Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 1982 and 1978 



[Dollar figures are in current dollars with no adjustment for price changes. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Farms number. 



Land in farms _ __acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings^: 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres --- — - 



500 to 999 acres - --- - 



1,000 to 1,999 acres --- 



2.000 acres or more 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



f^^arket value of agricultural products sold __ $1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products. farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 



Farms by standard industrial classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021) 



Dairy farms (024) _ ..__ 



Poultry and eggs (025) _.. 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. 



Tenure of operator: 



Full owners _ 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other .__ _ 



Selected farm production expenses': 



Feed for livestock and poultry $1,000. 



Commercial fertilizer $1,000. 



Other agricultural chemicals^ $1,000. 



Energy and petroleum products $1,000. 



Hired farm labor $1,000. 



Livestock and poultry inventory: 



Cattle and calves. farms. 



number. 



Milk cows ___ ___ farms. 



number. 



Hogs and pigs __ farms. 



number. 



Chickens 3 months old or older farms. 



number. 



Crops han/ested: 



Corn for silage or green chop farms. 



acres. 



Irish potatoes _ __ farms. 



acres- 

 Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, grass silage, green chop, etc. 

 (see text) __ __ farms. 



Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) farmsl 



acres. 



Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



2Data for 1978 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



VIII MASSACHUSETTS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



