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



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



Total farming 



and ottier 



occupations 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



35 to 44 



45 to 54 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



600 to 999 acres 



1 .000 to 1 .999 acres . 

 2.000 acres or more . 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Casti grains (Oil) _-- - 



Field crops, except casti grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets. Iristi 

 potatoes; field crops, except casti 

 grains, 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, primarily livestock and 

 animal specialties (029) 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory _^, farms. 



number. 

 Farms witti — 



1 to 9 — 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 _ _ 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more _ 



Cows and heifers that had calved farms. 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



numt)er. 



Farms with— 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 __ 



50 to 99. __ 



100 to 199__ _ _ 



200 to 499 _ 



500 or more 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Farms with— 



1 to 4 



5 to 9 _ 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 _ 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Heifers and heifer calves _. farms. 



number. 

 Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 

 calves farms. 



nuwber. 



Cattle and calves sold farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 



Calves farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 



Cattle farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 

 Fattened on grain and concentrates ... farms, 

 number. 

 $1,000. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



25 



975 



678 

 956 

 630 

 274 



1 233 

 585 



566 

 134 

 676 



79 



2 112 

 83 065 



951 

 657 

 264 

 169 



1 757 



46 605 



1 124 



9 692 



869 



229 



16 



9 



1 



838 

 36 913 



256 



38 



249 



193 



86 



16 



476 

 905 

 263 

 280 

 322 

 195 

 175 

 125 

 302 

 105 

 22 

 4 



14 

 397 



388 



425 



540 



362 



73 



460 

 218 



507 



73 



287 



36 



12 

 675 



4 

 4 

 3 



10 



367 



5 



82 



5 

 285 



7 

 158 



4 

 150 



9 

 149 

 45 



6 

 60 



4 



9 

 89 

 41 



3 

 21 

 13 



99 

 6 845 



25 

 21 

 30 

 17 

 5 

 1 



91 



4 002 



36 



BOB 



66 



3 194 



73 



2 255 



47 

 588 



85 



3 447 

 933 



73 



2 098 



278 



78 



1 349 



655 



10 



207 



64 



117 



209 



53 



43 



61 



37 



34 



20 



60 



18 



9 



2 



77 



105 



84 



13 



90 

 37 



98 



17 



112 



216 

 14 239 



64 

 60 

 48 

 27 



15 

 2 



190 



8 583 



82 



947 



131 

 7 636 



144 

 4 591 



117 

 1 065 



191 

 7 013 



1 899 

 146 



4 197 

 362 

 170 



2 616 

 1 537 



30 

 1B3 

 124 



77 

 136 

 30 

 37 

 45 

 41 

 31 

 24 

 49 

 29 

 5 



45 



107 



73 



6 



64 

 20 



113 



3 



46 



193 

 14 613 



44 

 48 

 52 

 35 

 13 

 1 



178 



8 970 



70 



623 



135 

 8 347 



144 

 4 633 



107 

 1 010 



170 



104 



743 



132 



786 



57 



■.3 



: 8 



. S 



_J 



185 



105 



81 

 155 

 59 

 67 

 63 

 34 

 39 

 29 

 91 

 27 

 3 

 1 



105 



102 



78 



9 



128 

 21 

 43 



70 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



