Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982 and 

 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Massachusetts 



Bristol 



Oukes 



Essex 



FARMS 



Land in farms _ 



Harvested cropland . 



-farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



.farms, 1982. 



1978- 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners. famis. 1982.. 



1978. 



acres. 1982.. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland .-farms. 1982.. 



1978. 



acres. 1982.. 



1978- 



Pan owners farms. 1982-. 



1978-. 



acres. 1982-. 



1978.. 



Owned land in farms acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Rented land in farms acres. 1982.. 



1978.. 



Harvested cropland farms. 1982.. 



1978-. 



acres. 1982-. 



1978-. 



Tenants farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982- 



1978-. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982-. 



1978-. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Not on farm operated 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Not reported 1982., 



1978-. 



Operators by principal occupation; 

 Farming 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Other 1982.. 



1978.. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None 1982.. 



1978.. 

 Any 1982.. 



1978.. 



1 to 49 days 1982.. 



1978-. 

 50 to 99 days 1982.. 



1978.. 

 100 to 149 days 1982.. 



1978.. 

 150 to 199 days 1982-. 



1978-. 

 200 days or more 1982.. 



1978.. 



Not reported 1982.. 



1978.. 



1982 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... _ 1982.. 



1978.- 

 25 to 34 years __ 1982., 



1978-- 

 35 to 44 years _ _ 1982.. 



1978.. 

 45 to 54 years 1982.. 



1978.. 



55 to 64 years 1982., 



1978.. 



65 years and over 1982., 



1978.. 



Average age 1982.. 



1978., 



5 401 



4 946 



612 819 



617 359 



4 608 



4 397 



197 769 



197 405 



3 521 



3 160 



303 952 



294 981 



2 887 



2 705 



66 272 



62 890 



1 481 



1 465 



279 378 



297 490 



182 407 



190 671 



96 971 



106 819 



1 396 



1 418 



118 409 



123 472 



399 



321 



29 489 



24 888 



325 



274 



13 088 



11 043 



4 228 

 3 860 

 784 

 718 

 389 

 368 



2 941 

 2 852 

 2 460 

 2 094 



2 121 

 2 197 

 2 897 

 2 520 



271 

 262 

 202 

 147 

 225 

 183 

 361 

 305 

 1 838 

 1 623 



383 

 229 



311 

 508 

 884 

 2 792 

 18.2 

 906 



64 



69 



681 



518 



1 163 



853 



1 118 



1 137 



1 260 



1 386 



1 115 



983 



51.5 



52.5 



123 

 117 

 5 010 

 4 162 

 111 

 111 

 (D) 

 (D) 



96 



88 



2 673 



(D) 



86 



84 



607 



567 



16 

 23 



(0) 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 16 

 21 

 (D) 

 (D) 



11 



6 



(D) 



143 



9 



6 



(D) 



60 



5 



8 



24 



73 



17.2 



13 



1 

 16 

 11 

 28 

 26 

 23 

 18 



21 

 30 

 35 

 31 

 53.2 

 54.0 



352 



318 



73 434 



71 215 



313 



296 



24 370 



24 294 



193 

 179 

 33 178 

 32 320 

 165 

 161 



6 775 



7 466 



137 



123 



37 510 



37 235 



23 309 



22 297 



14 201 



14 938 



131 



119 



16 210 



16 009 



22 



16 



2 746 



1 660 



17 



16 



1 385 



819 



295 

 256 

 34 

 34 

 23 

 2B 



191 



208 

 161 

 110 



152 

 166 

 178 

 141 



17 

 19 



7 

 14 

 11 



9 



26 



13 



117 



86 



22 



11 



18 

 22 



67 

 195 

 19.6 



SO 



1 

 2 

 41 

 27 

 65 

 60 

 93 

 74 



81 

 92 



71 



63 



52.2 



52.7 



459 

 426 



90 

 79 

 48 

 49 



314 

 317 

 283 

 237 



230 

 244 

 329 

 288 



27 

 22 

 21 

 10 

 26 

 27 

 35 

 31 

 220 

 198 



38 

 22 



33 

 69 

 96 

 285 

 16.4 

 114 



7 

 10 

 73 

 61 

 144 

 99 

 138 

 122 



140 

 161 

 95 

 101 

 50.2 

 51.7 



40 

 53 



7 365 



11 782 



32 



50 



830 



1 014 



25 



34 



6 325 



9 544 



18 



32 



198 



423 



10 



14 



786 



1 995 



551 



1 075 



235 



920 



10 



13 



439 



543 



5 



5 



244 



243 



4 



5 



193 



48 



3 

 4 

 10 

 15 

 11.9 

 8 



11 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 8 



13 



7 

 13 

 7 

 14 

 48.1 

 55.5 



308 

 279 

 40 

 46 

 24 

 19 



189 

 198 



183 

 146 



138 



145 

 213 

 179 



23 



27 



12 



4 



20 



20 



35 



22 



123 



106 



21 

 20 



15 

 46 



73 

 179 

 18.4 



59 



6 

 45 

 33 

 80 

 63 

 78 

 92 



99 

 86 



70 

 64 



51.7 

 51.5 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



MASSACHUSETTS 131 



