Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982, 1978, and 



1974-Con. 



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



Cliaracterjstlcs 



1974 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Operator characteristics— Con. 

 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 _ farms. 



acres. 



Female farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres. 



Type of organization; 



Individual or family farms. 



acres. 



Partnership farms. 



acres. 



Corporation farms. 



acres. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 

 Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



106 

 738 



1 216 



1 556 



1 307 



887 



50.0 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



2 



9.3 



1 



1 

 2 



1 



3 



1 



48.6 



7 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



7 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



14 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



14 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



S 

 3 

 6 



6 



3 

 48.8 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text. 



^1 974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text. 



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

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



4 VERMONT 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



