Table 47. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Saies of 

 Less Than $20,000: 1982 -Con. 



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



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Otfier -- 



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 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: 



Male 



Female 



Operators of Spanisfi origin 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms.. 



acres.. 



Partnership farms.. 



acres.. 

 Corporation: 



Family held - farms.. 



acres. . 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders 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 (011) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (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, primarily 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. 



58 MASSACHUSETTS 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



2 837 

 425 

 246 



1 291 



2 217 



902 

 2 400 



297 



481 

 1 622 



206 



213 

 355 

 651 

 1 693 

 17.1 

 596 



30 

 435 

 796 

 716 

 769 

 762 

 51.7 



3 038 

 470 



Farming 



14 

 643 



627 

 422 

 403 

 274 

 165 



Total 



1 067 

 122 

 102 



689 

 396 



183 



119 



94 



206 



84 

 108 

 185 

 701 

 20.9 

 213 



21 

 169 

 188 

 166 

 288 

 459 

 56.4 



1 050 

 241 



9 

 246 



243 

 201 

 143 

 111 

 40 



Age of operator (years) 



8 



7 

 2 



2.9 

 4 



18 



811 



2 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



25 to 34 



134 

 24 

 11 



169 



35 

 39 

 57 

 19 

 5.4 

 19 



169 



127 

 42 



146 



9 092 



9 



(D) 



9 

 (D) 



9 

 3 

 190 

 1 

 2 



2 



(D) 



149 

 25 



14 



21 

 36 

 54 

 50 

 8.0 

 27 



39.2 



126 

 62 



169 



11 351 



11 



509 



3 

 (D) 



3 



2 



(D) 



3 

 968 



31 



130 

 23 

 13 



9 

 16 

 31 

 87 

 14.6 

 23 



166 

 49.5 



117 

 49 



145 



9 425 



12 



1 324 



2 



(D) 



55 to 64 



235 

 30 

 23 



288 



154 

 80 

 38 

 20 

 22 

 54 



9 



7 

 24 



195 



24.6 



53 



288 

 60.1 



249 

 39 



268 



21 950 



8 



505 



5 

 (D) 



5 



2 



(D) 



5 

 991 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



