Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987 -Con. 



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



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All operators 



Full owners _ 



Pan owners 



Tenants - 



White 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Black and other races 



Full owners 



Part owners. 



Tenants 



OWNED AND RENTED LAND 



Land owned farms.- 



acres-- 



Owned land in farms.-- farms.. 



acres. - 



Land rented or leased from others farms-- 



acres- - 



Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 



Land rented or leased to others farms.. 



acres.. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None _ 



Any 



1 to 99 days 



100 to 199 days -.- 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



Operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



Operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 49 years 



50 to 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years - 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family {sole proprietorship) farms. . 



acres.. 



Partnership farms-. 



acres.. 

 Corporation: 



Family held farms.. 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other than family held --- farms.. 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc.. farms.. 



acres.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



86 MASSACHUSETTS 



Total 



4 918 

 960 

 338 



3 174 

 3 042 



2 371 



3 516 

 552 

 681 



2 283 



249 



449 



1 165 



3 421 

 18.8 



932 



50 



590 



1 477 



687 



642 



642 

 663 



595 

 870 

 52.6 



5 415 

 801 



24 



1 to 9 



acres 



1 105 



905 



71 



129 



1 103 



904 



71 



128 



2 



1 



977 

 5 831 



976 

 4 200 



203 

 900 

 200 



711 



42 

 1 820 



798 



232 



75 



476 

 629 



377 

 674 



104 



95 



475 



54 



71 

 135 

 247 

 496 

 14.3 



156 



16 

 138 

 298 

 135 

 110 



111 

 89 

 79 



129 

 49.9 



882 

 223 



920 



4 135 



63 



261 



108 

 464 



108 



9 

 31 



10 to 49 

 acres 



1 689 

 332 

 104 



905 

 1 220 



1 357 

 174 

 259 

 924 



91 



170 



463 



1 105 



17.0 



296 



16 

 205 

 570 

 228 

 237 



200 

 212 

 185 

 272 

 51.6 



1 800 

 325 



50 to 69 

 acres 



19 



11 

 313 



587 



422 



134 



31 



582 



417 



134 



31 



S 

 S 



556 

 29 430 



556 

 28 588 



5 417 



165 



5 337 



40 

 922 



482 

 78 

 27 



324 



201 



3S6 



43 



75 



238 



30 



21 



36 



110 



326 



19.2 



94 



7 



43 



142 



71 



57 



64 



56 



78 



52.6 



519 

 68 



499 



28 745 



40 



2 347 



38 

 2 237 



5 



296 



3 



2 



5 

 300 



70 to 99 

 acres 



539 



345 



156 



38 



538 



344 



156 



38 



1 



1 



444 

 75 

 20 



280 

 259 



199 



305 



45 



69 



191 



23 



20 



94 



327 



20.4 



75 



1 

 56 

 91 



60 

 45 



69 

 62 



80 



75 



54.4 



483 

 56 



457 



37 818 



37 



2 912 



36 

 2 992 



2 

 (D) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



