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



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



Ail farms 



Part owners 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



Total 



Full owners 



Part owners 



CROPS HARVESTED 



Corn for silage or green chop farms.. 



acres __ 

 tons, green.. 



Irrigated farms,. 



acres__ 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres 



250 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



Irish potatoes farms-- 



acres__ 

 cwt__ 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres 



5.0 to 24.9 acres 



25.0 to 99.9 acres 



100.0 to 249.9 acres 



250.0 acres or more 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, 

 grass silage, green chop. etc. (see text) .. farms.. 



acres -- 

 tons, dry__ 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres. - 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 24 acres 



25 to 99 acres 



100 to 249 acres 



250 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



Tame hay other than alfalfa, small grain, 



and wild hay (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 

 tons, dry.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 



Vegetables harvested for sale {see text) ... farms.. 



acres. . 



Irrigated farms,. 



acres. . 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



0.1 to 4.9 acres 



5.0 to 24.9 acres 



25.0 to 99.9 acres 



100.0 to 249.9 acres 



250.0 acres or more 



Sweet corn harvested for sale farms. _ 



acres.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 



Land in orchards farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 



0.1 to 4-9 acres 



5.0 to 24 9 acres __ 



25.0 to 99.9 acres 



100.0 to 249.9 acres— 



250.0 acres or more 



Berries harvested for sale _. farms.. 



acres. . 



Irrigated farms.. 



acres,. 



168 



5 105 



82 668 



127 



31 



9 



42 



915 



157 922 



5 



(D) 



29 

 8 

 3 



1 

 1 



1 732 



44 656 



82 930 



16 



273 



1 167 



513 



41 



60 



3 033 



59 762 



8 



107 



17 807 



2 



(D) 



4 

 2 

 2 



167 



9 080 



19 359 



1 



(D) 



64 



71 



28 



4 



103 



4 633 



9 927 



1 



(D) 



112 



1 824 



27 



398 



34 



59 



17 



2 



57 



1 002 



8 



64 



24 



627 



4 



15 



11 

 4 

 8 

 1 



60 

 991 



48 

 971 



^Data are based on a sample of farms. 



^Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold are included as farms with gains of less than $1,000. 



48 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



