Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1982 and 1978 -Con. 



(For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS- 



Con. 



1982 operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



1 982 operators by age group: 



Under 25 years..- 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family. farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.- 



Partnership famis, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Corporation: 



Family field farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres. 1982.- 



1978.. 



Other than family held farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 

 acres, 1982— 

 1978-- 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc farms, 1982- 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



1982 SELECTED FARM 

 PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Feed for livestock and poultry farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Commercially mixed formula feeds farms.. 



tons.. 

 $1.000.. 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Other agricultural chemicals^.. farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Hired farm labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Workers working 150 days or more farms.. 



number.. 

 Contract labor farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Customwork. machine hire, and rental of 



machinery and equipment farms. . 



$1,000.. 



Energy and petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Interest expense: 



Expenses reported farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Expenses reported as 'No' farms.. 



MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment farms. 1982.. 



1978.. 



$1,000, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Average per farm dollars. 1982.. 



1978.. 



Motortrucks, including pickups farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



number, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Wheel tractors famis, 1982.. 



1978., 

 number, 1982. 

 1978. 

 Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 



only farms, 1982. 



1978. 



number, 1982. 



1978. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1 655 



2 943 

 5 881 



28 444 



22.1 



8 972 



9 927 



12 422 



8 728 



50.4 



40 949 

 40 824 



33 951 129 



34 325 724 



5 010 

 5 029 



5 962 690 



6 070 685 



1 564 



1 228 



3 182 393 



2 509 637 



19 877 

 1 886 358 

 31 215 

 906 129 

 12 350 

 1 135 784 

 190 367 



38 492 

 80 447 

 38 301 

 246 405 

 28 251 

 92 643 



21 169 



149 853 



7 399 



15 448 

 2 753 

 7 619 



48 007 

 393 142 



47 983 

 342 978 



32 197 

 448 537 

 13 616 



48 043 

 47 577 

 3 432 446 

 2 775 066 

 71 445 

 58 328 



45 697 

 45 764 

 127 663 

 125 500 



43 505 



44 468 

 117 817 

 119 856 



32 623 

 31 910 

 40 246 

 38 580 



6 612 



20 406 



17.1 



9 528 



1 381 

 6 Oil 



8 784 



9 455 

 9 627 

 6 810 



49.6 



32 889 



30 228 



7 197 594 



7 054 600 



8 423 



7 495 



2 402 829 



2 250 174 



13 306 

 176 326 



25 102 

 168 100 



11 215 

 492 232 



87 020 



34 745 

 43 784 

 39 950 

 120 435 

 28 488 

 53 379 



27 824 

 146 562 



7 803 

 17 760 



3 339 

 10 261 



16 272 



21 104 

 42 012 



135 625 

 41 958 

 111 551 



22 718 

 199 653 



16 753 



613 

 947 



1 928 

 5 377 



16.1 



2 615 



458 

 2 059 

 2 634 

 2 647 

 2 406 

 1 276 



47.0 



9 339 



10 018 



4 652 431 



2 462 

 53 750 



4 674 

 155 848 



2 555 

 733 856 

 134 217 



7 810 

 58 150 



8 819 

 88 101 



7 053 



102 233 



4 420 



12 635 



4 065 

 23 375 

 11 429 



128 524 

 11 427 



113 715 



7 793 



124 241 



2 933 



422 



1 696 

 19.5 

 448 



796 

 19 471 

 1 555 

 98 538 

 1 384 

 538 648 

 91 652 



1 733 



8 955 

 1 941 



18 061 



1 841 



9 615 



2 211 

 43 543 



1 351 

 4 395 



739 

 2 015 

 2 833 



24 117 

 2 833 

 17 142 



316 



577 



1 165 



4 421 



19.4 



3 599 

 95 613 



4 960 

 270 796 



3 863 



1 430 684 



244 446 



6 168 

 21 023 



6 685 

 68 307 



6 246 

 25 993 



5 018 

 65 502 



2 776 

 8 332 



3 577 

 9 182 

 8 113 



56 476 

 8 113 

 41 616 



4 391 

 52 853 



3 234 



8 113 

 8 023 

 547 419 

 411 620 

 67 474 

 51 305 



7 353 

 7 140 

 18 051 

 15 675 

 7 498 



2 555 

 2 624 

 2 844 

 2 922 



Massachusetts 



328 



1 353 



19.7 



398 



1 779 



1 644 



242 014 



256 262 



267 



250 



54 935 



56 078 



297 



278 



78 517 



63 581 



280 UNITED STATES 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



