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

 1974-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



All farms 



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 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 

 Mate _ 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 tnjst, 

 institutional, etc farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



53 

 302 

 616 

 1 081 

 1 227 

 885 

 54.2 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



2 



3 

 11 



5 

 9.8 



4 



4 

 8 

 3 

 4 

 6 

 49.2 



23 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



24 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA 



4 

 5 

 10 

 5 

 3 

 48.5 



26 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



2 

 (D) 



21 



1 504 



2 



(D) 



3 



104 



2 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA 

 (NA 



3 

 10 

 7 

 7 

 8 

 50.1 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



I") 

 lA) 

 lA^ 

 lA) 



(NA) 



(na; 



(N,- 

 (NA) 

 (NAl 



(na) 



P 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



'For classification of social and ethnic 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 MASSACHUSETTS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



