Table 1. Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



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



All (arms 



1987 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre doltars-. 



Estimated market value of 

 all machinery and 



equipment' _ $1.000__ 



Average per farm dollars. _ 



Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



160 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1,999 acres 



2.000 acres or more 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres, _ 



Harvested cropland farms. . 



acres.. 



Irrigated land farms.. 



acres. - 



Market value of agncultural 



products sold2 $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars. _ 



Crops, including nursery 



and greenhouse crops .. $1.000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and 



their products $1.000.. 



Farms by value of sales^: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $24.999" 



$25,000 to $49.9995 _. 



$50,000 to $99.999.. 



$100,000 to $499.999 



$500,000 or more 



Farms by type of 

 organization: 

 Individual or family (sole 



proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other— cooperative, 

 estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



Operators by days worked 

 off farm^: 



None 



Any 



200 days or more ._ 



Operators by principal 

 occupation^: 



Farming 



Other _. 



Average age of operator* years.. 



Total farm production 

 expenses' _ ___ $1,000_, 



Selected farm production 

 expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry 



purchased _ $1,000__ 



Feed for livestock and 



poultry $1,000.. 



Commercial fertilizer' $1,000.. 



Petroleum products $1,000., 



Hired farm labor $1,000.. 



Interest expense^ ._ $1,000.. 



Agricultural chemicals' -.. $1.000.. 



Livestock and poultry: 

 Cattle and calves 



inventory , farms.. 



number.. 



Beef cows farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms.. 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold . 



__ farms. - 

 number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory... farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number,. 

 Chickens 3 months old or 

 older inventory* farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat- 

 type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



5 124 

 481 

 544 



2 371 



3 516 

 2 283 



3 174 

 3 042 



52.6 

 251 496 



4 541 

 377 

 413 



2 121 

 2 897 

 1 838 



2 941 

 2 460 



(NA) 



4 087 

 439 

 358 



2 197 

 2 520 

 1 623 



2 852 

 2 094 



(NA) 



} 



4 497 



601 734 



134 



128 535 

 961 



84 637 

 19 729 



627 



1 185 



1 637 



876 



142 



21 



9 



4 212 



257 033 



4 032 



188 015 



879 

 18 512 



179 653 

 39 950 



86 453 

 92 464 



1 354 

 444 

 498 



297 

 47 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



8 110 



5 703 



700 578 



123 



69 362 

 565 



48 237 

 8 746 



859 



1 622 



2 039 

 987 

 156 



33 



7 



5 168 

 280 455 



4 669 

 189 635 



925 

 18 850 



138 650 

 24 312 



61 859 

 76 360 



2 132 

 481 

 600 



195 

 20 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 2 892 

 1 931 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



53.0 

 115 740 



8 019 



901 789 



113 



43 492 

 386 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1 508 



2 301 

 2 680 

 1 298 



190 



33 



9 



7 101 

 347 833 



6 498 

 234 443 



1 229 

 24 178 



138 543 

 17 277 



54 925 



82 727 



2 825 

 853 



1 166 



2 978 

 156 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 3 523 

 2 237 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



53.6 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 5 182 

 3 737 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



7 309 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MASSACHUSETTS 7 



