1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 249 222 Land in farms ..................acres.. 87 064 73 417 Average size of farm .......acres.. 350 331 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 498 178 473 999 Average per acre .........dollars.. 1 467 1 251 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 87 690 51 394 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 41 38 10 to 49 acres ...................... 57 46 50 to 179 acres ..................... 72 52 180 to 499 acres .................... 39 47 500 to 999 acres .................... 18 22 1,000 acres or more ................. 22 17 Total cropland .................farms.. 206 198 acres.. 48 725 48 986 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 172 168 acres.. 41 322 36 583 Irrigated land .................farms.. 38 39 acres.. 6 326 5 308 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 27 835 18 696 Average per farm .........dollars.. 111 785 84 217 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 16 075 10 962 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 11 759 7 734 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 94 63 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 31 27 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 26 33 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 35 39 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 11 20 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 11 7 $100,000 or more .................... 41 33 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 21 137 16 409 Average per farm .........dollars.. 84 889 73 254 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 91 104 Other ............................... 158 118 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 141 108 200 days or more ................... 111 85 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 105 88 number.. 8 165 7 470 Beef cows ..................farms.. 83 78 number.. 3 919 3 395 Milk cows ..................farms.. 7 8 number.. 855 942 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 93 80 number.. 3 337 3 126 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 11 20 number.. 680 3 274 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 9 18 number.. (D) 5 744 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 2 6 number.. (D) (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 9 11 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 10 6 number.. 4 618 401 3 002 000 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 23 33 acres.. 2 067 2 710 bushels.. 195 408 254 395 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 35 39 acres.. 7 714 9 755 bushels.. 394 256 431 444 Cotton .......................farms.. 20 16 acres.. 15 517 5 542 bales.. 19 539 10 154 Tobacco ......................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 pounds.. 0 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 32 39 acres.. 7 677 10 155 bushels.. 139 761 240 922 Peanuts for nuts .............farms.. 36 49 acres.. 4 087 4 923 pounds.. 9 618 137 10 784 093 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 78 65 acres.. 3 288 3 942 tons, dry.. 10 030 10 647 @1Data are based on a sample of farms. Legend: (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms (X) Not applicable (Z) Less than half the unit shown (NA) Not available Source: 1997 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Geographic Area Series, "Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1997." This electronic series presents summary statistics for each county and State together with comparable data from the 1992 census. The items included are the same for all States and counties, except selected crops harvested, which vary by State. Data for 1997 and 1992 are directly comparable for acreage and inventories. Dollar values have not been adjusted for changes in price levels. You can obtain the Volume 1 Geographic Area Series from the National Technical Information Service. If you have any questions concerning the data in this report or need additional information or order forms for agriculture publications, please call the National Agricultural Statistics Service at 1-800-523-3215 or 1-800-727-9540.