Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and 1978-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Massachusetts 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number, 1982 



1978 

 Land in farms .acres, 



Average size of farm .acres. 



Approximate land area acres. 



Proportion in farms percent. 1982.. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



i per farm — dollars, 1982,. 



1978.. 

 1982.. 

 1978.. 



Average per acre dollars. 



1982.- 

 1978.. 

 1982.. 

 1978.. 

 1982-. 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 

 USE 



Total cropland farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Harvested cropland famis, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



1982 acres harvested: 

 1 to 9 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 10 to 19 acres fanns.. 



acres.. 

 20 to 29 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 30 to 49 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 50 to 99 acres farms.. 



acres.. 



100 to 199 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 200 to 499 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 500 to 999 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 1,000 acres or more farms. . 



acres.. 



1976 acres harvested: 

 1 to 9 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 10 to 19 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 20 to 29 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 30 to 49 acres farms.. 



50 to 99 acres farms.. 



acres.. 



100 to 199 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 200 to 499 acres farms.. 



acres.. 

 500 to 999 acres larnis.. 



acres.. 

 1,000 acres or more farms.. 



acres.. 



Cropland used only for pasture or grazing farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Other cropland farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 

 acres. 1982.. 

 1978.. 

 Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and 

 soil-improvement grasses, not harvested 



and not pastured farms, 1982.. 



1978-. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres. 1982.. 



1978.. 



Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms. 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Cropland idle... farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Total woodland famis. 1982. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Woodland pastured.. farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres. 1982.. 



1978.. 



See footnotes at end of table, 



136 UNITED STATES 



73 315 



74 171 

 47 052 213 

 47 499 831 



642 



640 



52 337 984 



66 481 



68 430 



30 598 859 



29 843 255 



62 860 



64 862 



20 186 974 



18 987 644 



2 142 



10 420 



3 097 

 41 940 



2 630 

 61 042 



4 522 

 171 444 



8 832 

 631 696 



11 638 

 1 660 500 



17 228 



5 577 202 



9 046 



6 212 991 



3 725 

 5 819 739 



1 716 



8 562 



2 670 

 36 882 



2 634 



61 431 



4 854 



184 628 



9 792 

 704 270 



12 874 



1 843 663 



19 162 



6 158 006 



8 327 

 5 661 253 



2 833 

 4 328 949 



23 055 



24 226 

 3 231 652 

 3 122 683 



34 770 

 43 552 



7 180 233 

 7 732 928 



5 739 



9 657 



290 742 



463 615 



5 059 



5 325 

 385 959 

 368 550 



22 060 



26 863 



5 475 611 



5 654 847 



12 304 

 17 755 



1 027 921 

 1 245 916 



13 184 

 12 784 



753 577 

 674 721 



6 857 

 6 751 



377 954 

 354 817 



101 642 



102 263 

 14 179 284 

 14 606 168 



144 427 



124 233 



1 049 



98 331 



99 347 



8 960 250 



9 297 858 



93 082 



94 497 

 4 835 631 

 4 511 837 



37 958 

 118 545 



13 892 



188 632 



9 479 



222 117 



10 820 

 403 182 



10 246 

 702 043 



5 858 



795 589 



3 343 



1 007 114 



1 069 



737 192 



417 



661 217 



35 946 

 112 744 



14 839 

 202 226 



10 877 

 255 635 



11 944 

 446 474 



10 695 

 725 562 



5 740 

 779 329 



3 274 

 967 844 



430 472 



52 497 

 57 807 

 3 452 973 

 3 992 500 

 25 544 

 29 208 

 671 646 

 793 521 



10 669 

 12 313 

 188 934 

 227 062 

 1 514 



1 884 

 25 536 

 35 106 



2 632 



3 724 

 41 377 

 63 805 

 14 922 

 16 538 



415 799 

 467 548 



55 510 



57 567 



3 285 217 



3 358 989 



29 086 



31 134 



1 054 505 



1 166 143 



31 628 

 31 370 



8 928 827 



9 295 029 



282 



296 



28 493 696 



31.3 



381 817 



290 454 



1 351 



27 424 



28 351 

 6 093 474 

 6 343 637 



21 991 



23 528 



4 699 323 



4 838 520 



4 360 

 19 656 



3 402 

 43 948 



2 090 

 46 752 



2 289 

 83 980 



2 239 

 151 451 



1 884 

 259 903 



2 790 

 898 478 



1 826 

 1 265 937 



1 111 

 1 929 218 



4 274 

 20 284 



3 530 

 45 643 



2 191 

 49 248 



2 491 

 91 524 



2 636 

 179 304 



2 221 

 304 426 



3 214 

 1 019 525 



1 941 

 1 344 852 



1 030 

 1 783 714 



12 970 



13 789 

 915 751 



1 087 563 



5 501 

 5 030 



478 400 

 417 554 



719 

 662 

 32 304 

 31 469 

 1 005 

 1 089 



851 



1 001 

 116 350 

 119 329 



3 550 



2 928 

 244 941 

 194 642 



11 754 



11 946 



1 318 724 



1 392 829 



6 754 



7 009 

 500 986 

 618 285 



7 003 



6 775 



1 468 674 



1 500 390 



210 



221 



19 836 812 



767 

 10 263 

 743 

 16 892 

 1 006 

 36 775 

 1 212 

 82 850 



119 734 



508 



142 885 



20 923 



2 970 

 2 842 

 86 726 

 90 587 



1 867 



2 227 

 66 889 

 96 740 



218 



1 746 



2 721 



233 

 327 

 5 477 

 10 048 

 1 238 

 1 370 

 38 656 

 52 994 



5 461 

 5 263 

 707 404 

 716 168 

 1 298 

 1 247 

 77 478 

 77 539 



16 183 



15 540 



2 567 728 



2 614 439 



332 301 



298 920 



2 121 



1 719 



2 662 

 11 627 



1 749 

 23 793 



1 261 

 29 674 



1 730 

 65 856 



2 243 

 157 491 



1 985 



276 528 



1 548 



466 185 



338 



225 463 



147 



220 699 



5 717 



5 862 



197 257 



224 329 



3 138 



4 104 

 72 969 



108 081 



1 243 

 1 623 

 22 016 



31 074 

 361 

 473 



4 208 



5 818 



215 



344 



4 320 



9 034 



1 903 



2 506 

 42 425 

 62 155 



8 967 



8 980 



500 002 



537 266 



2 484 



5 401 



4 946 



612 819 



617 359 



205 677 



183 339 



1 963 



1 443 



4 941 



4 645 



265 866 



276 686 



4 608 



4 397 



197 769 



197 405 



1 626 



6 141 



759 



9 962 



525 



12 178 



591 



21 864 



9 151 

 490 



11 204 

 629 



23 056 

 625 



42 709 



1 853 

 1 845 

 51 683 

 62 358 

 903 

 1 021 

 16 414 

 16 923 



284 



305 



4 795 



4 112 



207 



124 



81 

 106 

 615 



1 308 

 518 

 619 



9 050 

 10 666 



3 273 



2 982 

 252 050 

 252 134 



982 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



