Table 19 Selected Characteristics of Abnormal Farms: 1987 and 1982 



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



Characteristics 



Characteristics 



1982 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' — $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars- 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment' $1,000_. 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Cropland used only for pasture or grazing __ farms.. 



acres.. 



Other cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Total woodland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 

 Woodland not pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms.. 



acres. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, 



etc. farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated land farms.. 



acres.. 



17 



11 224 



660 



40 127 



2 360 412 



3 575 



15 



5 541 



15 



2 649 



8 



(D) 



8 



(D) 



11 



216 



2 



(D) 

 10 



(D) 



6 

 1 657 



12 

 810 



7 

 45 



17 



8 227 



484 



12 464 



733 176 



1 515 



2 718 



16 



2 004 



8 



575 



(NA) 



139 



11 



4 594 



4 



99 



11 



4 495 



5 

 323 



11 



592 



3 



23 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 

 crops $1,000.. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000.. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars- 

 Tenure of operator: 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Abnormal farms by standard industrial 

 classification: 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

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

 (0133,0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily 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, pnmarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



24 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



