Table 17. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



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



Ctiaracteristics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanisfl origin^ 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Amencan Indian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 1987_. 



1982., 



Land in farms ..acres. 1987.. 



1982. 



Harvested cropland farms. 1987.. 



1982.. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982.. 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



60 to 139 acres 



140 to 219 acres 



220 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



1987 OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Owned land in farms 



Rented or leased land in farms . 



farms, 

 acres, 

 farms, 

 acres. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 1987.. 



1982.. 



acres, 1987., 



1982., 



Part owners farms. 1987., 



1982., 



acres, 1987., 



1982., 



Tenants farms, 1987., 



1982., 



acres, 1987., 



1982., 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales farms., 



$1,000., 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops 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 to $24,999 



$25,000 or more 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grams (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (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) 



Beet cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024). _ 



Poultry and eggs (025). 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) ._ 



See footnotes at end of table. 



801 



570 



43 569 



42 372 



474 



403 



9 581 



10 396 



223 



325 



164 



52 



33 



4 



751 



38 500 



165 



5 069 



636 

 432 



31 069 



29 030 



115 



101 



11 064 



12 358 



50 



37 



1 436 



984 



717 



35 



35 



6 



801 

 13 252 



335 

 9 835 



420 

 3 416 



401 



218 



68 



19 



95 



1 

 78 



1 



77 



45 

 94 

 70 

 31 



176 

 71 



29 



12 



254 



24 



13 



2 019 



1 428 



24 



11 



745 



387 



24 



1 795 



10 



224 



14 



5 



1 257 



(D) 



10 



6 



762 



1 299 



(D) 



24 

 1 478 



17 



1 073 



4 



406 



10 

 5 

 3 



26 



25 



822 



(D) 



22 



22 



485 



303 



23 



1 234 



7 



588 



19 



23 



1 059 



(D) 



4 



2 



258 



(D) 



3 



505 



26 

 1 078 



14 

 219 



10 

 859 



7 

 5 

 6 

 4 

 4 



11 

 17 



533 



836 



9 



15 



83 



229 



10 



455 



3 



78 



8 



15 

 420 



(D) 

 2 

 2 



(D) 



(D) 

 1 



(D) 



11 

 141 



7 

 (D) 



3 

 (D) 



3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 1 



(D) 



1 

 6 



(D) 

 (0) 



1 

 (0) 



1 

 (D) 



6 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



5 



2 



64 



(D) 



5 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



6 

 (D) 



5 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



1 

 2 

 2 

 1 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MASSACHUSETTS 21 



