Table 3 Farm buildings total and farm buildings partly or totaly out of use. Number, ground area and average ground area. 1999*

3	Farm buildings total and farm buildings partly or totaly out of use. Number, ground area and average ground area. 1999*

Region, agricultural area by size, area of grain and oil seeds, number of dairy cows	Farm buildings, total			Of which farm buildings partly or totaly out of use

	Number	Ground area, m²	Average ground area, m²	Number	Ground area, m²	Average ground area, m²

The whole country
1999*	135 300	29 834 200	220	10 100	1 360 200	134
Region
Oslo and Akershus	7 300	2 032 600	279	800	152 000	181
Hedmark and Oppland	26 700	5 787 100	217	2 500	315 100	126
South Eastern Norway	24 500	6 107 300	250	2 200	311 900	143
Agder and Rogaland	18 300	3 899 000	214	1 200	136 400	117
Western Norway	26 900	4 925 400	183	1 400	150 400	111
Trøndelag	20 000	4 829 700	242	1 500	224 600	150
Northern Norway	11 800	2 253 100	192	600	69 800	120
Agricultural area in use
0 decares¹	900	321 600	353	0	4 100	214
5- 74 decares	37 200	5 597 500	151	3 600	383 700	108
75- 149 decares	36 200	7 256 600	201	2 700	350 600	132
150- 249 decares	34 100	8 246 900	242	2 100	289 300	135
250 decares and more	27 000	8 411 700	312	1 800	332 600	189
Area of grain and oil seeds
Without grain and oil seeds	88 900	17 446 000	196	5 400	620 800	114
1- 99 decares	19 600	4 287 500	219	2 000	250 200	123
100- 199 decares	12 600	3 323 400	263	1 300	214 400	167
200 decares and more	14 300	4 777 300	335	1 400	274 800	198
Number of dairy cows
Without dairy cows	87 000	18 135 800	208	8 200	1 135 600	139
1- 9 dairy cows	11 100	2 072 200	186	400	36 700	97
10- 14 dairy cows	17 000	3 794 300	223	800	73 200	97
15- dairy cows	20 200	5 831 900	289	800	114 700	136

¹	Comprises some large farms with animal husbandry and no area in use.