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



[Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of Pbbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



45 to 54 



SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION 

 EXPENSES^-Con. 



Energy and petroleum products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $999 



$1,000 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 or more _ 



Petroleum products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Gasoline and gasohol farms- 



$1,000. 

 Diesel fuel farms. 



$1,000. 

 LP gas. butane, and propane farms- 



$1,000. 

 Fuel oil and kerosene.- farms. 



$1,000. 

 Natural gas farms. 



$1,000. 

 Motor oil and grease farms. 



$1,000. 



Electricity farms. 



$1,000. 

 Other— coal, wood, coke, etc farms. 



$1,000. 



Interest expense farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms with expenses of— 



$1 to $999 _. 



$1,000 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 ._ 



$10,000 or more 



Farms reporting no interest expense 

 (see text) 



VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Estimated market value of all machinery 



and equipment farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by value group: 



$1 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19,999 _ 



$20,000 to $49,999... _ 



$50,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 to $199,999 



$200,000 to $499.999 



$500,000 or more , 



SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT^ 



Automobiles farms.. 



number.. 

 Motortrucks, including pickups farms.. 



number.. 

 Wheel tractors farms., 



number.. 

 2 or 3 farms.. 



number., 

 4 or more farms.. 



number.. 



Grain and bean combines, self-propelied 

 only farms.. 



number.. 

 Corn heads for combines _. farms.. 



number.. 

 Cottonptckers and strippers farms.. 



number.. 

 Mower conditioners farms.. 



number.. 

 Pickup balers _ farms.. 



number.. 

 Field forage harvesters, shear bar or 

 flywheel __ _ farms.. 



number.. 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 



Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



acres on which used,. 



Lime farms.. 



acres on which used., 

 tons.. 

 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc., to 

 control— 



Insects on hay and other crops farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



5 317 

 22 858 



2 655 



1 698 



782 



182 



2 957 

 19 654 



938 



1 146 



707 



166 



2 952 

 14 194 

 2 849 

 5 614 

 1 383 



13 

 207 



1 



11 



1 



13 

 139 



13 



56 

 5 



(□) 

 3 

 5 



2 

 (D) 

 13 



9 



6 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



13 

 379 



3 



4 

 13 

 32 

 12 

 21 



4 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



3 



3 



2 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



13 



621 



9 



240 



460 



10 

 257 I 



393 

 1 597 



93 



211 



83 



6 



393 



1 153 



379 



601 



239 



(D) 



47 



86 



97 



172 



18 



(D) 



393 



67 



298 



(D) 

 49 

 (0) 



208 

 1 393 



56 

 53 

 29 

 70 



563 

 3 362 



174 



230 



123 



36 



563 



2 423 



540 



991 



253 



425 



91 



81 



131 



680 



17 



127 



563 



119 



457 



912 



79 



27 



331 

 2 057 



98 

 105 

 54 

 74 



487 

 4 682 



76 

 206 

 168 



37 



482 



3 089 



470 



1 326 



273 



587 



119 



154 



116 



792 



18 



65 



482 



165 



407 



1 566 



62 

 27 



247 



2 029 



45 

 80 

 59 

 63 



220 



488 

 26 927 



28 



64 



91 



123 



101 



60 



18 



3 



717 

 550 



236 



265 

 177 

 39 



717 



3 429 



699 



1 406 



331 



567 



110 



210 



213 



772 



25 



319 



717 



156 



544 



1 043 



53 



78 



244 

 1 851 



59 

 104 

 31 

 50 



717 

 30 302 



22 



91 



140 



254 



143 



55 



11 



1 



456 

 689 

 668 



1 718 

 661 



1 930 

 311 

 750 

 204 



1 034 



260 

 288 

 294 

 327 



159 

 201 



511 

 32 255 



252 

 5 710 

 8 940 



252 

 11 150 



48 MASSACHUSETTS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



