Private farms and garden plots of individuals account for over one-half of all agricultural production.

Logging on private land, farms and tree plantations in the region accounted for 88 percent.

Of the total, about 11,600 were dairy farms, and those farms accounted for 55 percent of all cash receipts by New York farms.

Commercial farms account for 20 percent of gross domestic product and employ a quarter of the work force, and many fear economic collapse if they are broken up.

These farms accounted for 5.2 percent of the country's farmland.

By 1997, 157,000 large farms accounted for 72% of farm sales, with only 2% of the U.S. population residing on farms.

These farms account for $1.23 billion in gross farm receipts and $6.85 billion in total farm capital.

Many have steadily expanded their domains - private farms now account for 35,000 acres compared with 6,200 in the mid-90's.

The farms, averaging 136 acres, accounted for only 2 percent of all agricultural sales in 1992, the last survey year.

By 1987 co-operative farms were accounting for 63% of private land holdings.