1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 LEWIS COUNTY, NEW YORK Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 623 617 Land in farms ..................acres.. 179 696 169 313 Average size of farm .......acres.. 288 274 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 186 568 214 286 Average per acre .........dollars.. 646 741 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 67 864 77 269 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 18 21 10 to 49 acres ...................... 41 33 50 to 179 acres ..................... 151 138 180 to 499 acres .................... 333 366 500 to 999 acres .................... 65 53 1,000 acres or more ................. 15 6 Total cropland .................farms.. 570 592 acres.. 101 521 104 259 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 539 576 acres.. 82 748 80 635 Irrigated land .................farms.. 13 12 acres.. 87 66 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 61 686 62 437 Average per farm .........dollars.. 99 015 101 194 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 3 140 1 598 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 58 546 60 839 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 87 70 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 41 30 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 37 50 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 51 44 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 52 40 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 94 103 $100,000 or more .................... 261 280 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 41 456 47 996 Average per farm .........dollars.. 66 436 77 790 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 451 468 Other ............................... 172 149 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 247 198 200 days or more ................... 132 119 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 481 516 number.. 49 594 48 448 Beef cows ..................farms.. 71 51 number.. 601 435 Milk cows ..................farms.. 390 422 number.. 28 221 27 851 Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 472 499 number.. 18 192 20 751 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 27 38 number.. 316 277 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 12 20 number.. 309 330 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 14 16 number.. 191 423 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 26 21 number.. 806 538 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 1 2 number.. (D) (D) Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 43 39 acres.. 4 294 1 948 bushels.. 449 250 170 028 Corn for sil or green chop....farms.. 303 328 acres.. 16 943 15 307 tons, green.. 251 299 208 059 Oats for grain................farms.. 47 84 acres.. 1 021 2 123 bushels.. 53 224 114 841 Potatoes, excl. sweetpotatoes.farms.. 5 1 acres.. 1 (D) cwt.. 170 (D) Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 497 547 acres.. 65 669 65 192 tons, dry.. 135 395 150 348 Vegetables harvested..........farms.. 18 15 acres.. 83 112 Land in orchards..............farms.. 4 2 acres.. 57 (D) @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.