FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION: BY KINDS AND OF PRIMARY NUTRIENTS, MASSACHUSETTS, 1970-1980 



Tons 



Tons 



FARMS: NUMBER AND ACREAGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 1970-1980 



YEAR 



NUMBER 



AVERAGE 

 SIZE 



LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Acres 



Acres 



1970 

 1971 

 1972 

 1973 

 1974 



1975 

 1976 

 1977 

 1978 

 1979 



1980 



6,200 

 5,900 

 5.700 

 5,500 

 5.500 



5.800 

 6.300 

 6,200 

 5,900 

 6,200 



5,900 



121 

 122 

 123 

 124 

 124 



121 

 111 

 111 

 115 

 110 



115 



750,000 

 720 ,000 

 700 ,000 

 680,000 

 680,000 



700 ,000 

 700,000 

 690,000 

 680,000 

 680,000 



680 ,000 



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