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Attachment 6.4.1 <br />Chart missing title: Acres along the left column and Number of Farms <br />along the right column. <br />FIG URE 6-'1: ORANGE COUNTY AGRICULTURE, 1959-200 2 <br />160,000 ~ . _ _ ---_ _:_ __ --- - -_. - 1,600. <br />140,000 ~ 1,400 <br />120,000 , 1,200 <br /> <br />100,000 i <br />~ <br />1,000y <br />I <br />80 <br />000 ~ <br />~ ~ <br />LL <br />, <br />i <br />a 800 <br />0 <br /> <br />60,000 - C 600 ~ <br />40,000 ' 400 <br />20,000 ~ 200 <br />0 .:Wu_ __ ~ u_~ u __u.~_ 0 <br />1959 1964 1969 1974 1978 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 <br />Land In Farms '145,9 131,,5 110,7 87,81 87,34 90,57 81,10 67,49 72,67 71,01 <br />t# of Farms 1,418 1,115 $95 631 564 599 522 433 577 627 <br />..Source: 1959-2002 Census of Agriculture, US Departmenf ofAgriculture <br />45 <br />