1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 TREASURE COUNTY, MONTANA Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 110 113 Land in farms ..................acres.. 605 527 599 014 Average size of farm .......acres.. 5 505 5 301 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 904 841 645 676 Average per acre .........dollars.. 175 119 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 124 248 122 392 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 0 4 10 to 49 acres ...................... 6 6 50 to 179 acres ..................... 16 17 180 to 499 acres .................... 17 7 500 to 999 acres .................... 14 21 1,000 acres or more ................. 57 58 Total cropland .................farms.. 85 88 acres.. 47 193 42 021 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 80 80 acres.. 30 103 29 709 Irrigated land .................farms.. 60 61 acres.. 17 486 21 936 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 17 567 18 835 Average per farm .........dollars.. 159 700 166 684 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 6 229 7 197 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 11 338 11 638 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 12 8 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 6 7 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 12 9 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 10 16 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 17 14 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 22 21 $100,000 or more .................... 31 38 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 14 174 15 281 Average per farm .........dollars.. 128 855 135 227 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 80 93 Other ............................... 30 20 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 39 45 200 days or more ................... 21 26 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 88 90 number.. 32 027 31 210 Beef cows ..................farms.. 85 81 number.. (D) 13 567 Milk cows ..................farms.. 2 4 number.. (D) 7 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 89 92 number.. 21 317 21 210 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 5 5 number.. 10 139 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 0 5 number.. 0 128 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 4 5 number.. (D) 441 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 4 7 number.. 23 114 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 18 23 acres.. 2 481 2 956 tons, green.. 58 962 64 049 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 28 36 acres.. 6 558 6 398 bushels.. 280 515 362 040 Barley for grain..............farms.. 24 29 acres.. 1 932 4 249 bushels.. 147 703 369 305 Oats for grain................farms.. 8 4 acres.. 220 141 bushels.. 9 860 8 050 Sugar beets for sugar.........farms.. 20 29 acres.. 4 061 4 847 tons.. 99 331 114 893 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 63 66 acres.. 12 982 9 458 tons, dry.. 28 058 22 413 @1Data are based on a sample of farms. Legend: - Represents zero (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.