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



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



Other occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



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 10 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 .000 to 1 .999 acres . 

 2.000 acres or more . 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) _ 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish 

 potatoes; field crops, except cash 

 grains, n.e.c. (0133. 0134. 0139) _ 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuls (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primanly 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 witfl— 



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. 



number. 



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. 



number. 



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. 



629 



1 220 



324 



259 



244 



129 



89 



38 



84 



21 



4 



1 



11 

 578 



253 

 416 

 268 

 201 



773 

 367 



49 



61 



389 



977 

 12 292 



636 



300 



28 



11 



2 



772 

 6 663 



666 

 4 496 



544 

 117 



196 

 2 167 



137 



16 



36 



2 



5 



533 

 3 462 



516 

 2 167 



695 

 5 890 

 2 030 



343 



2 452 

 306 

 598 



3 438 

 1 723 



200 

 790 

 481 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



74 

 111 

 16 

 23 

 25 



a 



4 

 5 

 13 



95 

 (D) 



(D) 

 55 

 (D) 



21 

 358 



57 

 (D) 



51 

 194 



66 

 <D) 

 (D) 

 29 

 122 

 11 

 SS 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 22 

 67 

 41 



181 



361 



89 



48 



GO 



33 



19 



9 



10 



3 



1 



3 

 129 



58 



118 



76 



41 



216 

 82 



12 



20 



117 



310 

 2 928 



226 



76 



6 



2 



233 



1 296 



201 



966 



176 

 25 



66 

 330 



168 

 873 



161 

 759 



196 



1 535 



484 



96 

 738 



89 

 167 

 797 

 396 



73 

 225 

 141 



168 



1 

 157 



56 



117 



70 



SO 



217 

 101 



11 



18 



121 



243 

 3 877 



153 



78 



5 



5 



2 



208 



2 419 



182 



1 501 



135 

 45 



54 

 918 



128 

 926 



125 

 532 



175 



1 720 



549 



88 

 781 



94 

 158 

 939 

 454 



46 

 194 

 127 



119 

 257 

 74 

 64 

 39 

 40 

 34 



a 



20 

 1 



4 



144 



60 

 85 

 51 

 47 



164 



190 

 2 617 



122 



56 



9 



3 



155 

 1 447 



134 

 1 115 



113 

 18 



32 

 332 



99 



362 



156 



1 439 



544 



83 

 559 



73 

 128 

 880 

 471 



31 

 137 



76 



77 



158 



43 



55 



45 



27 



16 



5 



12 



6 



3 



1 

 105 



105 



42 

 60 

 39 

 46 



94 

 52 



10 

 10 

 39 



137 

 1 602 



80 



51 



6 



106 



824 



92 



595 



74 

 18 



24 

 229 



14 

 3 



7 



79 



458 



80 

 320 



101 

 813 

 313 



47 

 252 



38 



86 

 561 

 275 



28 

 167 



96 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MASSACHUSETTS 71 



