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decreased from 517 to 450 acres during the five years. The value per acre climbed from $298 to $615, raising the average value per farm from $153,925 to $277,134.
The market value of livestock and their products on farms of $2,500 or more of sales was $1,493,000 in 1974; poultry and their products, $3,000; and crop sales, including nursery products, hay and forest products, $1,866,000. Farms reporting less than $1,000 in sales numbered 27 in 1974. The value of agricultural products sold on these farms totaled $10,000.□
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