Number        Land       Avg. Size         Value of
Year         of           In           of           Land & Bldgs
            Farms        Farms        Farms           per Acre
                        -acres-                      - dollars -
1850          NA         36,078        NA                5.63
1880         803         87,183       109                4.03
1900       1,671        241,408       145                5.96 
1910       1,517        233,800       154                8.18
1920       1,216        192,989       159               20.96
1930       1,232        192,722       156               20.22
1935       1,689        260,303       154               12.55
1940       1,499        214,218       143               11.17
1945       1,371        252,658       184               14.72
1950       1,383        279,173       202               31.07
1954       1,064        253,732       239               36.76
1959         914        236,338       259               41.77
1964         890        232,595       261               63.39
1969         658        195,081       296              114.33
1974         590        211,282       358              252.00
1978         607        179,133       295              417.00
1982         619        173,075       280              487.00
1987         566        178,092       315              471.00
1992         493        160,576       326              613.00
1997         459        158,421       345            1,148.00  

NA-Not available.

Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture