Table 53. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1987-Con. 



{For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Horticultural 



specialties 



(018) 



General farms. 



primarily crop 



(019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, 



and animal specialties 



(021) 



Total 



Bee) cattle, 



except feedlots 



(0212) 



Dairy farms 

 (024) 



Poultry 



and eggs 



(025) 



Animal 



specialties 



(027) 



General farms, 



primarily livestock 



and animal 



specialties 



(029) 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All operators 



Full owners 



Part 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 phncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work oft fami: 



None 



Any 



1 to 99 days 



too to 199 days 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



Operators by years on present fami: 



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 proprietofship) fanns- 



acres. 



Partnership farms.. 



acres. 

 Corporation: 



Family held ___ farms., 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders farms., 



10 or less stockholders famis.. 



Other than family held famis., 



acres. 



More than 10 stockholders farms., 



10 or less stockholders famis.. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc. famis., 



acres.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



630 



492 



78 



60 



630 



492 



78 



60 



570 

 14 236 



570 

 13 844 



138 

 3 502 



138 

 3 459 



27 

 435 



427 

 168 

 35 



362 

 268 



322 



271 



55 



59 



157 



16 



40 



124 



365 



18.3 



85 



3 



72 



160 



69 



74 



74 

 55 

 48 



75 

 51.1 



560 

 70 



418 



9 302 



48 



1 293 



148 

 5 984 



12 

 112 



4 

 612 



274 



207 



56 



11 



272 



205 



56 



11 



2 

 2 



263 

 18 989 



263 

 18 579 



67 

 4 573 



67 

 4 513 



25 

 470 



230 

 22 

 22 



73 

 201 



75 

 190 

 20 

 31 



139 



11 

 5 



45 

 162 

 21.2 



51 



1 

 23 

 54 

 29 

 27 



38 

 18 

 34 

 50 

 54.8 



243 



31 



235 



16 996 



25 



4 747 



13 

 (D) 



13 



1 

 (D) 



1 233 



906 



278 



49 



1 227 



900 



278 



49 



6 

 6 



1 071 

 103 

 59 



460 

 773 



327 

 855 

 81 

 139 

 635 



51 



236 

 649 

 17.8 



212 



5 

 107 

 306 

 147 

 134 



120 

 140 

 124 

 150 

 52.3 



1 057 

 176 



499 

 54 

 32 



218 

 367 



160 



391 



36 



61 



294 



34 



15 



34 



91 



317 



19.9 



128 



1 



41 



119 



56 



65 



65 

 79 

 70 

 89 



54.7 



514 



71 



457 

 64 

 35 



507 

 49 



406 

 118 

 39 

 22 

 57 



9 



41 



77 



333 



22.2 



96 



4 

 65 

 110 

 73 

 51 



55 



61 



52.1 



527 

 29 



134 



111 



12 



11 



133 



110 



12 



11 



1 

 1 



123 

 6 727 



123 

 6 443 



24 

 1 787 



23 

 1 647 



8 



424 



109 

 19 

 6 



58 

 64 



5 

 11 

 48 



12 



2 



7 



32 



70 



17.5 



23 



1 

 14 

 37 

 14 



7 



11 

 15 

 17 

 18 

 52.5 



122 

 12 



too 



(D) 



4 



408 



26 

 2 099 



26 



3 



(D) 



1 



2 



676 



536 



86 



54 



674 



534 



86 



54 



2 

 2 



1 



(D) 



577 

 70 

 29 



287 

 389 



215 



434 



55 



78 



301 



45 



96 

 162 

 303 

 12.9 



70 



7 



69 



229 



83 



84 



53 

 69 

 45 

 37 

 48.4 



422 

 254 



593 



22 909 



33 



1 216 



38 



2 491 



5 



134 



1 



4 



7 

 429 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MASSACHUSETTS 123 



