Table 7. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1982, 1978, and 1974 



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



1982' 



Farms 



Expenses 

 ($1,000) 



Item 



1982' 



Farms 



Expenses 

 ($1,000) 



Livestock and poultry 



purchased farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms v^ith expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 _ 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $14,999 ___ 



$15,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 to $29.999 



$30,000 to $39.999— 



$40,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 to $79,999. _ 



$80,000 or more 



Feed for livestock and poultry .. farms. 

 $1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 --. 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 ._ 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $14,999 



$15,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $29,999 



$30,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 to $79,999 __ 



$80,000 or more 



Commercially mixed formula 



feeds farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by tons purchased: 



1 to 49 tons 



50 to 99 Ions 



100 to 199 tons 



200 to 499 tons 



500 to 799 tons 



800 to 999 Ions _ 



1.000 Ions or more 



Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 ._ 



$1,000 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $14.999 



$15,000 to $19,999_ 



$20,000 to $29,999 __ 



$30,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 to $49,999 



$50,000 or more 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and 



trees farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 __ 



$1,000 to $4,999 _ 



$5,000 to $9,999 _ 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 or more 



Commercial fertilizer farms 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499. _ _ 



$500 to $999 _ 



$1,000 10 $4.999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 to $29.999 _ 



$30,000 to $39.999___ 



$40,000 or more _ 



1 636 

 (X) 



515 



273 



490 



144 



66 



27 



39 



30 



12 



24 



16 



2 947 

 (X) 



512 

 462 

 938 

 188 

 160 

 102 

 161 

 141 

 183 

 100 



1 997 

 (X) 



1 251 



228 



297 



158 



33 



7 



23 



320 



260 



533 



184 



160 



87 



191 



77 



42 



143 



2 068 

 (X) 



1 048 



349 



487 



108 



28 



48 



3 284 

 (X) 



1 371 



663 



923 



181 



101 



22 



11 



12 



(X) 

 11 468 



102 

 182 



1 067 

 999 

 767 

 443 

 865 



1 014 

 501 



1 386 



4 140 



(X) 

 47 203 



129 

 309 

 1 956 

 1 362 

 1 877 

 1 804 



3 928 



4 877 

 10 148 

 20 812 



(X) 

 36 846 



(X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 

 (X) 



78 



175 



1 146 



1 365 



1 957 



1 518 

 4 665 



2 583 

 1 848 



21 510 



(X) 

 5 996 



203 

 234 

 936 

 670 

 373 

 3 581 



(X) 

 7 155 



253 



463 



1 963 



1 255 



1 336 



510 



358 



1 018 



1 642 

 10 950 



573 



209 



498 



157 



69 



31 



38 



16 



17 



19 



15 



2 629 

 39 491 



594 

 440 

 558 

 181 

 155 

 185 

 204 



94 

 143 



75 



1 670 

 33 062 



838 

 245 

 317 

 203 



39 

 5 



23 



294 

 181 

 282 

 175 

 168 

 180 

 138 

 79 

 56 

 117 



2 726 

 7 737 



1 399 



479 



627 



117 



34 



70 



3 585 

 7 148 



1 658 



558 



1 018 



234 



82 



17 



6 



12 



} 



} 



1 502 

 8 110 



573 

 201 

 424 

 131 



2 512 

 40 395 



621 

 258 

 547 

 255 



2 152 

 36 735 



1 262 

 299 

 341 

 179 



71 



460 

 195 

 489 

 237 



} 



2 450 

 6 645 



1 554 



329 



405 



54 



108 



3 190 

 5 808 



1 592 



445 



892 



165 



68 



28 



Other agricultural chemicals' farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $99 



$100 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1,999 



$2,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 or more _._ 



Hired farm labor farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $99 



$100 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $2,499 



$2,500 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999- 



$20,000 to $29.999 



$30,000 to $49.999 



$50,000 or more 



Contract labor.. __ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 _ 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 or more 



Customwork, machine hire, and 

 rental of machinery and 



equipment .__ farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 or more 



Energy and petroleum products . farms- 

 $1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 10 $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1.999 



$2,000 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 or more 



Petroleum products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $499 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $1.999 



$2,000 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $39,999. 



$40,000 or more ___ 



Interest expense farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms witti expenses of— 



$1 to $499. _ 



$500 to $999 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 or more 



2 456 

 (X) 



481 

 909 

 357 

 253 

 241 

 131 

 46 

 38 



2 412 

 (X) 



35 

 271 

 335 

 431 

 431 

 273 

 266 

 113 



96 

 161 



429 

 (X) 



114 

 62 



161 

 40 

 21 

 31 



1 224 

 (X) 



602 

 231 

 288 



61 

 21 

 21 



5 334 

 (X) 



1 791 

 865 

 685 



1 020 

 471 

 319 

 119 



64 



5 323 

 (X) 



2 256 

 736 

 806 

 819 

 384 

 194 



82 

 46 



1 803 

 (X) 



348 

 267 

 644 

 235 

 309 



(X) 

 4 885 



24 

 234 

 249 

 341 

 766 

 845 

 591 

 1 835 



(X) 

 43 109 



2 



77 



222 



664 



1 491 



1 859 

 3 803 



2 612 



3 596 

 28 784 



(X) 

 2 604 



31 



43 



391 



246 



271 



1 621 



(X) 

 3 517 



141 

 159 

 622 

 387 

 (D) 

 (D) 



(X) 

 22 993 



419 



614 



992 



3 178 



3 279 



4 321 



(D) 

 (D) 



(X) 

 16 641 



501 

 506 



1 162 



2 508 

 2 639 

 2 622 

 2 148 

 4 555 



(X) 

 10 141 



89 



190 



1 720 



1 650 



6 491 



3 260 

 3 882 



701 



1 241 

 545 

 357 

 273 



81 

 37 

 25 



2 573 

 40 380 



161 

 304 

 291 

 439 

 351 

 329 

 327 

 134 



460 

 1 652 



125 



68 

 180 

 55 

 12 

 20 



1 104 

 1 691 



603 



190 



270 



19 



18 



4 



4 907 

 15 685 



1 761 

 924 

 695 

 904 

 367 

 140 



76 

 40 



4 900 

 11 733 



2 094 

 899 

 805 

 678 

 244 



92 

 55 

 33 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



} 



} 



} 



'Data for 1982 and 1978 are based on a sample of farms. 



^Data for 1976 and 1974 include the cost of lime which was not collected in 1982. 



6 MASSACHUSETTS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



