Caption:  The Source Table "land_use_sheepcounties_census_87_99_source.db" contains data on the changes in agricultural land use in Kennebec, Lincoln, and Waldo counties during the period 1987-1997. These three counties comprise most of the Sheepscot watershed. Note that the data are for the entire extent of the each county, not just the pieces that are in the Sheepscot watershed. Data were collected by the U.S. Census of Agriculture. See Info Links for more information. (D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms and (N) = Not available. Except for the first column, columns headings begin with county, followed by year. A key to column headings: Statistic = The data statistic (units in parentheses), Kennebec_ = Kennebec County, Lincoln_ = Lincoln County, Waldo_ = Waldo County.

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Statistic	Kennebec_1997	Kennebec_1992	Kennebec_1987	Lincoln_1997	Lincoln_1992	Lincoln_1987	Waldo_1997	Waldo_1992	Waldo_1987
Farms (number)	455	494	576	210	202	228	315	339	426
Land in farms (acres)	88134	95402	112203	25920	24350	29230	68569	71890	85137
Land in farms - average size of farm (acres)	194	193	195	123	121	128	218	212	200
Land in farms - median size of farm (acres)	100	-	-	75	-	-	140	-	-
Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per farm (dollars)	258170	226983	226082	205766	317804	137480	222268	258191	187317
Estimated market value of land and buildings@1: average per acre (dollars)	1509	1232	1020	1705	2093	1315	952	1218	886
Estimated market value of all machinery/equipment@1:aver per farm (dollars)	52231	40749	35175	32551	29709	22747	34455	38121	31473
Farms by size: 1 to 9 acres	34	36	35	22	11	11	17	16	26
Farms by size: 10 to 49 acres	92	83	91	57	50	57	58	44	62
Farms by size: 50 to 179 acres	172	192	237	84	99	108	116	134	164
Farms by size: 180 to 499 acres	122	147	165	38	36	45	94	109	139
Farms by size: 500 to 999 acres	28	30	42	8	6	6	24	31	30
Farms by size: 1,000 acres or more	7	6	6	1	0	1	6	5	5
Total cropland (farms)	422	471	533	196	190	211	298	324	394
Total cropland (acres)	44591	48273	52280	11010	10187	12017	28338	29036	33301
Total cropland, harvested cropland (farms)	380	427	476	169	174	192	278	309	368
Total cropland, harvested cropland (acres)	34425	35886	36093	7541	7162	7934	21460	21300	23629
Irrigated land (farms)	42	41	27	26	13	10	26	29	12
Irrigated land (acres)	365	195	99	92	70	58	60	92	42
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)	45181	36543	42263	6329	4745	4817	14768	17132	32140
Market value of agricultural products sold, average per farm (dollars)	99299	73973	73374	30140	23489	21127	46884	50538	75446
Market value of ag prod sold-crops,incl nursery and greenhouse crops ($1,000)	6175	5329	5216	2270	1964	1640	2540	2796	1894
Market value of ag products sold - livestock, poultry, and their products ($1,000)	39006	31213	37047	4059	2781	3177	12229	14336	30246
Farms by value of sales: Less than $2,500	138	151	187	77	76	107	98	87	121
Farms by value of sales: $2,500 to $4,999	66	65	90	33	34	46	42	50	57
Farms by value of sales: $5,000 to $9,999	63	67	50	29	33	24	42	45	48
Farms by value of sales: $10,000 to $24,999	62	56	64	30	25	18	38	47	42
Farms by value of sales: $25,000 to $49,999	31	30	38	14	9	10	27	32	33
Farms by value of sales: $50,000 to $99,999	29	39	46	13	11	12	28	25	54
Farms by value of sales: $100,000 or more	66	86	101	14	14	11	40	53	71
Total farm production expenses@1 ($1,000)	33272	30929	31900	5123	4352	3699	13212	13764	26316
Total farm production expenses@1, average per farm (dollars)	73124	62483	55477	24395	21650	16151	41943	40722	61774
Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 (farms)	455	495	575	210	201	229	315	338	426
Net cash return from agricultural sales for the farm unit (see text)@1 ($1,000)	11142	4989	9003	555	445	1008	1627	3474	5679
Net cash return from ag sales for fm unit (see text)@1, average per farm (dollars)	24488	10080	15657	2643	2216	4401	5166	10277	13332
Operators by principal occupation: Farming	237	259	299	103	91	85	173	186	251
Operators by principal occupation: Other	218	235	277	107	111	143	142	153	175
Operators by days worked off farm: Any	250	255	302	118	123	168	177	189	221
Operators by days worked off farm: 200 days or more	146	178	203	70	79	117	93	92	115
Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (farms)	208	241	337	77	81	95	142	159	215
Livestock and poultry: Cattle and calves inventory (number)	15699	16444	19045	2642	2488	3228	9303	10208	11768
Beef cows (farms)	103	115	148	39	49	51	52	60	77
Beef cows (number)	1104	1091	1550	364	386	382	492	707	665
Milk cows (farms)	84	118	167	21	20	30	76	85	124
Milk cows (number)	7850	7845	8539	850	798	992	4600	4520	5544
Cattle and calves sold (farms)	183	232	311	62	69	88	134	144	201
Cattle and calves sold (number)	5279	5506	7524	927	815	1661	3001	3933	4131
Hogs and pigs inventory (farms)	26	26	39	14	21	17	20	22	22
Hogs and pigs inventory (number)	393	198	1093	87	137	104	170	319	419
Hogs and pigs sold (farms)	20	25	33	16	13	14	12	12	16