Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. 



(Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning ol abtirevlatlons and symbols, see Introductory text] 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place ol residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported _-- 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None 



Any 



1 to 99 days 



100 to 199 days 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



Operators by years on present fami: 



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: 



li^ale ., 



Female 



Operators of Spanisfi origin 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms. 



acres. 



Partnersfiip farms. 



acres.. 

 Corporation: 



Family field farms., 



acres. 



More tfian 10 stockholders farms., 



10 or less slockfiolders farms.. 



Other than family held farms., 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders _. farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc farms.. 



acres.. 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres _ ._ _. 



140 to 179 acres _ _ 



180 to 219 acres. 



220 to 259 acres _ 



260 to 499 acres ._ 



500 to 999 acres _. 



1.000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) _ 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotlon (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugar crops, Irish potatoes, hay, 

 peanuts, and other field crops (0133. 



0134, 0139) _. 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) _ 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, pnmarily crop (019). 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) ___ _ _,, 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



Other occupations 



Total 



1 911 

 383 

 163 



255 



2 202 



130 



396 



1 676 



143 

 284 

 502 

 1 105 

 14.9 

 423 



14 

 303 

 666 

 604 

 534 

 336 

 49.4 



2 207 

 250 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



248 



208 



203 



107 



81 



44 



87 



15 



4 



2 



S 

 412 



395 

 257 

 315 

 219 

 129 



710 



344 



59 



70 



255 



26 



14 



4 

 3 

 2 



3.1 

 5 



14 



21.7 



13 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



225 

 64 

 14 



15 



45 



225 



5.6 

 52 



303 



263 



40 



263 



11 537 

 21 

 (D) 



13 

 553 



35 to 44 



13 



2 



(D) 



4 

 238 



90 



125 



24 



17 



32 



8 



1 



2 



3 



1 



30 



BS 

 41 



1 

 13 

 41 



2 



101 

 29 



666 



19 

 647 



24 

 115 

 508 



50 

 110 

 211 

 197 

 8.3 

 98 



599 

 67 



610 



(D) 



25 



1 116 



22 

 1 126 



22 



4 



(D) 



1 



3 



5 

 672 



179 

 258 

 61 

 62 

 44 

 16 

 19 

 10 

 15 

 2 



227 

 87 

 13 

 14 

 86 

 7 



45 to 54 



465 

 97 

 42 



33 



571 



24 



85 



462 



32 

 49 

 113 



315 



13.9 



95 



604 

 49.3 



558 

 46 



544 



35 222 



23 



1 390 



26 



1 200 



1 



25 



4 



2 153 



7 

 1 628 



131 



231 



66 



45 



44 



26 



24 



12 



20 



4 



1 



186 

 90 

 15 

 22 

 61 

 8 



55 to 64 



426 

 71 

 37 



52 



482 



28 



93 



351 



16 

 31 

 57 

 342 

 21.2 

 88 



534 

 59.3 



483 

 51 



480 



42 673 



25 



1 391 



18 

 1 820 



18 



5 



1 086 



1 



4 



99 



166 



56 



55 



46 



32 



23 



17 



32 



4 



2 



2 



1 



113 



110 

 64 

 64 

 40 

 33 



134 

 79 

 18 

 14 

 47 

 6 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MASSACHUSETTS 43 



