Number        Land       Avg. Size         Value of
Year         of           In           of           Land & Bldgs
            Farms        Farms        Farms           per Acre
                        -acres-                      - dollars -
1850          NA       313,110          NA               5.03
1880       2,923       472,114         162              11.99
1900       3,585       483,905         135              18.54
1910       3,502       489,240         140              37.76
1920       3,284       476,351         145              81.30
1930       2,753       443,272         161              34.95
1935       3,010       475,857         158              21.20
1940       2,833       453,036         160              23.58
1945       2,536       459,417         181              31.85
1950       2,499       461,914         185              46.73
1954       2,243       436,256         195              61.61
1959       1,930       416,390         216              94.73
1964       1,707       392,405         230             132.62
1969       1,581       376,872         238             194.13
1974       1,419       355,480         251             383.00
1978       1,402       350,877         250             762.00
1982       1,381       325,036         235             952.00
1987       1,323       324,379         245             624.00
1992       1,300       339,372         261             817.00
1997       1,338       330,471         247           1,217.00 

NA  Not Available

Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture