Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987-Con. 



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



Item 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 

 USE- Con. 



Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, 



wasteland, etc , farms.. 



acres. . 

 Cropland under federal acreage reduction 

 programs: 

 Annual commodity acreage adjustment 



programs farms.. 



acres. - 



Conservation reserve program farms.. 



acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars. , 



Farms by value group: 



$1 to $39.999 



$40,000 to $69,999 



$70,000 to $99.999 _ 



$100,000 to $149,999 ._. 



$150,000 to $199,999... 



$200,000 to $499,999.. 



$500,000 to $999.999.... 



$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 



$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 _ 



$5,000,000 or more 



VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT^ 



Estimated market value of all machinery 



and equipment farms., 



$1.000,. 

 Farms by value group: 



$1 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9,999 _ 



$10,000 to $19,999. 



$20,000 to $49.999 



$50,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 to $199,999 



$200,000 to $499.999 



$500,000 or more 



SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

 EQUIPMENT' 



Motorlrucks, including pickups farms.. 



number.. 



Wheel tractors farms. . 



number.. 



Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms.. 



number.. 



40 horsepower (PTO) or more farms.. 



number.. 



Grain and bean combines farms.. 



number.. 

 Cottonpickers and strippers farms., 



number.. 

 Mower conditioners. farms.. 



number.. 

 Pickup balers farms.. 



number., 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS^ 



Commercial fertilizer farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Lime ___ _ farms.. 



acres on which used., 

 tons.. 

 Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc.. to 

 control — 



Insects on hay and other crops farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Nematodes in crops farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



Diseases in crops and orchards farms.. 



acres on which used.. 

 Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and 



pasture ._ farms,. 



acres on which used.. 



Chemicals for defoliation or for growth 



control of crops or thinning of fruit farms.. 



acres on which used.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



Total 



Full owners 



Part owners 



1 399 

 69 744 



31 

 190 

 229 

 449 

 309 



149 

 37 



5 



1 277 



3 591 

 1 328 



4 545 



1 000 



2 213 

 944 



2 332 



427 

 15 112 



45 

 82 

 126 

 97 

 39 



357 

 757 

 315 

 780 

 261 

 433 

 185 

 347 



2 

 (D) 



125 

 149 

 88 

 91 



294 



10 437 



71 



1 387 



1 604 



175 



4 436 



6 



322 



90 



2 948 



102 

 4 305 



34 

 354 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Total 



2 488 

 141 037 



129 

 221 

 380 

 836 

 501 



322 

 86 

 13 



1 479 

 72 278 



118 

 163 

 269 

 501 

 234 



152 



36 



6 



541 

 11 008 



17 



(D) 



4 



(D) 



804 



509 617 



633 852 



2 877 



9 

 42 

 14 

 47 

 81 



265 



219 



83 



40 



4 



803 

 57 194 



4 



25 



71 



267 



247 



147 



37 



5 



44 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



