Table 47. Farms by Concentration of Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1987 



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



Characteristics 



Fewest number of farms accounting for- 



10 percent of sales 25 percent of sales 50 percent of sales 75 percent of sales 



Farms- _ _ number,, 



percent. _ 



Land in farms acres__ 



Average size of farm acres.- 



Value of land and buildings'' farms,, 



$1.000__ 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars-. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment $1.000__ 



percent- _ 



Land in farms according to use: 



Total cropland __ acres-. 



Harvested cropland acres., 



Pastureland. excluding woodland pastured acres-- 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000-- 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Grains farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Cotton and cottonseed farms-, 



$1,000- 

 Tobacco , farms-- 



$1,000.. 

 Hay, silage, and field seeds farms.. 



$1,000-, 



Vegetables, sweet com, and melon farms.. 



$1,000- 

 Fruits, nuts, and berries- farms-- 



$1,000-- 

 Nursery and greenhouse crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Other crops farms.. 



$1,000- 



Poultry and poultry products farms,, 



$1,000- 

 Dairy products farms-- 



$1,000-- 

 Cattle and calves farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Hogs and pigs farms.. 



$1.000,. 



Sheep, lambs, and wool , farms.. 



$1.000., 

 Other livestock and livestock products (see text) -- farms-- 



$1,000-- 



Total farm production expenses' farms-. 



$1,000-- 

 Selected farm production expenses': 

 Livestock and poultry purchased farms,. 



$1,000.. 

 Feed for livestock and poultry .._ 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 farms.. 



$1.000., 

 Interest farms,. 



$i.ooe._ 



Payments from government programs farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Inventory of selected livestock: 



Cattle and calves farms.. 



number.- 



Milk cows -.- farms,. 



number- - 



Hogs and pigs farms.- 



number-- 



1 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



4 

 24 808 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



3 

 416 



3 

 313 



4 

 353 



4 

 459 



4 

 9 754 



3 

 611 



'Data are based on a sample of farms. 



38 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



