1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 LEWIS COUNTY, KENTUCKY Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 774 909 Land in farms ..................acres.. 143 179 159 710 Average size of farm .......acres.. 185 176 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 154 177 112 024 Average per acre .........dollars.. 777 647 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 22 790 18 703 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 69 141 10 to 49 acres ...................... 133 148 50 to 179 acres ..................... 309 340 180 to 499 acres .................... 208 215 500 to 999 acres .................... 46 54 1,000 acres or more ................. 9 11 Total cropland .................farms.. 748 888 acres.. 46 507 60 836 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 717 862 acres.. 21 031 22 991 Irrigated land .................farms.. 1 8 acres.. (D) 31 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 14 264 15 150 Average per farm .........dollars.. 18 429 16 667 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 10 540 9 445 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 3 724 5 705 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 141 171 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 122 185 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 160 184 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 188 201 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 97 101 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 49 44 $100,000 or more .................... 17 23 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 7 776 8 117 Average per farm .........dollars.. 10 034 8 929 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 345 426 Other ............................... 429 483 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 445 484 200 days or more ................... 291 301 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 417 454 number.. 13 179 15 802 Beef cows ..................farms.. 350 345 number.. 6 237 6 546 Milk cows ..................farms.. 35 81 number.. 1 110 2 625 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 378 422 number.. 5 582 6 009 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 15 21 number.. 77 282 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 4 10 number.. 43 399 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 4 3 number.. 45 (D) Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 23 33 number.. 488 780 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 3 number.. 0 13 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 109 194 acres.. 1 917 3 598 bushels.. 158 840 341 293 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 16 41 acres.. 327 730 tons, green.. 4 621 8 146 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 6 11 acres.. 64 192 bushels.. 1 700 8 674 Tobacco ......................farms.. 621 793 acres.. 3 188 3 188 pounds.. 5 874 896 5 983 576 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 21 23 acres.. 1 506 1 293 bushels.. 43 310 40 426 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 429 453 acres.. 15 079 15 056 tons, dry.. 31 355 30 352 @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.