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  1.                                                                                 Farms--Number & Acreage: 1959 - 1990                    _______Farms______     _____Land in Farms____                                Annual                    Average                     Number    change(1)       Total     per farm   Year             (1,000)    (1,000)     (mil. acres)   (acres) 
  2.  
  3. 1969 definition
  4.   1959              4,105       -139          1,183         288
  5.   1960              3,963       -142          1,176         297
  6.   1964              3,457       -127          1,146         332
  7.   1965              3,356       -101          1,140         340
  8.   1969              3,000        -89          1,108         369
  9.  
  10.   1970              2,949        -51          1,102         374
  11.   1971              2,902        -47          1,097         378
  12.   1972              2,860        -42          1,092         382
  13.   1973              2,823        -37          1,088         385
  14.   1974              2,795        -28          1,084         388
  15.  
  16.   1975              2,767        -28          1,081         391
  17.   1976              2,738        -29          1,078         394
  18.   1977              2,706        -32          1,075         397
  19.   1978              2,672        -34          1,072         401
  20.  
  21.  
  22. 1974 definition
  23.   1975              2,521        (X)          1,059         420
  24.   1976              2,497        -24          1,054         422
  25.   1977              2,456        -41          1,048         427
  26.   1978              2,436        -20          1,045         429
  27.   1979              2,437          1          1,042         428
  28.  
  29.   1980              2,440          3          1,039         426
  30.   1981              2,440       (NC)          1,034         424
  31.   1982              2,407        -33          1,028         427
  32.   1983              2,379        -28          1,023         430
  33.   1984              2,334        -45          1,018         436
  34.  
  35.   1985              2,293        -41          1,012         441
  36.   1986              2,250        -43          1,005         447
  37.   1987              2,213        -37            999         451
  38.   1988              2,197        -16            995         453
  39.   1989              2,171        -26            991         457
  40.  
  41.   1990, prel.       2,143        -28            988         461
  42.  
  43.  
  44. NC=No change.
  45. X= Not applicable.
  46. 1. Average annual change from preceding year shown. For 1959,
  47.    change from 1954.
  48.  
  49. Source:U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
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