Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con. 



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



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 



USE-Con. 



Pastureland and rangeland otfier tfian 



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' 



Motortrucks, 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. 



13 

 103 



2 



(D) 



40 



16 945 



423 625 



2 758 



12 



40 

 757 



23 



1 559 



18 



146 



305 



1 

 (D) 



22 

 167 



47 

 949 



181 

 2 826 



2 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



241 



99 272 



411 917 



4 411 



241 

 12 062 



22 

 20 

 34 

 95 

 36 



234 

 490 

 210 

 554 

 174 

 278 

 148 

 276 



2 



(D) 



1 291 



2 201 



109 



2 837 



7 



(D) 



87 



1 822 



69 



3 244 



21 

 265 



147 

 14 761 



439 



11 261 



5 

 348 



3 

 153 



701 



297 311 



424 124 



3 295 



57 

 38 

 19 

 90 

 79 



247 



117 



29 



23 



2 



701 

 34 633 



28 

 116 

 106 

 250 

 122 



59 

 17 

 3 



361 

 7 877 



7 



243 



3 



40 



511 



269 940 



528 258 



3 814 



45 

 38 

 23 

 47 

 37 



149 

 108 

 40 

 22 

 2 



511 

 28 316 



36 

 69 

 100 

 131 

 78 



76 

 17 

 4 



466 

 1 404 

 460 

 1 570 

 336 

 764 

 324 

 806 



17 

 17 



170 

 204 

 149 

 173 



338 



22 398 



122 



3 734 



4 376 



217 



8 496 



25 



789 



123 



4 056 



181 



9 911 



114 

 3 754 



455 

 9 980 



3 



100 



3 



70 



621 



288 295 



464 243 



2 873 



187 

 108 

 28 

 34 

 1 



619 

 35 435 



40 

 59 

 74 

 199 

 148 



587 

 1 593 

 571 

 1 801 

 420 

 908 

 391 

 893 



26 

 612 



66 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



