Table 1. Selected Summary Items: 1978 and 1974 —Con. 



Agricultural products sold and farm related income: 



Market value of products sold ' $1,000 



Average per farm dollars- 

 Crops $1,000 



Livestock and livestock products $1,000 



Poultry and poultry products $1,000.. 



Farms by value of sales: 



Sales of $20,000 or more number.. 



$100,000 or more number.. 



$40,000 to $99,999 number. 



320.000 to 539,999 number.. 



Sales of less than $20,000 number. 



$10,000 to $19. 999 number. 



$5,000 to $9.999 number 



$2,500 to $4,999 number . 



Less than $2.500 number 



Value of agncultural products sold directly to 



individuals for human consumption farms 



$1,000, 



Income from machine work, customwork, and other 



agricultural services provided for others farms. 



$1.000.. 



Farms by type of organization: 



Individual or family number. 



Partnership number 



Corporation number.. 



Family held number . 



Other than family held number.. 



Other— cooperatives, estates or trusts, 



institutional, etc number. . 



Operator characteristics: 

 Tenure of operator: 



Full owner farms 



Part owner farms.. 



Tenant farms.. 



Pnncipal occupation and residence ' 



Farming farms,. 



Residence on farm operated farms.. 



Residence not on farm operated farms . 



Other than farming farms. 



Residence on farm operated farms.. 



Residence not on farm operated farms.. 



Average age of operator ' years. 



Sex of operator male . 



female.. 



Operators reporting days of work off farm: * 



Any farms.. 



100 days or more farms.. 



Selected production expenses: ' 



Livestock and poultry purchased $1,000. 



Feed purchased for livestock and poultry $1,000 



Commercially mixed formula feeds $1.000.. 



Animal health costs $1,000, 



Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees $1,000 . 



Commercial fertilizer $1.000,. 



Other agricultural chemicals including lime $1,000.. 



Hired farm labor $1,000.. 



Workers working 150 days or more farms.. 



number 



Contract labor $1.000.. 



Customwork and machine hire $1.000.. 



Energy costs • petroleum products. 



electricity, coal, wood, coke, etc $1,000., 



Gasoline and other petroleum products $1,000.. 



Gasoline $1,000., 



Diesel fuel $1 ,000,. 



Machinery and equipment: ' 

 Estimated market value of all machinery 



and equipment $1,000 . 



Average per farm dollars,. 



Motortrucks including pickups farms 



number. 



Wheel tractors farms . 



number. 



' 1978 data are based on a sample of farms 



' Data included with Other paslureland and rangeiand 



' 1974 data include sales of forest products 



' 1974 data exclude corporations and other organizations 



6— MASSACHUSETTS 



1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE— PRELIMINARY REPORT 



