Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
500 or more 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
number 
Beef cows farms 
number 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10 to 49 
50 to 99 
100 to 199 
200 to 499 
500 or more 
Milk cows farms 
number 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1 0 to 49 
50 to 99 
100 to 199 
200 to 499 
500 or more 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
number 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
number 
$1,000 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
number 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
number 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
number 
Flogs and pigs inventory farms 
number 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
25 to 49 
50 to 99 
100 to 199 
200 to 499 
500 or more 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
number 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
number 
Flogs and pigs sold farms 
number 
$1,000 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
number 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
number 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
number 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
number 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
number 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
number 
Goats, all inventory farms 
number 
Goats, all sold farms 
number 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
number 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
400 to 3,199 
3,200 to 9,999 
10.000 to 19,999 
20.000 to 49,999 
50.000 to 99,999 
100.000 or more 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
number 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
29 
7 
6 
- 
1,039 
843 
18,740 
8,977 
849 
721 
6,240 
4,966 
647 
562 
188 
149 
13 
10 
1 
- 
278 
185 
12,500 
4,011 
133 
112 
62 
42 
42 
23 
26 
7 
15 
1 
1,044 
835 
16,963 
8,361 
870 
681 
13,691 
6,069 
9,503 
4,754 
348 
254 
5,891 
2,039 
753 
577 
7,800 
4,030 
7 
4 
290 
(D) 
478 
386 
11,151 
7,986 
379 
307 
42 
30 
31 
29 
14 
12 
10 
8 
2 
- 
256 
210 
2,392 
1,549 
407 
320 
8,759 
6,437 
432 
335 
23,536 
10,830 
2,898 
1,513 
776 
657 
12,504 
9,545 
622 
543 
7,110 
5,171 
405 
333 
6,263 
4,315 
1,804 
1,382 
20,337 
12,236 
1,739 
1,335 
12,663 
8,433 
520 
363 
2,883 
1,000 
813 
670 
8,599 
5,786 
322 
254 
4,342 
2,759 
1,795 
1,547 
153,925 
54,730 
1,773 
1,533 
21 
14 
1 
- 
192 
152 
7,375 
5,704 
Partnership 
Total 
7 
5 
90 
5,141 
51 
339 
40 
10 
1 
47 
4,802 
7 
12 
14 
6 
8 
102 
5,136 
87 
4,019 
2,354 
44 
1,962 
80 
2,057 
1 
(D) 
25 
444 
14 
9 
2 
19 
93 
24 
351 
31 
410 
116 
46 
547 
25 
371 
24 
273 
143 
2,286 
129 
1,145 
35 
172 
39 
341 
27 
253 
87 
6,292 
84 
3 
14 
467 
Registered 
under 
state law 
7 
4 
68 
4,341 
36 
193 
31 
5 
37 
4,148 
4 
10 
10 
6 
7 
77 
4,613 
67 
3,538 
2,148 
34 
1,663 
61 
1,875 
1 
(D) 
21 
354 
12 
7 
2 
16 
80 
20 
274 
23 
360 
104 
32 
422 
17 
277 
14 
139 
92 
1,477 
83 
630 
28 
104 
17 
105 
15 
113 
58 
4,905 
56 
2 
8 
411 
-continued 
150 Massachusetts 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
