Number        Land       Avg. Size         Value of
Year         of           In           of           Land & Bldgs
            Farms        Farms        Farms           per Acre
                        -acres-                      - dollars -
1850          NA         10,729          NA          2.27  
1880       2,015        269,710         134          9.39  
1900       2,596        326,747         126         22.79  
1910       2,325        320,373         138         38.09  
1920       2,153        312,978         145         94.13  
1930       2,076        311,394         150         43.44  
1935       2,239        315,248         141         22.17     
1940       2,013        303,954         151         22.13     
1945       1,858        314,570         169         31.92  
1950       1,726        298,044         173         45.82     
1954       1,417        289,752         205         49.29     
1959       1,239        297,327         240         69.37     
1964       1,031        292,775         284         86.56     
1969       1,015        296,813         292        135.06    
1974         818        266,885         326        248.00    
1978         744        260,518         350        492.00    
1982         715        250,851         351        544.00    
1987         661        271,529         411        367.00    
1992         581        254,493         438        404.00    
1997         615        261,360         425        599.00

NA-Not available.

Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture