Table 10. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1987 

 and 1982 



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



Ctiaracteristics 



Massachusetts 



Barnstable 



Berkshire 



Bristol 



Franklin 



FARMS 



Land in fanns . 



Haivested cropland . 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Full owners 



Harvested cropland - 



farms, 1987.. 



1982,. 

 acres, 1987__ 



1982.. 

 farms, 1987.. 



1982.. 

 acres, 1987.. 



1982.. 



farms, 1987. 



1982. 

 acres, 1987. 



1982. 

 farms, 1987. 



1982. 

 acres. 1987. 



1982. 



Part owners farms, 1987., 



1982., 



acres, 1987., 



1982., 



Owned land in farms acres, 1987,, 



1982. 



Rented land in farms acres, 1987., 



1982. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1987., 



1982., 

 acres. 1987., 



1982., 

 farms, 1987., 



1982. 

 acres, 1987., 



1982., 

 farms, 1987., 



1982., 

 acres, 1987., 



1982. 



Han/ested cropland . 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1987.. 



1982.. 

 Not on farm operated- 1987_. 



1982.. 

 Not reported 1987.. 



1982.. 



Operators by principal occupation; 

 Farming 1987.. 



1982.. 

 Other -.1987.. 



1982.. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None 1987.. 



1982.. 

 Any ..1987.. 



1982.. 



1 to 49 days — 1987.. 



1982.. 

 SO to 99 days .1987.. 



1982.. 

 100 to 149 days 1987.. 



1982.. 

 150 to 199 days 1987.. 



1982.. 

 200 days or more 1987.. 



1982.. 



Not reported — 1987.. 



1982.. 



Operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less _. 1987.. 



1982., 



3 or 4 years 1987., 



1982., 

 5 to 9 years 1987. 



1982. 

 10 years or more 1987., 



1982. 

 Average years on present farm 1987_. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987., 



1982., 



6 216 



5 401 



616 185 



612 819 



5 084 



4 608 



194 874 



197 769 



4 918 

 4 228 

 960 

 784 

 338 

 389 



3 174 



2 941 



3 042 

 2 460 



2 371 



2 121 



3 516 

 2 897 



374 

 271 

 178 

 202 

 245 

 225 

 436 

 361 

 2 283 

 1 838 



329 

 383 



249 



311 

 449 

 508 



1 165 

 884 



3 421 



2 792 

 18.8 

 18.2 



932 

 906 



158 

 123 

 (D) 

 010 

 134 

 111 

 (D) 

 (D) 



121 



96 



3 286 



2 673 



102 



86 



788 



607 



22 

 16 

 1 228 

 (D) 

 799 

 (D) 

 429 

 (D) 



20 



16 



552 



(D) 

 15 

 11 

 359 

 (D) 

 12 

 9 

 (D) 

 (D) 



103 

 75 

 54 

 41 



1 

 7 



12 



5 



20 



8 



30 



24 



86 



73 



16.0 



17.2 



10 

 13 



392 



352 



70 792 



73 434 



326 



313 



22 280 



24 370 



323 



295 



46 



34 



23 



195 

 191 

 197 

 161 



165 

 152 

 200 

 178 



21 

 17 

 5 



7 

 13 

 11 

 24 

 26 

 137 

 117 



27 

 22 



9 

 IB 

 24 

 22 



72 

 67 



211 

 195 

 20.6 

 19.6 



76 

 SO 



675 

 597 

 42 562 

 41 883 

 526 

 499 



14 554 



15 622 



545 

 459 

 102 

 90 

 28 

 48 



358 

 314 

 317 

 283 



275 

 230 

 350 

 329 



25 

 27 

 15 

 21 

 20 

 26 

 45 

 35 

 245 

 220 



50 

 36 



27 



33 



45 



69 



138 



96 



374 



285 



17.3 



16.4 



91 

 114 



58 



40 



7 314 



7 355 



43 



32 



709 



830 



43 



25 



6 751 



6 325 



31 



18 



505 



198 



8 



10 

 515 

 786 

 319 

 551 

 196 

 235 



6 



10 

 173 



439 



7 



5 



48 



244 



6 



4 



31 



193 



3 



6 



4 



18 



10 



25 



15 



15.4 



11.9 



439 



372 



30 940 



30 283 



345 



290 



12 714 



11 638 



321 



269 



17 436 



17 261 



240 



200 



5 445 



4 743 



78 

 12 215 

 12 213 

 7 366 

 7 129 



4 849 



5 084 



81 

 72 



6 292 



6 483 



30 



25 



1 289 



809 



24 



18 



977 



412 



349 

 308 

 62 

 40 

 28 

 24 



227 

 189 

 212 

 183 



179 

 138 

 239 

 213 



25 

 23 

 14 

 12 

 IS 

 20 

 37 

 35 

 148 

 123 



21 

 21 



IS 



15 



25 



46 



69 



73 



255 



179 



21.0 



18.4 



75 

 59 



616 



521 



82 864 



79 412 



535 



466 



23 715 



23 364 



549 

 438 

 46 

 52 

 21 

 31 



313 

 308 

 303 

 213 



231 

 208 

 362 

 277 



45 

 41 

 18 

 17 

 16 

 19 

 51 

 45 

 232 

 155 



23 

 36 



21 

 23 



51 

 38 

 119 

 95 

 339 

 274 

 18.6 

 18.9 



86 



91 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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