Table 16. Farms With Sales of $10,000 or More: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



[Data for 1987 include abnormal farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Massachusetts 



Bristol 



Essex 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (011) _.. 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 



field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 



(0133, 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) ___ 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) _ 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres — 1987. 



1982. 

 10 to 49 acres 1987. 



1982. 

 50 to 69 acres 1987. 



1982. 

 70 to 99 acres 1987. 



1982. 



100 to 139 acres 1987. 



1982. 

 140 to 179 acres 1987. 



1982. 

 180 10 219 acres 1987. 



1982. 

 220 to 259 acres 1987. 



1982. 



260 to 499 acres 1987. 



1982. 

 500 to 999 acres 1987. 



1982. 

 1,000 to 1,999 acres 1987. 



1982. 

 2,000 acres or more 1987. 



1982. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 1987., 



1982. 



acres, 1987. 



1982.. 



Part ov^rners farms, 1987. 



1982. 



acres. 1987. 



1982. 



Tenants farms, 1987. 



1982. 



acres, 1987. 



1982. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1987.. 



1982.. 

 Not on farm operated 1987.. 



1982.. 

 Not reported 1987.. 



1982.. 



Operators by pnncipal occupation; 

 Farming 1987.. 



1982. 

 Other 1987. 



1982. 



Operators by days of work oft farm: 

 None 1987. 



1982. 

 Any 1987. 



1982. 



1 to 49 days 1987. 



1982. 

 50 to 99 days 1987. 



1982. 

 100 to 149 acres 1987. 



1982. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



12 

 186 



400 



567 



423 



36 



165 

 64 



538 

 70 

 81 



344 

 279 

 672 

 575 

 195 

 182 

 201 

 195 



236 

 269 

 161 

 190 

 143 

 162 

 113 

 110 



301 



300 



103 



117 



25 



17 



5 



5 



1 802 

 1 786 

 554 

 430 

 143 

 185 



1 918 



1 970 



581 



431 



1 382 



1 382 



957 



787 



194 

 148 

 76 

 88 

 115 

 87 



61 



39 



2 553 



1 560 



13 



9 



(D) 



1 895 



13 



8 



(D) 



123 



116 



126 



19 



11 



3 



10 



111 

 124 

 27 

 23 



210 

 204 

 56 

 40 

 18 

 25 



232 



228 



52 



41 



171 

 159 

 82 

 84 



10 

 16 

 6 



10 



4 



3 095 



196 



4 



6 



(D) 



(D) 



2 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



16 



116 

 93 



8 805 

 7 615 



44 

 52 



9 680 

 10 848 



12 



13 



926 



552 



126 



125 



33 



25 



13 



8 



134 

 116 

 38 

 42 



100 

 B5 

 63 

 63 



13 

 13 



168 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



