Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 1987 



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



Massachusetts 



Bristol 



Dukes 



Farms number- 

 Land in farms _ __ -,. acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings^ 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Estimated market value of all machinery and 

 equipment': 



Average per farm dollars- 

 Farms by size: 



1 to 9 acres __ 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres __ 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 acres or more 



Total cropland farms. 



acres. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



Market value of agricultural products sold $1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops $1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products $1,000. 



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $4,999 



$5,000 to $9,999 _. _,_ 



$10,000 to $24.999 _ 



$25,000 to $49.999 



$50,000 to $99.999 



$100,000 or more _ 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days worked off farm: 



Any 



200 days or more 



Average age of operator years.. 



Total farm production expenses' $1,000., 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Livestock and poultry: 



Cattle and calves inventory farms,. 



number.. 



Beef cows farms.. 



number.. 



Milk cows farms., 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory farms., 



number. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms. 



number. 

 Sheep and lambs inventory _ _ farms.. 



number. 

 Chickens 3 months old or older inventory farms. 



number. 

 Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold farms. 



number.. 



Selected crops han/ested: 



Corn for grain or seed farms. 



acres., 

 bushels.. 



Corn for silage or green chop farms, 



acres. 

 tons, green. 



Irish potatoes farms, 



acres, 

 cwt. 



Hay— alfalfa, other tame, small grain, wild, 



grass silage, green chop. etc. {see text) farms. 



acres, 

 tons, dry. 



Vegetables harvested for sale {see text) farms. 



acres - 



Land in orchards farms. 



acres. 



6 216 

 615 185 



346 530 

 3 553 



158 

 (D) 

 (D) 



319 338 

 13 288 



149 

 1 864 

 134 

 (D) 

 112 

 1 265 



6 800 

 43 041 



6 377 

 423 



84 

 50 



52.3 



4 663 

 29 701 



11 

 (D) 



a 



(D) 

 2 



(D) 

 8 



(D) 



3 

 17 



1 

 (D) 



13 

 128 



25 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



7 

 (D) 

 (D) 



20 

 249 



392 

 70 792 



181 



386 964 

 2 009 



(D) 



18 



836 



85 677 



64 



4 131 



74 464 



4 

 (D) 

 (D) 



270 

 17 720 

 37 707 



675 



42 562 



63 



267 392 



4 451 



46 

 510 



27 

 250 



58 



7 314 



126 



460 328 

 3 650 



16 

 19 

 17 

 1 

 3 

 2 



50 

 2 200 

 43 

 709 

 15 

 (D) 



(D) 

 (D) 



(D) 

 (D) 



34 



21 

 52.9 



747 

 12 885 



15 

 177 



7 

 53 



7 

 17 

 11 

 80 



e 



41 



7 



126 



21 



1 281 



17 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 

 (D) 



4 



4 



299 



21 

 499 

 685 



11 

 78 



7 

 80 



439 



30 940 



70 



462 670 

 6 754 



See footnotes at end of table. 



130 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



