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



[Excludes abnormal larms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see inlroduclory text] 



LIVESTOCK-Con. 



Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory farms.. 



number-. 



Ewes 1 year old or older farms-. 



number,. 



Sheep and lambs sold farms-. 



number-. 



Sheep and lambs shorn farms.. 



number.. 

 pounds of wool-. 



Horses and ponies inventory farms-. 



number-. 

 Horses and ponies sold farms.. 



number-. 



$1,000-. 

 Goats inventory farms., 



number-. 

 Goats sold farms.. 



number., 



$1,000., 



POULTRY 



Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _. farms., 



number.. 

 Farms with— 



1 to 399 , 



400 to 3,199.. 



3,200 to 9,999 , 



10,000 to 19,999 , 



20,000 to 49,999 , 



50,000 to 99,999 , 



100,000 or more , 



Hens and pullets of laying age farms., 



number-. 



Pullets 3 months old or older not of 



laying age farms., 



number.. 



Chickens 3 months old or older sold farms. 



numt)er-. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens 



sold farms- 



number-. 

 Farms with — 



1 to 1,999 



2,000 to 59,999 



60,000 to 99,999 



100,000 or more 



Turkey hens kept for breeding farms. 



numtjer. 



Turkeys sold farms- 

 number. 



CROPS HARVESTED 



Com for silage or green chop farms. 



acres, 

 tons, green. 



Irrigated farms. 



acres- 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres 



250 acres or more - 



Irish potatoes farms. 



acres- 

 cwt- 



Irrigated famis- 



acres. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres 



5.0 to 24 9 acres 



25.0 to 99.9 acres 



100.0 acres or more 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, 

 grass silage, green chop, etc. (see text) .. farms. 



acres - 



tons. dry. 



Irrigated farms. 



Farms by acres han/ested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres 



250 acres or more 1„ 



See footnotes at end of table. 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



446 



9 643 



386 



6 126 

 334 



5 616 

 377 



7 893 

 51 898 



1 158 



8 702 

 308 



1 044 



3 291 



219 



1 321 



87 



809 



46 



720 

 1 269 001 



644 

 38 

 12 

 10 

 10 

 2 

 4 



714 

 1 177 422 



77 

 91 579 



183 

 1 164 317 



45 

 161 389 



23 



(D) 



79 



156 013 



875 



37 114 



622 023 



9 



47 



441 



351 



72 



11 



136 



3 759 



732 649 



29 



336 



2 652 



115 455 



237 890 



13 



178 



1 299 



1 072 



236 



4S 



Farming 



Total 



164 

 4 803 



145 

 3 045 



122 



2 780 

 136 



3 757 

 23 727 



469 

 3 311 

 129 

 420 

 866 



79 

 685 



32 

 469 



22 



306 

 1 200 923 



240 

 31 

 10 

 10 

 9 

 2 

 4 



304 

 1 119 641 



27 

 81 282 



117 

 1 101 163 



24 

 159 352 



9 



2 629 



35 



153 398 



689 



33 997 



575 050 



2 



(D) 



292 



316 



70 



11 



108 



3 696 



720 896 



22 



331 



64 



23 



13 



8 



1 478 



86 111 



187 144 



8 



152 



509 



718 



211 



40 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



3 

 23 



12 



340 



4 90S 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



29 



1 457 

 3 304 



25 to 34 



29 

 (D) 

 26 

 (D) 

 26 

 (D) 

 25 

 (D) 

 (D) 



75 



755 



32 



97 



156 



12 



72 



5 



(D) 



(D) 



52 

 74 634 



52 

 58 597 



3 

 16 037 



15 

 70 341 



5 

 47 785 



80 



2 404 



37 018 



14 

 (D) 

 (0) 

 4 

 19 



12 

 2 



160 



8 843 



18 686 



2 



(D) 



57 



76 



24 



3 



35 to 44 



43 

 1 711 



37 

 1 045 



28 

 878 



31 

 1 357 

 8 211 



119 

 794 



40 

 158 

 358 



23 

 201 



10 



163 



7 



67 

 140 565 



5 

 29 554 



22 

 123 001 



6 

 403 



2 



(D) 



14 



43 787 



127 



6 926 



113 416 



49 



55 



20 



3 



9 



879 



108 900 



3 



(D) 



2 

 3 



3 

 1 



254 



16 467 



35 143 



1 



(D) 



79 



123 



44 



8 



45 to 64 



30 

 626 



26 

 434 



19 

 279 



23 



367 



2 268 



83 

 630 

 19 

 38 

 102 

 11 

 38 



4 

 33 



3 



56 

 379 674 



56 

 352 781 



9 

 26 893 



12 

 296 587 



3 



7 



4 



13 602 



157 



8 170 



143 258 



1 



(D) 



51 



85 



17 



4 



14 



346 



88 853 



2 



(D) 



9 

 2 

 2 



1 



243 



15 698 

 37 464 



78 

 111 



10 



32 



1 108 



32 



800 



25 



895 



31 



1 038 



6 835 



111 



682 

 25 

 68 

 76 

 18 



227 

 6 



114 

 5 



59 

 351 121 



59 

 343 371 



7 

 7 750 



33 



425 310 



6 



107 830 



3 



1 606 



9 



82 125 



188 



10 484 



176 253 



1 



(D) 



83 

 86 

 16 



3 



37 



1 539 



331 737 



6 



206 



25 



7 

 1 

 4 



389 



23 828 



52 920 



1 



(D) 



123 

 199 



57 

 10 



52 MASSACHUSETTS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



