Number        Land       Avg. Size         Value of
Year         of           In           of           Land & Bldgs
            Farms        Farms        Farms           per Acre
                        -acres-                      - dollars -
1850          NA        212,221          NA             6.60
1880       2,664        381,245       143.0            17.72
1900       2,873        397,274       138.0            25.45
1910       2,773        400,122       144.0            42.63
1920       2,681        385,501       144.0            77.56
1930       2,357        369,049       157.0            44.93
1935       2,484        386,809       156.0            25.28
1940       2,119        371,651       175.0            28.84
1945       2,093        386,105       185.0            37.68
1950       1,754        354,931       202.0            59.65
1954       1,645        361,164       220.0            84.41
1959       1,435        371,254       259.0           120.35
1964       1,360        361,755       266.0           165.84
1969       1,382        362,205       262.0           221.39
1974       1,220        339,094       278.0           424.00
1978       1,180        351,466       298.0           911.00
1982       1,099        345,308       314.0           925.00
1987       1,037        336,976       325.0           626.00
1992         968        323,465       334.0           796.00
1997         944        316,743       336.0         1,184.00

NA-Not available.

Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture