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 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



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 sate farms- 



acres. 



Irrigated __ farms. 



acres. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



3 



354 



8 121 



13 



1 219 



2 398 



8 



753 



1 718 



10 

 135 



1 

 (D) 



42 



1 812 



35 273 



9 



113 



20 304 



1 



(D) 



6 

 1 

 2 



106 

 7 722 

 18 500 



71 

 3 651 

 8 584 



81 



1 917 



33 



710 



2 

 (D) 



50 



1 021 



17 



35 

 (D) 

 10 

 48 



10 



15 



S 



1 



(D) 



51 



561 



123 



7 954 



146 697 



3 



33 



44 



62 



13 



2 



2 



23 



655 



112 366 



2 



(D) 



15 

 3 

 3 

 2 



302 



21 657 



48 242 



1 



(D) 



96 



135 



59 



74 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



