1997 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE: 1997 AND 1992 COKE COUNTY, TEXAS Item ALL FARMS 1997 1992 Farms .........................number.. 336 356 Land in farms ..................acres.. 482 480 523 049 Average size of farm .......acres.. 1 436 1 469 Value of land and buildings@1: Average per farm .........dollars.. 497 300 466 209 Average per acre .........dollars.. 321 263 Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment@1 Average per farm .........dollars.. 26 312 21 435 Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres ........................ 6 9 10 to 49 acres ...................... 16 15 50 to 179 acres ..................... 64 61 180 to 499 acres .................... 67 81 500 to 999 acres .................... 72 75 1,000 acres or more ................. 111 115 Total cropland .................farms.. 227 234 acres.. 55 097 48 160 Harvested cropland ...........farms.. 114 105 acres.. 12 723 (D) Irrigated land .................farms.. 10 16 acres.. 495 282 Market value of agricultural products sold................$1,000.. 7 990 10 763 Average per farm .........dollars.. 23 781 30 232 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops............$1,000.. 667 425 Livestock, poultry, and their products....................$1,000.. 7 324 10 338 Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500 .................... 87 67 $2,500 to $4,999 .................... 40 49 $5,000 to $9,999 .................... 62 62 $10,000 to $24,999 .................. 67 88 $25,000 to $49,999 .................. 41 47 $50,000 to $99,999 .................. 27 28 $100,000 or more .................... 12 15 Total farm production expenses.$1,000.. 12 322 9 896 Average per farm .........dollars.. 36 564 27 798 Operators by principal occupation: Farming ............................. 155 183 Other ............................... 181 173 Operators by days worked off farm: Any ................................. 196 189 200 days or more ................... 134 129 Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory...farms.. 267 279 number.. 18 841 21 926 Beef cows ..................farms.. 232 260 number.. 9 917 (D) Milk cows ..................farms.. 5 2 number.. 61 (D) Cattle and calves sold .......farms.. 264 274 number.. 9 616 13 051 Hogs and pigs inventory ......farms.. 7 15 number.. 328 737 Hogs and pigs sold ...........farms.. 8 13 number.. 179 2 509 Sheep and lambs inventory ....farms.. 80 123 number.. 55 646 62 559 Layers and pullets 13 weeks old and older inventory.............farms.. 6 6 number.. (D) (D) Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold...............farms.. 0 0 number.. 0 0 Selected crops harvested: Corn for grain or seed .......farms.. 0 1 acres.. 0 (D) bushels.. 0 (D) Sorghum for grain or seed.....farms.. 8 13 acres.. 952 795 bushels.. 47 102 20 018 Wheat for grain ..............farms.. 30 29 acres.. 4 820 3 352 bushels.. 103 371 67 149 Rice..........................farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 cwt.. 0 0 Cotton .......................farms.. 7 3 acres.. 838 (D) bales.. 327 45 Soybeans for beans ...........farms.. 0 0 acres.. 0 0 bushels.. 0 0 Hay-alf, other, wild, silage..farms.. 85 64 acres.. 5 335 3 659 tons, dry.. 10 800 5 452 @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.