1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 HAMILTON COUNTY, KANSAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 267 246 Land in farms ..................acres.. 527 709 532 890 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 976 2 166 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 711 131 615 503 Average per acre .........dollars.. 353 292 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 117 413 132 033 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 4 3 10 to 49 acres ...................... 7 9 50 to 179 acres ..................... 36 18 180 to 499 acres .................... 33 21 500 to 999 acres .................... 34 32 1,000 acres or more ................. 153 163 Total cropland .................farms.. 236 220 acres.. 396 748 405 427 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 180 201 acres.. 174 818 164 418 Irrigated land .................farms.. 48 60 acres.. 22 292 24 373 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 175 865 111 735 Average per farm .........dollars.. 658 671 454 207 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 21 916 18 577 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 153 950 93 158 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 70 22 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 9 10 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 4 13 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 26 34 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 28 31 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 33 45 $100,000 or more .................... 97 91 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 167 886 108 465 Average per farm .........dollars.. 628 785 440 913 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 182 185 Other ............................... 85 61 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 111 95 200 days or more ................... 55 44 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 86 111 number.. 88 012 86 184 Beef cows ..................farms.. 64 78 number.. (D) (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 4 6 number.. (D) (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 89 113 number.. 175 274 116 111 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 1 11 number.. (D) 2 293 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 1 12 number.. (D) 3 096 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 7 3 number.. 123 (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 10 10 number.. 191 208 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 24 21 acres.. 9 515 6 676 bushels.. 1 231 892 1 134 922 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 10 2 acres.. 1 592 (D) tons, green.. 31 225 (D) Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 67 46 acres.. 19 870 7 554 bushels.. 946 303 333 368 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 158 180 acres.. 128 995 136 803 bushels.. 4 515 155 4 649 803 Oats for grain................farms.. 2 0 acres.. (D) 0 bushels.. (D) 0 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 1 2 acres.. (D) (D) bushels.. (D) (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 42 58 acres.. 14 393 11 613 tons, dry.. 52 298 46 347 @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.