1987
Census of
Agriculture
AC87-A-19
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
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GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
1987
Census of
Agriculture
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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
Table 18
Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification:
1987
[For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see inlroductorv
Table 50
Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator:
1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
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Table B.
Reliability Estimates for
Number of Farms in a County
Reporting a Complete Count
Item:
1987
Farms
iiiil
1987
Census of
Agriculture
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Volume
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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
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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
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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
IV
CONTENTS
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
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
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INVENTORIES, PRODUCTION, AND SALES DATA
VIII
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
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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
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
IDATA 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.
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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
(
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
MAINE 3
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
4 MAINE
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
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
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
MAINE 5
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
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
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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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
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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\
]
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)
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
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
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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.
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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
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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]
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
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]
Table 14
Petroleum Products Expenses:
1987, 1982, and 1978
[Data are based on a sample of terms; see text
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]
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
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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]
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)
Table 22.
Broilers and Started Pullets— Sales:
1987 and 1982
(For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see intfoductoiv text)
Table 24.
Turkeys— Sales by Number Sold Per Farm:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
Turkeys
Table 26.
Cattle and Calves— Sales:
1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Table 28.
Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales by Size of Cow Herd:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987
Table 30.
[For meaning
i
Cattle and Calves— Inventory and Sales by Size of Milk Cow Herd:
1987
I symbols, see introductory text]
Table 33.
Hogs and Pigs— Sales:
1987 and 1982
1 symbols, see introductory text]
Table 36.
Hogs and Pigs— Inventory and Sales by Number Sold Per Farm:
1987
IFor meaning of abbreviations and
1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Table 41.
Other Livestock and Livestock Products— inventory and Sales:
1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text)
Table 42
Crops Harvested and Value of Production:
1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
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
to 2,999,9
3,000.0 acres or m
5 342
Table 45.
Specified Fruits and Nuts by Acres:
1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols,
> Introductory text]
Crop
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
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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
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
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.
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
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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.
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]
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
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
Table 49.
Summary by Type of Organization:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
1987 -Con.
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
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
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
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
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Table 49.
Summary by Type of Organization:
1987-Con.
I symbols, see introductory tex\\
LIVESTOCK -Con.
Hogs and pigs inventory
Table 49.
[For meaning of
Summary by Type of Organization:
1987-
; and symbols, see introductory text]
Con.
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)
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
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]
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
Table 50.
Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator:
1987-Con.
[For meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory tejct]
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
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
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.
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
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.
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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.
Table 50.
Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator:
1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory texl]
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-
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
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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.
Table 50.
[For meaning ol
Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator:
1987 -Con.
Table 51.
Summary by Size of Farm:
1987
{For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory teict]
,.e.
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
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.
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Table 51.
[Fo
Summary by Size of Farm:
1987-Con.
I symbols, see introductory text]
Item
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
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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
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'
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
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
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
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:
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
Table 51.
[For meaning o
Summary by Size of Farm:
1987-Con.
I symbols, see introductory text J
FARMS BY SIZE
Table 51.
Summary by Size of Farm:
1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Item
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-
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
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.
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
to 99.9 acres
100
to 249.9 acres
250
acres or more
Land in orchards
farms..
acres..
Irrigated
(arms..
acres..
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres:
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
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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,
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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
—
Table 52.
Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold:
1987 -Con.
3 of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Table 52.
Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold:
1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Item
Table 52
Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold:
1987-Con.
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
MAINE
99
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
_.
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
Table 52.
Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold:
1987-Con.
J symbols, see introductory text]
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO
USE -Con.
Table 52.
Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold:
1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
Table 52.
Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold:
1987 -Con.
t symbols, see introductory text]
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
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)
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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]
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
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'
Table 53.
Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm:
1987 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
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
Table 53.
Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm:
1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
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
Table 53.
Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm:
1987 -Con.
} introductory text]
Table 53.
Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm:
1987-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text)
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
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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127
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
^
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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129
Table
1.
County Summary Highlights:
1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory teict]
Item
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
Table
1.
(Fo
County Summary Highlights:
1987-Con.
i and symbols, see introductory texl]
Farms
numtjer__
Land in (arms
acres-
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:
Table 2.
Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold and Farms by Standard Industrial
Classification:
1987 and 1982-Con.
and symbols, see introduclory
I
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
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
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.
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,
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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.
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
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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
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:
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..
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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
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
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.
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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.
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Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization:
and 1982
1987
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols
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
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
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
Table 10.
Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization:
1987
and 1982-Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations
<
! introductory text]
Characteristics
Table 10.
Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization:
and 1982-Con.
1987
CharaclerisUcs
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 ..
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.
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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
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
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
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
Table 12.
Hogs and Pigs— Inventory, Litters, and Sales:
1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see mlroductory text]
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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175
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
176
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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
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:
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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179
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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181
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
182
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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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183
Table 15.
Selected Crops:
1987 and 1982 -Con.
Corn tor silage or green chop.
farms
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
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
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
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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.
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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.
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
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
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.
192
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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Table 17.
Milk Goats— Inventory and Sales:
1987 and 1982
(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Table 22.
Miscellaneous Poultry— Inventory and Sales:
1987 and 1982
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Geographic area
Table 24.
Grains— Corn, Sorghum, Wheat, and Other Small Grains:
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text]
1987 and 1982
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
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
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
Table 26.
Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage:
1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
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]
Table 27.
Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons Harvested for Sale:
1987 and 1982-Con.
|For meaning of abbreviations and symbols.
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.
Table 28.
Fruits and Nuts:
1987 and 1982 -Con.
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Geographic area
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)
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
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
Table 30.
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for
Sale:
1987 and 1982-Con.
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
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]
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.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX A
A-1
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.
A-2
APPENDIX A
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
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
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
APPENDIX A
A-3
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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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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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
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.
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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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APPENDIX A
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
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)
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
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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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APPENDIX C
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.
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
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
C-6
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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
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
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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APPENDIX C
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
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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APPENDIX C
1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
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
'
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 INFORMA 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
D
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
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
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—
fException: 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'lliltEl i^,
,..
...
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...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»aiaH l>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
APPENDIX D
D-3
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
JMJ4iltlJI>*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^»^lll>^'^!^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
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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
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
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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.
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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
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..
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
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
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
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
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.