms..
number..
.. farms..
number..
341
9 774
194
2 450
120
68
50 to 99
4
Farms with-
number..
7 324
5 to 9
14
10 to 49
90
200 to 499
Heifers and heifer calves
calves ■...._■
Cattle and calves sold
Calves
.. farms-
number..
.. farms.,
number..
.. farms.,
number..
$1.000..
"siVoi:
7iia
257
1 801
374
8 365
^^
4 122
464
number..
$1,000..
"number-
$1.000..
57
469
209
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory texl]
Other occupations
Item
Total
Age of operator (years)
Under 25
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 10 64
65 and over
FARMS BY SIZE
272
680
347
359
441
279
190
105
246
99
23
8
37
771
771
99
500
152
203
942
485
52
205
1 099
16 500
603
448
33
892
7 425
767
5 387
596
166
1
225
2 038
156
23
36
3
736
5 833
725
3 242
890
7 824
3 493
416
2 617
442
776
5 207
3 051
243
953
492
5
7
2
3
2
6
6
3
7
3
5
37
1
2
(D,
(D)
(D)
3
(D)
3
13
3
8
5
(D)
IS
i
37
82
43
33
27
15
17
2
15
8
54
54
16
40
12
87
42
10
6
31
6
109
1 861
57
87
(D)
60
(D)
11
3
7
77
(D)
72
309
90
823
312
(D)
IS!
23
(D)
(D)
236
108
93
122
82
51
25
64
2
2
221
221
29
44
42
297
10
75
13
323
3 873
205
112
2
4
272
1 889
242
1 444
206
34
2
64
445
49
3
10
2
205
197
782
249
1 737
660
112
710
140
224
1 027
520
82
294
151
68
170
76
90
138
50
36
71
31
5
8
222
222
22
103
37
62
286
146
13
13
45
334
5 278
171
145
3
264
2 277
235
1 787
172
62
61
490
45
9
2
228
1 953
225
274
2 910
124
701
110
244
2 209
1 585
75
309
175
54
111
66
93
91
52
22
61
26
8
2
7
140
140
22
140
34
51
193
115
9
9
5
217
3 615
103
103
8
2
180
1 646
1 130
107
42
48
516
35
2
8
2
154
1 246
151
723
190
1 470
519
90
532
87
163
938
432
43
211
95
31
61
35
180 to 219 acres .—
20
35
6
FARMS BY STANDARD
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
3
Field crops, except cash grains (oTs)"
Tobacco'wnf) ""
128
Sugarcane and sugar beets: Irish
potatoes; field crops, except cash
grains, n.ex. (0133. 0134, 0139)
128
10
36
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and
animal specialties (021)
Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212)
72
48
Poultry and eggs (025)
General farms, pnmarily livestock and
animal specialties (029)
LIVESTOCK
Farms with-
1 to 9
10 to 49
.. farms-
5
1 836
40
5
100 to 199
200 to 499
2
1
Cows and heifers that had calved
farms
87
'number^^
921
66
553
50
50 to 99
100 to 199
1
rulilkcows....
Farms with-
'number^'
29
368
5 to 9 ____
10 to 49
50 to 99
500 or more
Heifers and heifer calves
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull
Cattle and calves sold
.. farms..
number..
.. farms.,
number..
69
548
367
84
Calves
Cattle
Fattened on grain and concentrates
number. .
$1,000..
.. farms..
"sTool!"
.. farms..
number..
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
876
302
47
362
48
514
254
18
64
33
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Age of operator (years)
LIVESTOCK -Con
Hogs and pigs inventory.
Hogs and pigs sold .
Feeder pigs
Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory.
Ewes 1 year old or older
Sheep and lambs sold ..
Sheep and lambs shorn .
farms,
farms,
farms.
farms,
farms.
Horses and ponies inventory farms.
Horses and ponies sold farms.
Goats inventory farms.
Goals sold farms.
POULTRY
Chickens 3 months old or older inventory ,. farms,
number.
Farms with-
3.200 to 9.999 .
10.000 to 19,99
20.000 to 49,99'
Hens and pullets of laying age farms.
Pullets 3 months old or older not of
laying age farms.
Hens and pullets sold farms.
Broilers and other meat-type chickens
Farms with-
number..
60 000 to 99,999
1 00 000 or more
Turkey hens kept for breeding
Turkeys sold
farms..
334 452
239
649 904
436 927
38
531 395
See footnotes at (
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Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator:
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987 -Con.
OthBr occupations
Age of operator (years)
LIVESTOCK-Con.
Farms with-
1 to 24 ,.
25 to 49.
. farms-.
si.oool!
Dec. 1 and May 31 ..
June 1 and Nov. 30
r all ages inventory.
Ewes 1 year old or older .
Sheep and lambs sold .
Stieep and lambs shorn
farms
famis
pounds of wool
Horses and ponies inventory.. farms
number
Horses and ponies sold farms
number.
Goats inventory farms
number
Goats sold farms
POULTRY
Chickens 3 m
inventory .. farms.
400 to 3,199
3.200 to 9.999 ...
10.000 to 19,999 .
20.000 to 49,999 .
50,000 to 99,999 .
Hens and pullets of laying age .
Broilers and other meat-type chickens
sold...
Turkey hens kept for breeding .
Turkeys sold
80 683
86
178 054
8 212
22
17 238
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 50 Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
Total farming
and otfier
occupations
Age of operator (years)
CROPS HARVESTED
Corn for silage or green chop .
I to 249 acres -
I grain,
(seete
100 to 249 acres..
250 to 499 acres ..
500 acres or more.
tons. dry..
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text)
acres..
... farms.,
acres..
0.1 to 4.9 acres
d:
acres..
5 0 to 24 9 acres
Land in orchards
Inigated
farms""
Farms by beanng and nc
0 1 to 4.9 acres
nbearing acre
acres..
5 0 to 24 9 acres
Bemes harvested tor sale
farms _
3 672
221 675
393 393
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Table 50.
[For meaning ol
Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con.
Other occupations
Item
Total
Age of operator (years)
Under 25
25 to 34
35 10 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 and over
CROPS HARVESTED
78
2 407
30 766
58
100
357 m
122
5 008
1 455 169
,d1
43
31
6
5
1 762
61 707
92 964
127
881
772
98
1 078
37 875
60 236
(D)
179
1 466
10
23
138
34
2
218
1 982
12
108
138
62
15
2
454
14 120
34
250
i
65
17 612
9
197
254
6
3
102
158
2
(D)
2
2
(D)
10
(D)
(D)
9
14
1 065
309 660
6
8
2
143
5 281
7 516
60
75
8
84
2 796
4 065
26
272
3
3
23
2
19
(D)
2
(D)
8
7
3
32
,D,
(D)
3i?
4 159
16
4
27
783
54 464
37
1 026
274 209
8
13
15
1
486
15 489
23 277
2
(D)
267
197
21
321
10 236
16 399
(D)
55
569
19
38
2
63
680
49
37
18
6
2
104
1 936
(o1
25
1 156
13 470
18
3
3
18^?
157 836
27
1 206
357 771
(D)
8
13
3
1
2
525
20 093
30 942
2
(D)
255
226
39
5
315
11 880
19 776
43
186
2
(D)
34
2
57
285
3
40
15
2
98
2 064
13
43
446
6 303
11
2
15
700
53 307
22
1 374
426 034
(D)
12
3
2
367
12 434
18 024
(D)
184
163
17
3
218
7 728
11 977
39
381
(D)
30
8
53
341
(D)
37
13
3
126
3 420
8
tons, green..
Irrigated farms..
acres..
Farms by acres harvested:
312
4 437
25 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres
8
"«^'" :^l::
Irish potatoes - farms-
acres. .
54?
43 975
12
272
69 783
Farms by acres harvested:
01 to 4 9 acres
5
250 0 acres or more
Hay-alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild,
grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) .. fanns..
tons, dryll
Irrigated farms..
232
lliJ?
2
(D)
25 to 99 acres
108
100 to 249 acres
13
250 to 499 acres
2
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain,
and wild hay (see text) famis..
acres..
-oated.... l^-Lg:
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ... farms.,
acres..
136
5 133
7 861
16
69
acres..
5.0 to 24.9 acres
3
25 0 to 99 9 acres
_
Land in orchards farms
24
acres-
131
Farms by beanng and nonbeanng acres:
0.1 to 4.9 acres
(D)
16
25.0 to 99.9 acres
1 00 0 to 249 9 acres
.
Ben-ies harvested for sale farms
93
acres..
6 314
132
t value of agricultural products sold g
I as farms with gains of less t
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987
{For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory teict]
,.e.
Total
acres
10 to 49
acres
50 to 69
acres
70 to 99
acres
100 to 139
acres
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms -
-.number..
percent..
100.0
1 342 588
214
6 269
405 484
64 681
1 023
1 036
870
719
539
161
292
174
553
199
67
26
564
4 298
9
950
35
767
23
64
21
457
2 900
5^^
1 793
7 255
6
448
509
8 221
29
5 005
914
30 660
96
23 228
370
11 582
49
8 655
833
95 811
488
90 302
547
128 641
154
127 902
949
88 672
594
80 387
2 366
15 329
26
3 832
419
6.7
1 706
419
11 527
27 512
72
119
79
45
32
12
10
14
3
4
2
(D)
2
(D)
3
45
114
54
163
128
3 802
16
2 566
26
102
55
6 552
18
6 419
273
(D)
71
134
1 029
27 974
27
1 029
23 811
23 140
274
253
161
113
75
33
8
23
24
15
8
19
(D)
2
(D)
(D)
I
6
6
32
170
267
106
419
176
1 620
40l
90
^-
2 156
76
1 073
2
(D)
151
15 652
46
15 470
37
712
3
2S1
228
545
515
8.2
29 599
57
515
9 886
19 197
106
53
48
8
21
10
15
5
3
1
(D)
8
157
321
39
317
1
(D)
95
960
3
207
33
3
330
31
917
7
481
40
5 760
12
5 705
18
334
(D)
143
398
564
9.0
46 380
82
564
23 784
42 170
131
130
91
87
38
6
31
15
2
18
37
3
(D)
(D)
(D)
8
7
7
20
194
404
51
457
2
(D)
94
1 025
5
444
26
1 371
8
1 253
32
1 250
14
1 021
64
5 951
18
5908
36
1 186
9
731
182
454
812
13.0
93 204
Average size of farm...
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD
Total sales (see text)
....acres..
'"'$1,000ll
115
812
19 520
24 039
Farms by value of sales:
142
167
$5 000 to $9 999
107
88
$25 100 10 $39 999
38
19
52
5
Grains — -
Sales of $50,000 or more
Corn for grain _
Wheat -—
— farms..
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
... farms-
Si ,000..
... fanns.-
$1,000..
50
143
2
2
Sorgfium for grain
Barley-...
Oats
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
"""$i,ooo;;
... farms..
$1,000..
42
105
9
$1,000.-
34
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
farms..
:
$1,000-
"
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000-
farms
:
Hay, silage, and field seeds
$1,000-
... farms..
$1,000..
276
856
Vegetables, sv^eet com, and melons
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
73
608
3
$1.000..
186
137
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
1 577
32
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
farms
391
257
80
$1,000-
26
Poultry and poultry products
$1,000-
"""$1*000-
66§l
20
$1.000..
farms
75
$1.000..
26
$1,000-
222
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000-
3
(D)
See footnotes at end of t
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Table 51.
Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
I symbols, see introductory text]
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
otal sales (see text)
Average per farm
$1.000..
dollars..
Farms by value of sales:
$5 000 to $9 999
$10,000 to $19,999
$25 000 to $39 999
$40 000 to $49 999
$250 000 to $499 999
farms
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
Corn for grain _
$i,ooo;;
farms
$1,000..
$1,000..
Sorghum for grain
farms..
$1,000..
farms
Barley
$1,000..
Other grains
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
farms
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000-.
Tobacco
farms
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
Hay, silage, and field seeds
Sales of $50,000 or more
farms..
$1,000..
farms..
$1.000..
Vegetables, sweet com, and melon
Sales of $50 000 or more
s farms..
$1,000..
$1,000..
farms
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
Nurserv and areenhouse croDS
farms
$1.000..
$1,000..
Sates of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
$1,000^
Poultry and poultry products
$i,oooi;
farms
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000..
farms
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1.000..
farms.-
$1,000..
Cattle and calves
Sales of $50,000 or more
farms..
$1,000..
farms-.
3 761
39
3 108
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
6 357
62
5 594
1 028
85 211
82 890
1 636
5
(D)
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Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD-Con.
Total sales (see text)— Con.
Hogs and pigs farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Sheep, lambs, and wool farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Other livestock and livestock products
(see text) farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
Total fami production expenses farms.
$1,000.
Average per farm dollars.
Livestock and poultry purchased farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99.999
$100,000 or more
Feed for livestock and poultry farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $99.999
$100,000 or more
Commercially mixed formula feeds farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $79.999
$80,000 or more
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Commercial fertilizer farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Agricultural chemicals farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Petroleum products farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more ___
Gasoline and gasohol (arms.
$1,000.
Diesel fuel farms.
$1,000.
Natural gas farms.
$1,000.
LP gas, fuel oil, kerosene, motor oil.
' ' $i,ooo:
5 232
6 421
3 268
4 252
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Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987
-Con.
ning of abbreviations (
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD-Con.
Total sales (see text) -Con
Hogs and pigs farms
$1,000
Sales of $50,000 or more _ farms
$1,000
Sheep, lambs, and wool farms,
$1,000.
Sates of $50,000 or more farms
$1,000.
Other livestock and livestock products
(see text) __ farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms
$1,000.
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
Total farm production expenses farms
$1,000.
Average per farm_ dollars.
Livestock and poultry purchased farms
$1,000.
Famns with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999. _
$5,000 to $24,999 ..__ _ '"'
$25,000 to $99,999. __
$100,000 or more _ _ II
Feed for livestock and poultry __ _. farms.
$1.000_
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999 _
$25,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more ._ __
Commercially mixed formula feeds farms,
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999 __
$25,000 to $79.999.
$80,000 or more ...IIIII
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms
$1.000..
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4.999 __
$5,000 to $24.999 __ '
$25,000 or more __
Commercial fertilizer farms
$1,000..
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999 ._
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999 ""'
$50,000 or more _ .HI
Agricultural chemicals . farms
$1,000i;
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999 _ I
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Petroleum products farms
$1.000..
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999 _
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999....
$50,000 or more
Gasoline and gasohol farms.
$1.000..
Diesel fuel __ farms..
$1.000..
Natural gas farms..
$1.000..
LP gas. fuel oil. kerosene, motor oil.
grease, etc farms..
$1.000..
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 51.
[Fo
Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
I symbols, see introductory text]
Item
Total
1 to 9
acres
50 to 69
acres
70 to 99
acres
100 to 139
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
-Con.
Total farm production expenses -Con.
Electncity JarmS-
$1,000_.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
4 574
7 596
3 140
245
12
3 108
51 613
1 922
767
362
57
906
4 978
386
347
148
25
19 687
4 330
947
76
28
3 052
870
430
127
17
2 753
15 455
2 036
635
74
8
11 312
521
969
477
65
1 445
4 143
800
473
160
12
1 287
3 845
1 098
119
52
18
6 064
11 460
5 695
240
115
5 630
38 383
4 512
831
166
121
258
188
225
27
153
1 122
131
6
2
51
225
21
13
293
277
16
72
70
16
136
358
117
17
2
73
258
45
15
2
95
66
26
3
33
27
32
364
358
5
1
327
1 657
292
33
2
731
665
52
12
2
356
1 581
318
20
15
3
165
372
76
71
15
835
991
815
17
2
128
52
124
3
314
670
298
14
2
223
509
88
122
12
1
173
160
128
40
5
129
124
921
899
912
7
872
1 905
841
17
140
216
10
6
130
650
110
6
90
238
42
12
355
536
19
99
150
59
32
8
148
349
138
8
2
104
239
31
64
8
90
59
29
51
91
10
455
428
454
424
908
398
23
2
732
240
58
9
3 026
169
16
8
2
48
168
26
410
680
387
66
57
60
2
196
586
171
24
1
160
542
34
102
23
62
50
10
2
59
56
3
479
936
469
9
434
1 320
390
38
2
647
458
535
$1,000 to $4.999
102
10
Hired farm labor _.__ farms..
$1,000..
Farms witti expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
332
1 576
248
69
$26,000 10 $99,999
15
113
^'^^ '' """ $1,000..
Farms witli expenses of-
63
28
19
Repair and maintenance farms..
$1,000..
Farms with expenses of-
756
1 362
679
$50 000 or more
Customwork, machine hire, and rental of
143
machinery and equipment ^^ar^^..
Farms with expenses of-
68
$1 000 to $4 999
-
Interest expense — cl^S!^-
$1.000..
Farms with expenses of-
343
801
$5 000 to $24 999
264
$1,000..
Farms with expenses of-
98
$5 000 to $24 999
Not secured by real estate farms..
$1,000..
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
177
182
117
$1 000 to $4 999
Cash rent farms..
$1,000..
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
133
320
115
842
Propeny taxes ^ a^^s^^
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
828
14
All other farm production expenses farms..
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
748
1 748
669
$50,000 or more
1
See footnotes at i
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Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
—Con.
Total famn production expenses— Con.
Electncity-- ^farms.
$1 to
$1,000 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 or more
Hired farm lat)or __ farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more
Contract labor farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more _ _
Repair and maintenance fanns.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Customwork, machine hire, and rental of
machinery and equipment farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more __
Interest expense farms-
$1,000_
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99,999 ._
$100,000 or more __
Secured by real estate farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1,000 to $4,999"-;i"IIIIIIIIIIIIIII"II
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Not secured by real estate farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
SI to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Cash rent... farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Property taxes farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
All other farm production expenses fanns.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
See footnotes at end of table
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
MAINE 81
Table 51.
Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
bbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
NET CASH RETURN FROM
AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR
THE FARM UNIT'
Average per farm .
Less tfian $1.000...
$1,000 to $9.999...
$10,000 to $49,999.
Other farm-related income'
Customwork and other agricultural
$1,000-.
. farms..
$1.000..
farms
Gross cash rent or share payments _._
Forest products and Christmas trees -.
Other farm-related income sources ....
COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION LOANS
$1.000..
. farms..
$1,000..
. farms..
$1,000..
. farms..
$1.000..
$1,000..
Wheat
$1,000..
So
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
Peanuts, rye. rice, tobacco, and honey.
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE
$1,000..
. farms-.
$1,000..
Harvested cropland
Farms by acres harvested:
1 to 49 acres
acres..
. famis..
acres..
50 to 99 acres
500 to 999 acres
1 000 to 1 999 acres
2 000 acres or more
Cropland:
In cover crops, legumes, and soil-
and not pastured
acres..
.. farms.,
acres..
"" acresll
acres..
Woodland pastured
Woodland not pastured
See footnotes at end of table.
82 MAINE
.. farms^;
acres..
.. farms..
acres..
5 919
592 309
5 486
410 891
1 473
206
6 679
1 245
52 171
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
NET CASH RETURN FROM
AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR
THE FARM UNIT'
'" $1,000"
..-dollars-
Average net gain
Gain ot-
...dollars-
Loss of-
$10 000 to $49 999
Government payments
... farms-
$1,000_.
.- farms—
$1.000..
farms—
Other larm-related income'
Customwork and other aghcultural
$1.000..
... farms..
$1.000..
... farms.-
$1.000..
... farms..
$1.000..
Forest products and Christmas trees
Other farm-related income sources ..
farms
Corn
$1,000.
farms
$1,000.
$1,000.
Sorghum,
bariey.
and
oats
$1,000.
"'$i.ooo;
Peanuts.
rye
rice
tobacco
and
honey.
$1,000.
.. farms-
$1,000.
Total cropland farms..
Harvested cropland farms..
Farms by
)49j
sot
100 to 199 acres .
200 to 499 acres .
500 to 999 acres .
In cover crops, legumes, and soit-
improvement grasses
and not pastured farms.
On which all crops failed farms.
In cultivated summer fallow farms-
Idle farms.
Total V
Woodland pastured
Woodland not pastured .
farms.
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
33 958
309
23 297
1 004
19 322
19 245
165 354
244
16 304
149 050
61 657
20
5 017
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Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Cropland under federal acreage reduction
programs:
Annual commodity acreage adjustment
$1,000.
-dollars-
.. dollars.
Farms by value group;
$1 to $39.999
$40,000 to $69,999
$70,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $149,999
$150,000 to $199,999
$200,000 to $499,999
$500,000 to $999,999
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 .
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 .
$5,000,000 or more
Farms by value group:
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9,999 ...
$10,000 to $19,999.
$20,000 to $49,999 .
$50,000 to $99,999 .
$100,000 to $199,999.
$200,000 to $499,999.
$500,000 or more ....
Motortrucks, including pickups
Wheel tractors
.... farms..
number..
farms
number..
40 horsepower (PTO) or more
number..
farms
number.,
farms
number..
number.,
farms
AGRICULTURAL CHFMICALS'
number..
Lime
wtiich used.-
Sprays, dusts, granules, tumigants, etc
wWch used..
Nematodes in crops
acres on
which used..
which used'.'.
acres on
Weeds, grass, or bnjsh in crops and
pasture
which used..
acres on
Chemicals for defoliation or tor growth
control of crops or thinning of fnjit ..
which used..
6 266
320 729
210 777
5 537
12 236
5 597
14 260
3 805
6 201
3 549
8 059
3 252
246 899
1 220
59 021
64 204
72 535
1 B33
138 262
50 781
106 236
1 845
See footnotes at (
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Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Pastgreland and rangeland other than
Und in house lots, ponds, roads,
wasteland, etc
Cropland under federal acreage reduction
Annual commodity acreage adjustment
_ famiS-
acres, _
. farms..
. farms-
acres..
. farms.,
acres..
. farms..
$1,000..
.dollars.,
.dollars..
65
1 810
338
6 756
8
94
Value of land and buildings'
525
616
86 341
Average per acre
Famis by value group:
886
$70 000 to $99 999
156
$200 000 to $499 999
89
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999
$2 000 000 to $4 999 999
$5,000,000 or more
'rau^t.r.":
$1,000..
$5 000 to $9 999
$10 000 to $19 999
SELECTED MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENTi
number..
Less ttian 40 horeepowrer (PTO) ...
number..
.... farms-
40 horsepower (PTO) or more
.... farms-
number-
...""LlS-
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'
Ljme
which used..
acres on
control -
which used.,
tons..
acres on which used..
Nematodes in crops famis..
10 230
652
24 961
1 004
277 929
276 822
2 022
78
12 428
13 215
14 196
13 032
15 744
10 871
11 094
30??l
28
1 219
255
19 206
174
24 656
751
112
13 202
65
22 751
9
(D)
42
13 295
33 602
258
29 797
67
26 442
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 51.
[For meaning ol
Summary by Size of Farm:
I symbols, see introductory text]
1987-Con.
Tenants
Black and other races
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
farms"
acres..
Land rented or leased from others — .
.... farms..
Land rented or leased to others
farms
acres-
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of res
On farm operated
Not on farm operated .
Not reported
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming
Other
Operators by days of worli off farm:
Any ,
to 99 days
100 to 199 days
200 days or more
Not reported
Operators by years on present farm:
10 years or more
Average years on present farm .
Not reported
Operators by age group:
Under 25 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
70 y
Average age
Operators by sex:
fi/lale
Female
Operators of Spanish origin (see t
Individual or family (sole proprietorship) .
Partnership _
Corporation:
5S stockholders
I family held
an 10 stockholders ,
farms,
farms.
acres,
farms.
Other— cooperative. '
See footnotes at end o( table.
86 MAINE
6 002
1 167 728
5 997
1 148 150
2 073
196 037
2 058
194 438
2 232
380
1 472
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 51.
Summary by Size of Farm: 1987 -Con.
I symbols, see introductory text]
Tenants .
Black and c
Full owne
Part ownf
r races
Tenants
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
Land owned
Owned land in farms
Land rented or leased from otfiers .
acres-
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place c
On farm operated ._-
Not on farm operated
Other
Operators by days of v
1 to 99 days
) days-
zoo days (
Not reported -
Operators by years on present farm:
0 years or more
Average years on present farm .
Operators by age group;
25 to 34 years .
35 to 44 years _
45 to 49 years .
50 to 54 years .
55 to 59 years .
60 to 64 years .
65 to 69 years .
Average age .
by sex:
Male.
Operators of Spanisfi origin (see t
Individual or family (sole proprietorship) _
Partnership
t^ore than 10 stockhold
10 or less stockholders
Other-cooperative, estate t
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE
70 818
396
69 676
73 378
19
3 662
309 677
1 013
305 930
269 845
467
267 961
505
57 204
502
56 734
250
42 883
249
42 743
311 796
84
30 015
235 031
48
31 067
MAINE 87
Table 51.
[For meaning o
Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
I symbols, see introductory text J
FARMS BY SIZE
515
70 to 99 acres
564
100 to 139 acres
812
1 000 to 1 999 acres
106
2 000 acres or more
30
FARMS BY STANDARD
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
70
1 730
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish
potatoes; field crops, except cash
grains, nee (0133, 0134, 0139)
1 730
230
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
780
280
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and
Dairy farms (024) ___
Animal specialties (027)"i;;;i;i;i;iIII
General farms, primarily livestock and
animal specialties (029)
LIVESTOCK
Cattle and calves inventory
Farms with-
- farms-
number.-
862
216
315
62
2 637
119 475
50 to 99
424
100 to 199
241
500 or more'::::::::::::::::::::: :::"--:--
Cows and heifers that had calved
Beef cows
Farms with -
1 to 9
.. farms-
number..
.. farms..
2 271
61 597
11 782
943
10 to 49
368
100 to 199
3
200 to 499
1
Milk cows
Farms with-
1 to4_
-- fanns..
number..
1 183
49 815
263
50 to 99
273
2 025
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull
calves
Cattle and calves sold
number.,
famis
47 036
1 666
10 842
2 366
Calves
Cattle
"sTooo::
-. farms.,
number..
$1.000..
50 357
15 329
1 465
26 156
2 842
2 087
Fattened on gram and concentrates
number..
$1.000..
24 201
12 487
88 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Item
140 10 179
180 to 219
acres
220 to 259
acres
260 to 499
acres
500 to 999
acres
1,000 to 1,999
acres
2,000 acres or
more
FARMS BY SIZE
562
3
192
20
60
12
26
143
77
73
1?
6
257
6 916
150
42
225
3 596
156
1 285
106
50
96
2 311
18
6
69
3
202
2 294
164
1 026
239
2 981
901
1 267
130
206
1 714
771
194
81
409
6
151
151
10
51
19
81
56
59
11
179
65
80
34
9
3jf6
95
890
61
33
2 346
16
48
12
124
2 406
116
489
168
110
1 278
101
151
1 221
692
30
106
56
321
3
99
99
7
34
6
13
61
42
83
6
2
174
8 075
28
69
62
15
153
4 248
68
621
43
25
96
3 627
2
57
28
151
3 244
99
583
170
3 570
997
120
1 898
150
149
1 672
847
23
160
82
357
357
20
96
8
13
176
116
314
12
7
589
39 053
77
190
175
137
10
539
20 210
241
3 172
127
104
9
363
17 038
7
142
155
18
500
15 605
361
3 238
573
16 589
4 557
408
9 483
1 112
524
7 106
3 446
76
581
277
474
:^_
168
5
3
17
51
28
160
5
9
2
246
32 111
15
47
55
66
62
234
16 895
72
1 179
30
39
3
182
15 716
10
5
35
65
58
8
232
13 399
160
1 817
247
11 153
3 015
192
5 905
421
226
5 248
2 594
30
317
189
106
3
53
53
1
10
3
6
24
2
2
40
7 911
5
8
3
5
17
2
35
15
284
9
5
26
3 819
2
2
4
13
30
3 440
368
38
4 606
2 073
31
2 089
222
2 517
1 851
(D)
(D)
10 to 49 acres ._
-
100 to 139 acres
1 000 to 1 999 acres
30
FARMS BY STANnARD
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
13
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish
potatoes; field crops, except cash
13
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialties (018)
7
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and
3
2
Animal specialties (027)
General farms, primarily livestock and
animal specialties (029)
LIVESTOCK
Cattle and calves inventory
1 to 9
10 to 49
_. farms-
2 028
50 to 99
500 or more
7
Beef covis
Farms with-
number..
.. farms..
1 322
3
410
100 to 199
200 to 499
Milk cows
"number!;
5
912
5S9::::::::::::::;:::::::;:: ::::::
10 to 49
-
50 to 99
200 to 499
I
6
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull
number..
Cattle and calves sold
Calves
Cattle
Fattened on grain and concentrates
.. farms.,
number..
$1,000..
.. farms.,
number..
$1.000..
number..
$1,000..
.. farms..
"sToo^o';;
57
7
165
6
473
28
6
270
137
2
(D)
(D)
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
MAINE 89
Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
LIVESTOCK-Con.
Hogs and pigs inventory _
Farms wilh-
terms..
number..
1 00 to 1 99
Used or to be used for breeding ...
terms..
number..
number..
Feeder Dias..
number..
$1.000..
terms..
Dec. 1 and May 31
Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory..
Ewes 1 year old or older
Sheep and lambs sold ..
Sheep and lambs shorn .
Horses and ponies inventory.
Horses and ponies sold
Goats inventory
Goats sold-
POULTRY
Chickens 3 months old c
Farms vi/ith —
3 200 to 9 999
10 000 to 19 999
100 000 or more
Pullets 3 months old or older not of
number.,
farms
ens and pullets sold
number..
... farms..
Broilers and other meat-type chickens
sold farms..
number-
Farms with-
2 000 to 59,999
60 000 to 99 999
Turkey hens kept for breeding
farms
Turkeys sold
farms"
258 226
29
507 349
1 956
110
2 211
See footnotes at end of table
90 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 51.
[Fo
Summary by Size of Farm: 1987 -Con.
LIVESTOCK -Con.
> used fof breeding .
Hogs and pigs sold .
Feeder pigs
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 .
lumber,
farms.
Broilers and other meat-type chicl^en
sold
farms
Farms with-
1 to 1,999
2 000 to 59 999
Turkeys sold
number..
- - - farms--
60 100
13
128 365
133 635
25
643 858
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
MAINE 91
Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987 -Con.
IFor meaning o! abbreviations and symbols, see introduclory text]
CROPS HARVESTED
Corn for silage or green chop _ farms.
tons, green. _
Farms by acres harvested:
acres..
250 to 499 acres
500 acres or more
bushels.;
acres..
Imgated
cwtll
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .
Land in orcl
Irrigated .
to 99.9 acres ...
I to 249.9 acres.
I acres or more .
22 412 030
34
3 485
3 672
221 675
393 393
92 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
CROPS HARVESTED
Corn for silage or green chop farms.-
Irngated farms-.
acres--
1 to 24 acres _
25 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres..
250 to 499 acres __
500 acres or more
Oats for gram farms..
bushels..
Irrigated farms..
acres..
Irish potatoes farms..
acres..
cwt..
Imgated 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
Hay -alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild,
grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) .. farms..
tons, dry..
Irrigated farms..
acres..
Famis 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..
acres..
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ... farms..
Imgated farnis..
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
Land in orchards farms..
acres..
Irrigated (arms..
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 249.9 acres
250.0 acres or more
Berries harvested for sale ._ farms..
acres-.
Imgated _ farms..
acres..
'Data are based on a sample of farms.
'Farms wild total production expenses equal
645 566
(D)
i of agricultural products sold t
I included as farms v
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
MAINE 93
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987
nlroductoiy textl
$500,000 or more
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms number.
Land in larms acres.
Average size o( farm acres.
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD
Total sales (see text) (arms.
$1,000.
Average per farm dollars.
Farms by value of sales:
Less tfian $1,000 (see iext)
$1,000 to $2,499
$2,500 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9,999
$10,000 to $19,999
$20,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $39,999
$40,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $99,999...
$100,000 to $249,999
$250,000 to $499,999...
$500,000 to $999,999
$1,000,000 or more
Grains farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Corn for grain farms.
$1,000.
Wtieal farms.
$1,000.
Soybeans farms.
$1,000.
Sorghum for grain farms.
$1,000.
Barley farms.
$1,000.
Oats farms.
$1,000.
Other grains farms.
$1,000.
Cotton and cottonseed farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Tobacco farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Hay, silage, and field seeds farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more _ farms.
$1,000.
et com, and melons farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Fnjits, nuts, and berries farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more famis.
$1,000.
Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Other crops farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Poultry and poultry products farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Dairy products farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Catlle and calves farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more (arms.
$1,000.
See footnotes at end of table,
94 MAINE
6 269
405 484
64 681
8 221
29
5 005
11 582
49
8 655
128 641
154
127 902
2 503
5
(D)
5
8 385
5
8 385
2
(D)
(D)
7
7 878
7
7 878
9
85 787
9
85 787
3
2 703
2 703
6 575
10
6 575
2 912
38
2 675
12 237
168
12 054
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 52.
Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 -Con.
i symbols, see introductory text]
] of abbreviations i
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
otal sales (see text)
Average per farm — _
farms.-
$1,000..
Farms by value of sales:
$500 000 to $999 999
$1,000..
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
Sorghum for grain
$i,ooo"
Oats
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
$1,000..
Cotton and cottonseed
Sales of $50,000 or more _
farms..
$1,000..
farms..
$1.000..
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000..
farms
$1.000..
Sales of $60,000 or more
$1,000..
$i%oo::
Vegetables, svieet com, and melon
s .... farms..
$1,000..
$i,ooo"
Sales of $50,000 or more
Fruits nuts and berries
farms
$1,000..
$1,000..
Nursery and greenhouse crops
farms..
$1,000..
farms
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000..
farms
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1.000..
$1^000i;
Poultry and poultry products
$i,oooII
farms..
$1,000..
Sales of $50,000 or more
Dairy oroducts
farms
......^'a^^.:
$1,000..
Cattle and calves
farms..
$1,000..
See footnotes at end of table
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
MAINE 95
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 -Con.
3 of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All fanns
$500,000
or more
$250,000 to
$499,999
$100,000 to
$249,999
$50,000 to
$99,999
$1,000,000
Total
$40,000 to
$49,999
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD-Con
Total sales (see text) -Con.
295
1 064
367
549
879
477
13 070
5
11 832
324 276
51 752
1 742
21 876
1 332
280
19
3 197
94 386
354
121
2 044
63 160
1 142
548
219
2 525
10 684
1 505
543
376
101
3 252
16 437
2 451
666
98
37
2 821
11 996
2 226
513
50
32
12 827
5 242
577
30
8
5 232
6 421
3 268
4 252
87
105
4 128
2 049
(D)
(D)
(D)
26
98 795
3 799 816
10 461
2
8
13
44 559
1
1
11
12
21 651
12
860
2
3
7
1 158
3
6
7
18
1 638
2
2
2
12
26
1 874
4
7
10
5
24
711
20
785
1
(D)
24
(D)
,d1
2
(D)
(D)
132 170
1 421 178
42
12 924
2
21
15
53 703
2
2
39
42
30 562
3
38
58
2 752
2
9
33
64
3 289
6
8
21
27
65
3 143
12
15
14
24
92
2 934
24
40
20
8
85
1 123
74
1 167
6
53
89
591
5
9
7
(D)
1
(D)
199
51 962
261 114
82
3 299
12
12
55
3
122
15 637
4
2
48
68
13 916
2
37
69
149
1 890
10
70
41
28
162
3 121
28
82
46
6
167
2 223
72
64
24
7
197
1 856
60
129
8
193
867
164
726
9
9
195
254
325
2
(D)
12
17
295
2
(D)
570
67 371
118 194
2 955
87
33
307
13 671
9
57
227
295
11 058
16
110
142
27
451
3 199
150
129
136
36
487
5 175
153
303
27
459
3 377
212
236
10
561
3 136
304
255
2
542
1 538
489
1 173
9
10
556
416
6
55
(D)
10
19
9
148
2
(Dl
525
28 362
54 023
124
526
89
33
2
320
5 744
49
196
75
307
230
35
372
1 485
172
96
100
422
2 352
253
166
3
329
1 294
195
133
522
1 767
404
118
493
988
415
466
2
(D)
519
(D)
$1,000_.
farms
75
Sheep, lambs, and wool
$1,000..
.. (arms..
$1,000..
6
2
Other livestock and livestock products
(see teirt)
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1,000..
.. farms..
$1,000..
farms
6
99
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
$1,000..
Average per (arm
Livestock and poultry purchased
Farms with expenses of-
$1.000..
..dollars..
.. farms..
$1.000..
6 880
34 747
48
342
18
$100 000 or more
Feed for livestock and poultry
Farms with expenses of-
.. (arms..
$1.000..
116
1 288
$25 000 to $99 999
.
Commercially mixed fomiula feeds --
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
.. farms..
$1.000..
900
45
$60 000 or more
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
.. farms..
$1.000..
115
273
61
$5 000 to $24 999
$25 000 or more
farms
117
Farms with expenses of-
$1.000..
463
$5 000 to $24 999
$25 000 to $49 999
_
Agncultural chemicals
$1 to $4 999
.. farms..
$1.000..
98
344
66
$5 000 to $24 999
32
fanns
189
Farms with expenses of-
$1,000..
484
$5 000 to $24 999
29
Gasoline and gasohol —
-. farms..
$1.000..
177
254
Natural gas
$1.000..
farms
130
10
(D)
187
$1.000..
(D)
96 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Item
$25,000 to
$38,999
$20,000 to
$24,999
$10,000 to
$19,999
''■Z^l
$2,500 to
$4,999
Loss than
$2,500
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD-Con
Total sales (see text) -Con.
80
123
22
158
343
6 396
24 478
93
415
61
32
161
1 517
21
139
148
1 023
50
97
186
567
67
72
47
209
502
175
34
203
374
194
9
325
449
325
309
275
199
303
57
2
(D)
7
(D)
2 999
19 992
36
151
28
8
62
337
33
299
25
28
57
127
20
19
18
82
216
75
6
80
113
79
1
134
203
128
6
107
78
62
118
34
39
215
32
135
32
192
481
5 996
12 466
124
213
112
12
224
587
190
34
118
223
215
109
190
25
269
368
265
265
292
264
1
472
419
472
\
408
227
241
102
13
12
358
77
61
183
84
286
784
6 705
8 552
144
248
125
19
256
320
256
99
103
99
309
241
68
426
556
404
22
379
520
359
772
546
772
697
354
103
8
3
515
87
57
62
90
(D)
(0)
862
305
336
289
16
391
473
381
10
195
168
195
280
260
20
370
163
370
308
155
305
3
858
409
858
764
261
75
10
9
466
63
Sales of $50,000 or more
Sheep, lambs, and wool
Sales o( $50,000 or more
Other livestock and livestock products
$1.000,.
_. farms-
Si. 000..
.. farms..
$1.000..
"stoooll
60
297
(D)
195
(D)
$1.000..
.. farms..
$1.000..
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
$1.000..
dollars
IWs
Livestock and poultry purchased
Farms with expenses of-
.. farms..
$1.000..
^
$5,000 to $24,999
29
$25 COO to $99 999
$100 000 or more
Feed for livestock and poultry
farms
1 194
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4.999
$1.000..
1 110
1 161
$100 000 or more
Commercially mixed formula feeds ..
Farms vnth expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
.. farms..
$1.000..
554
305
554
$5 000 to $24 999
.. farms..
$1.000..
Farms with expenses of-
44
332
$25,000 or more
Commercial fertilizer
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
.. farms..
$1.000..
644
231
644
$50 000 or more
Farms with expenses of-
.. farms..
$1.000..
468
162
$25,000 to $49,999
$50 000 or more
Petroleum products
Fanns with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
.. farms..
$1.000..
1 735
624
1 735
$25,000 to $49,999
$50 000 or more
Gasoline and gasohol
Diesel fuel
.. famis-
$1,000..
.. farms-
$1,000..
.. farms-
Si ,000. .
737
131
LP gas. fuel oil. kerosene, motor oil.
822
$1,000..
63
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 52 Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-Con.
. see introductory text)
All farms
$500,000 or more
$250,000 to
$499,999
$100,000 to
$249,999
$50,000 to
$99,999
$1,000,000
or more
Total
$40,000 to
$49,999
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
-Con.
Total lam production expenses -Con.
. farms..
$1,000..
4 574
7 596
3 140
1 177
245
12
3 108
51 613
767
362
57
906
4 978
386
347
148
25
5 381
19 687
4 330
947
76
28
3 052
870
430
127
2 753
15 455
2 036
635
2 032
11 312
521
969
477
65
1 445
4 143
800
473
160
12
1 287
3 845
1 098
52
18
6 064
11 460
5 695
240
115
5 630
38 383
4 512
831
166
121
26
1 974
9
26
17 662
3
3
20
13
1 494
3
2
8
25
1 824
2
6
13
12
207
5
3
24
3 261
3
7
8
23
2 145
3
6
13
9
1 117
579
3
7
25
869
8
8
8
26
10 373
2
22
91
2 502
1
22
56
12
91
23 679
1
16
33
34
2 162
2
6
12
90
3 418
14
32
21
45
590
8
\l
9
83
4 605
16
31
28
8
74
3 208
5
24
32
1 397
6
8
21
6
48
990
12
9
13
91
33
16
30
12
93
14 005
21
12
49
197
1 129
88
100
187
8 958
10
122
47
454
5
24
194
2 967
126
27
5
93
454
24
40
26
3
168
2 240
52
92
24
138
1 613
5
46
70
17
83
627
18
24
36
5
117
517
83
23
2
197
1 059
120
48
29
199
6 159
68
55
43
553
1 712
78
396
79
521
11 626
55
286
178
2
120
1 018
13
50
51
553
5 130
154
372
27
286
895
107
131
43
5
464
4 007
189
255
384
3 086
26
127
216
15
224
921
40
116
67
298
860
249
27
20
2
549
1 922
444
87
18
570
8 686
150
311
80
29
476
910
121
345
10
450
3 735
159
269
22
60
205
33
15
509
2 498
175
201
486
92
73
36
387
1 619
252
133
2
281
1 167
49
153
78
233
452
115
92
26
226
598
188
25
488
1 081
464
21
525
4 062
257
251
17
159
$1 to $999--
205
$5 000 to $24 999
Hired farm labor
Farms with expenses of-
. farms-
$1.000..
137
757
77
$25 000 to $99 999
. farms..
$1.000..
63
Farms with expenses ot-
$1,000 to $4.999 -
$5 000 to $24 999
40
9
. farms.-
$1.000..
183
Farms with expenses ol-
$5 000 to $24 999
$25 000 to $49 999
.
Customwork. machine hire, and rental o
. farms.-
$1,000.-
66
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
76
46
$1,000 to $4.999
18
$25 000 or more
Interest expense
'$1,000-
130
302
114
16
$25 000 to $99 999
$100 000 or more
Secured by real estate
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
. farms. -
$1,000-
31
60
10
$25 000 or more
. farms..
$1,000..
79
Farms with expenses of-
51
$1 000 to $4 999
27
$5 000 to $24 999
Cash rent — -
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
.- famis.-
$1,000-
46
79
45
$5 000 to $9 999
Property taxes
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
.. farms..
$1,000..
196
390
189
$5 000 to $9 999
Farms with expenses ot-
.. farms..
$1,000..
198
1 029
130
$5 000 to $24 999
1
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Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
-Con.
Total farm production expenses— Con.
Electncity.. _ farms,
$1,000.
Farms witfi expenses of-
$1 to $999 - --
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 or more
Hired farm labor farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999 ._.
$25,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more
Contract labor... farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 or more
Repair and maintenance farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $49.999
$50,000 or more
Customwork, machine hire, and rental of
machinery and equipment __ farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 or more
Interest expense farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99.999
$100,000 or more
Secured by real estate farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Not secured by real estate farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
Cash rent farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $9.999
$10,000 to $24.999
$25,000 or more
Property taxes farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $9,999 ,
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or more
All other farm production expenses farms.
$1,000,
Farms with expenses of —
$1 to $4,999 ,
$5,000 to $24,999 ,
$25,000 to $49,999 ,
$50,000 or more
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
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Table 52 Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
NET CASH RETURN FROM
AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR
THE FARM UNIT'
Average per farm _.
$1.000..
dollars..
Gam ot-
Less than $1 000
$1 000 to $9 999
$10,000 to $49.999
Average net loss
Loss of-
- dollars..
$10 000 to $49 999
$50,000 or more
Government payments
.. farms..
$1.000_.
'"$1.000';
fanns
Other farm-related income'
Customwork and other agncultural
$1,000.-
Gross cash rent or share payments ...
.. farms..
$1.000..
""$i.ooo;i
farms
Forest products and Christmas trees ..
$1.000..
COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION LOANS
,
Corn
$1.000..
farms
Wheat
$1.000..
farms
^^,r-
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
Peanuts, rye. rice, tobacco, and honey
$1,000..
.- farms-.
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE
Total cropland- farms.
acres-
Harvested cropland farms.
acres.
Farms by acres f
50 to 99 acres ...
100 to 199 acres.
200 to 499 acres .
500 to 999 acres .
and not pastured -
On which all crops failed -
acres-,
acres..
Total V
Woodland pastured
Woodland not pastured .
See footnotes at end c
100 MAINE
592 309
5 486
410 891
3 273
772
33 608
1 473
206
6 679
1 245
52 171
4 565
615 780
1 158
59 939
21
31 141
18
24 312
5 551
(D)
30 651
10
2 585
64
28 066
67 240
174
53 202
10 604
76 351
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
NET CASH RETURN FROM
AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR
THE FARM UNIT'
Average per farm .
Gain of-
Less than $1,000...
$1,000 to $9,999...
$10,000 to $49,999.
$50,000 or more ...
Forest products and
Com
"rr--
$i^§::
^?r--
-$iMo:
farms
$1,000..
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE
$1,000. _
. farms..
$1.000..
fonno""
'Tl%l%Ts'^'''''-
50 to 99 acres
500 to 999 acres
1 000 to 1 999 acres
Cropland:
Pasture or grazing only
In cover aops, legumes, and soil-
and not pastured
. farms-.
acres-
. farms.,
acres..
In cultivated summer fallow.
Idle
. farms"
acres..
Total woodland
acres..
Woodland pastured
. farms^I
See footnotes at end of
lable
43 693
659
27 124
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Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-Con.
J symbols, see introductory text]
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE -Con.
Pastureland and rangeland other than
cropland and woodland pastured
. farms-
3 849
98 596
Land in house lots, ponds, roads,
wasteland, etc. -
Cropland under federal acreage reduction
Annual commodity acreage adjustment
programs
Conservation reserve program
- farms..
acres..
. farms.,
acres..
134
4 589
115
5 941
Value of land and buildings'
Average per farm
Average per acre
. farms..
$1,000..
.dollars.,
.dollars..
6 266
1 320 729
210 777
962
Farms by value group:
$1 to 139 999
652
$40,000 to $69,999 - _ —
773
$100 000 to $149 999 - -
998
$500 000 to $999 999
389
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 -
119
$5,000,000 or more - _._
5
Farms by value group;
$5,000 to $9,999
$10 000 to $19 999
$100,000 to $199,999
SELECTED MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT'
Motortrucks, including pickups
farms..
Wheel tractors
farms
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) ...
number..
farms..
40 horsepower (PTO) or more
farms..
Grain and bean combines
farms..
Cottonpickers and strippers
Mower conditioners
farms..
number..
farms..
number..
number..
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'
Commercial fertilizer
acres on
farms..
which used..
which used..
control -
Insects on hay and other crops ....
Nematodes In crops .'...."
Diseases in crops and orchards ....
Weeds, grass, or brush In crops anc
farms..
which used..
farms"
which used..
acres on which used.-
Chemicals for defoliation or for growth
control of crops or thinning of mjit ..
farms..
5 537
12 236
5 597
14 260
3 805
6 201
3 549
2 152
2 326
2 708
2 925
72 535
1 833
138 262
34 912
2 327
34
16 867
acres on which used..
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Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
$25,000 to
$39,999
$20,000 to
$24,999
$10,000 to
$19,999
$5,000 to
$9,999
$2,500 to
$4,999
Less than
$2,500
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE-Con
Pastureland and rangeland other than
cropland and woodland pastured farms. _
Und in house lots, ponds, roads,
wasteland, etc. farms..
acres..
Cropland under federal acreage reduction
programs:
Annual commodity acreage adjustment
programs - farms..
acres..
45
4 592
166
4 139
16
446
94
1 994
84
4 172
346
8 242
92
2 255
429
8 012
137
3 570
10 427
399
8 160
1 273
23 828
4
163
2
(D)
,o1
46
10
957
3
49
469
5
15
7
593
5
19
613
Value of land and buildings' farms-
$1,000..
65 163
189 980
780
150
32 355
215 700
481
92 749
192 825
977
784
149 549
190 751
1 107
862
1 158
2 061
Average per acre dollars..
1 133
Farms by value group:
38
59
52
57
2
17
37
35
2
74
65
72
46
88
130
142
79
136
145
92
146
106
313
$100 000 to $149 999
373
$150 000 to $199 999
15
45
9
3
24
16
2
195
35
196
39
$500 000 to $999 999
71
$1 000 000 to $1 999 999
_
-
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT'
Estimated market value of all machinery
and equipment farms..
$1.000..
Famis by value group:
$1 to $4,999 .^....'.
343
10 601
13
109
148
59
150
5 282
17
3
17
93
480
15 203
25
51
115
205
60
784
21 417
47
123
1^
77
862
16 345
87
195
287
252
34
2 060
24 082
389
$10,000 to $19.999
$20 000 to $49 999
443
362
$50,000 to $99.999
46
$100 000 to $199 999
?
16
15
9
8
20
7
2
$200 000 to $499 999
2
SELECTED MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT'
324
837
326
888
371
247
517
135
217
124
362
72
136
100
226
456
852
434
1 008
301
426
274
582
714
1 458
697
I 635
510
941
419
694
814
1 165
797
1 594
637
994
409
600
1 568
Wheel tractors farms..
number..
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms..
40 horsepower (PTO) or more farmsll
number..
2 143
1 707
1 354
1 937
722
921
43
43
145
147
214
226
20
24
57
58
66
82
35
195
216
268
296
50
52
275
297
329
352
43
44
271
282
354
361
38
number..
Cottonpickers and strippers farms..
number.,
lulower conditioners.. farms..
number..
Pickup balers farms
38
427
444
number..
735
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'
Commercial fertilizer farms..
acres on which used..
Lime farms..
acres on which used..
Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc, to
control -
Insects on hay and other crops farms..
acres on which used..
209
9 308
95
2 192
2 205
120
32
830
70
2 500
163
4 900
82
3 720
30
552
476
68
1 481
208
28
1 043
42
1 426
9 159
74
1 025
1 015
193
3 684
20
286
104
1 S29
200
3 896
426
9 988
77
1 407
1 701
284
4 743
147
2 128
254
5 055
370
5 554
97
516
937
188
1 377
?]
851
137
1 657
644
8 189
194
2 708
170
963
13
acres on which used..
1^
acres on which used..
Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and
637
134
acres on which used..
Chemicals for defoliation or for growth
control of crops or thinning of fruit farms..
acres on which used..
53
1 433
328
30
555
80
925
19
170
34
169
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 -Con.
t symbols, see introductory text]
All farms
$500,000
or more
$250,000 to
$499,999
$100,000 to
$249,999
$50,000 to
$99,999
$1,000,000
or more
Total
$40,000 to
$49,999
TENURE AND RACE OF
OPERATOR
All ODerators
6 269
4 211
1 786
272
6 249
4 196
269
20
15
2
26
10
15
25
10
15
93
39
52
2
92
52
1
66
129
199
66
129
610
212
372
26
609
212
371
26
553
244
270
39
550
241
270
39
3
3
174
93
15
173
93
Pallowne'rs "
65
15
Black and other races -
1
Partowners
1
Tenants..
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
Land owned
Owned land in farms
. farms.,
acres..
. farms-
acres..
6 002
1 167 728
5 997
1 148 150
25
39 003
25
36 644
91
84 300
91
81 647
195
98 959
195
98 504
585
188 523
584
187 036
514
126 750
514
125 292
159
41 762
159
41 329
Land rented or leased from others
Rented or leased land in farms
. farms..
. farms,.
2 073
196 037
2 058
194 438
16
9 715
16
9 415
54
21 625
54
21 293
23 481
133
23 466
400
47 996
398
47 735
311
28 895
309
28 756
82
8 037
81
7 697
Land rented or leased to others
. farms.,
acres..
368
21 177
2 659
2 985
8
470
22
1 748
36
1 595
11
773
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of residence:
5 276
654
10
61
25
173
517
54
469
64
141
Not on farm operated
27
Operators by principal occupation:
3 220
3 049
22
84
188
579
31
500
138
Sr^::::::::::::::::::::::;;::::
36
Operators by days of woric off farm:
2 275
3 653
676
724
2 253
15
10
6
61
28
7
10
149
42
19
12
421
133
58
38
37
348
167
64
50
53
90
75
17
200 days or more
25
,
Operators by years on present farm:
267
402
1 039
3 680
188
6
15
21 9
2
1
16
21.8
5
5
14
149
223
20
22
79
391
200
22
25
78
353
20.9
5
3 or 4%ea/f *^
19
104
20.4
881
13
26
98
75
23
Operators by age group:
53
1 469
763
757
2
3
1
5
24
9
15
16
43
35
34
79
150
77
90
6
71
128
66
71
2
35 to 44 years
30
50 to 54 years
55 to 59 years
760
622
566
668
51,7
9
2
2
2
53.9
21
6
5
5
50-1
29
26
5
50.2
84
56
23
48.6
66
41
45
50.2
19
13
Ope^orsbysex:
5 705
564
25
91
2
192
7
593
537
16
166
Female
8
16
-
1
3
FARMS BY TYPE OF
ORGANIZATION
Individual or family (sole proprietorship) .
Corporation:
Family held
More than 10 stockholders
10 or less stockholders
.. farms.,
acres..
.. farms-
acres..
.. farms.,
acres..
" farms-
5 594
1 059 102
281
(D)
278
15 221
3
2 290
17 614
7
45
38 638
12
9 909
31
43 246
30
115
60 222
27
19 902
52
39 539
52
483
175 709
55
23 447
63
32 034
63
480
124 068
16 638
24
8 759
24
35 857
18
9 595
12
3 574
Other than family held
farms
19
(D)
(D)
2
(D)
3
3
(D)
3
(D)
7
acres..
;
10 or less stockholders
.. farms..
Other-cooperative, estate or trust,
institutional, etc
--rel::
25
14 800
1
(D)
(D)
2
(D)
2
(D)
5
4 585
:
at end of table.
104 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Con.
Black a
Full c
Parte
Tenants
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
Land owned
Owned land in farms -
acres.
Rented or leased land in farms ,
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of residence:
On farm operated
I farm operated
Not I
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming
Otfier
Operators by days of work off farm
None
I days
100 to 199 days...
200 days or more .
Operators by years on present farm;
10 years or more
Average years on pr(
Not reported
Operators by age group:
r25v
50 to 54 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 to 69 years
70 years and over .
Average age
by sex:
> of Spanish origin (see text)
Individual or family (sole proprietorsfiip) .
Partnersfiip
Corporation:
( held .
I stockholders .
luloret
Other than family held .
Other — cooperative, estate or trust.
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
28 987
148
28 621
26 140
13
2 529
115 817
834
113 259
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-Con.
introductory text]
FARMS BY SIZE
220 to 259 acres
321
260 to 499 acres
1 028
1,000 to 1,999 acres
2 000 acres or more
106
30
FARMS BY STANDARD
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
70
Field crops except cash grains (013)
1 730
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish
potatoes: field crops, except cash
Vegetables and melons (016)
230
780
280
Livestock, except dairy, poultry
and
Beef cattle, except feediots 10212Y ::::::::::::::
Dairy farms (024)
862
Poultry and eggs (025)
216
General farms, pnmarily livestock and
LIVESTOCK
Cattle and calves inventory ...
Farms «-itti-
- farms..
number..
2 637
119 475
854
1 00 to 1 99
241
200 to 499
95
RivPd
number..
61 597
1 331
11 782
Farms with-
number..
1 0 to 49
368
100 to 199 __
49 815
number..
Farms with-
5 to 9
65
100 to 199
200 to 499_._
90
15
Heifers and heifer calves
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull
calves
Cattle and calves sold
Calves -
Cattle
Fattened on grain and concentrates
.. farms..
.. farms.,
number..
.. farms-
number..
$1.000__
.. farms-
number. -
$1,000..
.. farms.,
number..
$1,000..
- farms-,
number..
$1,000..
2 025
47 036
1 666
10 842
2 366
50 357
15 329
1 465
26 156
2 842
2 087
24 201
12 487
433
2 604
1 332
8 277
55
1 242
106 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductorv text]
FARMS BY SIZE
Con.
220 to 259 acres .
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialties (018)
General farms, primarily crop (019) .
Dairy far
Poultry i
i(027)
General farms, primarily livestock and
!(029)
50 to 99
100 to 199
thad
number
number..
Faims with-
1 to 9
10 to 49
100 to 199
200 to 499
Milk cows
Farms witfi-
1 to 4
50 to 99
1 00 to 1 99
500 or more
Ives,
bulls
Steers, steer calves
calves.
and bull
number..
farms..
Cattle and calves s
Calves _..
Cattle
2 687
265
2 426
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
MAINE 107
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-Con.
[For meaning at abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
LIVESTOCK -Con.
Hogs and ptgs inventory.
Farms with -
1 to 24 ..
25 to 49 .
SO to 99.
Other
Hogs and pigs sold .
$1.000_.
, farms-.
si.oool!
June 1 and Nov. 30
Sheep and lambs ot all ages inventory.
Sheep and lambs sold ._
Sheep and lambs shorn .
Goats inventory .
Goats sold
lumber.
farms.
farms.
farms,
lumber,
farms.
■ older inventory _ , farms. .
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
Pullets 3 months old Of older not of
; and pullets sold .
Broilers and other meat-type (
1 to 1,999.
2,000 to 59,!
60,000 to 9S
100,000 or r
Turtiey hens kept for breeding .
Turkeys sold —
See footnotes at end of table
(0)
30
667 652
108 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 52.
Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 -Con.
i symbols.
LIVESTOCK-Con.
Farms with -
1 to 24 ..
25 to 49 .
Hogs and pigs sold _
Feeder pigs
Dec. 1 and May 31 .,
June 1 and Nov. 30 ,
$1,000.
.. farms..
number.
$1.000..
number,
number,
number.
I lambs of all ages Inventory farms.
Sheep a
Sheep e
Horses and ponies inventory.
Goats inventory .
Goats sold
number
number
number
-- farms
number
POULTRY
Chickens 3 months
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 .
I pullets of laying age .
laying age
3ns and pullets sold -
2,000 to 59.999 .,
60,000 to 99,999 .
1 00.000 or more .
Turkey hens kept for breeding .
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
MAINE 109
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987-Con.
i and symbols, see introductory text]
CROPS HARVESTED
Corn for silage or green chop farms.
acres
tons, green.
In-igated (arms.
Farms by acres harvested:
25 to 99 acres"I";i"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi:
100 to 249 acres
250 to 499 acres
500 acres or more. _
Oats for grain farms.
acres,
bushels.
Irrigated farms.
acres.
Irish potatoes _ farms.
cwt!
Irrigated farms.
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
grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) _. farms.
acres.
tons, dry.
Irrigated farms.
Farms by acres harvested:
25 to 99 acres"IiriIIIIII"-Ii;iI----"
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.
tons, dry.
Imgalad famts.
acres.
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ... farms,
acres.
Inigated farms.
acres.
Farms by acres haroested:
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
Land in orchards farms.
acres.
Inigated 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 249.9 acres..
250.0 acres or more
Benies harvested for sale farms.
acres.
Inigated farms.
22 412 030
34
3 485
3 672
221 675
393 393
2 494
136 898
240 584
See footnotes at and of table.
110 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 52. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 -Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Item
$25,000 to
$39,999
$20,000 to
$24,999
$10,000 to
$19,999
$5,000 to
$9,999
$2,500 to
$4,999
Less than
$2,500
CROPS HARVESTED
Com for silage or green chop farms. .
acres. .
tons, green..
Irrigated farms..
Farms by acres han/esled:
20
511
7 517
16
3
45
104 242
(D)
80
2 423
600 028
2
(D)
10
19
2
151
11 291
21 124
34
81
28
120
8 075
16 482
34
457
8
73
9
20
5
19
422
(D)
3
?
42
6
50
297
9
5
13
728
54 804
30
772
161 954
(D)
6
7
17
75
5 306
9 311
15
38
21
1
59
3 387
5 927
153
(D)
81
31
866
67
30
749
11 438
20
9
1
24
958
63 702
2
(D)
60
825
180 947
(D)
15
37
8
288
19 994
36 733
59
151
74
227
15 170
26 840
(D)
39
2
42
520
24
131
2 534
18
101
29
389
5 010
24
5
30
687
44 929
56
323
74 245
1
(D)
26
30
440
23 546
3
108
95
293
49
3
316
16 525
27 090
81
348
15
54
55
25
46
309
25
19
2
143
1 732
13
54
29
244
3 417
28
25
368
25 800
37
124
18 648
29
8
548
21 479
30 349
6
24
197
316
32
382
15 423
21 762
(D)
81
213
12
23
69
12
61
206
5
49
12
129
965
16
25
15
150
1 293
Oats for grain farms..
acres.,
bushels..
Irrigated farms-
Irish potatoes farms..
acres.,
cwt..
Irrigated farms..
acres..
528
31 369
26
67
13 122
24
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..
tons, dry"
Irrigated farms
1 310
30 844
33 838
4
Farms by acres harvested:
52
25 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres
26
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain,
and wild hay (see text) farms..
tons, dry::
acres..
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ... farms-
acres..
Irhgated . farms..
725
15 978
19 123
2
(D)
112
178
7
acres..
25
108
25 0 to 99 9 acres
Land in orchards farms..
acres..
Irrigated farms..
acres..
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres:
142
557
8
27
104
25 0 to 99 9 acres
2
100 0 to 249 9 acres
166
529
14
21
) market value of agncultural products <
J included as farr
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
MAINE 111
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see inlroductory text]
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
field crops, except
cast! grains, n.e.c.
(0133, 0134, 0139)
Vegetables
and melons
(016)
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Farms
percent-.
1000
1 342 588
214
'^^"'Averaoe^ize of farm arrpV
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD
Total sales (see text)
Average per farm
... farms..
$1.000..
6 269
405 484
64 681
Farms by value of sales:
Less than $1,000 (see text)
$1 000 to $2 499
1 036
161
$40,000 to $49,999
174
$50 000 to $99 999
553
$100,000 to $249,999
610
$250,000 to $499,999
199
$500,000 to $999,999
67
Grains
Sales ol $50 000 or more
... farms..
$1.000..
farms
564
4 298
$1.000..
950
Corn for gram
... farms..
$1.000..
35
767
Soybeans
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
64
Sorghum for grain
Barley
Oats
Other grains
... farms..
$1,000-.
"'$i.oooII
... farms. -
$1,000..
""$i.ooo"
21
457
2 900
94
527
Cotton and cottonseed
Sales of $50,000 or more
'"'$1%'oo"
... farms..
$1.000..
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000-
... farms..
$1.000..
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1.000..
"""$i%'oo;;
7 255
6
448
Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons .
Sales of $50,000 or more
... farms..
$1.000..
"""$i%'oo;;
509
8 221
5 0?i
Fruits, nuts, and bernes
Sales of $50,000 or more
... farms..
$1.000..
"'"$i.ooo;;
914
30 660
23 228
Nursery and greenhouse crops
Sales of $50,000 or more _
... farms..
$1.000..
... farms..
$1.000..
370
11 582
49
8 655
833
95 811
488
90 302
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
... farms..
$1.000..
Poultry and poultry products --.
Sales of $50,000 or more
... farms..
$1,000..
... farms..
$1,000..
547
128 641
154
127 902
farms
949
$1,000-.
88 672
$1,000..
80 387
Cattle and calves
Sales of $50,000 or more
"'"$i,oooII
... farms..
$1,000..
2 366
15 329
26
3 832
See footnotes at end of table.
112 MAINE
1 730
106 131
61 347
2 479
(D)
2 479
10
(D)
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
General farms,
primarily crop
(019)
Livestock, except dairy, poultry.
and animal specialties
(021)
Beef cattle.
except feedlots
(0212)
Poultry
nd eggs
(025)
FARMS AND LAND I
Average per farm
$1.000..
dollars..
Farms by value of sales:
Less ttian $1 .000 (see text)
$1 000 to $2 499
$10,000 to $19,999
$40,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $99 999
$100,000 to $249,999
$500,000 to $999,999
$1,000,000 or more
Sales of $50 000 or more
$1.000..
$1.000..
Com for grain __
farms..
$1.000..
$1.000..
$1,000..
Sorghum for grain _
Barley
farms..
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
$1,000..
$1,000..
Cotton and cottonseed
farms
$1,000..
$1,000..
Tobacco
farms
Sales of $50,000 or more _
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
Hay. silage, and field seeds
Sales of $50,000 or more
farms..
$1,000..
farms..
$1.000..
Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon
Sales of $50,000 or more
= .... farms..
$1,000..
"""$i%'oo::
Fruits, nuts, and berries
Sales of $50,000 or more
famns..
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
Nursery and greenhouse crops
Sales of $50,000 or more
$i%'oo;;
farms-
$1,000..
farms
Sales of $50,000 or more
$1,000..
farms.-
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
$1,000..
$1,000..
$1,000..
Cattle and calves
farms
$1.000..
See footnotes at end ol table
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
5 463
12
(D)
MAINE 113
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviatio
J symbols, see introductory text]
t cash grains (013)
Insh potatoes;
field crops, except
(0133. 0134.' 0139)
Vegetables
and melons
(016)
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD-Con
Total sales (see lext)-Con
Hogs and pigs - farms.
$1.000_
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Sfieep. lambs, and wool.. farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Otfier livestock and livestock products
(see text) farms.
$1,000.
Sales of $50,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
Total farm production expenses farms.
$1,000.
Average per farm dollars.
Livestock and poultry purctiased farms.
$1,000.
Farms v^itti expenses of —
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $99.999
$100,000 or more
Feed for livestock and poultry farms.
$1 .000.
Farms witfi expenses of—
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $99.999
$100,000 or more
Commercially mixed formula feeds farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $79.999
$80,000 or more
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 or more
Commercial fertilizer farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
$5,000 to S24^9"imilllllllllll^Vy^V.
$25,000 to $49.999
$50,000 or more
Agricultural chemicals. farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of —
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $49.999
$50,000 or more
Petroleum products farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of—
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 to $49.999
$50,000 or more
Gasoline and gasohol farms,
$1,000
Diesel fuel farms.
$1,000
Natural gas farms
$1,000
LP gas. fuel oil, kerosene, motor oil,
grease, etc farms
$1,000
See footnotes at end of table.
114 MAINE
6 266
324 276
51 752
5 232
6 421
3 268
1 596
2 679
1 166
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
General farms,
primarily crop
(019)
Livestock, except dairy, poultry,
and animal specialties
(021)
Animal
ecialties
(027)
.. farms-
Si, 000..
"$i,ooo;:
Stieep. lambs, and wool .
Sales of $50,000 or mo
Other livestock and livestock products
(see text) .__
Sales of $50,000 or more
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
Total farm production expenses _ farms-.
$1,000_.
Average per farm __dollars_.
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999 ..
$25,000 to $99,999 .
Feed for livestock and poultry
Farms witti expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $99,999 _..
$100,000 or more
Farms >
$1 to $4.999
$5,000 to $24,999 ..
$25,000 to $79,999 .
$80,000 or more .__
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees _ farms.
$1,000.
Farms with expenses of-
$1,000 to $4,999-
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 or mora .
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999...
$50,000 or more
Agricultural chemicals
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999...
$50,000 or more
Petroleum products
Farms with expenses o
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999..
$25,000 to $49,999 .
$50,000 or more ...
Gasoline and gasohol .
$1,000-.
farms..
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000-.
grease, etc 1 — - farms-.
$1,000-.
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
MAINE 115
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Total
Cash grains
(Oil)
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
vegetables
meOT^s
^
Total
Cotton
(0131)
Tobacco
(0132)
Sugarcane
and sugar beets;
Irish potatoes;
field crops, except
cash grains, n.e.c-
(0133,0134,0139)
Fniits and
tree nuts
(017)
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'
-Con.
Total fanri production expenses-Con.
Electricity
Farms with expenses of-
.. farms..
$1.000..
4 574
7 596
3 140
1 177
245
12
3 108
51 613
1 922
767
362
57
906
4 978
386
347
148
25
5 381
19 687
4 330
947
76
28
1 444
3 052
870
430
127
17
2 753
15 455
635
8
2 032
11 312
521
969
477
65
1 445
4 143
800
473
160
12
1 287
3 845
1 098
119
52
18
6064
11 460
5 695
240
115
5 630
38 383
4 512
831
166
47
13
46
28
26
2
(D)
46
57
45
20
17
3
26
21
5
23
5
15
3
6
12
20
175
16
3
51
85
48
2
112
45
2
1 236
1 332
870
321
1 062
16 089
573
324
24
184
867
71
38
6
1 585
7 438
392
36
16
494
1 542
253
167
61
13
936
5 985
627
258
49
2
656
4 640
203
216
197
40
514
1 345
272
179
57
6
524
1 970
425
54
35
10
1 643
3 731
1 499
87
49
8
1 595
9 764
1 248
269
42
i
_
1 236
1 332
870
321
1 062
16 089
573
324
24
184
867
71
69
38
6
1 585
7 438
1 141
392
36
16
494
1 542
253
167
61
13
936
5 985
627
258
49
2
656
4 640
203
216
197
40
514
1 345
272
179
57
6
524
1 970
425
54
35
10
1 643
3 731
1 499
87
49
8
1 596
9 764
1 248
269
42
183
104
165
17
86
1 238
62
6
16
2
2?i
6
183
372
164
18
46
45
31
15
84
278
72
11
67
217
19
36
32
60
22
8
2
34
79
31
2
241
405
23^
224
676
183
39
372
425
334
$25 000 or more
Hired farm labor
Farms with expenses of-
.. farms-
$1.000..
8 424
$100,000 or more
16
Farms with expenses ol-
$1,000..
1 961
$5 000 to $24 999
43
13
Repair and maintenance
.. farms..
$1.000..
626
1 500
$5 000 to $24 999
46
$25 000 to $49 999
2
Customwork. machine hire, and rental of
machinery and equipment farms..
$1,000..
Farnis with expenses ol-
$1 to $999
268
487
168
77
Interest expense
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
""$1.00oi;
281
241
$5,000 to $24,999
$25 000 to $99 999
33
5
$100 000 or more
2
famis
199
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000..
935
74
$1 000 to $4 999
98
21
Famis with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000..
267
94
36
$25 000 or more
famis
62
Farnis with expenses of-
$1,000..
425
37
16
$10 000 to $24 999
$25 000 or more
farms
737
Farnis with expenses of-
$1,000..
990
704
25
$10 000 to $24 999
6
$25 000 or more
2
All other farm production expenses...
Famis with expenses of-
$1 to $4 999
... farms..
$1,000..
696
3 264
609
63
18
See footnotes at end of table.
116 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbrevtations and symbols, see introductory text]
Horticultural
General farms,
primarily crop
(019)
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999 .
$25,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more .
Contract labor.
$1,000 to $4,999 ..
$5,000 to $24,999 .
$25,000 or more ..
$1 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24,999. _
$25,000 to $49,999 .
$50,000 or more ...
machinery and equipment .
Farms with expenses of-
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $24.999
$25,000 Of iDore
$1 to $4,999 .
$5,000 to $24,999 ..
$25,000 to $99,999.
$100,000 or more ..
$1,000 to $4.999..
$5,000 to $24,999 .
$25,000 or more ..
Farms with expenses of-
$1,000 to $4.9S
$5,000 to $24.S
$25,000 or mor
Property taxes
Farms with expenses of-
All other farm production <
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
MAINE 117
Table 53. Summary by Standard industrial Ciassification of Farm: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Sugarcane
and sugar beets;
Irish potatoes;
field crops, except
cash grains, n.e.c.
(0133, 0134, 0139)
Vegetables
and melons
(016)
NET CASH RETURN FROM
AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR
THE FARM UNIT'
All farms
number
6 266
$1,000..
74 252
rir,ll,rs
31 859
Gain of-
$10 000 to $49 999
1 027
rir,ll»r«
5 522
Loss of-
$10 000 to $49 999
400
$50,000 or more
29
Government payments
... farms.
$1,000.
'"'$1,000;
farms
Customwork and other agricultural
$1,000.
Gross cash rent or share payments .
... farms.
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
Forest products and Chnstmas trees
Other farm-related income sources ..
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
$1,000..
Sorghum, bariey, and oats
Cotton
$1,000..
farms
$1,000..
Peanuts, rye,
.ce, tobacco
and honey.
$1,000..
.. farms-.
$1,000..
Harvested cropland
. farms..
Farms by acres harvested:
50 to 99 acres
100 to 199 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres
2,000 acres or more
Cropland:
Pasture or grazing only
acres-
In cover crops, legumes, and soil-
improvement grasses, not harvested
and not pastured
On which all crops failed
. farms..
acres..
In cultivated summer fallov»
. farms..
Total woodland
Woodland pastured
Woodland not pastured .
See footnotes at *
118 MAINE
3 062
1 941
7 942
5 919
592 309
5 486
6 679
1 245
52 171
1 755
21 442
12 218
202 060
244
17 731
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
except dairy, poultry,
nimal spe
(021)
General farms.
primarily crop
(019)
Poultry
Animal
ecialties
(027)
NET CASH RETURN FROM
AGRICULTURAL SALES FOR
THE FARM UNIT'
Average per farm
Farms with net gains'
$1.000_.
_..dollars-
Average net gain
Gain of-
Less than $1 .000
— dollars-
$1 000 to $9 999
number
Average net loss
Loss of-
...dollars..
$1,000 to $9 999
$10 000 to $49 999
$50,000 or more
Other farm-related income'
Customwork and other aghcultural
... farms.
$1,000.
"'$1.000l
Gross cash rent or share payments ..
Forest products and Christmas trees .
Other farm-related income sources ...
$1,000.
... farms-
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
... farms.
$1,000.
Total.. -
Corn -
Sorghum, bartey. and (
Cotton
Total cropland
100 to 199 acres....
200 to 499 acres....
500 to 999 acres ....
1 .000 to 1 .999 acres .
2.000 acres or more .
which all crops failed .
ultivated summer falloi
Total 1
Woodland pastured
Woodland not pastured
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
126 874
254
14 771
658
112 103
MAINE 119
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
Item
Total
Cash grains
(Oil)
Total
Cotton
(0131)
Tobacco
(0132)
Sugarcane
and sugar beets:
Insh potatoes:
field crops, except
cash grains, n.e.c.
(0133,0134,0139)
Vegetables
meOT^s
Fruits and
(017)
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE-Con.
991
35 903
3 849
98 596
9
1 068
46
1 080
208
7 905
1 003
30 848
208
7 905
1 003
30 848
26
300
150
2 537
^^
acres-
Land in house lots, ponds, roads,
2 818
546
acres-
Cropland under federal acreage reduction
programs:
Annual commodity acreage adjustment
19 581
134
4 589
115
5 941
12
561
421
3 394
81
4 671
98
3 394
81
4 671
2
(D)
Consereation reserve program farms..
2
(D)
Value of land and buildings' farms..
$1,000..
Average per farm.. dollars..
6 266
1 320 729
210 777
53
10 891
206 491
1 755
343 542
195 750
1 755
343 542
195 750
242
46 884
193 736
762
160 852
211 092
Farms by value group:
652
773
916
998
699
14
7
9
159
207
333
276
221
159
276
221
26
36
14
29
65
102
$100 000 to $149 999
117
$150,000 to $199,999... .
70
$200 000 to $499 999
1 699
389
119
16
5
2
442
78
33
6
:
-
442
78
33
6
56
12
2
2
171
45
7
$5 000 000 or more
3
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT'
Estimated market value of all machinery
6 264
240 068
590
1 227
1 301
1 768
802
53
1 890
21
11
5
1 754
96 445
98
282
334
442
316
:
;
1 754
96 445
98
334
442
316
242
7 564
20
26
81
77
32
761
Farms by value group:
19 590
76
$10 000 to $19 999
215
$50 000 to $99 999
56
375
183
3
2
158
115
9
:
158
115
9
15
8
2
SELECTED MACHINERY AND
EQUIPMENT'
5 537
12 236
5 597
14 260
3 805
6 201
3 549
8 059
51
109
52
135
28
51
37
84
1 584
5 218
1 654
4 917
974
1 195
3 254
1 584
5 218
1 654
4 917
974
1 663
3 254
224
401
212
556
152
?i
234
673
number..
Wheel tractors farms .
1 175
662
number..
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms..
1 299
519
783
285
number..
516
Grain and bean combines farms..
number..
471
540
38
50
302
340
302
340
20
27
(D)
flower conditioners... farms..
number..
Pickup balers farms..
number..
2 152
2 326
2 708
2 925
3
3
7
590
630
727
769
590
630
727
769
37
38
49
49
108
109
110
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'
3 252
246 899
1 220
59 021
64 204
48
4 366
1 062
1 380
1 119
124 976
541
46 512
47 009
1 119
124 976
541
46 512
47 009
201
6 909
69
872
1 030
443
acres on v^hich used..
Lime -. farms..
tons-
Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants. etc., to
75
702
877
Insects on hay and other crops farms..
acres on which used..
Nematodes in crops farms..
acres on which used..
acres on which used..
Weeds, grass, or bnjsh in crops and
pasture farms..
acres on which used..
1 728
129 050
8 314
72 535
1 833
138 262
26
2 846
34
2 058
36
4 060
770
90 112
60
5 975
568
58 265
696
86 965
770
90 112
5 975
568
58 265
696
86 965
187
6 091
10
161
86
2 425
120
4 733
474
22 600
31
669
260
8 208
430
15 640
Chemicals tor defoliation or for grovrth
control of crops or thinning of fruit farms..
acres on which used-
552
53 000
3
461
376
45 947
376
45 947
738
137
5 437
120 MAINE
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Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
(For meaning o* abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
General farms.
pnmanly crop
(019)
except dairy, poultry,
and animal specialties
(021)
Poultry
nd eggs
(025)
odity acreage adjustment
Conservation resen/e program
Value of land and buildings^
farms,
farms..
Farms
! group:
1 to $39,9
$40,000 to $69,999--
$70,000 to $99.999. __
$100,000 to $149,999_
$150,000 to $199,999_
$200,000 to $499,999-
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 .
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 .
$5,000,000 or more
) group:
Farms by vali
$1 to $4.9£
$5,000 to $9,999 ...
$10,000 to $19,999.
$20,000 to $49.999 .
$50,000 to $99.999 .
$100,000 to $199,999.
$200,000 to $499,999.
$500,000 or more
farms.
Wheel tractors
_ . farms
number.
farms.
40 horsepower (PTO) or more .
farms.
number.
Grain and bean combines
farms.
Cottonpickers and strippers
farms.
Mower conditioners
Pickup balers
farms.
number.
number.
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS'
Commercial fertilizer
Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants,
control -
Insects en hay and other crops .
tor growtn
control of crops or thinning of fruit ...
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
115 941
173 046
1 083
MAINE 121
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Total
Cash grains
(Oil)
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
Vegetables
and melons
(016)
Item
Total
Cotton
(0131)
Tobacco
(0132)
Sugarcane
and sugar beets,
Irish potatoes;
field crops, except
cash grains, n.ec.
(0133,0134,0139)
Fruits and
tree nuts
(017)
TENURE AND RACE OF
OPERATOR
6 269
4 211
70
18
8
70
8
19 327
62
18 281
6 941
26
6 890
12
1 097
45
22
33
37
15
53
35
22
17.3
16
48.1
65
64
17 101
1
(D)
5
(D)
5
1 730
1 074
536
120
1 724
1 070
536
118
6
2
1 612
420 352
410 495
658
65 437
656
64 754
138
10 540
1 407
217
106
959
771
646
977
226
196
555
107
69
92
227
1 093
20.4
249
22
178
402
202
210
181
167
161
207
51.6
1 647
83
8
1 552
376 774
89
35 501
75
56 496
74
5
1 677
5
9
4 801
1 730
1 074
536
120
1 724
1 070
536
118
6
2
1 612
420 352
1 610
410 495
658
65 437
656
64 754
138
10 540
1 407
217
106
959
771
646
977
226
196
555
107
69
92
227
1 093
20.4
249
22
178
402
210
181
167
161
207
51.6
1 647
83
8
1 552
376 774
89
35 501
75
56 496
1
74
5
1 677
5
9
4 801
230
68
15
230
68
15
215
24 936
215
24 314
83
3 605
83
3 555
672
204
16
131
99
74
142
35
40
67
24
120
17.3
28
29
62
18
24
31
19
23
24
508
211
19
209
23 too
15
(D)
5
2 482
5
(D)
780
1 786
272
6 249
4 196
1 784
269
15
2
3
6 002
: 5 997
1 148 150
2 073
196 037
2 058
194 438
368
21 177
5 276
654
339
Tenants
White
35
779
Pari owners
34
Part owners::::;::— :.-::
Tenants
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
Land owned
farms
745
Owned land in farms
Land rented or leased from otfiers
Rented or leased land in farms
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of residence:
On farm operated
"" acres
147 285
745
146 460
135
12 903
135
12 849
33
879
506
217
57
Operators by principal occupation:
S;:^"^.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Operators by days of work off farm:
None
Any
1 to 99 days
too to 199 days
3 220
3 049
2 275
3 653
676
724
2 253
341
267
402
1 039
3 680
188
280
500
225
510
102
315
Not reported .—
Operators by years on present farm:
2 years or less
45
34
5 to 9 years —
1 0 years or more
157
427
17 7
Operators by age group:
Under 25 years
53
611
1 469
3
150
45 to 49 years
763
78
55 to 59 years
760
622
566
668
51,7
5 705
564
16
5 594
: 110 356
281
: '°i
278
: (D)
: 18
25
14 800
60 to 64 years _
65 to 69 years
90
78
Operators by sex:
Female...
Operators of Spanish origin (see text) ...
FARMS BY TYPE OF
ORGANIZATION
Individual or family (sole proprietorship) ..
Partnership
Corporation:
.. farms
acres
.. famis
acres
2
671
103 111
48
13 612
More than 10 stockholders
fS^l
33 026
2
10 or less stockholders
Other than family held
.. farms
farms
50
5
6 983
Other-cooperative, estate or trust,
institutional, etc
.. farms
"' acres
5
2 577
122 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
General farms.
primanly crop
(019)
ecialties
(027)
All operators
Full owners
Tenants
White
Tenants...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Part owners
OWNED AND RENTED LAND
ori
farms
acres.,
acres..
Land rented or leased from others ....
Rented or leased land in lamns
... famns..
acres..
Und rented or leased to others
... farms-
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of residence:
On farm operated
Not on farm operated
Not reported
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming __
Other
Operators by days of work off farm:
Operators by years on present farm:
Average years on present farm .
Operators by age group:
25 to 34 years .
35 to 44 years .
45 to 49 years .
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 to 69 years
70 years and over
Average age
Operators by sex:
Male
Operators of Spanish origin (see text) .
r family (sole propnetorship) .
Corporation:
Ivlore th
an 10 stockholders
lOorle
.s stockholders —
fvlore than 10 stockholders
10 or less stockholders
Other-coop
erative, estate or trust.
40 526
2 074
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
197 961
1 405
194 039
399
23 167
392
22 970
242 262
241 277
45 069
49
34 261
MAINE 123
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987 -Con.
} introductory text]
Total
Cash grains
(Oil)
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
Vegetables
meOT^s
,.e.
Total
Cotton
(0131)
Tobacco
(0132)
Sugarcane
and sugar beets;
Irish potatoes;
field crops, except
cash grains, n.ec.
(0133,0134,0139)
Fruits and
tree nuts
(017)
FARMS BY SIZE
419
1 029
515
564
812
562
409
321
1 028
474
106
30
70
1 730
1 730
230
780
290
280
1 434
789
862
216
315
62
2 637
119 475
854
1 019
424
241
95
2 271
61 597
11 782
943
368
16
3
1
1 183
49 815
263
65
475
273
90
15
2
2 025
47 036
1 666
10 842
2 366
50 357
15 329
1 465
26 156
2 842
2 087
24 201
12 487
433
10
2
70
3
72
2
2
(D)
2
(D)
1
(0)
3
36
2
iS
(D)
1
21
159
135
143
239
192
151
99
357
168
1 730
1 730
350
5 168
193
138
16
3
247
2 002
227
1 846
176
48
2
44
156
39
3
2
227
1 855
238
1 311
264
1 999
625
748
100
liJ?
525
56
257
121
:
:
-
21
159
135
143
?i
151
99
357
168
53
13
1 730
1 730
350
5 168
193
138
16
3
247
2 002
227
1 846
176
48
2
44
156
39
3
2
227
1 855
238
1 311
264
1 999
117
748
100
219
1 251
257
121
26
61
23
23
34
20
10
7
230
36
286
6
31
168
,il
24
8
13
8
20
57
20
61
if
27
10
8
15
46
20
5
165
7e
1 40 to 179 acres
60
51
34
220 to 259 acres
96
500 to 999 acres
1 000 to 1 999 acres
10
7
FARMS BY STANDARD
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets: Irish
potatoes; field crops, except cash
grains, n.ec. (0133, 0134, 0139)
-
Uvestock, except dairy, poultry, and
Beef cattle except feedlots (0212)
Animal specSfes (027)"
General famis, primarily livestoolc and
animal specialties (029)
UVESTOCK
Farms with-
10 to 49 ;";;"""i;;;ii;iii;iii
50 to 99
number-
473
28
100 to 199
200 to 499
500 or more
34
Beef cows
number..
farm!!
265
29
Famiswith-
194
26
10 to 49
200 to 499
500 or mors
farms
9
Farms with-
number..
71
5 to 9
2
10 to 49
1
200 to 499
Steers, steer caNes, bulls, and bull
calves
Cattle and calves sold
Calves
number..
... farms..
... farms..
$1,000"
... farms..
"$Too()"
109
24
99
27
21
89
14
IS
number..
$1,000.-
... farms..
number..
$1.000..
74
29
6
19
7
See footnotes at end of table.
124 MAINE
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Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Horticultural
specialties
General farms,
pnmarivc^p
Livestock, except dairy, poultry,
and animal specialties
(021)
Dairy famis
(024)
Poultry
and^^^gs
Animal
specialties
(027)
Item
Total
Beef cattle,
except feedlots
(0212)
General farms,
and animal
specialties
(029)
FARMS BY SIZE
26
17
21
12
3
6
8
3
290
14
105
10
4
(D)
6
3
2
(D)
2
5
(D)
i
i
7
58
35
45
44
26
13
13
17
3
280
107
5B1
102
86
273
70
204
69
23
69
63
174
64
134
15
180
72
89
19
91
53
3
(D)
(D)
90
291
137
169
226
143
81
61
176
51
6
3
1 434
789
1 090
22 419
393
613
12
888
8 810
797
7 880
513
271
1
191
930
34
11
5
806
7 906
5 703
1 080
14 835
6 433
511
5 665
1 328
962
9 170
5 105
308
1 see
835
42
139
66
84
133
77
56
42
116
28
2
789
789
743
16 599
?^
51
12
2
597
6 320
521
5 506
318
192
10
135
814
92
27
11
571
6 169
526
763
12 634
5463
420
5 277
1 264
660
7 357
4 199
58
192
99
14
26
30
61
73
It
314
160
24
862
856
87 746
16
199
324
223
90
854
48 863
86
890
57
26
2
47 Pi
18
446
267
90
15
2
803
36 065
425
2 818
853
31 438
7 378
752
19 130
1 324
764
12 308
6 054
34
646
323
31
63
18
21
30
10
7
5
2
216
56
1 693
18
25
3
46
779
32
318
25
6
1
20
461
7
2
10
38
573
35
341
46
470
150
194
43
276
136
7
28
16
66
106
37
25
24
17
6
12
9
2
315
50
292
40
10
40
179
35
(D)
30
5
9
(D)
9
19
54
26
59
21
98
33
12
40
9
21
58
24
7
5
100 to 139 acres
180 to 219 acres
FARMS BY STANDARD
INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
-
_
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish
.
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and
animal specialties (021) ._.. __
Animal specialties (027) _
General farms, primarily livestock and
animal specialties (029)
62
LIVESTOCK
farms
Farms with-
1 to 9
10 to 49
number-
640
22
11
200 to 499
500 or more
32
Beef cows -
Farms vnth-
number..
.. farms..
167
16
38
16
100 to 199
200 to 499
-
Milk COWS
farms
25
Farms with-
129
15
6
A
100 to 199
200 to 499
-
Heifers and heifer calves
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull
.. farms-.
19
216
24
Cattle and calves sold
Calves
Cattle -
Fattened on grain and concentrates
number..
.. farms..
number..
$1,000..
... famis..
$i,ooo"
... farms..
number..
$1,000..
... farms..
number..
$1,000-.
257
28
551
25
26
892
526
31
15
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Field crops, except cash grains (01 3)
Irish potatoes;
field crops, except
cash grains, n.ec.
(0133, 0134. 0139)
Vegetables
and melons
(016)
LIVESTOCK-Con
farms
number-
Farms with-
8 999
25 to 49
16
500 or more
3
Used or to be used for breeding
.. farms..
158
7 366
number..
H
.. famis-.
™rooo;i
295
13 905
1 064
68
"sToooi;
7 322
253
Litters of pigs fan-owed between -
Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 .
.. farms..
167
Dec. 1 and May 31
June 1 and Nov. 30
.. farms.,
number..
■"number^;
151
882
125
874
Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory...
.. farms..
559
Ewes 1 year old or older
"numberll
495
9 915
farms
number..
Sheep and lambs shorn.... farms..
pounds of woolI
11 933
504
12 905
104 438
Horses and ponies inventory
Horses and ponies sold
.. farms..
number..
.. farms..
number..
1 349
6 324
252
1 127
Goals sold
famis
1 256
64
number..
523
POULTRY
.. fanns..
719
6 999 685
624
Farms with-
1 to 399
4
43
3
farms
682
Pullets 3 months old or older not of
laying age.....
Hens and pullets sold
.. famis..
.. farms"
number..
5 665 233
116
1 334 452
6 649 904
Broilers and other meat-type chickens
Farms with-
number..
13 679 943
60 000 to 99 999
Turkey hens kept tor breeding
"number"
farms
15
Turkevs sold
98
number..
4 128
See footnotes al end of table.
126 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987 -Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols.
Horticultural
'(018)
General (arms,
primarily crop
(019)
Livestock, except dairy, poultry.
and animal spe ■
(021)
Poultry
LIVESTOCK-Con.
Hogs and pigs inventory farms-
(=arms 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-
Other farms.
Hogs and pigs sold farms.
number.
$1,000.
Feeder pigs farms.
si.oool
Utters 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 famns.
number.
Sheep and lambs sold — . farms.
Sheep and lambs shorn farms.
number.
pounds of wooL
Horses and ponies inventory farms.
Horses and ponies sold farms.
Goats inventory farms.
Goats sold famis-
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.
Pullets 3 months old or older not of
laying age _. (amis.
Hens and pullets sold farms.
Broilers and other meat-type chickens
sold farms.
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.
Turkeys sold farms.
See footnotes at end of table.
9 606
338
10 313
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA
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Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987 -Con.
|Fof meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
field crops, except
cash grains, n.e c
(0133. 0134, 0139)
Vegetables
(016)
CROPS HARVESTED
Corn for silage or green chop .
tons, green_.
farms..
Farms by acres
1 to 24 acres ...
25 to 99 acres ..
100 to 249 acres
250 to 499 acres
500 acres or mon
250.0 acres (
acres,
tons, dry.
... (arms.
1 00 to 249 acres _
250 to 499 acres .
500 acres or more
1 ^
Imgated
acres..
. farms-.
farms"
acres-
Farms by acres harvested:
5 0 to 24 9 acres
25 0 to 99 9 acres
Imgated
farms
acres..
5.0 to 24.9 acres
25 0 to 99 9 acres
250.0 acres or more i:::::::::::::::":"::::
Berries han/ested for sale
_ farms-
acres..
3 672
221 675
393 393
1 136
56 833
97 476
207 715
(D)
See footnotes at end of table.
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
General farms.
primarily crop
(019)
Livestock, except dairy, poultry.
' (021)
I cattle,
feedlots
(0212)
Poultry
CROPS HARVESTED
Corn for silage or green chop farms.
acres.
Irrigated -- farms.
Farms by acres fiarvested:
1 to 24 acres
25 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres
250 to 499 acres
500 acres or more
Oats for grain farms.
acres,
bushels.
Imgaled farms.
acres.
Irish potatoes farms.
acres,
cwt.
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
Hay-alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild,
grass silage, green chop. etc. (see text) .. farms.
tons, dry.
Irrigated farms.
acres.
Famis by acres han/ested:
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) (arms.
acres.
tons. dry.
In-igated farms.
Vegetables han/ested tor sale (see text) ... farms
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
Land in orchards farms
acres
Irrigated farms,
acres
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres:
Sio to 24.9 acres lllllllll^l^^ll^illliii^
25,0 to 99,9 acres
100,0 to 249.9 acres ,
250,0 acres or more
Irrigated
1 282
(D)
> of agricultural products !
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA
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Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory teict]
Item
Maine
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
6 269
1 342 588
214
210 777
962
343
69 551
203
318 023
1 563
1 012
329 971
326
175 482
552
456
57 745
127
315 600
2 300
Land in farms ..-
acres..
44 217
Value of land and buildings':
Average per acre
dollars..
709
Estimated market value of all mactiinery and
Average per farm
dollars-
38 325
44 826
71 841
31 201
27 500
Farms by^s,z^e^
419
1 029
2 453
1 758
474
136
5 919
592 309
5 486
410 891
359
6 065
30
53
137
90
30
3
315
30 821
295
23 016
24
304
40
84
332
381
118
57
993
187 566
956
135 067
2 135
59
103
199
76
16
429
27 251
390
19 389
56
664
50 to 1 79 acres
92
8
2
Total cropland
farms..
acres..
214
16 604
1li?J
Irr, ated land
farms-
acres-.
169
Market value of agricultural products sold
- $1,000..
405 484
64 681
157 828
247 656
71 083
207 239
5 855
65 228
98 829
97 657
93 267
5 562
13 077
28 678
5 581
7 496
7 312
31 930
Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse
Livestock, poultry, and tfieir products
$1,000..
$1,000..
1 271
6 041
Farms by value of sales:
Less than $2 500
2 059
870
719
700
466
553
902
3 220
3 049
3 653
2 253
115
42
34
23
71
188
155
201
123
148
77
86
104
108
181
308
301
509
252
85
57
52
29
18
41
205
251
287
189
53 0
97
$2 500 to $4 999
25
23
24
21
117
Operators by days worked off farm:
128
52 6
Total farm production expenses'
Average per farm
$1,000..
dollars..
324 276
51 752
60 316
176 361
75 098
74 208
25 943
5 635
24 716
Livestock and poultry:
Cattle and calves inventory
farms..
number..
2 637
119 475
1 331
'III!
49 815
50 357
182
11 680
79
820
98
174
4 619
239
8 521
154
2 072
68
2 420
212
3 038
193
7 703
1 041
74
2 594
175
3 622
5 630
60
number..
446
number..
Mil
number..
1 667
Hogs and pigs inventory
Hogs and pigs sold
farms..
number..
farms..
number..
farms..
fanns-.
421
8 999
295
13 905
559
15 606
719
6 999 685
95
13 679 943
159
28
501
2
(D)
32
810
18
856
35
649
47
(D)
188
38
1 032
27
1 817
64
1 521
55
123 129
,o1
11
13
1
31
Selected crops harvested:
Corn for silage or green chop
farms.-
tons. green --
544
28 711
442 833
65
4 108
71 620
21
784
10 057
32
1 128
16 607
33
1 188
22 335
Oats for grain
buSlV.
535
35 548
2 728 024
3
18
960
461
33 490
2 591 824
27
975
(D)
(0)
Irish potatoes
farms..
acres.,
cwt..
839
83 261
13
211
54 345
676
75 473
20 537 231
12
321
73 140
i
Hay-alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild,
grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) ..
fanns..
tons, dtyi;
3 672
221 675
393 393
238
15 434
31 582
329
17 561
28 902
289
17 486
29 133
165
9 429
17 086
Vegetables han/ested for sale (see text) ...
farms..
acres..
509
9 727
30
335
71
6 120
57
690
10
138
Land in orchards
farms.-
acres—
394
7 405
36
1 848
15
40
27
412
24
516
See footnotes at end of table.
130 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 1.
County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con.
I symbols, see introductory text]
Land in farms
Average size of farm.
'alue of land and buildings':
Average per farm
Average per acre _.
t value of all macfiinery and
Average per farm _
500 to 999 acres .
1 ,000 acres or mo
Total cropland
Harvested cropland _
Irrigated land
Market value of agricultural products sold $1.000..
Average per farm __. dollars..
Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse
crops $1,000..
Livestock, poultry, and tfieir products $1,000..
Farms by value of sales:
Less than $2,500
$2,500 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9.999
$10,000 to $24.999...
$25,000 to $49.999...
$50,000 to $99,999 ...
$100,000 or more
Operators by days worked off farm:
Cattle and calves sold farms..
Hogs and pigs inventory
Hogs and pigs sold _
Sfieep and lambs inventory
Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _.
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold.
Selected crops f
Corn for silage or green chop .
lumber.
. farms.
Irish potatoes .
Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild,
grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text)
Vegetables harvested for sate (see text) .
31 900
S 029
55 477
36 493
337
77
2 362
148
38
1 550
280
167
28
8 539
907
311
76
7 524
1 169
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 1.
(Fo
County Summary Highlights: 1987-Con.
i and symbols, see introductory texl]
Farms numtjer__
Land in (arms acres-
Value ol land and buildings':
dollars
Estimated market value of all machinery and
equipment':
Farms by size:
1 80 to 499 acres
acres- -
Irn ated land
acres-,
farms
Market value ol agncultural products sold
acres..
$1.000..
dollars
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse
Livestock, poultry, and their products
Famis by value of sales:
Less than $2 500
$1.000..
$25 000 to $49 999
Operators by principal occupation:
200 days or more
ytHus.-
Livestock and poultry:
Cattle and calves inventory
farms..
Beef cows —
farms..
number..
Cattle and calves sold
'""riumberll
number.-
farnis.
number-
Chickens 3 months old or older
inventory
farms..
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold.-.
farms-
number-.
Selected crops t
Com for silage or green chop.
, green.
grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) .
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) .
13 054
118
8 596
(D)
53.0
2 948
23 771
32 303
(D)
295 590
2
(D)
34 669
(D)
i on a sample of farms.
132 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold and Farms by Standard Industrial
Classification: 1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols.
> introductory text)
1987 value of sales:
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
...dollars, 1987..
1982..
v^--
$2,500 to $4,999
$1,000..
$1,000..
$1,000..
$1.000..
$25,000 to $39 999
$1,000..
$1,000..
$1,000..
$100,000 to $249,999...
'^^--
$250 000 to $499 999
$1^::
$500,000 or more ...
V^s-
19S2 value of sales':
$1.000..
$1,000 to $2,499
$1,000-.
$2 500 to $4 999
$1,000..
$5,000 to $9,999
$1,000..
$10,000 to $19,999
$1.000..
(amis
$20,000 to $24 999
$1,000..
$25,000 to $39.999....
'',^s-
$iflS§::
$50,000 to $99,999
$1,000..
$1,000.-
$1,000.-
$1,000-
Sates by commodity or commodity group:
Crops, Including nursery and greenhouse
$1,000..
Grains
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
1982-
$1,000, 1987-
1982-
Soybeans. _
1982-
$1,000, 1987-
1982-
- farms, 1987..
1982..
$1,000, 1987-
1982-
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
- farms, 1987..
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
.. fanns, 1987..
1982..
$1,000. 1987..
405 484
399 412
64 681
57 034
3 220
664
4 654
10 354
745
53 397
See footnotes at end of table
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY
71 083
79 955
207 239
225 226
1 012
1 253
98 829
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Table 2.
Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold and Farms by Standard Industrial
Classification: 1987 and 1982-Con.
and symbols, see introduclory I
farms 1987
Average per (arm
1987 value of sales:
1982..
$1,000. 1987..
1982..
..dollars. 1987..
$1 000 to $2 499
— Viw::
$2,500 to $4,999
$1.000..
$1.000..
$10,000 to $19,999 ___
$1,000..
farms..
$1.000..
$25 000 to $39 999
$1.000..
$1.000..
$1.000..
$1.000..
$1.000..
$500,000 or more
$1.000..
1982 value 01 sales':
$1,000..
$1 000 to $2 499
$1,000..
$2,500 to $4,999
$1,000..
$1,000..
$1,000..
$1,000..
$25,000 to $39 999
$1,000..
$40,000 to $49.999
$50,000 to $99.999 ____
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
$250,000 to $499,999
$500,000 or more
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
farms
Sales by commodity or commodity group:
Crops, including nursery and greentiouse
$1,000..
Grains
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
Corn for grain _.
Wheat
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
.. farms. 1987..
1982..
$1,000. 1987..
1982..
Soybeans-
1982..
$1,000. 1987..
1982..
-. farms. 1987..
1982..
$1,000. 1987..
1982..
Barley
1982..
$1,000. 1987..
1982..
$1.000, 198?::
1982..
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
See footnotes at end of table.
134 MAINE
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
10 481
25
8 561
1 233
2 017
9
2 894
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold and Farms by Standard Industrial
Classification: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Item
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD
Total sales (see text)
. (arms. 1987.
138
124
462
426
337
521
1982.
158
120
523
465
381
586
$1,000. 1987.
4 898
3 250
20 069
32 140
11 683
30 180
1982.
4 995
36 531
16 539
24 991
Average per (arm
.dollars. 1987.
35 492
26 212
43 438
75 446
34 669
57 928
1982-
26 729
41 621
43 860
78 561
43 408
42 648
1987 value o( sales:
Less than 11.000 —
(arms.
33
28
79
52
40
107
$1,000.
9
11
20
28
$1,000 to $2.499 —
(arms.
26
26
62
69
60
108
$1,000.
40
38
102
110
102
178
$2,500 to $4.999 -_
(arms.
16
26
64
57
50
79
$1,000.
61
91
226
202
176
272
$5,000 to $9.999
farms.
19
13
52
48
61
69
$1,000.
132
92
358
341
446
477
$10,000 to $19.999
farms.
6
6
37
33
56
54
$1,000.
84
68
531
476
780
775
$20,000 to $24.999
farms.
3
3
9
11
17
$1,000.
63
65
435
195
247
388
$25,000 to $39.999 __-
farms.
8
5
19
19
19
22
$1,000.
248
155
596
559
621
737
$40,000 to $49.999
farms.
5
24
13
8
$1,000.
(D)
-
1 108
608
576
357
$50,000 to $99.999
farms.
9
7
41
54
13
25
$1,000.
(D)
477
3 036
3 968
794
1 832
$100,000 to $249.999
farms.
9
50
36
8
22
$1,000.
1 382
986
7 665
5 745
1 216
3 308
$250,000 to $499.999
farms.
3
23
3
4
$1,000.
(D)
1 266
3 699
8 499
1 018
1 292
$500,000 or more
(arms.
3
12
3
6
$1,000.
(D)
2 293
11 417
5 695
20 536
1982 value o( sales':
Less than $1.000
(arms.
32
106
66
142
$1,000.
10
9
(D)
24
(D)
$1,000 to $2.499 — -
farms.
33
20
73
61
70
119
$1,000.
55
33
(D)
107
(D)
192
$2,500 to $4.999
22
79
18
258
65
231
57
204
95
$1Wl
340
$5,000 to $9.999 — -
farms.
9
15
38
42
70
65
$1,000.
64
109
255
305
479
449
$10,000 to $19.999-
farms
8
5
27
24
50
39
$i.ooo:
105
70
389
316
653
548
$20,000 to $24.999
farms.
3
17
9
12
11
$1,000.
(D)
(D)
394
(D)
268
245
$25,000 to $39,999
7
5
27
19
12
18
""$1*000:
(D)
(D)
824
(D)
375
558
$40,000 to $49,999
(arms.
8
2
22
19
9
8
$1,000.
(D)
(D)
986
876
(D)
377
$50,000 to $99,999
farms.
12
6
66
52
15
42
$1,000.
(D)
(D)
4 897
3 807
(D)
3 064
$100,000 to $249.999
farms.
9
10
60
56
7
$1,000.
(D)
1 766
9 156
9 386
939
4 992
$250,000 to $499.999
farms.
2
9
$1,000.
(D)
(D)
2 541
11 010
2 547
2 982
$500,000 or more
farms.
2
5
12
5
$1,000.
(D)
(D)
3 090
9 638
9 564
11 200
Sales by commodity or commodity group:
Crops, including nursery and greentiouse
crops
.. farms. 1987.
78
65
218
220
288
310
1982.
76
210
204
308
294
$1,000. 1987.
1 066
945
1 815
1 894
(D)
6 639
1982.
(D)
508
1 455
1 850
12 736
5 766
Grains --
farms 1987
12
9
1
9
19
16
2
2
12
1982.
7
$1,000. 1987.
108
46
(D)
(D)
1982.
73
(D)
214
83
(D)
55
Com for grain
.. farms. 1987.
2
3
5
-
4
1982.
1
2
3
$1,000. 1987.
; (D)
(D)
54
68
1982.
(D)
174
(D)
33
Wheat
farms 1987
1
2
"
2
' 1982.
2
$1,000. 1987.
(D)
(D)
1982.
-
(D)
(D)
Soybeans -
.. farms. 1987.
-
-
1982.
2
$1,000. 1987.
1982.
: (D)
(D)
Sorghum (or grain
.. farms, 1987.
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
\
:
i
Barley
.. (arms, 1987.
1
_
-
-
1982.
I (NA)
(NA)
(na")
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
$1,000. 1987.
(D)
Oats
1982.
farms 1987
- '1
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
3
(NA)
(NA)
9
' 1982.
4
2
-
2
$1,000, 1987.
: 33
(D)
2
5
1982.
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
Other grains^ ._..
.. farms, 1987.
6
5
4
2
2
1982.
7
10
10
2
3
$1,000, 1987.
53
5
(D)
(D)
1982.
59
32
34
(D)
(D)
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2.
Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold and Farms by Standard Industrial
Classification: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations i
i introductory text]
Crops, including nursery and greentiouse
crops-Con-
Cotton and cottonseed.
Ottier crops farms.
$1,000. ■
Livestocl<. poultry, and ttieir products farms, ■
$1,000, ■
Poultry and poultry products farms, '
$1,000. •
Dairy products farms. '
$1,000, :
1
Cattle and calves farms, 1
$1,000, 1
Sfieep, lambs, and wool -
949
1 265
88 672
95 354
2 366
3 030
15 329
15 231
295
• livestock and livestock products
.. farms,
$1,000,
Cash grains (Oil)
Field crops, except casti grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes;
field crops, except casfi grains, n.e.c.
(0133, 0134, 0139)
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialties (018)
General farms, pnmanly crop (019)
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal
specialties (021) ,
Beef cattle, except feedlols (0212)
Dairy farms (024)
Poultry and eggs (025)
Animal specialties (027) ___
General farms, primanly livestock and animal
specialties (029)
See footnotes s
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Table 2.
Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold and Farms by Standard Industrial
Classification: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations {
I symbols, see introductory text]
Cotton and cottonseed
farms
$1,000
$1,000
farms
$1,000
Vegetatiles, sweet corn, and melons
--- farms
$1,000
Fruits, nuts, and berries
... farms
$1,000
... farms
$1,000
$1,000
vestock, poultry, and ttieir products _._
... farms
$1,000
Poultry and poultry products
... farms
$1,000
Dairy products farms.
$1,000.
Cattle and calves farms.
$1,000.
Hogs and pigs farms.
$1,000.
Sfieep. lambs, and wool farms,
$1,C
Other livestock and livestock products
Cash grains (011)
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes;
field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c.
(0133, 0134, 0139)
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialties (018)
General farms, pnmanly 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
• i(029)
See footnotes at end of table.
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Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold and Farms by Standard Industrial
Classification: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations £
I symbols, see introductory text)
Total sales (see texlj-Con
Sales by commodity or commodity group-
Con.
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse
crops-Con.
Cotton and cottonseed farms.
$1,000.
Tobacco farms.
$1,000.
Hay. silage, and field seeds farms.
Vegetables, sweet com. and melons farms.
$1,000,
Fruits, nuts, and bernes farms.
$1,000.
Nursery and greenfiouse crops farms.
$1,000.
Other crops farms.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
Livestock, poultry, and their products
.. farms. 1987.
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
farms 1987
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
Dairy products -..
.. farms, 1987.
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
Hogs and pigs
.. farms, 1987.
1982.
$1,000. 1987.
1982.
.. farms. 1987.
1982.
$1,000. 1987.
1982.
Sheep, lambs, and wool
Other livestock and livestock products
.. farms. 1987.
$1,000. 1987.
1982.
Cash grains (Oil)
Field crops, except cash grains (013) .
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish po
field crops, except cash grains, n.e.
(0133, 0134. 0139)
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialtes (018)
General farnis. pnmarily crop (019) ...
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and ar
specialties (021)
Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) .
Dairy farms (024)
Poultry and eggs (025)
Animal specialties (027)
General farms, pnmarily livestock and
i (029)
228
(D)
(D)
463
(D)
(D)
295
65
279
30 246
(D)
23 541
34 681
19 225
82
21
51
115
26
19 467
(D)
19 499
25 662
11 943
119
12
85
9 576
412
2 625
7 934
553
5 559
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Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987 and 1982
(Data are based on a sample of farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Total farm production expenses farms.
$1,000,
Average per farm dollars,
Livestock and poultry purcfiased farms,
$1,000,
$1,000,
Commercially mixed formula feeds --_
_... farms.
$1,000,
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees
.... farms.
$1,000,
Commercial fertilizer'
.-.- farms.
$1,000.
Agricultural chemicals'
.... farms.
$1,000.
.... farms.
$1,000.
$1,000.
$1,000.
Natural gas
.... farms.
$1,000.
LP gas, fuel oil, kerosene, motor oil.
farms.
$1,000.
farms
$1,000.
Hired farm labor
.... farnis.
Contract latwr farms,
$1,000,
"$i,ooo!
Customwork, macfiine fiire. and rental of
mactiinery and equipment^ farms.
Interest paid= farms,
$1,000,
Interest paid on debt
Secured by real estate farms,
$1,000,
Not secured by real estate farms.
$1,000.
Cash rent farms.
$1,000.
Property taxes paid farms.
$1 .000.
All other farm production expenses .
$1,000.
324 276
60 316
51 752
176 361
130
21 876
6 OOB
20 717
6 769
3 197
205
4 051
259
94 386
27 867
2 044
154
2 471
203
63 160
4 451
92 580
30 305
9 865
5 857
6 889
12 827
18 739
5 232
6 435
6 421
9 200
3 268
3 220
4 252
5 401
2 753
2 826
15 455
18 511
11 312
1 445
4 143
1 287
3 845
6 064
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Table 3. Farm Production Expenses: 1987 and 1982-
[Data are based on a sample of farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols.
■Con.
Total farm production expenses- (arms. 1987
$1,000, 1987
Average per fann .dollars, 1987
Livestock and poultry purchased _ farms, 1987
1982
$1,000, 1987
1982
Feed for livestock i
Commercially mixed formula feeds .
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and t
. farms. 1987
1982
$1,000. 1987
1982
. farms, 1987
1982
$1,000, 1987
. farms. 1987
1982
$1,000, 1987
Agricultural chemicals'
Gasoline and gasohol .
. farms, 1987
1982
$1,000, 1987
1982
. farms, 1987
1982
$1,000, 1987
1982
farms. 1987
1982
$1,000, 1987
farms'
$1,000,
$1,000,
LP gas, fuel oil, kerosene, motor oil.
$1,000,
$1,000,
$1,000,
Contract labor .,
-— famis.
$1,000,
Repair and maintenance
famts
"■"$1^:
Customwork, machine hire, e
Interest paid' farms, 1987.
1982
$1,000, 1987
1982
Interest pak) on debt
Secured by real estate farms, 1987
$1,000, 1987
Not secured by real estate fanns, 1987
$1,000, 1987
Cash rent- , farms, 1987.
$1,000. 1987
Property taxes pak) farms. 1987
$1,000, 1987
farms. 1987
$1,000, 1987
31 900
8 029
55 477
36 493
258
57
2 360
858
2 715
924
394
99
421
12 570
3 817
278
89
309
74
10 581
3 733
9 520
3 350
See footnotes at end of t
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Table 3.
[Data are basi
Farm Production Expenses: 1987 and 1982
on a sample of farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text )
-Con.
Total farm production expenses farms, 1987_,
$1,000, 1987..
Average per farm dollars, 1987..
Livestock and poultry purcfiased farms. 1987..
1982.
$1,000. 1987.
1982.
Feed lor livestock i
I poultry .
I formula feeds .
. farms. 1987..
1982.
$1,000. 1987.
1982.
. farms. 1987.
1982.
$1,000. 1987.
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and t
Agricultural chemicals' .
$1,000. 1987.
1982.
. farms. 1987.
Gasoline and gasofiol .
. farms, 1987.
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
. farms. 1987.
Natural gas
LP gas, fuel oil.
,. farms, 1987..
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
Hired farni labor .
Contract labor farms, 1987.
1982.
$1,000. 1987.
1982.
farms. 1987.
$1,000. 1987.
Id rental of
machinery and equipment^ farms. 1987.
1982.
Interest paid^ farms, 1987.
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
Interest paid on debt
Secured by real estate farms. 1987.
$1,000. 1987.
Not secured by real estate farms. 1987.
$1,000, 1987.
Cash rent farms, 1987.
$1,000. 1987.
Property taxes paid farms. 1987.
$1,000. 1987.
All other farm production expenses farms. 1987.
$1,000. 1987.
t of custom
'Data for 1982 do not include imputation
I applications for commercial f
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 4.
Net Cash Return From Agricultural Sales, Government Payments, Other Farm-
Related Income, and Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, s
36 introductory text]
Item
Maine
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
NET CASH RETURN
Net cash return from agricultural sales for the
farm unit (see text)'
Average per farm
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
-dollars, 1987..
6 266
74 252
342
10 299
30 113
1 012
23 128
22 854
457
665
1 455
228
781
3 425
.number, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
dollars 1987
2 912
92 773
31 859
167
68 183
591
26 710
45 195
179
2 753
94
1 659
.number, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
dollars 1987
3 354
18 521
5 522
175
1 088
6 217
421
3 582
278
2 088
Average per farm
878
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
55
146
42
2 III
$1,000, 1987.-
..dollars, 1987..
3 062
93
831
farms 1987
686
2 107
33
179
344
54
136
$1,000, 1987..
80
Value of commodity certificates received ...
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
370
955
10
16
190
486
13
10
9
23
OTHER FARM-RELATED INCOME
Gross before taxes and expenses'
Average per farm
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
..dollars, 1987..
1 941
7 942
4 092
52
321
6 166
275
1 064
3 867
136
369
2 713
79
450
5 701
Customworic and other agricultural
666
466
2 163
1 095
294
525
22
25
21
(D)
60
92
420
386
339
83
40
187
61
30
36
22
23
8
73
Rental of farmland
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
farms 1987
$1,000, 1987..
5
1 025
4 546
450
709
29
282
19
(D)
106
256
81
48
46
113
6
33
55
420
27
18
Other farm-related income sources
$1,000, 1987..
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION LOANS
56
323
904
41
62
198
673
2
1
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
\
-
Corn
Wheat _
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
5
(D)
(D)
':
(D)
.
(D)
^
$1,000, 1987..
-
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987-.
40
126
11
111
:
37
119
(D)
-
Peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, and honey
$1,000,1987..
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
(D)
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 4.
Net Cash Return From Agricultural Sales, Government Payments, Other Farm-
Related Income, and Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbrevlatjc
introductory text]
Item
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot
NET CASH RETURN
Net cash return from agricultural sales tor ttie
farm unit (see texty
Average per tarm
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
..dollars, 1987..
290
2 249
7 755
575
9 003
15 657
220
1 733
7 879
229
1 008
4 401
334
3 023
9 052
573
4 380
7 643
Farms witti net gains'
.number, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
..dollars, 1987..
2 930
29 599
251
40 644
2 172
29 351
67
1 490
22 233
3 645
25 852
254
23 751
Farms witti net losses
.number, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
..dollars, 1987..
191
681
3 568
324
1 199
3 700
146
439
3 004
162
482
2 974
193
622
319
Average per farm
1 653
5 183
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
Average per farm
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
..dollars, 1987..
25
878
59
424
7 190
14
24
1 739
24
14^1
32
110
3 440
79
495
6 260
Amount received in casti
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
24
(D)
55
413
12
(D)
21
18
30
77
63
Value of commodity certificates received ...
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
6
(D)
10
3
(D)
5
18
J^
42
170
OTHER FARM-RELATED INCOME
Gross before taxes and expenses'
Average per farm
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
..dollars. 1987..
101
410
4 062
190
4 692
62
282
4 550
81
172
2 127
134
483
3 601
154
376
2 438
Customwork and other agncultural
farms 1987
37
204
21
17
65
35
322
140
32
25
35
16
27
5
(D)
31
21
35
20
2
40
99
84
26
51
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
32
64
43
$1,000, 1987..
Sales of forest products and Christmas
63
186
8
77
513
37
31
45
3
(D)
40
67
23
272
Other farm related income sources
$1,000, 1987..
farms 1987
248
22
$1,000. 1987..
52
COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION LOANS
2
(D)
2
(D)
3
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
-_
i
Com
Wheat
Soybeans
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
.. farms, 1967..
$1,000, 1987..
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
\
(D)
2
(D)
\
(d1
(D)
(D)
2
(D)
Cotton
Peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, and honey
$1,000, 1987..
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
.. farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
(D)
See footnotes at end of table
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 4.
Net Cash Return From Agricultural Sales, Government Payments, Other Farm-
Related Income, and Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 1987 and 1982-Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols
see introductory text
I
Item
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
YorK
NET CASH RETURN
Net cash return Irom agncultural sales for tl-
farm unit (see text) '
farms 1987
138
728
5 278
59
1 088
18 446
124
338
2 722
33
976
29 561
462
3 123
6 760
243
4 648
19 129
426
5 679
13 332
243
6 349
26 126
336
1 487
4 426
218
2 286
10 485
$1,000. 1987..
Farms with net gains=
Average per farm
...number. 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
....dollars. 1987..
199
8 446
42 443
Farms with net losses
number 1987
79
360
4 557
91
638
7 Oil
219
1 525
6 965
183
669
3 657
118
799
6 769
321
Average per farm
$1,000. 1987..
....dollars. 1987..
1 818
5 663
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
24
96
4 013
14
23
1 628
61
304
4 984
46
2 471
18
1 077
Average per farm
$1,000. 1987..
....dollars. 1987..
219
6 855
Amount received in cash
.... farms, 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
21
23
52
46
92
12
12
30
190
Value of commodity certificates received .
.... farms. 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
12
15
32
113
22
7
10
30
OTHER FARM-RELATED INCOME
Gross before taxes and expenses'
Average per farm
.... farms. 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
....dollars. 1987..
49
134
2 728
36
108
2 989
235
1 206
5 131
150
474
3 162
84
628
7 481
123
574
4 670
Customwork and other agncultural
farms. 1987 .
19
7
3
21
9
(D)
2
(0)
61
26
189
45
63
30
50
18
244
IB
9
37
20
?^
2
(D)
48
Rental of farmland
1982..
$1,000. 1967..
1982..
farms. 1987
46
99
99
7
$1,000, 1987..
Sales of forest products and Christmas
farms, 1987
27
91
18
22
20
59
168
837
75
150
76
174
65
47
535
59
Other farm-related income sources
$1,000. 1987..
.... firms. 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
343
25
131
COMMODITY CREDIT
CORPORATION LOANS
Total
.... farms. 1987..
1982..
$1,000. 1987..
1982..
(D)
:
IS
2
(D)
(D)
Corn
.... farms, 1987..
$1.000.1987..
;
:
(D)
Soybeans
$1,000, 1987..
.... farms. 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
Sorghum, barley, and oats
Cotton
Peanuts, rye. nee. tobacco, and honey..
.... farms. 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
.... farms, 1987..
$1,000, 1987..
.... farms, 1987..
$1,000. 1987..
(D)
':
(D)
:
'Data are based on a sample of farms.
2Farms with total production expenses equal to market value ol agricultural products sold a
=Data for 1987 are based on a sample of farms; data for 1982 are nonsample.
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 5. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use:
(For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987 and 1982
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
harms
1982..
1982. _
acres 1987
Value of land and buildings':
Average per farm
1982-.
dollars 1987
Approximate land area
1982..
dollars. 1987..
1982..
acres 1987
Proportion in farms _
1987 size of fami:
percent, 1987..
10 to 49 acres
acres..
acres..
70 to 99 acres
acres..
100 to 139 acres
acres..
140 to 179 acres
acres..
acres..
220 to 259 acres
acres..
260 to 499 acres
farms
500 to 999 acres
acres..
1 ,000 to 1 999 acres
farms'
2 000 acres or more
1982 size of farm:
1 to 9 acres
acres-.
10 to 49 acres
acres. -
50 to 69 acres
acres..
70 to 99 acres
acres..
acres..
140 to 179 acres
acres..
180 to 219 acres
acres..
acres..
acres..
2,000 acres or more
acres.,
farms
Total cropland farms. 1987
cropland farms. 1987
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing farms.
acres.
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and
soil-improvement grasses, not fiarvested
and not pastured
See footnotes at end of table.
7 003
1 342 588
1 468 674
93 204
562
87 913
76 467
1 028
362 664
5 919
6 591
592 309
610 691
6 138
410 891
457 076
2 649
2 970
87 487
86 726
19 664
5
(D)
980
591 I
13 518
18 132
67
13 049
15 584
249
87 671
118
76 774
56 956
17 672
120
19 027
1 228
187 566
203 750
1 181
135 067
159 434
3 537
15
3 577
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Table 5. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use:
[For meaning of abbrevjattons and symbols, see introductory text]
1987 and 1982-Con.
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Average size of farm.
1 0 to 49 acres .
50 to 69 acres .
180 to 219 acres .
220 to 259 acres .
260 to 499 acres -
500 to 999 acres .
) acres or more .
10 to 49 acres ...
50 to 69 acres ...
70 to 99 acres _.-
100 to 139 acres.
140 to 179 acres.
180 to 219 acres.
220 to 269 acres .
260 to 499 acres -
500 to 999 acres _
1987.
1982.
1987.
1982.
. farms-
. farms..
. farms-
. farms.,
. farms.
. farms.
acres-
acres,
acres.
. farms-
. farms,
acres.
. farms.
Harvested cropland .
farms. 1987.
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing farms,
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and
soil-improvement grasses, not tiawested
and not pastured
1987.
1982..
1987.
1982.
1987.
1982.
1987.
1982-
See footnotes at end of table.
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9 997
48
7 451
26 968
5
(D)
2 535
45
2 582
3 220
9
2 132
2 122
9
2 188
3 156
38
5 986
18 728
7
8 275
19 296
6
6 387
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 5. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Land in farms
Average size of farm.
Average per acre .
Approximate land area —
Proportion in farms .
1987 size of farm:
..acres. 1987
1982.
..acres. 1987,
1982.
.dollars. 1987.
1982.
.dollars. 1987.
10 to 49 acres .
50 to 69 acres .
70 to 99 acres farms.
100 to 139 acres farms.
140 to 179 acres _ farms.
180 to 219 acres farms.
acres.
220 to 259 acres farms.
acres.
260 to 499 acres farms.
acres.
500 to 999 acres farms.
acres.
acres
70 to 99 acres farms
acres.
100 to 139 acres farms.
acres.
140 to 179 acres farms.
260 to 499 acres .
500 to 999 acres .
Total cropland _._ farms, 1987
Harvested cropland farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing farms, 1987.
Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and
and not pastured farms.
See footnotes at end of table.
2 481
8
1 563
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
2 184
3 435
6 588
6 070
47
38
7 401
5 980
34
32
6 634
6 329
32
33
7 624
34 060
25 947
42
30
9
5
(D)
6 418
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Table 5. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols. :
J introductory text]
Total cropland-Con,
Other cropland-Con
Cropland on wtiich all crops tailed .
Cropland in cultivated summer f
Woodland pastured .
Woodland not pastured
Ottier land tamis,
acres,
Pasturoland and rangeland ottier tban
cropland and vKOOdfand pastured farms.
Land in tiouse lots, ponds, roads,
wasteland, etc. -.. farms
Pastureland. all types farms.
acres.
Cropland diverted under annual commodity
acreage adjustment programs.- -
Cropland placed undei
reserve program
acres.
3 849
4 567
98 596
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 5. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use:
» Introductory text]
1987 and 1982-Con.
Total cropland-Con.
Other cropland-Con.
Cropland on wtiicti all crops (
d ranoela
woodlanc
cropland and woodland pastured
famis, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
wasteland, etc. .
Pastureland. all types .
acreage ad|ustment programs .
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 5. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols.
see introductorv textl
All Farms
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE -Con.
Total cropland-Con.
Other cropland-Con.
farms 1987
3
3
9
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
ssi
(d")
119
154
6
(D)
85
5
9
120
56
Cropland in cultivated summer (allow ._
... farms. 1987..
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
5
(D)
(0)
6
(D)
30
10
9
74
105
8
i
21
32
1 096
1 104
15
9
292
32S
farms. 1987 .
24
25
786
856
26
15
285
448
79
61
2 585
1 547
64
66
2 015
1 693
148
145
9 948
8 170
74
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
70
1 757
1 409
113
130
22 027
21 442
99
97
9 243
8 352
374
446
58 381
67 070
III
41 083
50 647
240
285
40 080
43 995
371
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
39 297
42 539
W dl d t d
.... farms. 1987..
31
38
1 770
36
32
718
1 368
100
105
4 406
7 590
85
88
2 623
3 758
37
44
2 923
3 866
111
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
3 946
5 247
115
20 257
18 969
88
84
8 525
6 984
346
415
53 975
59 480
306
358
38 460
46 889
265
37 157
40 129
329
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
400
35 351
37 292
84
112
3 310
2 448
21
22
757
1 227
102
2 553
1 221
96
94
2 004
1 680
29
17
754
312
87
90
1 250
1 368
291
338
6 797
8 552
101
2 091
3 438
4 706
5 114
286
312
10 753
8 992
71
81
Ul\
264
292
8 382
4 661
241
281
13 859
15 187
35
42
1 528
2 887
268
12 331
12 300
343
Pastureland and rangeland other than
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
farms. 1987..
6tiJ
8 477
82
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
62
1 554
2 127
317
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
4 604
6 350
Pastureland. all types _
Cropland diverted under annual commodity
.... farms. 1987..
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
farms. 1987
97
104
5 079
6 201
1
(D)
(D)
2
(D)
87
86
3 165
328
362
16 990
20 563
7
(D)
127
,0^
263
11 654
13 229
6
i
101
146
6 048
8 674
1
(D)
10 i
13 662
Cropland placed under the conservation
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
198
reserve program ...._ ____ ^__^^^, ^^^^^^
'Data are based on a sample of farms, see text.
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Table 6. Harvested Cropland by Size of Farm and Acres Harvested: 1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbrevialions and symbols, see introductory text)
220 to 259 acres .
260 to 499 acres .
) to 1,999 acres -
) acres or more .
ize of farm:
220 to 259 acres .
500 to 999 acres .
1,000 to 1,999 acres -
30 to 49 acres .
. farms
100 to 199 acres -
200 to 499 acres .
500 to 999 acres .
30 to 49 acres .
50 to 99 acres .
6 136
410 891
457 076
96 632
125 711
54
34 036
19
30 459
1 087
4 489
897
12 053
713
15 967
915
32 995
1 101
74 582
8 307
297
45 266
142
38 991
46
23 224
11 824
319
85
1 074
65
1 475
4 149
181
12 979
226
31
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
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Table 6. Harvested Cropland by Size of Farm and Acres Harvested: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbots. see introductory text]
1987 siz
e of farm:
farms
acres harvested..
50 to
70 10
69 acres
acres harvested..
acres harvested..
acres harvested..
acres harvested..
acres harvested..
acres harvested-
500 tc
acres harvested-
farms
1,000 to 1,999 acres
2,000 acres or more
1982 size of (arm:
-"-..^['f^amsi;
acres harvested..
- farms..
acres harvested..
acres harvested..
50 to
acres harvested..
acres harvested..
100 t
1 39 acres
acres harvested.,
farms
acres harvested..
acres harvested.,
farms
acres harvested-
acres harvested. _
farms
acres harvested..
1,000
2,000
acres or more _
acres harvested ._
acres harvested .-
farms..
987 acres harvested:
farms
acres-
farms
acres.-
100 to 199 acres
acres..
acres..
acres..
500 to 999 acres farms .
faml"
982 acres harvested:
1 lo 9 acres
acres.,
farms
20 to 29 acres
acres.,
farms
acres..
acres..
acres. -
acres..
5 539
89
12 234
2 093
10
3 097
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
Table 6. Harvested Cropland by Size of Farm and Acres Harvested: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Farms with harvested cropland
1987 size of farm:
acres tiarvested.
50 to 69 acres
acres fiarvested.
farms
70 to 99 acres
acres harvested.
acres tiarvested.
140 to 179 acres
acres tiarvested.
180 to 219 acres
acres tiarvested.
220 to 259 acres
acres harvested.
260 to 499 acres
acres harvested.
acres harvested.
1.000 to 1,999 acres _
2.000 acres or more
1982 size of farm:
acres harvested.
farms.
acres harvested.
farms.
farms
acres harvested.
50 to 69 acres
farms"
acres harvested.
100 to 139 acres
acres harvested.
acres harvested.
1 80 to 21 9 acres
220 to 259 acres
acres harvested,
farms
acres harvested.
500 to 999 acres
acres harvested.
1.000 to 1.999 acres— -
2.000 acres or more _._.
acres harvested.
farms.
acres harvested.
farms.
1 19 acres -
1 29 acres .
50 to 99 acres
acres.
acres-
acres.
acres..
acres-.
982 acres harvested:
acres-
10 to 19 acres
acres-
acres-
acres-
200 to 499 acres
acres-
500 to 999 acres
acres..
acres-
3 044
34
2 496
86
8 653
52
10 098
6
2 801
2 839
99
6 754
5 359
5
2 096
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 7. Irrigation: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory te)ct]
Farms with imgatlon
Farms _._ number. 1987.
1982.
Land In Irrigated farms — acres. 1987.
1982.
Harvested cropland _ -__ farms. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Other cropland, excluding cropland
pastured farms, 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured _._ farms. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Irrigated land acres. 1987.
1982.
I cropland _ farms. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
I other land farms, 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982
1 987 irrigated acres by size of farm:
1 to 9 acres - farms.
acres Irrigated.
10 to 49 acres -— farms.
acres Imgated.
50 to 69 acres — - farms
acres imgated.
70 to 99 acres ._ farms
100 to 139 acres farms
acres Imgated
140 to 179 acres farms,
acres Irrigated.
180 to 219 acres farms
acres Irrigated.
220 to 259 acres farms
acres Irrigated.
260 to 499 acres farms,
acres inigated
500 to 999 acres farms
acres inigated
1,000 to 1,999 acres (arms
acres Irrigated
2,000 acres or more farms
acres irrigated
1 982 Imgated acres by size of farm:
1 to 9 acres farms
acres Irrigated
10 to 49 acres farrTis
acres Irrigated
50 to 69 acres farms
acres imgated
70 to 99 acres farms.
acres Irrigated.
100 to 139 acres farms.
acres Irrigated.
140 to 179 acres farms.
acres irrigated.
180 to 219 acres ..- farms.
acres irrigated.
220 to 259 acres — farms
acres Irrigated.
260 to 499 acres -.- (arms
acres Imgated.
500 to 999 acres farms,
acres irrigated
1.000 to 1.999 acres farms
acres Irrigated
acres irrigated
1 415
2 135
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Table 7. Irrigation: 1987 and 1982-Con.
I symbols, see introductory text]
Farms with irrigatic
Farms - number. 1987..
1982..
Land in irrigated (arms acres. 1987..
19B2--
Harvested cropland -- larms. 1987..
1982--
acres. 1987. _
1982-.
Other cropland, excluding cropland
pastured (arms, 1987..
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
Pastureland, excluding woodland pastured ... (arms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
Irrigated land acres, 1987..
1982..
Harvested cropland farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
Pastureland and other land.. (arms. 1987..
1982.-
acres. 1987..
1982..
1987 Imgated acres by size of (arm:
1 to 9 acres (arms..
acres irrigated. .
10 to 49 acres .- — farms-
acres irrigated..
50 to 69 acres - farms..
acres irrigated..
70 to 99 acres (arms..
acres irrigated..
100 to 139 acres (arms..
acres imgated- .
140 to 179 acres farms—
acres irrigated--
180 to 219 acres (arms..
acres imgated..
220 to 259 acres (arms..
acres imgated..
260 to 499 acres farms..
acres irrigated..
500 to 999 acres farms..
acres irrigated..
1.000 to 1,999 acres farms..
acres imgated..
2,000 acres or more fanns..
acres irrigated. -
1982 Irrigated acres by size o( (arm:
1 to 9 acres .- (arms..
acres irrigated..
10 to 49 acres -. (arms..
50 to 69 acres farms..
acres irrigated..
70 to 99 acres (arms..
acres Irrigated..
100 to 139 acres farms-
acres irrigated..
140 to 179 acres farms..
acres in-igated..
180 to 219 acres (arms..
acres irrigated..
220 to 259 acres - farms-
acres irrigated..
260 to 499 acres farms-
acres irrigated..
500 to 999 acres (arms..
acres irrigated-
1,000 to 1,999 acres farms-
acres irrigated. .
2.000 acres or more - farms..
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 7.
[For meaning
Irrigation: 1987 and 1982-Con.
I symbols, see introductory text]
Land in irrigated farms
Hareested cropland
Other cropland, excluding cropland
pastured
Harvested cropland .
Pastureland g
) 49 acres .
) 69 acres .
70 to 99 acres ...
100 to 139 acres.
140 10 179 acres.
acres imqated.
acres imgaled.
acres irrigated..
acres inlgated.,
acres imgated.
fanns-
acres irrigated.
220 to 259 awes .
260 to 499 acres .
irrigated-
.. famis-
iriigated.
500 to 999 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres.
2,000 acres or more .
rigated.
. farms-
rigated.
. larms.
1962 irrigated acres by size of i
1 to 9 acres
10 to 49 acres
acres im^ajed..
acres irrigated. .
acres irrigated-
ac^sirri^^..
140 to 179 acres
"""'Trs-
180 to 219 acres
acres imgaled..
.T^.n^^si:
260 to 499 acres
acres irrigated-
500 to 999 acres
acres irrigated.,
farnis
1 000 to 1 999 acres
acres irrigated-
2,000 acres or more
acres rni^a^^..
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
Table 8. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1987 and 1982
1 sample of farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, s
i of all machinery and
$1,000,
Average per farm ..-dollars.
Farms by value group:
$1 to $9,999
$10,000 to $19,999
$20,000 to $29.999
$30,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $69.999
$70,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $199.999
$200,000 or more
$200,000 to $499,999
$500,000 or more
Motortnjcks, including pickups
farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
farms 1987
1982.
number. 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
farms 1987
number, 1987.
1982.
number. 1987.
1982.
1982.
number. 1987.
1982.
Pickup balers
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
. farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
6 264
6 974
240 068
236 527
38 325
33 916
1 817
5 537
5 784
12 236
12 231
5 597
5 955
14 260
13 569
3 805
6 201
3 549
8 059
471
2 326
2 353
2 708
9 777
5 181
12 857
3 389
S 546
3 339
7 311
438
477
15 331
12 494
44 826
35 193
1 012
1 253
72 703
80 270
71 841
64 062
163
1 103
3 184
3 178
6 270
9 181
27 500
31 879
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Table 8. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[Data are based on a sample of farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory texl]
$1 ,000.
Average per farm. dollars.
Farms by value group:
$1 to $9,999 __
$10,000 to $19.999 -
$20,000 to $29.999
$30,000 to $49.999 -
$50,000 to $69,999 .._.
$70,000 to $99.999-
$100,000 to $199,999.
$200,000 or more
$200,000 to $499,999
$500,000 or more
Motortrucks, including pickups farms, 1987.
1982
number. 1987.
1982.
Wheel tractors famis. 1987.
1982
number. 1987
1982
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms, 1987
number, 1987.
40 horsepower (PTO) or more farms, 1987.
number, 1987.
Grain and bean combines' farms, 1987.
1982
number, 1987
1982
Cotlonpickers and strtppers farms, 1987.
1982
number. 1987.
1982.
fylower conditioners farms, 1987
1982
number, 1987
1982
Pickup balers farms, 1987
1982
number. 1987
7 255
5 045
25 017
1982
1987 INVENTORY
20 226
19 481
35 175
6 926
22 747
28 858
See footnotes at end of t
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Table 8. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
(Data are based on a sample of farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text 1
Estimated market value of all machinery and
$1,000,
Average per farm dollars,
Farms by value group:
$1 to $9,999 ._
$10,000 to $19,999 -
$20,000 to $29,999-_
$30,000 to $49,999 - -
$50,000 to $69,999 _ -
$70,000 to $99.999 -
$100,000 to $199,999— —
$200,000 or more -
$200,000 to $499,999
3 018
29 493
25 151
8 489
5 700
25 341
1987 INVENTORY
Manufactured 1983 to 1987:
Motortrucks, including pickups - farms
number
Wfieel tractors farms
number
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms
40 horsepower (PTO) or more farms.
nu
Grain and bean combines farms.
nu
Cottonpickers and strippers farms.
Pickup balers — farms.
Manufactured prior to 1983:
Motortrucks, including pickups farms.
number.
Wheel tractors farms.
number.
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) __ farms,
40 horsepower (PTO) or more farms.
Grain and bean combines _ __ farms.
Cottonpickers and strippers farms.
number
Mower conditioners (arms
^Data for 1982 include self-propelled only.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
MAINE 1!
Table 9.
Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime:
on a sample of (arms. For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ]
1987 and 1982
Chemicals used
, except pastureland .
Pastureland and rangeland lertlized .
Diseases in crops and orchards -
acres on which used.
Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and
72 502
64 204
76 660
43 540
53 311
43 795
51 347
acres on which used. 1987.
Pastureland and rangeland fertlized .
acres on which used.
Nematodes in crops .
Diseases in crops and i
Weeds, grass, or bnjsh
1987..
1982.
used. 1987.
1987.
1982.
(amis. 1987.
1982.
J on which used. 1987.
(arms, 1987.
1982.
1 which used. 1987.
3 749
4 693
4 017
5 923
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Table 9. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[Data are based on a sample of farms Fof meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ]
Cropland fertilized, except
acres on wtiich used,
i fertilized farms,
acres on wfiicfi used,
farms
acres on wtiich used,
tons,
Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants. etc.. to
control —
Insects on hay and other crops farms,
acres on which used,
I crops farms,
rops and orchards farms,
acres on which used.
Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and
pasture farms,
acres on which used,
Chemicals used for defoliation or for growth
control of crops or thinning of fruit farms.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
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Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization:
and 1982
1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols
see introductory text]
Characteristics
Maine
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberiand
Franklin
FARMS
Land in farms
.... farms. 1987..
6 269
343
1 012
456
229
1982..
7 003
355
1 253
507
286
acres. 1987..
1 342 588
69 551
329 971
57 745
44 217
1982..
1 468 674
74 219
385 828
62 096
51 046
Harvested cropland
.... farms. 1987..
5 486
295
956
390
204
1982..
6 138
292
1 181
422
246
acres, 1987..
410 891
23 016
135 067
19 389
11 374
1982..
467 076
24 175
159 434
21 276
12 393
TENURE OF OPERATOR
Full owners
.... farms. 1987..
4 211
215
544
306
157
1982..
4 778
238
755
356
196
acres. 1987..
712 238
30 513
155 122
29 676
24 927
1982.-
844 527
37 319
215 462
33 746
30 347
._.. farms. 1987..
3 516
178
494
254
133
1982..
4 023
186
690
282
158
acres. 1987..
149 468
6 609
50 752
6 996
1982..
191 874
8 781
74 841
7 083
5 362
Part owners
.... farms. 1987..
1 786
1 931
118
107
349
375
137
134
63
1982..
76
acres. 1987..
695 137
37 151
160 111
26 722
17 915
1982..
590 661
35 830
156 057
26 946
18 308
Owned land in farms —
acres. 1987..
435 912
26 522
122 839
16 387
13 577
1982..
427 921
26 845
120 496
16 176
14 879
acres, 1987..
159 225
10 629
37 272
10 335
1982.-
162 740
8 985
35 561
10 770
3 429
Han/ested cropland --
— - farms. 1987-
1 716
110
345
123
62
1982..
1 852
101
369
127
73
acres. 1987..
243 734
15 646
76 610
11 775
6 073
1982..
247 014
14 865
74 965
13 711
6 113
Tenants
.... farms. 1987..
272
294
10
10
123
13
9
1982-
acres, 1987—
35 213
1 887
14 738
1 347
1 375
1982-
33 486
254
263
1 070
14 309
1 404
13
2 391
9
an/ested cropan _
arms, ^^^^-
5
122
13
15
acres, 1987..
17 689
761
7 705
618
938
1982..
18 188
529
9 628
482
918
Operators by place of residence:
On farm operated
1987..
5 276
292
778
396
201
1982..
5 762
305
976
426
245
Not on farm operated
1987..
654
30
170
40
1982..
650
591
22
174
44
20
15
9
°"^^
1982-
28
103
37
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming
-1987-
3 220
188
205
117
1982-
3 644
195
920
197
138
3 049
155
160
301
333
251
310
112
1982-
150
Operators by days of work off farm:
None
1987-
2 275
117
437
86
1982..
2 609
135
577
161
104
1987..
3 653
201
509
287
128
1982..
3 932
197
574
314
168
1 to 49 days
1987
436
501
24
19
95
120
20
27
11
1982..
19
50 to 99 days
. .1987..
240
7
55
18
8
1982..
4
100 to 149 days _..
1987..
287
15
69
23
11
1982..
286
12
58
13
20
150 to 199 days _ —
1987..
437
449
32
28
49
54
37
1982..
15
200 days or more —
1987..
2 253
123
252
189
84
1982..
2 467
341
462
124
25
23
287
66
224
26
110
15
0 repo e
1982-
102
32
16
Operators by years on present farm:
2 years or less —
1987..
267
5
1982..
361
20
80
30
12
3 or 4 years -
- 1987..
402
17
56
28
19
1982..
620
26
80
49
32
5 to 9 years
1987-
1 039
52
85
37
1982-
1 300
63
206
98
1987-
3 680
206
620
280
140
1982-
3 546
184
697
244
138
Average years on present farm
1987-
18.8
21.6
18.9
18.8
19.4
1982..
17.2
17.8
18.2
16.8
17.7
Not snorted
1987
881
1 176
57
62
190
58
86
29
1982..
52
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Table 10. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization:
and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
1987
Characteristics
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot
FARMS
Land in farms
.... farms, 1987..
290
576
221
228
334
572
1982..
286
573
211
240
403
654
acres, 1987..
50 026
112 203
34 390
29 230
70 813
132 717
1982..
117 547
31 703
32 318
78 270
145 949
Harvested cropland -__
.... famis, 1987..
272
476
173
192
286
494
1982..
263
484
182
214
345
566
acres, 1987..
6 927
36 093
8 907
7 934
16 636
38 952
1982..
6 733
39 454
7 358
8 405
19 619
44 795
TENURE OF OPERATOR
u owners -.
farms, 1967
245
391
372
157
159
181
220
259
386
1982..
445
acres, 1987..
(D)
61 960
20 672
18 306
38 767
64 682
1982..
39 449
62 710
22 097
21 721
44 603
76 771
Harvested cropland
.... farms, 1987..
228
306
138
179
313
1982..
215
299
162
208
370
acres, 1987..
(D)
13 584
3 005
3 097
4 681
12 666
1982-
4 288
15 041
(D)
4 029
6 262
art owners -
farms 1987
41
48
167
177
53
51
51
53
102
138
176
' 1982..
167
acres, 1987..
11 158
48 732
12 233
10 541
30 294
66 163
11 524
52 246
(D)
10 385
33 562
66 514
Owned land in farms
acres. 198711
9 200
8 513
33 267
35 615
6 775
5 348
6 569
6 682
22 589
23 453
47 561
1982..
47 455
Rented land in farms
.acres. 1987..
1 958
3 Oil
15 465
5 458
(D)
3 972
3 703
7 705
to 109
18 582
1982..
19 059
.... farms, 1987..
40
167
49
48
97
172
1982-
45
165
49
46
134
177
acres, 1987..
2 317
21 863
4 966
4 557
10 803
26 056
1982..
2 426
23 748
4 239
13 315
26 494
Tenants _—
.... farms, 1987..
4
18
,,
6
12
10
1982..
6
24
6
6
22
acres, 1987..
(D)
1 511
1 485
383
1 752
1 672
1982..
353
2 591
(D)
212
105
2 664
.... farms, 1987..
13
10
6
10
9
1982..
3
20
6
19
acres, 1987..
(D)
656
936
280
1 152
230
1982..
19
665
(D)
137
42
1 483
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of residence:
On farm operated
1987..
200
515
181
194
299
502
1982..
202
485
170
199
350
541
Not on farm operated
1987..
68
27
22
21
23
40
1982..
63
32
24
19
20
55
22
21
34
56
18
17
13
22
11
30
19821:
58
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming
1987..
82
299
102
66
169
288
1982..
100
286
93
100
189
320
208
186
277
287
119
118
143
140
165
214
284
1982II
334
Operators by days of work off fami:
None.—'—.
1987-
84
240
72
53
120
210
1982..
84
224
80
61
139
249
1987..
197
302
138
166
192
332
1982..
182
309
121
161
237
371
1 to 49 days
1987
13
19
16
21
21
22
32
1982..
37
50 to 99 days
1987..
19
16
12
8
13
21
1982..
12
20
8
21
100 to 149 days
1987..
10
18
5
16
12
20
1982..
15
16
8
21
29
20
20
46
28
16
16
13
31
22
19
37
*'
1982
45
200 days or more
1987II
134
122
203
216
87
117
95
167
222
1982..
239
9
20
34
40
10
18
22
27
30
0 repo
1982-
34
33
2 years or less
1987..
36
11
11
1982..
30
9
15
31
1987..
38
13
24
39
1982..
18
55
25
22
45
55
5 to 9 years....
1987..
50
92
48
46
40
88
1982..
73
95
36
46
84
123
10 years or more
1987..
166
324
131
216
334
1982..
137
266
114
190
328
Average years on present farm
1987..
1982..
16.8
16.5
19.1
17.2
17.2
17 4
16.9
161
20.4
159
18.5
17.3
Not reported
1987..
37
86
34
^i
43
78
1982..
50
105
25
45
69
117
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 10.
Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1987
and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations <
I symbols, see introductory t
Characteristics
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
FARMS
138
158
38 391
36 248
118
139
8 596
8 757
124
120
18 319
17 827
107
108
4 867
5 572
462
523
112 332
122 973
463
32 303
35 491
426
465
85 137
90 463
368
378
23 629
23 275
337
381
85 734
87 438
325
359
18 781
16 346
" acre. IIP::
1982..
farnis 1987
586
71 812
83 423
439
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982.-
496
18 420
23 993
TENIIRF OF OPERATOR
92
20 2
73
97
84
11 612
10 726
76
73
2 452
2 192
336
59 865
60 954
245
284
12 040
11 863
276
331
41 236
52 670
221
249
7 177
9 191
273
319
53 333
65 541
263
300
5 837
9 378
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
.... famis. 1987..
1982..
— .1---
400
45 609
SO 085
301
318
8 385
9 697
44
"ii
18 381
13 133
2 510
(D)
33
6 707
6 722
4 675
1 855
2 047
145
168
50 727
59 506
36 409
43 676
14 318
15 830
137
125
42 621
36 735
31 112
27 397
11 509
9 338
45
50
28 535
19 360
22 054
12 787
6 481
6 573
acres, 1987..
1982..
acres 1987
168
24 636
31 671
17 798
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
20 791
6 838
10 880
Harvested cropland
.... farms, 1987..
1982-
acres, 1987..
1982..
40
5 219
5 127
31
32
2 415
3 229
140
164
19 103
22 040
134
121
15 767
13 588
43
48
11 321
5 737
121
161
9 253
13 604
farms 1987
2
i
1
2
(D)
(D)
3
379
3
151
19
1 740
2 513
6
15
1 160
1 588
1
13
8
685
496
19
12
3 866
2 537
19
11
1 623
1 231
19
1982-.
acres, 1987..
1982..
farms 1987
18
1 567
1 667
17
acres, 111?::
1982..
17
782
692
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of residence:
On farm operated
Not on farm operated
1987..
1982..
1987..
1982..
124
134
S
11
9
13
117
106
2
3
5
415
441
29
25
18
57
367
400
35
31
24
34
230
281
81
75
26
25
465
501
42
37
1982-.
48
Farming '.
..,1987..
1982-
64
70
74
88
53
56
64
258
302
204
221
251
277
175
188
108
148
229
233
240
253
1982..
333
Operators by days of work off farm:
None.........
Any
1987..
1982..
1987..
1982-
46
90
97
36
45
84
70
195
220
247
259
198
221
239
77
108
243
249
178
169
314
384
1 to 49 days
1987..
1982..
16
9
3
3
7
12
58
62
11
9
6
6
5
61
48
39
16
21
21
35
26
142
164
31
42
15
16
27
28
115
136
47
38
14
17
22
13
34
31
126
150
30
100 to 149 days
1982..
1987..
1982..
16
15
25
1982..
50
216
^
1982..
252
Not reported
1987..
2
6
5
20
44
24
28
17
24
29
1982..
33
Operators by years on present fami:
2 years or less
3 or 4 years
1987..
198?::
111?--
8
11
15
11
31
62
79
15.8
15.3
3
5
12
9
29
24
70
62
183
16,7
17
28
39
51
76
88
268
254
18.2
16.3
10
29
24
39
85
73
242
248
18.9
173
9
16
12
61
74
194
185
195
17.8
24
26
26
53
10 years or more. _
Average years on present farm
1982..
.1987..
1982..
1987..
1982..
128
313
284
19.3
16.9
onnrtori
1987
22
10
20
62
102
76
61
60
73
1982..
95
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Table 10. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1987
and 1982-Con.
(For nwaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Characteristics
Maine
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS -
Con.
Operators by age group;
Under 25 yeis
25 to 34 years
35 to *4 years
1987..
1982..
1987..
1982..
1987..
1982-
53
96
611
873
1 469
1 741
2
2
29
59
92
22
36
146
210
262
316
5
30
50
100
125
2
6
17
29
50
79
45 to 54
1987..
1 520
1 701
1 382
1 505
760
622
102
88
48
249
333
212
240
121
91
120
93
125
55
53
55 to 64 years
56 to 59 years
80 to 64 years
1982.-
1987..
lllf::
1987..
72
56
59
38
18
65 years and over
65 to 69 years
70 years and over
Average age
1987..
1982-
1987..
1987..
1987..
1982..
1 234
1 087
566
668
51.7
49.8
66
55
22
46
53.4
50.5
121
118
61
60
48.1
46.7
108
80
56
52
53.0
51.0
51
43
24
27
Operators by sex:
5 705
6468
1 267 935
1 395 656
335
66 212
71 258
988
1 222
403
456
52 764
56 634
212
1982-
acres. 1987..
1982-
273
41 897
49 166
Female
tarms 1987
564
535
74 653
73 018
23
20
2 961
24
31
3 721
6 071
53
51
4 981
5 462
17
acres, j|::
15
2 320
1 880
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Individual or (amily (sole proprietorship) ....
... farms. 1987..
acres, ig;:
5 594
6 317
1 059 102
1 180 862
44 ii
49 563
872
1 091
397
450
45 998
50 468
207
268
35 879
44 139
farms 1987
... tarms, ISB/-
350
384
110 356
122 912
19
25
7 311
65
89
25 180
33 836
26
4 697
4 999
12
acres, 1987..
1982-
12
2 362
(D)
"^^^^
Other than family held
.... farms, 1987..
1982..
— .1---
.... farms. 1987..
1982-.
281
242
134 5?^
19
30
,6i?i
40
32
17 170
3
3
2 946
2 962
66
52 397
54 238
3
5
652
5 407
28
22
3 087
3 010
6
1 6'?i
10
7
5 976
2 452
Other-cooperative, estate or trust
25
30
14 800
14 250
6
3
3 198
2 943
2
3
(D)
1 947
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
(D)
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 10. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1987
and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations <
! introductory text]
Characteristics
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS-
Con.
Operators by age group:
2
18
34
58
55
2
6
56
64
127
155
5
2
25
27
60
42
2
27
29
59
68
2
26
62
90
100
25 to 34 years
1982.-
1987
8
SO
1982-
75
1982..
175
1987
65
68
39
29
146
150
137
112
82
65
60
54
46
44
23
23
56
51
42
48
22
20
78
100
58
31
27
153
55 to 64 years
1982..
. ..1987..
167
123
1982..
1987
130
82
1987..
81
68
33
48
55.0
52.8
86
51
57
51.6
49.5
35
16
60.4
61.1
44
42
20
24
60.8
49.9
81
72
34
52.4
50.1
65 to 69 years
1982..
1987
11
1987
51
1982..
49.6
Operators by sex:
Male
... farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
245
248
43 235
43 513
528
538
103 272
113 164
199
188
31 427
28 620
197
220
27 364
31 035
305
369
66 754
74 072
520
595
126 308
136 675
Female
... farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
45
38
6 791
7 813
48
35
8 931
4 383
22
23
2 963
3 083
31
20
1 283
29
34
4 069
4 198
52
59
6 409
9 274
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Individual or family (sole proprietorstiip)
... farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
256
260
38 247
41 903
606
612
90 791
96 940
207
196
29 647
27 311
214
225
27 315
29 141
300
367
57 565
66 828
111 785
130 469
20
2 269
46
42
14 896
15 357
9
12
1 886
2 496
8
9
846
(D)
18
(D)
(D)
■ 1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
31
11 499
(D)
Corporation:
Family held
farms 1987
12
9
(D)
5 913
1
(D)
(D)
20
13
(D)
4 394
3
5
3
2 957
(D)
(D)
5
1 069
1 530
16
3
14
Other than family held
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
farms 1987
10
8 739
4 721
acres, 1987"
1982..
-.
Other -cooperative, estate or trust,
institutional, etc.
... farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
(D)
3
1 892
(D)
{0)
1
(D)
(D)
3
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Table 10. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization:
and 1982-Con.
1987
CharaclerisUcs
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS-
Con.
Operators by age group:
Under 25 years
1987..
8
3
2
1982..
1
8
10
8
25 to 34 years
1987.-
19
10
44
49
24
41
1982..
24
9
76
54
64
35 to 44 years —_
....1987..
39
27
106
105
70
127
1982..
48
35
119
115
73
45 to 54 years _.
1987..
33
34
115
85
50
121
1982..
24
23
129
115
69
140
55 to 64 years
1987..
25
24
104
107
87
117
1982..
35
116
96
102
138
55 to 59 years —
1987..
16
7
52
60
45
52
60 to 64 years
1987..
9
17
52
47
42
65
65 years and over _
1987..
22
29
85
77
104
114
1982..
28
17
75
75
88
99
65 to 69 years ._
1987..
9
18
39
32
45
48
70 years and over
1987..
13
11
46
45
59
56
Average age _ _
1987..
49.7
51.3
51.2
55.8
52.9
1982..
49.2
5i:i
49.1
50.0
51.2
Operators by sex:
Male
... farms, 1987..
124
112
386
294
458
1982..
140
105
487
432
334
526
acres, 1987..
35 931
16 067
104 762
81 315
79 938
64 439
1982..
33 384
15 452
117 274
86 077
82 371
77 204
Female
... fanris, 1987..
14
12
48
40
43
63
1982..
18
15
36
33
47
60
acres, 1987..
2 460
2 252
7 570
3 822
5 796
7 373
1982..
2 864
2 375
5 699
4 386
5 067
6 219
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Individual or family (sole proprietorstiip) ....
... farms, 1987..
126
115
417
400
296
474
1982..
139
112
483
434
345
529
acres, 1987..
28 815
16 746
93 450
77 440
52 703
60 063
1982..
29 006
16 245
105 701
77 923
56 534
69 287
... famis, 1987..
10
8
32
19
18
14
1982..
3
26
20
24
25
acres, 1987..
5 423
(D)
11 303
6 002
(D)
2 754
1982..
4 556
(D)
8 176
8 359
(D)
3 753
Ckjrporation:
Family held
... farms, 1987..
1
11
6
18
27
1982..
6
11
6
11
23
acres, 1987..
4 153
(D)
(D)
(D)
16 113
6 841
1982..
(D)
839
5 581
(D)
20 109
6 678
Other than family held
... farms, 1987..
3
3
1982..
2
2
acres, 1987..
-
6 250
1 108
1982..
(D)
-
(0)
-
2 325
Other-cooperative, estate or trust.
institutional, etc
... farms, 1987..
2
2
1982..
1
3
3
5
acres, 1987..
(D)
(D)
(D)
1 046
1982-.
-
(D)
3 515
700
(D)
1 380
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Table 11 Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
INVENTORY
Cattle and calve!
Farms by inventory:
farms, 1987.
1982
lumber, 1987.
ows and heifers that had calved ..
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
1987 famis by inventory:
1982.
number. 1987.
1982.
10 to 19
number.
20 to 49
number.
SO to 99
number.
number.
number.
500 or more
number.
number.
1987 farms by inventory:
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
number.
20 to 49
number.
number.
number.
200 to 499
number.
number.
eifers and heifer calves __._
number.
farms, 1987.
1982.
' calves, bulls, and t
farms. 1987
17 754
1 294
22 255
529
40
29 823
2 840
241
24
293
95
84
26 710
22 658
4 362
4
3 138
5 323
-
2 271
160
3 123
190
61 597
70 415
6 305
3 599
239
3 048
129
3 464
2 025
2 924
47 036
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Table 11. Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982-
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductoty text)
Con.
Cattle and calves.
r calves, bulls,
farms. 1987.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 11.
Cattte and Calves— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
I symbols, see introductory text)
Con.
Cattle and calves.
Farms by inventory:
1 to 9
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
1982. .
number, 1987..
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
1 00 to 1 99
1982-
number, 1987..
1982..
farms 1987
200 to 499
1982-.
number, 1987..
1982..
farms 1987
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
1982..
number. 1987..
1982..
farms 1987
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
1987 farms by inventory:
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
10 to 19
number.,
farms
20 to 49
number.,
farms
number..
100 to 199
number.,
farms
number..
number..
Milk cows
number.,
farms 1987
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
10 to 19
number.,
farms
50 to 99
farms"
100 to 199
famis—
number..
500 or more
number. -
Steers, steer calues. bulls, and bull calves
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
... farms, 1987..
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
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Table 11. Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987 and 1982-Con.
Cattle and calves £
10 to 19-
20 to 49 .
50 to 99 .
1987 farms by number sold:
1 to 9
farms
10 to 19
number,
farms
number.
SO to 99
number,
farms
100 to 199
number,
farms
number
500 or more
number,
farms
Cattle sold
number
farms. 1987
100 to 199...
200 to 499...
500 or more .
Cattle fattened on grain and concentrates
sold farms, 1987
1982
number, 1987
1982
$1,000, 1987
1982
1987 farms by number sold:
1 to 9 _ farms
10 to 19... farms
50 to 99 farms.
) to 199 farms.
) to 499 farms.
2 366
3 030
50 357
52 363
15 329
15 231
1 208
1 992
26 156
28 522
2 087
2 611
24 201
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Table 11. Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Dairy products sold .
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
1987 farms by nu
nber sold:
farms
number..
number..
SO to 99
number.,
fanns
100 to 1S9
number..
200 to 499
number..
number..
Calves sold
number..
farms. 1987..
100 to 199.
200 to 499.
Cattle sold.. farms. 1987..
1982..
number. 1987..
Cattle fattened c
- farms, 1987
1982
number, 1987
1982
$1,000, 1987
10 to 19.
2010 49.
50 to 99.
number
number
7 524
7 750
2 248
2 377
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Table 11. Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
8 033
1 985
2 135
3 923
3 558
1 795
1 to 9
farms
10 to 19
number.
20 to 49
number,
farms
number-
100 to 199
number,
farms
number.
number.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 12. Hogs and Pigs— Inventory, Litters, and Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see mlroductory text]
Farms by inventory;
1982.
number. 1987.
1982.
25 to 49
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
farms 1987
SO to 99
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
farms 1987
100 to 199
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
farms 1987
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
500 to 999
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
farms 1987
1.000 or more -
Hogs and pigs used or to be used fc
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
1 to 24
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
25 to 49
100 or more
farms.
Other hogs and pigs farms, 1987.
number, 1987
Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 .
June 1 and Nov, 30 .
farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
SALES
Hogs and pigs sold farms. 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
1987 farms by number sold:
1 to 24 farms.
25 to 49 farms.
number.
50 to 99 farms.
100 to 199 farms!
number.
200 to 499.. farms.
500 to 999 farms!
number.
1,000 or mora farms.
number.
Feeder pigs sold farms. 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
$1,000, 1987,
1982.
Hogs and pigs other than feeder pigs sold ... farms, 1987
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982.
2 260
3
3 991
iS
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Table 12. Hogs and Pigs— Inventory, Litters, and Sales: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
INVENTORY
Hogs and pigs .
Farms by inventory:
500 to 999 farms,
1987 farms by inventory:
1 to 24
25 to 49
50 to 99
100 or more
Other hogs and pigs
Dec- 1 of preceding year and May 31 farms
SALES
Hogs and pigs sold farms,
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 12. Hogs and Pigs— Inventory, Litters, and Sales: 1987 and 1982-Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Feeder pigs sold
Hogs and pigs other
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Table 13. Sheep and Horses— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
25 to 99...
100 to 299.
300 to 999.
Sheep and lambs shorn .
Sheep and lambs sold .
Sheep, lambs, and wool s
Horses and ponies inventory-
Horses and ponies sold .
12 905
13 838
04 438
94 519
471
879
3 670
5 761
508
505
11 933
10 344
34
451
580
Sheep and lambs inventory.. farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
1987 farms by inventory:
1 to 24
25 to 99
100 to 299
300 to 999
1,000 or more _._
Ewes 1 year old or older farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
farms, 1987.
pounds of wool, 1987.
Sheep and lambs sold .
i and ponies inventory..
,. farms, 1987..
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
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Table 13. Sheep and Horses— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
heep and lambs inventory
1987 farms by inventory:
larms. 1987..
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
15
720
904
100 to 299
1
300 to 999
farms 1987
13
heep and lambs shorn
1982.-
number, 1987..
1982..
farms. 1987..
1982..
1982^;
pounds of v»ool. 1987..
1982..
13
545
611
10
3 082
3 032
Sheep and lambs s
Sfieep. lambs, and wool sold .
I ponies inventory.
farms. 1987.
Horses and ponies sold .
number,
$1,000,
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Table 14. Poultry— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For moaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
INVENTORY
Pullet ctiicks and pullets i
J ottier r
Turkeys
Turkey tiens kept for breeding .
Ducks, geese, and ottier poultry..
SALES
Any poultry £
Hens and pullets sold
Hens and pullets of laying age s
Pullets not of laying age sold ..
. farms, 1987..
1982..
$1,000, 1987..
1982..
. farms, 1987..
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
,. farms, 1987..
1982..
1982..
Broilers and ottier meat-type ctilckens sold... farms, 1987..
1982..
number, 1987..
1982..
1987 farms by number sold:
1 to 1,999
2,000 to 59,999
60.000 to 99,999
100,000 to 199,999
200,000 to 499,999
500,000 or more farms.
Turkeys sold farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
Turkeys for slaugfiter sold farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
1 254
719
1 015
999 685
232 235
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 14.
Poultry— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982-Con.
I symbols, see introductory text]
Any poultry
Chickens 3 months old or t
Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 r
Broilefs and other meat-type chickens .
number. 1987
Ducks, geese, and other poultry.
SALES
Any poultry sold .
lens and pullets sold farms. 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
Hens and pullets of laying age sold farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
1982.
Pullets not of laying age sold farms, 1987.
1982.
number, 1987.
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Table 14. Poultry— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982-
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ]
Con.
Any poultry .
Chickens 3 r
Hens and pullets ol laying age (i<mis. 1987.
1982.
' 19821
1987 fami» by inventory:
1 to 99
100 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 farms.
Pullets 3 months old or older not of
laying age famis. 1987.
1982.
numlwr, 1987.
Pullet chicks and pullets
. farms, 1987.
1982.
$1,000, 1987.
1982-
Hens and pullets of laying age sold
Pullets not of laying age sold .
7lg
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 15. Selected Crops: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations £
982.
1987 farms by acres harvested:
1 to 24 acres
25 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres
250 acres or more
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
Irrigated farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982..
1987 farms by acre
0.1 to 4.9 acres
5.0 to 24.9 acres
25.0 to 99.9 acres
100.0 acres or more
Land In orchards farms. 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
Irrigated- _ farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
1 987 farms by beanng and nonbeahng
0-1 to 4.9 acres
5.0 to 24.9 acres
25.0 to 99 9 acres __.
28 711
32 517
442 833
486 368
221 675
241 490
393 393
414 555
15 434
15 525
31 582
30 741
36 163
2 591 824
2 345 791
17 561
20 921
28 902
31 783
17 486
17 850
29 133
31 723
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Table 15. Selected Crops: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Harvested cropland farms, 1987.
1982
acres, 1987.
1982.
Irrigated farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
Corn for silage or qreen chop farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982
tons, green, 1987.
5 710
5 984
82 746
80 448
100 to 249 acres
1982_
farms. 1987_.
1982_
acres, 1987_
1982_
Irisfi potatoes farms. 1987.
1982-
acres. 1987.
1982-
cwt, 1987-
1982-
Irrigated farms. 1987-
1982-
acres. 1987.
1982-
1 987 farms by acres harvested:
0.1 to 4.9 acres
5.0 to 24.9 acres —
25.0 to 99.9 acres ---
100.0 acres or more —
Hay-alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild.
grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) farms. 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
tons, dry, 1987.
1982.
Irrigated farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
1987 farms by acres harvested:
1 to 24 acres — --
25 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres
250 acres or more
Vegetables han/ested for sale (see text) farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987-
1982-
Irrigated farms, 1987-
1982-
acres, 1987-
1982-
1 987 farms by acres
0.1 to 4.9 acres
5.0 to 24.9 acres
25.0 to 99.9 acres
100.0 acres or more
Land in orchards farms, 1987-
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Irrigated (arms. 1987-
1982.
acres. 1987-
1982-
1987 farms by bearing and nonbeanng
0.1 to 4.9 acres
5.0 to 24.9 acres
2 520
3 159
4 271
6 556
5 776
9 462
9 702
27 582
31 554
48 872
55 125
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
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Table 15. Selected Crops: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
Corn tor silage or green chop.
farms
1987
19R?
1987
Wti2
larms
IHH/
1HH?
198i^.
tarms
1987
198?
19H?
1987
Wb2
acres
198/
1987 farms by a
25 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres _ —
250 acres or more
Oats for grain farms, 1987_.
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
bustiels, 1987..
1982..
Irrigated farms. 1987..
1982..
■ 1982":
1 987 farms by acres fiarvested:
1 to 24 acres
25 to 99 acres
100 to 249 acres
250 acres or more
Iristi potatoes farms. 1987..
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
cwt, 1987..
1982..
Irrigated farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
I acres or more .
... farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987
1982.
tons, dry, 1987
1982.
... farms, 1987
1982.
acres, 1987
1982.
6 510
6 see
10 736
5 070
7 719
8 500
1987 f
;by£
100 to 249 acres
250 acres or more
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
Irngated farms, 1987..
1982.
acres, 1987.,
1982..
1 987 farms by acres harvested:
0.1 to 4,9 acres
5.0 to 24.9 acres
25,0 to 99,9 acres
100,0 acres or more
Land in orchards farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
Irrigated farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
1987 farms by bearing and nonbeanng
0,1 to 4,9 acres
5.0 to 24,9 acres
25,0 to 99,9 acres
100,0 acres or more
2 591
2 738
38 459
38 409
19 724
19 195
38 243
14 302
19 301
23 074
33 703
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Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982
[Data for 1987 Include abnormal farms. For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
Item
Maine
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Land in tarms ..-
. famis, 1987. _
1982..
acres. 1987..
1982..
acres 1987
2 621
2 871
871 002
939 193
327
152
155
48 595
54 182
350
701
879
286 081
328 492
407
374
140
154
29 546
32 387
211
210
85
91
23 776
24 989
280
1982..
275
Value of land and buildings':
Average per farm
.dollars. 1987..
1982..
291 431
228 572
862
699
509 163
386 917
1 483
1 081
218 908
189 130
557
517
497 361
282 234
2 420
1 076
229 173
186 842
1982..
710
. farms. 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
. farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
2 632
2 731
444 948
459 475
2 437
2 652
327 398
364 700
144
145
23 527
26 384
18 619
20 318
696
875
168 435
183 308
692
871
127 832
149 848
136
17 079
18 778
136
12 981
14 688
Harvested cropland
84
10 378
9 886
79
83
Irrigated land
.. farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
217
5 540
(D)
9
280
326
25
2 117
1 053
33
25
627
712
6
78
(D)
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS SOLD
Total sales (see te>tt)
. $1,000. 1987..
1982..
..dollars, 1987..
1982..
395 352
389 122
150 840
70 567
512 206
97 778
86 302
139 484
98 182
12 231
14 047
87 365
91 215
6 989
6 642
82 220
72 986
1987 sales by commodity or commodity
crops -
$1,000^;
1 754
151 895
85
5 590
660
92 597
5 168
40
1 123
469
4 118
30
759
13
54
3
(D)
2
(D)
402
2 922
3
(D)
(0)
3
(D)
$1,000..
farms
(D)
$1,000..
(D)
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
I
Sorghum for grain __
Barley
Oats
Other grains
farms..
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
34
401
2 824
61
448
(D)
(D)
11
(D)
377
2 689
36
142
1
(D)
2
(D)
Cotton and cottonseed
farms..
$1,000.-
571
4 583
235
42
239
18
258
85
483
32
271
25
604
I
Hay. silage, and field seeds
vegetables, sweet com, and melons ._
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
20
233
4
157
Fruits nuts, and berries
farms
410
29 089
187
11 038
721
95 424
28
3 775
14
690
(D)
3
(D)
i
84 447
24
988
30
2 728
10
(D)
18
Nursery and greenhouse crops
Other crops
$1.000..
farms..
$1.000..
farms..
$1,000..
516
5
(D)
1
(D)
Livestock, poultry, and their products ....
Poultry and poultry products
Dairy products
(arms..
$1,000..
$i^o::
$i,oooII
1 393
243 456
226
128 492
870
88 550
110
64 977
53 763
78
9 823
5 181
4 033
87
7 063
12
1 498
50
4 504
61
5 865
1 178
50
4 294
Cattle and calves
Hogs and pigs
$i,oooII
farms
1 172
12 826
80
800
82
(D)
96
(D)
94
1 344
5
(D)
6
7
B
(D)
112
626
3
5
2
(D)
15
208
71
848
i
(D)
45
55
357
2
$1,000..
^°l
Other livestock and livestock products
(see text)
$1,000..
farms..
$1,000..
(D)
2
(D)
See footnotes at end of t
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
MAINE 185
Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[Data for 1987 Include abnormal farms For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Land In farms farms.
Average size of farm acres,
Value of land and buildings':
Average per farm .__ dollars.
Average per acre dollars.
Total cropland farms.
acres,
land farms,
acres,
- farms,
acres.
Total sales (see text) .-- $1,000, 1987.
1982.
Average per farm dollars, 1987.
1982.
1 987 sales by commodity or commodity
group:
Crops, including nursery and greenfiouse
crops farms.
$1,000.
Grains farms.
$1,000.
Com for grain farnis.
$1,000.
Wtieat farms.
$1,000.
Soybeans- farms.
$1,000.
Sorghum for grain farms.
$1,000.
Barley I
$1,000.
Oats famis.
$1,000.
Ottier grains farms.
$1,000.
Cotton and cottonseed _ farms.
$1,000.
Tobacco farms.
$1,000.
Hay. silage, and field seeds farms.
$1,000
Vegetables, sweet com, and melons _._ farms.
$1,000.
Fruits, nuts, and berries farms.
$1,000.
Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.
$1,000.
Other crops farms.
$1,000.
Livestoclt. poultry, and their products farms.
$1,000
Poultry and poultry products famis
$1,000,
Dairy products fanns
$1,000
Cattle and calves farms
$1,000
Hogs and pigs farms
$1,000
Sheep, lambs, and wool farms
$1,000
Other livestock and livestock products
(see texl) __ farms
$1,000
See footnotes at end of table.
41 417
33 340
166 335
107 482
135 530
112 167
6 98.
5 273
(D)
8
2 250
186 MAINE
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Table 16.
Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More:
I farms. For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductory t
1987 and 1982 -Con.
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
Land In farms farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
Average size of farm aaes, 1987..
1982..
Value of land and buildings^
Average per farm _ _.. dollars, 1987..
1982..
Average per acre dollars, 1987_.
1982. .
Total cropland farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
J cropland farms, 1987..
1982..
' 1982^:
Total sales (see text) $1,000, 1987.
1982.,
1987 sales by commodr
group:
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse
crops farms..
$1,000..
Grains farms..
$1,000..
Com (or grain farms..
$1,000..
Wheat farms..
$1,000..
Soybeans farms..
$1,000..
Sorghum for grain farms..
$1,000..
Barley farms..
$1.000..
Oats farms..
$1,000..
Other grains farms..
$1,000..
Cotton and cottonseed farms..
$1,000..
Tobacco farms..
$1,000..
Hay, silage, and field seeds (arms..
$1,000..
Vegetables, sweet com, and melons (arms..
$1,000..
Fruits, nuts, and benles (arms..
$1,000-.
Nursery and greenhouse crops (arms..
$1,000..
Other crops (arms..
$1,000..
Livestock, poultry, and their products (arms..
$1,000..
Poultry and poultry products (arms..
$1,000..
Dairy products (arms..
$1,000..
Cattle and calves (arms..
$1,000..
Hogs and pigs (amis..
$1,000..
Sheep, lambs, and wool (arms..
$1,000-.
Other livestock and livestock products
19 362
22 277
94 451
96 439
31 467
35 863
157 335
160 821
See footnotes <
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
MAINE 187
Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con.
(Data tor 1 987 include abnormal farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ]
Cast) grains (011)
Field crops, except casti grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132) ___
Sugarcane and sugar beets: Iristi potatoes;
field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c
(0133. 0134, 0139)
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialties (018)
General farms, pnmanly crop (019)
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal
specialties (021) _
Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212)
Dairy farms (024) _
TENURE OF OPERATOR
1987.
acres. 1987_
1982.
farms. 1987_
1982_
acres. 1987.
1982.
farms. 1987.
1982.
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of residence:
On farm operated _ 1987.
1982.
Not on farm operated 1987.
1982.
Not reponed _ 1987.
1982.
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming 1987.
1982.
Otfier ..1987
1982.
Operators by days of worK off farm:
None 1987.
1982.
Any. 1987.
1982.
1 to 49 days 1987.
1982.
50 to 99 days 1987.
1982.
100 to 149 acres 1987.
1982.
See footnotes at end of table.
188 MAINE
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Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
Cash grains (Oil) -
Field crops, except cash grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132) — -
Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes;
field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c.
(0133, 0134, 0139) -
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fmits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialties (018)
General farms, pnmarily 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
i(029) —
FARMS BY SIZE
1 to 9 acres _..1987.-
1982..
10 to 49 acres 1987..
1982..
SO to 69 acres - - __-.1987..
1982..
70 to 99 acres — - 1987..
1982..
100 to 139 acres - 1987_.
1982.-
140 to 179 acres - 1987..
180 to 219 acres- 1987..
1982-.
220 to 259 acres - - 1987..
1982-
260 to 499 acres - -1987-
1982..
500 to 999 acres - 1987-
1982-
1,000 to 1,999 acres - - 1987-
1982,.
2,000 acres or more - 1987-
1982..
TENURE OF OPERATOR
Full owners- — — farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
Part owners - farms, 1987-
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
Tenants farms. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987..
1982..
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of res
Kjence:
1987
Not on farm operated .
1982..
1967..
1982..
1982..
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming
1987 .
1982..
1982..
Operators by days of wo
k off farm:
1987
]Z::
1982-
1 to 49 davs
1987
1982-
1982-
1987
1982..
See footnotes at end of table
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 16 Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[Data for 1987 include abnormal fanDs. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Cash grains (Oil) _ _ __.
Field crops, except casfi grains (013)
Cotton (0131)
Tobacco (0132)
Sugarcane and sugar beets: Irish potatoes:
field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c.
(0133. 0134. 0139)
Vegetables and melons (016)
Fruits and tree nuts (017)
Horticultural specialties (018)
General farms, primarily aop (019)
except dairy, poultry, and ai
es(021)
attle. except (eedlots (0212) .
Animal specialties (027)
General farms, primarily livestock arid £
specialties (029)
FARMS BY SIZE
180 to 219 acres 1987
1982
220 to 259 acres 1987
260 to 499 acres .
500 to 999 acres .
TENURE OF OPERATOR
farms
acres
1987.
1982.
1987.
1982.
famis
acres
1987.
1982.
farms
acres
1987.
1982.
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
Operators by place of residence:
On farm operated 1987.
1982.
Not on farm operated 1987.
1982.
Not reported 1987.
1982.
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming 1987.,
1982.
Other 1987.
1982.
Operators by days of work off farm:
None 1987.
1982.
Any 1987.
1982.
1 to 49 days -. 1987.
1982.
50 to 99 days 1987.
1982.
100 to 149 acres 1987.
1982.
See footnotes at (
190 MAINE
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Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[Data for 1987 include abnormal farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols.
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS-
Con.
Operators by days of work off farm -Con.
150 to 199 days 1987.
1982.
200 days or more _ __ 1987.
1982.
Not reported 1987.
1982.
1 987 operators by years on present fann:
2 years or less
3 or 4 years
5 to 9 years
10 years or more
Average years on present farm
Not reported
1 987 operators by age group:
Under 25 years
25 to 34 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 years and over _.
Average age
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Partnerstiip farms. 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
Corporation:
Family tield farms. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Other than family held famis. 1987.
1982.
■ 19821
Other -cooperative, estate or tnjst,
■" ■ ■ farnis. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Total famn production expenses
farms.
$1,000.
$1,000.
Commercially mixed formula feeds
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees
$1,000.
farms.
$1,000.
farms.
$1,000.
'',^s
$1,000.
Electncity
^f'rs-
$iSSq
$1,000.
$1,000.
farms.
Interest
Cash rent.
Property taxes ._
All other farm production expenses _
2 153
2 386
619 452
688 035
10 403
1 812
15 487
1 666
See footnotes at end of table.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
4 382
633
1 211
626
15 364
2 387
8 923
MAINE 191
Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[Data for 1987 Include abnormal farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text)
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS-
Con.
Operators by days of worit off farm— Ck)n.
Any -Con.
150 to 199 days 1987.
200 days or more 1987!
1982.
Not reported 1987.
1982.
1 987 operators by years on present fann:
2 years or less
3 or 4 years
10 years or more
Average years on present farm
Not reported
1 987 operators by age group:
Under 25 years
25 to 34 years -
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 years and over
Average age
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms, 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Partnersfiip farms, 1987.
1982.
acres, 1987.
1982.
Corporation:
Family held farms. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Other than family held farms. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
Other -cooperative, estate or tmst,
-— famis. 1987.
1982.
acres. 1987.
1982.
1987 FARM PRODUCTION
Total farm production (
$1,000.
Livestock and poultry purchased farms.
$1,000.
Feed for livestock and poultry farms.
$1,000.
farms.
$1,000.
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.
$1,000.
Commercial fertilizer .._ farms.
$1,000.
Agricultural chemicals farms-
$1,000-
Petroleum products farms.
$1,000.
Electricity _ farms.
$1,000.
Hired farm labor farms.
$1,000.
Contract labor. farms.
$1,000.
$1,000l
, and rental of
: --- fanns.
$1,000.
Interest.. famis.
$1,000.
Cash rent farms.
$1,000-
Property taxes farms-
$1,000.
tartns.
$1,000.
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Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-
[Data for 1987 include abnormal farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Con.
Item
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS-
Con.
Operators by days of work oft farm -Con.
Any -Con.
150 to 199 days — -
200 days or more _
1987..
1982..
'.^t
9
e
8
8
26
15
10
8
9
29
25
10
7
38
5
3
11
27
31
13
Not reported -
1982..
3
3
27
18
13
13
1987 operators by years on present farm:
4
9
24
18.8
zil
3
17
37
20.1
2
J?
112
18.7
3
8
15
79
22.0
6
4
19
107
22.6
37
21
22
'^iSTif'^i^^'^'"^-
6
7
10
2
6
8
9
6
6
20
43
58
43
35
i
48
54
24
49.4
23
28
22
48
57.4
^
17
36
35
55 to 64 years
32
Averaaeaae"*'^
52.7
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Corporation:
.. farms. 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
.- farms, 1987..
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
35
40
6
2
(D)
(D)
30
32
7^;
2
(D)
174
205
55 553
66 165
22
9 874
6 909
7
179
198
45 636
42 334
15
17
5 810
7 609
5
5
^
2
(D)
100
94
24 899
27 318
10
&
9
13 629
6 250
124
125
21 909
23 607
10
13
20
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
n
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
ICl
Other -cooperative, estate or tnjst.
farms 1987
i
2
1
IS
2
(D)
2
1982..
acres, 1987..
1982..
ss
1987 FARM PRODUCTION
EXPENSES'
farms
42
3 294
9
72
27
965
26
847
30
2 130
10
152
i
770
203
14 639
99
1 210
167
5 345
4i^
198
25 424
101
4 626
170
12 906
168
12 630
121
8 646
107
18
302
12
(D)
158
Uvestock and poultry purchased
$1,000..
Vi'ooo::
.. farms..
40
2 873
85
$1,000..
65
$1,000..
farms
29
121
36
254
31
156
12
39
14
54
30
112
151
128
537
79
108
88
112
381
92
113
87
163
79
864
72
$1.000..
^a
$1,000..
farms
89
$1,000..
nmrt
(arms
151
42
87
36
396
28
99
<^
19
300
201
504
201
485
142
195
493
644
l)i?
121
310
72
(D)
61
3 746
158
Electricity
$1.000..
farms
121
Hired farm labor
$1,000..
$i,ooo"
124
2 475
5
195
13
32
2
5
(D)
(D)
188
989
69
29
190
181
918
34
60
40
98
460
32
177
32
$i.ooo::
farms
140
Customwork, machine hire, and rental of
$1,000-.
38
$1.000..
interest
Cash rent _
farms..
$1.000..
farms..
$1,000-.
farms
28
217
f.
42
106
42
512
15
104
11
30
91
30
183
148
664
93
SI
2!
610
57
73
198
401
198
2 129
2li
8
193
119
205
121
979
90
1 084
36
133
155
$1,000-
158
$1,000..
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
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Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con.
(Data for 1 987 include abnormal farms. For meaning (
1987
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT'
Estimated market value of all machinery and
equipment farms. 1987.
1982.
11.000.
Average per farm dollars.
f^otortrucks, including pickups farms.
Wtieel tractors farms.
number.
Grain and bean combines^ farms,
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
Cattle and calves inventory
Cows and fieifers that had calved .
. farms. 1987.
1982.
1987
1982.
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull (
Cattle and calves sold
Calves
Cattle .
Fattened on gram and concentrates ,
Hogs and pigs inventory
IHogs and pigs sold .
Sheep and lambs inventory farms. 1987
Sheep !
Hens and pullets of laying age inventory .
Broilers and other meat-type chickens soli
178 223
179 701
69 673
7 470
7 853
2 396
2 574
12 297
9 566
80 376
60 927
194 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 16.
(Data for ■
Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-
introductory text)
Con.
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT'
Estimated marltet value of all macfiinery and
equipment farms,
$1,000,
Average per farm... dollars,
tvlotortrucks, including pickups farms,
Wfieel tractors farms,
number.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
Cattle and calves inventory farms.
Cows and heifers that had calved farms.
Beef cows farms.
number.
Milk cows (arms.
Heifers and heifer calves farnis.
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves ... fanns!
Cattle and calves sold farms.
Calves farms,
number.
Cattle farms.
Fattened on grain and concentrates farms.
Hogs and pigs inventory... fanns.
Used or to be used for breeding farms,
number.
Other farms.
Hogs and pigs sold famis.
Feeder pigs farms.
Sheep and lambs inventory farms.
Sheep and lambs sold farms.
Hens and pullets of laying age inventory farms.
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms.
14 210
59 496
57 763
3 626
2 453
43 687
31 862
2 527
3 974
54 943
62 096
2 261
2 393
6 068
19
27
1 038
1 094
57
70
3 209
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
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Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[Data for 1987 include abnormal farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Item
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT'
203
231
198
192
117
158
165
equipmen
1982..
50
34
$1,000, 1987..
2 565
1 408
10 939
10 061
11 583
1982..
2 335
1 485
12 005
9 654
2 612
9 964
Average per (arm
..dollars. 1987..
61 067
46 918
53 887
50 812
38 465
73 307
1982..
46 697
43 678
51 971
50 281
22 329
60 391
.. (arms. 1987..
42
29
185
184
112
140
1982..
48
32
200
171
98
151
number. 1987..
64
384
252
338
1982..
132
70
368
420
172
389
Wheel tractors
.. farms. 1987..
29
199
120
149
1982..
49
30
207
172
84
143
number. 1987..
151
96
567
665
244
548
1982..
175
109
632
489
151
463
.. farms. 1987..
3
13
12
1982_.
10
z
number. 1987..
(D)
3
(D)
14
-
-
1982..
(D)
10
(D)
-
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
Cattle and calves inventory
farms 1987
30
12
160
129
62
-• * ■ iii2;:
25
191
143
19
87
number. 1987..
3 171
1 218
14 237
10 514
471
3 435
1982..
3 827
1 867
16 444
9 526
807
6 595
Cows and fieifers that had calved
.. farms. 1987..
28
12
153
117
10
56
1982..
37
23
185
130
15
82
number. 1987..
1 906
625
7 414
5 671
305
1 762
1982..
1 867
950
9 092
5 012
465
3 246
Beef cows .-..
.. farms, 1987..
6
2
39
18
5
23
1982-.
8
8
36
32
9
21
number. 1987..
79
(D)
355
190
75
280
1982..
149
25
34
62
441
204
106
113
54
5
10
176
35
70
^"^
' 196211
18
174
number, 1987..
1 827
(D)
7 059
5 481
230
1 482
1982.-
1 718
888
8 651
4 808
3 070
Heifers and heifer calves
.. farms. 1987..
27
12
151
118
8
53
number. 1987..
1 138
583
6 162
4 358
132
1 402
Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves
.. famns. 1987..
16
88
61
38
number. 1987..
127
10
661
485
34
271
Cattle and calves sold
.. famns. 1987..
32
14
161
129
9
59
1982..
24
191
133
16
83
number. 1987..
1 305
413
6 466
3 605
264
1 756
1982..
1 530
632
7 284
2 977
306
3 070
Calves ,
.. farms. 1987..
27
12
129
109
8
40
number. 1987..
837
245
3 004
2 191
163
662
Cattle
.. farms. 1987..
30
150
9
57
1982..
40
23
159
122
13
79
number. 1987..
468
168
3 462
101
1 094
1982..
771
290
3 065
1 273
(D)
1 368
Fattened on grain and concentrates
.. (arms. 1987..
3
2
18
5
7
number. 1987..
(D)
(D)
350
44
70
Hogs and pigs inventory
.. (arms, 1987..
,
6
10
7
1
12
1982..
2
3
15
number. 1987..
(D)
110
541
338
(D)
2 782
1982..
(D)
55
451
(D)
584
Used or to be used (or breedina
farms. 1987
.
,
,
6
' 1982..
number. 1987..
27
256
7
90
:
7
108
1982-.
(0)
(D)
136
219
Other
farms 1987
... farms. ,987..
2
5
3
9
5
15
]
11
12
number, 1987..
(0)
83
248
(D)
2 674
1982..
(d!
(D)
(D)
315
(D)
365
Hogs and pigs sold
... farms, 1987..
5
7
5
_
9
1982..
2
_
7
number. 1987..
247
1 451
(D)
2 914
1982..
(D)
10
370
1 909
Feeder pigs
... farms. 1987..
2
3
1982..
1
3
number. 1987..
(D)
(D)
(0)
(D)
1982..
(D)
94
(D)
Sheep and lambs inventory
... farms. 1987..
• 2
3
10
g
8
1982..
3
8
12
5
number, 1987..
(D)
(D)
131
319
(D)
303
1982..
(D)
(D)
670
415
(D)
374
Sheep and lambs sold
.— farms, 1987..
2
2
10
8
6
1982..
3
3
8
5
number, 1987..
(D)
(D)
96
277
(D)
426
1982..
(D)
(D)
(D)
293
379
Hens and pullets of laying age inventory ....
... farms, 1987..
3
6
18
19
12
1982..
6
8
22
22
22
number. 1987..
40
(D)
162 281
182 991
(D)
(D)
1982..
104
(D)
(D)
263 953
(D)
(0)
... farms. 1987..
1982..
4
38
66
number. 1987..
(D)
(D)
(D)
(0)
1982..
(D)
776 300
15 306 294
(D)
See footnotes at end of t
196 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 16.
1 fof 1987 li
Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982
. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ]
•Con.
CROPS HARVESTED
Com lor silage or green chop .
grass silage, green chop,
I grain. \
(seete
31 499
433 113
475 422
33 965
39 275
2 625 926
2 436 105
82 748
97 874
22 306 015
24 362 614
8 626
23 016
401
,
502
4
32 153
(D)
36 685
2 500 507
2 276 413
(D)
618
9
800
89 891
776
20 448 698
72 240
22 357 971
151 671
145 806
158 351
291 377
302 878
6 192
6 445
12 612
CROPS HARVESTED
Com for sjlage or green chop.
grass silage, green chop.
"?ri.
t lor sale (see text) .
1 740
21 065
25 267
22 814
23 379
51 643
3 300
6 239
5 291
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
MAINE 197
Table 16 Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[Data for 1 987 include abnormal farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text ]
CROPS HARVESTED
Corn for silage or green chop_
Oats for grain farms.
for sale (see text) farms.
4 057
5 419
64 952
88 131
2 561
2 630
38 092
37 126
4 367
7 701
8 754
20 487
20 707
36 337
38 318
198 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 17. Milk Goats— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
ea
Sales
Geographic a
Milk goats
Goat milk
Farms
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Gallons
($1,000)
STATE TOTAL
Maine ____
.1987..
1982..
101
225
610
1 276
31
101
234
767
18
19 261
26 247
39
(NA)
80
95
Table 18.
[Not published f<
Angora Goats— inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
Table 19. Mink and Their Pelts— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
[Not published for this State)
Table 20. Colonies of Bees and Honey— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Inventory
Sales
Geographic area
Colonies
of bees
Honey
Farms
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Pounds
($1,000)
STATE TOTAL
Maine 1987..
1982..
COUNTIES, 1987
229
274
12
31
8
10
23
9
6
13
23
6
16
16
13
18
6 182
liSi
136
?]
1 443
(D)
13
1 106
232
66
40
60
160
'4°^
16
15
2
2
481
1 078
(D)
IS
(D)
(D)
(D)
86
59
5
12
2
2
305 472
323 156
ili
(D)
(D)
38 015
27 1
9 334
3'?i
2 975
(D)
1 4'o°)
92
(NA)
5
9
3
2
13
3
8
13
6
5
6
2
2
5
207
255
(D)
(D)
Cumberland
(D)
(D)
Kennebec
(D)
Oxford -
Penobscot _
Piscataquis _
|agadahoc
9
(D)
Waldo
Washington
York
ici
Table 21. Fish Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory ti
Geographic area
Farms
Pounds
(1,000)
Farms
Number
(1.000)
Farms
Sales
($1,000)
TROUT
State Total
Maine 1987..
1982..
6
(??
2
(D)
(D)
7
3
103
(D)
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
MAINE 199
Table 22. Miscellaneous Poultry— Inventory and Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Geographic area
Sales
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
DUCKS
State Total
1987..
166
212
1 480
2 259
25
26
485
1982..
978
GEESE
State Total
1987
103
153
682
25
346
1982..
601
POULTRY HATCHED (SEE TEXT)
State Total
37
63
3 563 627
2 921 662
103
"" """" 1982_.
26 499 985
Table 23. Miscellaneous Livestock and Animal Specialties -
Sales: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Inventory and
Sales
Geographic area
Sales
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
($1,000)
MULES, BURROS, AND DONKEYS
State Total
Maine
1987..
56
98
3
8
(D)
1982..
31
54
(D)
(D)
GOATS, TOTAL
State Total
1 255
64
523
(NA)
1982..
266
1 716
113
(NA)
Counties, 1987
Androscoggin
24
27
350
2
7
(D)
57
(NA)
(NA)
51
107
28
59
61
29
72
30
61
3
5
2
2
(D)
50
(D)
42
(D)
36
26
Hancock
(NA)
Kennebec
Knox
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
P
Somersel
(NA)
105
9
78
(NA)
23
25
167
9
106
Yor^'^°
(NA)
GOATS, EXCEPT ANGORA AND MILK
State Total
110
51
594
405
35
15
250
110
g
1982..
RABBITS AND THEIR PELTS
State Total
Maine .
1987..
154
6 589
68
16 645
62
1982..
103
5 837
46
19 964
200 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 24. Grains— Corn, Sorghum, Wheat, and Other Small Grains:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
1987 and 1982
1987
1982
Geographic area
Han/ested
Irrigated
Harvested
Imgated
Farms
Acres
Quantity
Farms
Acres
Farnis
Acres
Quantity
Farms
Acres
CORN FOR GRAIN OR SEED
(BUSHELS)
State Total
Maine
80
5 342
485 087
,
(D)
126
8 020
647 910
(D)
Counties
^;S;S*"::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Cumberland
\
(D)
62
125
369
13
472
1 044
405
658
401
(D)
IS
5 334
38 2*?^
452
90 9'8^i
35 025
73 435
33 063
9 695
75
12
10
7
7
21
6
13
18
6
5
2 257
204
43
242
757
10
750
1 464
1 579
516
(NA)
173 098
9 145
2 920
23 988
52 240
650
75 636
123 986
122 357
46 149
16 750
(NA)
(NA)
(0)
Franklin
Oxford
somerle?.::::;:::::::::::::::::::::::
Waldo -
York
(NA)
WHEAT FOR GRAIN
(BUSHELS)
State Total
Maine
33
533
25 012
-
-
37
805
35 394
-
Counties
Aroostook
21
3
454
(0)
(D)
21 742
909
2 361
:
I
26
743
(NA)
(NA)
33 620
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
All other counties
(NA)
BARLEY FOR GRAIN
(BUSHELS)
State Total
Maine
40
756
40 177
-
34
703
35 769
1
(D)
Counties
Aroostook
22
10
5
491
226
(D)
D)
27 460
11 254
:
22
(NA)
365
80
(NA)
18 719
3 070
2 030
(NA)
(NA)
-
Penobscot
All other counties
(NA)
BUCKWHEAT (BUSHELS)
State Total
OATS FOR GRAIN
(BUSHELS)
State Total
535
35 548
2 728 024
3
150
679
40 971
2 514 472
Counties
461
25
10
18
33 490
27
21
26
1 279
332
237
8
960
975
534
(D)
89 964
21 332
16 480
1 435
2 606
(D)
2
(D)
(D)
583
(NA)
31
(NA)
40
38 163
61
190
(NA)
1 756
216
213
67
5
(NA)
2 250
2 345 791
2 610
803
7 448
(NA)
117 587
13 242
12 250
2 088
128
(NA)
(Na")
(NA)
Aroostoolr.-:::::::::;::::::::::::::::
Cumberland
Hancock
Kennebec
Lincoln
(NA)
Penobscot
All othercounties
(NA)
RYE FOR GRAIN (BUSHELS)
State Total
Maine
21
392
14 979
2
(D)
38
939
24 924
-
Counties
Aroostook
9
8
251
46
95
10 490
1 520
2 969
2
(D)
8
(NA)
373
130
(NA)
8 884
3 445
(NA)
m)
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
MAINE 201
Table 25. Cotton, Tobacco, Soybeans, Dry Beans and Peas, Potatoes, Sugar Crops, and
Peanuts: 1987 and 1982
{For meaning of
I symbols, see introductory t
Farms Acres Quantity
Farms Acres Quantity
Farms Acres
DRY EDIBLE BEANS,
EXCLUDING DRY LIMAS
(CWT)
Counties
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Oxford
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Somerset
Washington
IRISH POTATOES (CWT)
State Total
Counties
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Oxford'IIIIIIIIII
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Waldo
Washington
All other counties
(D)
12 580
2 566
2 246
54 345
20 537 231
73 140
99 251
24 556 322
(D)
(D)
91 123
22 533 963
(D)
(D)
63
736
526 093
3 606
923 348
425
86 090
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(NA)
(NA)
Table 26. Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symt>ots. see introductory tejrt]
HAY- ALFALFA, OTHER
TAME, SMALL GRAIN,
WILD, GRASS SILAGE,
GREEN CHOP, ETC. (SEE
TEXT) (TONS, DRY)
State Total
Counties
Androsooggii
Aroostook,.
Cumberland
Franklin
Hancock ...
Knox I
Oxford
Penobscot _
Piscataquis.
Sagadahoc.
Somerset ..
Waldo
Washington
21 676
393 393
15 434
31 682
17 561
28 902
17 486
29 133
9 429
17 086
2 520
9 462
6 932
10 981
18 854
27 582
48 872
6 510
10 736
4 432
7 719
28 131
47 651
19 724
38 243
241 490
414 555
30 741
17 850
10 492
18 070
3 159
4 308
5 776
9 702
7 166
9 959
13 197
22 140
31 554
55 126
6 888
11 802
6 070
8 500
27 962
47 590
19 195
31 355
202 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 26. Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage: 1987 and 1982-Con.
Farms Acres Quantity
Awes Quantity
ALFALFA HAY (TONS, DRY)
Androscoggir
Aroostooi<--.
Cumberland .
Frani<tin
Hancock
Kennebec...
Knox
Lincoln
Oxlord
Penobscot _.
Piscataquis..
Sagadahoc.
Somerset ...
Waldo
Washington .
State ToUl
Counties
Androscoggin.
Aroostook
Cumberland ..
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
oxiora .y.iiy.
Penobscot ...
Sagadahoc...
Somerset
Waldo
Washington ..
York
All other count
TAME HAY OTHER THAN
ALFALFA, SMALL GRAIN,
AND WILD HAY (SEE
TEXT) (TONS, DRY)
Aroostook __
Cumberland
Franklin
Hancock...
Kennebec..
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot .
Piscataquis.
Sagadahoc .
Somerset ..
Waldo
Washington
York.
2 872
20 980
7 176
12 873
1 473
2 660
7 348
33 447
6 650
4 043
6 921
6 707
11 064
5 706
26 541
2 702
5 158
7 608
29 908
2 535
24 889
10 136
19 185
13 278
19 091
11 774
20 907
2 435
3 504
21 318
38 925
3 099
5664
4966
7 243
20 439
36 932
4 595
6 831
3 355
5 287
18 942
32 791
12 546
22 509
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
MAINE 203
Table 26. Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory t
WILD HAY (TONS. DRY)
Androscoggin.
Aroostool<
Cumberland -.
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Oxford
Penobs
Piscatai
Sagadahoc .
Somerset ..
Waldo
Washington
GRASS SILAGE, HAYLAGE,
AND GREEN CHOP HAY
(TONS, GREEN)
Androscoggin.
Aroostook...
Cumberland ..
Franklin
Kennebec...
Knox
Oxford -
Penobscot ..
Piscataquis..
Sagadahoc..
Somerset ...
Wald
Was!
York
All other counties
CORN FOR SILAGE OR
GREEN CHOP (TONS,
GREEN)
Knox
Uncoln ...
Oxford....
Penobscot
Pisca
Sagai
SOITK
Wakt
WasT
York.
11 555
5 846
47 9
22 335
(D)
70 339
2 265
22 380
82 746
4 950
56 067
38 459
Farms Acres Quantity
21 027
9 699
1 858
1 455
25 651
17
231
69 665
429
6 997
1 791
5 984
80 448
1 070
15 346
(D)
8 420
38 409
, <?'
20
204 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
Table 26. Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
1982
Geographic area
Harvested
Irrigated
Hanrested
Irrigated
Farms
Acres
Quanfty
Farms
Acres
Farms
Acres
Quantity
Farms
Acres
SORGHUM FOR SILAGE OR
GREEN CHOP (TONS.
GREEN)
State Total
19
4
6
3
6
493
(D)
123
16
(D)
6 407
1 4-9°^
(D)
1 410
,NA,
(NA)
(NA)
546
(NA)
217
(NA)
(NA)
2 311
(NA)
575
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Counties
Penobscot __ ___ — -
Waldo - —
iSS!
Table 27. Vegetables, Sweet Corn,
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
and Melons Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982
,..,
1982
Geographic area
..™.-
irngated
Harvested
Irrigated
Acres
Farms
Acres
Fams
Acres
FamiS
Acres
LAND USED FOR
VEGETABLES (SEE TEXT)
State Total
509
9 700
73
776
535
11 266
62
688
Counties
328
10
93
38
196
9
65
AroostoolT— ..: —
71
6 119
(D)
(D)
Cumberland
67
690
289
49
Franklin
10
23
50
140
45
406
66
7
12
26
40
65
304
5
9
Kennebec- .
3
16
25
130
115
is
28
169
160
3
Lincoln
<S'
Penobscot
58
(D)
13
8
210
(D)
6
16
21
182
2
Sagadahoc-
iS!
20
33
190
102
5
29
108
Waldo
19
57
49
662
''
1?]
21
53
583
VEGETABLES HARVESTED
(SEE TEXT)
State Total
509
9 727
73
776
535
11 278
62
700
Counties
Androscoggin
30
335
10
93
38
196
9
65
Arocstook
6 120
(D)
15
49
14
339
'RJ
Hancock
23
46
409
4
3
(D)
'2?
(D)
Oxford
(D)
!S!
Penobscot
58
361
(D)
238
Piscataquis
4
13
7
209
(D)
6
16
21
182
2
,d]
20
190
(D)
Waldo
33
105
6
19
57
49
674
1^
1?;!
53
581
I?i
ASPARAGUS
State Total
47
,
24
12
5
1
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
MAINE 205
Table 27. Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory lext]
SNAP BEANS
Counties
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franl<lin._
Kennebec
Oxiord
Penobscot
Sagadahoc
Somerset ._
Waldo
Washington
All other counties ,
BEETS
State Total
Counties
Aroostook-.
Cumberland
Kennebec.
Penobscot .
Sagadahoc.
Washington
York
BROCCOLI
State Total
Androscoggin.
Aroostook
Cumberland ..
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Penobscot ...
Washington ..
York
HEAD CABBAGE
State Total
Counties
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Kennebec-
Penobscot
Sagadahoc
Waldo...
Washington
York
All other counties
206 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
Table 27. Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
1982
Geographic area
Harvested
Irrigated
Harvested
Irrigated
Famis
Acres
Famis
Acres
Farms
Acres
Farms
Acres
CANTALOUPS
State Total
.
21
^
^
■*
15
8
6
,
Counties
5
16
6
^
3
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
AM other counties
(NA)
CARROTS
State Total
74
63
13
9
76
68
9
Counties
11
3
6
5
6
8
6
8
22
(Z)
16
(D)
3
(D)
5
6
9
(NA)
(NA)
5
5
7
(NA)
3
3
2
(NA)
(NA)
2
3
2
(NA)
2
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(D)
Cumberland
iS!
Penobscot —
Somerset
Waldo—
Washington
York.__ -_-
All other counties
(NA)
(NA)
(D)
(NA)
CAULIFLOWER
State Total
36
6
10
38
36
7
15
Counties
(D)
(DJ
21
^
(D)
(NA)
(naJ
6
(NA)
(NA)
18
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
All othercounti'eV "II.IIIIIIII
(NA)
(D)
(NA)
CUCUMBERS AND PICKLES
State Total
Maine
132
95
25
22
141
97
26
23
Counties
Aroostook
Cumberland
Kennebec —
Knox
Lincoln
10
20
13
5
3
7
21
5
3
5
21
5
10
19
8
(D)
3
14
7
(D)
13
2
6
(D)
iS
(D)
5
(D)
15
9
15
(NA)
3
11
18
6
10
3
7
18
(NA)
19
(NA)
3
7
(D)
9
16
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
6
(D)
Oxford
(D)
Sagadahoc
Somerset _
Waldo
Washington
(D)
(D)
(D)
(NA)
LETTUCE AND ROMAINE
State Total
Maine
34
32
"
16
45
49
14
28
Counties
Cumberland — _
5
3
18
8
(D)
(0)
(D)
7
7
(NA)
3
3
(NA)
24
2
(NA)
(D)
(NA)
6
(NA)
(NA)
22
(D)
(NA)
(D)
(NA)
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -COUNTY DATA
MAINE 207
Table 27. Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982-Con.
|For meaning of abbreviations and symbols.
see introductory tex
11
1987
1982
Geographic area
Harvested
Irrigated
Irrigated
Farms
Acres
Farms
Acres
Farms
Acres
Farms
Acres
DRY ONIONS
State Total
Maine
25
15
3
(Z)
23
5
1
(D)
Counties
Cumberland
Washington
5
3
5
,'o^
2
(D)
(D)
iS
(NA)
(NA)
iK5!
GREEN PEAS, EXCLUDING
GREEN COWPEAS
State Total
41
Counties
Androscoggin
Aroostook.
Cumberland
Franklin....
40
16
3 456
29
8
(D)
24
«°)
3
13
3
2
5
IB!
12
78
13
12
(NA)
(NA)
5
15
8
7 640
82
(D)
2
(NA)
(NA)
1
10
2
3
m)
(NA)
i
(□)
Kennebec
Knox
(NA)
Oxlord
Penobscot
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
10
(0)
2
]
(D)
5
7
2
3
'i
SWEET PEPPERS
State Total
Maine
36
23
12
g
25
19
9
12
Counties
SSrS"::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Franklin
7
3
8
2
6
5
2
(D)
5
,na1
(NA)
12
(NA,
(NA)
3
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(D)
All other counties
(NA)
PUMPKINS
State Total
16
Counties
Aroostook
Cumberland
Hancock
13
20
3
9
18
9
16
3
19
61
23
6
9
15
12
(D)
8
7
12
3
5
24
6
9
(D)
1
(D)
i
Oxford
Penobscot
Sagadahoc
(D)
Somerset
Waldo
5
9
B
18
8
38
(D)
(D)
(D)
3
(NA)
(NA)
i
(NA)
2
(NA)
(NA)
All other counties
(NA)
SPINACH
State Total
Maine
21
79
3
(D)
19
10
4
1
208 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 27. Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
(D)
(D)
(NA)
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
MAINE 209
Table 27. Vegetables,
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, i
Sweet Corn, and Melons Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982-
ee introductory text]
Con.
.a.
1982
Geographic area
Harvested
Imgated
Harvested
Imgated
Farms
Acres
Farms
.„.
Farms
Acres
Farms
Acres
MIXED VEGETABLES
State Total
52
149
8
30
74
146
6
11
Counties
Cumberland - —
8
3
7
12
22
9
24
10
16
55
2
(D)
(D)
,NA)
8
5
8
(NA)
18
24
(NA)
(D)
Penobscot
York .._
(0)
OTHER VEGETABLES
State Total
Maine
20
141
3
(D)
8
54
1
(D)
Table 28.
[For meaning ol
Fruits and Nuts: 1987 and 1982
) symbols, see introductory text]
Geographic area
Total
Trees or vines n
Dt of bearing age
Trees or vines of bearing age
Farms
Acres
Trees or vines
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
Farms
Pounds
LAND IN
ORCHARDS
State Total
Maine 1987. _
1982. _
394
7 405
7 772
i^!
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
!3
'^
l^i
(X)
(X)
Counties, 1987
36
15
27
24
24
29
16
42
40
1 848
40
412
516
145
660
180
72
1 161
334
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
X
(X
(X
(X
X
(X
X
(X
(X
(X)
(X)
(X)
1^!
{X)
!?.
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X
Cumberland
Hancock
Kennebec
(X
Knox
g
Oxiord
00
10
12
24
15
52
21
80
152
257
1 457
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
(X)
iii
(X)
(X
Tx!
(X)
1
(X)
Sagadahoc
(X)
(X)
YD* '..:..::::::::::::::
(X)
APPLES
State Total
Maine 1987..
1982..
400
7 293
7 633
648 653
590 770
277
295
134 649
133 027
333
336
514 004
457 743
267
241
70 609 358
90 293 322
Counties, 1987
36
15
27
24
23
27
16
13
40
40
10
12
24
15
50
1 842
(D)
410
516
142
651
177
68
1 133
327
(D)
73
151
250
69
1 427
195 799
2 303
43 985
28 362
8 204
74 537
15 736
4 746
86 283
30 998
733
6 878
13 668
22 667
108 085
20
19
16
10
24
32
6
12
12
18
13
36
17 463
981
12 910
4 849
3 605
5 591
8 254
1 576
16 465
14 035
542
3 758
2 936
7 590
1 844
32 250
33
13
22
23
20
26
12
33
29
10
21
10
48
178 336
1 322
31 075
23 513
4 599
68 946
7 482
3 170
69 818
16 963
191
3 120
10 732
15 077
3 825
75 836
30
9
16
20
16
22
10
27
26
3
5
17
9
39
19 528 746
Aroostook...::::::::::::
22 792
Cumbeiland
3 293 589
Franldin
3 961 108
Hancocli
943 770
Kennebec
Knox
Uncoln
Oxford
9 068 684
1 593 275
618 197
14 021 505
1 690 735
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York ...
(D)
94 120
(D)
1 999 113
615 240
12 009 359
210 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 28. Fruits and Nuts: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Geographic area
Total
Trees or vines not o( bearing age
Trees or vines
of bearing age
Harvested
Farms
Acres
Trees or vines
Famis
Number
Farms
Number
Famis
Pounds
APRICOTS
State Total
Maine 1987..
1982..
3
5
2
21
164
2
3
iS
2
3
(D)
(D)
1
(D)
(D)
CHERRIES,
TOTAL (SEE
TEXT)
State Total
Maine 1987..
1982..
36
55
15
18
571
909
23
165
286
22
406
623
12
12
2 741
1 658
Counties, 1987
(D)
(D)
16
17
(0)
55
26
(D)
IS
(D)
72
9
(D)
(D)
23
127
2
3
2
(D)
(D)
El
(D)
Kennebec
Knox
Oxford
Penobscot
York _-
GRAPES (SEE
State Total
Maine 1987..
1982..
36
60
17
38
6 662
17 607
31
45
867
2 568
27
54
5 795
15 039
8
22
(0)
5 723
PEACHES
State Total
Maine 1987..
1982..
28
52
31
25
2 348
1 579
21
370
394
18
34
1 978
1 185
6
10
iS
Counties, 1987
Kennebec
Oxford
5
3
10
6
2
(D)
22
(D)
(D)
(D)
56
211
3
10
(D)
2?)
43
2
10
168
2
2
1
IS!
isi
?^r^°?.::::::::::::::
All other counties...
PEARS
State Total
Maine 1987..
1982..
34
57
26
32
1 732
1 216
24
43
1 230
673
23
35
502
543
20
17 273
67 932
Counties, 1987
Androscoggin
Kennebec
5
3
6
5
ll
146
20
?i
119
(D)
1
1
3
3
2
1 228
is
afaC^°?.::::::::::::::
PLUMS AND
PRUNES (SEE
iJkli'H'^''^^"
State Total
Maine _._1987..
1982.-
27
46
]]
v:2
13
30
176
273
24
541
469
19
21
26 156
5 122
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
MAINE 211
Table 29. Berries Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
Farms Acres Quantity
BERRIES
State Total
Androscoggin.
Aroostook
Cumberland ..
Franklin
Hanci
Knox
Lincoln ...
Oxtord
Penobscot
Piscataquis .
Sagadahoc
Somerset ..
Waldo
Counties
Cumberland
Franklin
Hancock. __
Kennebec..
Lincoln
Oxford
Waldo
Washington
York
All other cou
Knox
Oxford."!
Penobscot
Waldo
Washington
York
All other CO
RASPBERRIES (POUNDS)
State Total
Counties
Androscoggin.
Aroostook
Cumberland ..
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Oxford -IIIIII
Penobscot ...
Sagadahoc...
Somerset
Waldo
(D)
5 754
n
6 177
22
17 854
(L)|
(D)
(U)
(D)
5 364
(D)
(D)
(U)
(D)
(U)
(D)
21 025
<NA)
(NA)
279 414
(D)
80 192
986 705
(D)
6 072 424
32 560
947 139
331 491
106 800
157 269
847 747
20 043 424
JO)
212 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-
(NA)
-COUNTY DATA
Table 29. Berries Harvested for Sale: 1987 and 1982 -Con.
J symbols, see introductory 1
STRAWBERRIES (POUNDS)
State Total
Maine
Counties
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland —
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Oxford. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'"
Penobscot
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York _
177 209
92 623
217 215
29 148
80 437
352 365
15 703
227 690
(D)
16 286
1 18 825
36 850
254 509
(D)
37 682
130 737
4 117
(D)
238 970
199 900
Table 30. Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for
Sale: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Sq. ft under
glass or otfiar
protection
NURSERY AND
GREENHOUSE CROPS
(SEE TEXT)
Knox
Uncoln
Oxford
Penobscot
Sagadalioc
Somerset
Waldo
Yorts
All other counties
NURSERY, FLORICULTURE,
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER
SEED CROPS, SOD, ETC.,
GROWN IN THE OPEN,
IRRIGATED (SEE TEXT)
State Total
Androscoggin
Cumt>er1and
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Oxford
Penobscot
York
All other counties
96 039
53
81 390
2
24 483
149 235
10
164 364
47
(D)
(D)
39 900
15
45 305
(D)
82 229
15
53 509
6
52 482
6
82 349
29
115
(D)
25
53 472
27 077
(D)
44 037
33 248
65 334
(D)
254 546
"IS!
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
(NA)
MAINE 213
Table 30. Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for
Sale: 1987 and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory tejrt]
Sq. ft. under
glass or other
protection
BEDDING PLANTS
Androscoggin.
Aroostook
Cumberland ..
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Oxford -I-IIII
Penobscot ...
Sagadahoc...
Somerset
Waldo
Washington ..
York
60 421
(D)
56 310
157 752
5
(D)
(D)
90 344
4
53 240
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
75 774
32 705
41 842
(D)
72 479
20 246
P
172 485
(D)
37 466
33 830
111 415
Counties
Androscoggin
Cumberland
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec-
Lincoln ,_
Penobscot
Sagadahoc
York
All other counties
FOLIAGE AND POTTED
FLOWERING PLANTS,
TOTAL
(D)
(NA)
(NA)
Counties
Androscoggin.
Cumbe ' '
Frankli
Hanco(
Kennel
Penobscot
Sagadahoc
Waldo
York
All other counties
13 184
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
47 173
2 988
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
90 216
23 810
12 850
174 300
(D)
25 246
(NA)
FOLIAGE PLANTS
State Total
Cumberland
Knox
Sagadahoc
York
5 625
7 350
22 298
214 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-
(NA)
-COUNTY DATA
Table 30. Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for
Sale: 1987 and 1982-Con.
1987
1982
Geographic area
Farms
Sq. ft. under
glass or other
protection
Acres in the
open
Sales
($1,000)
Farms
Sq. ft. under
glass or other
protection
Acres in the
open
Sales
($1,000)
POTTED FLOWERING
PLANTS
State Total
Maine
83
324 213
20
2 441
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Counties
gM"::::::::::::::::::::::::::
84 2|
(D)
82 866
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
i
(D)
(D)
1 008
is
151
(NA)
(NA)
NA
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln _
Penobscot _
^22"!!;::;::::::::::::::::::::::::
s
(NA)
(NA)
NURSERY CROPS
State Total
Maine
84
80 507
500
3 044
55
65 655
351
1 745
Counties
^[irs?::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
19
5
2 7?i
(D)
33'?^
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
11 5?(J
45
s
i
(D)
(D)
22
1
42
514
37
(NA)
^
3
3
6
(NA)
(NA)
28 000
6 000
iSi
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
H
4
(NA)
(NA)
210
(NA)
1
Knox - — _..
Oxford
(D)
Somerset
Waldo
York
All other counties
24
<^9l
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER
SEEDS
State Total
Maine
23
79 263
(D)
301
27
43 790
40
166
GREENHOUSE
VEGETABLES
State Total
Maine
15
52 038
(X)
131
12
24 400
(X)
38
Table 31. Other Crops: 1987 and 1982
(Not published for this State)
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
MAINE 215
Table 32. Farms Operated by Black and Other Races by Value of Sales and Occupation:
1987 and 1982
(Fof classification of social and etfinic groups, s
ee text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ]
Harvested cropland
Market value
Farms by v
lue of sales
Geographic area
of
agricultural
products
sold
($1,000)
Occupation farming
Occupation other than
farming
f^arms
Acres
Farms
Acres
Less than
$2,500
$2,500 to
$9,999
$10,000 or
Less than
$2,500
$2,500 to
$9,999
$10,000 or
STATE TOTAL
Maine ....1987..
1982..
20
4 343
1 894
15
1 901
401
1 617
739
5
I
9
3
2
5
2
COUNTIES, 1987
Aroostook
Kennebec
3
9
429
525
333
3 056
3
(D)
(D)
82
191
49
1 294
2
3
3
2
3
1
I
:
Table 33. Farms Operated by Black and Other Races by Tenure: 1987 and 1982
1 of social and ethnic groups, see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Full owners
Part owners
Tenants
Geographic area
Number
Land in
Harvested
cropland
Number
Land in
farms
Han/ested
cropland
Number
Land in
farms
cropland
STATE TOTAL
Maine 1987,.
1982..
COUNTIES, 1987
15
3
9
(D)
1 894
525
(D)
1 005
(D)
401
304
2
1
(D)
(D)
(D)
(D)
3
3
2 200
2 200
1 200
York
Table 34. Operators by Selected Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Alll
arms
Farms with sales of $10,000 or
Geographic area
more
Farms
Land in
Farms
Undin
farms
BLACK
State Total
Maine
1987..
1982..
2
n
]
!C!
AMERICAN INDIAN
State Total
Maine
1987..
1982..
6
3 279
974
5
2
^?o^
Counties, 1987
fSi
All other counties
OTHER RACES (SEE TEXT)
State Total
Maine
1987..
7
1
IS
3
(D)
Counties, 1987
3
(D)
610
2
IS
'Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms.
216 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
Table 35. Operators of Spanish Origin: 1987 and 1982
[For classification of Spanish origin, see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
All (arms
Farms with sales of SI 0.000 or
Geographic area
Farms
Land In
farms
Farms
Land In
farms
STATE TOTAL
Maine _.__
1987..
1982..
10
3 104
9
3
3 862
990
COUNTIES, 1987
Aroostook
_.-. _.
7
9
n
6
3
IS
Table 36. Farms With Grazing Permits: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Land In farms
Farms by land In farms
Source of permits
Geographic area
Farms
Acres
Less than
100 acres
100 to
260 to
499 acres
500 to
999 acres
1.000 to
1.999 acres
2.000 acres
Forest
service
Taylor
grazing
Indian
land
Other
Maine
,3
3
3
7
2 706
590
722
3
3
5
2
2
5
3
:
:
:
2
2
2
2
9
Kennebec
Waldo
5
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA
MAINE 217
APPENDIX A.
General Explanation
Page
DATA COLLECTION A-1
DATA PROCESSING A-2
MAJOR DATA CHANGES A-2
FOLLOW-ON SURVEYS, SPECIAL CENSUSES, AND
RELATED PUBLICATIONS A-2
DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS A-3
FARMS CLASSIFIED BY SPECIFIED CHARACTERISTICS A-9
DATA COLLECTION
Method of Enumeration
All agriculture censuses beginning with the 1969 census
primarily have used mailout/mailback data collection. Direct
enumeration methods, however, continue to be used for
the agriculture census in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Mail List
The mail list for the 1987 census was comprised of
individuals, businesses, and organizations that could be
readily identified as being associated with agriculture. The
list was assembled from the records of the 1 982 census,
administrative records of the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), and the statistical records of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA). In addition, lists of large or specialized
operations, such as nurseries and greenhouses, specialty
crop farms, poultry farms, fish farms, livestock farms, and
cattle feedlot operations, were obtained from State and
Federal agencies, trade associations, and similar organi-
zations. Lists of companies having one or more establish-
ments (or locations) producing agricultural products were
obtained from the 1982 census and updated using the
information from the Standard Statistical Establishment
List maintained by the Census Bureau. Exhaustive record
linkage, unduplication, and mathematical modeling yielded
a final mail list of 4.1 million names and addresses that had
a substantial probability of being a farm operation.
Report Forms
In 1987, three different report forms were used— a
two-page, a four-page, and a six-page form to minimize the
reporting burden, particularly for small farms and places
less likely to be farms. The six-page sample form and the
four-page nonsample form are the same, except sections
23 through 28 have been added to the sample form to
obtain supplemental information from a sample of farms.
The information collected in these sections will give the
Bureau of the Census a good basis for making estimates of
these data for other farms included in the census. The
two-page form does not have as many questions or as
much detail as the four-page and six-page forms. The
four-page form has 1 1 regional versions and the six-page
form has 13 regional versions. Both forms have different
crops prelisted. Appendix D contains copies of both the
two-page and six-page forms.
The six-page form was mailed to 1 ,104,000 addressees
on the mail list, including all those expected to be large
(based on expected sales or acreage) or unique (farms
operated by multiestablishment companies or nonprofit
organizations), all those in Alaska and Hawaii, and a
sample of other addressees. The two-page form was
mailed to 906,000 addressees. These were expected to be
small farms or less likely to be farms. The four-page form
was mailed to the remaining 2,079,000 addressees. Fur-
ther discussion of the criteria used to determine which
form was mailed to an addressee is provided in the Census
Sample Design section of appendix C.
Initial Mailing
The report forms were mailed in mid-December 1 987 to
the approximately 4,089,000 individuals, businesses, and
organizations on the mail list. The mail packages included
a report form, a cover letter with a description of the
purposes and uses of the census on the reverse side, an
information sheet containing instructions for completing
the form, and a postage-paid return envelope. Additional
special instructions were included with report forms sent to
grazing associations; feedlot operations; institutional orga-
nizations; Indian reservations; firms with multiple farm or
ranch operations; and producers of poultry under contract,
bees and honey, fish, laboratory animals, and nursery and
greenhouse crops.
To provide additional help to farmers in completing their
reports, copies of an Agriculture Census Guide booklet
were sent to vocational agriculture instructors, USDA
county offices of the Agriculture Stabilization and Conser-
vation Service, and the Cooperative Extension Service.
The Guide contained descriptions and definitions of vari-
ous items in more detail than the instructions included with
each report form. Representatives of the above agencies
graciously consented to assist farmers in completing their
report forms.
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Followup Procedures
A thank you/reminder card was mailed to those on the
mail list in mid-January 1988. Five followup letters, three of
which were accompanied by a report form, were sent to
nonrespondents at 4-week intervals starting in mid-February
and continuing until early June 1988.
Telephone calls were made to all large farms who had
not responded. In addition, telephone calls were made to a
sample of other nonrespondents in counties that had a
response rate of less than 75 percent. A nonresponse
adjustment procedure was used to represent the final
nonrespondent farms in the census results. A description
of this procedure is included in the Census Estimation
section of appendix C.
DATA PROCESSING
Selected report forms were reviewed prior to keying the
data. These included reports with attached correspon-
dence and reports with remarks or no positive data on the
front page.
The data from each report form were subjected to a
detailed item-by-item computer edit. The edit performed
comprehensive checks for consistency and reasonable-
ness, corrected erroneous or inconsistent data, supplied
missing data based on similar farms within the same
county, and assigned farm classification codes necessary
for tabulating the data. Substantial computer-generated
changes to the data were clerically reviewed and verified.
In the computer edit, farms with sales, acreage, or
commodities exceeding specified levels were tested for
historical comparability. Key items, such as acreage and
sales, were compared for substantial changes between
1 982 and 1 987. Sizeable historical differences were resolved
or verified by telephone, if necessary. Respondents who
reported sales or acreage above specified levels on non-
sample forms were sent correspondence requesting the
additional sample data. Prior to publication, tabulated
totals were reviewed by statisticians to identify inconsis-
tencies and potential coverage problems. Comparisons
were made with previous census data, estimates published
by the USDA, and other available data.
MAJOR DATA CHANGES
Prior to each agriculture census, the Census Bureau
reviews the content of the census forms to eliminate
questions no longer needed and to identify new items
necessary to meet user needs and to better describe the
agricultural situation in our Nation. Data requests are
solicited from farmers, farm organizations, land grant col-
leges and universities. State and federal agencies, and
members of the Census Advisory Committee on Agricul-
tural Statistics. Each agency and organization is asked to
identify and justify its specific data needs. The following
data inquiries were added to the 1 987 report form:
Income from farm-related sources
Acres under the Conservation Reserve Program
Payments received for participation in federal farm
programs
Grazing permits by source
Additional data on production expenses were added in
1987:
Repair and maintenance expenses
Cash rent
Property taxes paid
All other production expenses
The following separate data inquiries were eliminated
from the 1987 form:
Storage capacity for petroleum products
Number of hired farm and ranch workers
Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals
for human consumption
Source of irrigation water
Tons of commercially mixed feed
Expenditures for coal, wood, and coke
Selected machinery items: automobiles, corn heads for
combines, and field forage harvesters
Chinchillas
Worms
Tropical and baitfish
FOLLOW-ON SURVEYS, SPECIAL CENSUSES,
AND RELATED PUBLICATIONS
In addition to the 1987 Census of Agriculture for the 50
States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the census of agriculture program includes
the 1988 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey, the 1988
Agricultural Economics and Land Ownership Survey, and
the 1988 Census of Horticultural Specialties.
The 1988 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey provides
data on water use by irrigated farms and ranches. Data
include: the amount of water applied by crop, method of
water distribution, source of water, and energy costs for
pumping water. Data from this survey will be published as
volume 3, part 1 .
The 1 988 Agricultural Economics and Land Ownership
Survey provides detailed data on debts, expenses, taxes,
credits, assets, land ownership, and farm and off-farm
income for farm operators. Many of these items, as well as
detailed data on landlord characteristics, are being col-
lected from the landlords of the farms involved in the
survey. Data from this survey will be published as volume
3, part 2.
The 1988 Census of Horticultural Specialties covers
operations growing and selling $2,000 or more of horticul-
tural products such as greenhouse products, outdoor-
grown floricultural products, nursery products, mushrooms,
and sod. These data will be published as volume 4.
Additional publications of the 1 987 Census of Agricul-
ture data include the Agricultural Atlas of the United States
(previously called the Graphic Summary), Coverage Eval-
uation, Ranking of States and Counties, and Government
Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold.
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The Agricultural Atlas of the United States presents the
Nation's agriculture graphically illustrated by dot and mul-
ticolor pattern maps. The maps provide displays on size
and type of farm, land use, farm tenure, market value of
products sold, crops harvested, livestock inventories, and
other characteristics of farms. This report will be published
as volume 2, part 1.
The Coverage Evaluation report provides estimates of
the completeness of the 1987 Census of Agriculture for
the United States, geographic regions, and selected States
and groups of States. Estimates with their associated
sample reliability are provided for farms not on the mail list,
farms classified as nonfarms, duplicate farms, and non-
farms classified as farms. This report will be published as
volume 2, part 2.
The Ranking of States and Counties report ranks the
leading States and counties for selected items in the 1 987
census and provides comparative data from the 1982
census. This report will be published as volume 2, part 3.
A new publication on Government Payments and Mar-
ket Value of Agricultural Products Sold presents 1987 data
for the United States and each State. The U.S. table has a
format similar to volume 1, U.S. table 52 and presents
summary data by size of farm. This report will be published
as volume 2, part 5.
DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
Land in farms is an operating unit concept and includes
land owned and operated as well as land rented from
others. Land used rent free was to be reported as land
rented from others. All grazing land, except land used
under government permits on a per-head basis, was
included as "land in farms" provided it was part of a farm
or ranch. Land under the exclusive use of a grazing
association was to be reported by the grazing association
and included as land in farms. All land in Indian reserva-
tions used for growing crops or grazing livestock was to be
included as land in farms. Land in reservations not reported
by individual Indians or non-Indians was to be reported in
the name of the cooperative group that used the land. In
some instances, an entire Indian reservation was reported
as one farm.
Land area— The approximate land area of counties and
States represents the total land area as determined by
records and calculations as of January 1, 1988. These
data are updated periodically; however, the acreages
shown for 1987 are essentially the same as for 1982. Any
differences between the land area for 1 987 and 1 982 are
due to annexations and other changes affecting county
boundaries.
The following definitions and explanations provide a
more detailed description of the terms used in this publi-
cation than are available in the tables or on the report form.
For an exact wording of the questions on the 1 987 census
report forms and the information sheet which accompa-
nied these forms, see appendix D. Most definitions of
terms are the same as those used in earlier censuses. The
more important exceptions are also noted here.
Farms or farms reporting— The term "farms" or "farms
reporting" in the presentation of data denotes the number
of farms reporting the item. For example, if there are 3,710
farms in a State and 842 of them had 28,594 cattle and
calves, the data for those farms reporting cattle and calves
would appear as:
Cattle and calves farms- - 842
number- - 28.594
Land in farms— The acreage designated in the tables
as "land in farms" consists primarily of agricultural land
used for crops, pasture, or grazing. It also includes wood-
land and wasteland not actually under cultivation or used
for pasture or grazing, provided it was part of the farm
operator's total operations. Large acreages of woodland or
wasteland held for nonagricultural purposes were deleted
from individual reports during the processing operations.
Land in farms includes acres set aside under annual
commodity acreage programs as well as acres in the
Conservation Reserve Program for places meeting the
farm definition.
Land in two or more counties— With few exceptions,
the land in each farm was tabulated as being in the
operator's principal county. The principal county was defined
as the one where the largest value of agricultural products
was raised or produced. It was usually the county contain-
ing all or the largest proportion of the land in the farm or
viewed by the respondent as his/her principal county. For
a limited number of Midwest and Western States, this
procedure has resulted in the allocation of more land in
farms to a county than the total land area of the county. To
minimize this distortion, separate reports were required for
large farms identified from the 1982 census as having
more than one farm unit. Other reports received showing
land in more than one county were separated into two or
more reports if the data would substantially affect the
county totals.
Value of land and buildings— Respondents were asked
to report their estimate of the current market value of land
and buildings owned, rented or leased from others, and
rented or leased to others. Market value refers to the value
the land and buildings would sell for under current market
conditions. If the value of land and buildings was not
reported, it was estimated using the average value of land
and buildings from a similar farm in the same geographic
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Harvested cropland— This category includes land from
which crops were harvested or hay was cut, and land in
orchards, citrus groves, vineyards, nurseries, and green-
houses. Land from which two or more crops were har-
vested was counted only once, even though there was
more than one use of the land.
Irrigated land— This category includes all land watered
by any artificial or controlled means, such as sprinklers,
furrows or ditches, and spreader dikes. Included are
supplemental, partial, and preplant irrigation. Each acre
was to be counted only once regardless of the number of
times it was irrigated or harvested.
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing— This
category includes land used only for pasture or grazing
that could have been used for crops without additional
improvement. Included also was all cropland used for
rotation pasture and land in government diversion pro-
grams that were pastured. However, cropland that was
pastured before or after crops were harvested was to be
included as harvested cropland rather than cropland for
pasture or grazing.
Other cropland— This category includes cropland not
harvested and not grazed which was used for cover crops,
soil improvement crops, land on which all crops failed,
cultivated summer fallow, idle cropland, and land planted
in crops that were to be harvested after the census year.
Total woodland— This category includes natural or
planted woodlots or timber tracts, cutover and deforested
land with young growth which has or will have value for
wood products, land planted for Christmas tree production,
and woodland pastured. Land covered by sagebrush or
mesquite was to be reported as other pastureland and
rangeland or other land.
Woodland pastured— This category includes all wood-
land used for pasture or grazing during the census year.
Woodland or forest land pastured under a per-head graz-
ing permit was not counted as land in farms and therefore,
was not included in woodland pastured.
Cropland in annual commodity acreage adjustment
programs— This category includes land diverted or set
aside under the provisions of the Federal Commodity
Acreage Program. These data are for the acres of cropland
taken out of production by growers of wheat, cotton, rice,
corn, sorghum, barley, and oats, and devoted to conser-
vation uses. Information was not obtained as to which
crops would have been grown on the acres set aside.
Cropland in the Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP)— This category includes acres of "highly erodible"
cropland taken out of agricultural production and planted
to protective cover crops or reforested. The CRP was
established through the 1985 Food Security Act and
provides for annual rental payments and shared costs of
conservation practices through a 10-year contract with the
USDA. Appendix B presents data on places with all their
cropland enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program
and which were not counted as farms in the 1987 census.
Operator— The term "operator" designates a person
who operates a farm, either doing the work or making
day-to-day decisions about such things as planting, har-
vesting, feeding, and marketing. The operator may be the
owner, a member of the owner's household, a hired
manager, a tenant, a renter, or a sharecropper. If a person
rents land to others or has land worked on shares by
others, he/she is considered the operator only of the land
which is retained for his/her own operation. For partner-
ships, only one partner is counted as the operator. If it is
not clear which partner is in charge, then the senior or
oldest active partner is considered the operator. For
census purposes, the number of operators is the same as
the number of farms. In some cases, the operator was not
the individual named on the address label of the report
form, but another family member, a partner, or a hired
manager who was actually in charge of the farm operation.
Operator characteristics— All operators were asked
to report place of residence, principal occupation, days of
off-farm work, year in which his/her operation of the farm
began, age, race, sex, and Spanish origin. If race, age, sex,
and principal occupation were not reported, they were
imputed based on information reported by farms with
similar acreage, tenure, and value of sales. No imputations
were made for nonresponse to place of residence, Span-
ish origin, off-farm work, or year began operation. Opera-
tors of Spanish origin were tabulated by reported race.
Farm production expenses— In 1 987, additional spe-
cific expense items and a category for all other farm
production expenses were added to the selected farm
production expenses collected in 1 982. Consequently, we
are publishing total farm production expenses in 1 987. The
expenses are limited to those incurred in the operation of
the farm business. Expenses include the share of the
expenditures provided by landlords, contractors, and part-
ners in the operation of the farm business. Property taxes
paid by landlords are excluded. Expenditures for nonfarm
activities; farm-related activities such as providing custom-
work for others, the production and harvest of forest
products, and recreational services; and household expenses
are excluded. In 1987, as in other recent censuses,
operators producing crops, livestock, or poultry under
contract often were unable or unwilling to estimate the cost
of production inputs furnished by the contractors. As a
consequence, extensive estimation was required for con-
tract producers.
Commercial fertilizer— The expense for commercial
fertilizer is the amount spent on fertilizer during 1987
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including the cost of custom application. The cost of
custom application was excluded from the 1982 and
1978 data.
Agricultural chemicals— These expenses include the
cost of all insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and
other pesticides, including the cost of custom applica-
tion. Data exclude commercial fertilizer purchased.
The cost of custom application was excluded from the
1 982 and 1 978 data. The cost of lime was excluded
from the 1987 and 1982 data, but included in 1978.
Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery
and equipment— These expenses include costs incurred
for having customwork done on the place and for
renting machines to perform agricultural operations.
The cost of cotton ginning is excluded. The cost of
labor involved in the customwork service is included in
the customwork expense. The cost of custom applica-
tion of fertilizer and chemicals was included in the
1982 and 1978 customwork data, but is included in
expenditures for these items in 1987. The cost of hired
labor for operating rented or hired machinery is included
as a hired farm and ranch labor expense.
Interest— In 1987, separate data were collected for
interest paid on debts secured by real estate and
interest paid on debts not secured by real estate. In
1982, only total interest expenses were collected.
Market value of agricultural products sold— This
category represents the gross market value before taxes
and production expenses of all agricultural products sold
or removed from the place in 1987 regardless of who
received the payment. It includes sales by the operator as
well as the value of any shares received by partners,
landlords, contractors, or others associated with the oper-
ation. In addition, it includes receipts from placing com-
modities in the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) loan
program in 1987. It does not include payments received for
participation in federal farm programs nor does it include
income from farm-related sources such as customwork
and other agricultural services, or income from nonfarm
sources.
The value of crops sold in 1987 does not necessarily
represent the sales from crops harvested in 1987. Data
may include sales from crops produced in earlier years and
exclude some crops produced in 1987, but held in storage
and not sold. For commodities, such as sugar beets and
wool, sold through a co-op which made payments in
several installments, respondents were requested to report
the total value received in 1 987.
The value of agricultural products sold was requested of
all operators. If the operator failed to report this informa-
tion, estimates were made based on the amount of crops
harvested, livestock or poultry inventory or number sold.
Extensive estimation was required for operators growing
crops or livestock under contract.
Caution should be used when comparing sales in 1987
with sales reported in earlier censuses. Sales figures are
expressed in current dollars and have not been adjusted
for inflation or deflation.
Government payments— This category is limited to
direct cash or generic commodity certificate (PIK) pay-
ments received by the farm operator in 1 987. It includes
deficiency and diversion payments; wool payments; pay-
ments from the Dairy Termination Program, the Conserva-
tion Reserve Program, other conservation programs, and
all other federal farm programs under which payments
were made directly to farm operators.
Other farm-related income— The 1987 report form
included a new inquiry on income from farm-related sources.
These data consist of gross income in 1987 before taxes
and expenses from the sales of farm by-products and
other sales and services closely related to the principal
functions of the farm business. These data are for income
producing activities that are primarily a by-product or
supplemental to the farm operation. They exclude income
from business activities that are separate from the farm
business.
Customwork and other agricultural services— This
income includes gross receipts received by farm oper-
ators for providing services for others such as planting,
plowing, spraying, and harvesting. Income from cus-
tomwork and other agricultural services is generally
included in the agriculture census if it is closely related
to the farming operation. However, it is excluded if it
constitutes a separate business or is conducted from
another location.
Rental of farmland— This income includes gross cash
rent or share payments received from renting out
farmland; payments received from the lease or sale of
allotments for crops such as tobacco; and payments
received for livestock pastured on a per-head, per-
month, or per-pound basis. It excludes rental income
from nonfarm property.
Sales of forest products— This income includes gross
receipts from the sales of Christmas trees, standing
timber, maple products, gum for naval stores, fire-
wood, and other forest products from the farm busi-
ness. It excludes income from nonfarm timber tracts
and sawmill businesses.
Other farm-related income sources— This income
includes gross receipts from hunting leases, fishing
fees, camping, other recreational services, patronage
dividends of cooperatives, sales of farm by-products,
and other sales and services closely related to the
farm business. It excludes income from nonfarm busi-
nesses.
Commodity Credit Corporations loans— This cate-
gory includes loans for corn, wheat, soybeans, sorghum,
barley, oats, cotton, peanuts, rye, rice, tobacco, and honey.
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Agricultural chemicals used, including fertilizer and
lime — For each type of agricultural chemical, the acres
treated were to be reported only once even if the acres
were fertilized or limed more than once. If multipurpose
chemicals were used, the acres treated for each purpose
were to be reported.
Fish and other aquacultural products— The raising of
fish and other aquacultural products in captivity is included
in the agriculture census. Production in salt water is
considered not to be in captivity and is excluded from the
census.
Bees and honey— Bee and honey production was
enumerated and tabulated in the county in which the home
farm was located even though hives are often moved from
farm to farm over a wide geographic area.
Citrus enumeration— In the 1987 census, reports for
selected citrus caretakers in Arizona, Florida, and Texas
were obtained by direct enumeration. A citrus caretaker is
an organization or person caring for or managing citrus
groves for others. This special enumeration has been used
in recent censuses because of the difficulty in identifying
and enumerating absentee grove owners who often do not
know the information that is needed to adequately com-
plete the census report. Each citrus caretaker was enu-
merated as a farm operator and requested to complete
one report form for all groves cared for and to furnish a list
of grove owners' names, addresses, and acres of citrus.
The names on the lists were matched to completed grove
owners' report forms to eliminate duplication. The care-
taker also was requested to inform the grove owner that he
had already reported for the citrus under his care and that
the grove owner was not to report the citrus again. In the
1 987 census, 7 caretakers in Arizona reported 1 75 grove
owners having 12,000 acres of citrus; the 65 caretakers in
Florida reported 3,000 grove owners having 170,000 acres
of citrus; and 20 caretakers in Texas reported 800 grove
owners having 14,500 acres of citrus.
Crop year or season covered— Acres and quantity
harvested are for the calendar year 1 987 except for citrus
fruits, avocados, olives; vegetables in Florida; sugarcane in
Florida and Texas; and pineapples and coffee in Hawaii.
Citrus fruits— The data for Florida relate to the quantity
harvested in the September 1986 through July 1987
harvest season, except limes that were harvested in
the April 1987 through March 1988 harvest season.
The data for Texas relate to the quantity harvested in
the September 1 986 through May 1 987 harvest sea-
son. The data for States, other than Florida and Texas,
relate to the quantity harvested in the 1986-87 harvest
season.
Avocados— The data for California relate to the quan-
tity harvested in the November 1 986 through Novem-
ber 1 987 harvest season and for Florida the April 1 987
through March 1 988 harvest season.
Olives— The data for California relate to the quantity
harvested in the September 1986 through March 1987
harvest season.
Vegetables— The data for Florida relate to the crop
harvested in the September 1986 through August
1 987 harvest season.
Sugarcane for sugar— The data for Florida relate to
the cuttings from November 1 986 through April 1 987,
and for Texas the cuttings from October 1 986 through
April 1987.
Pineapples— The data for Hawaii relate to the quantity
harvested in the year ending May 31, 1987.
Coffee— The data for Hawaii relate to the 1 986-87 crop.
Acres and quantity harvested— Crops were reported
in whole acres, except for the following crops which were
reported in lOths of acres: Irish potatoes, sweetpotatoes,
tobacco, fruit and nut crops including land in orchards,
berries, vegetables, and nursery and greenhouse crops;
and in Hawaii, taro, ginger root, and lotus root. Totals for
crops reported in 10ths of acres were rounded to whole
acres at the aggregate level during the tabulation process.
If two or more crops were harvested from the same land
during the year, the acres would be counted for each crop.
Therefore, the total acres of all crops harvested generally
exceeds the acres of cropland harvested. An exception to
this procedure is hay crops. When more than one cutting of
hay was taken from the same acres, the acres are counted
only once but the quantity harvested includes all cuttings.
However, hay cut for both dry hay and green chop or silage
would be reported for each applicable crop. For inter-
planted crops or "skip-row" crops, acres were to be
reported according to the portion of the field occupied by
each crop.
If a crop was planted but not harvested, the acres were
not to be reported as harvested. These acres were to be
reported in the "land use" section under the appropriate
cropland items— cropland used only for pasture or grazing,
cropland used for cover crops, cropland on which all crops
failed, or cropland idle.
Corn and sorghum hogged or grazed were to be reported
as "cropland harvested" and not as "cropland used only
for pasture or grazing." Crop residue left in fields and later
hogged or grazed was not reported as cropland pasture.
Quantity harvested was not obtained for crops such as
vegetables; nursery and greenhouse crops; corn cut for
dry fodder, hogged or grazed; and sorghum, hogged or
grazed.
Acres of land in bearing and nonbearing fruit orchards,
citrus or other groves, vineyards, and nut trees were to be
reported as harvested cropland regardless of whether the
crop was harvested or failed. However, abandoned orchards
were to be reported as cropland idle, not as harvested
cropland and the individual abandoned orchard crop acres
were not to be reported.
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Land in orchards— This category includes land in
bearing and nonbearing fruit trees, citrus or other groves,
vineyards, and nut trees of all ages, including land on
which all fruit crops failed. Respondents were instructed
not to report abandoned plantings and plantings of less
than 20 total fruit, citrus, or nut trees, or grapevines.
Crop units of measure— The regional report forms
allowed the operator to report the quantity of field crops
harvested in a unit of measure commonly used in the
region. When the operator reported in a unit of measure
different than the unit of measure published, the quantity
harvested was converted to the published unit of measure.
Grapes could be reported in dry weight or fresh weight;
plums and prunes in fresh weight, or prunes in dry weight;
and in Hawaii, coffee in pounds parchment or pounds
cherry, and macadamia nuts in pounds husked, unshelled
or pounds shelled. For other fruit and nut crops and citrus,
the operator was given a choice of units of measure of
pounds, tons, or boxes. The quantity harvested for these
crops is published in pounds.
Data are based on a sample of farms— For 1987,
1 982, and 1 978, selected data were collected from only a
sample of farms. These data are subject to sampling error.
For 1987, the six-page sample form was mailed to all large
and specialized farms (based on expected sales, acres, or
standard industrial classification), all farms in Alaska and
Hawaii, and approximately 1 7 percent of all other farms.
Sample sections 23 through 28 of the 1987 census forms
included inquiries on production expenses, commercial
fertilizer and lime, chemicals, machinery and equipment,
value of land and buildings, and income from farm-related
sources. Estimates of the reliability of county totals for
selected items are shown in table F of appendix C.
Operators of Spanish origin— No imputation was made
for those not responding to the question on Spanish origin.
Farms operated by Black and other races— This
category includes Blacks, American Indians, Asian and
Pacific Islanders, and all other racial groups other than
White.
Write-in crops— To reduce the length of the report
form, only the major crops for the region were prelisted.
For other crops, the respondent was requested to look at
a list of crops in each section and write in the crop name
and its code. For crops that had no individual code listed
on the report form, the respondent was to write in the crop
name and code the crop into the appropriate "all other"
category for that section. Write-in crops coded as "all
other" were reviewed and assigned a specific code when
possible. Crops not assigned a specific code were left in
the appropriate "all other" category.
In some cases, the reviewers were unable to determine
the specific crop reported by the respondent because of
incomplete or generalized crop names. To ensure proper
coding, most of these respondents were telephoned.
Reports for those not telephoned were changed on the
basis of other reports for the area.
All other races— This category is primarily limited to
persons native to or of ancestry from Mexico, the Carib-
bean, and Central and South America.
Total sales— This item represents the gross market
value of all agricultural products sold before taxes and
expenses in the census year including livestock, poultry,
and their products; and crops, including nursery crops and
hay. Respondents were asked to include landlords' and
contractors' shares. The value of commodities placed in
CCC loans are included as sold. In 1987, all farms includ-
ing abnormal farms were tabulated by size based on
reported sales. In 1982 and 1978, abnormal farms were
included in the total sales figure, but excluded from the
detailed size breakdowns. Abnormal farms include institu-
tional farms, experimental and research farms, and Indian
reservations.
Misreported or miscoded crops— In a few instances,
tabulated data may be inaccurate because respondents
misunderstood or misinterpreted questions on the report
form. Data may have been reported on the wrong line or in
the wrong section, or the wrong crop code may have been
placed beside the name of a write-in crop. Some of these
errors as well as some keying errors may not have been
identified during processing and therefore, were not cor-
rected. Reports with significant acres of unusual crops for
the area were examined to minimize the possibility that
they were in error.
"See text" References
Items in the tables which carry the note "See text" are
explained or defined in this section.
Farms with sales of less than $1,000— This category
includes all farms with actual sales of less than $1 ,000, but
having the production potential for sales of $1,000 or
more. These farms normally could be expected to sell
$1,000 or more of agricultural products.
Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm
unit — This category is derived by subtracting total operat-
ing expenditures from the gross market value of agricul-
tural products sold. Depreciation and the change in inven-
tory values are excluded from expenditures. Production
expenditures may be understated on part owner and
tenant farms because property taxes paid by landlords are
excluded. Other landlord expenditures, such as insurance
or rent paid, which are not readily known to renters may
also be omitted or understated. Gross sales include sales
by the operator as well as the share of sales received by
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APPENDIX A A-7
partners, landlords, and contractors. Consequently, the
net cash return is that of the farm unit rather than the net
farm income of the operator.
Other livestock and livestock products— This cate-
gory includes all livestock and livestock products not listed
separately.
Value of livestock and poultry on farms— Data for
the value of livestock and poultry on farms were obtained
by multiplying the inventory of each major age and sex
group by State average prices. The State average prices
for cattle, hogs, sheep, Angora goats, hens and pullets of
laying age, and turkeys were obtained primarily from data
published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service,
USDA. Prices applied to other livestock and poultry were
census-derived averages based primarily on reported value
of sales in the census.
Poultry hatched— This category includes all poultry
hatched on the place during the year and placed or sold.
Incubator egg capacity on December 31, 1987, is tabu-
lated under the column heading "Inventory" and the
number of poultry hatched and placed or sold is under the
heading "Sales."
Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass
silage, green chop, etc.— Data shown for hay represent
all hay crops, including grass silage, haylage, and hay
crops cut and fed green (green chop). In production data,
dry tons represent dry tonnage for the various hay cate-
gories and dry weight equivalents for grass silage and hay
cut and fed green. The conversion used was 3 tons of
green weight to 1 ton of dry weight.
Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain, and wild
hay— Data shown represent dry tons of hay harvested
from clover, lespedeza, timothy, Bermuda grass, Sudan
grass, and other types of legume and tame grasses.
Grapes— Farm operators were given the option of
reporting the quantity of grapes harvested in dry weight or
fresh weight. For publication purposes, all quantities of
grapes harvested have been converted to pounds of fresh
weight. The conversion used was 4 pounds fresh weight to
1 pound dry weight.
Plums and prunes — Farm operators were given the
option of reporting the quantity of plums and prunes
harvested in dry weight or fresh weight. For publication
purposes, all quantities of plums and prunes harvested
have been converted to pounds of fresh weight. The
conversion used was 3 pounds fresh weight to 1 pound dry
weight.
Cherries— For 1987, cherries were reported as "sweet
cherries," "tart cherries," or "cherries" depending on the
regional form the respondent completed. On regional
forms for States where cherries are an important fruit crop,
"sweet cherries" and "tart cherries" were listed sepa-
rately. On the other regional forms, either "cherries" were
listed or could be written in. For publication purposes,
"cherries, total" could be shown along with the individual
breakdown of "sweet cherries," "tart cherries," or "cherries,
not specified." "Cherries, not specified" is used to account
for cherries where the "sweet" and "tart" breakdown was
not asked or where respondents wrote in "cherries" but
did not specify or code the kind of cherry. All the individual
cherry items may not be shown. Data for "sweet cherries,"
"tart cherries," and "cherries, not specified" are not
available for 1 982.
Other fruits and nuts— Data shown for other fruits and
nuts relate to any fruits and nuts not having a specific code
on the 1 987 report form.
Land used for vegetables— Data are for the total land
used for vegetable crops. The acres are reported only
once, even though two or more harvests of a vegetable or
more than one vegetable were harvested from the same
acres.
Vegetables harvested for sale— The acres of vegeta-
bles harvested is the summation of the acres of individual
vegetables harvested. All of the individual vegetable items
may not be shown.
Nursery and greenhouse crops grown for sale— These
data are a summation of the individual items reported. All
of the individual items may not be shown.
Nursery, floriculture, vegetable and flower seed
crops, sod, etc., grown in the open, irrigated— Data
refer to farms reporting irrigated nursery, floriculture, veg-
etable and flower seeds, sod, bedding plants, etc., grown
in the open.
Other grains— These data are for the total market
value of other grains sold including dry edible beans, dry
lima beans, buckwheat, dry southern peas (cowpeas),
emmer and spelt, flaxseed, mixed grains, lentils, mustard
seed, dry edible peas, popcorn, proso millet, rice, rye for
grain, safflower, sunflower seed, triticale, and wild rice.
Value of crop production— This item represents the
estimated value of all crops harvested during the 1987
crop year. Data for the value of crops harvested were
obtained by multiplying the average estimated value per
unit by the reported acres or quantity harvested. Generally,
harvested units of production (pounds, bushels, bales,
etc.) were multiplied by State estimates of prices per unit.
If only acres harvested were reported, State estimates for
value of production per acre were used. The State average
production price and production value per acre used in
these calculations were obtained usually from publications
of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. When
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
USDA estimates were not available, Bureau of the Census
statisticians made estimates using available sources such
as data from adjacent States, respondent report forms,
county extension agents, and other persons knowledge-
able about specific crops.
Part owners, who operate land they own and also land
they rent from others.
Tenants, who operate only land they rent from others or
work on shares for others.
FARMS CLASSIFIED BY SPECIFIED
CHARACTERISTICS
State tables 48 through 53 present detailed 1 987 data
for all farms classified by specified characteristics— tenure
of operator, type of organization, age and principal occu-
pation of operator, size of farm (acres), value of agricultural
products sold, and standard industrial classification. Other
tables include data classified by value of sales groups or
other characteristics of the farm or the operator.
Farms by value of agricultural products sold or
value of sales— In 1987, all farms were tabulated by size
based on reported sales. In 1982 and earlier censuses,
abnormal farms were not tabulated based on sales size. In
the tables on market value of agricultural products sold,
the sales of abnormal farms in 1 982 and earlier censuses
were included in the total sales figure, but excluded from
the detailed size categories. Abnormal farms included
institutional farms, experimental and research farms, and
Indian reservations. The category "farms with sales of less
than $1,000" included all farms with actual sales of less
than $1 ,000 but having the production potential for sales of
$1 ,000 or more. These farms normally could be expected
to sell $1,000 or more of agricultural products.
The sales size categories used in this report are con-
sistent with the standard business size categories issued
by Office of Management and Budget (0MB) in 1982. In
State table 52, data are presented for four sales size
categories between $10,000 and $49,999. This provides
users with bridge data under both the 0MB and the 1978
census classifications. For the 1 992 census, data will be
presented only for the 0MB sales size categories of
$10,000 to $24,999 and $25,000 to $49,999.
Abnormal farms— This category includes institutional
farms, experimental and research farms, and Indian reser-
vations. Institutional farms include those operated by hos-
pitals, penitentiaries, churches, schools, grazing associa-
tions, and government agencies. In 1987 and 1982,
nongovernmental units such as church farms and Future
Farmers of America camps were classified as abnormal
farms only when 50 percent or more of their products
produced and intended for human consumption were
utilized by the organization.
Farms by tenure of operator— The classifications of
tenure used in the 1987 census were:
Full owners, who operate only land they own.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Farms by type of organization— All farms were clas-
sified by type of organization in the 1987 census. The
classifications used were:
individual or family (sole proprietorship), excluding
partnership and corporation.
Partnership, including family partnership.
Corporation, including family corporation.
Other, cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc.
Corporations were subclassified by two additional char-
acteristics into:
1 . Family held
Other than family held
2. More than 10 stockholders
1 0 or less stockholders
Farms by age and principal occupation of opera-
tor—Data on age and principal occupation were requested
from all operators in 1987. The principal occupation clas-
sifications used were:
Farming— The operator spent 50 percent or more of
his/her worktime in 1987 in farming or ranching.
Other— The operator spent more than 50 percent of
his/her worktime in 1987 in occupations other than
farming or ranching.
Farms by size— All farms were classified into selected
size groups according to the total land area in the farm.
The land area of a farm is an operating unit concept and
includes land owned and operated as well as land rented
from others. Land rented to or assigned to a tenant was
considered the tenant's farm and not the owner's.
Farms by standard industrial classification— In 1 987,
all agricultural production establishments (farms, ranches,
nurseries, greenhouses, etc.) were classified by type of
activity using the standard industrial classification (SIC)
system. These classifications, found in the 1987 SIC
Manual \ are used to promote uniformity and comparability
in the presentation of statistical data collected by various
agencies.
'standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987. For sale by
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Wash-
ington, DC 20402. Stock No. 041-001-003-14-2.
APPENDIX A A-9
An establishment primarily engaged in crop production
(major group 01) or production of livestock and animal
specialties (major group 02) is classified in the four-digit
industry and three-digit industry group which accounts for
50 percent or more of the total value of sales of its
agricultural products. If the total value of sales of agricul-
tural products of an establishment is less than 50 percent
from a single four-digit industry, but 50 percent or more
from the products of two or more four-digit industries within
the same three-digit industry group, the establishment is
classified in the miscellaneous industry of that industry
group. Otherwise, it is classified as a general crop farm in
industry 0191 or a general livestock farm in industry 0291.
Establishments that derive 50 percent or more of the value
of sales from horticultural specialties of industry group 018
are classified in industry 0181 or 0182 according to their
primary activity.
Characteristics of all farms by selected SIC groupings
are shown in State tables 18 and 53. The SIC groupings
shown in State table 53, together with the associated
products (value of sales representing 50 percent or more
of the value of agricultural products sold during the year)
on which the classification is based, are as follows:
Cash grains (011)— Wheat, rice, corn, soybeans, bar-
ley, buckwheat, cowpeas, dry field and seed beans
and peas, flaxseed, lentils, milo, mustard seed, oats,
popcorn, rye, safflower, sorghum, sunflowers, and
other small grains.
Cotton (0131)— Cotton and cottonseed.
Tobacco (0132)— Tobacco.
Sugarcane, sugar beets, Irish potatoes, hay, pea-
nuts, and other field crops (0133, 0134,
0139)— Sugarcane, sugar beets, Irish potatoes, alfalfa,
broomcorn, clover, grass seed, hay, hops, mint, pea-
nuts, sweetpotatoes, timothy, and yams.
Vegetables and melons (016)— Vegetables and mel-
ons grown in the open.
Fruits and tree nuts (017)— Berries, grapes, tree nuts,
citrus fruits, deciduous tree fruits, avocados, bananas,
coffee, dates, figs, olives, pineapples, and tropical fruit.
Horticultural specialties (018)— Bedding plants, bulbs,
florists' greens, flower and vegetable seeds, flowers,
foliage, fruit stocks, nursery stock, ornamental plants,
shrubberies, sod, mushrooms, and vegetables grown
under cover.
General farms, primarily crops (019)— Crops, includ-
ing horticultural specialties, but less than 50 percent of
sales from any single three-digit industry group.
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal special-
ties (021)— Cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, goats, goat's
milk, mohair, and wool.
Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212)— Production or
feeding of beef cattle, except feedlots.
Dairy farms (024)— Production of cows' milk and other
dairy products and raising of dairy heifer replacements.
Poultry and eggs (025)— Chickens, chicken eggs, tur-
keys, ducks, geese, pheasants, pigeons, quail, and
squab.
Animal specialties (027)— Fur-bearing animals, rab-
bits, horses, ponies, bees, fish in captivity except fish
hatcheries, worms, and laboratory animals.
General farms, primarily livestock and animal spe-
cialties (029)— Livestock and animal specialties and
their products, but less than 50 percent of sales from
any single three-digit industry group.
The SIC manual was revised for 1987. Animal aquacul-
ture (0273) was established as a new industry and horti-
cultural specialties, not elsewhere classified (0189) was
deleted.
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX B.
Places With All Cropland in the Conservation Reserve
Program
The Food Security Act of 1985 established the
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). This program
provides annual payments for highly erodible cropland
enrolled in the program and meeting its conservation
requirements. It also requires that the land be taken out
of agricultural production for 1 0 years.
The 1 987 Census of Agriculture includes Conservation
Reserve acreage as land in farms on operations that
meet the census farm definition. For census purposes,
a farm is any place from which agricultural products of
$1,000 or more were produced and sold or normally
would have been sold during the census year.
Operations which placed all of their cropland in the CRP
and did not othenwise meet the farm definition based
upon sales, livestock inventories, planted crops, or other
criteha for potential sales were not included as farms in
the census tabulations.
The following table provides CRP data for places not
meeting the census farm definition ("whole farm" CRP
places). It also contains separate but corresponding
CRP data for farms included in the census tabulations.
In addition to State data, detailed county data are
presented for counties with three or more"whole farm"
CRP places reported. For counties with less than three
"whole farm" CRP places reported, their data are
combined and reported in "all other counties."
The data for "whole farm" CRP places are not
complete for all counties. The census mail list was
developed from sources which indicated the farm had
agricultural production activity. It was not designed to
cover all "whole farm" CRP places. Therefore, the data
for these places are limited to what was reported in the
census and have not been adjusted to account for
nonresponse, incomplete coverage, and reporting errors.
Land in Conservation Reserve Program: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Geographic area
Agricultural places excluded by farm definition with acres
Farms with acres in the CRP
Number
Land in places
(acres)
Land in CRP
(acres)
Number
Land in farms
(acres)
Land in CRP
(acres)
M
35
9 727
2 172
115
64 212
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APPENDIX B B-1
APPENDIX C.
Statistical Methodology
Page
MAIL LIST MODEL C-1
CENSUS SAMPLE DESIGN C-1
CENSUS ESTIMATION C-1
CENSUS SAMPLING ERROR C-3
CENSUS NONSAMPLING ERROR C-5
EDITING DATA AND IMPUTATION FOR ITEM
NONRESPONSE C-6
TABLES:
A. PERCENT OF STATE TOTALS CONTRIBUTED BY
WHOLE FARM NONRESPONSE ESTIMATION: 1987
B. RELIABILITY ESTIMATES FOR NUMBER OF FARMS IN
A COUNTY REPORTING A COMPLETE COUNT ITEM:
1987
C. RELIABILITY ESTIMATES FOR NUMBER OF FARMS IN
A COUNTY REPORTING A SAMPLE ITEM: 1987
D. RELIABILITY ESTIMATES OF STATE TOTALS: 1987
E. RELIABILITY ESTIMATES OF PERCENT CHANGE IN
STATE TOTALS: 1982 TO 1987
F. RELIABILITY ESTIMATES OF COUNTY TOTALS: 1987
G. NEW ENGLAND STATES COVERAGE EVALUATION
ESTIMATES OF FARMS NOT ON THE MAIL LIST: 1987
MAIL LIST MODEL
A statistical discriminant model was developed to pre-
dict the probability that a mail list addressee operated a
farm. The model was used to identify the 4.1 million
records from the preliminary census mail list of 6.0 million
records that would receive a census of agriculture report
form. Records from the 1 982 census mail list were used to
build the model. Record characteristics such as the source
of the mail list record (see appendix A for a description of
record sources), number of source lists on which the
record appeared, expected value of agricultural sales, and
geographic location were used to separate mail list records
into model groups. The proportion of 1982 census farm
records in each group was calculated to provide an
estimate of the probability that an addressee in the group
operated a farm.
Using these same group definitions, the 1987 census
mail list records were separated into groups, each with an
associated estimate of farm probability from the model.
The 4.1 million mail list records in groups with the largest
estimate of farm probability were selected to receive the
census report form. A large percentage of the 1 .9 million
records that were dropped from the 6.0 million preliminary
census mail list were nonfarm records from the previous
census. This procedure was used to obtain a more com-
plete census enumeration without excessive respondent
burden and data collection cost.
CENSUS SAMPLE DESIGN
Each of the 4.1 million name and address records on
the census mail list was designated to receive one of three
different types of census report forms. The three forms
were the nonsample census form (a four-page form), the
sample form (a six-page form), and the short form (a
two-page form). Sections 1 through 22 of the sample form
were identical to sections on the nonsample census form.
However, the sample form contained additional sections
on farm production expenditures, usage of fertilizers and
insecticides, value of machinery and equipment, value of
land and buildings, and farm-related income. The short
form contained abbreviated versions of the sections on the
nonsample census form. These three different forms were
used to reduce the response burden of the census, while
providing quality information on a large number of data
items at the county level.
The sample form was mailed to all mail list records in
Alaska and Hawaii and to a sample of records in other
States identified when the mail list was constmcted. Addresses
were selected into the sample with certainty if they were
expected to have large total values of agricultural products
sold or large acreage, if they were firms with two or more
farms, or if they had other special characteristics. When a
nonsample large farm was identified during processing, a
supplemental form that contained the additional data
inquiries was mailed. All farms in counties with less than
100 farms in 1982 were included in the sample with
certainty; counties containing 100 to 199 farms in 1982
were systematically sampled at a rate of 1 in 2; and
counties containing 200 or more farms in 1982 were
systematically sampled at a rate of 1 in 6. This differential
sample scheme was used to provide reliable data for
sections 23 through 28 of the report form for all counties.
To determine which mail list records would receive the
short form, all mail list records not designated for the
sample were sorted into model groups according to farm
probability as specified by the mail list model. The 906,000
mail list records in the model groups with the lowest
probability of being farms and with an expected total value
of agricultural product sales less than $20,000 were des-
ignated to receive the short form. The remaining mail list
records were selected to receive the nonsample census
form.
CENSUS ESTIMATION
The 1987 Census of Agriculture used two types of
statistical estimation procedures. Ttiese estimation
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX C C-1
procedures accounted both for nonresponse to the data
collection and for the sannple data collection. These pro-
cedures are used because some farm operators never
respond to the census despite numerous attempts to
contact them, and not all farm operators are requested to
provide the sample data items.
Whole Farm Nonresponse Estimation
A statistical estimation procedure was used to account
for the census farms among mail list nonrespondents that
were not designated for telephone followup. A stratified
systematic sample of eligible census nonrespondents were
mailed a simplified report form. Five sample strata were
defined based on form type, expected value of sales, and
previous census status. The report form was designed to
provide sufficient information to determine farm status.
Additional mail and telephone contacts were made to
survey nonrespondents to obtain sufficient response for
survey estimates.
Estimates of the proportion of census nonrespondents
that operated farms were made for each stratum in the
State using survey results and applied to the total number
of census nonrespondents in that stratum. A synthetic
estimation procedure was used to estimate the number of
census nonrespondents that operated farms for each
county by stratum. This estimation procedure is based on
the assumption that the distribution of farms in a stratum
by county is the same for census nonrespondents as for
census respondents.
Within each stratum in a county, a noninteger nonre-
sponse weight was calculated and assigned to each
eligible respondent farm record. The procedure used for
calculating the nonresponse weight assumed the eligible
census respondents and the nonrespondent farm opera-
tions in a county had similar characteristics within each
stratum. The noninteger nonresponse weight was the ratio
of the sum of the estimated number of nonrespondent
farms (using nonresponse survey results) and the number
of eligible census respondent farms to the number of
eligible census respondent farms. Stratum controls were
established to ensure that this weight was never greater
than 2.0. The noninteger nonresponse weight was used in
the estimation of the final weight for the sample items. It
was randomly rounded to an integer weight of either 1 or 2
for each record for tabulating the complete count items.
The procedure assumed that we obtain complete response
from large and unique farm operations because these
cases received intensive telephone followup during cen-
sus processing. In situations where addressees could not
be contacted by telephone or refused to cooperate, sec-
ondary sources such as Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service offices or county extension agents
were asked to provide information as to whether or not the
addressee had agricultural activities. Data from previous
census reports for the specific addressee, in conjunction
with other information, were used to complete the census
report form.
Table A quantifies the effect of the nonresponse esti-
mation procedure on selected census data items. The
percentage of the census value contributed by nonre-
sponse estimation as provided in this table indicates the
potential for bias in published figures resulting from this
procedure. The estimates provided in these tables do not
reflect the effect of nonresponse to individual data items
on respondents' census report forms. The effect of this
item nonresponse is discussed further under Census Non-
sampling Error.
Table A. Percent of State Totals Contributed by
Whole Farm Nonresponse Estimation: 1987
Item
Farms number-
Land in farms acres-
Value of land and buildings $1 ,000-
Market value of agricultural products sold --$1,000-
Harvested cropland acres-
Corn for grain or seed acres-
Wheat for grain acres-
Livestock and poultry inventory:
Cattle and calves number-
Hogs and pigs number-
Hens and pullets of laying age number-
Percent of total
13.2
9.7
10.8
3.0
8.0
3.9
5.4
8.3
16.8
0.1
Sample Estimation
All respondent sample records received a sample weight
The sample data estimates the actual figures that would
have resulted from a complete census of the items in
sections 23 through 28 of the report form. The estimates
were obtained from an iterative ratio estimation procedure
that resulted in the assignment of a weight to each record
containing sample items. For any given county, a sample
item total was estimated by multiplying the data items for
each farm in the county by the corresponding sample
weight and summing overall sample records in the county.
Each sample farm was assigned one sample weight to
be used to produce estimates for all sample items. For
example, if the weight given to a sample farm had the
value 5, all sample data items reported by that farm would
be multiplied by 5. The weight assigned a certainty farm
was 1 . The estimation procedure used to assign weights
was performed for each county.
Within a county, the ratio estimation procedure for farms
was performed in three steps using three variables. The
first variable contained eight 1 987 total value of agricultural
production (TVP) groups. Both the second and third
variables. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code and
farm acreage, contained two groups. The variable groups
were as follows:
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
SIC
01 All crops
02 All live-
stock
Acres
0to69
70 or more
TVP
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $ 2,499
$2,500 to $ 4,999
$5,000 to $ 9,999
$10,000 to $24,999
$25,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $99,999
$100,000 or more
The first step in the estimation procedure was to parti-
tion the sample records into 32 mutually exclusive initial
post strata formed by combining the three variable groups.
This produced a three dimensional array where the cells of
the array corresponded to the initial post strata groups.
Each sample farm record was assigned an initial weight
equal to the ratio of the total farm count to the sample farm
count, expanded for nonresponse estimation, for the cell
containing the sample farm. This weight was approxi-
mately equal to the inverse of the probability of selecting a
farm for the census sample.
The second step in the estimation procedure was to
combine, if necessary, the cells of the array (prior to the
repeated ratio estimation) to increase the reliability of the
ratio estimation procedure. Any cell within the array that
either contained less than 10 sample farms or had a ratio
of total farms to sample farms that was more than 2 times
the mail sample rate was collapsed with another cell (in the
same variable) according to a specified collapsing pattern.
New total farm counts and sample farm counts were
computed for each of the collapsed cells (final post strata)
and were used in the ratio estimation procedure to calcu-
late final sample weights.
In the third step in the ratio estimation procedure,
complete counts for the three variables (TVP, SIC, acre-
age) were used to compute the marginals of the array
defined by the final post strata. Factors were then applied
to expanded sample totals in each cell of the array to
obtain agreement with the row marginal (TVP) complete
counts. The sample totals then had factors applied to
obtain agreement with the column marginal (SIC) complete
counts. Lastly, the sample totals had factors applied to
obtain agreement with the depth marginal (acreage) com-
plete counts. This procedure that requires the row totals,
then the column totals, and then the depth totals to agree
with the complete counts for the rows, columns, and
depths, respectively, is continued iteratively until the pro-
cess converges (the marginal totals agree with the com-
plete count totals).
The ratio of the adjusted total farm count to the sample
farm count obtained from the second iteration of the
estimation procedure was the noninteger final post stratum
sample weight assigned to the sample farm records in that
post stratum. The noninteger sample weight, the product
of the noninteger final post stratum sample weight and the
nonresponse weight, was randomly rounded to an integer
weight for tabulation. If, for example, the final weight for the
farms in a particular group was 7.2, then one-fifth of the
sample farms in this group were randomly assigned a
weight of 8 and the remaining four-fifths received a weight
of 7.
CENSUS SAMPLING ERROR
Sampling error in the census data results from the
nonresponse sample and the census sample data collec-
tion. Census items were classified as either complete
count or sample data items. The complete count items
were asked of all farm operators. The complete count data
items included land in farms, harvested cropland, livestock
inventory and sales, crop acreages, quantities harvested
and crop sales, land use, irrigation, government loans and
payments, conservation acreage, type of organization, and
operator characteristics (sections 1 through 22 of the
census report form). Variability in the complete count data
items is considerably smaller than in the sample items as
the variation is due only to the nonresponse sample
estimation procedure. The sample items were asked of
approximately 25 percent of the total census farm opera-
tors. The sample data items included farm production
expenditures, fertilizer and chemical usage, farm machin-
ery and equipment, value of land and buildings, and
farm-related income (sections 23 through 28 of the census
report form). Variability in the estimates of sample items is
due both to the census sample selection and estimation
procedure and the nonresponse sample estimation proce-
dure.
The sample for the 1987 Census of Agriculture is one of
a large number of possible samples of the same size that
could have been selected using the same sample design.
Estimates derived from the different samples would differ
from each other. The difference between a sample esti-
mate and the average of all possible sample estimates is
called the sampling deviation. The standard error or sam-
pling error of a survey estimate is a measure of the
variation among the estimates from all possible samples,
and thus is a measure of the precision with which an
estimate from a particular sample approximates the aver-
age result of all possible samples. The percent relative
standard error of estimate is defined as the standard error
of the estimate divided by the value being estimated
multiplied by 100. If all possible samples were selected,
each of the samples were surveyed under essentially the
same conditions, and an estimate and its standard error
were calculated from each sample, then:
1 . Approximately 67 percent of the intervals from one
standard error below the estimate to one standard
error above the estimate would include the average
value of all possible samples.
2. Approximately 90 percent of the intervals from 1 .65
standard errors below the estimate to 1 .65 standard
errors above the estimate would include the aver-
age value of all possible samples.
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APPENDIX C C-3
The computations involved to define the above confi-
dence statements are illustrated in the following example.
Assume that the estimate of number of farms for the State
is 94,382 and the relative standard error of the estimate
(percent) is .1 percent (0.001). Multiplying 94,382 by 0.001
yields 94, the standard error. Therefore, a 67-percent
confidence interval is 94,288 to 94,476 (i.e., 94,382 plus or
minus 94). If corresponding confidence intervals were
constructed for all possible samples of the same size and
design, approximately 2 out of 3 (67 percent) of these
intervals would contain the figure obtained from a com-
plete enumeration. Similarly, a 90 percent confidence
interval is 94,227 to 94,538 (i.e., 94,382 plus or minus 1 .65
x94).
Tables B and C provide the reliability estimates of the
estimated number of farms in a county reporting complete
count and sample items, respectively. Both tables show
the percent relative standard errors for selected estimated
number of farms in a county reporting an item.These are
derived from a regression equation. The parameters of the
regression equation were estimated using the estimated
number of farms in a county reporting the complete count
or sample item as the independent variable and the
standard error of that estimate as the dependent variable
for all counties in the State.
Table B. Reliability Estimates for Number of Farms in
a County Reporting a Complete Count Item:
1987
Number of farms reporting;
25
50
75
100
150
200
300
500
750
1,000
1,500
2,000
Relative standard
error of estimate
(percent)
19.6
17.0
14.4
12.8
10.9
9.7
8.2
6.7
5.7
5.0
4.3
(NA)
Note: Complete count items are items in sections 1 to 22 of tlie report
form.
To illustrate the use of these tables, assume that the
estimate of the number of farms reporting hogs and pigs
for a particular county, as given in county table 12, is 89.
Since hogs and pigs is a complete count data item, refer to
table B and select the estimated relative standard error of
the estimate from the row whose value is equal to or just
less than the estimated number of farms, 89. For this
example, the relative standard error of the estimate comes
from the row for 75 farms reporting. For sample data items,
follow the same procedure using table C. In counties that
had less than 100 farms in the 1982 Census of Agriculture,
table C does not apply because the farms in these
counties were sampled with certainty (1 in 1), and thus, the
reliability estimates for the number of farms in these
counties are smaller than for counties that were sampled
at lower rates (1 in 2 or 1 in 6).
Table C. Reliability Estimates for Number of Farms in
a County Reporting a Sample Item: 1987
Number of farms reporting:
25
50
75
100
150
200
300
500
750
1,000
1,500
2,000
Relative standard
error of estimate
(percent)
63.1
44.8
36.9
32.2
26.7
23.4
19.5
15.6
13.1
11.6
9.8
(NA)
Note: Sample items are items in sections 23 to 28 of the report form.
Table D presents the relative standard error of selected
State data items for all farms and for all farms with sales of
$10,000 or more. The percent relative standard error of the
estimate for complete count data measures the variation
associated with the sample-based adjustment for whole
farm nonresponse. The percent relative standard error of
the estimate for sample items measures both the sampling
error due to the nonresponse sample estimation procedure
and the census sample selection and estimation proce-
dure. The reliability of State estimates may vary substan-
tially from State to State. Generally, State estimates for a
given data item are less reliable than the corresponding
U.S. estimate.
Table E presents the standard error (not relative stand-
ard error) for percent change in State totals from 1982 to
1 987. The general purpose of the percent change estimate
is to provide a relative measure of the difference in a
characteristic between censuses. The relative change for
a given characteristic is defined as the ratio of the differ-
ence of the 1987 and the 1982 estimate for that charac-
teristic to the 1982 estimate. This ratio is multiplied by 100
to obtain the percent change. The percent standard error
of a percent change estimate, then, is the standard error of
the ratio multiplied by 100.
Table F presents the relative standard error for county
totals for 10 major complete count items and 7 sample
items. The relative standard error of the estimate (percent)
for the same item differs among counties in a State.
Reasons for this are differences among counties in (1) the
total number of farms, (2) the number of large farms
included with certainty, (3) the size classifications of the
farms sampled, (4) the amount of nonresponse, (5) the
general agricultural characteristics, and (6) the specific
characteristic being measured.
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
CENSUS NONSAMPLING ERROR
The accuracy of the census counts are affected by the
joint effects of the sampling errors described in the previ-
ous section and nonsampling errors. Extensive efforts
were made to compile a complete and accurate mail list for
the census, to design an understandable report form and
instructions, and to minimize processing errors through the
use of quality control, verification, and check measures on
specific operations. Nonsampling errors arise from incom-
pleteness of the census mail list, duplication in the mail list,
incorrect data reporting, errors in editing of reported data,
and errors in imputation for missing data. These specific
nonsampling errors are further discussed in this section.
Evaluation studies will be conducted to measure the extent
of certain nonsampling errors such as coverage error,
classification error, and item imputation.
Census Coverage
The main objective of the census of agriculture is to
obtain a complete and accurate enumeration of U.S. farms
with accurate data on all aspects of the agricultural oper-
ation. However, the cost and availability of resources for
this enumeration place restrictions on operationally feasi-
ble data collection methodologies. The past five agricul-
ture censuses have been conducted by mail enumeration
with telephone contact for selected nonrespondents. The
completeness of such an enumeration thus depends to a
large extent on the coverage of farm operations by the
census mail list.
Historically, the census of agriculture has included
approximately 90 percent of the farms in the United States
and over 96 percent of the agricultural production. Com-
plete enumeration of agricultural operations satisfying the
farm definition of $1,000 or more in agricultural sales is
complicated by fluctuations in agricultural operations qual-
ifying for enumeration, the variety of arrangements under
which farms are operated, the multiplicity of names used
by an operation, the number of operations in which an
operator participates, the accuracy of data reporting, etc. A
new mail list is compiled for each census because no
current single list of agricultural operations is comprehen-
sive.
An evaluation of census coverage has been conducted
for each census of agriculture since 1945. The evaluation
provides estimates of the completeness of census farm
count and major census data items. In addition, the
evaluation helps to identify problems in the census enu-
meration and provide information that can form the basis
for improvements. The results of the 1987 Coverage
Evaluation program will be published in volume 2, part 2.
The evaluation of coverage conducted in 1987 was
designed to measure errors in the census mail list and in
farm classification. Mail list error includes a measurement
of farms not on the census mail list (undercount), and a
measurement of farms enumerated more than once in the
census (overcount). Classification error includes a mea-
surement of farms classified as nonfarms in the census
(undercount) and of nonfarms classified as farms in the
census (overcount). Classification error arises from report-
ing and processing errors. Mail list undercount dominates
all coverage errors. Net coverage error is defined as the
difference of undercounted and overcounted farms. Mea-
surements of these errors, as well as a description of the
complete coverage program, will be available in the Cov-
erage Evaluation report.
Mail List Coverage
A major problem with the use of a mail list for the census
of agriculture enumeration is the difficulties that are encoun-
tered in compiling a complete list. The percentage of farms
on the census mail list varies considerably by State.
Several reasons have contributed to farm operators' names
not being included on the census mail list — the operation
may have been started after the mail list was developed,
the operation may be so small as not to appear in
agricultural related source lists used in compiling the
census list, or the operation may have been falsely clas-
sified as a nonfarm prior to mailout. A large proportion of
the farms not included on the mail list were small in both
acres and sales of agricultural products.
The 1987 Census of Agriculture Coverage Evaluation
used the area segment sample of the 1987 June Enumer-
ative Survey (JES) of the National Agricultural Statistical
Sen/ice (NASS) to estimate farms not on the census mail
list. The Census Bureau contracted with the NASS to
augment the JES data collection and receive survey data
under the confidentiality protection afforded by Title 13,
U.S. Code, from all residents of area sample segments
with agricultural activity. These survey records were matched
to the census mail list. Records that did not match were
mailed a census of agriculture report form to estimate mail
list coverage. Estimates of farms not on the census mail
list used the capture-recapture dual frame estimator that
will be described in the Coverage Evaluation report.
Table G provides coverage evaluation estimates of the
number of farms not on the mail list and selected charac-
teristics of those farms with their percent relative standard
error. The table also provides an estimate of characteris-
tics of farms not on the mail list as a percentage of total
farms in the New England States. The estimate of total
farms in the New England States is based on census farm
count and the estimated number of farms not on the
census mail list. This estimate of total farms in the New
England States was not adjusted for classification and list
duplication errors. Estimates of these errors will be made
at the regional level and will be available in the Coverage
Evaluation report. The table provides the standard error
(not relative standard error) of this percent estimate.
Respondent and Enumerator Error
Incorrect or incomplete responses to the mailed census
report form or to the questions posed by a telephone
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX C C-5
enumerator introduce error into the census data. Such
incorrect information can lead, in some cases, to incorrect
enumeration of farms. This type of reporting error is
measured by the Classification Error Study discussed later
in this section. To reduce all types of reporting error,
questions were phrased as clearly as possible based on
tests of the census report form, and detailed instructions
for completing the report form were provided to each
addressee. In addition, each respondent's answers were
checked for completeness and consistency.
Item Nonresponse
Nonresponse to particular questions on the census
report that we would logically or statistically expect to be
present may create a type of nonsampling error in both
complete count and sample data. When information reported
for another farm with similar characteristics is used to edit
or impute for item nonresponse, the data may be biased
because the characteristics of the nonrespondents have
not been observed and may differ from those reported by
respondents. Any attempt to correct the data for nonre-
sponse may not completely reflect this difference either at
the element level (individual farm operation) or on the
average.
Processing Error
The many steps of processing of each census report
form are sources for the introduction of nonsampling error.
The processing of the census report forms includes cleri-
cal screening for farm activity, computerized check-in of
report forms and followup of nonrespondents, keying and
transmittal of completed report forms, computerized edit-
ing of inconsistent and missing data, review and correction
of individual records referred from the computer edit,
review and correction of tabulated data, and electronic
data processing. These operations undergo a number of
quality control checks to ensure as accurate an application
as possible, yet some errors are not detected and cor-
rected.
Classification Error
An evaluation study of classification errors was con-
ducted in the 1987 Census of Agriculture as part of the
census coverage evaluation program. A sample of mail list
respondents was selected, and these addresses reenu-
merated to determine whether they were a farm or non-
farm. A farm status determination was made based on the
evaluation questionnaire and compared with the status
based on the data reported on the census form. Differ-
ences in status were reconciled.
In past censuses, the proportion of farms undercounted
due to classification errors was higher for farms with small
values of sales. The classification error rate was higher for
(1) livestock farms than crop farms, (2) farms with a small
number of acres than larger farms, or (3) tenant farms than
full or part-owner farms. Results from the 1987 classifica-
tion error study will be published in the Coverage Evalua-
tion report.
EDITING DATA AND IMPUTATION FOR ITEM
NONRESPONSE
For the 1987 Census of Agriculture, as in previous
censuses, all reported data were keyed and then edited by
computer. The edits were used to determine whether the
reports met the minimum criteria to be counted as farms in
the census. Computer edits also performed a series of
complex, logical checks of consistency and completeness
of item responses. They provided the basis for deciding to
accept, impute (supply), delete, or alter the reported value
for each data record item.
Whenever possible, edit imputations, deletions, and
changes were based on component or related data on the
respondent's report form. For some items, such as oper-
ator characteristics, data from the previous census were
used when available. Values for other missing or unaccept-
able reported data items were calculated based on reported
quantities and known price parameters.
When these and similar methods were not available and
values had to be supplied, the imputation process used
information reported for another farm operation in a geo-
graphically adjacent area with characteristics similar to
those of the farm operation with incomplete data. For
example, a farm operation that reported acres of corn
harvested, but did not report quantity of corn harvested,
was assigned the same bushels of corn per acre harvested
as that of the last nearby farm with similar characteristics
that reported acceptable yields during that particular exe-
cution of the computer edit. The imputation for missing
items in each section of the report form was conducted
separately; thus, assigned values for one operation could
come from more than one respondent.
Prior to the imputation operation, a set of default values
and relationships were assigned to the possible imputation
variables. The relationships and values varied depending
on the item being imputed. For example, different default
values were assigned for several standard industrial clas-
sification and total value of sales categories when imputing
hired farm labor expenses. These values and item relation-
ships for the possible imputation variables were stored in
the computer in a series of matrices. The computer
records were sorted by reported State and county, where
the county sequence was based on similar types of farms
and agricultural practices.
Each execution of the computer edit consisted of records
from only one State. For a given execution of the edit, the
stored entries in the various matrices were retained in the
computer only until a succeeding record having acceptable
characteristics for some sections of the report form was
processed by the computer. Then the acceptable responses
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
of the succeeding operation replaced those previously
stored. When a record processed through the edit had
unreported or unacceptable data, the record was assigned
the last acceptable ratio or response from an operation
with a similar set of characteristics. Once each execution
of the computer edit for a State was completed, the
possible imputation variables were reset to the default
values and relationships for subsequent executions.
After the initial computer edit, keyed reports not meeting
the census farm definition were reviewed to ensure that
the data were keyed correctly. Edit refen-ais were gener-
ated for about 30 percent of the reports included as farms,
and they were also reviewed for keying accuracy and to
ensure that the computer edit actions were con-ect. If the
results of the computer edit were not acceptable, correc-
tions were made and the record was reedited. More
extensive discussions of the edit and item imputation
methodology with measures of the extent of imputation in
the census estimates will be provided in a separate
research report.
Tables D through G follow.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX C C-7
Table D. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations i
I symbols, see introductory text]
1 sales of $10,000 or more
ue of land and buildings^
Average per farm
Average per acre.
10 to 49 ac
SO to 179 t
180 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres -
2,000 acres or more .
Total cropland .__
Harvested cropland __
50 to 99 acres .
100 to 199 acres.
200 to 499 acres .
500 to 999 acres .
Cropland used only for pasture or grazing .
Other cropland
1 0 to 49 acres .
SO to 99 acres .
I products sold $1,000.
$2,500 to $4,999 — ._ farms.
$1,000.
$5,000 to $9,999 farms.
$1,000.
$10,000 to $24,999 farms.
$1,000.
$25,000 to $49,999 farms.
$1,000.
$50,000 to $99,999 farms.
$1,000.
$100,000 or more farms.
$1,000.
Sales by commodity or commodity group:
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops farms.
$1,000.
Grains _.. $1,000.
Com lor grain $1,000.
Wheat $1,000.
Soybeans $1,000.
Sorghum for grain $1,000.
Barley $1,000.
Oats __ $1,000.
See footnotes at end of t;
C-8 APPENDIX C
27 974
2 453
257 096
5 919
592 309
5 466
410 891
96 632
125 711
6 078
82 296
1 081
334 621
362
93
121 207
30
87 745
2 532
2 437
39 917
614
83 942
431
123 054
54
34 036
19
30 459
1 045
50 951
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Table D. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
Sales by commodity or commodity group-Con.
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops— Con.
Cotton and cottonseed- $1
Tobacco $1,000.
Hay. silage, and field seeds $
Vegetables, sweet com. and melons $
Fnjits. nuts, and hemes $
Nursery and greenhouse crops $1,000.
Other crops $
Livestock, poultry, and their products farms.
$1
Poultry and poultry products $1
Dairy products $1
Cattle and calves $1
Hogs and pigs $1
Sheep, lambs, and wool $1
Other livestock and livestock products (see text) __ $1
Farms by standard industrial classification:
Cash grains (011) U
Field crops, except cash grains (013) farms.
Vegetables and melons (016) farms.
Fruits and tree nuts (017) _ I
Horticultural specialties (018) _ I
General farms, primarily crop (019) 1
Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) I
Dairy fams (024) I
Poultry and eggs (025) _ _ I
Animal specialties (027) I
acres.
General famns. pnmanly livestock and animal specialties (029) ..- I
acres.
Farms by type of organization:
Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms
Partnership farms
Corporatiori farnis
acres
Other -cooperative, estate or trust, ihstitutiorial, etc. _ .-. farms
Tenure of operator:
Full owners farms
Part owners farms
Tenants farms
Operators by principal occupation:
Farming farms
Other _ farms
Operators by sex:
Male farms
Female _ farms
Average age of operator years
Cropland under federal acreage reduction programs:
Annual commodity acreage adjustment programs farms
Conservation reserve program farms.
Government payments:
Amount received in cash _ $1,000,
Value of certificates received $1,000
Net cash return from agricultural sales':
Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text) farms
$1,000
Average per farm __ dollars
Farms with net gains^ number
$1,000
Farms with net losses number
$1,000
Total farni production expenses' farms
$1,000
Livestock and poultry purchased __ farms
$1,000
Feed for livestock and poultry ___ _, farms.
$1,000
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.
$1,000.
izer farms.
$1,000.
See footnotes at end of table.
7 255
8 221
30 660
25 171
1 730
475 249
313 042
216
27 788
3 220
912 895
3 049
429 693
322 602
85
15 885
2 525
10 684
3 252
16 437
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX C C-9
Table D. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 1987 -Con.
(For meaning of abbreviations <
! introductory text]
Relative standard
(percent)
Total farm production expenses — Con.
$1,000
Petroleum products farms
$1,000
Electricity farms
$1,000
Hired farm labor farms.
$1,000
Contract labor _ farms.
$1,000.
Repair and maintenance _ farms.
$1,000.
Customwork. machine tiire, and rental of macfiinery and equipment farms.
$1,000.
Interest farms.
$1,000.
Casfi rent farms.
$1,000.
Property taxes farms.
$1,000.
All other farm production expenses farms.
$1,000.
poultry:
Cattle and calves inventory _ farms.
number.
Beef cows farms.
number.
Milk cows farms.
number.
Cattle and calves sold farms.
number.
Hogs and pigs inventory (arms.
number.
Hogs and pigs sold farms.
number.
Sheep and lambs inventory farms.
Sheep and lambs sold farms.
Hens and pullets of laying age inventory farms.
number.
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms.
Horses and ponies inventory farms-
Corn for silage or green chop farms.
acres,
tons, green.
Oats for grain farms.
bushels!
Irish potatoes farms.
CM.
Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc.
(see text) farms.
acres,
tons, dry.
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farms.
3 672
221 675
393 393
3 682
188
5 652 422
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Table E. Reliability Estimates of Percent Change in State Totals: 1982 to 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Farms with sales of SIO.C
Farms - number.
Land in farms acres.
Value of land and buildings^:
Average per fami — - dollars.
Total cropland farms.
acres.
Harvested cropland _ - farms.
Irrigated land farms.
acres.
Marltet value of agricultural products sold farms.
$1,000.
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops farms.
Livestock, poultry, and their products _ farms.
$1,000
Poultry and poultry products - farms,
$1,000
Selected farm production expenses':
Livestock and poultry purchased farms,
$1,000
Feed for livestock and poultry farms
$1,000
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees - — farms
$1,000
farms
$1,000.
_ farms.
$1,000.
Hired farm labor ___ farms.
$1,000.
Interest^ farms.
$1,000.
number.
Hogs and pigs - farms.
number.
Hens and pullets of laying age — farms.
number.
Selected crops harvested:
Corn for grain or seed farms.
acres.
Sorghum for grain or seed farms.
acres
Wheat for grain - farms
acres
Soybeans for beans — farms
acres
Hay-alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc.
(see text) - -- farnis
acres
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) __ farms
acres
Land in orchards farms
'Data are based on a sample of fi
2Data for 1987 Include cost of cus
^Data for 1982 do not include imputation for
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX C C-11
Table F. Reliability Estimates of County Totals: 1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
(percent)
and buildings per farm'
I market \
of all machinery f
equipment'
Harvested cropland
Androscoggi
Aroostook ..
Cumberland
Franklin —
Hancock ...
Kennebec ..
O)rford
Penobscot..
Piscataquis .
Sagadatioc .
Somerset...
Waldo
Wastiington.
329 971
57 745
44 217
50 026
112 203
70 813
132 717
38 391
112 332
85 137
85 734
151 158
224 772
226 082
244 018
137 480
198 536
160 572
135 210
229 758
179 950
187 317
222 104
254 437
23 016
135 067
19 389
32 303
23 629
18 781
18 420
Relative
standard
error of
Relative
error of
(percent)
Androscoggin
Aroostook ...
Cumberland .
Hancock
Kennebec ...
Knox
Oxford '.'.'.'.'.'.
Penobscot...
Piscataquis ..
Sagadatioc . .
Somerset
Waldo
Wastiington..
19 045
2 362
3 228
71 083
98 829
13 077
7 312
3 250
20 069
32 140
11 683
30 160
Selected farm production
Petroleum products
Androscoggin
Aroostook ...
Cumberland .
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec ...
Oxford '.'.'.'.'.'.
Penobscot...
Piscataquis..
Sagadatioc ..
Somerset
Waldo -
Wastiington..
'Data i
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Table G. New England States Coverage Evaluation Estimates of Farms Not on the Mail
1987
[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ]
List:
Not on mail list
Percent not on mail list
Standard error of percent
Land iriterrns '
acres"
Farms by size:
acres..
Farms by value of sales:
farms
Less than $2 500
$2 500 to $9 999
farnis
$10,000 or more
farms..
Market value of agricultural products sold
$1.000..
Farms by standard industrial classification:
farms
Live'stock (02)
farms..
Farms by tenure of operator:
farnis
Part owners
farms
Tenants
farms-
Operators by priricipal occupation:
farms
Averaae age of operator
years-
Note 2: Detail may not add to total due to rounding.
Note 3: New England States include Connecticut. Maine. Massachusetts. New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX C C-13
APPENDIX D.
Report Form and Information Sheet
DUE BY FEBRUARY 1 . 088
• 87-A0201
UNITED STATES
CENSUS
OF AGRICULTURE
J not available, reasonable estimates may ba
you cannot file by Febnjary 1 . a time extension tequest may be
I the above address. Include your 1 2-character Census File
r ICFN) as shown in your address label in all correspondence to
1 3, U.S. Codol. By the same law YOUR REPORT TO
, and ZtP CcKlB. eNTBR strooT and number if not shown
ACREAGE IN 1987 Report land owned, rented, or used
by you, your spouse, or by the partnership, corporation, or
organization for which you are reporting. Include ALL LAND,
REGARDLESS OF LOCATION OR USE - cropland,
pastureland, rangeland, woodland, idle land, house lots, etc.
In 1987
In 19877
1 . All land owned
2. All land rented or leased FROM OTHERS, including land worked
by you on shares, used rent free, in exchange for services,
payment of taxes, etc. Include leased Federal, State, and railroad
land. (00 NOT include land used on a per-head basis under a
grazing permit.) Also c
3. Allli
4. Acres in "THIS PLACE" — ADD acres owned (item II
and acres rented (item 2), then SUBTRACT acres rented
TO OTHERS (item 3), and enter the result in this space
< "THIS PLACE.-
If the entry is zero please refer to the INFORM A TION SHEET, section 1 .
5 . If you rented land FROM OTHERS (item 21, enter the following information for each landlord.
Mailing address (Include ZIP Code) Number of acres
B. Of the land you rented or leased to others, how many
acres did you own?
7. Did you have any grazing permits on a pet head basis?
□
OB4 / 3 LH Forest Service
, n Yes - Mar* (XI all bo„es wh,c^ apply ,.] '^ Taylor Grazing Sec. 3 (BLM)
j 5 U Indian Land
J □ No - GotoitemB ( 6 □ Other SpecHVj
8. LOCATION OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY FOR "THIS PLACE"
t value of your
iltural products
j or produced? . . . .
b. If you also had agricultural
county name(s), etc.
2. Com (field) for s
3. Soybeans for beans
4. Beans, dry edible . .
B. Wheat for grain . . .
6. Oats for grain
7. Barley for grain ....
□
D
D
□
□
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8. Rye for grain □
9. Sorghum tor grain
or seed □
10. Sorghum for silage or
f*. □
n
n
1 1 . Tobacco - all types
1 2- Potatoes. Irish ....
^^ 1 n YES - Comp/«. till* »»cf«oo jDNO-Gofoset
II cuttings »,ere mada lor both dry har and grass silage, haylaga. or graen chop
from the seme fields, report the acreage in the appropriate items under DHY
HAY and also under GRASS SILAGE. HA YLAGE. and GREEN CHOP.
1. DRY HAY (If two or more cuttings of dry
m. Alfalfa and alfalfa n
hay or dehydrating
b. Small grain hay — oats, wheat.
barley, rye. etc
c. Other tame dry hay - clover, lesped
timothy, Sudangrass. meadow and
pasture grasses, etc
d. Wild hay
2. GRASS SILAGE. HAVLAGE. AND
GREEN CHOP (If two or mom cutting,
Acres
Quantity
Acres
irrigated
IT-
'"
...
Xn
„r
PCHALTYFOR FAILURE TO REPORT
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX D D-1
LMawiiwan ■i.^.^uEncTapicc cwccTfnnii Mcintic ^ ■..—.^cnB
■THIS PLACE" in 19877 (Do not include
.n YES
zD NO
2. From the list below, enter the crop r
) and code for each crop harvested in 1 987,
iD YES
lU NO
From the list below, enter crop name and code. Rapon <
Wm anr OTHER CROPS harvnted from "THIS PLACE" In 1 987 -
graint, field taeda, or ottwr crops not prmrlously rsportad?
^, (Report fniH in Mtetlon 8.1
1 □ YES — CetwtpIMm thim m»ct§on
zD NO - GorosertonS
For those crops not listed enter the crop name and code from the list below.
Sweetpotatoes and yams
Code Acres
Were any NURSERY and GREENHOUSE CROPS, MUSHROOMS, aod,
bulbt, flowar*, flower laedi, vegatable seeds and plants, »egalables under
glass or other protection, GROWN FOR SALE on "THIS PLACE" In 1 9877
" , D YES
sD NO - GotOiKtlcne
None
1 . Nursery and greenhouse crops irrigated in 1 987 . .Q
2. From the li
! and code for each crop grown.
Acres in the open
Sales in 1987
Crop nam* Code . Crap name
Bedding plants (Include vegetatila plants) 479 Potted Rowering p
Bulbs /exclude bulb flowering plents) . . «82 I Mushrooma . . .
irlat greens 486 Sod
Nursery crops — ornomei
Peas.
Salt°ha
Sorghui
Sorghui
walghtl . .
Wasthareaci
" , n YES •
zD NO
. TOTAL ACRES in bearing a
■ FRUIT TREES,
1 nonbearing fruit orchards, vineyards.
GRAPEVINES and NUT TREES, on "THIS PLACE" bi 1 9877
I imgated
Crop name
NUMBER OF
TREES OR VINES OF -
Acres In trees
and vines of
all ages
Quentity
harvested
Unit of measure 1
Nonbearing
age
Bearing
age
Lbs.
T«»
-
z.
Whole acre. iTemt^
Apples
123
1 /10
;n
2a
3n'"
Grapes
177
.78
1 /10
:□
,a
,□1-
Sweet cherries
345
3«
,a
jD
sdI""
Tart cfwrries
S87
] /10
Vh
,n
sOl
1 /10
,a
jD
sD]
'
1 /10
^
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20
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mimismi
GROSS VALUE of CROPS SOLO from "THIS PLACE" in 1 987, BEFORE
s, Uam and aipantn IRefer to the INFORMATION SHEET, section 9.)
Report Your best estimate of the value for each of the following gmups of crops sold
from this place in 1 987. Include the value of the landlord's and/oi
estimating if necessary. Include value of Government CCC loans.
c . Soybeans
d. Sorghum for g
3. Hay, silage, field seeds, and grass seeds
4. Vegetables, sweet com, and melons— toortotina
5. Fiuits, nuts, and berries - apples, peaches, grapes,
cherries, cranbemes, strawberries, blueberries, etc.
6. Other crops - Irish potatoes, sweetpotatoes, etc.
How wen the ACRES m Hih place USED in 19877
1 . Copy acres in "THIS PLACE" from section 1 , item 4, page 1
MOTE: for items 2 to 5 betow. if lartd >vss used for mote than one i
report it In The FIftST land use nsted beloYir that applies. For example
iiarvested end also pastured, onty as "Croptand harvested. "
iras cut. and an land ii
b. Cropland used only for pasture or grazing -
. Cropland on which all crops failed— f Exception: Do r
a. Cropland in cultivated s
f . Cropland idle
T and deforested It
[ a. Woodland pastured . . . .
I b. Woodland not pastured .
5. Ail other land — Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland.
6. TOTAL ACRES -Add that
□ YES
□ NO
How many acres of harvested land \
Irydude tend from wliich twy was cut anc
rTonbearIng fruit arui nut t:rops reported in section 10. item 2a. - . .
2. How many acres of pastureland. rangeland. and any other
lands not included in item 1 above were irrigated?
irrigated?
D YES
□ NO - Goto
ai.iawil.h'lliltEli^, ,.. ■ ■■ ... ^^.^.T--^..^.;. — ^-p. ...r.^-r,
"'t D YES - Con^fMIM. «««<>.
2 n NO - Gotoaec«cw.I4
' DECEMBER 31, 1887 INVENTORY
.HEIFERS AND HEIFER CALVES - (Do r
INVENTORY
Number on this
place Dec. 31. 1987
I 500 pounds n
n
. Of the total cattle sold, how many were
FATTENED on this place on GRAIN or
CONCENTRATES for 30 days or more
and SOLD for SLAUGHTER? □
I Did reu or anron* alaa ha** any HOGS or PIGS on thit plaea In 1 9877
'i n YES
2 n NO
ytosaction 15
' DECEMBER 31, 1887 INVENTORY
1.HOGSandPIGSofallagesfTot./ofa»KJi.i>rtow) ... n
a . HOGS and PIGS used or to be used for BREEDING D
b.OTHER HOGS and PIGS D
• LITTERS FARROWED
2. UTTERS FARROWED on this place between - """^
a.December 1,1986 and May 31. 1987 □
b. June 1. 1987 and November 30. 1987 n
INVENTORY
Number on this
place Dec. 31. 1987
' HOGS AND PIGS SOLD
D
r'fwdiiig"?"' D
giaagfll»aiaHl>IH .»..»«..«»» rf»i»n»»n,SHFFP»IAMBS on tl.l.rrf««lin19877
D YES - OnvtowtM..
D NO — Go to section II
I.EWES1 year old or older .
2. SHEEP and LA^flBS SHORN
INVENTORY
Number on this
ce Dec. 31. 1987
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
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INVENTORY
Dec. 31, 1987
2. Colonies of bees.
E
».-»w«iih'ai«l Wd Tou Of amona «b« ham am HORSES. BEES. nSH. GOAT8.
OTHER LrVESTOCK. or ANIMAL SPECIALTIES on this placa in 1 987?
]□ YES - Cofnptou Iftb arclton 2 □ NO - Go to section
4. Angora goats .
6. Other goats . .
7. Mink and their
8. Rabbits and their
Total quantity sold
In 1987
Gn,» value of sales
Ooll.r. 1 Cents
___OR--''.2Hn'<i
S P 00
aawimtfM
1 n YES
2 n NO - Go I
1 . HENS and PULLETS of laying age
2. PULLETS for laying flock i
a .PULLETS 3 months old or older not yet of laying age □
4. TURKEYS
a .Turkeys for slaughter (Do not include breeoers.l . . . □
b.Turkey HENS kept for breeding D
INVENTORY
Number on
this place
Dec. 31. 1987
Cod*
SOS
910
Quail ...
AD other IX
SpecrfK.
7. Incubator egg capacity on December 31,1 987 . □
8. What was the gross value of sales of
poultry and poultry products (eggs,
etc.) from this place in 1 9877
Gross value of sales
11987 from
flutor and reserve loant. ei
b. Wheat
c.Soybeans
d. Sorghum, bariey, and oats
.Tobacco, rye, and honey
Paynnnts racahrsd for paitlclpstton In FEDERAL FARM PROGRAMS
In 1 987 rOO fVOr IHCLUDE CCC laant.) Refer to INFORMA VON
SHECT, section 19. .
1 . Amount receivad in cash
2. Value of certifiCBtea received — payment-in-kind (P1KI
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
. FAMILY or INDIVIDUAL operation
(Do not Include pennership Si '
■ PARTNERSHIP operation —include lemily
partnerships
' INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAW
' OTHER, such as estate or trust, prison farm, grazing
the type of organization for
(on 20
n Goto.
1 . Is this a family-held corporation?
2. Are there more tfian 10 !
DYes
, DYes
.DNc
2. PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION - At which occupation
did the operator spend the majority (50 percent or
more) of his/her worlrtime in 1 9877 For f
J partnership together.
3. OFF- FARM WORK - How many days did the operator
(senior partner or person in charge) work at least
4 hours per day off this place in 19877 —include work
Bt B nontBim /ob. bus/ness, or on someone else's farm for
pay. (Do not Include excharyge farmwork. I
DNo
1 □ Farniing 2 □ Other
or ranching
^1 n None
2 n 1-49 days
I 3 n 50-99 days
I 4 n 100- 149 days
bD 150-199 days
I . n 200 days or more
6. AGE of operator (senior partner or person in charge)
6. RACE of operator (senior partner or person in charge)
Years old
' 1 n White
2 n Negro or Black
3 n American Indian
4 n Asian or Pacific
Islander
e □ Other - Spocifv.
7. SEX of operator (senior |
8. SPANISH ORIGIN - Is the c
or person in charge) of Spanish origin or descent
rto Rican, Cuban, or other Spanish)? .
. a Male 2 n Fern
. a Yes 2 n No
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
JM J4iltlJI>*n panniirrinM pkppmsps „m h. .«■. .nri »«»,. >~ tt-t.
Include your best estimates of expenses paid by you, your landlord, contractors,
buyers, and others for production of crops, livestock, and other agricultural products
in 1 987. (DO NOT INCLUDE expenses connected with perfomiing customwork fof
others; operation of nonfarm activities, businesses, or services; or household
expenses not related to the farm business!
■ cattle, cakes,
hogs, pigs, sheep, lambs, goats, horses, chicks, poults,
pullets, etc
Dollars 'Cents
3 . Safld cost — for com, other grains, soytjeans, tobacco.
Hlzer purchased — all
forms, including rock phosphate and gypsum.
Include cost of custom apprications
herbicides, fungicides, other pesticides.
b. Diesel fuel
d. LP gas. fuel oil.
r oil. grease, etc.
7 . Electricity for the farm business - (Do not
include household expenses! □
8 . Hired farm and ranch labor — also include employer's cost
for social security, workman's compensation. insurarKe
premiums, pension plans, etc. tsee information shbev □
t ferny business. (Do n
1 B. All other production <
t^.^l^»^ll■l>^■'^!^a Hi...n.rnMMFRriai renxiiiTtp i....ii.Hi~. pnrn PHncPMATt ~
^^, UME uisd on this place during 1987?
. □ YES - Camptaethle—cthH, 3 D NO - Go to section 2S
1 . Acres of cropland fertilized in 1 987 — foo r
None Tons c
a.ianil«K'»l.-Bli«,^ .-y iMeEi-TirinEe ucnnifincc nimnu-inCQ McmTirincc
OTHER PESTICIDES, or OTHER CHEMICALS used on Ihh placa in 1 9877
Include any materials provided by you, your landlords, or contractors. For each item
listed, report acres only once. If multipurpose chemicals were used, report acreage
treated for each purpose.
1 crops, including hay .
Include both pre-emergence end post emergence.
hemicals for defoliation or for growth contrc
f crops or thinning of fruit
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT on this place on E
1 1886 or 1987.
milkers end bulk tenks. I
SELECTED machinery and equipment on
this placa. December 31 , 1 987. msport
onlrirusedln 1986or1987.]
2. Motortrucks — Include pickups
3. Wheel tractors other than garden tractors
and motor tillers —
a. Loss than 40 horsepower (PTO)
b. 40 horsepower {PTOI or more
5. Cotton pickers <
6. Mower conditio:
7. Pickup balers -
».-»Hluli'»iHHl ccTiMATrn riioBeMT ManitcT uai he nt i awn ..^i
S27 BUILDINGS
Of the teitsl. HOW
Please give your best ESTIMATE of the CURRENT MARKET
VALUE of land and buildings for all acres reported in
section 1 . items 1.2. and 3. page 1 . »„
1 . All land owned
2. All land rented or leased FROM OTHERS .
3. All land rented or leased TO OTHERS . . .
INCOME FROM FARM - RELATED SOURCES IN 1987
1 . Customwork and other agricultural services provided for None
farmers and others - plovKing. planting, spraying,
harvesting, preparation of products for market, etc.
in custommork Is a separete business, refer to INFORMATION ,—,
rices, patronage dividends of
and other income which is CLOSELY RELATED to the
agricultural operation on this place -
iiHJ^<l.l.'Ba;)^ ppgsnw COMPLETIWG THIS REPORT -Please prin^
I Area Code I I
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX D D-5
INFORMATION SHEET
1 987 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Special Reporting Instructions
1 . Who Should Report
WE NEED A REPLY FROM EVERYONE RECEIVING A REPORT FORM.
INCLUDING individuals, landlords, tenants, partnerships,
corporations, institutions, and THOSE NOT CONDUCTING
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. Each case included in the census has
a unique Census File Number (CFN). In order to make the census
results as complete and accurate as possible, we need to obtain
information about every CFN.
2. If You Racaived Mora Than Ona Report Form for an Operation
Complete only ONE report form for an operation. Write "Duplicate"
near the address label of each extra report form. Also, write the
1 1 -digit census file number(s) of the DUPLICATE report(s) ON THE
COMPLETED REPORT in the space provided to the left of the address
label. Return the extra reportis) in the same envelope with your
completed report form so that wo can correct our records.
3. If You No Longer Farm
If you had agricultural operations at any time durlns 1987, please
report all agricuftural activity during the year. Report all land on your
census form that you owned or rented. Also, report your 1 987 crop
and livestock production and 1 987 sales.
Explain on the first page of the report form (or on a separate sheet of
paper) that you quit farming or ranching and give the approximate
date and the name and address of the present operator, if known.
4. If You Never Farmed or Have No Association WHh AgricuHura
Please write a note on the report form near the address label explaining
this and retum the form so that we can correct our records. In our
efforts to make the census as complete as possible, we obtained lists
from various sources. We tried to eliminate duplicate and nonfarm
addresses, however, it was not always possible to do so.
5. If You Have Mora Than One Agricultural Operation
Complete a report form for EACH SEPARATE and DISTINCT
production unit, i.e., each individual farm, ranch, feedlot, greenhouse,
etc., or combination of farms, etc.. for which you maintain SEPARATE
records of operating expenses and sales, livestock and other
inventories, crop acreages, and production.
6. If You Have a Partnership Operation
Complete only ONE report for the entire partnership's agricultural
operation and include all partners' shares on the one report. If
members of the partnership also operate separate famns or ranches in
addition to the partnership farming operation, separate report forms
should be completed for each individual operation.
If two or more report forms were received for the same operation, mark
each additional form as a "Duplicate." Return the duplicate report(s) in
the same envelope with the completed partnership report, where
possible, or write a note on the duplicate report, such as, ■'(Name of
partner) has completed a report for the partnership (provide name and
CFN of partnership.)"
7. Landlord's or Contractor's Share
If you rented or leased land from others or had a contract for the
production of agricultural products, include both your share and the
landlord's or contractor's share of the production, sales, and expenses
so your census report form will be complete for "THIS PLACE."
If you do not know the landlord's or contractor's share, include your
BEST ESTIMATE. If you do not have records available for all data Kerns,
use your best estimate.
Howr to Enter Your Response
Enter your replies in the propter spaces, on the correct lines, and in the
units requested, i.e., dollars, bushels, tons, etc. Write an'
outside the answer spaces or on a separate sheet of paper
Enter whole numbers except where tenths are requested, such !
of potatoes harvested. If you have 1/2, 1/3, or 1/4 of an ai
to tenths. For example, convert 1/2 to 5/10. 1/3to3/10, 1/4 to 2/10.
The census report form will contain sections and questions which do
not apply to you. When this occurs, mark the "None" or "No" box
and go on to the next item or section.
Instructions For Specified Sections
► Section 1 — ACREAGE IN 1987
When answering the acreage questions, include the land
associated with your agricultural operations in 1 987 whether in
production or not. Include all land that you owned or rented
during 1 987 even if only for pan of the year. Do not include any
unrelated residential or commercial land.
IF YOU QUIT FARMING DURING 1987 - Complete the
report form for the portion of the year that you did farm. Explain
on the report form In the space to the left of the address label (or
on another sheet of paper) when you stopped farming and
include the name and address of the person now using the land.
Report all land in section 1 in whole acres.
Item 1 — All Lend Owrnad — Report all land owned in 1 987 whether
held under title, purchase contract or mortgage, homestead law, or as
heir or trustee of an undivided estate. Include all land owned by you
and/or your spouse, or by the partnership, corporation, or organization
for which you are reporting.
Item 2 — All Land Rented or Leased FROM OTHERS —
Report all land rented by you or your operation even though the
landlord may have supplied materials or supervision.
INCLUDE in item 2:
a. Land for agricultural use that you rented from others for cash
b. Land you worked on a share basis (crop or livestock)
c.Land owned by someone else that you used rant-free
d. Federal, State, Indian reservation, or railroad land rented or
leased by the acre
DO NOT INCLUDE in item 2:
Land used on a per-head or animal unit license or permit basis,
such as section 3 of the Taylor Grazing Act, National Forest,
or Indian reservation permit land. If you had any of these
permits, mark "yes" to item 7.
Item 3 - All Land Rented or Leased TO OTHERS - Include
all land rented out for any purpose if it was part of the acreage
reported in items 1 and 2. A report form will be obtained from
each of your tenants to cover the operations on that land.
INCLUDE in item 3:
I share of crops or
b. Land you rented from someone and then subleased to
d. Land which you allowed others i
I in "THIS PLACE'
b. All your land was operated by a renter or sharecropper,
complete item 6 (name and address of renters), skip to and
complete section 29. and explain briefly, "all land rented
out," etc. Mail form in retum envelope.
c. You did not have any agricultural activity on owned or rented
lend in 1 987. complete section 29 and explain briefly, such
as "retired," "sold farm," and date. Give name and address
of current operator if known and return form.
► Sections 2 through 8 — CROPS
Sections 2 through 8 provide space for reporting crops harvested
during the 1 987 crop year from the land shown in section 1 . item 4
(Acres In "THIS PLACE") of your report. Please report your crops
in the appropriate sections. Do NOT include any crops grown on
land rented or leased TO OTHERS, or worked by others on shares
during 1987.
Acres harvested — Enter the acres harvested in 1 987. Round
fractions to whole acres except where tenths are requested by
"/10" in the reporting box. such as for potatoes.
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Quantltv harvested — If your unit of measure is different than the
unit on the report form, please convert your figure for the quantity
harvested to the unit requested. If the harvest was incomplete by
December 31.1 987, please report the quantity harvested and
estimated quantity to be harvested.
Acres irrigated — For each crop irrigated, report number of acres
irrigated. Irrigation is defined as land watered by artificial or controlled
means — sprinklers, furrows or ditches, spreader dikes, purposeful
flooding, etc. Include acres that received supplemental, partial,
and/or preplant irrigation. Do not report water applied in transplanting
tobacco plants, trees, or vegetables as irrigation. Leave "Acres
irrigated" blank for crops that are not irrigated.
How to Report Crops Harvested
2ar
Report only for the listed crops.
>■ Sections 4 through 8 — To report: < 1 ) find the crop name and the
code number from the list in the section; (2) enter crop name and code
in the first two columns of the first available answer line in the section:
(3) enter the information that is requested in the remaining columns. If
you harvested a crop not listed in sections 4 through 8, use the "Other"
code in the appropriate section and specify the crop name.
Double Cropping — If Xwo or more crops were harvested from the
same land (double cropping) report the total acres and production of
each harvested crop in the appropriate sectionis) of the report form.
Example: In 1987
harvested
harvested 1 ,230 bushels of wheat from 40
3 AO acres planted soybeans, from which you
550 bushels. You irrigated the soybeans but not the whe
1 . Cotton
2 . Soybeans for b
3.Whsat<orgralr
4. Oats for grain
"THIS PLACE" In 1 9877
None
□
eans D
□
□
Acres
harvested
Quantity
harvested
Acres
irrigated
093
OBB
°"/,5SO Bu.
--^o
-v^
076
"'"' Bu.
078
Interplantad Crops — If two crops were grown at the same time in
alternating strips in the same field, report the portion of the field used
for each crop.
Example: A 60 acre field was planted in cotton and soybeans, with
two rows of cotton followed by an area of the same width planted in
soybeans. No irrigation was used. Thirty acres of soybeans and 30
acres of cotton would be reported in the appropriate section(s).
Skip Row Planting — If a crop is planted in an alternating pattern of
planted and non-planted rows, such as two rows planted and two
rows skipped (2X21, report the portion of the field occupied by the
crop in the appropriate section for that crop, and report the skipped
portion as "Cropland idle" in section 10, item 2f .
► Section 4 — VEGETABLES — Report acres of vegetables harvested
FOR SALE or commercial processing. Do not include vegetables grown
for home use. Report the total acreage of each vegetable crop harvested.
Example: In 1 987 you harvested 1 0 acres of lettuce from a field, then
replanted the field in lettuce and harvested the 10 acres again. Both
crops of lettuce were irrigated. Enter only 10 acres of land from which
vegetables were harvested and 1 0 acres irrigated In item 1 of section 4,
but write in 20 acres of lettuce harvested and 20 acres of lettuce
irrigated in Item 2 of section 4.
► Section 8 — FRUITS and NUTS — In counting the combined total
of 20 or more trees and vines, include those for home use as well as
those maintained for sale of the production. Acres in trees or vines
that have been abandoned should not be included; these acres should
be included in section 10, item 2f "Cropland idle."
If crops other than fruit and nut trees and vines were interplanted with
trees or vines, report the total acres for the orchard crop in section 8
and the total acres of the interplanted crop in the appropriate section.
*■ Section 9 — GROSS VALUE OF CROPS SOLD
Report the value of all crops sold from "THIS PLACE" in 1 987,
regardless of the year they were harvested or who owned the land. Be
sure to report gross values before deducting expenses and taxes.
Include Government CCC loans received for "THIS PLACE" in 1987.
Include payments received in 1 987 from cooperatives or marketing
organizations for crops produced on "THIS PLACE" regardless of the
year in which the crops were harvested.
Also include as sales, your estimate of the value of any crop removed
from "THIS PLACE" in trade for services, such as hay cut in exchange
for fence repair, clearing, or other services. If the sale price or market
value is not known, give your best estimate of the crop's market value
when removed from "THIS PLACE."
USE OF ACRES IN "THIS PLACE"
This section is used to classify the acres in "THIS PLACE"
reported in section 1 , item 4. (Do not include any acres you
rented to others reported in section 1 , item 3). The sum of the
acres entered in various categories should equal total acres in
"THIS PLACE."
Land Used for More Than One Purpose — Do not report the
same acreage for more than one of the listed purposes. If part
or all of your land was used for more than one listed purpose in
1 987, report that lend only in the first category listed. For
example, if you plowed under a cover crop, and planted and
harvested a grain crop, report the land in item 2a, "Cropland
harvested," but do NOT report as "Cropland used for cover
crops, legumes, etc." (item 2c).
Double Cropping — When more than one crop was harvested
from the same land in 1 987, report that land only ONCE as
"Cropland harvested," in item 2a.
Interplanted Crops — If you interplanted crops, such as cotton
in an orchard, report the total land used for both crops only
ONCE, as "Cropland harvested," in item 2a.
Skip Row Planted Crops — Report the acres that represent the
total nonplanted or skipped rows as "Cropland idle." item 2f. The
acres that represent the planted rows should be reported as
"Cropland harvested," in item 2a.
ACRES SET ASIDE, DIVERTED. OR IDLED
UNDER FEDERAL ACREAGE REDUCTION
PROGRAMS IN 1987
em 2 all acres in "THIS PLACE" retired from production
and placed, by long-term contract, into the Conservation Reserve
Program- Acres placed into the program during end prior to 1 987
should be included.
► Sections 13 through 1 7 -LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, OTHER
LIVESTOCK, OR ANIMAL
SPECIALTIES
Animals and Poultry to Include In the Report — Report all
animals, poultry, and animal specialties on "this place" (section
1 . item 4) on December 31 . 1 987. Include all owned by you and
any kept by you for others. Include animals on unfenced lands.
National Forest land, district land, cooperative grazing association
land, or rangeland administered by the Bureau of Land
Management on a per-head or lease basis. Animals in transit on
December 31.1 987. or animals on a short-term pasture (such as
wheat pasture or crop residue) on a per-head or lease basis should
be reported by the person who had control of the animals.
Animals and Poultry to Exclude from the Report — Do not
report animals or poultry kept on land rented to others or kept
under a share arrangement on land rented to others. Do not include
animals quartered in feedlots which are not a part of "this place."
Animals kept on a place not operated by you are 1
the report for that place.
I be included on
Animals Bought and Sold - DO NOT REPORT ANY ANIMALS
BOUGHT AND THEN RESOLD WITHIN 30 DAYS. Such purchases
and sales are considered "dealer" transections, and are not
included in this census.
Number Sold — Report all animals and poultry sold or removed
from "this place" in 1 987, without regard to ownership or who
shared in the receipts. Include animals sold for a landlord or given
to a landlord or others in trade or in payment for goods or services.
Do NOT report number sold for any livestock or poultry kept on
another place.
Dairy Termination Program or "Whole-Herd Dairy Buy-Out
Program" — The amount received in 1 987 from the
Government under the dairy termination program should be
included in section 1 9. item 1 . Dairy animals and products sold
in 1 987 should be reported in section 1 3.
Animals Moved to Another Place — For animals moved from
"this place" to another place, such as for further feeding, report
: as "sold" and give your best estimate of their market
1 they left "this place."
DO NOT INCLUDE WITH FATTENED CATTLE SOLD:
a. Cattle and calves sold for further feeding
b. Veal calves, or any calves weighing less than 500 isounds
c. Dairy cows fed only the usual dairy ration before being sold
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX D D-7
Value of Sales — Report the total gross value of animals and pouttry
sold or removed from "this place" in 1 987 without deducting
production or marketing expenses (cost of feed, cost of livestock
purchased, cost of hauling and selling, etc.). If the sale price or
market value is not known, give your best estimate of their market
value when they left "this place." Do NOT report the value of sales
of any livestock and poultry owned by you but kept and sold from a
place you did not operate.
Contract and Custom Feeding Opercrtions — Livestock or poultry
kept by you on "this place" on a contract or custom basis should be
included on this report REGARDLESS OF OWNERSHIP. Report as
"INVENTORY" numbers of animals or poultry on the place on
December 31,1 987. Report as "SOLD" animals and poultry kept on a
contract or custom basis and removed or sold from the place in 1 987.
If the sale price or market value is not known, give your best estimate
of the market value of the animals or poultry when they left the place.
► Section 16 -
Item 2 — If you owned BEES — Report all colonies or hives of bees and
honey operations conducted by you, regardless of where the hives were
kept most of the year. Report hives or colonies, pounds of honey sold,
and value of sales.
Items 7 and 8 — Mink pelts and rabbit pelts should be included in
number sold and value of sales, but not in inventory.
Item 9 — Other Livestock and Livestock Products — Include in all
other livestock and livestock products manure, beeswax, and any
other animal products sold from "this place" in 1 987. Please indicate
units used in reporting.
Item 10 — Fish and Other Aquaculture Products — Report number
of pounds sold and gross value of sales for each. Enter name and code
from list.
► Section 17 — POULTRY
The person who furnished the housing and labor should report the
poultry operation on his/her report form regardless of who ovt/ns the
birds. Report as sold poultry that were taken or moved from the place
in 1987.
► Section 18
Item 1 — Report the amount received under the regular <
program for commodities placed under CCC loan during 1987. Include
amount received even if commodity was redeemed or forfeited prior to
December 31, 1987.
— CORPORATE STRUCTURE
This section is to be answered by corporations only. Answer both
items. A family-held corporation has more than 50 percent of Its
stock owned by persons related by blood or marriage.
- CHARACTERISTICS AND OCCUPATION OF
OPERATOR
This section collects information about the operator of "this
place" defined as the individual owner, the operator, the senior
partner, or person in charge for the type of organization reported
in section 20.
For Family or Individual Operation — Complete this section for
For Partnership Operations — Answer all items, except Item 2,
for the "Senior Partner." The "Senior Partner" is the individual
who is mainly responsible for the agricultural operations on "this
place," not necessarily the person senior in age. If each partner
shares equally in the day-to-day management decisions, consider
the oldest as the "Senior Partner." For item 2 (Principal
Occupation) consider all members of the partnership together.
Please include as "farming" worktime at all types of agricultural
enterprises, including work at greenhouses, nurseries, mushroom
production, ranching, foodlots, broiler feeding, etc.
For Corporations and Other Operations (Cooperatlvea,
Estates, etc.) — Complete section 22 for the person in charge,
such as a hired manager, business manager, or other person
primarily responsible for the on-site, day-to-day operation of the
farm or ranch business.
Item 4 — Year Began Operation — Report the first year the
operator or senior partner began to operate any part of "this
place" on a continuous basis. If the operator returned to a place
previously operated, report the year operations ^ere resumed.
► Section 23 - PRODUCTION EXPENSES paid by you and
others for "this place" in 1987
Include farm production expenses paid by you, your landlord,
contractors, or anyone else for crops, livestock, or poultry prod
on "this place." Include expenses incurred in 1987 even if they
were not paid for in 1 987. Please estimate if exact figures are not
known. Refer to the individual expenditure items below for further
explanations.
► Section 19 — FEDERAL PAYMENTS RECEIVED
Report all payments received from Federal Farm Programs in 1 987
regardless of whether payment was made in cash or commodity
certificates. Include cash payments in item 1 . In item 2, include the
value of any certificates held or the value received from sale or
redemption of any certificates in 1987.
Federal payments include receipts from Federal programs such as
deficiency payments, "Whole-herd dairy buy-out," support price
payments, indemnity programs, disaster payments, paid land
diversion, inventory reduction payments, payments received for
approved soil and wati
► Section 20
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
determine the type of organization for
Defined as farm or business
d by an individual <sole proprietor),
ot incorporated and not operated
Use the following definitions
your operation:
Family or Individual Operation -
organization controlled and operati
Include family operations that are r
under a partnership agreement.
Partnership Operation — Defined as two or more persons who have
agreed on the amount of their contribution (capital and effort) and the
distribution of profits. Co-ownership of land by husband and wife or
joint filing of income tax forms by husband and wife DOES NOT
constitute a partnership, unless a specific agreement to share
contributions, decisionmaking, profits, and liabilities exists. Production
under contract or under a share rental agreement DOES NOT constitute
a partnership.
Incorporated Under State Law — A corporation is defined as a legal
entity or artificial person created under the laws of a State to carry on a
business. This definition does not include cooperatives. Information on
type of corporation should be reported in section 21 .
Other — Such as cooperatives Idefined as an incorporated or
unincorporated enterprise or an association created and formed jointly
by the members), estate or trust (defined as a fund of money or property
administered for the benefit of another individual or organization), prison
farm, grazing association, Indian reservation, institution run by a
government or religious entity, etc.
Lfvestock and Poultry Purchased — Report the cost of cattle,
calves, hogs, pigs, sheep, lambs, horses, goats, chicks, pullets,
poults, etc., including breeding stock and dairy cows. Contract
growers or custom feeders who did not own or purchase the
livestock or poultry themselves should estimate the value of the
cattle, calves, pigs, baby chicks, pullets, etc. at the time they
came onto the place.
Feed Purchased for Livestock and Poultry — Report the
purchase cost of corn, sorghum, oats, barley, other grains,
silage, hay, mixed feed, concentrates, etc., fed to livestock and
poultry on "ti^is place." Contract livestock and poultry growers
should estimate the value of feed provided by the contracting
company. Custom feedyards should include feed costs for all
cattle fed even if the owners of the cattle were billed for the feed.
Feed raised on "this place" should not be reported as purchased.
Cost of Hired Farm and Ranch Labor — Include gross salaries
and wages, commissions, dismissal pay, vacation pay, and paid
bonuses paid to hired workers, family members, hired managers,
administrative and clerical employees, and salaried corporate
officers. Also, include supplemental cost for benefits such as
employer's social security contributions, unemployment
compensation, workmen's compensation insurance, life and
medical insurance, pension plans, etc.
■ Includes the labor costs of workers furnished
cooperative for harvesting vegetables or fruit, shearing sheep, or
similiar farm activities. Do not include costs for building or repair
work dor^e by a construction contractor. Include the cost of
customwork or machine hire in item 1 1 .
Repah- and Maintenance Expenses for the Upkeep of
Buildings, Motor Vehicles, and Farm Ec|ulpment — Include the
cost of repairs and upkeep of farm machinery, vehicles, buildings,
fences, and other equipment used in the farm business. Do not
include repairs to vehicles not used in the farm business or for
equipment used only for performing customwork for others. Do
D-8 APPENDIX D
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
d on Debts — Report all interest expenses paid
in 1 987 for the farm business. Include interest on loans secured by
land and buildings (real estate) in item 1 2a. Include all loans not
secured by real estate such as for fertilizer, feed, and seed in item 1 2b.
Include interest paid on CCC loans. Do not include interest associated
with activities not related to production of crops or livestock on "this
place" such as land or buildings rented to others, packing sheds, or
feed mills that provide services to others. Do not include interest on
owner/operator dwelling where amount is separated from interest on
other land and buildings on "this place."
Cash Rent Paid for Land and Buildings In 1 987 — Report rent paid
In cash during 1987 for land and buildings in "this place." Do not
include rent paid for operator dwelling or other nonfarm property. Do
not include the value of shares of crops or livestock paid to landlords.
t include:
as on land or buildings rented to someone else
b. Taxes paid by landlords
c. Property taxes paid on other property not associated with tl
All Othar Produc:tion Expensas — Farm production costs not
previously listed should be reported here. In addition to items listed
on the report form, include bookkeeping charges, tax preparation
fees, postage, advertising, commission for sale of cattle, and fees
paid for farm-related advice or for farm consultants. Do not include
depreciation or expenditures for the purchase of land and buildings
or new or used machinery.
Section 24 — COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER AND LIME
Report acres on which commercial fertilizer (items 1 and 2) or lime
(hem 3( was applied during 1 987. If any acreage was fertilized or
limed more than once, report acres ONLY ONCE in each item. Report
expense for commercial fertilizer purchased, excluding lime, "
► Section 26 — MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
The estimated market value in hem 1 refers to ALL machinery and
equipment kept primarily on"this place" and used for the farm
business. Report the value in its present condition, not the
replacement or depreciated value. Specialized equipment, which
is an integral part of a building, should be included as a part of the
value of land and buildings.
► Section 27 •
LAND AND BUILDI
The value tor each of the three listed categories should be your
estimate of the value of the land and buildings if they were sold in
the current market. The real estate tax assessment value should
not be used unless that value represents a full market value
assessment and the land and buildings could reasonably be
assumed to be sold at that price. Do not deduct real estate
marketing charges from your estimate. Report the total value,
not the value on a per acre basis.
► Section 28
Item 1 through 4 refer only to those income producing activities
for which you use part of the land, machinery, equipment, labor,
or capital normally used on "this place," and which you do not
consider as entirely separate from your farming activities. Report
gross amounts received before taxes ar>d
Item 1 — Customwork — Do not report
I your agncull
Item 3 — Forest Products — Include only those forest products
or Christmas trees cut from "this place," not items cut from other
nonfarm timber acreage. Do not include income from saw mill
business.
Item 4 — Other Farm-Related Income — Include income from
hunting leases, fishing fees, and other recreational services, sales
of farm by-products, and other business or income closely related
to the agricultural operation on "this place." Include dividends for
business done with farmer-owned cooperatives. Do not enter
previously reported farm sales or income from investments not
associated with the farm. Do not include retirement pensions or
social security benefits received.
•ir U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING
OFFICE: 1989- 242-30 3/ 00010
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX D D-9
DUE BV FEBRUARY 1. 1988
UNITED STATES
CENSUS
OF AGRICULTURE
S. OEPARTMEMT OF COMMERCE
CensAis Re NumberU)
■ Inquiry l« r^julrBd by law (title 1 3. U.S. Code). I
f YOUR REPORT TO
.end ZIP Code. ENTERS
1 . At any time during 1 987, did you plant, grow, or have any:
• Hay or tobacco? • Fruit, nut, or citrus tre«
• Com, wheat, or other graina? • Vegetables, melons, or berries?
• Other crops? • Greenhouse or nursery crops?
D Yes ...QLNo
2 . At any time during 1 987, did you raise, sell, or keep any:
Cattle, hogs, sheep, or goats? • Horses or ponies?
other poultry? • Fish in captivity?
• Other animal specialties?
n Yes n No
ACREAGE IN 1 987 Report land owned, rented, or used by you,
your spouse, or by the partnership, corporation, or organization for
which you are reporting. Include ALL L-AND, REGARDLESS OF
LOCATION OR USE - cropland, pastureland, rangeland,
woodland, idle land, house lots, etc. ,.
1 . AH land owned
Alt land rented or leased FROM OTHERS, including land
worked by you on shares, used rem free, in exchange for
services, payment of taxes, etc. Include leased Federal, State,
and railroad land. (DO NOT include land used on a per-head
basis under a grazing permit. I LJ
4. Acres in "THIS PLACE" — ADO acres owned (item 1 )
and acres rented (item 21, then SUBTRACT acres rented
TO OTHERS (item 31, and enter the result In this space. ^
ff the entry is zero pleeae refer to rhe Information Sheet, section 2. .
5 . Of the land you rented or leased to others, how many **?2,' on
LAND USE and IRRIGATION
PART A - How were the ACRES ht this place used In 1 9877
None
1 . Cropland harvested - ,„^,^^ ,„ ,,„^ ,„„ ^^fch crop.
n
D
n
n
n
2. Cropland on which all crops failed — (Excvption: Do not
report here land m orcttards end vineyards on which the crop felled
3 . Cropland idle, cropland used for cover crops,
or cropland in cultivated summer fallow
4. Cropland used only for pasture, woodland pastured,
and other pastureland and rangeland
5. All other woodland, wasteland, houselots, etc. not
reported in items 1 through 4- above
PART B - IRRIGATION
PART A - CROPS HARVESTED from "THIS PLACE" In 1987.
mixtures
b. Small grain hay .
c.Wild hay
d. Other hay —
2. Com for grain or seed iZI
3. Soybeans for beans . . D
4. Wheat for grain .... □
B. Tobacco — all types CD
6. Potatoes, Irish —IDo
< grown p.
harvested
Quantity hanrested
Gross value of
crops sold
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10.
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dry
V 1 CO
in
"3 Ton..
»" 1 00
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n
Total aon
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9. Other crops - For eddiHonel cm
Report quendtY hervened Inttteur
^■.SS!^^.
ropneme
Crop name
Code
Acres
harvested
Quantity harvested
Gross vsk
eof
Dollar.
Cam.
«
00
»
00
079 , Oats I
■ PART B - NURSERY and GREENHOUSE CROPS GROWN FOR SALE
on "THIS PLACE" In 1987
From the list below, enter the crop name and code for each crop grown.
PEHALTY FOR FMlUlte TO REPORT
D-10 APPENDIX D
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
I'MWir" ' LIVESTOCK and POULTHY
PART A - CATTLE and CALVES
1 . CATTLE and CALVES of all agas . .
a. BEEF COWS - include be»f halfers t
INVENTORY
Mumber on thl»
ice Dec. 31,19!
Gra.. value of ul..
Dollarl lent.
$ 1 00
• CATTLE and CALVES SOLD
FROM THIS PLACE IN 1BS7
IncfudB aa aold cattle moved from
thia piece to a feedtot for further
feeding.
. Calves less than 500 pounds
. Cattle - Includa calves BOO pounds or more CD
a . Of ALL cattle sold, how many wore
FATTENED on this place on GRAIN or
CONCENTRATES for 30 days or nnore „
and SOLD for SLAUGHTER? □
Number sold
PART a -HOGS and PIGS
. HOGS and PIGS of all ages
a . HOGS and PIGS used or to be used for breeding
INVENTORY
Numtjer on this
place Dec. 31, 198
. Of the hogs and pigs sold, how many were ,_,
sold as FEEDER PIGS for further feeding? . . □
PART C - SHEEP and LAMBS
. SHEEP and LAMBS of all ages D
a. EWES 1 year old or older □
INVENTORY
Number on this
place Dec. 31, 1887
NUMBER SOLO
S'[
Pound»
None
PART D - POULTHY
. HENS and PULLETS
a . HENS and PULLETS of laying age
b. PULLETS 3 mtonths old or older not yet of
laying age for layer replacement
o. PULLETS under 3 months old for layer
2. BROILERS, fryers, other meat-type chickens .
3. TURKEYS for slaughter fOo not (mrfurf* tm«)l5rj.)
4. OTHER POULTRY d
Dec. 31. 1987
, Value of POULTRY and POULTRY None
PRODUCTS (eggs, etc.) sold from this place
in 1987? D
pl»caD<»c.31, 1987
^j' Total quamitY
sold in 1987
• PART E - HORSES, OTHER LIVESTOCK, AHiMAL SPECIALTIES, and FISH
Non<
1 . Horses and ponies
of all ages Ej
2. Colonies of bees . .D
3. Milk goats D
4. Angora goats . . . . □
5 . Other Inrestock, fiah,
animal products.
' Rabbits and thotr patta .
Sae I Other goats
GOVERNMENT CCC LOANS
Amount received in 1%87 from Government CCC loans. Include regular
. Amount received in cash I I
, Value of certificates received — payment-ln-klnd
IPIKI or commodity certificates □
T^Acrea In thla place SET ASIDE, DIVERTED, or IDLED under
FEDERAL aeraags rsductlon proarama In 1987
Number of acres
2 . PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION - At which
occupation did the operator spend the
ma|oritv ISO percent or mora) of his/her
worktlmo In 1987? For parmaraWpacons/dei
3. OFF-FARM WORK - How many days did the
operator work at least 4 hours per day off this
place in 1 987? —include wor* « ■ nonfarmjob,
for pay- IDonot
B. AGE of operator
8. RACE of operator
jDNo
1 □ Farming s □ Other
or ranching
iD None
jD 1-49 days
sD 50-99 days
.n 100-149 days
bD 150-199 days
^ a iZI 200 days or more
Year
' , n Wfiite
iD Negro or Black
sD American Indian
<□ Asian or Pacific
Specify^
»n Other -
7 . SEX of operator
ongin or oesceni \nnexican, rueno mean, . — ,
Cuban, or other Spanish)? 1 1— J Yes
PERSONCOMPLETING THIS REPORT - PiBasaprtnt
iP No
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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX D D-11
lEMFOREVlATIOEM SHEET
1987 UNITED STATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Special Reporting Instructions he'r^nd^rt"i^pu1°rs"'S^c7m"rl« "r mo^rtg^
heir or trustee of an undivided estate. Include <
1. Who Should Roport and/or your spouse, or by the partnership, corj
for which you are reporting.
WE NEED A REPLY FROM EVERYONE RECEIVING A REPORT FORM.
INCLUDING individuals, landlords, tenants, partner .
corporations, institutions, and THOSE NOT CONDUCTING land rented by you or your operation c
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. Each case included in the census has have supplied materials or supervisioi
a uniQue Census File Number (CFN). In order to make the census
results as complete and accurate as possible, we need to obtain INCLUDE in item 2:
information about every CFN.
a. Land for agricultural use that yo
2. If Vou R«c«lvecl Moro Th»o Ono Report For»F. for an Oparatfoo ^^ ^and you worked on a share ba<
?eaT?heSddr'23?raUT^?'2Jch'Sx^ra"rep°o^i?^^^^^^^ Alsl" w^i^^thr"" -- "-and owned by someone else that you used rent-free
i^^'gLVjE^R^^^^ -- r.lil'f^^l^l^^L'^f'"' -— *°"- -' -*--^ — ^ — '^ °'
completed report form so that we can correct our records. ^^ ^^^ INCLUDE in item 2:
3. ff You IMo Longer Farm Land used on a per head or animal unit license or permit basis, such
as section 3 of the Taylor Grazing Act, National Forest, or Indian
If you had agricultural operations at any time during 1987, please reservation permit land,
report all agricultural activitry during the year. Report all land on your
census form that you owned or rented. Also, report your 1 987 c
and livestock production and 1987 sales-
Explain on the first page of the report form (or on a separate shee
paper) that you quit farming or ranching and give the approximate
date and the name and address of the present operator, if known. INCLUDE in item 3:
4. If Vo« Navar Farmed or Havo IMo Association With Agriculture »- Owned land rented t
this and return the form so that we can correct our records. In our
efforts to make the census as complete as possible, we obtained lists
from various sources. We tried to eliminate duplicate and nonfarm
addresses, however, it was not always possible to do so.
B. If Vou Havo fVlora Than One Agricultural Operation
Complete a report form for EACH SEPARATE and DISTINCT
production unit, i.e., each individual farm, ranch, feedlot.
greenhouse, etc., or combination of farms, etc., for which you
maintain SEPARATE records of operating expenses and sales. If Kern 4. Acres in "THIS PLACE'
6. If You Have a Partnership Operation PLACE" in 1987, complete the report.
Complete only ONE report for the entire partnerships agricultural *»" All your land was operated by a renter or sharecropper, skip 1
operation and include all partners* shares on the one report. If ^"'^ complete sect.ori 1 O. and explain bnefly. All land rente.
^e partnership also operate separate farms or ranches in °"»- *»*«= '^«" ^o*"^ "^ return envelope.
3 partnership farming operation, e
-ipleted for each individual operat
report forms ^ . . . _
land In 1987.'
t and CFN of partnership.)' • >■ Section 3 — LAND USE AND IRRIGATION
sed to classify the acres in "THIS PLACE"
ad or leased land from others o had a cont act f r the reported rn section 2.
. of agricultural products, include both your share and the categories should eq,
nsus report form will be complete for "THIS PLACE."
BEST ESTIMATE.
r contractor's share, include your
ted purpose in 1 987, report thai
. For example, if you harvested <
me land for pasture, report the land in
part A, item 1 , "Cropland f
E> Enter Your Response Double CroppIn
dollars, bushels, tons. etc. Write any explanation
outside the answer spaces or on a separate sheet of paper.
All dollar figures may be entered in whole dollars. CENTS ARE NOT _
REQUIRED. "Cropland han
Enter whole numbers except where tenths are requested, such as acres
of potatoes harvested. If you have 1 /2, 1 /3, or 1 /4 of an acre, convert
to tenths. For example, convert 1/2 to 5/1 O, 1/3 to 3/10, 1/4 to 2/1 O.
The census report forn-» will contain sections and questions which do
not apply to you. When this occurs, mark the "None" or "No" box and
Instructions For Specified Sections
Section 2 — ACREAGE IN 1987
^ Section 4 — CROPS
This section provides space for reporting crops harvested during
the 1 987 crop year from the land shown in section 2, item 4
(Acres in "THIS PLACE") of your report. A few crops are already
ell land that you owned or rented during 1 987 even If listed on the form. For these crops, just report acres harvested,
only for part of the year. Do not include any unrelated residential or quantity harvested, and value of sales. If you produced crops not
commercial land. listed, write the name of the crop and code from the list provided
Report all land in section 2 in whole acres.
D-12 APPENDIX D 1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
DO NOT INCLUDE:
I TO OTHERS, or
Acres Harvoa
fractions to wl
Quantltv Hai-
December 31 .
crop products purchased from others and I
rted — Enter the acres harvested in 1987.
; of feed, cost of livestock
I sold from c
is report REGARDLESS OF
'INVENTORY" numbers of animals
1987. Report as 'SOLD
Report as
be harvested.
'alu« off Cropa Sold — Report I
I sale price or i
itmals or poultry \
"THIS PLACE"
PLACE."
Itacn 7 — V»ge
T 1987. IncI
narketing organizat
> report gross value be
received for
I in 1987 from
roduced on "T»
F crops other than f
f poultry 1
HORSES, OTHER LIVESTOCK, ANIIVIAI-
LTIES, AMD
owned BEES — Report all
tcted bv vou. reg.
year. Report hive
stock and LIvestocI
id livestock products manure
animal products sold from "this place" i
pelts should be included in number sold t
Forest land,
per-head or I
se the "O
Dnal space
acres and (
, B, C, and D — LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
■ and Poultry to Include In tfia Report — Report all
poultry, and animal specialties on "this place" (sect
, 1987. Include all owned by you and
jthers. Include animals on unfenced lands, N;
rict land, cooperative grazing association Ian.
listered by the Bureau of Land Management c
ty sold and
AIVIOUNT RECEIVED FROfVI GOVERNIVIENT CCC
received under the regula
987.
age payments in the reserve program.
r CCC I
I during 1987.
to December 31
iCCC loans rece
7 — FEDERAL PAYMENTS RECEIVED
1 payments received from Federal Farm Programs in 1987
!S of whether payment was made in cash or commodity
any certificates held or the value received from sale or
on of any certificates in 1 987.
Federal payments include receipts from Federal progr
deficiency payments, "Whole-Herd Dairy Buy-Out," i
indemnity programs, disaster payments, paid land
pric
Anintals «
> had contro
approved soil and water
arrangement on land rented to o
I feedlots which are r
ace not operated by ^
ASIDE, OIVERTEC
i included on the r
Animals Bought and Sold — DO NOT REPORT ANY ANIMALS
BOUGHT AND THEN RESOLD NA/ITHIN 30 DAYS Such purchase
and sales are considered "dealer" transactions, and are
Program
y long-term contract, into the Const
Acres placed into the program durir
CHARACTERISTICS AND OCCUPATION OF
"this place" in 1987,
the receipts. Include animals sold for a landlor
or others in trade or in payment for goods or s
number sold for any livestock or poultry kept c
OPERATOR
This section collects informa
defined as
person in charge.
'Whole-Hard Dairy Buy-Out
■ Individual Operation — Comple
I calves sold s
I this section for
Animals l>noved to Anothe
place" to another place, sue
"sold" and give your best et
left "this place."
the <
Parti
feedlots, broiler feeding,
For CorporatI
>ns, consider the oldest as the
pal Occupation) consider all
ship together. Please include as "farming or
production, ranching.
DO NOT INCLUDE WITH FATTENED CATTLE SOLD:
a. Cattle and calves sold for further feeding
t>. Dairy cows fed only the usual dairy ration before being sold
c. Veal calves, or any calves weighing less than 500 pounds
nd Other Operations (Cooperativea, Estatai
Complete section 9 for the person in charge, such as a hiri
anager. business manager, or other person primarily responsible
Item A — Year Befjan Operation — Report 1
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX D D-13
INDEX
(Index items not reported for the State will not appear in designated tables)
Item
State
tables
County
tables
Item
State
tables
Abnormal farms
Acreage reduction
program
Age of operator
Agricultural products sdd,
market value
Agricultural services
income
Alfalfa hay
Alfalfa seed
Almonds
American Indian
operator
Angora goats
Apples
Apricots
Aquacultural products . .
Artichokes
Asian or Pacific Islander
operator
Asparagus
Assets, value
Austrian winter peas ....
Avocados
B
Bahia grass seed
Balers, pickup
Bananas
Barley for grain
Barley for grain sales,
value
Beans, dry edible
Beans, dry lima
Beans, green lima
Beans, snap (bush and
pole)
Beans, soybeans
Bedding plants
Beef cows
Bees, colonies
Beets, sugar
Beets, table
Bentgrass seed
Bermuda grass seed. . . .
Berries
Birdsfoot trefoil seed . . .
Blackberries
Black operators and other
races
Blueberries
1,2,10,
7,10,48-53
5
1,16,48-53
1,10,16
18,47,48-53
1.2,16
5,48-53
4
43,44,48-53
26
43,44
26
45,48-53
28
17
34
41
18
45,48-53
28
42
28
41
21
-
27
1,10-12,18,
47,48-53
45
13,
1,42-44,
48-53
45
48-53
34
27
1,5,8,16
26
26
8
28
1,15,16,24
2..
42-44,.
1,42-44,.
1,20,25,29,
42-44,
42,44,'
16,17,48-53
48-53
2,16
48-53
15,16,25
-
25
-
27
48-53
27
48-53
1,15,16,25
46
30
48-53
1,11,16
41
20
48-53
1,15,16,25
-
27
_
26
-
26
48-53
29
_
26
-
29
32-34
29
B— Con.
Bluegrass seed,
Kentucky
Boysenberries
Breeding hogs and
pigs
Broccoli
Broilers
Bromegrass seed
Brussels sprouts
Buckwheat
Bulbs
Bulls, bull calves, steers,
and steer calves
Burros, donkeys, and
mules
C
Cabbage
Cantaloups
Carrots
Cash, government farm
programs payments . . .
Cash rent, expenses....
Cash rent or share
payments received,
farm-related income . . .
Catfish sales
Cattle and calves
Cattle and calves sales,
value
Cauliflower
Celery
Certificates, govern-
ment farm programs
payments
Chemicals, expenses . . .
Chemicals used
Cherries
Chickens 3 months old
or older
Chicory
Chinese cabbage
Chinese or ming peas . .
Christmas trees and
forest products sales,
farm-related income . . .
Citrus fruit
Clover seed
Coffee
Collards
Colonies of bees
Combines, grain and
bean, all types
44
32,48-53
1,20-22,48-53
46
20,25,48-53
41
3,10,48-53
5,48-53
1,10,20,25,27,47,
48-53
2,20,26,31,47,
48-53
1,3,10,15,47,48-53
15,48-53
45,48-53
1,20,21,23,48-53
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
5,48-53
4
45,48-53
28
-
26
45
28
-
27
41
20
13,48-53
16
INDEX 1
INDEX— Con.
(Index items not reported for the State will not appear in designated tables)
Item
C— Con.
Commercially mixed for-
mula feed purchased . .
Commodity Credit
Corporation loans
Conservation reserve
programs
Contract labor expenses
Corn, field
Corn for grain sales,
value
Corn, sweet
Corn, sweet, for seed..
Corporation, family
held
Corporation, nonfamily
held
Corporation, type of
organization
Cotton
Cotton sales, value ....
Cottonpickers and
strippers
Cowpeas for dry peas .
Cowpeas, green
Cows and heifers that
had calved
Cranberries
Cropland diverted, set
aside
Cropland fa cover crops
legumes, and soil-
improvement grasses. .
Cropland harvested
State
tables
Cropland harvested,
irrigated
Cropland idle
Cropland in cultivated
summer fallow
Cropland on which all
crops failed
Cropland pastured
Cropland total
Crops, farms reporting,
acres, production
Cucumbers
Currants
Customwork, machine
hire, and rental of
machinery and equip-
ment, expenses
Customwork and other
agricultural services,
farm-related income . . .
1,3,48-53
6,10,48-53
7,10,48-53
3,10,48-53
1,42-44,48-53
2,48-53
44,48-53
16,48-53
16,48-53
1,16,48-53
1,42,44,47,48-53
2,47,48-53
13,48-53
20,25,48-53
44
County
tables
7,10,48-53
7,48-53
1,7,8,10,16,18,42,
47,48-53
8-10
7,48-53
7,48-53
7,48-53
7,48-53
1,7,10,47,48-53
42
44
3,10,48-53
5,48-53
3,16
5
3,16
1,15,16,
24,31
2,16
27
31
10,16
10,16
1.15,16,25
2,16
8
25
27
11,16
29
Item
Daikon
Dairy cows (milk cows) .
Dairy products sales,
value
Dates
Dewberries
Diesel fuel expenses . . .
Dill for oil
Disease control in
crops and orchards....
Donkeys, burros, and
mules
Ducks
Ducks, geese, and other
poultry
5
1,3,5,6,
10,15,16
7
5
5
5
1,5,16
15,16
27
29
3,16
Eggplant
Electricity expenses.
Emmer and spelt. . . .
Endive
Equipment and
machinery
Escarole
Ewes 1 year old or
older
Expenses, farm
production
State
tables
1,10,20,25,30.47,
48-53
2,47,48-53
16
Family held
corporations
Family or individual,
type of organization . . .
Farm-related income. . . .
Farms by age and
principal occupation
of operator
Farms by size of farm . .
Farms by standard
industrial classification
Farms by tenure of
operator
Farms by type of
organization
Farms by value of
agricultural products
sold
Farms, number
Fattened cattle sales
Feed purchased
15,48-53
41
21
10,47,48-53
1,10,12,18,47,48-53
1,3,10.47,48-53
48-53
1.16,48-53
5,48-53
16,48-53
8,47,48-53
18,48-53
16,48-53
1,16,48-53
1,2,10,18,47,48-53
1,7,8,10,16,18.47,
48-53
26,29,31,48-53
1,3,47,48-53
2 INDEX
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
INDEX— Con.
(Index items not reported for the State will not appear in designated tables)
Item
State
tables
County
tables
Item
State
tables
F— Con.
Feeder pigs sales
Female operators
Fertilizer applied
Fertilizer expenses
Fescue seed
Field seed crops
Figs
Filberts
Fish sales
Flaxseed
Florist greens and
flowers, cut
Flower and vegetable
seeds
Flowering plants,
potted
Flowers and florist
greens, cut
Foliage plants
Forest products and
Christmas trees sales,
farm-related income . . .
Foxtail millet seed
Fruit crops
Fruits, nuts, and berries
sales, value
Fuel oil, kerosene, motor
oil, grease, LP gas, etc.,
expenses
Full owners
G
Garlic
Gas, natural, expenses .
Gasoline and other
petroleum fuel and oil
expenses
Gasoline expenses
Geese
Geese, ducks, and
other poultry
Ginger root
Goat milk sales
Goats
Goats, Angora
Goats, milk
Goats, other
Government farm
programs payments . . .
Grain hay
Grain sales, value
Grains
Grapefruit
20,33,35-37,48-53
16,17,48-53
15.48-53
3,10,15,47,48-53
44
44,48-53
45
41
42,44,48-53
46
46
46
5,48-53
45
2.47,48-53
14.48-53
16.48-53
14,48-53
14,48-53
14.48-53
41
41
41.48-53
41
41
41
5,10,47,48-53
43.44
2.47.48-53
44.48-53
45
12
10
9
3,16
26
26
28
28
21
24
30
30
30
30
30
4
26
15,16.28
2.16
3
10.16
3.16
3
22
14,22
31
17
23
23
17
23
4
26
2,16
16
G— Con.
Grapes
Grass silage, haylage,
and green chop hay . . .
Grazing permits
Grease, LP gas, fuel
oil, kerosene, motor oil,
etc., expenses
Greenhouse crops
Greenhouse vegetables
Guar
Guavas
H
Hatcheries
Hay crops
Hay, silage, and field
seeds sales, value
Haylage, grass siage, and
green chop hay
Hazelnuts
Heifers and heifer
calves
Hens and pullets of
laying age
Herbs
Hired farm labor
expenses
Hogs and pigs
Hogs and pigs sales,
value
Hogs, litters farrowed . . .
Honey sales
Honey tangerines
Honeydew melons
Hops
Horses and ponies
Income from farm-related
sources
Income, see net cash
return
Individual or family, type
of organization
Insects, chemical
control
Inrterest. debt not secured
by real estate
Interest, debt secured
by real estate
Interest expenses
45,48-53
43,44
14,48-53
42,46
46
45
1 ,42-44,48-53
2,47,48-53
2,20,
43.44
45
20,25.48-53
20.21,48-53
3.10.47,48-53
.10.20,32.35.47.
48-53
33,36.47.48-53
34,37.48-53
41
20.41,48-53
5.48-53
4,48-53
1,16,48-53
15,48-53
3,48-53
3.48-53
1,3,10,47.48-53
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
INDEX
INDEX— Con.
(Index items not reported for the State will not appear in designated tables)
Item
State
tables
County
tables
Item
State
tables
I— Con.
Irish potatoes
Irrigated farms and
acres
Jojoba
Kale
Kentucky bluegrass
Kerosene, motor oil,
grease, LP gas, fuel oil,
etc., expenses
Kiwifruit
Kumquats
Labor expenses ....
Land and buildings,
value
Land in farms
Land owned
Land rented from others
Land rented to others . .
Land set aside in federal
farm programs
Land use
Lemons
Lentils
Lespedeza seed
Lettuce and romaine. . . .
Lima beans, dry
Lima beans, green
Lime applied
Limes
Litters farrowed
Livestock and livestock
products sold
Livestock and poultry . . .
Livestock and poultry
purchased
Livestock, poultry, and
their products sales,
value
Loans, Commodity Credit
Corporation
Loganberries
Lotus root
LP gas, fuel oil, kerosene,
motor oil, grease, etc.,
expenses
1 ,42-44,48-53
1,8-10
1,15,16,25
1,7
14,48-53
1,3,10,47,48-53
1,2,10,18,20,47
6,10,48-53
14,48-53
1,3,10,47,48-53
3,16
1,10,11,47,48-53
5,16
1,7,8,10,16,18,47,
1,5,10,16
48-53
10,48-53
-
48-53
-
48-53
-
7,10,48-53
1
7,8,10,47,48-53
5
45
28
44
25
-
26
44
27
-
25
-
27
15,48-53
9
-
28
34,37,48-53
12
20
_
20
1,16
Macadamia nuts
Machine hire, rental
of machinery and equip-
ment, and customwork
expenses
Machinery and
equipment
Male operators
Mangoes
Melons
Milk cows (dairy cows) .
Milk goats
Millet, proso
Millet seed, foxtail
Mink and their pelts
Mint for oil
Mohair sales
Motor oil, grease, LP
gas, fuel oil, kerosene,
etc., expenses
Motortrucks, including
pickups
Mower conditioners
Mules, burros, and
donkeys
Mungbeans for beans . .
Mushrooms
Mustard cabbage
Mustard greens
Mustard seed
N
Natural gas expenses
Nectarines
Nematode control in
crops
Net cash return from
agricultural sales
Nonfamily held
corporations
Number of farms
45
3,10,48-53
3,16
1,2,16
4
29
31
Nursery and greenhouse
crops
Nursery and greenhouse
crops sales, value
Nursery crops-shrubs,
trees, etc
1,10,12,18,47,48-53
16,17,48-53
1,10,20,25,30,47,
48-53
41
44
41
44
41
14,48-53
13,48-53
13,48-53
41
46
14,48-53
15.48-53
4,48-53
16,48-53
1,7,8,10,16,18,47,
48-53
42,46
2,42,46,47,48-53
46
Oat sales, value
Oats for grain
Occupation of operator .
2,48-53
1 ,42-44,48-53
1,16,48-53
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
INDEX—Con.
(Index items not reported for the State will not appear in designated tables)
Item
State
tables
County
tables
Item
State
tables
County
tables
O— Con.
Off-farm work by
operator
Okra
Olives
Onions, dry and green..
Operator characteristics-
residence, age, race,
occupation, off-farm
work, sex, Spanish
origin, years on
present farm
Oranges
Orchardgrass seed
Orchards
Organization of farm ....
Other farm production
expenses
Other field crops sales,
value
Other grains sales, value
Other livestock and live-
stock products sales,
value
Other poultry
Owned land
P
Papayas
Parsley
Part owners
Partnership, type of
organization
Passion fruit
Pastureland and grazing
land
Pastureland and other
land irrigated
Payroll expenses
Peaches
Peanuts for nuts
Pears
Peas, Austrian winter . . .
Peas, Chinese or ming .
Peas, dry edible
Peas, green
Pecans
Peppers
Persimmons
Petroleum products
expenses
Pheasants
Pickup balers
Pigeons or squab
1,16,48-53
2,47,48-53
10,48-53
3,10,14.48-53
13,48-53
1,10,16
27
28
27
16,17,48-53
45
42-44,48-53
1,16,48-53
10,16
28
26
1,15,16,28
10,16
5,48-53
3,16
2,48-53
2,48-53
2,16
2,16
2,16
22
45
28
_
27
16,48-53
10,16
1,16,48-53
10,16
-
28
7.48-53
5
9
7
1,3,10,47,48-53
3,16
45,48-53
28
42-44,48-53
1,15,16,25
45
28
-
26
-
27
44
25
44,48-53
27
45,48-53
28,
-
27
-
28
3,16
22
P— Con.
Pimientos
Pineapples
Pistachios
Plums
Pomegranates
Ponies and horses
Popcorn
Potatoes, Irish
Potatoes, sweet
Poultry and poultry
products sales, value..
Poultry hatched
Principal occupation
of operator
Production expenses . . .
Property taxes,
expenses
Proso millet
Prunes
Pullets
Pumpkins
Q
Quail
R
Rabbits and their pelts .
Race of operator
Radishes
Rangeland
Rapeseed
Raspberries
Redtop seed
Rent paid in cash,
expenses
Rent received, farm-
related income
Repair and maintenance
expenses
Residence of operator..
Rhubarb
Rice
Romaine and lettuce . . .
Rye for grain
Ryegrass seed
S
Safflower
Sales of agricultural
products
1,42,44,48-53
.45
20,41,48-53
44
1,42-44.48-53
42,44,48-53
2,20,48-53
1,16,48-53
1,3,10,47,48-53
3,10,48-53
44
45
22
41
16,48-53
7,48-53
3,10,48-53
5,48-53
3,10,48-53
16,48-53
1,42-44,48-53
44
42,44
44
1,2,10,18,47,48-53
27
1,15.16,31
28
28
28
13
24
1,15,16,25
25
2,16
22
1,10,16
1.3,16
3.16
24
28
14
27
22
3,16
10,16
27
1,15,16,24
27
24
26
24
1,2,16
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
INDEX 5
j5''5^99 oHi INDEX— Con.
(Index items not reported for the State will not appear in designated tables)
State
tables
County
tables
Item
State
tables
S— Con.
Salt hay
Seeds, bulbs, plants, and
trees purchased
Set aside programs,
acreage
Sex of operator
Shallots
Sheep and lambs
Sheep and lambs shorn
Sheep, lambs, and wool
sales, value
Size of farm, average. . .
Small grain hay
Snap beans, bush and
pole
Sod
Sorghum
Sorghum for grain sales,
value
Southern peas
(cowpeas), dry
Southern peas
(cowpeas), green
Soybeans
Soybeans sales, value..
Spanish origin,
operators of
Spelt and emmer
Spinach
Squash
Standard industrial
classification of farms .
Steers, steer calves, bulls,
and bull calves
Strawberries
Sudangrass seed
Sugar beets
Sugarcane
Sunflower seed
Sweet corn
Sweet corn for seed . . . .
Sweet potatoes
T
Tame dry hay
Tangelos
Tangerines
Taro
Taxes, property,
expenses
Tenant operated farms .
3,10,48-53
7,10,48-53
16,17,48-53
10,20,38,39,48-53
38,48-53
18,48-53
20,25,48-53
43,44
42-44,48-53
1,42-44,48-53
1,42,44,48-53
44,48-53
42,44,48-53
43,44
5,48-53
16,48-53
31
3
5
10
27
1,13,16
13
2,20,38,47,48-53
1,48-53
43,44
2,13,16
1,16
26
44,48-53
46
1,42-44,48-53
27
30
1,15,16,24
26,31
2,48-53
2,16
-
25
1,42-44,48-53
2,48-53
27
1,15,16,25
2,16
16,17,48-53
35
24
27
27
2,16
11,16
29
26
1,15,16,25
1,15,16,25
1,15,16,24
27
31
25
16,26
28
28
31
3
10,16
T— Con.
Tenure of operator
Timothy seed
Tobacco
Tobacco sales, value . . .
Tomatoes
Tractors, wheel
Triticale
Trout sales
Trucks, including
pickups
Turkeys
Turnip greens
Turnips
Type of farm
Type of organization ....
V
Value of agricultural
products sold
Value of land and
buildings
Value of machinery
and equipment
Vegetable and flower
seeds
Vegetables, greenhouse
Vegetables harvested for
sale
Vegetables, sweet corn,
and melons sales, value
Vetch seed
W
Walnuts, English
Watercress
Watermelons
Weeds, chemical
control
Wheat for grain
Wheat sales, value
Wheatgrass seed
Wheel tractors
Wild hay
Wild rice
Woodland
Wool, pounds shorn
Work off-farm by
operator
Y
Years on present farm. .
16,48-53
1 ,42-44,48-53
2,47,48-53
44,48-53
13,48-53
13,48-53
20,21,24,48-53
18,48-53
1,16,48-53
1,2,
1,10
10,18,47,48-53
1,10,18,48-53
12,18,47,48-53
46
46
1 ,42-44,48-53
2,47,48-53
45,48-53
44
15,48-53
1 ,42-44,48-53
2,48-53
13,48-53
43,44
1,7,48-53
38,48-53
1,16,48-53
47,48-53
6 INDEX
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
PUBLICATION PROGRAM
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Results of the 1 987 Census of Agriculture are being published
in a series of reports which provide data for each county (or
equivalent), each State, the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam,
the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the
Northern Mariana Islands. The publications include statistics on
the number of farms; land In farms; farm and operator character-
istics; livestock, poultry, and their products; crop production and
value; operating expenditures; irrigation; and other characteris-
tics of farms.
Publication order forms may be obtained from Data User
Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census,
Washington, DC 20233, any U.S. Department of Commerce
district office, or by calling (301) 763-1113.
ADVANCE REPORTS (AC87-A-01 -000(A) TO 56-000(A)
Advance Reports are published separately for each county (or
equivalent) in the United States with 10 farms or more, for each
State, and the United States. The reports contain data for all
agricultural operations with $1 ,000 or more in actual or potential
sales of agricultural products in the census year. The Advance
Reports contain final data for major data items together with
comparable data from the 1982 census. Included in the reports
are data on number of farms, land in farms, size of farms, land
use practices, farm operator characteristics, sales expenditures,
machinery and equipment, livestock, poultry, dairy products sold,
and major crops harvested (which vary by State). No advance
reports are available for Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin
Islands.
VOLUME 1. GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
(AC87-A-1 TO 56)
State and County Data (A-1 to 50) are published showing
detailed data in national and State tables for the United States,
and in county and State tables separately for each State. These
reports include data on number and size of farms; crop produc-
tion; livestock, poultry, and their products; tenure, age, and
occupation of operators; types of organization; value of products
sold; and standard industrial classification of farms.
Summary and State Data (A-51)
• Chapter 1. National level data
• Chapter 2. State level data
Outlying Areas (A-52 to 56) provide detailed data for the
regions and municipios of Puerto Rico; the election districts of
Guam; the U.S. Virgin Islands; American Samoa; and Northern
Mariana Islands.
VOLUME 2. SUBJECT SERIES (AC87-S-1 TO 6)
Agricultural Atlas of the United States (ACB7-S-1), formerly
the Graphic Summary, presents a profile of the Nation's agricul-
ture in a series of dot and multicolor pattern maps. The maps
provide displays on size and type of farm, land use, farm tenure,
market value of products sold, crops harvested, livestock inven-
tories, and other characteristics of farms.
Coverage Evaluation (AC87-S-2) provides national and regional
level estimates on the completeness of the census, in terms of
both the number of farms missed and selected characteristics of
those farms.
Ranking of States and Counties (AC87-S-3) presents the
ranking of the top 20 States and the top 100 counties of
importance of selected items from the 1 987 census. Comparative
data from the 1 982 census are included in most tables. Tables
also show cumulative totals for States and counties.
History (AC87-S-4) is a concise description of the major
census operations together with facsimiles of selected data
tables. It explains the history of the agriculture census, farm
definition, data collection and processing, and dissemination of
census data.
Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural
Products Sold (AC87-S-5) shows detailed data for farms cross-
tabulated by combined market value of agricultural products sold
and Government payments received, including detailed national
data and selected data for each State.
ZIP Code Tabulations of Selected Items From the 1987
Census of Agriculture (AC87-S-6) provides tabulations by five-
digit ZIP Code for selected items from the 1987 census. Data
items include number of farms, land in farms, farms by size,
market value of agricultural products sold by size of sale,
livestock inventory, cropland harvested, and selected crops.
VOLUME 3. RELATED SURVEYS (AC87-RS-1 AND 2)
The Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (AC87-RS-1) pro-
vides statistical data collected from a sample of farm operations
from the 1987 Census of Agriculture. The publication offers
information on acres irrigated, land use, yields of specified crops,
methods of water distribution, quantity of water used by its
source, and other irrigation practices.
Agricultural Economics and Land Ownership Survey (AC87-
RS-2) provides data on indebtedness, expenditures, income and
assets for both farm operators and landlords. This report also
includes measures of credit used for purchases and expendi-
tures, debt by type of lender, assets, off-farm income, and other
land ownership data.
VOLUME 4. CENSUS OF HORTICULTURAL
SPECIALTIES (AC87-HOR-1)
This report includes detailed information on the horticultural
establishments with production and sales of $2,000 or more. It
provides data on number of establishments, value of sales of
horticultural products, type of horticultural products, and kinds of
horticultural businesses, for the United States, States, and
counties.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Flexible Diskette— The Advance Reports of the 1 987 Census
of Agriculture are available on flexible diskettes. The files can be
used with any compatible microcomputer employing the PC-DOS
2.0 or higher operating system. Diskettes can be obtained by
calling (301) 763-4100.
Computer Tapes— Public-use computer tapes contain the
same summary statistics that are found in the published reports.
Two files are available for each State: data for counties and the
aggregated State-level data. Order forms may be obtained from
the Data User Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of
the Census, Washington, DC 20233 (or call (301) 763-4100).
Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM)— Data for the
conterminous United States and Puerto Rico are available on
CD-ROM. The CD-ROM can be obtained from the Data User
Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census,
Washington, DC 20233 (or call (301) 763-4100).
Online Access— National and State level data from the 1987
Census of Agriculture are available on CENDATA through two
information vendors— CompuServe and DIALOG. In addition, the
advance reports, highlights of the Subject Series, and Related
Surveys reports, are available online from AGRIDATA. For infor-
mation on these services call (301) 763-4100.
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