Table 10. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1987 and 1982 



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



Characteristics 



Imgated farms 



Any land irrigated 



All harvested cropland 

 irrigated 



Nonimgated farms 



Farms - number. _ 



Land in farms acres.. 



Value of land and buildings': 



Average per farm doHars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Irrigated land - _ .acres-. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland. farms.. 



acres. . 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Land set aside in federal farm programs farms.. 



acres.. 

 Owned and rented land in farms: 



Owned land in farms famis.. 



acres,. 



Rented or leased land in farms farms-. 



acres.- 



Mar1<et value of agncultural products sold $1,000.. 



Average per farm .dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops farms,. 



$1,000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and their products farms.. 



$1,000.. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Livestock and poultry purchased farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry ._ farms.. 



$1,000.- 

 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees farms.. 



$1,000.- 

 Commercial fertilizer^ farms.. 



$1.000., 



Agricultural chemicals^ farms.. 



$1,000,. 

 Petroleum products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Electricity farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Hired farm labor fanns.. 



$1,000.. 



Contract labor farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Repairs and maintenance farms., 



$1.000.. 

 Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery 

 and equipment^ farms-, 



$1,000.. 

 Interest* farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Cash rent paid for land and buildings farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Property taxes paid farms.. 



$1,000.- 

 All other farm production expenses farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Commodity Credit Corporation loans farms.. 



$1,000-. 

 Government payments received farms., 



$1,000,. 

 Other farm-related income' farms.. 



$1,000-- 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 



equipment' farms. - 



$1,000.. 

 Average per fannn dollars.. 



Inventory of livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms,. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms-- 



numtwr.- 



Hogs and pigs-- farms.. 



number,. 

 Sheep and lambs farms,, 



number,. 



6 216 

 615 185 



346 530 

 3 553 



5 401 

 612 819 



205 677 

 1 963 



4 941 

 265 866 



4 608 

 197 769 



2 497 

 83 704 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



1 876 



126 482 



281 436 

 52 108 



3 260 

 139 428 



2 904 

 142 008 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1 636 

 11 468 



2 947 

 47 203 



2 068 

 5 996 



3 284 

 7 155 



2 456 



4 885 



5 323 

 16 641 



3 622 

 5 874 

 2 412 



43 109 



429 



2 604 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 224 



3 517 

 1 803 



10 141 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



3 

 (D) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



5 394 

 153 346 

 28 429 



2 311 



102 366 



1 111 



49 891 



619 



39 570 



452 



9 846 



1 316 

 109 552 



399 533 

 4 734 



1 314 

 39 116 



1 299 

 32 005 



238 

 15 705 



4 

 95 



1 206 



93 950 



363 



15 602 



176 368 

 134 018 



1 277 

 173 841 



175 



2 527 



115 599 

 78 961 



113 

 253 

 205 

 890 

 799 

 4 418 

 1 357 



1 268 



4 835 

 1 413 



6 395 



1 072 



2 150 

 851 



42 868 



435 



5 600 



1 294 



7 890 



452 



2 599 

 607 



6 717 

 246 



1 450 

 1 363 

 5 913 

 1 431 

 19 684 



59 



130 



295 



1 448 



1 464 

 75 213 

 51 375 



83 

 941 



25 

 702 



35 

 473 



45 

 626 



1 000 

 90 084 



275 900 

 3 263 



999 

 30 394 



996 

 25 283 



171 

 4 746 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



102 411 

 102 411 



984 



100 572 



145 



1 840 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 158 

 856 

 418 



4 143 

 948 



2 220 



908 

 2 692 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 563 

 19 036 



223 



1 746 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 424 



2 881 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 073 

 45 334 

 42 250 



82 



1 137 



14 



382 



54 



1 273 



38 



385 



973 

 70 399 



362 252 

 5 086 



973 

 18 839 



973 

 15 511 



131 

 13 081 



887 



65 442 



181 



4 957 



129 759 

 133 360 



959 



129 574 



76 



185 



81 235 

 75 921 



53 

 52 

 112 

 130 

 488 

 2 667 

 976 



2 643 



939 



3 482 

 1 031 



4 426 

 728 



1 530 

 596 



29 424 



346 



4 052 

 945 



5 324 



340 



2 082 

 426 



5 206 



112 



674 



978 



4 681 



1 054 



14 862 



14 



16 



149 



939 



1 070 

 54 329 

 50 774 



25 

 289 



5 

 16 



13 

 99 

 23 

 195 



748 

 60 620 



271 437 

 3 515 



748 

 15 709 



748 

 13 S06 



100 

 2 822 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



77 986 

 104 259 



741 



77 510 



77 



476 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



63 



(D) 



193 



2 244 



673 



1 314 



648 

 1 987 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 334 

 13 044 



156 



1 258 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 265 



2 003 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



756 

 31 148 

 41 200 



30 



(D) 



5 



40 



23 

 416 



24 

 146 



4 900 

 505 633 



330 201 

 3 251 



(X) 



4 340 

 233 472 



3 785 

 162 869 



2 779 

 82 177 



38 

 1 411 



4 556 

 397 129 



1 540 

 108 504 



164 097 

 33 489 



2 543 

 42 014 



2 757 

 122 082 



135 897 

 28 598 



1 446 

 11 188 



2 688 

 32 635 



1 630 



1 810 



2 501 



5 015 



1 759 



2 483 



4 446 



5 647 



3 214 

 3 809 



1 334 

 23 711 



590 



2 306 



3 928 



8 983 



824 

 971 



1 374 

 7 071 



846 



2 398 



4 454 



9 306 

 4 269 



18 564 



159 



341 



2 084 



1 066 



4 354 



4 743 

 123 655 

 26 071 



2 029 



81 124 



813 



36 211 



463 

 25 343 



559 

 14 135 



4 401 

 522 735 



188 243 

 1 715 



(X) 



3 942 

 235 472 



3 612 

 172 486 



2 326 

 78 958 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



179 024 

 40 678 



2 276 



38 856 



2 759 



140 168 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



2 789 



46 348 



1 650 



1 853 



2 336 

 4 934 



1 548 



2 194 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 849 

 24 073 



206 

 858 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 1 379 

 7 259 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



4 321 

 108 012 

 24 997 



2 229 



101 229 



1 097 



49 509 



565 



38 297 



414 



9 461 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



=Data for 1 987 include cost of custom applications. 



3Data for 1987 exclude cost of custom applications for commercial fertilizer and agricultural ctiemicals. 



*Dat3 for 1982 do not include imputation for rlem nonresponse. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MASSACHUSETTS 17 



