Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978-Con. 



(For meaning of abbrevi^'.ions and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Female 



Spanish origin 



Black and other races 



Total 



Black 



American 

 Indian 



Other (see text) 



1982 FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family 



Partnership _- 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. _. 



1982 MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 

 PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales (see text) farms. 



$1,000. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products. farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by value of sales; 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 or more _.. 



Abnormal farms 



1982 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, 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, primahly livestock (029) ... 



1982 OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of 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 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: 



f^ale.. 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin 



1982 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 

 LOANS AND DIRECT SALES 



Amount received from Commodity Credit Corporation 



loans farms. 



$1,000. 

 Value of agricultural products sold directly to 



individuals for human consumption (see text) farms 



$1,000. 



479 



33 

 14 

 2 



7 



535 

 10 693 



276 

 2 364 



280 

 8 329 



254 

 145 

 47 

 89 



138 

 70 

 40 

 37 

 44 

 8 



434 

 53 

 48 



262 

 273 



245 



249 



58 



48 



143 



41 



35 



71 



128 



209 



13.2 



92 



4 

 57 

 135 

 131 

 103 

 105 

 51.0 



(X) 

 535 



10 



533 



4 



474 



5 



59 



6 

 1 



11 

 739 



5 



28 



7 



711 



6 

 2 



1 

 1 

 1 

 6 

 171 

 2 



1 

 3 

 5 



2 



52.5 



4 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 



1 



3 

 16.0 



1 

 56,5 



6 



705 



3 



(D) 



4 



(D) 



3 

 1 



1 

 1 

 2 

 20.0 

 2 



1 

 51,7 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 10.0 



101 

 324 



(D) 



2 

 (D) 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MAINE 5 



