Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1982 and Earlier Census Years 



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



All farms 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms _ number 



Land in farms _ _- acres 



Average size of farm _ acres 



Approximate land area acres, 



Proportion in farms .percent. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre __ dollars. 



Farms by value of land and buildings: 



$1 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 to $39,999 __.. 



$40,000 to $69,999 



$70,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 to $149.999 



$150,000 to $199,999 __ 



$200,000 to $499,999 



$500,000 to $999,999 



$1,000,000 or more __. 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 

 USE 



Total cropland farms. 



acres. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 49 acres 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 19 acres 



20 to 29 acres 



30 to 49 acres 



50 to 99 acres 



100 to 199 acres 



200 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 acres or more 



1.000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



Cropland used only for pasture or 



grazing farms. 



acres. 



Other cropland farms. 



acres- 

 Cropland in cover crops, legumes, 

 and soil-improvement grasses, not 



harvested and not pastured. farms. 



acres. 



Cropland on which all crops failed farms. 



acres. 

 Cropland in cultivated summer fallow __ farms. 



acres. 



Cropland idle... farms. 



acres. 



Total woodland farms. 



acres. 

 Woodland pastured farms. 



acres. 

 Woodland not pastured farms. 



acres. 



Other land farms. 



acres - 

 Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms. 



acres. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, 



wasteland, etc. farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres- 



5 401 



612 819 



113 



' 007 577 

 12.2 



205 677 

 1 963 



161 

 158 

 434 

 805 

 654 

 895 

 619 

 1 240 

 286 

 148 



4 946 



617 359 



126 



5 008 640 



12.3 



183 339 

 1 443 



107 

 266 

 564 

 881 

 593 

 761 

 442 

 981 

 241 

 110 



} 



4 497 



601 734 



134 



5 008 768 



12.0 



128 535 

 961 



257 

 303 

 772 

 907 

 564 

 569 

 325 

 606 



5 703 



700 578 



123 



5 008 768 



14.0 



69 362 

 565 



620 

 880 

 1 528 

 1 187 

 485 

 458 

 183 

 291 



71 



8 019 



901 789 



113 



034 880 



17.9 



43 492 

 386 



856 



1 984 



2 626 

 1 378 



482 

 397 

 114 

 132 



50 



{ 



11 179 



1 142 341 



102 



5 034 880 



22.7 



31 692 

 310 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



17 361 

 1 439 080 



83 



5 034 680 



28.6 



18 552 

 224 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



'Data for 1982. 1978, and 1950 through 1964 are based on a sample of farms. 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



MASSACHUSETTS 1 



