Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982, 1978, and 



1974-Con. 



(For meaning of abbreviatjons and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



1978 



1974 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Operator characteristics— Con. 

 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 



Operators by age group^: 



Under 25 years -- 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 1 



55 to 64 years _ 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male - farms. 



acres. 



Female farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family farms. 



acres. 



Partnership farms. 



acres. 



Corporation farms. 



acres. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 

 Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust 



Institutional, etc. __- farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NAl 



P! 



(NA] 

 (NAJ 



474 



2 391 



3 912 



5 762 



6 069 

 3 307 



51.1 



(NAl 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



50.4 



40 

 2 592 815 



21 

 2 539 933 



'For classification of social and etfinic groups, see text 



'1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text 



Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



4 MONTANA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



