Volume 1 

State and County Data 

Part 21 

MassachuseHs 

AC78-A-21 

1978 

CENSUS OF 

AGRICULTURE 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

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1978 

CENSUS OF 

AGRICULTURE 

Issued March 1981 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

Malcolm Baldri.ge, Secretary 

William A. Cox, 

Acting Chief Economist 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

Daniel B. Levine, 

Acting Director 

Volume 1 

State and County Data 

Part 21 

MassachuseHs 

AC78-A-21 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

Daniel B. Levine, Acting Director 

Shirley Kallek, Associate Director for 

Economic Fields 

Richard B. Quanrud, Assistant Director for 

Economic and Agriculture Censuses 

AGRICULTURE DIVISION 

Arnold L. Bollenbacher, Chief 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS-Many persons participated in the various 

activities of the 1978 Census of Agriculture. Primary direction was by 

Shirley Kallek. Associate Director for Economic Fields, and Richard B. 

Quanrud, Assistant Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses. 

This report was prepared in the Agriculture Division under the general 

supervision of Orvin L. Wilhite, Chief (to January 1980) and Arnold L. 

Bollenbacher. his successor. Arnold L. Bollenbacher, assisted by 

Thomas D. Monroe, Donald R. Jahnke, and John A. Blackledge. was 

directly responsible for data content of the tables, analysis of the data, 

and clerical and computer edit, and tabulation specifications. William A. 

Harlan, Arion M. Scott, and James C. Vogelsang. directed the resolution 

of problems with individual census reports. 

John E. Adkins. assisted by Stephen M. Schobel, Loyd C. Brown, 

Billy E. Stark, Lowell Wrucke, Sharon C. Spivey, Martin S. Harahush, 

Ralph A. Graham. Avon B. Floyd, Kent C. Hoover, and Lee Smallwood, 

was directly responsible for the systems and processing procedures, 

including preparation of control systems, clerical procedures, and computer programs. Dana E. Moore and Jay A. Johnson were responsible 

for the photocomposition system. Bobbie E. Catlin and Paulette M. 

Bonchak were directly responsible for table preparation and publication standards used. Mittie Buchanan, Industry Division (to May 1980), 

and Helen R. Pugh, her successor, were responsible for coding the Linotron table formats for publication. Carl N. McAllister coordinated the 

final preparation of the tables. Virginia Crockett. Regina E. Lindsey, 

and Karin G. Bauer provided editorial services. 

Charles E. Rogers, assisted by D. Dean Prochaska, and David D. 

Chapman. with the additional assistance of Jane Y. Des and Tommy W. 

Gaulden, was directly responsible for mailing list acquisition and unduplication, design of sampling procedures for the direct enumeration sample 

and the sample from the mail list, sampling variability estimates, statistical adjustment for nonresponse, monitoring of processing, and evaluation of coverage. Albert W. Graybill was responsible for the preparation 

of the operational procedures for the collection and processing of the 

direct enumeration sample data. 

George E. Pierce, assisted by Patricia A. Clark and Richard R. Storm. 

was directly responsible for overall census planning, the Farm and Ranch 

Identification Survey, and development of the data collection forms and 

followup letters. J. Thomas Miller, Consultant, assisted in the design and 

content of the data collection forms and followup letters, specifications 

for publication tables, and preparation of text. 

Don L. Adams, Chief, Data Preparation Division, Jeffersonville, Ind., 

assisted by Patricia M. Clark, Rebecca Lamon, George Wilson, William L. 

Pangburn, Las Brown, Darrell L. Farabee, and Keith Lacey, was directly 

responsible for clerical and data-key ing operations, and labeling, sorting, 

and distribution of the mail and direct enumeration census forms. 

The direct enumeration activities were administered by the Field 

Division, under Forrest P. Cawley. Chief, with the assistance of Darren F. 

Althouse and Thomas J. Manning and the 12 directors of the Bureau's 

Regional Offices. 

The computer processing facilities used were under the general supervision of C. Thomas DiNenna, Chief, Computer Operations Division. 

Forms design was performed under the general supervision of Henry J. 

Husmann, Chief, Administrative Services Division, assisted by Albert W. 

Cosner, Cathern S. Kline, and Irene A. Grey. 

Within the Publications Services Division, many individuals made 

significant contributions in the areas of publication planning and design, 

editorial review, composition, and printing procurement. 

Important contributions were made by the members of the Census 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics in establishing data needs 

and priorities for collection and publication of the information. Other 

representatives of both public and private organizations also made 

significant recommendations and suggestions. 

Members of various agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

provided advice and counsel during the planning, data collecting, and 

processing phases of the census and assisted farmers and ranchers who 

requested help in completing the report form. 

The press, farm magazines, and radio and television stations were 

most helpful in publicizing the census and encouraging cooperation of 

farm and ranch operators. John W. Ternus and Douglas J. Miller, Agriculture DiviSion, and Richard D. Ritter, Public Information Office, were 

primarily responsible for developing and coordinating the public relations 

program. 

Special tribute is paid to the millions of farm and ranch operators 

and other agriculture-associated people who furnished the information 

requested in the census. Only through their cooperation was it possible 

to collect and publish the data in th is report. 

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data 

United States. Bureau of the Census. 

1978 census of agricultu reo 

Supt. of Docs. no.: L 3.31/ 

CONTENTS: v. 1. State and county data.-v. 2. Statistics by subject.-

v.3. Agricultural services. [etc.] 

1. Agriculture-United States-Statistics. I. Title. II. Title: Census of 

agriculture. 

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CONTENTS 

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... , ... . 

Highl ights of the State's Agriculture: 1978 and 1974 ............................... . 

State Map ................................................. , ......... . 

CHARTS 

III 

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1. Changes in State's Agriculture: 1978 From 1974. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI 

2. Profile of State's Agriculture. 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XII 

3. Land in Farms by Type of Organization: 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X III 

4. 

5. 

Farms by Value of Sales: 1978 ................................ . 

Value of Products Sold by Size of Sales: 1978 

PATTERN MAPS 

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Land in Farms by County: 1978 

Average Size of Farm by County: 1978 ................................... . 

Value of Land and Buildings by County: 1978 ............................... . 

Value of Agricultural Products Sold by County: 1978 ..................... . 

Milk Cows Inventory by County: 1978 .................................... . 

Chickens 3 Months Old or Older Inventory by County: 1978 ..................... . 

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7. Land in Orchards by County: 1978 ..................................... '. XV III 

8. Value of Nursery and Greenhouse Products Sold by County: 1978 ................. '. XV III 

TABLES 

CHAPTER 1. State Data 

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Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1945 to 1978 ........................... . 

Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use, for FarmsWith Salesof $2,500 or More: 1978,1974, 

and 1969 ........................................................ . 

Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 .............. . 

Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978,1974, and 1969 .... . 

Operators by Type of Organization for Farms With Sales of $2,500 or More: 1978, 1974, 

and 1969 ...................................................... . 

Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978,1974,and 1969 ..................... . 

Expenses for Energy and Petroleum Products: 1978, 1974, and 1969 ............... . 

Fuel Expenses, Quantity Purchased, and Storage Capacity: 1978 ................... . 

Farm Payroll, Employment, and Contract Expenses: 1978,1974, and 1969 ............ . 

Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978,1974, and 1969 .......... . 

Value of Agricultural Products Sold Directly to Consumers for Human Consumption: 1978 .. 

Income From Machine Work, Customwork, and Other Agricultural Services: 1978,1974, 

and 1969 ....................................................... . 

Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1978 .. . 

Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 ........................... . 

Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 ............ . 

Irrigation: 1978,1974, and 1969 ........................................ . 

Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 1978 ................ . 

Livestock and Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978,1974, and 1969 ................. . 

Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 ................................ . 

Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 ......................... . 

Hogs and Pigs-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 ............................ . 

Sheep and Lambs-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 ......................... . 

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TABLES-Con. 

CHAPTER 1-Con. 

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Other Livestock and Livestock Products-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974. 

Fish Sales: 1978. 

Crops Harvested: 1978 and 1974 .. 

Specified Crops Harvested-Yield Per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 1978 ... 

Crops Harvested and Value of Production: 1978 and 1974 

Crops by Acres Harvested: 1978. 

Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1978. 

Summary by Type of Organization: 1978 ......... . 

Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978 .. 

Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978 ............................. . 

33. Summary by Size a f Farm: 1978 ... 

34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 .... 

35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1978 ....... . 

CHAPTER 2. County Summary Data 

1 . 

2. 

3. 

Number, Land, and Value of Farms: 1978 and 1974 

Land Use: 1978 ....................... . 

Irrigation: 1978 . 

4. Farms by Tenure of Operator: 1978 ............... . 

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Farms and Land in Farms by Type of Organization: 1978 .. 

Characteristics of Operators: 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . 

Farmsby Value of Sales and Occupation: 1978 ............. , ........ . 

Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1978 ............. . 

Farms by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 ...................... . 

Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold for All Farms: 1978 ................... . 

Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold for Farms With Sales of $2,500 or More: 1978 .. . 

Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 ............................... . 

Energy Expenses and Fuel Storage Capacity for Farm Business: 1978 ............... . 

Hired Farm Labor-Expenses and Number of Workers: 1978 ...................... . 

Estimated Market Value of All Machinery and Equipment: 1978 ................... . 

Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales: 1978 ................................ . 

Hogs and Pigs-Inventory and Sales: 1978 .................................. . 

Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978 ...................................... . 

Broilers Sold by Number Per Farm: 1978 ................................. ',' . 

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20. Sheep and Lambs-I nventory and Sales: 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 118 

21. Milk Goats-Inventory and Sales: 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 118 

22. Angora Goats-Inventory and Sales: 1978 ................................ Not shown 

23. M ink and Their Pelts-Inventory and Sales: 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 

24. Colonies of Bees and Honey-Inventory and Sales: 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 119 

25. Fish Sales: 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 119 

26. Miscellaneous Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 120 

27. Miscellaneous Livestock and Animal Specialties-Inventory and Sales: 1978. . . . . . . . . . . .. 121 

28. Grains-Corn, Sorghums, Wheat, and Other Small Grains: 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 121 

29. Cotton, Tobacco, Soybeans, Dry Beans and Peas, Potatoes, Sugar Crops, and Peanuts: 1978 .. 121 

30. Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage: 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 122 

31. Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons, HalVested for Sale: 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 123 

32. Fruits and Nuts: 1978 ............................................... , 125 

33. Berries: 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 127 

34. Nursery and Greenhouse Products, Mushrooms, and Sad: 1978 .................... 127 

35. Other Crops: 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 128 

36. Operator Response to Land Held Under Foreign Ownership: 1978 ................. " 128 

37. Income From Machine Work, Customwork and Other Agricultural Services: 1978. . . . . . . .. 128 
CONTENTS-Continued 

TABLES-Con. 

CHAPTER 2-Con. 

38. Value of Agricultural Products Sold Directly to Consumers for Human Consumption: 1978 

39. Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1978 ....................... . 

40. Farms Operated by Black and Other Races by Tenure: 1978 ...................... . 

41. Operators by Selected Racial Groups: 1978 ................................. . 

42. Operators of Spanish Origin: 1978 . . . . . . . . . .................... . 

43. Female Operators: 1978 ........................................... . 

CHAPTER 3. Individual County Data [The following tables are common to the State and each county) 

1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

4 . Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

8., Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

9. Livestock and Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

10. i Crops: 1978 and 1974 

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130 

130 

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 131 Hampden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 171 

Farms Not on Mail List ............ 136 

Barnstable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 141 

Berkshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 146 

Bristol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 151 

Dukes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 156 

Essex ...................... " 161 

Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 166 

APPENDIXES 

Hampsh ire .................... , 176 

Middlesex ..................... 181 

Nantucket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. (1 ) 

Norfolk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 186 

Plymouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 191 

Suffolk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. (1) 

Worcester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 196 

A. General Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-l 

B. Farms by Current and Prior Definitions and Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 B-1 

C. Comparison of 1974 Farm Counts With 1978 Farm Counts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. C-l 

D. Report Forms ................... . D-l 

Index ............................................................. Index-l 

Publication Program ............................................... Inside back cover 

I Not shown separately to avoid disclosing data for individual farms. However, the data for the county are included in 

the State totals. 

VII 

INTRODUCTION 

Page 

HISTORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII 

AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII 

FARM DEFINITION ............................. VII 

METHOD OF ENUMERATION ...................... VII 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA ....................... VII 

USE OF SAMPLING .............................. VIII 

GRAPHICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. VIII 

TABULAR PRESENTATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. VIII 

PRELIMINARY REPORTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. VIII 

CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. VIII 

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS ................. VIII 

"SEE TEXT" REFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. VIII 

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS ................... VIII 

HISTORY 

The census of agriculture provides a periodic statistical 

picture of the Nation's farming, ranching, and related activities. 

The 1978 Census of Agriculture is the 21st taken by the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 

The first agriculture census was taken in 1840 as part of the 

sixth decennial census. From 1840 to 1950, an agriculture 

census was taken as part of the decennial census of population. 

A mid-decade c:ensus of agriculture was conducted in 1925, 

1935, and 1945. From 1954 to 1974 a census of agriculture was 

taken for the years ending in 4 and 9. In 1976, Congress 

authorized the census of agriculture to be taken for 1978 and 

1982 to adjust the data reference year to coincide with the 

1982 Economic Censuses covering manufacturing, mining, 

construction, retail trade, wholesale trade, service industries, 

and selected transportation activities. Thereafter, the agriculture 

census will revert to a 5-year cycle. 

AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED 

The census of agriculture is authorized under the provisions 

of title 13, United States Code. Section 142(a) provides for the 

census to be taken in 1979, in 1983, and in every fifth year 

after 1983. Section 191 provides that the census shall include 

each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and 

the Virgin Islands. A census of agriculture will be conducted in 

American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands in conjunction with the 1980 Census of Population and Housing. 

FARM DEFINITION 

Since 1850, when minimum criteria defining a farm for 

census purposes were first established, the farm definition has 

been changed nine times, as the Nation has grown and changed. 

The current definition was announced on August 12, 1975, in 

accordance with a joint agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Office of Management and Budget, and 

the Bureau of the Census. It defines a farm, for statistical 

purposes, as any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or normally would have been sold 

during the census year. The previous definition (used for the 

1959, 1964, and 1969 censuses, and for the 1974 preliminary 

county reports) counted as a farm any place with less than 10 

acres from which $250 or more of agricultural products were 

sold or normally would have been sold during the census year, 

or any place of 10 acres or more from wh ich $50 or more of 

agricultural products were sold or normally would have been 

sold during the census year. 

METHOD OF ENUMERATION 

Evaluation studies of the 1969 and 1974 censuses, wh ich 

were conducted primarily by mail, indicated that the 

administrative lists used to create the census mailing list were 

not adequate to assure complete coverage in the census. Also, 

censuses prior to 1969, conducted by direct enumeration, had 

been found by evaluation studies (conducted since 1950) to be 

progressively less and less complete, as increased mobility of 

farm operators led to increases in the numbers of nonresident 

operators, operators farming on a part-time basis, and operators 

farming two or more separate tracts. 

The 1978 Census of Agriculture was conducted primarily by 

mail for maximum economy, supplemented by a personal 

canvass of a statistical area segment sample for maximum 

completeness of coverage. The area segment sample, which 

consists of selected geographic areas completely canvassed by 

direct enumeration, provides reliable estimates for States of the 

number and characteristics of any farms not represented in the 

mail portion of the census. Estimates for such farms are an 

integral part of the State totals published for the 1978 census. 

The direct enumeration sample estimates are statistically reliable 

only for State totals and have not been allocated to counties. 

Appendix A provides a more detailed description of how the 

1978 census was taken and includes a discussion of census 

coverage. 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA 

State totals for 1978 are not directly comparable with totals 

for 1974 or earlier censuses as they include data for farm operations represented on the mail list plus estimates from the direct 

enumeration sample for farms not represented on the mail list. 

The 1974 State level data include only operations represented 

on the mail list. 

Coverage evaluation studies for the 1974 census indicated 

that 10.7 percent of all farms were not included in the census. 

Farms missed in the census were usually small and accounted 

for less than 3 percent of the total value of apricultural products 

sold and less than 6 percent of the land in farms. The proportion of farms missed in the 1974 census was generally higher in 
VIII INTRODUCTION-Continued 

States having a large proportion of small farms and urbanized 

areas having a sizable number of part-time farms. Farm 

counts for 1974, adjusted for, the net undercount, are shown in 

appendix C. 

County level data on acreages and inventories for 1978 and 

1974 are generally comparable; however, improvements in the 

coverage of the 1978 census, especially of smaller farms, shou Id 

be taken into consideration when comparing farm counts. 

USE OF SAMPLING 

Two types of sampling were used for data collection 

for the 1978 census. I n addition to the State estimates from 

the direct enumeration sample discussed previously, data 

for items in sections 22 through 27 of the census report 

form were collected from only a sample of farms. Data based on 

a sample are subject to sampl ing error. Detailed discussions of 

the census report forms, the use of sampling, and estimates of 

sampling error are included in appendix A. 

GRAPHICS 

Several charts and maps presented on the following pages 

show selected agricultural statistics for this State. The items in 

the charts and the first four maps are presented for all States. 

The last four maps present data of particular importance to this 

State. 

TABULAR PRESENTATION 

State data-In chapter 1, State tables 1 through 28 show 

detailed State level data usually accompanied by historical data 

for one or more censuses. Tables 29 through 35 provide 1978 

State data cross-tabulated by various farm classifications. 

County summary data-Selected data items are presented by 

county in chapter 2. Tables 1 through 15 include general data 

such as land in farms, size of farms, land use, operator 

characteristics, expenses, and machinery and equipment. Inventory and sales data for livestock, poultry, and animal specialties 

are contained in tables 16 through 27 and detailed crop data in 

tables 28 through 35. Tables 36 through 43 present data on 

foreign ownership, income from customwork, direct sales to 

consumers, operators by racial group, and female operators. 

Individual county data-F ive pages of tables are presented in 

chapter 3 for each county with 10 farms or more in 1978. The 

tables include final data for each county and are more 

comprehensive than those in the preliminary reports. Data are 

provided for all farms and for farms with sales of $2,500 or 

more for both 1978 and 1974. 

This chapter also includes a set of similar tables for the State 

as a whole and for those farms in the State not on the mailing 

list and not included in county tables. 

PRELIMINARY REPORTS 

Preliminary reports have been published separately for all 

counties in the United States with 10 farms or more in 1978, 

each State, the four geographic regions, and the United States. 

This series provided, at the earliest possible date, information on 

major data items, with comparable final data from the 1974 

census. The data items were standard for each State and county 

except in table 3 where the selected crops varied by State 

according to their relative importance in the State. The State 

preliminary report also included a full set of tables providing 

data derived from the direct enumeration sample on the estimated number and characteristics of farms not included in 

county totals because they were not represented on the mailing 

list_ 

For major data items at the county level differences between 

the preliminary and final figures are in general less than 5 

percent. At the State level, differences are significantly less. 

CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES 

In keeping with the provisions of title 13, United States 

Code, data that would disclose the operations of an individual 

farm are not published. However, the number of farms in a 

given size category or other classification is not considered a 

disclosure. Appendix A presents additional information on 

disclosure rules. 

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS 

Appendix A includes definitions and explanations of selected 

terms used in the tables. 

"SEE TEXT" REFERENCE 

Items in the tables which are followed by the reference "See 

text" are explained or defined in appendix A. 

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS 

The following abbreviations and symbols are used throughout the tables: 

Zero. 

(D) Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for 

individual farms. 

(X) Not applicable. 

(Z) Less than half of the unit reported. 

(NA) Not available. 

* Independent city. 
Highlights of the State's Agriculture: 

1978 

Tofal 

Forms _______________________________________ number_ - 5 891 land in forms __________________________________ ocres_ - 678 714 Average size of farm ________________________ ocres_ - 115 Harvested cropland ____________________________ ocres_ Average per form ___________________________ acres_ - 213 669 

- 36 

Farms by size: 1 to 49 acres _______________________________ number_ - 2 785 50 to 499 ocres- ____________________________ number_ 2 938 500 to 999 acres ____________________________ number_ 137 1.000 acres or more _________________________ number_ - 31 

Value of land and buildingS: 2 

Average per farm __ • ______________________ . dollars. - 168 952 Average per acre _______________ • ___________ dollars. - I 443 

Value of machinery and equipment on forms" _______ $1,000_ - 127 697 Average per form _______ • _______________ • __ dallars_ 21 677 

- 214 675 

- 36441 

- 100 829 

- 17 116 

- 95 164 

Value of agricultural products sold ________________ $1,000_ 

Average per form __________________________ dollars. Crops sold __________________________________ $1,000_ 

Average per form _______ . _______________ • __ dollars_ 

livestock and livestock products sold ____________ $1,000_ 

- 16 154 

- 18 682 

- 3 171 

Average per form __________________________ dollars_ 

Poulf", and poull", producls sold _______________ $1,000_ 

Average per form __________________________ dollars_ 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold: 

- 2 012 

- I 563 

- I 121 

- 688 

- 293 

- 194 

- 20 

Less than $2,500. ___________________________ number. 

$2,500 10 $9,999 ____________________________ number_ 

$10,000 10 $39,999-_________________________ number_ 

$40,000 fo $99,999 __________________________ number_ 

$100,00010 $199,999 ________________________ number_ 

$200.000 or more ___________________________ number_ 

Abnormal farms ____________________________ number_ 

- 2 052 

- 8021 

- 23 900 

- 43 555 

- 40091 

- 95 854 

- I 203 

Value of agricultural products sold by farms having sales of- Less than $2,500 _____________________________ $1,000_ 

$2,500 10 $9,999 _____________________________ $1,000_ 

$10,000 10 $39,999 ___________________________ $1,000_ 

$40,000 to $99,999 ___________________________ $1,000_ 

$100,000 fo $199,999 _________________________ $1,000_ 

$200,000 or more ____________________________ $1,000_ 

Abnormal farms _____________________________ $1,000_ 

Farm production expenses for selected items:2 

- 40 503 

- 7 838 

- 7 360 

- 4 035 

- 12 019 

- 40 716 

feed for IiveSlock and poull", ___________________ $1,000_ 

Seeds, bulbs, planfs, and frees _________________ $1.000_ Commercial fertilizer • ______ • __________________ $1,000_ 

Other agricultural chemicals ____________________ $1,000_ 

Petroleum products-gasoline, diesel, etc. ________ $1,000_ Hired form labor _____________________________ $1,000_ 

livestock and poultry inventory; 

- 102 226 

- 59626 

- 7 153 

- I 512 683 

Cottle and calve5- ___________________________ number. Hogs and pigs ______________________________ number_ 

Sheep ond lambs _______________ • ____________ number_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ________________ numbeL 

Crops harvested: 

- 44 269 

- 133 117 

(orn for all purposes ________________ • _________ acres_ Hoy crops ___________________________________ acres_ 

- 262 706 

- 15 214 

- 8 556 

tons, dry_ All vegetables harvested for sale _________________ ocres_ land in orchards ____________________ • _________ acres_ 

lNot fully comparable because of direct enumeration sample in 1978 toto Is; see text. 21978 data a re based on a sample of farms; see text. 

1978 and 1974 

All farms 

1974' 

Not on moil list Totol 

9451 4 4971 61 355

1 

601 734 

65 134 

16 2641 188 015 17 42 

5881 I 812 

357 2 513

1 -I 142 

-I 30

1 

93 650 128 535 I 442 961 

6560 84637 6942 18 821 

2 6811 179 6531 

2 8381 39 950 750 86 453 794 19 225 I 753

1 

68 330 I 855 15 195 178 24 134 189 5 367 

I I 674 I 354 197 942 74 I 162 - 678 - 211 - 133 (Xl 17 

490 I 528 926 5 236 I 266 25 284 - 41 870 

- 28 553 - 76 094 (Xl I 089 

I 012 1 40 395 1 

100 6 645 212 5 808 153 2 768 287 8 766 335 31 981 

5 2751 103 938 5040 43 229 638 5 896 46 830 1 956 434 

1 151 37 409 14 188 110 327 18 249 225 714 

403\ (NAI 445 9 366 

Farms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974' 

Tolal Not on moil list Totol 

3 859 271 3 1851 

535 675 27 603 496 050 

139 102 156 

184 241 6 597 168 942 

48 24 53 

I 613 155 I 142 

2 093 II~I I 885 127 131 1 26 271 

195 905 93 988 150 448 

I 399 923 966 

III 514 3 255 72 708 28 897 12 010 22 828 

211 420 2 1921 177 1121 54 786 8 087 55 608 99 469 547 85 347 25 776 2 019 26 797 93443 I 492 67 109 24 214 5 507 21 070 18 508 152 23 977 4 796 561 7 528 

I I - - 59 I 563 197 942 I 121 74 I 162 688 - 678 293 - 211 194 - 133 (Xl (Xl (Xl 

- - 77 1 

8 021 926 5 236 23 900 I 266 25 284 43 555 - 41 870 40 091 - 28 553 95 854 - 76 094 (Xl (Xl (XI 

39 163 595 1 39 636 1 

7 674 32 6 569 6 920 III 5 587 3 833 113 2 701 II 520 158 8 502 39 625 103 31 561 

93 290 3 000 \ 96 204\ 55 488 2 899 41 968 3 585 72 2 696 1 479 514 36 411 I 936 943 

42 624 862 36 344 106 965 5 148 94 114 229 204 9 806 201 372 14699 357

1 

14 954 7 572 203 8 913 

IX 
MASSACHUSETTS 

WOIICESTt:R 

SCALa: 

o 10 ao 10 MILU I I I I 

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
XI 

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MASSACHUSETTS 

Chart 1. 

Changes in State's Agriculture: 1978 From 1974 Mail portion 

Area sample 

Nurrber of farms 

Land in farms 

Harvested cropland 

Farms by size: 

1 to 49 acres 

50 to 499 acres 

500 to 999 acres 

1,000 to 1,999 acres 

2,000 acres or more 

Value of land 

and buildings 

Value of agricultural procfucts sold 

Crops 

Uvestock 

Poultry 

Farms by value of sales: 

$100,000 or more 

$40,000 to $99,999 

$20,000 to $39,999 

$10,000 to $19,999 

$5,000 to $9,999 

$2,500 to $4,999 

Less than $2,500 

Selected fann 

production expenses: 

Feed purchased 

Fertilizer 

Other chemicals 

Hired farm labor 

Gasoline and petroleum 

Estimated v~lue of 

machinery and equipment 

L 

t 1 

t 1 

t t 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

I I 

o 50 

u.s. Department of Commerce BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

1 

1 131.p 

1 112.8 1 

t 113.6 

1 153.7 

•. ' .... J 116.9 

96.5 

119.0 

66.7 

·····.1 172.2 

119.5 

116.6 

1~ 9.3 

77.4 

1 0.9 

101.9 

8~ .7 

104.1 

I 43.6 

.».;.·.;1 148.7 

100.3 

126.7 

J 

1 ~45.8 

I 

127.3 

13 7.1 

L •••. 150.9 

I 

100 150 

As percent of 1974 

...... 1 1 ~1.4 

200 250 
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Chart 2. 

Profile of State's Agriculture: 1978 

Farms by size: 

1 to 49 acres 

50 to 179 acres 

180 to 499 acres 

_-

_--___ ... ---~~ 47.3 EIJIT8J 34. 

1! .8 

500 to 999 acres • 2.3 

1,000 to 1,999 acres .4 

2,000 acres or more .1 

Farms by value of 

land and buildings: 

$1 to $19,999 

$20,000 to $39,999 

$40,000 to $99,999 

_7.1 

.~10.9 

"--"~~§350 

$100,000 to $499,999 _---_---_ 40.9 

$500,000 or more .. 6.1 

Farms by value of 

machinery and equipment 

$1 to $4,999 

$5,000 to $9,999 

$10,000 to $19,999 

$20,000 to $49,999 

$50,000 to $99,999 .. 7.8 

$100,000 or more • 3.5 

Operators by age group: 

Under 35 years 

35 to 44 years 

45 to 54 years 

55 to 64 years 

65 years or over 

Operators by tenure: 

Full owner 

Part owner 

Tenant 

"~11.6 

_--"22:;>,:281:::::: 20.2 ____ Fili2]H/:: 22.9 

____ 1Illi8l 26.1 

___ 1illillJ 19.2 

____ "','m::/ 28.6 

.. 6.1 

Mail portion 

Area sample 

Farms by type of organization: Individual or family • ____ .. ____ .. ___ • __ IIT8ITI~~~ 85.2 

Partnership .. 7.6 

Corporation .. 6.2 

Other • 1.0 

o 20 40 60 80 100 

As percent of total farms 

u.s. Department of Commerce BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
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Chart 2, - Con. 

Profile of State's Agriculture: 1978 

Operators working off farm: 

None 

1 to 99 days 

100 to 199 days 

200 days or more 

Value of agricultural 

products by commodity group: 

Crops 

Uvestock 

Poultry 

Expenditures for energy 

and petroleum products: 

Chart 3. 

Gasoline 

Diesel oil 

Lp gas, butane 

Fuel oil 

Electricity 

Other 

... 7.5 

..-9.1 

8.7 

-7.0 

·3.2 

-7.7 

o 

44.4 

·39.0 

47.0 

44.3 

30.1 

27.8 

24.3 

20 40 60 

As percent of total farms 

80 

Mail portion 

Area sample 

_ 100 

Land in Farms by Type of Organization: 1978 

Individual or family 

72.1% 

U.S. Department of Commerce BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

Partnership 

---------10.9% 

Corporation 

-----12.7% 

Other 

----4.3% 

'------------------------------------------
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Chart 4. 

Farms by Value of Sales: 1978 

Less than $2,500 

34.2% 

$2,500 to $4,999 

14.4% 

Chart 5. 

$100,000 or more 

---------8.3% 

$40,000 to $99,999 

-----11.8% 

$20,000 to $39,999 

---9.6% 

$10,000 to $19,999 

-----9.5% 

$5,000 to $9,999 

---------12.1% 

Value of Products Sold by Size of Sales: 1978 

$10,000 to $19,999 

3.6% 

$20,000 to $39,999 

7.6% 

$40,000 to $99,999 

20.6% 

U.S. Department of Commerce BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

----------

$5,000 to' $9,999 

2.3% 

Less than $5,000 

2.4% 

$100,000 or more 

-----63.5% 
Percent 

c=::::J Leas ttm 5 

I •••••.. ·• ·;1 5-9 

1;)HIi::'!'I;I!"!i~i'HI 10-14 

_ 15arrcre 

Aaes 

c=::::J Leas ttm 50 

&S:SSSl 50 - 99 

c=::::J 100 - 149 

11 ';:I\ila:iH:!H::I~:t;i!,i,j1 100 - 199 

_ axlalTD'e 

Map 1. Land in Farms by County: 1978 

As percent of land in county 

State average 13.6 percent 

Map 2. Average Size of Farm by County: 1978 

Average size 115 acres 

U.S. Department of Commerce BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

xv 
XVI 

Dollars 

c::::=J lass tim 150,(0) 

c::::=J 150,(0) - 100,999 

c:==J 170,(0) - 199,999 

_ 2»,00)0' nne 

Dollars 

L .. __ ~ .. ~ J Less than 5 nillion 

G=-;:'~=J 5 - 9 nillion 

C=·~~] 10 - 19 nillion 

E=:J 20 - 29 nillion 

_ 30 nillion Of more 

Map 3. Value of Land and Buildings by County: 1978 

Average per farm 

State average $168,952 

Map 4. Value of Agricultural Products Sold by County: 1978 

State total $214,675,000 

U.S. Department of Commerce . BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
Milk Cows 

c==J Less 1IW11,<XXl 

c:::=::::::J l,<XXl- 4,999 

W (d,j";liil"f~~l 5,<XXl- 9,999 

_ lO,<XXl c:¥ m:re 

Chickens 

c:=:::J Less than 10,000 

c:=:::J 10,000 - 99,999 

In::·'!':;!,! I 'i~I'!:;:~'1 100,000 - 199,999 

_ 200,000 or more 

Map 5. Milk Cows Inventory by County: 1978 

State total 50,171 

Map 6. Chickens 3 Months Old or Older 

Inventory by County: 1978 

State total 1,512,703 

u.s. Department of Commerce : BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

XVII 
XVIII 

Acres 

c=J lass 1IBl1oo 

c=J 100-400 

c==J 500 - tQl 

_ 1,00) cr rrae 

Dollar. 

c:==-=:J l..a than 1 mllion 

c=J 1 - 4 mHion 

c=:.::IJ 5 - 9 mliion 

_ 10 miltlon or more 

Map 7. Land in Orchards by County: 1978 

State total 8,556 acres 

Map 8. Value of Nursery and Greenhouse Products 

Sold by County: 1978 

State total $41,137,000 

U.S. Department of Commerce BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
Tobie l. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1945 to 1978 

1978 1974 1969 1964 1959 1954 1950 1945 

All forms ________________________________________ number __ 5 891 4 497 5 703 8 019 II 179 17 361 22 220 37 fYJ7 

land in formL _____________________________________ ocres __ 678 714 601 734 700 578 901 789 142 341 439 080 6I:JJ 389 

123 113 102 83 75 56 2 078 3491 Average size of form ______________________________ acres __ 115 134 Approximate land orea ______________________________ ocreL_ 5 008 640 5 008 768 5 008 768 5 034 880 5 034 880 5 034 880 5 034 880 5 060 480 

Proportion in farms ________________ - _______ -- --- percent __ 13.6 12.0 14.0 17.9 22.7 28.6 33.0 41.11 

Value of land and buildings:' 

Average per form _______________________________ dollars- 168 952 128 535 69 362 43 492 31 692 18 552 14 163 7 1671 Average per acre ________________________________ dollors_ I 443 961 565 386 310 224 190 128 

Forms by value of land and buildings: (NA) (NA) (NA)I $1 10 $9,999 ______________________ - ____ . ___ liS 257 620 856 (NA) 

$10.000 to $19,999 __________________________ :::::::::::: 302 303 880 I 984 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

$20,000 10 $39,999 _______ ----------------------------- 640 772 528 2 626 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

$40,000 10 $69,999 ______________________________________ 117 907 187 I 378 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

$70,000 to $99,999 ______________________________________ 947 564 485 482 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)I 

$100,00010 $149,999 ____________________________________ 867 569 458 397 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

$150,00010 $199,999 ____________ 502 325 183 114 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)I 

$200,00010 $499,999 _______ ---------------------------- 042 606 291 132 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

$500,000 or more _________________ ---------------- 359 194 71 50 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

land in forms according to use: Total 18 988 35 691 cropland __________________ _____ farms-_ 5 526 4 212 5 168 7 101 9 752 15 217 

ocreL_ 311 030 257 033 280 455 347 833 445 153 550 613 624 376 702 539 

Harvested cropland _________ ____________ farms-_ 5 107 4 032 4 669 6 498 8 779 13 005 16 706 35 002 

acres-_ 213 669 188 015 189 635 234 443 290 682 331 180 376 036 580 6081 

Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 49 acres _____________________________________ 3 869 2 835 3 476 4 894 6 933 II 053 14 775 32 2671 1 to 9 acres ____________________________________ 1 661 1 239 I 469 2 315 3 034 5 483 7 204 19421 

10 fa 19 acres __________________________________ 856 583 791 967 I 528 2 280 3 309 6 126 

20 to 29 acres __________________________________ 537 467 566 689 I 061 I 500 2 053 3 314/ 30 to 49 acres __________________________________ 815 546 650 923 I 310 I 790 2 209 3 406 

50 to 99 acres ____________________________________ 657 682 716 056 1 262 I 415 I 434 2 103 

100 to 199 acres __________________________________ 420 373 342 433 455 435 407 523 

200 to 499 ocres __________________________________ 142 123 118 105 117 95 87 

SOD to 999 acres ________________ 16 14 15 8 II 7 2 ~I 1,000 acres or more _______________________________ 3 5 2 2 I I 

1,000 to 1,999 ocres _____________________________ 2 4 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA~I 2,000 acres or more _____________________________ I I (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Cropland used only for posture or grazing2 _________ farms-_ 2 510 I 601 2 293 2 679 4 045 6469 7 661 4 4211 acreL_ 77 443 55 467 71 515 79 943 102 748 142 930 lSI 049 77 123 

Other cropland _________________________________ farms __ I 155 704 994 I 941 2 658 4 757 5 841 (NA) 

acreL_ 19 918 13 551 19 305 33 447 51 723 76 503 97 291 44 808 

Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses, not harvested and not pastured ________ farmL 338 (NA) (NA) 403 671 (NA) (NA) (NA) I 

ocreL_ 4 289 (NA) (NA) 4 550 8 141 (NA) (NA) (NA)I Cropland on which 011 crops failed _______________ forms __ 130 (NA) (NA) 499 (NA) (NA) (NA) I 214 

ocres __ 843 (NA) (NA) 4 511 (NA) (NA) (NA) 7 859 

Cropland in cultivated summer fallowl ___________ forms __ 106 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

acres-_ 308 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1 Cropland idle ________________________________ farms-_ 744 (NA) (NA) 1 328 (NA) 3 812 (NA) 3 063 

acres-_ 13 478 (NA) (NA) 24 386 (NA) 59 347 (NA) 36 949 

Total woodland ___________________________________ forms __ 3 583 2 631 3410 4 944 7 162 10809 13 100 21 520 I 

ocreL_ 272 563 240463 309 842 404 765 512 024 670 606 740 136 940 080 Woodland postured _____________________________ farms __ 995 (NA) (NA) I 540 2 150 3 609 4 593 7 397 

acres __ 37 673 (NA) (NA) 86 373 101 945 166641 195 074 300 lSI Woodland not pastured __________________________ farms __ 3 142 (NA) (NA) 4 261 6 248 9 047 10 902 17 558 

ocres __ 234 890 (NA) (NA) 318 392 410 079 503 965 545 062 639 929 

Other land _______________________________________ farms __ 4 201 3 228 3 782 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

acreL_ 95 121 104 238 110 281 149 191 185 164 217 861 295 877 435 730 

Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured ____________________________ 10 527 [ farms-_ 708 (NA) (NA) I 663 2 513 3484 4 599 

ocres __ 31 268 (NA) (NA) 73 025 90 483 113 329 145 105 247 0901 land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. ____ farms __ 4 020 (NA) (NA) 6543 (NA) 14 214 16 798 25 830 

acreL_ 63 853 (NA) (NA) 76 166 94 681 104 532 150 772 188 640 

Irrigated land ________________________________ . _____ farmL_ I 027 879 925 I 229 I 093 I 366 I 053 874 acres __ 16 941 18 512 18 850 24 178 19 999 22 683 18 507 11 355 

>1978 and J 950 through J 964 doto ore based on a sample of forms. 2Not fully comparable for various census years because of differences in cropland used only for posture. lVories from State to State, 1950 through 1964; 17 Western Stotes, 1945 not available. 

TobIe 2. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use, for Farms With Sales of $2,500 or More: 

Forms ___________________________________ number_ - land in forms _______________________________ acres-- Average size of form _______________________ acreL - Value of land and buildings: I 

Average per form _________________________ dollars-- Average per acre _________________________ dollars_ -

land in forms according to use: Total cropland _____________________________ forms_ - acres_ - Harvested crop/and ______________________ farms_ - acres-- Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 49 acres ____________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 ocres ___________________________ _ - 100 to 199 ocres _________________________ _ 

- 200 to 499 ocres _________________________ _ 

- 500 to 999 ocres _________________________ _ 

- 1,000 acres or more ________________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 ocres _____________________ _ 

2,000 acres or mare _____________________ _ -

Cropland used only for pasture or grazing ___ farms __ 

Crop/and in cover crops, legumes, and soil· 

improvement grasses, not harvested and not postured ______________________________ farms __ 

ocres __ 

11978 data ore based on a sample of forms; see text. 

1978 

3 859 

535 675 

139 

195 905 

1 399 

3 637 

256 264 

3 409 184 241 

2 254 

569 

411 

136 

16 

3 

2 

I 

1 428 

58 108 

229 

3 371 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

1974 1969 

3 185 3 665 496 050 536 539 156 146 

ISO 448 84 347 966 576 

2 957 3 312 

221 873 234 722 2 874 3 147 

168 942 165 035 

1 742 2 020 626 674 

368 330 119 108 

14 13 

5 2 4 

1 3~1 1 

I 014 

43 669 55 694 

148 159 2 175 3 528 

land in farms according to use - Can. 

Total cropland - Can. 

Cropland on which all crops failed _________ farms __ 

acres __ Cropland in cultivated summer follow _______ farms __ 

acres __ Cropland idle ____________________________ farms-_ 

ocreL_ 

Total woodland ____________________________ farms __ 

acres __ Woodland pastured ______________________ farms __ 

_ acres-_ Woodland not postured ___________________ forms-_ 

acreL_ 

Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland 

and woodland pastured --- _________________ farms __ 

acreL_ land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland. etc._ farms __ 

acres __ Posture/and, all types _________________________ farmL_ 

I 

acres-_ 

rrigoted land ______________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

1978, 1974, and 1969 

1978 

96 

637 

86 

221 

500 

8 686 

2 306 

204 687 

655 

28 997 

2 016 175 690 

497 

23 916 

2 608 

50 808 

1 907 

III 021 

889 

16 510 

1974 

76 

136 

61 

448 

258 

4 503 

I 810 

188 792 

619 

33 658 

I 513 ISS 134 

552 

33 240 

2 168 

52 140 

I 547 

110 567 

750 

17 887 

1969 

J 

701/ 94 

2 318 

402 [ 7 446 

2 140 

216 848 

884 

64 422 

I 702 

152 426 

741 [ 

36 502 

2 250 

48 467 

2 017 

156 618 

774 

18 081 

MASSACHUSETTS 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

All forms ____________________________ numbeL 

with harvested croplond_ 

with irrigated lond_ -

Forms by size: 1 to 9 acres ___________________________ number_ - with harvested crop!ond_ 

with irrigated land_ -

10 to 49 acres _____________________________ number_ -

50 to 69 acres ____ _ 

with harvested croplond_ 

with irrigated lond_ 

_ ___________________ number_ - with harvested cropland_ 

with irrigated lond_ -

- 70 10 99 acres ________ _ _ ______________ number_ - with harvested croplond_ 

with irrigated lond_ 

100 fa 139 acres ____________________________ number_ 

with harvested cropland_ 

with irrigated lond_ 140 to 179 acres ___________________________ number_ 

with harvested cropland_ 

with irrigated land_ 

180 to 219 acres ____________________________ number_ 

with harvested cropland_ 

with irrigated land_ 220 to 259 acres ___________________________ number_ 

with harvested cropland_ 

with irrigated land_ 

260 to 499 acres __________________________ number_ 

with harvested crapland_ 

with irrigated land_ 50010999 acres ___________________________ number_ 

with harvested cropland_ 

with irrigated land_ 

1,000 to 1,999 acres _________________________ number_ 

with harvested cropland_ 

with irrigated land_ 2,000 acres or more _________________________ number_ 

with harvested cropland_ 

with irrigated land_ 5,000 acres or more ________________________ number_ 

with harvested cropland_ 

with irrigated land_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Forms 

1978 1974 

5 891 4 497 5 107 4 032 1 027 879

1 

987 627\ 714 495 240 175 1 798 1 1851 1 485 1 009 381 305 

516 3841 450 334 88 77 1 498 406 

458 369 63 64 

575 503 

540 476

1 77 94 

421 344 402 324 1 62 38 

290 265 266 259 24 29 

155 183 

151 1771 14 

4~: \ 483 

476 418 

57 49

1 

137 142 135 141 14 19 

25 211 24 21 5 4 

6 9 

6 9 2 3 

3 (NA) 

3 (NA) 

1 (NA) 

land in forms (acres) Harvested cropland (acres) Irrigated land (acres) 

1978 1974 1978 1974 1978 

678 714 601 734 213 669 188015 16 941 644 991 578 413 213 669 188 015 16 941 95 883 97 4441 26 961 27 787 16 941 

4 128 2 4591 1 606 1 166 476 2 917 2 037 1 606 1 166 476 1 012 800 542 443 476 47 280 29 737 17 134 11 334 2 590 39 710 25 754 17 134 11 334 2 590 9 024 7 321 3 303 3 031 2 590 

30 170 22 1581 11 083 83281 1 183 

26 313 19 4231 11 083 8 3281 1 183 

5 032 4 375 1 691 1 977 1 183 

41 189 33 782 14 215 10999 1 184 

37 917 30 773 14 215 10999 1 184 

5 177 5 228 2 114 1 774 1 184 

66 897 58 594 21 858 21 549 1 684 

62 889 55 494

1 

21 858 21 549

1 

1 684 

8 899 11 078 2 870 3 784 1 684 

66 015 53 367 21 173 17 405 1 382 

63 212 50 301 21 173 17 405 1 382 

9 980 5 865 3 695 2 184 1 382 

57 549 52 116 17 819 17 319 565 

52 729 50933 17 819 17 319 565 

4 739 5 723 1 480 2572 565 

37 245 44 099 12 379 13 709 752 

36 280 42 7111 12 379 13 7091 752 

3 378 5 303 1 177 1 292 752 

170 576 149 257 55 068 46 303 3 470 

167 900 145 422 55 068 46 303 3 470 

19 210 16480 5 173 4 739 3470 

86 604 90 259 26867 24 308 638 

85 354 89 659 26867 24308 638 

8 550 11 965 1 683 2 533 638 

32 185 27 3951 8 555 8400 641 

30 894 27 395 8 555 8400 641 (0) 4 672 (0) (0) (0) 

38 876 38 511 5912 7 195 (0) 

38 876 38 511 5912 7 195 (0) 

(0) 18 634 (0) 2 424 (0) 

30 184 (NA) 3992 (NA) (0) 

30 184 (NA) 3992 (NA) (0) 

(0) (NA) (0) (NA) (0) 

Table 4. Operators- Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978, 1974, and 1969 

Farms and land in farms operated by: All operators _________________________________ formsacres- Harvested cropland __________________________ formsacres- Full owners __________________________________ formsacres_ Harvested cropland __________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

Port awners ____________ _ _____________ forms_ 

acres- Harvested cropland __________________________ formsocres_ Tenants ____________________________________ forms_ 

Harvested cropland _____ _ 

Percent of tenancy _______ _ 

Farms by type of organization: 

acres_ ______________ forms_ 

ocres_ _ ___________ percenL 

Individual or family ____________________________ forms_ 

ocres_ Partnership __________________________________ formsacres_ 

Corporations ___________________ _ ________ forms_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ocres_ 

Family held, -

More than 10 stockholders _________________ forms_ - ocres_ - 10 or less stockholders- ____________________ farms_ - acres_ - Other than family held, More than fO stockholders _________________ forms- - aeres-_ 

10 or less stoekholders _____________________ farms-_ 

oeres __ 

Other - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. _____________________________ farms __ 

oeres-_ 

1978 

5 891 

678 714 

5 107 

213 669 

3 846 

329 507 

3210 

70941 

1 685 

322 034 

1 584 

130 352 

360 

27 173 

313 

12 376 

6.1 

5 017 

489 437 

447 

73 987 

365 

86 432 

6 

3 270 

319 

62 213 

16 

19 132 

24 

1 817 

62 

28 858 

All farms Farms aperated by Block and other races I 

1974 1969 1978 1974 

4497 5 703 33 38 

601 734 700 578 1 950 1 865 4 032 4 669 30 28 

188015 189 635 518 479 

3 015 4 058 25 32 

308 983 395 284 1 150 1 636 2 616 3 120 24 22 

68 578 77 124 292 396 

1 213 1 355 6 3 

264 910 284 206 580 181 

1 188 1 315 4 3 

107 710 102 790 166 37 

269 290 2 3 

27 841 21 088 (0) 48 

228 234 2 3 

11 727 9 721 (0) 46 

6.0 5.0 6.1 7.9 

(NA) (NA) 27 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 1 624 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 2 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (0) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 3 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 104 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) - (NA) 

(NA) (NA) - (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 2 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (0) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) - (NA) 

(NA) (NA) - (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 1 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (0) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 1 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (0) (NA) 

1974 

18 512 

18470 

18 512 

391 

391 

391 

2 545 2 507 

2 545 

1 336 

1 336 

1 336 

1 243 

1 239 

1 243 

2 553 

2 553

1 2 553 

1 338 

1 338 

1 338 

1 292 

1 292 

1 292 

681 

681

681 1 

2659 

2659 

2659 

1 448 

1 448 

1 448 

580 

580 

580 

2446 

2 446 2 446 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

1969 

13 

696 

12 

163 

11 

649 

10 

124 

1 

37 

1 

29 

1 

10 

1 

10 

7.6 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

2 MASSACHUSETTS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
TobIe 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978, 1974, and 1969-Con. 

All forms Farms operated by Block and other roces l 

1978 1974 1969 1978 

Operators by age group:' Under 25 years _________________________________ - __ 

25 to 34 years ________________________ -____________ _ 

35 to 44 years _____________________________________ _ 

45 to 54 years _____________________________________ _ 55 to 64 years _____________________________________ _ 

65 years and over __________________________________ _ 

Average oge _________________________________ _ 

91 53 83 - - 302 367

1 

4 - 594 

1 190 616 1 019 11 - 1 348 1 081 1 624 10 - 1 536 1 227 1 535 5 - 1 132 885 1 075 3 - 51.9 54.2 53.0 46.6 -

Operators by place of residence: I 

On form operated ____________________________ _ 

Not on farm operoted _______________________________ _ Not reported ____________________________ _ 

4 780 3 151 4 412 23 

743 506 773

1 

8 - 368 840 518 2 -

Operators reporting days of work off form: I None _____________________________________________ _ 

Any ______________________________________________ _ 

I to 49 days ____________________________________ _ 50 to 99 days ___________________________________ _ 

100 to 149 days _________________________________ _ 

150 to 199 days ________________________________ _ 

200 days or more _______________________________ _ 

Not reporting ____ __ ____ _____ _ _____________ _ 

Operators by principal occupation:) Forming ____________________________________ _ 

Other ______________________________________ _ 

Operators by sex: Male ________________________________________ forms_ 

acres- Female ______________________________________ forms_ 

ocres_ 

Operators of Spanish origin _______________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

1 - 2 387 1 672 (NA) 15 

3 275 1 815 2 892 15 - 293 183 335 - -

- 147 127 193 1 

212 117 } 433 -f 2 

- 326 231 

I 9311 ~ -

- 2 297 1 157 12 

- 229 677 (NA)I 3 

- 3 062 2 560 (NA) 20 

- 2 829 1 604 (NA) I 13 

5 438 (NA) (NA) 32 

- 643 616 (NA) (NA)I 1 948 

453 (NA) (NA) 1 

- 35 098 (NA) (NA)I (0) 

- 41 (NA) (NA) 2 

- 2 393 (NA) (NA)i (0) 

'1969 data apply only 10 farms operated by Blacks; 1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and ponnerships; see text. 

TobIe 5. Operators by Type of Organization for Farms With Sales of $2,500 or More: 

Individual or family ______________________________ farmsacres- Partnership ____________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

Corporations ___________________________________ formsacres_ 

Fomily held, More than 10 stockholders ___________________ forms_ 

acres_ 10 or less stockholders- ______________________ farmsocres_ 

Other than family held, More than 10 stockholders ___________________ forms_ 

atres_ 10 or less stockholders _______________________ forms_ 

ocres_ 

Other-cooperative. estate or trust. institutional. etc. _farms_ 

acres_ 

11969 doto for farms operated by Blacks only. 

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1978 

Forms operated b;r 

Block and other races. 1 

Forms (see text) 

3 094 19 

365 807 1 123 

382 - 69 963 -

353 

85 799 1O! 1 

6 - 3 270 - 309 2 

61 586 (0) 

16 - 19 132 - 22 1 

(0) (0) 

30 - 14 106 -

1974 

Farms operated byT Block and other races. 1 

Forms (see text) 

2 612 17 

360 299 1 120 

257 - 51 085 -

293 (NA)I 71 629 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

~A) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) \ 

23 (NA) 

13 037 (NA) 

1974 1969 

3 -

3 

10 =1 7 9 

7 3 

8 1 

50.1 54.9 

20 6 

7 

11 ~I 

1 

10 (NA) 

21 7 

- 2 

- -

3 } 3 6 

(N~I 12 

7 

18 (NA) 

20 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 1 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) I 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA)i 

1978, 1974, and 1969 

1969 

Farm s operated by 

Block and ather races,l 

Forms (see text) 

3 082 9 

396 829 638 

356 - 64 697 -

196 

69 489 1~ I 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) INA) 

(NA) INA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) 

(NA~! 31 

5 524 

MASSACHUSETIS 3 
Table 6. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978, 1974, and 1969 

[1978 doto are based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All Farms 

livestock and poultry purchased ________ _ 

forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ______________________ _ 

$500 to $999 ___________ _ $1,000 to $4.999 _________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _________________ _ - $10,000 to $14,999 _______________ _ - $15,000 to $19,999 _______________ _ 

$20,000 to $29,999 _______________ _ 

$30,000 to $39,999 _______________ _ - $40,000 to $49,999 _______________ _ 

$50,000 to $79,999 _______ _ - $80,000 or more ________________ _ -

Feed for livestock and poultry ___________________ _forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ______________ _ 

$500 to $999 ____________________ _ 

$1,000 to $4,999 _________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ________________ _ 

$10,000 to $14,999 _______________ _ 

$15,000 10 $19,999 _______________ _ 

$20,00010 $29,999 _____________ _ 

$30,000 to $39,999 _______________ _ 

$40,000 to $79,999 _______________ _ 

$80,000 or more _____________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _______________________ farms-

$1,000_ Farms by tons purchased: 1 to 49 tonL __________________ _ 

50 to 99 fonL ________________ _ 

1001019910n'- _______________ _ 

200 to 499 lon'- _____________ _ 

50010799 ton'- ____________ _ 

80010999 ton'- _______________ _ 

1,000 tons or more ___ _ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499. _____________ _ 

$50010 $999 __________________ _ 

$1,000 to $4,999 _______________ _ 

$5,000 10 $9,999 ___ _ $10,000 to $14,999 ____________ _ 

$15,00010 $19,999 _____________ _ 

$20,000 to $29,999 _____________ _ 

$30,00010 $39,999 _____________ _ 

$40,000 to $49,999 ___________ _ $50,000 or more ____________ _ 

Animol health cost ______________ formL 

$1,000_ 

Farms with expenses of- $110 $99 ________________ _ 

$10010 $499. ________ _ $50010 $999 ____________________ _ 

$1,000 to $2,999 _____ _ $3,00010 $4,999 ________________ _ 

$5,000 or more _________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees ______________ _ 

Forms with expenses of-

_forms_ 

$1,000_ 

$1 to $499 ______________________ _ 

$500 to $999 _______________ _ 

$1,00010 $4,999 _________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________ _ 

$20,000 or more ____________ _ 

4 MASSACHUSETTS 

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1978 

Forms 

2 042 

(X) 

760 

292 

613 

165 

76 

31 

38 

16 

17 

19 

15 

3 319 

(X) 

874 

572 

797 

205 

162 

193 

204 

94 

143 

75 

2 187 

(X) 

I 347 

253 

317 

203 

39 

5 

23 

597 

296 

366 

182 

176 

180 

138 

79 

56 

117 

2 492 

(X) 

767 

1 027 

309 

315 

44 

30 

3 051 

(X) 

I 678 

503 

641 

125 

34 

70 

Expenses 

($1,000) 1974 

(X) 1 502 

Il 382 8 110 

122 573 184 201 I 250 424 1 102 131 885 1 93 l 496 1 1 880 

538

1 r 723 80 r I 182 

4 021 _ J 

(X) 2 512 

40 5031 40 395 

193 621 389 258 1 690 547 

1 439 255 I 943 { 365 l 3 238 

4 960 

3 

7 839 

2331 ~ 466 r 15 579 J J 

(X) 2 152 33 467 36 735 

(X) I 262 (X) 299 (X) 341 (X) 179 (X) } (X) 71 (X) 

1171 460 

205 195 

776 489 I 313 237 

21271 357 1 3 124 

3 355 2 665 414 2 455 

17 3311J J 

(X) (NA) 

I 518 (NA) 

36 (NA) 

227 (NA) 

206 (NA) 

486 1 

(NA) 

157 (NA) 

407 (NA) 

(X) 2 450 

7 838 6 645 

284 I 554 

344 329 

I 339 405 

774 54 

446 } 108 4 651 

1978 

1969 Expenses 

Forms ($1,000) 1974 1969 

All Farms 

Commercial fertilizer ____________ forms_ - 4 008 (X) 3 190 3 833 2 051 $1,000_ - (X) 7 360 5 808 3 531 

7 400 Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 _____________________ _ 

- I 940 377 I 592 2 452 

776 $500 to $999 ___________________ _ - 620 438 445 567 

301 $1,000 to $4,999 ________________ _ - I 097 2 575 892 700 

652 

167 

155 1 

- 234 1 626 165 86 

- 82 I 033 68 } - 17 414 l 28 - 6 198 J 28 

- 12 699 

$5,000 to $9,999 ________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ______________ _ $20,000 to $29,999 ______________ _ 

$30,000 to $39,999 ______________ _ $40,000 or more ________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _________________________ forms_ - 3 791 (X) 2354 (NA) 

$1,000_ - (X) 4 035 2768 2 231 

Farms with expenses of- $1 to $99 ______________________ _ - 909 37 674 (NA) $100 to $499 ___________________ _ I 513 359 847 (NA) 

3 277 

27 1571 

- 558 374 300 (NA) 

- 388 534

1} 412 (NA) - 273 786 

$500 to $999 ___________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,999 ________________ _ 

$2,000 to $4,999 ________________ _ 

908 

355 

785 

- 88 553 J - 37 489 121 (NA) 

- 25 902 

$5,000 to $9,999 ________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ______________ _ $20.000 or more ________________ _ 

524 Hired form labor _______________ forms_ - 2768 (X) 2 220 3359 

$1.000_ - (X) 40 716 31 981 27002 

705

1 

- 175 8 125 l 1 0531 - 352 991 331 I - 298 206 232 370 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $99 ______________________ _ 

$100 to $499 ___________________ _ 

$500 to $999 ___________________ _ $1.000 to $2,499 ________________ _ - 473 746 381 612 $2,500 to $4,999 ________________ _ - 443 1 442 281 456 

2 714 

24 824 

- 329 2 217 277 359 

- 327 4 546 286 } - 134 3 200 } 509 - 98 3 598 307 

- 139 24 654 

$5,000 to $9,999 ________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ______________ _ 

$20,000 to $29,999 ______________ _ $30,000 to $49,999 ______________ _ 

$50,000 or more ________________ _ 

I 412 

492 

460 

252 

- 469 (X) 234 (NA) 

- (X) I 658 896 (NA) 

- 125 30 89 (NA) 

Contract lobor _________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 _____________________ _ 

98 - 77 50 39 (NA) 

- 180 364 68 (NA) 

$500 to $999 ___________________ _ 

$1,000 to $4,999 ________________ _ 

596 

238 

- 55 417 19 (NA) 

- 12 167 } 19 (NA) - 20 629 

- I 177 (X) 1 018 (NA)I 

$5,000 to $9,999 ________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ______________ _ 

$20,000 or more ________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental 

of machinery and equipmenL ____ forms723 $1,000_ - (X) I 705 990 (NA) 

526 Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 _____________________ _ - 667 119 629 (NA) 

$500 to $999 ___________________ _ - 193 130 174 (NA) 

631 

1 

- 276 506 180 (NA) 

- 19 120 19 (NA) 

- 18 238 } 16 (NA) 

- 4 592 

$1,000 to $4,999 ________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ______________ _ $20,000 or more ________________ _ 

Energy and petroleum products 

(NA) 

(NA) 

- 5 852 (X) (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 16 044 (NA) (NA) 

expenses _____________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ 

Forms with expenses of-

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

- 2 519 545 (NA) (NA) 

- I 027 726 (NA) (NA) 

- 748 I 075 (NA) (NA) 

- 935 3 018 (NA) (NA) 

- 367 2 594 (NA) (NA) 

- 140 I 967 (NA) (NA) 

76 2 057 (NA) (NA) 

$1 to $499 _____________________ _ 

$500 to $999 ___________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,999 ________________ _ 

$2,000 to $4,999 ________________ _ $5,000 to $9,999 ________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ______________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 ______________ _ $40,000 or more ________________ _ - 40 4 062 (NA) (NA) 

Petroleum products ___________ farms_ - 5 845 (X) 4 338 5 580 2 787 $1,000_ (X) 12 019 8 766 4 573 

3 019 Farms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ___________________ _ 2 882 588 2 107 3 435 

2 174 

274 

240 

- I 010 704 711 I 113 

- 844 1 222 L I 253 907 - 685 2 153 -' 

$500 to $999 _________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,999 ______________ _ 

$2,000 to $4,999 ______________ _ 

40 

59 

- 244 I 676 160 81 

- 92 I 261 } 107 44 - 88 4 415 

$5,000 to $9,999 ______________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________ _ 

$20,000 or more ______________ _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 7. Expenses for Energy and Petroleum Products: 1978, 1974, and 1969 

Gasoline ______________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 __________________________________ _ 

$500 to $99L _________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

$2,000 to $4,999_______ _ _________________ _ $5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ______________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more ________________________________ _ 

Diesel fuel __________ _ 

Forms with expenses 01-

______ forms-

$1,000_ 

$1 to $499 ________________________________ _ 

$500 to $999 ____________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

$2,000 to $4,999 ________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _________________________________ _ 

$10,000 or more _________________________________ _ 

lP gas, butane, and propane ______________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Farms with expenses of- $1 to $99 _______________________________________ _ 

$100 to $499 ____________________________________ _ 

$500 to $999 ____________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4,999 _________________________________ _ 

$5,000 or more __________________________________ _ 

Motor oil, grease, natural gas, kerosene, and fuel oil __ forms-

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $99 _______________________________________ _ 

$100 to $499 __________________________________ _ $500 to $999 ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $2,999 _________________________________ _ 

$3,000 to $4,999 _________________________________ _ $5,000 or more __________________________________ _ 

Forms _______________________________________ number_ 

dollars- Forms with expenses of- $1 to $99 _______________________________________ _ 

$100 to $999 ____________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

$2,000 to $4,999 _________________________________ _ 

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{I978 doto ore bosed on a sample of forms- see text) 

1978, All forms 

Expenses 

Forms ($1,000) 

5 536 (X) I (X) 4 8241 

3 196 560 

940 

780 ~~I I 

507 I 447 

76 481 

28 352

1 9 293 

I 738 (X) I (X) I 117 

I III 212 

350 228 

153 192 

100 275 

16 103

8 108 1 

492 (X) I (X) 519

1 

133 

~I 209 

71 

43 53 

16 48 1 20 318 

5 845 (X) 

(X) 5 559 

3 197 107 

I 764 351 

356 239 

184 254 

168 494 176 4 115 

Fuel oil I Natural gas 

Farms 

Expenses I 

($I,OOO)i Forms 

Expenses I 

($1,000) 

I 104 (X) I 150 (X) 

(X) 

4 46: 1 

(X) 171 

159 14 I 

516 197 107 23 

152 215

1 

13 171 116 350 10 26 

161 3 691 i 6 104 i 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978, 

expenses 1974,forms 1969,forrns 1978,forms ($1,000) 

3 632 (X) 3 092 3 5971 

(X) 4 470 3 321 2 3411 

I 437 315 I 279 2069 

808 566 770 932 

773 I 039 632 424 

502 (0) 344 148 

75 (0) 44 -, l 28 352 241 J 23 9 293 J I 497 (X) 953 6661 

(X) I 085 549 200 

5) 878 188 639 

346 225 162 66/ 150 (0) 103 14 

99 (0) 41 10 

16 103 5 } 41 8 108 3 

436 (X) 486 

(X) 509 672 679/ 495 

109 6 99 236

1 

181 42 228 337 

69 (0) 64 55 

41 (0) "1 "1 

j 70 

~ 51 1 16 48 

20 318 25 J 

3 843 (X) 3 135 3 645 

(X) 5 456 3 960 I 234 

I 435 54 I 495 2 246 

I 536 320 1 191 I 045 

349 235 207 154 

181 249 } 155 167 (0) l 2001 

175 (0) 87 J 

1978, All forms 

Kerosene, motor oil, 

I Electricity I Other - cool, wood, 

and grease coke. etc. 

Expenses I Expenses I Expenses I Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

5844 (X) 3854 (X) 378 (X) 

(X) 928 (X) 3 893 (X) 132 

3 655 126 I 001 44 67 3 

2 114 496 I 917 668 284 87 

47 57

1 

507 689 24 27 [ 25 71 333 I 006 2 (0) 

3 178 i 96 I 485 I (0) i 

Tobie 8. Fuel Expenses, Quantity Purchased, and Storage Capacity: 1978 

(1978 dota are based on a sample of forms; see text) 

Totol ! Reponing storage capacity 

Purchased Expenses 

Price per gallon 1 Expenses Storage capacity Average Forms (l,000 gallons) ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) (1,000 gallons) copacity 

All Farms 

Gasoline ____________________________________________ _ 

- 5 536 8044 4 824 Storage capacity of 500 gollons or more _______________ _ (X) (X) (X) Diesel fuel _____ .. ____________________________________ _ 

- I 738 2 237 1 117 Storage capacity of 500 gallons or more ________________ _ (X) (X) (X) 

lP gas, butane, and propane ____________________________ _ 492 1 002 519 Storage capacity of 500 gollons or more ________________ _ (X) (X) (X) Fuel oil ______________________________________________ _ 1 104 9682 4461 Storage capacity of 500 gallons or more ________________ _ (X) (X) (X) 

Tobie 9. Farm Payroll, Employment, and Contract Expenses: 

Hired form labor ______________________________________ forms_ 

Worke" by number of days worked, 

workers_ 

payroll, $1,000_ 

150 days or more _________________________________ forms_ 

workers- Less than 150 doyL _______________________________ forms_ 

workers_ Contract labor ________________________________________ farms_ 

expenses, $1,000_ 

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[1978 doto are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All forms, 

1978 

2 768 

23 554 

40 716 

1 451 

6 076 

2 245 

17 478 

469 1 658 _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

60_0 I 899 2 969 1 098 578 (X) 965 2 214 854 885 49_9 1 004 846 432 430 (X) 237 450 242 I 020 51.8 206 383 223 (X) 86 348 I 0821 202 2 346 46_1 571 3 469 2 271 3 978 (X) 333 3 132 2 208 6 630 

1978, 1974, and 1969 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1969 

2 277 1 913 2 632 21-738 25 365 24 642 39 625 31 561 25 887 

1 309 1 032 1 244 5 698 4 520 5 678 1 845 1 487 2 174 16040 20845 18 964 395 174 285 [ I 625 876 814 

MASSACHUSETTS 5 
Tobie 10. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 

Market value of agricultural products sold I (see text) _forms-

$1,000_ 

Average per form ________________________ dollars_ 

FO~~sSs ~havno~~.~60°r;~~u!~~;)1 ~:~~_u~~~ ~~~~: _________ forms_ 

$1,000_ $2,500 to $4,999 _____________________________ forms-

$1,000_ $5,000 to $7.499 ____________________________ forms-

$1,000_ $7,500 to $9,999 _____________________________ forms-

$1,000_ 

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$10,000 to $14,999 __________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ $15,000 to $19,999__ _ ________________ forms-- $1,000_ - $20,000 to $29,999 ____________________________ forms- - $1,000_ - $30,000 to $39,99L ___________________________ torms-

$1,000_ - $40,000 to $59,999 ____________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ 

$60,000 to $79,999 ____________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - $80,000 to $99,999 ____________________________ forms-- $1.000_ - $100,000 or more _____________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - $100,000 to $199,999 ________________________ forms--

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$1,000_ $200.000 to $499,999 ________________________ forms-

$1,000_ - $500,000 or more ___________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ -

Abnormal forms ____ .. ___________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ -

Farm sales by commodity or commodity group: 

Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products __ forms 

$1,000 --

-- Groins _____________________________________ forms -- $1,000 -- Commodity Credit Corporation loons __________ forms -- $1,000 -- Cotton and coHonseed ____________ .. __________ forms -- $1,000 -- Commodity Credit Corporation loans __________ forms -- $1,000 -- Tobacco ______ ._. _______ • ____ • ______________ forms -- $1,000 -- Field seeds, hay, forage. and siloge _____________ forms -- $1,000 -- Vegetables. sweet corn, and melons __________ .. _forms -- $1.000 -- fruits, nuts. and berries _____________________ forms -- $1.000 -- Nursery and greenhouse products _____________ forms. - $1,000_ - Other crops ______ . ________________________ forms- - $1,000_ -

livestock, poultry, and their products sold _________ farmL - $1,000_ 

Poultry and poultry products __________________ forms -- $1,000_ Dairy productL ____ . _______________________ forms-

$1,000_ Cottle and calves ____ . _______________________ farms_ 

Sheep, lambs, and wool __________ _ $1.000_ _______ farms_ 

Hogs and pigs __ 

$1.000_ ___ farmL 

$1.000_ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see textL_ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

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11974 and 1969 data include sales of forest products. 

All forms 

1978 1974 

5 891 4 497 

214 675 179 653 36 441 39950 

2 012 1 354 2 052 1 528 849 444 

3 063 I 624 463 281 2 816 I 723 

251 217 2 142 I 889 

354 305 4 211 3 691 202 230 

3 473 3 926 315 383 7 648 9 258 

250 244 

8 568 8 409 

335 356 

16 366 17 349 

217 195 15 012 13 340 

136 127 12 178 II 181 

487 344 

135 944 104 647 

293 211 

40 091 28 553 145 86 41 435 25 790 49 47 

54 419 50 304 

20 17 

1 203 I 089 

3 427 3 033 

100 829 86453 99 (NA) 

365 (NA) 

I (NA) 

(D) (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

44 (NA) 

6 985 , (NA) 

I 274 (NA) 

4 779 (NA) 

I 092 (NA) 

13 712 (NA) 

946 (NA) 

30 455 (NA) 

802 653 41 137 37 063 

182 (NA) 

3 397 (NA) 

3 144 2 396 

113 846 92 464 

574 417 

18 682 24 134 

933 (NA) 

61 784 (NA) 

2 061 (NA) 

12 630 (NA) 

340 (NA) 

242 (NA) 

551 (NA) 

5 632 (NA) 

708 (NA) 

14 876 (NA) 

1978, 1974, and 1969 

Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1969 1978 1974 1969 

5 703 3 859 3 185 3 665 

138 650 211 420 177 112 134 896 

24 312 54786 55 608 36806 

2 132 (Xl 59 130 

I 601 (X) 77 117 

481 849 444 481 

I 726 3 063 I 624 I 726 

338 463 281 338 

2 045 2 816 I 723 2 045 

262 251 217 262 

2 285 2 142 I 889 2 285\ 

452 354 305 452 

5 549 4 211 3 691 5 549 

348 202 230 348 

6 071 3 473 3 926 6 071 

542 315 383 542 

13 306 7 648 9 258 13 306 

338 250 244 338 

II 5631 8 568 8 409 II 563 

311 335 356 311 

14 908 16 366 17 349 14908 

156 217 195 156 

10 606 15 012 13 340 10 606 

92 136 127 92 

8 126 12 178 11 181 8 126 

215 487 344 215 

58 593 135 944 104 647 58 593 

136 293 211 136 1 (NA) 40 091 28 553 (NA) 

59 145 86 59 

(NA) 41 435 25 790 (NA) 

20 49 47 20 

(NA) 54 419 50 304 (NA) 

36 (X) (X) (X) 

2 270 (X) (X) (X) 

3 348 2 522 2 156 2 164 

61 859 99 469 85 347 60495 

(NA) 64 59 45 

(NA) 334 281 99 

(NA) 1 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (D) (NA) (NA) 

(NA) - - -

(NA) - - -

(NA) - (NA) (NA) I 

(NA) - (NA) (NA) 

(NA) 44 48 72 

(NA) 6 985 9 925 II 289 

(NA) 821 658 609 

(NA) 4 216 4 136 I 792 

(NA) 894 673 682 

(NA) 13 488 10 200 7461 

(NA) 751 655 679 

(NA) 30 167 20 542 17 672 

(NA) 665 563 511 

(NA) 40 895 36 933 20 018 (NA) 142 151 179 

(NA) 3 384 3 330 2 163 

3 025 2 090 1 729 2 213 

76 360 111 951 91 086 74 020 (NA) 323 294 511 

(NA) 18 508 23 977 24 433 

(NA) 872 955 I 311 

(NA) 61 162 50 396 39 281 (NA) I 487 I 333 (NA) 

(NA) 11 988 7 405 6 266 

(NA) 126 71 } (NA) 152 74 (NA) 381 240 (NA) 

(NA) 5 515 3 346 4 039 

(NA) 388 153 (NA) 14 625 5 888 

Tobie 11. Value of Agricultural Products Sold Directly to Consumers for Human Consumption: 1978 

All forms Farms with sales or $2,500 or more 

Value Value 

Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1.000) 

Direct sales _________________________________________ farms-

$1.000_ - I 253 (X) 844 (X) 

(X) 9 792 (X) 9 460 

Average per form _____________________________ dollars. - (X) 7 815 (X) II 209 

Forms by value of direct sales: $1 to $9L_ _____________ - ___________________ _ 

$100 to $249 ______________________ - -- -- -- --- - - --- -- -- ---

$250 to $499 ___________________________ -------- -- -- -- ---

$500 to $999 ______________________________ ------ -- ---- ---

$1,000 10 $4,999 ______________________ -_ -- __ -- -- -- -- -- ---- $5,000 10 $9,999 _________________________ - _____ ---- ------

$10,000 10 $19,999 ________________ -- -- ------------ ---- ---- $20,000 to $29,999__ _________________ ------------------

$30.000 or more _______________ -------------.------------

- 59 3 14 I 

114 17 39 6 

117 42 57 20 

174 118 84 56 

499 I 057 361 (D) 

- 108 735 108 735 

- 75 1 0791 75 1 079 

28 665 28 665 

79 60761 78 (D) 

6 MASSACHUSETTS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 12. Income From Machine Work, Customwork, and Other Agricultural Services: 1978, 1974, and 1969 

10tol __________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Average per form ________________________ dollarsIncome from machine work, customwork, and other agricultural services: $1 to $249 ______________________________________ _ 

$250 to $499 ____________________________________ _ 

$500 to $999 ____________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $4,999 _________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 _______________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $29,999 _______________________________ _ 

$30,000 or more _________________________________ _ 

I 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1978 

411 

836 

2 034 

153 

55 

63 

103 

19 

12 

2 

4 

All forms 

1974 1969 

386 405 

1 307 1 161 

3 386 2 8671 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) I 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA)i 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1969 

311 263 276 

697 1 078 998 

2 240 4099 3 6161 

109 66 80 

38 36 30 

43 31 43 

88 81 76 

16 13 19 ., 12 

2 ~ 36 281 

i 3 J 

Table 13. Selected Characteristics of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1978 

I Selected capitol assets,l overage 

per form (dollors) Value of soles ($1,000) 

All Farms 

Crops, including Harvested Value of nursery and livestock and Poultry and Land in forms cropland Value of land macninery and greenhouse livestock poultry Forms (acres) (acres) and buildings equipment Total products products products 

T otol ___________________________ _ 

- 5 891 678 714 213 669 168 952 21 688 214 675 100 829 95 164 18 682 

Crops (01) __________________________ _ 

- 3 188 264 165 84 363 141 639 19 754 99 454 98 356 1 028 70 

Cosh groins (011) ______________________ _ Wheaf (0111) ____________________________ _ - 39 1 899 772 86 158 5 678 147 145 2 - - - - - - - - - - - Rice (0112L _____________________________ _ 

Corn (0115) _____________________________ _ 

- - - - - - - - - - Soybeans (0116) _________________________ _ 

Cosh grains, n.e.c. 2 (0119>-________________ _ 

Field crops, except cosh grains (013) ______ _ Cotton (0131) ____________________________ _ 

Tobacco (0132) __________________________ _ 

Sugar crops (0133) _______________________ _ Irish pololoes (0134) ______________________ _ 

Field crops, except cosh grOins. n.e.c.2 (0139) __ 

Vegetables ond melons (016) _____________ _ Fruits and tree nuts (017L _______________ _ 8erry crops (0171) _______________________ _ Gropes (0172) ___________________________ _ 

Tree nuts (0173) _________________________ _ 

Citrus fruits (0174) _______________________ _ 

Deciduous tree fruits (0175L _______________ _ 

Fruits and tree nuts, n.e.c. 2 (0179) __________ _ 

Horticultural specialties (018)-____________ _ 

Ornamental floriculture and nursery products (0181 L ________________________________ _ 

Food crops grown under cover (0182L _______ _ 

Horticultural specialties, n.e.c.' (0189) _______ _ General forms, primarily crop (019) _______ _ 

- 36 I 832 7l~ I 86 158 5 67~1 143 141 2 

=1 - - - - - - - - 3 67 61

1 

- - 4 4 - -

- 843 104 245 36 49~ 150 517 18 862 13 685 13 374 298 13 - - - - - - - - - - 31 3 379 I 10=1 266 054 66051 6 815 6805 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 44 6927 3 833 167 315 34 884 3 123 3 113 9 - - 768 93 939 31 564 142 593 14 983

1 

3 748 3 455 279 13

1 - 651 32 965 14 1121 116 722 18 764 12 814 12 677 104 33 - 740 86 869 20 894 163639 23 500 30349 29 974 373 2 - 466 60 828 11 541 160 107 24 596 18 449 18 364 84 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 208 21 983 8 626 174 630 25 484 11 689 11 457 230 1 - 66 4 058 727 151 559 10 386 211 153 58 -

- 645 16 237 5 2271 131 502 21 740 41 181 41 142 35 4 

- 618 15 862 5 131 132 255 22 129 40 746 40 708 34 3 11 189 48 225 000 16 000 230 230 - - - 16 186 48 78 158 11 277 205 204 1 - - 270 21 950 6 859 144 938 11 764 1 279 1 044 216 19 livestock (02) _______________________ _ 

- 2 703 414 549 129 306 201 834 24 014 115 221 2 473 94 136 18 612 

livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animol specialties (021) _______________________ _ 

Beef caHle feedlots (0211) _________________ _ 

Beef cottle, except feedlots (0212!-__________ _ Hogs (0213) _____________________________ _ 

Sheep and goats (0214) ___________________ _ 

General livestock, except dairy, poultry. and animal speciolties (0219) ______________ _ 

Dairy (024) ____________________________ _ 

Poullry ond eggs (025) __________________ _ 

8roiler, fryer, and roaster chickens (0251) ____ _ Chicken eggs (0252) ______________________ _ 

Turkey and lurkey eggs (0253) __ . ___________ _ Poultry hotcheries (0254) __________________ _ 

Paullry and eggs, n.e.c.' (0259) _____________ _ 

- 1 230 142 697 29 611 157 193 13 826 11 942 648 11 244 - 4~1 116 10609 1 977 89 486 8 492 948 13 935 - 619 84 531 19 509 169 020 14 020 4 860 294 4 548 18 - 254 21 816 4 076 121 992 20 155 5 173 198 4 972 

2: I - 123 15 670 1 609 131 377 8 608 237 14 218 

- 118 10 071 2 440 244 842 11 789 725 129 572 

- 822 235 024 92 983 329 588 46 839 68 466 1 088 67 219 158\ - 207 10 703 1 726 116 108 22 264 18 688 256 216 18 216 - 7 266 23 125 000 5 000 153 - - 153 - 151 7 585 1 354 117 220 22 145 14 131 183 194 13 754 - 23 1 347 240 99 367 21 467 1 859 58 13 1 788 - - - - - - - - - - - 26 1 505 109 122 786 24 379 2 544 15 9 2 520 Animol speciollies (027) _________________ _ 

Fur-bearing animals ond rabbits (0271) _______ _ 

Horses and other equines (0272) ____________ _ 

Animal specialties, n.e.c.' (0279L ___________ _ 

General farms, primarily livestock (029) ____ _ 

- 340 13675 2 157 110 907 11 097 14 771 70 14 694 7 - 28 543 17 100 153 5 537 633 4 628 - - 269 11 547 2 071 110 185 9 428 1 639 46 1 586 

~ - 43 1 585 69 124 175 25 612 12 500 21 12 479 

- 104 12 450 2 829 199 789 12 948 1 355 411 763 

1]978 doto or. based on a sample of farms; see fext. 

'Not elsewhere classified receives 50 percent or more of their value of sales from Q three digit SIC group, but less than 50 percent from any single four digit SIC group. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA MASSACHUSEns 7 
Table 14. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto ore bosed on Q sample of forms; see text} 

1978 1974 

All Farms Value Farms ($1,000) Forms 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipmen1 _________________________________ farms_ - 5 888 (X) 4 290 

- (X) 127 697 (X) 

- (X) 21 688 (X) 

$1.000_ Average per farm ________________________ dollars_ 

By value group: 

- 53 33 45 

- 944 2 769 784 

1 864 11 868 926 

- 1 193 15 8131 1 081 

- 605 13 839 654 

- 565 20 3741 487 

- 323 17 713 175 

- 341 45 290 138 

137 10 903 (NA) 

- 155 19 933 (NA) 

- 44 10 636 (NA) 

- 5 3 817 (NA) 

$1 to $999 ______________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $4,999 _________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _________________________________ _ 

$10,000 10 $19,999 _______________________________ _ 

$20,000 10 $29,999 _______________________________ _ 

$30,000 to $49,999 _______________________________ _ 

$50,000 to $69,999 _______________________________ _ 

$70,000 or more _________________________________ _ 

$70,000 to $99,999 _____________________________ _ 

$100,000 to $199,999 ___________________________ _ 

$200,000 10 $499,999 ___________________________ _ 

$500,000 or more ______________________________ _ 

1978 

Total Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Farms Number Farms Number Farms 

Selected machinery and equipment: I I - 3 158 4 3671 1 438 1 746 2 091 

- 846 1 851 247 528 410 

- 57 261 8 35 14 

- 4 867 9 910 2064 2 612 3 760 

- 1 667 3 8541 305 654 1 299 

- 632 3 488 39 238 442 

- 4 753 10 902 990 1 365 4 334 

- 2 057 4 803 194 426 1 959 

Automobiles ________________ _ 2 or 3 __________________ _ 

4 or more _______________________________________ _ 

Motortrucks, including pickups _______________________ _ 2 or 3 __________________________________________ _ 

4 or more _______________________________________ _ 

Wheel troc10rs _____________________________________ _ 2 or 3 __________________________________________ _ 

4 or more _______________________________________ _ 

- 867 4 270 42 185 671 

Groin and bean combines, self·propelled only ____________ _ - 33 47 5 5 28 Cornpickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers ____________ _ - 191 217 37 41 159 Corn heads for combines __________________________ _ - 107 113 27 31 81 Other corn pickers and picker-shellers ________________ _ - 99 104 10 10 89 CottonpickerL _____________________________________ _ 

- - - - - - Mower conditioners ________________________________ _ 

- 1 435 1 568 607 623 860 Pickup balers ______________________________________ _ 

Field forage harvesters, sheaf bar or flywheel type ______ _ 

- 1 776 1 900

1 

368 403

1 

1 434 

- 1 006 1 185 274 286 788 

Table 15. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer ond lime ______________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Commercial fertilizer ___________________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ 

$1,000_ 

-

-

- lime _______________________________________ farms_ -

Farms by tons used: 

acres on which used_ 

tons_ 

1 to 49 lons ___________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 lon'- _________________________________ _ 

10010 19910ns ________________________________ _ 

20010499 ton'- _______________________________ _ 

500 to 999 ton'- _______________________________ _ 

1,000 tons or more _____________________________ _ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigonts, etc. to control: Insects on hay and other crops ________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ Nemotodes in crops _________________________ forms_ 

acres on which used_ Diseases in crops and orchards ________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ 

Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and posture ____ farmsacres on which used_ 

Chemicals for: 

Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

of fruit ___________________________________ forms- - acres on which used_ -

-

- Insect control on livestock and poultry __________ forms_ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control __________ farmsr 1978 data ore based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All forms, 

1978 

4 528 

11 395 

4008 

155 283 

7 360 

1 878 

41 707 

65 708 

1 487 

238 

114 

35 

3 

1 

1 795 

42 157 

206 

4 870 

1 112 

22 881 

1 770 

59 468 

210 

6372 

1 331 

1 164 

Number Farms 

I 2 621 3044 

882 862 

72 39 

7 298 3643 

2 926 1 297 

2 353 507 

9 537 3 675 

4 582 (NA) 

3 251 (NA) 

42 23 

176 162 

82 87 

94 83 

- (NA) 

945 952 

1 497

1 

1 539 

899 775 

1978 and 1974 

Forms with sales of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 

3 167 

10 753 

2 938 

144 299 

6 920 

1 354 

37 893 

60 074 

978 

225 

112 

35 

3 

1 

1 324 

39 192 

167 

4 767 

813 

21 522 

1 482 

56 190 

167 

6 240 

956 

833 

Value 

($1,000) 

(X) 

84 637 

19 729 

25 

2371 

6427 

14 830 

15 527 

17 886 

9540 

18031 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

1974 

Number 

manufactured 

Number 197010 1974 

4 184 2 295 

1 861 654 

180 61 

7 710 2 224 

2 992 628 

2 879 346 

8 630 1 505 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

35 II 

197 32 

103 17 

94 15 

(NA) (NA) 

1 048 437 

1 600 381

1 923 282 

1974 

2522 

8 288 

2 432 

118963 

5 587 

606 

15 612 

23 979 

446 

90 

58 

11 

1 

-

(NA) 

38 171 

55 

1 791 

315 

12 958 

(NA) 

41 074 

62 

2 393 

235 

(NA) 

8 MASSACHUSETTS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 16. Irrigation: 1978, 1974, and 1969 

Farms irrigated in census year ____________________ formsProportion of forms ___________ . _____ . _. _____ percenL 

Irrigated land. __________________________________ ocreL 

Average per form _____________ . _. _. _. _. _____ • _ acres. 

Irrigated forms by acres irrigated: I to 9 acres _____ • ____________ • ______ • ________ forms. 

acres. 10 to 49 acres. _______________________________ forms. 

acres- 50 to 99 ocres ________________________________ formsacres. 100 to 199 ocres ______________________________ forms. 

acres- 200 to 499 acres ______________________________ forms. 

acres. 500 to 999 acres _. ____ . ___ . __________ •• _______ forms. 

acres- 1,000 acres or more ___________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

Irrigated land use: Harvested cropland ____________________________ farms_ 

acreL Pastureland __________________________________ farms_ 

acreL Other land ___________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

land in irrigated farms ___________________________ acres_ 

Cropland _____________________________________ ocres_ 

Harvested cropland __________________________ acreL 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1978 

I 027 

17.4 16941 16 

674 

2 098 

289 6 149 

39 

2 734 

19 

2 564 

4 

(D) 

I 

(0) 

I 

(0) 

I 020 

16 773 

10 

100 

18 

68 

95 883 

32 784 

26 961 

All forms 

1974 1969 

879 925 

19.5 16.2 

18 512 18 8501 21 204 

I 

482 491 

(NA) (NA) 

316 359 (NA) (NA) 

53 52 

(NA) (NA)/ 20 14 

(NA) (NAJI 6 (NA) (NA) 

I 2 (NA) (NA) 

I I (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NAJ/ 

(NA) (NA)I (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

97 444 10.4 449 (NA) (NA) 

27 787 27 962 

Table 17. Selected Characteristics of Irrigated and Nonirrigated Farms: 

Irrigated forms 

All forms Any irrigated land 

Forms _____________________________________________ number_ 

land in forms ________________________________________ acreL - 5 8911 I 027 

- 678 714 95 883 Value of land and buildings:' Average per form __________________________________ dollarL - 168 952 195 970 Average per acre ___________________________________ doliarL I 443 2 038 Irrigated land _________________________________________ acreL - 16 941 16 941 

land in forms according to use: Total cropland ______________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ Harvested cropland ________________________________ farms_ 

- 5 526 I 027 

- 311 0301 32 784 

- 5 107 I 027 ocres_ - 213 669 26961 Total posturelond, excluding woodland pastured __________ farmL - 2 920 137 acres_ - 108 711 3 294 

Inventory of livestock: Cattle and colves ____________________________________ farmL - 2599 95 number_ - 102 226 I 937 Milk cows _______________________________________ forms_ - I 356 36 number _ - 50 171 690 Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ farmL - 909 49 number _ - 59 626 2 414 Sheep and lambs ____________________________________ forms_ - 419 31 number _ - 7 153 464 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment' _____ farms_ - 5 888 944 $1,000_ - 127 697 28 972 Average per form __________________________________ dollarL - 21 688 30 690 

Market value of agricultural products sold ________________ $1,000_ - 214 675 69 859 Average per form ________________________________ doliarL 

Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products ________ forms_ - 36 441 68 023 

- 3 427 I 007 $1,000_ livestock and livestock products _______________________ farms_ - 100 829 67 322 - 2 928 130 $1,000_ Poultry and poultry products __________________________ forms_ - 95 164 I 563 

- 574 48 $1,000_ - 18 682 973 

Selected form production expenses: I 

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ farms_ 

. $1,000_ 

Seed, bulbs, plants, and trees _________________________ farmL 

- 3 319 129 

- 40 503 935 

- 3 051 532 $1,000_ Commercial fertilizer _________________________________ farms_ - 7 838 5 173 

- 4008 851 $1,000_ - 7 360 I 596 

Other agricultural chemicals, including lime ______________ forms_ - 3 791 858 $1,000_ Energy and petroleum products ________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Hired form lobar --- _________________________________ farms_ 

- 4 035 I 384 

- 5 852 937 

- 16044 6 451 2 768 609 

Contract labor ____________________________________ J~~~~= 

$1,000_ 

- 40 716 19 120 - 469 155 - I 658 725 

'1978 dota are bosed on a sample of forms; see text. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Forms with soles of $2,500 O( more 

1978 1974 1969 

889 750 774 

23.0 23.5 21.1 

16 510 17 887 18 08J I 19 24 233 

543 366 359 

I 801 I 302 I 420 

282 304 341 

6 015 6820 6972 

39 52 51 

2 734 3 693 3 3301 19 20 14 

2 564 2 543 I 95~ I 4 6 (0) (D) (0) 

I I 2 

(0) (0) (0) 

I I I 

(0) (0) (0) 

886 749 769 1 16 414 17 547 J 7 832 

5 (NA) (NA) 

45 121 90 

II 13 22 

51 219 159 

89 977 9J 536 94 177 

3J 052 30 316 30 184 

26 002 26 678 25 612 

1978 

All harvested cropland 

irrigated Nonirrigoted farms 

7231 4 8641 

62 333 582 831 

167 958 163 783 

I 965 I 353 

13 184 (X) 

723 4 499 

15 9801 278 2461 

723 4 080 13 085 186 708 65 2 783 I 356 105 417 

28 2 504 170 100 289 

141 I 320 

35 49 481 21 860 457 57 212 16 388 172 6689 

697 4 944 18 399 98 726 26 397 19 969 

49 8881 144 8161 69001 29 773 711 2 420 

49 195\ 33 507 \ 56 2 798 287 93 601 18 526 406

1 17 7081 

51 \ 3 190 \ 346 39 568 304 2 519 3 870 

611 2 6641 3 157 847 5 764 

635 2 9331 

938 \ 2 651 695 4 915 5 243 9 593 438 2 159 

12 4~11 21 595 122 314 552 932 

MASSACHUSETTS 9 
Table 18. Livestock and Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978, 1974, and 1969 

, 

All Farms 

Value of livestock and poultry' ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

1969_ - Value of poultry ________________________________ 1978_ 

Value of livestock _____________________________ 1978_ 

Cottle and calves ________________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ 

1969_ -

- Cows and heifers that hod calved _________________ 1978_ - 1974_ 

1969_ -

- Beef cows __ __ __ __ _ ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

1969_ Milk cows _________________________________ 1978_ -

- 1974_ 

1969_ -

Hogs and pig'- __________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

1969_ Feeder pigs sold ________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Sheep and lambs' _________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

1969_ Horses and ponies _______________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

1969_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

1969_ Hens and pullets of loying age ____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

1969_ Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

1969_ Turkeys _________________________________________ 1978_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

lValue of moior poultry and livestock inventory items. 

2Vofue of sales includes sheep, lambs, and wool sold. 

Forms 

3 780 

2 630 

(NA) 

1 155 

3 597 

2 599 

1 994 

2 226 

2 249 

1 730 

1 931 

1 305 

759 

(NA) 

1 356 

1 239 

1 551 

909 

465 

307 

(X) 

(X) 

419 

264 

351 

1 387 

710 

986 

944 

577 

803 

924 

558 

742 

154 

41 

40 

202 

1 

Inventory 

Value 

Number ($1.000) 

(X) 68 677 

(X) 41 165 

(X) 36 721 

(X) 3 570 (X) 65 106 

102 226 57 658 

103 938 33 420 

103 054 28 032 

60 435 44 368 

62 978 26 4571 64 714 22 526 

10 264 5 2351 7 650 1 836 

5 928 1 363 

50 171 39 133 

55 328 24621 

58 786 21 163 

59 626 4 561

1 43 229 1 973 

55 975 1 909 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

7 153 451 

5 896 274 

8 628 173 

8 122 2437 

4 687 1 281 

5 641 1 4901 

1 512 683 3 255 

1 956 434 4 195 

2 673 382 4 955 

1 314 400 2 957 

1 682 941 3 702 

2 281 164 4 562 

56 287 34 

40 850 22 

361 275 163 

37 383 281 

Table 19. Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

Any poultry ______________________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Chickens 3 months old or older ____________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Forms with- Ito 1.599 _________________________________ 1978_ - 1.600 to 3.199 _____________________________ 1978_ - 3,200 to 9.999 _____________________________ 1978_ - 10,000 or more _____________________________ 1978_ -

Hens and pullets of laying age __________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Farms with- Ito 99 __________________________________ 1978_ - 100 to 399 _______________________________ 1978_ - 400 to 1.599 _____________________________ 1978_ - 1,600 to 3.199 ___________________________ 1978_ - 3,200 to 9.999 ___________________________ 1978_ - 10.000 to 19.999 _________________________ 1978_ - 20.000 to 49,999 _________________________ 1978_ - 50,000 to 99,999 _________________________ 1978_ - 100.000 or more __________________________ 1978_ -

8roilers and other meat-type chickens ______________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Turkeys _______________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

-

- For slaughter _________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ -

- Hens kept for breeding _________________________ 1978_ -

-

- 1974_ 

Ducks, geese, and other poultry -------------------l~~t -

All forms 

Forms 

1 155 

621 

944 1 

577 1 

858 

24 

29 

33 1 

924 1 

558 1 

726 

71 

43 

31 

22 

16 

10 

3 

2 

154 

41 

202 

(NA) 

192 

(NA) 

22 

(NA) 

505 

(NA) 

Inventory 

Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Number Forms Number 

(X) 511 (X) 

(X) 378 (X) 

512 683 434 1 479 514 

956 434 339 1 936 943 

70307 352 48 797 

57 501 22 (D) 

160 426 27 (D) 

224 449 33 1 224 449 

314 400 427 1 287 200 

682 941 332 1 665 358 

18 220 257 5 924 

12 593 49 9 418 

(D) 41 (D) 

77 471 28 71 021 

132 326 21 (D) 

209 180 16 209 180 

333 559 10 333 559 

153 763 3 153 763 

(D) 2 (D) 

56 287 49 50866 

40850 23 39 153 

37383 56 35 329 

(NA) 32 15 812 

35618 50 33 693 

(NA) 30 14424 

1 765 13 1 636 

(NA) 5 1 388 

(X) 135 (X) 

(X) 46 (X) 

Forms 

3 144 

2 396 

3 025 

574 

2928 

2061 

1 745 

2 022 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

551 

309 

224 

219 

86 

293 

164 

266 

397 

153 

209 

276 

258 

493 

247 

244 

459 

49 

31 

58 

70 

All forms 

Forms 

440 

304 

276 

258 

200 

24 

24 

28 

247 

244 

71 

63 

40 

25 

23 

12 

8 

4 

1 

49 

31 

70 

(NA) 

70 (NA) 

6 

(NA) 

79 

(NA) 

1 

Sales 

Value 

Number ($1,000) 

(X) 113 846 

(X) 92 464 

(X) 76360 

(X) 18682 

(X) 95 164 

53 860 12 630 

48 032 (NA) 

59 974 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

66 722 5 632 

52 681 (NA) 

56 879 (NA) 

14 385 464 

11 531 (NA) 

4 208 242 

3 600 (NA) 

5602 (NA) 

1 214 1 639 

989 (NA) 

880 (NA) 

1 093 544 (NA) 

1 943 276 (NA) 

2 392 540 (NA) 

989 537 (NA) 

1 413496 (NA) 

1 716 370 (NA) 

163 818 (NA) 

301 430 (NA) 

1 577 680 (NA) 

137 722 (NA) 

Sales 

Forms with sales of $2.500 

or more 

Number Forms Number 

(X) 274 (X) 

(X) 252 (X) 

1 093 544 191 1 080 027 

1 943 276 212 1 929 431 

49 662 118 42 545 

59 442 21 53 042 

134 840 24 134 840 

849 600 28 849 600 

989 537 188 976 782 

1 413496 203 1 400 045 

1 599 32 727 

11 354 50 9 775 

35 782 36 31 878 

62 613 22 56 213 

131 589 23 131 589 

162 200 12 162 200 

237 400 8 237 400 

(D) 4 (D) 

(D) 1 (0) 

163 818 25 157 348 

301 430 22 299 871 

137 722 49 136 917 

(NA) 32 171 244 

136 037 49 (0) 

(NA) 32 169 619 

1 685 5 (0) 

(NA) 4 1 625 

(X) 32 (X) 

(X) 20 (X) 

10 MASSACHUSmS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 19. Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974-Con. 

Selected poultry inventory, 1978-AII forms 

Chickens 3 months old or older Pullet chicks and pullets Broilers and other meat·type 

under 3 months old chickens 

TOfal Hens and pullets of Pullets 3 months old or 

loying age older not of laying age 

Forms Number! forms Number Forms Number Farms Number Farms Number 

Forms with chickens 3 months old or older, inventory _______ _ 1 fa 99 ____________________________________________ _ 

100 to 399 _________________________________________ _ 

400 fa 1,599 _______________________________________ _ 

1,600 fa 3,199 _____________________________________ _ 

3,200 fa 9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

10,000 to 19,999 ___________________________________ _ 20,000 fa 49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

50,000 fa 99,999 ____________________________ _ 100,000 or morL ___________________________________ _ 

None ____________________________________ -- -- ____ ----

944 I 512 683 924 I 314 400 233 198 283 41 114 744 129 21 855 

739 21 416 724 18 105 184 3311 20 536 III 2 700 

74 13 098 71 12 058 10 1 040 4 455 II 505 - 45 35 793 45 34 438 6 I 355 5 2 100 3 2 250 -

- 24 57 501

1 

22 51 071 3 6430 2 (0) 3 (0) I 29 160 426 29 141 7261 14 18 700 I 6 14600 1 I (0) 

14 187480

1 

14 169680

1 

5 17800 I (0) -

=1 12 363 900 12 301 300 6 62 600 I (0) -

- 5 

(011 

5 (0):1 4 (0) I (0) -

2 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) I (0) - -

(X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 3 14 120 25 34 432 

Selected poultry sales, 1978-AII farms 

Chickens 3 months old or older " ... , .. , ... " -'~'·I I Value of poultry and 

I Hens and pullets of Pullets 3 months old or chickens poultry products 

Total loying age older not of laying age 

Value 

Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms ($1.000) 

forms with chickens 3 months old or older, inventory _______ _ 1 fa 99 ____________________________________________ _ 

100 fa 399 _________________________________________ _ 

400 fa 1,599 _______________________________________ _ 

1,600 fa 3,199 _____________________________________ _ 

3,200 fa 9,999 _____________________________________ _ 10,000 fa 19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

20,000 fa 49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

50,000 fa 99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

100,000 or more ____________________________________ _ None _______________________________________________ _ 

- (NA) I 002 980 I 231 962 3631 7 40 6171 33 63 7231 454 16 3231 

- (NA) 1 553 59 1 367 3 186 24 (0) I 258 159 

- (NA) 5 965 43 5 614 2 (0) 2 (0) 65 168 

- (NA) 24 126 45 24 126 - - 3 6 050 45 475 

- (NA) 76425 22 36 425 1 (0) 4 

55 82~ I 24 755 

- (NA) 136 126 29 136046 1 (0) - 29 1 962 

- (NA) 103 185 14 103 185 - - - 14 2492 

- (NA) 274 100 12 274 100 - - - 12 3 678 

- (NA) (0) 5 (0) - - -

=1 

5 (0)1 

- (NA) (0) 2 (0) - - - 2 (0) 

- (NA) 90 564 16 27 174 30 63 390 16 100 095 i 120 2 359 

Selected poultry soles, 1978 - All form s - Can. 

Chickens 3 months old Hens and pullets of Pullets 3 months old or Broilers and other meat-type Pullet chicks and pullets 

or older loying age older not of laying age chickens under 3 months old 

Forms Number I Forms Number I Forms Number I Forms Number I Forms Number I 

Specified poulfry sold __________________________________ _ I fa 1,999 _________________________________________ _ - 276 1 093 544 247 989 537 37 104 007 49 163 818 11 4 555 

- 203 54 822 177 53 895 34 1 007 42 8 191 10 (0) 

2,000 fa 3,999 _____________________________________ _ - 24 64 233 24 64 153 - - 1 (0) 1 (0) 

4,000 fa 7,999 _____________________________________ _ - 17 91 314 17 91 314 - - 2 (0) - - 8,000 fa 15,999 ____________________________________ _ 

- 15 179 775 15 179 775 - - 1 (0) - - 16,000 fa 29,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 6 147 400 5 119400 1 (0) - - - - 30,000 to 59,999 ___________________________________ _ 

60,000 fa 99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

100,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

- 9 (0) I 7 (0) I 2 (0) I 3 134 OO~I - =1 - I (O~ i 1 (O~ i - =j 

- -

- 1 (0) 1 (0) - - -i - -

Selected poultry soles, 1978-AII forms-Con. 

Turkeys Turkeys for slaughter Turkey hens kept for breeding 

Farms Number Farms Number Farms Number 

Specified poultry sold __________________________________ _ - 70 137 722 70 136 037 6 1 685 I to 1,999 _________________________________________ _ 

- 53 8 612 53 8 477 6 1 685 2,000 to 3,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- 4 12000 4 12 000 - - 4,000 to 7,999 _____________________________________ _ - 10 47 560 10 47 560 - - 8,000 to 15,999 ____________________________________ _ 

- 1 (0) 1 (0) - - 16,000 to 29,999 ____________________________________ _ 1 (0) 1 (0) - - 30,000 fa 59,999 ____________________________________ _ 1 (0) 1 (0) - - 60,000 fa 99,999 ____________________________________ _ - - - - - - 100,000 or more _____________________________________ _ - - - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA MASSACHusms 11 
Table 20. Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

, Inventory Soles 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more or more 

Soles Soles Farms Number Forms Number Forms Number ($1.000) Forms Number ($1,000) 

Any livestock ____________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Any cattle, hogs, or sheep ________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- 3 597 (X) 2 121 (X) 2928 (X) 95 164 1 946 (X) 93443 (NA) (X) 1 642 (X) 2 183 (X) 68 330 1 550 (X) 67 109 

- 2 910 (X) 1 806 (X) 2 446 (X) 18 504 1 708 (X) 17656 

- 2 197 (X) 1 531 (X) 1 968 (X) (NA) 1 460 (X) 10825 

Cottle and calves ________ _ _ ___________________ 1978_ - 2 599 102 226 1 620 93 290 2061 53 860 12630 1 487 50946 11 988 1974_ 

forms with- 1 to 9 _______________________________________ 1978_ 

10 to 19 _____________________________________ 1978_ 

20 to 49 _____________________________________ 1978_ 

50 to 99 _____________________________________ 1978_ 

- 1 994 103 938 1 409 96 204 1 745 48032 (NA) 1 333 45 244 7405 

- 1 040 4 8561 305 1 2291 929 3972 1 1831 405 2 121 735 

- 378 5 003 212 2 8611 389 5 110 1 186 348 4 603 1 104 

- 513 15 976 450 14334 467 14 529 2 932 463 14 419 2914 

- 380 26077 372 25 577 195 13 116 2 533 192 12934 2493 100 to 199 ___________________________________ 1978_ 

200 to 499 ___________________________________ 1978_ 

500 to 999 ___________________________________ 1978_ 

- 220 29 376 214 28 566 55 (D) (D) 53 (D) (D) 

- 63 (0) 62 (D) 21 5 286 1 566 21 5 286 1 566 

- 4 2 155 4 2 155 4 3 315 1 150 4 3315 1 150 1,000 to 2,499 _______________________________ 1978_ - 1 (D) 1 (D) 1 (D) (D) 1 (D) (D) 2,500 or more ________________________________ 1978_ 

Cows and heifers that had colved __________________ 1978_ 

- -I - -I - - -I - - -I - 2 249 60 435 1 433 56 196 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - 1 730 62 978 1 274 59 352 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) Beef cows ___________________________________ 1978_ - 1 305 10 264 619 7 247 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - 759 7650 402 5 161 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) Milk cows ___________________________________ 1978_ - 1 356 50 171 1 029 48949 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - 1 239 55 328 1 058 54 191 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) Heifers and heifer calves _________________________ 1978_ - 1 861 32 897 1 221 30028 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

1974_ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves ___________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- (NA) (NA) 1 1 102 29 915

1 

(NA) (NA) (NA) I (NA) (NA) (NA) 1 - 1 544 8 894 966 7066 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) 840 6937 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Cottle fottened on groin and concentrates sold _________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 321 2 787 1 290 190 2 429 1 160 

1974_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) 123 1 797 584 

Forms with fottened cottle sold: 1 to 9__ _ _____________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 266 838 345 138 520 230 10 to 19 _____________________________________ 1978_ (X) (X) (X) (X) 34 419 171 31 379 156 20 to 49 _____________________________________ 1978_ 

50 to 99 ___________________________________ 1978_ 

100 to 199 ___________________________________ 1978_ 

- (X) (X) (X) (X) 15 393 157 15 393 157 

- (X) (X) (X) (X)I 4 (D) (0) 1 4 (0) (0) 

- (X) (X) (X) (X) 1 (D) (0) 1 (D) (D) 200 to 499 ___________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) - - - - - - 500 to 999___________ _ ______________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 1 (D) (D) 1 (D) (D) 1,000 to 2,499 _______________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) - - - - - - 2,500 or more ________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) - - - - - -

Cows and heifers thot hod colved ____________________ 1978_ - 2 249 60435 1 433 56 196 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - 1 730 62 978 1 274 59 352 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) Beef cows _____________________________________ 1978_ 

Forms with- - 1 305 10 2641 619 7 2471 (NA) (NA) (NA) I (NA) (NA) (NA) I 

I to 9 _____________________________________ 1978_ - 1 009 3 287 383 1 257 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 10 to 19 ___________________________________ 1978_ - 157 2019 109 1 408 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 20 to 49 ___________________________________ 1978_ - 125 3 655 114 3349 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

50 to 99 ___________________________________ 1978_ - 10 (D) 9 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 100 to 199 _________________________________ 1978_ - 3 425 3 425 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 200 to 499 _________________________________ 1978_ - 1 (0) 1 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 500 to 999 _________________________________ 1978_ - - - - - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)' (NA) (NA) 

1,000 or more ______________________________ 1978_ 

Milk cows ____________________________________ 1978_ 

- - - -I (NA) (NA) (NA) 1 (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- 1 356 50 171 1 029 48949 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

forms with- I or? ____________________________________ 1978_ - 410 537 152 203 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 3 or 4 ____________________________________ 1978_ - 72 244 35 122 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 5 to 9 _____________________________________ 1978_ 41 270 24 167 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 10 to 19 ___________________________________ 1978_ - 80 1 151 77 1 120 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 20 to 49 __________________________________ 1978_ - 375 12 556 368 12 358 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 50 to 99 ___________________________________ 1978_ 

100 to 499 _________________________________ 1978_ 

500 or more _______________________________ 1978_ 

- 267 17 778

1 

263 17 485 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- 110 (D) 109 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- 1 (D) 1 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Cottle sold _______________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 1 762 23654 10 123 1 313 22 238 9 609 

Farms wifh- I to 9 _______________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 1 147 4 573 1 811 708 3403 1 407 10 to 19 _____________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 326 4 260 1 742 321 4 190 1 709 20 to 49 _____________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 224 6266 2483 220 6 149 2432 50 to 99 _____________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 39 2 560 1 114 38 (D) (D) 

100 to 199 ___________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 17 2 243 1 054 17 2243 1 054 

200 to 499 ___________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 6 1 884 1 017 6 1 884 1 017 500 to 999 ___________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 3 1 868 901 3 1 868 901 1,000 or more ________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) - - - - - -

Colves sold ______________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 1 501 30 206 2 507 1 146 28 708 2 379 

Farms with- 1 or 2 ______________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 286 429 51 116 173 22 3 or 4 ______________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 180 623 70 73 262 35 5 to 9 _______________________________________ 1978_ 

10 to 19 _____________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 232 1 487 175 178 1 162 146 

- (X) (X) (X) (X) 327 4 351 372 310 4 121 358 

20 to 49 _____________________________________ 1978_ 

50 to 99 _____________________________________ 1978_ 

100 to 499 ___________________________________ 1978_ 

- (X) (X) (X) (X) 349 10 332 643 344 10 170 629 

- (X) (X) (X) (X) 93 6 003 349 92 (0) (D) 

- (X) (X) (X) (X) 32 (0) (D) 31 (D) (D) 

500 or more _________________________________ 1978_ - (X) (X) (X) (X) 2 (D) (D) 2 (0) (D) 

12 MASSACHUSmS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 20. Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974-Con. 

Invenlory, 1978-AII forms 

Cows ond heifers thot hod colved Steers, steer calves, bulls, Cottle and colves Heifers and heifer colves and bull calves 

Total cows Milk cows 

forms Number farms Number forms Number Forms Number forms Number 

Farms with milk cow invenfory __________________________ _ 1 to 4 milk cows ____________________________________ _ 5 to 9 milk cows ____________________________________ _ 

101019 milk cow'-_________________________________ _ 

201029 milk cow'- _________________________________ _ 

301049 milk cows __________________________________ _ 

501099 milk cow'- _________________________________ _ 

JOO 10199 milk cows ________________________________ _ 

20010499 milk cows ________________________________ _ 500 milk cows or more ______________________________ _ No milk cows ________________________________________ _ 

I 356 82 288 1 356 52 073 I 356 50 17\1 I 116 27 160 769 3 055 - 482 4 787 482 2 108 482 781 324 I 877 273 802 - 41 799 41 313 41 270 I 32 376

1 

25 110

1 

- 80 2 252 80 I 205 80 I 151 73 835 39 212 - 127 4 980 127 3 170 127 3 094 116 I 643 55 167 - 248 14 761

1 

248 9577 248 9462 234 4 792

1 

131 392

1 

- 267 28 090 267 17 9611 267 17 7781 240 9 338 169 791 - 88 17 351

1 

88 11 339

1 

88 II 240 I 78 5 735/ 57 277/ - 22 (0) 22 (0) 22 (0) 18 (0) 20 304 - 1 (OU I (0) 1 (oq 1 (0) -

5 839/ - 5 737/ - I 243 19 938 893 8 362/ (X) (X) 745 775 

Sales, 1978-AII forms 

I I Colves I Doiry products I Cottle and calves Cottle I I Sales I Number I Number I Soles 

forms Number ($1,000)[ forms forms Forms ($1,000) 

forms with milk cow inventory __________________________ _ 1 to 4 milk cows ____________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 milk cows ___________________________________ .. _ 

10 to 19 milk cows __________________________________ _ 

20 to 29 milk cows- _________________________________ _ 

301049 milk cows __________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 milk cows- _________________________________ _ 

10010199 milk cows ________________________________ _ 

20010499 milk cows ________________________________ _ 

500 milk cows or more ______________________________ _ No milk cows ________________________________________ _ 

! 24 322 916 61 459 - 1 165 39 880 8 0181 975 15 558 1 008 

- 293 3 624 1 086 216 2 131 212 I 493 80 152 

- 39 367 104 34 199 28 168 12 55 

- 80 I 104 213

1 

62 404

1 

66 700 I 71 1 0511 

- 127 2 293 437 100 806 111 1 487 127 3 225 

- 248 6 714 1 2251 221 2 591 233 4 123 248 10 5421 - 267 12 669 2 320 241 4359 253 8 310 267 22 632 

- 88 7 892 I 487 81 2 935 84 4 957 88 14 963 

- 22 (0) (0) 19 (0) 20 (0) 22 

- I (0) (OU 1 (0) 1 (0) I (0) (Oi I - 896 13 980 4 613 787 8 096 493 5 884 17 325 

Inventory, 1978-AII forms 

I I i Cottle and colves Cows and heifers that Heifers and heifer Steers, steer colves, Soles of coff Ie 

hod calved colves bulls, and bull calves and calves, 1978 

Soles 

Farms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number ($1,000) 

Farms with cattle and calves inventory ___________________ _ 

1 to 9 cattle and calves ______________________________ _ 

- 2 599 102 2261 2 249 60 4351 1 861 32 8971 I 544 8 6941 2 015 52 676 12 0841 

- I 040 4 856 798 2 257 569 1 522 550 1 077 456 3 505 900 10 to 19 cottle and colves ____________________________ _ 

20 to 49 cottle ond calves ____________________________ _ 

50 to 99 cattle and calves ____________________________ _ 

100 to 199 cottle and calves __________________________ _ 

20010499 collie ond colves __________________________ _ 

50010999 collie ond colve'-_________________________ _ 

1,000102,499 collie ond colve'- ______________________ _ 

2,500 cattle and calves or more _______________________ _ No cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Forms with cows and heifers that had calved inventory _____ _ 1 fa 4 cows ________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 COWL _______________________________________ _ 

10 to J9 cows ______________________________________ _ 

201029 cows ______________________________________ _ 301049 cow'-_____________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 cows ______________________________________ _ 

10010199 cows ____________________________________ _ 

20010499 cow'-___________________________________ _ 

50010999 cows ____________________________________ _ 

1.000 cows or more _________________________________ _ No cows ____________________________________________ _ 

- 376 5 0031 328 2344 278 1 603 254 1 0561 378 3 449 I 028 

- 513 15 976 469 9 212 408 5 088 292 I 676 513 8 562 2 227 

- 380 26 077 375 16 424 320 7 712 242 1 941 380 12 345 2 421 

- 220 29 376

1 

215 17 860 206 9 910 157 1 606

1 

220 13 277 2 661 

- 63 17 683 59 10 283 55 (0) 45 (0) 63 9 659 2 324 

- 4 (0) 4 (0) 4 (0) 4 (0) 4 (0) (0) 

- 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) - 1 (0) (0) 

- -

(Xli -(Xli -

001 

- (Xl/ - - - 5471 (X) (X) (X) (X) 46 1 184 

- 2 249 97 3741 2 249 60 435 1 634 30 440 I I 295 64991 1 795 47 606 10 195 - 795 5 528 795 1 786 567 2 712 423 1 030 428 3 002 1 054 - 328 3 916 328 2 096 172 956 209 864 241 3 385 765 - 231 5 612 231 3 104 156 1 6151 137 893

1 

231 2 575 666 - 190 6 900 190 4430 138 I 864 86 606 190 3 549 892 - 311 18 389 311 11 911 251 5 125 178 I 353 311 8 439 I 556 - 277 29 148 277 18 541 249 9 577

1 

179 I 030

1 

277 13 004 2 395 

- 93 18 413 93 11 9671 82 6 027 61 419 93 8 287 I 642 - 23 (0) 23 (0) 18 (0) 20 304 23 (0) 

- 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 -

2 39~1 I (D) (0) - - - - - - - - - - 350 4 852 (X) (X) 227 2 457 249 266 6 252 2 435 

Forms with beef cow inventory __________________________ _ 1 to 4 beef COWL ___________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 beef caws ____________________________________ _ 

10 1019 beef cows __________________________________ _ 201029 beef cows __________________________________ _ 

301049 beef cows __________________________________ _ 

501099 beef cow'-_________________________________ _ 10010199 beef cows ________________________________ _ 

20010499 beef cows ________________________________ _ 

50010999 beef cows ________________________________ _ 

1,000 beef cows or more _____________________________ _ No beef cows ________________________________________ _ 

- I 305 28 982 1 305 16 906 811 7 507 811 4 569 920 14 318 3 490 - 747 11 393 747 5 986 534 4 261 452 1 126 417 5 716 I 198 - 262 4 749 262 2 880 137 I 076 160 793 207 2 541 580 - 157 4 788 157 2 809 91 1 084 108 895 157 2 051 596 - 67 2 280 67 I 519 25 331 36 430 67 1 507 

516\ - 58 3 537 58 2 294 14 269 44 974 58 1 634 314 - 10 1 293 JO 793 8 (0) 9 (0) 10 434 84 - 3 (0) 3 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0) 3 (0) (0) 

- 1 (0) 1 (0) - - - - I (0) - - - - - - - - - - - (O~\ - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 294 73 244 944 43 529 I 050 25 390 733 4 325 I 141 39 542 9 141 , 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA MASSACHUSETTS 13 
Table 20. Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974-Con. 

Soles. 1978 - All forms 

Callie 

Cottle and calves 

Fattened on grain and concentrates 

Soles Soles Forms Number ($1.000) Forms Number ($1.000) Farms Number 

- 2 061 53 860 12 630 1 762 23 654 10 123 321 2 787 

- 541 1 361 399 411 850 337 123 249 

- 388 2 611 784 344 1 603 651 89 368 

- 389 5 110 1 186 328 2 393 949 59 426 

- 467 14 529 2 932 426 5 775 2 276 28 346 

- 195 13 116 2 533

1 

181 5 008 2 057 15 348 

- 55 7 416 1 847 51 3 396 1 551 2 (D) 

- 21 5 286 1 566 17 2 361 1 221 4 239 

- 5 4 431 1 385 4 2 268 1 081 1 (D) 

- 4 (D) (D) 3 (D) (0) 1 (D) 

- 1 (D) (D) 1 (D) (D) - -

forms with soles of cottle and col"es __ _ 1 to 4 cOffle and calves ___________ _ 

5 to 9 cottle and calves ___________ _ 

10 to 19 cottle and calves _________ _ 

20 to 49 cottle and calves _________ _ 

SO to 99 cottle and calves _________ _ 

10010 199 collie and calves _______ _ 

20010499 callie ond calves _______ _ 

500 cottle and calves or more ______ _ 

500 to 999 cottle and calves _____ _ 

1,000 cottle and calves or more __ _ 

Forms with beef cow inventory _______ _ 1 to 4 beef cows _________________ _ 

5 to 9 beef cows _________________ _ 

920 14 318 3 490 795 7092 2 750 196 1 067 

- 417 5 716 1 198 378 2 649 1 012 89 276 

- 207 2 541 580 159 900 383 43 222 10 to 19 beef cows _______________ _ 

201029 beef cows _______________ _ 

30 to 49 beef cows _______________ _ 

50 to 99 beef cows _______________ _ 

10010199 beef cow'- ___________ _ 

200 to 499 beef cows ____________ _ 

50010999 beef cow'- ___________ _ 

- 157 2 051 596

1 

139 1 264 473

1 

40 304 

- 67 I 507 516 61 843 424 11 136 

- 58 1 634 314 45 818 196 10 98 

- 10 434 84 9 186 62 3 31 

-- 3 (0) (0) 3 (0) (D) - - -- I (D) (D) 1 (D) (D) - -

-- - - - - - - - - 1,000 beef cows or more _________ _ -- - - - - - - - - No beef cows _____________________ _ 

-- I 141 39 542 9 141 967 16 562 7 373 125 1 720 

Table 21. Hogs and Pigs-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

Inventory 

All farms Farms with soles of 1 All forms 

Tolal hogs ond pigs ______________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Forms with- 1 to 24 ____________________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - 25 to 49 ___________________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ 50 to 99 ___________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 100 10 199 _________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 200 10 499 _________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 500 or more ________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

500 10 999 _______________________________ 1978_ 

1.000 10 1.999 ____________________________ 1978_ 

2.000104.999 ____________________________ 1978_ 

5.000 or more ____________________________ 1978_ 

Hogs and pigs used or to be used for breeding _______ 1978_ 

1974_ Olher hogs ond pigs _____________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Feeder pigs sold _________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

tiMers of pigs farrowed between - Dec. 1 of preceding yeor ond Nov. 30 _____________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Dec. I of preceding yeor ond Moy 31 ___________ 1978_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1974_ - June 1 and Nov. 30 __________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ -

Forms Number 

909 59 626 

465 43 229 

683 3 141 

318 1 507 

56 1 899 

21 689 

53 3 734 

31 1 893 

39 5 084 

36 4 451 

49 13 653 

35 10 355 

29 32 115 

24 24 334 

20 (D) 

4 (D) 

5 13 800 

- -

365 7 442 

(NA) (NA) 

860 52 184 

(NA) (NA) 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

407 9 109 

206 7 191 

352 4 633 

165 3 720 

303 4 476 

163 3 471 

$2.500 or more 

Forms Number Forms Number 

487 55 488 551 66 722 

313 41 968 309 52 681 

288 1 575 278 2 379 

177 946 143 1 110 

43 1 430 80 2886 

16 527 24 836 

48 3 431 51 3477 

27 1 693 41 2 639 

39 5084 65 8583 

34 (0) 38 5003 

40 II 853 45 13 822 

35 10 355 36 10 740 

29 32 115 32 35 575 

24 24 334 27 32 353 

20 (D) 22 14045 

4 (D) 3 4 230 

5 13 800 7 17300 

- - - -

262 6962 (X) (X) 

156 5 182 (X) (X) 

463 48 526 (X) (X) 

301 36 786 (X) (X) 

(X) (X) 219 14 385 

(X) (X) 86 11 531 

281 8 597 (X) (X) 

167 7016 (X) (X) 

250 4 252 (X) (X) 

135 3 643 (X) (X) 

247 4345 (X) (X) 

135 3 373 (X) (X) 

Sales 

($1.000) 

1 290 

104 

158 

168 

155 

145 

(D) 

118 

(D) 

(D) 

-

443 

106 

95 

116 

75 

39 

12 

-

-

-

- 847 

Sales 

Sales 

($1.000) 

5 632 

(NA) 

191 

(NA) 

184 

(NA) 

264 

(NA) 

613 

(NA) 

1 024 

(NA) 

3 356 

(NA) 

1 070 

440 

1 846 -

(X) 

(X) 

(X) 

(X) 

464 

(NA) 

(X) 

(X) 

(X) 

(X) 

(X) 

(X) 

Calves 

Soles 

Forms Number ($1.000) 

1 501 30 206 2 507 

260 511 62 

252 1 008 133 

304 2 717 237 

429 8 754 655 

187 8 108 476 

47 4020 296 

18 2925 345 

4 2 163 304 

3 (D) (D) 

1 (D) (D) 

622 7 226 739 

276 3 067 186 

147 1 641 197 

88 787 122 

50 664 92 

52 816 119 

8 (D) (0) 

I (D) (0) 

- - - - - - - - -

879 22980 1 768 

Forms wilh sales of $2.500 ! or more 

Soles 

Forms Number ($1.000) 

381 64 272 5 515 

240 51 642 3346 

142 I 490 131 

84 702 44 

59 2 120 157 

18 645 31 

39 2 842 247 

38 2449 155 

64 (D) (D) 

38 5 003 308 

45 13 822 I 024 

35 (D) 665 

32 35 575 3 356 

27 32 353 2 144 

22 14045 I 070 

3 4 230 440 

7 17300 1 846 

- - -

(X) (X) (X) 

(X) (X) (X) 

(X) (X) (X) 

(X) (X) (X) 

147 13 229 433 

62 11 172 210 

(X) (X) (X) 

(X) (X) (X) 

(X) (X) (X) 

(X) (X) (X) 

(X) (X) (X) 

(X) (X) (X) 

14 MASSACHUSETTS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 21. Hogs and Pigs -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974-Con. 

Inventory, 1978-AII forms Sales, 1978 -All forms 

Hogs and pigs Used or to be used Other hogs and pigs Hogs and pigs Feeder pig s sold 

for breeding 

Sales Sales 

farms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number ($1,000) Forms Number ($1,000) 

forms with hogs and pigs inventory ____________________ _ I to 9 hogs and pig'- ___________________________ - __ _ 10 to 24 hogs and pigs _____________________________ _ 

25 to 99 hogs ond pig'-____________________________ _ 

100 to 199 hogs and pigs ___________________________ _ 200 to 499 hogs and pig'-__________________________ _ 500 to 999 hogs and pig'-__________________________ _ 

1,000 hogs and pigs or more ________________________ _ 

No hogs and pigs ___________________________________ _ 

Farms with hogs and pigs sold ________________________ _ 1 to 9 hogs and pigs _______________________________ _ 

10 to 49 hogs ond pig'-____________________________ _ 50 to 99 hogs and pig'- ____________________________ _ 

100 to 199 hogs and pig'-__________________________ _ 

200 to 499 hogs and pigs ___________________________ _ 

500 to 999 hogs and pig'-__________________________ _ 

1,000 hogs and pigs or more ________________________ _ 

No hogs and pigs ___________________________________ _ 

Forms by litters farrowed ____________________________ _ 1 litter __________________________________________ _ 

2 to 4 litters _____________________________________ _ 5 to 9 litters _____________________________________ _ 

10 to 19 litters ___________________________________ _ 

20 to 49 litters ___________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 litters ___________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 litters _________________________________ _ 

200 litters or more ________________________________ _ No litters __________________________________________ _ 

- 909 59 626 365 7 442 860 52 184\ 496 65 822 5 582 200 13 820 448 

- 609 2 091 125 276 568 1 815 196 2 174 154 87 936 26 

- 74 1 050 49 298 68 752 74 2 728 158 32 I 178 35 

- 109 5 633 90 I 160 107 4 473 109 9 751 599 50 5 393 175 

- 39 5084 34 782 39 4 302 39 7 468 518 12 2848 80 

- 49 13 653 41 1 392 49 12261 49 12 156 938 12 I 885 64 

- 20 (0) 17 (0) 20 (D) 20 (0) (D) 6 (0) (0) 

- 9 (D)I 9 (D) I 9 (D) I 9 (D) (D) I I (D) (D)I 

- (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 55 900 50 19 565 16 

496 58 4121 342 7400 455 ., 51 0121 551 66 722 56321 219 14 385 4641 -

- 139 710 56 94 123 616

1 

174 682 3fsl 

46 210 7 

- 167 3 422 121 594 149 2 828 184 4583 99 I 827 53 

- 49 4 141 43 654 46 3 4871 51 3477 264

1 

15 746 21 

- 64 7 698 53 896 64 6 802 65 8583 613 32 3 432 103 

- 45 12 692 39 1 624 42 II 068 45 13 822 I 024 18 4 299 140 

- 22 9 289

1 

20 I 133

1 

21 8 156 22 14 045 I 070

1 

7 (0) (0) 1 

- 10 20460 10 2 405 10 180551 10 21 530 2 287 2 (0) (D) 

- 413 I 214 23 42 405 I 172 (X) (X) (X) I (X) (X) (X) 

- 384 52 460 365 7 442 335 45 018 382 60 752 5 092

1 

219 14 385 464 

- 67 421 63 133 46 288 61 748 61 40 208 7 

- 105 1 192 93 272 89 920 100 I 847 119

1 

75 891 25 

- 52 2 095 50 434 45 I 661 60 2 952 219 27 I 033 29 

- 45 3 257 45 536 43 2 721 45 3 483 272 21 I 086 30 

- 63 10 309 62 I 442 62 8 867 64 10 655 644 35 4 437 140 

- 33 9 8591 33 I 5451 31 8 3141 33 13 602 9991 17 5 236 1741 

- 10 5 867 10 775 10 5 092 10 7 305 633 2 (0) (0) 

9 19~i 9 2 30~ i 9 17 15~ i 9 20 160 2 l~i 2 (0) (D) 

- 525 7 166 - 525 7 166 169 5 970 540 - - -

litters of pigs farrowed between Dec. 1, 1977, and Nov. 30, 1978-AII forms 

Total Dec. 1, 1977, and May 31,1978 I June I, 1978, and Nov. 30, 1978 

Forms Number I Farms 

Forms by litters forrowed- __________________________ _ - 407 9 109 352 1 litter __________________________________________ _ 

- 77 77 56 2 to 4 Jitters _____________________________________ _ - 109 267 91 5 to 9 Jitters _____________________________________ _ 

- 60 368 49 10 to 19 litters ___________________________________ _ - 45 590 44 20 to 49 litters ___________________________________ _ - 64 I 766 61 50 to 99lilters ___________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 litters _________________________________ _ 

200 litters or more ________________________________ _ 

- 33 2 2291 33 

- 10 I 26~i 10 

- 9 2 545 8 

Tobie 22. Sheep and Lambs -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

Inventory of- Sheep and lombs ____________________________________ farms_ 

number _ Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ forms_ 

number _ Sheep and lambs sold __________________________________ forms_ 

number_ 

Sheep and lambs shorn _________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

pounds of wooL Value of sales from sheep, lambs, and wool _______________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

All forms 

1978 

419 

7 153 

354 

4 870 

293 4 208 

314 

6 069 41 023 

340 

242 

Inventory, 1978-AII farms 

Sheep ond lambs Ewes 1 year old or 

older 

Farms Number Forms Number 

Forms with sheep and lambs imcentory _________________________ _ 1 to 24 sheep and lambs __________________________________ _ 

25 to 99 sheep and lambs _________________________________ _ 100 to 299 sheep and lambs _______________________________ _ 

300 to 999 sheep and lambs _______________________________ _ 

- 419 7 153 354 4 870 

- 340 2 364 278 1 4731 - 71 3 071 69 2 078 

- 6 (D) 5 (0) 

- 2 (0) 2 (D) 1,000 to 2,499 sheep and lambs ____________________________ _ 

- - - - - 2,500 to 4,999 sheep and lambs ____________________________ _ 

- - - - - 5,000 sheep and lambs or more ____________________________ _ - - - - - No sheep and lambs ________________________________________ _ 

- (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Forms with ewes 1 year old or older inventory __________________ _ 

- 354 6 793 354 4870 1 to 24 ewes ____________________________________________ _ 

- 302 2 894 302 1 920 25 to 99 ewes ___________________________________________ _ 

- 45 2 281 45 1 631 100 to 199 ewes _________________________________________ _ 

- 4 778 4 534 200 to 499 ewes _________________________________________ _ 

- 3 840 3 785 500 to 999 ewes _________________________________________ _ 

- - - - - 1,000 to 2,499 ewes ______________________________________ _ 

- - - - -

NA~~s :~~~~~~~~ ==== ======== ==== == ==== ====== == == ==== == = 

- - - - - - - - - - - 65 360 O() (X) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

I 1974 

264\ 5 896 

(NA)I 

(NA) 

164 3600 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Sheep and lambs I Farms Number 

285 4 114 207 1 431 70 1 579 

6 (0) 

2 (D) 

- - - - - - 8 94 

259 3918 

208 I 731 

44 I 128 

4 587 

3 472 

- - - - - - - - 34 290 

Number I Farms Number I 

'~I 303 4 476 

21 21 

82 115 

188 52 180 

316 43 274 

1 001 54 765 

1 164

1 

32 1 065

1 62~ i 10 642 

1 131 9 I 41~i 

Forms with sales of $2,500 or more I 

1978 1974 

159 98 

3 585 2 696 

128 86 2 459 I 979 113 63 2 341 I 969 110 54 3 157 2 191 21 073 12 979 126 71 152 74 

Sales, 1978-AII forms 

Sheep and lambs shorn Sheep. 

lambs, and wool 

Pounds Sales Forms Number of wool Forms ($1,000) 

310 6 022 40 827 332 238 234 I 800 13 195 253 79 69 2 634 18 074 71 85 5 (0) (0) 6 (D) 

2 (0) (0) 2 (0) 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 47 196 8 5 

290 5 969 40 429 300 221 238 2 297 16 786 248 95 45 2 084 14 085 45 58 4 732 4 548 4 30 3 856 5 010 3 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22\ 

- - 24 100 594 40 

MASSACHUSETTS lS 
Table 23. Other livestock and livestock Products -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

I 

Horses and ponies ______ .. ________________________ forms_ 

number _ -

Mules, burros, and dOnkeys ______________________ ~f~~~= -

-

- number _ 

$1.000_ Mink and their pelts _____________________________ forms- - number _ $1,000_ -

Colonies of bees ___________ - ___________________ formsnumber _ 

$1,000_ Honey sold (pounds) ------- ______________________ farms_ 

Goats ________ _ 

number _ 

$1.000_ 

- ____________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Angora goots ________________________________ forms_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- number _ 

$1,000_ -

- Mohair sold (pounds) ________________________ farms- -

- number _ 

$1,000 --

Milk goots __________________________________ forms -- number 

$1,000 Goats milk sold (gollons) _____________________ forms 

number 

$1,000 Other goats _________________________________ farms 

number 

$1.000 

Rabbits and their pelts ___________________________ farms 

number 

$1,000 Chinchillas and their pelts ________________________ forms 

number 

$1,000 

Worms (see textL__ _ ________________________ forms 

number 

$1,000 All other livestock _______________________________ farms 

$1,000 Other livestock products _________________________ farms 

$1,000 

Table 24. Fish Sales: 1978 

Total 

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Sales 

Farms ($1,000) 

AU FARMS 

Catfish _______________________________ _ 

Traut _________________________________ _ 

Tropical and bait fish ___________________ _ Other fisL ____________________________ _ 

Other aQuacultural products ______________ _ 

FARMS WITH SALES OF $2,500 

OR MORE 

Catfish _______________________________ _ 

Trout ________________________________ _ 

Tropical and bait fish ___________________ _ Other fish _____________________________ _ 

Other aquaculturol products ______________ _ 

16 MASSACHUSmS 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- - 7 108 

3 (0) 

1 (0) 

I (0) 

- -

6 (0) 

2 (0) 

I (0) 

I (0) 

Inventory 

Farms with soles of $2.500 or more 

All farms, 1978 1978 

I 387 641 

8 122 3 742 (X) (X) 

78 56 180 89 (X) (X) 

10 8 (D) (D) 

(X) (X) 

2461 116 5 963 4 161 (X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

222 81 

I 778

1 

834 (X) (X) 

2 I (0) (0) 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

115 42 

954 493 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

109 40 

819 338 (X) (X) 

101 28 (0) (D) 

(X) (X) 

9 8 I 527 (0) 

(X) (X) 

- -

- -

(X)I (X) 

18 13 

(XU 

(X) 

(X) (X) 

(X) (X) 

Any 

Forms Pounds Forms Number Farms 

- - - - -

4 45 !O3 3 (0) 4 

1 (0) 2 (0) I 

- - I (0) -

- (X) I (X) -

- - - - -

4 45 103 2 (0) 4 

- - 2 (0) - - - I (0) -

- (X) I (X) -

I I 

Sales 

forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1974 All farms, 1978 1978 1974 

370 397 238 99 

3 375

1 

I 214 912 886 (X) I 639 I 481 799 17 13 6 3 27 48 13 5 (X) II 3 (Z) 

9 10 8 10 

8541 15 607 (0) 14 257 (X) 357 (0) 217 

3J 131 6 

2 2811 321 188 -' - (X) 2 1 - (X) 145 73 20 (X) 125 135 80894 37547 (X) 105 68 39 

16 97 42 8 

267

1 

I 121 555 104 

(X) 49 28 6 

- 2 I - - (0) (0) - (X) (0) (0) - (X) 2 I - (X) (0) (0) - (X) (0) (0) -

6 55 28 4 

231 5771 308 77 

(X) 31 19 5 (X) 34 14 3 (X) 12963 8 384 14850 

(X) 36 24 16 

II 40 13 4 

36 542 246 27 (X) 17 9 I 

14 40 13 II 

(0) (0) (0) 5 344 (X) (0) (0) 18 

- 9 7 -

- I 472 (0) - (X) 38 (0) -

(NA) - - (NA) 

(NA) - - (NA) 

(X) I {;I 

- (NA) I 

41 4 10 

(XU (Oij (0) (X) 2 4 (NA) 79~ I 

(X) (0) (NA) 

Only pounds Only number Acres under water 

for fish production 

Sales Sales 

Pounds ($1,000) Forms Number ($1,000) Forms Acres 

- - - - - - - 45 103 108 3 (0) I 7 67 (0) (0) 2 (0) (0) 2 (0) - - 1 (0) (0) I (0) 

(X) (NA) 1 (X) (NA) I (0) 

- - - - - - - 45 103 108 2 (0) (0) 6 (0) 

- - 2 (0) (0) I (0) 

- - I (0) (0) I (0) 

(X) (NA) I (X) (NA) 1 (0) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - STATE DATA 
Table 25. Crops Harvested: 1978 and 1974 

, All Forms with soles of $2,500 or more forms 

Irrigated land Irrigo fed land 

Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres 

Corn for all purposes _____________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

for groin or seed (bushels) ______________ --_ -_ -- :~~:: 

For silage or green chop (tons, green) _____________ 1978_ 

1974_ for fodder, hogged orgrazed ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Sorghums for all purposes ______________ __________ 1978_ 

1974_ for grain or seed (bushels) _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For silage or green chop (tons, greenL ___________ 1978_ 

1974_ CuI for dry forage or hoy (tons, dry) _____________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Hogged or grazed _____________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Wheat for groin (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Oats for groin (bushels) __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Sarley for groin (bushels) _________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Rye for groin (bushels) ___________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Other small grains for groin _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Soybeans for beans (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Peanuts for nuts (poundsL ________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Cotton (bales) ___________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Tobacco (pounds) ________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Irish potaloes (hundredweightL ____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Sweetpototoes (bushels) __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see text) ____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Alfalfa hoy (tons, dry) __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

I 151 44 269 (X) 1 26 103 1 959 42 624 (X) 1 10 721 

999 37 409 (X) (NA) (NA), 877 36 344 (X) 17 

240 (0) 421 211 II 24 148 4 476 398 804 5 2?: I 138 3 022 232 727 (NA) (NA) , 108 2 955 228 148 3 (0) 

965 39 336 644 550 16 79 860 38 148 625 919 5 61 

(NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA~/ 790 33 273 526 679 13 184

1 

- 2 (0) (X) - - (X) - - - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 12 116 (X) I (0) 

29 338 (X) I -

(NAJI 

23 319 (X) I -

=1 31 322 (X) (NA) 23 203 (X) -

- I (0) (O~ I - (NAil 

I (0) (O~, - =, - - (NA) - - -

- 28 (0) (0) - -I 

""I 22 314 2 7761 -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 23 203 I 49~/ -

~/ - - - - - - - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - -

- - - (X) - - - (X) -

- (NA) (NA) (X) I (NA) (NA) I - - (X) I - -I 

- 2 (0) (0) - - I (0) (0) -

~I - 7 41 I 420 (NA) (NA) 6 (0) (0) -

- 23 334 17 715 - - 18 308 16 617 -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 20 232 II 406 -

=/ 

- - - - - - - - - -

(NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 5 17 840 -

- 18 303 5605 - - 14 258 4 625 -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) I (NA) (NA~I 16 208 5 2111 -

=1 - I (0) (X) - I (0) (X) -

- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) 

(NA~I 3 35 (X) I - -

I (0) (0) - I (0) (0) - -

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- - - - -

(NA~/ - -

~/ - -

- - - - (NA) - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 44 I 078 I 536 802 15 607 44 I 078 I 536 8021 15 607 1 - 51 I 568 2 604 070 (NA) (NA) 48 I 563 2 596 855/ 21 I 135 

- 187 3 504 749 463 26 181 131 3 456 746 471 22 177 

- 226 4 266 837 696 (NA) (NA) 163 4 180 827 336 39 256 

- I (0) (0) - - I (0) (0) - -

- - - - (NA) (NA)/ - -

-/ - -

- 3 078 133 117 262 706 15 235 I 856 106 965 229 204 10 168 

- 2 191 110 327 225 714 (NA) (NA) I 464 94 114 201 372 13 213 

- I 080 27 375 68 6091 7 151

1 

787 23 517 62 0241 6 (0) I - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 607 20 115 51 491 5 122 

Other tome dry hoy (tons, dry) (see texl) __________ 1978_ - 2 210 80 548 151 628 7 76 I 361 62 656 129 721 3 (0) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 57 798 119 780 (NA) 18 

field seed crops _________________________________ 1978_ - 6 254 (X) - - 5 (0) (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 4 38 (X) - - Alfalfa seed (pounds) ___________________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - Red clover seed (poundsL ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - - -

(NAil 

-

{NAil 

- -

=1 

-

- =1 (NA) (NA) (NA) - - -

All vegetables harvested for sale (see textL __________ 1978_ - I 092 15 214 (X) 330 4 507 894 14699 (X) 294 4 447 1974_ - 931 15 422 (X) (NA) (NA) 682 14 731 (X) 227 4 762 Sweet corn __________________________ ____ _____ 1978_ - 670 7 241 (X) 166 I 830 544 6 979 (X) 150 I 806 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 465 7 619 (X) 139 2 067 Tomatoes ____________________________________ 1978_ - 480 542 (X) 190 233 400 511 (X) 170 218 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 367 646 (X) 158 263 Green peas excluding cowpeos ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 89 82 (X) 27 26 71 76 (X) I 25 (0)1 - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) I 107 134 (X) 46 91 

land in orchards ________________________________ 1978_ - 512 8 556 (X) 38 119 297 7572 (X) 21 91 1974_ - 366 9 366 (X) (NA) (NA) 249 8 913 (X) 16 255 Apples (pounds) _______________________________ 1978_ - 449 7 695 92 208 721 (NA) (NA) 269 6 899 91 025 858 (NA) (NA) 

1974_ Peaches (pounds) ______________________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 243 8 302 95 327 544 (NA) (NA) 

- 188 444 I 447 987 (NA) (NA) 110 354 I 386 455 (NA) (NA) 

1974_ 

Gropes (pounds) (see text) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Serries ________________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Strawberries (pounds) __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Nursery and greenhouse products __________________ 1978_ Other crops _____________ , ______________________ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 71 342 I 451 556 (NA) (NA) 

- 95 105 49 401 (NA) (NA) 37 69 42 657 (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 13 36 76 000 I (NA) (NA) 

- 748 II 349 (X) I 499 10 352 583 II 055 (X) I 420 10 1851 - 656 10 754 (X) (NA) (NA) 487 10 422 (X) 362 9 707 

- 263 352 I 570 186 102 189 194 318 I 505 497 81 182 - (NA) (NA) 

(NAil 

(NA) (NA) 129 226 I 

066 26: I 52 

- 802 3 291 (X) 307 875 665 3 211 (X) 281 855 108: I - 35 507 (X) (NA) (NA) 31 500 (X) (NA) (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA MASSACHusms 17 
Table 26. Specified Crops Harvested - Yield Per Acre Irrigated and Nonirrigated: 1978 

Entire crop irrigated Port of crop irrigated None of crop irrigated 

All Farms Average Average Average 

yield Acres Acres not yield yield Forms Acres per acre Forms irrigated irrigated per acre Farms Acres per acre 

Corn for groin or seed (bushels) ________________________ _ 

Corn for silage or green chop (tons. green) _______________ _ 

Sorghums for grain or seed (bushels) ____________________ _ Wheat for grain (bushelsL _____________________________ _ 

Oats for groin (bushels) _______________________________ _ 

Barley for groin (bushelsL _____________________________ _ 

11 24 64,21 - - - - 229 4887 85_9 

- 11 18 16,0 5 61 117 19.7 949 39 140 16.4 

- - - - - - - 1 (0) (0) 

- - - - - - - - 2 (0) (0) 

- - - - - - - 23 334 53_0 

- - - - - - - - - - - Rice (lOO-lb bags) ____________________________________ _ 

- - - - - - - - - - - Soybeans for beans (bushelsL __________________________ _ Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________________ _ 

- - - - - - - - 1 (0) (0) 

- - - - - - - - - - - Dry field and seed beans (lOO-lb bags) ___________________ _ 

Cotton (boles) _______________________________________ _ 

Tobacco (pounds) ____________________________________ _ 

Irish potatoes (hundredweightL _________________________ _ 

Sugar beets for sugar (tons) ___________________________ _ 

- - -I - - - -I - - -

- - -

126071 

- - - - - - -

- 8 238 7 369 182 1280.7 29 289 1837.4 

- 22 61 182.4 4 121 101 226.4 161 3222 213_6 

- - - - - - - - - - Sugarcane for sugar (tonsL ____________________________ _ - - - - - - - - - - Alfalfa hoy (tons, dry) ________________________________ _ 

Small groin hay (tons, dryL ____________________________ _ 

- 6 144 4_1 1 (0) (0) (0) I 073 27203 2,5 

- - - - - - - - 73 988 2.1 Other tome dry hoy (see text) (tons, dry} _________________ _ Wild hay (tons, dry) __________________________________ _ 

Gross silage and haylage (tons, green) ___________________ _ 

- 4 54 06

1 

3 22 48 

O~I 2 203 80424 1.9 

- 1 (0) (0) - - - 527 12206 1.3 

- 1 (0) (0) - - - 204 9 505 6.3 

Hoy crops cut and fed green (tons. green) ________________ _ Alfalfa seed (pounds) _________________________________ _ 

- - - - - - - - 154 2487 5_7 

- - - - - - - - - - All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) _______________ _ land in orchards _____________________________________ _ 

Strawberries (pounds) _________________________________ _ 

199 2 887 (X) 131 1 621 2821 (X) 762 7886 (X) 

- 31 79 (X) 7 40 87 (X) 474 8350 (X) 

101 184 5698.4 1 (0) (0) (0) 161 158 3097_3 

Table 27. Crops Harvested and Value of Production: 1978 and 1974 

1978 1974 

All Farms Value of I Value of 

production production 

Farms Acres Quantity ($1,000) Farms Acres Quantity ($1,000) 

Harvested cropland ___________________________________ _ - 5 107 213 669 (X) 132 368 4 032 188015 (X) 87 713 Corn far grain or seed (bushels) ________________________ _ 240 4 911 421 211 969 138 3 022 232 727 ' 698 

Corn for silage or green chop or fodder or hogged or grazed _ - 967 39 358 (X) 12 894 895 34387 (X) 8085 Sorghums for grain or seed (bushels) ____________________ _ - 1 (0) (0) (Z) - - - -

Sorghums for silage or green chop or cut for dry forage or hoy or hogged or grazed ________________________________ _ 28 333 (X) 45 31 322 (X) 28 Wheat for grain (bushelsL _____________________________ _ - 2 (0) (0) 2 7 41 1 420 5 Other small grains for grain ____________________________ _ - (NA) (0) (X) 29 (NA) (NA) (X) 31 Soybeans for beans (bushelsL __________________________ _ - 1 (0) (0) 3 - - - - Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________________ _ - - - - - - - - -

Colton (bales) _______________________________________ _ - - - - - - - - Tobacco (pounds) ____________________________________ _ - 44 1 078 1 536 802 9 374 51 1 568 2 604 070 2 161 

Irish potatoes (hundredweightL _________________________ _ - 187 3 504 749 463 4 422 226 4 266 837 696 2 932 Sweetpototoes (bushels) _________ _ ____________ _ - 1 (0) (0) 1 - - - - Hoy crops (tons. dry) {see textL ________________________ _ 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) _______________ _ land in orchards _____________________________________ _ 

- 3 078 133 117 262 706 17 750 2 191 110327 225 714 13 459 

1 092 15 214 (X) 13 712 931 15422 (X) 9 220 

- 512 8 556 (X) 11 705 366 9 366 (X) 12 275 Berries _____________________________________________ _ 

- 748 11 349 (X) 20 200 656 10 754 (X) 11 846 

Other CfOPS (including nursery and greenhouse productsL ___ _ - (NA) 4052 (X) 41 262 (NA) (NA) (X) 26972 

18 MASSACHUSETTS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 28. Crops by Acres Harvested: 1978 

All farms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Irrigated land Irrigated land 

Farms Acres Quantity Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres 

Corn for all purposes: Acres harvested ___________________________________ _ 1 to 14 acres ____________________________________ _ IS to 24 acres ___________________________________ _ 

25 to 49 acres ___________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 ocres ___________________________________ _ 

100 to 249 ocres _________________________________ _ 

250 to 499 ocres _________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocres _________________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more _______________________________ _ 

T obocco (pounds), Acres harvested ____________________________________ _ 

0.1 to 0.9 acres _________________________________ _ 

1.0 to 1.9 ocres __________________________________ _ 

2.0 to 2.9 acres __________________________________ _ 3.0 to 4.9 acres __________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 9.9 acres __________________________________ _ 

10.0 to 24.9 acres ________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 49.9 ocres ________________________________ _ 

50.0 acres or more _____________ _ 

Irish potatoes (hundredweight): Acres harvested ____________________________________ _ 0.1 to 0.9 acres __________________________________ _ 

1.010 2.9 acres __________________________________ _ 

3.0 to 9.9 acres __________________________________ _ 

10.0 to 24.9 acres ________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 49.9 acres ________________________________ _ 

50.0 to 99.9 ocres ________________________________ _ 

100.0 to 249.9 ocres ______________________________ _ 

250.0 to 499.9 ocres ______________________________ _ 

500.0 acres or more _______________________ _ 

Hay crops (tons, dry) (see text): Acres harvested ____________________________________ _ 

1 to 14 acres ____________________________________ _ 

15 to 24 acres ___________________________________ _ 

25 fa 49 acres ___________________________________ _ 50 to 99 acres ___________________________________ _ 

100 to 249 ocres _________________________________ _ 

250 to 499 acres _________________________________ _ 

- I 151 44 269 (X) I 26 103 1 959 42 624 (X) I 10 72 1 

- 487 3 067 (X)I 22 43 1 316 2 337 (X) 6 12 

145 2 685 (X) I I (D) 136 2 531 (X) I (0) 

248 8 335 (X) 2 (0) I 241 8 108 (X) 2 (D) 

- 169 II 207 (X) I I 

(O~I 167 (D) (X) I (D) 

- 85 11 767 (X) - 82 II 333 (X) - - 15 (D) (X) - 15 (D) (X) - -

I (0) (X) - I (0) (X) - -

I (D) (X) I - -I I (0) (X) I - -I 

- 44 I 078 I 536 802\ 15 6071 44 I 078 I 536 802 1 15 607 1 

- 2 (D) (0) I (0) I 2 (0) (0) I (D) 

- 3 (D) 

(0) I 

1 

(O~I 3 (0) (D) I (D) 

- 4 9 17 229 - 4 9 17 229 - -

- 5 20 42 199 2 (0) 5 20 42 199 2 (D) 

- 9 58 109 232 - 9 58 109 232 - -

- II 164 292 4531 3 51

1 

11 164 292 4531 3 51

1 - 3 114 163 675 2 (0) 3 114 163 675 2 (0) 

- 7 709 904 9491 6 481

1 

7 709 904 949 6 481

1 - 187 3 504 '" ~'I 26 181 1 131 3 456 746 471 22 

- 52 17 2 869 7 I(~I I ~ I 

28 II I 828 5 

58 76 6 796 7 27 42 5 045 5 (D) 

- 34 157 28 513 8 35 33 (D) (D) 8 35 

- 18 253 49 0351 I (0)1 18 253 49 0351 1 (0) I 

- 8 257 52 120 1 (0) 8 257 52 120 I (D) 

- 10 694 131 930 I (0) I 10 694 131 930 I (0) I - 5 (0) (D) I (0) 5 851 216 200 I (0) 

- - - - - - - - -

- 2 (D) (D) - 2 (0) (0) -

- 3 078 133 117 262 706 15 2351 I 856 106 965 229 204 10 1681 

- 893 6 743 II 1971 6 16

1 

312 2 287 4 3131 3 

443 8 269 15 036 3 32 230 4 330 9 423 3 3~ I - 881 29 987 54 258 3 

80 I 

532 18 546 41 396 1 (0) 

535 34 933 71 814 3 10~ 470 30 814 67 799 3 (D) 

- 284 38 386 79 266 - 271 36 509 75 772 - -

- 38 12 459 25 475 - 37 (D) (0) - - 500 to 999 ocres _________________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more _______________________________ _ 

Alfolfo hoy (tons, dry), Acres harvested ___________________________________ _ 

I to 14 acres ___________________________________ _ 

15 to 24 acres _________________________________ _ 

25 to 49 acres _________________________________ _ 50 to 99 acres _________________________________ _ 

4 2 340 5 660 -

=1 

4 (D) (0) - -

- - - - - - - - -

I 080 27 375 68 6091 7 1511 787 23 517 62 0241 6 (0) I 481 3 196 8 190 2 (0)1 287 2 120 6 102 1 (D) 

229 4 125 10 590 2 (D) 163 3 020 9 033 2 (D) 

- 216 7 231 18 162 I (D) 193 6 567 17 278 1 (D) 

- 117 7 297 19 369 2 (D) III 6 942 18 612 2 (D) 

100 to 249 acres _______________________________ _ 

250 to 499 acres _______________________________ _ 500 to 999 ocres _______________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more _____________________________ _ 

Other tome dry hay (tons, dry) (see text): Acres harvested ___________________________________ _ I to 14 acres ___________________________________ _ 15 to 24 acres _________________________________ _ 

25 to 49 acres _________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _________________________________ _ 

100 to 2490cres ________________________________ _ 

250 to 499 ocres ________________________________ _ 500 to 999 ocres ________________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more ______________________________ _ 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text): Acres harvested _____________________________________ _ 

0.1 to 0.9 acres ___________________________________ _ 

1.0 to 4.9 acres ___________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 14.9 ocres __________________________________ _ 

15.0 to 24.9 ocres _________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 49.9 ocres _________________________________ _ 

50.0 to 99.9 ocres _________________________________ _ 

100.0 to 249.9 ocres _______________________________ _ 

250.0 to 499.9 ocres _______________________________ _ 

500.0 acres or more ________________________________ _ 

land in orchards: Acres in orchards ___________________________________ _ 

0.1 to 0.9 ocres ___________________________________ _ 1.0 to 4.9 ocres ______________________ ~ ____________ _ 

5.0 to 14.9 ocres __________________________________ _ 

15.0 to 24.9 ocres _________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 49.9 ocres _________________________________ _ 

50.0 to 99.9 ocres _________________________________ _ 100.0 to 249.9 ocres _______________________________ _ 250.0 to 499.9 ocres _______________________________ _ 500.0 acres or more ________________________________ _ 

- 32 3 831 8 704 -

=1 

29 (0) (0) - -

- 5 I 695 3 594 - 4 (0) (D) - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - -

I 

-

I - - -

I - -I 2 210 80 548 151 628 7 76

1 

1 361 62 656 129 721 3 (D) 

661 4 835 8366 4 15 275 2 162 4 134 2 (D) 

- 345 6 408 II 816 I (0) 207 3 899 8 096 I (D) 

- 679 23 037 39077 2 

(O~I 406 13 999 29 099 - -

- 368 23 844 46 360 - 321 20 740 43 407 - - 148 19 292 39 503 - 143 18 724 38 479 - - 8 (D) (D) - 8 (0) (D) -

=1 

I (D) (D) - -I 1 (D) (D) -

- - - -

4 50~ I 

- -

(X~I -

I 092 15 214 (X) 330 894 14 699 294 4 447 71 33 (X) 16 

15~ I 

33 14 (X) 9 3 402 958 (X) 82 272 698 (X) 59 126 349 2 764 (X) 107 623 321 2 575 (X) 101 590 104 1 944 (X) 37 440 103 (D) (X) 37 440 93 3 057 (X) 42 1 016 1 92 (D) (X) 42 I 016 52 3 451 (X) 31 1 228

1 

52 3 451 (X)I 31 I 228 21 3 008 (X) 15 I 044 21 3 008 (X) 15 I 044 - - (X) - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - - (X) - -

- 512 8 556 (X) 38 II; I 297 7 572 (X) 21 91 47 20 (X) 8 19 8 (X) 6 (D) 220 469 (X) 19 38 1 92 209 (X) 6 15

1 107 870 (X) 8 45 65 563 (X) 6 (D) 44 767 (X) -

3~1 31 550 (X) - - 42 (D) (X) 3 40 (D) (X) 3 33 34 2 258 (X) - 32 (0) (X) - - 16 2 206 (X) -

=1 

16 2 206 (X) - - 2 (D) (X) - 2 (D) (X) - - - - (X) - - - (X) - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA MASSACHUSETTS 19 
Tobie 28. Crops by Acres Harvested: 1978-Con. 

I 

All farms. 1978 

Total Trees or vines not of Trees or vines of Harvested bearing age bearing age 

Trees or Trees or Trees or Forms Acres vines Forms vines Farms vines farms Pounds 

Apples, Acres ___________________________________________ _ 

0.1 to 0.9 acres ________________________________ _ - 449 7 695 448 151 263 95 105 397 353 046 321 92 208 721 

- 84 29 I 536 50 630 64 906 41 40231 1.010 4.9 acres ________________________________ _ 5.0 to 14.9 acres _______________________________ _ 15.0 to 24.9 acres ______________________________ _ 25.0 to 49.9 acres ______________________________ _ 

- 140 327 15 151 70 5492 123 9659 81 I 314949 

- 97 786 44 127 55 18 624 85 25 503 76 4 448 063 

- 46 816 31 585 27 7 000 44 24585 44 4951 644 

- 36 1 260 71 791 24 18 161 35 53630 33 16 467 670 50.0 to 99.9 acres ______________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more _____________________________ _ 

- 29 1 931 131 379 24 13 8541 29 117 525 29 27 287 973 

- 17 2 547 152 582 13 31 344 17 121 238 17 37 698 191 

20 MASSACHUSmS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
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1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA MASSACHUSETTS 21 
Table 29. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1978 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text1 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Farms ___________________________________________ number_ 

percent_ land in forms ______________________________________ ocres_ - Average size of form ______________________________ ocres_ 

Value of land and buildings' ___________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ Average per form _______________________________ doUors_ -

Average per ocrL _______________________________ dollors_ 

Farms by value of lond and buildings: $1 to $19,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 _____________________________________ _ $40,000 to $69,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$70,000 to $99,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $100,000 to $149,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$150,000 to $199,999 ___________________________________ _ - $200,000 to $499,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$500,000 to $999,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $1,000,000 or more ___________________________________ _ 

-

Owned and rented land by operator: land owned ______________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ - land rented or leased from others ___________________ farms- - ocres_ - land rented or leased to otherL _____________________ forms_ - ocres_ 

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

T otol cropland ______________________________________ farms_ - acres-- Horvested cropland ________________________________ farms_ - ocres_ - Forms by ocres horvested: 1 to 49 acres _____________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 ocres _____________________________________ _ 

10010199 ocreL __________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ocreL __________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocres ___________________________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 ocreL _______________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ________________________________ _ 

Cropland: Posture or grazing only __________________________ farms_ 

acresCover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses not harvested or postured __________________________ farmsacres- On which all crops foiled _________________________ forms_ 

ocres_ In cultivated summer foJlow _______________________ forms_ 

Idle ______________________ _ acres- _______ forms_ 

acres_ 

Totol woodland ____________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ Woodland postured ________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ Woodland not postured ___________________________ formsacres_ 

Postureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured _________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc. _________ farms_ 

acresPastureland, all types ________________________________ farmsacres_ Irrigated land _______________________________________ farms_ 

acres- Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ farms_ 

acres- Pastureland irrigated _______________________________ formsacres_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Other land irrigated ________________________________ farms_ - acresland set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 _____ farms_ - acres--

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

AIIF~fte~~~;:s -=~=~=~=~===~======================== ~~~~:~ = - Port owners ____________________________________ number_ - Tenants _______________________________________ number_ 

White _________________________________________ number_ - Full owners __________________________________ number_ - Port owners __________________________________ number_ 

Tenants _____________________________________ number_ - Block and other roces ____________________________ number_ - Full owners __________________________________ number_ 

Port owners- _________________________________ number_ - Tenants ______________________________________ number_ -

See footnote at end of table. 

22 MASSACHUSmS 

All forms 

Totol full owners 

5 871 3 834 100.0 65.3 667 037 322 368 114 84 5 871 3 838 967 514 478 886 164 795 124 774 I 427 1 499 

417 332 640 522 I 117 910 

947 634 865 580 502 267 I 037 443 242 112 

104 38 

5 513 3 834 

527 274 330 033 2 042 5 150 747 91 

392 316 

10984 7 756 

5 506 3 547 

307 310 112 913 5 087 3 198 210 973 69 719 

3 863 2 882 654 226 414 74 137 14 16 1 

2 - 1 I 

2 497 1 420 

76 915 30 572 

334 223 3 988 2 184 

129 60 

828 357 105 54 I 288 368 

740 539 13 318 9 713 

3 565 2 303 267 291 154 430 

989 537 

37 446 18 734 

3 125 2 066 229 845 135 696 

702 385 

30 984 15 223 

4 003 2 679 

61 452 39802 

3 194 1 842 

145 345 64 529 

I 021 776 

16 893 9 965 

I 014 770 

16 725 9 812 

10 9 

100 (0) 

18 14 

68 (0) 

48 19 

I 077 453 

5 871 3 834 

3 834 3 834 

I 678 -

359 - 5 839 3 809 

3 809 3 809 

1 672 -

358 - 32 25 

25 25 

6 -

I -

Port owners 

1 678 

28.5 317 666 

189 

1 659 433 513 

261 309 

I 325 

40 

70 

162 

232 

236 

212 

528 

125 

54 

1 678 

(0) 

1 678 

123 534 

67 

(0) 

1 633 

177 439 

1 577 

128 888 

741 

383 

318 

120 

13 

2 

-

948 42 428 

90 1 608 

61 

402 

41 

826 

170 

3 287 

1 159 105 538 

417 

17488 967 

88050 

279 

14 762 

1 146 19927 

1 193 74 678 

177 

6 216 

176 

6 201 

1 

(0) 

4 

(0) 

24 

368 

1 678 - I 678 

- 1 672 

- 1 672 

-

6 

-

6 

-

Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Tenants Totol Full owners Port owners Tenonts 

359 3 859 2 288 1 302 269 6.1 65.7 38.9 22.1 4.5 27 003 535 675 222 063 291 049 22 563 75 139 97 224 84 374 3 867 2219 I 343 305 55 115 757 565 311 824 395 740 50001 147 367 195 905 140 524 294 668 163 939 1 748 1 399 1 496 1 296 1 803 

I I 45 240 202 13 25 48 349 267 44 38 45 616 462 111 43 81 535 342 136 57 49 603 358 199 46 23 366 163 184 19 

66 856 318 478 60 

1~1 205 76 124 

97 31 54 1~1 

1 3 591 2 288 1 302 1 (0) 409 567 226 232 (0) (0) 

359 1 575 4 1 302 269 

27 122 133 194 79 110 449 22 666 

9 247 183 56 8 

(0)1 7 086 4248 (0) (0)1 

326 3 637 2 119 1 270 248 

16 958 256 264 78 671 163 470 14 123 

312 3 409 1 947 I 225 237 

12 366 184 241 53 299 120 280 10 662 

240 2 254 I 652 435 167 

45 589 207 339 43 

22 411 72 317 22 

3 136 14 119 3 2 16 1 13 2 

- 2 - 2 - - I 1 - -

129 1 428 659 682 87 

3 9151 58 108 17 725 37 522 2 8611 

21 229 131 79 19 196 3 371 1 640 1 538 193 

8 96 31 57 8 

69 637 212 356 69 

10 86 40 37' 9 94 I 221 312 817 92 

31 500 334 143 23 

318 8 686 5483 2 957 246 

103 2 306 1 292 931 83 7 323 204 687 101 659 96 827 6 201 

35 655 275 350 30 

1 224 28 997 11 462 16401 1 134 

92 2 016 1 167 777 72 6 099 175 690 90 197 80426 5 067 

38 497 231 237 29 

999 23 916 10 214 12 807 895 178 2 608 1 614 876 118 1 723 50 808 31 519 17 945 I 344 

159 1 907 919 879 109 

6 138 111 021 39401 66 730 4 890 

68 889 654 168 67 712 16 510 9 654 6 148 708 

68 886 652 167 67 712 16 414 9 573 6 133 708 

- 5 4 1 - - 45 (0) (0) - - 11 7 4 - - 51 (0) (0) - 5 42 14 24 4 256 996 395 368 233 

359 3 859 2 288 1 302 269 

- 2 288 2 288 - - - 1 302 - 1 302 - 359 269 - - 269 358 3 837 2 269 I 300 268 

- 2 269 2 269 - -

- 1 300 - I 300 - 358 268 - - 268 I 22 19 2 1 

~I 19 19 -

~I 2 - 2 I - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 29. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms- see text1 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family __________________________________ forms_ 

acres- Partnership _______________________________________ formsCorporations: 

fomily held __ 

ocres_ 

___________ forms_ 

ocres_ More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ forms_ 

10 or less stockholderL __________________________ forms_ 

Other thon family held _____________________________ farms_ 

acres_ More than 10 stockholders _______________________ farms_ 

10 or less stockholders ___________________________ farmsOther-cooperative, estate or trust, etc. ______ farms_ 

acresOPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence: On form operated ______________________________________ _ 

Not on form operoted ___________________________________ _ 

Operators by age group: Under 25 years _________________ • ______________________ _ 

25 to 34 yeorL ____ • ___________________________________ _ 

35 to 44 years- ________________________________________ _ 

45 to 54 yearL ________________________________________ _ 

55 to 64 years _________________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 65 yeors and over ______________________________________ _ 

- Average age _______ • _. _________________________________ _ 

-

Operators by sex: Male __________ .. ______________________________________ _ 

- Female _______________________________________________ _ 

- Operators of Spanish origin ________________________________ _ 

- Operators by principal occupation: Forming ______________________________________________ _ 

- Other _______________________________ • ________________ _ 

-

Operators reporting days of work off form: None _______________________ • _________________________ _ 

- I to 99 days __________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 199 doys _______________________________________ _ 

- 200 days or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

FARMS BY SIZE 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

I to 9 acreL ____________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ocre'- __________________________________________ _ 

50 to 69 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

70 to 99 acreL __________________________________________ _ 

100 to 139 acre'-________________________________________ _ 

140 to 179 acres _________________________________________ _ 

180 to 219 acre'- ________________________________________ _ 

220 to 259 acre'- ________________________________________ _ 

260 to 499 acres _________________________________________ _ 

- 500 to 999 ocre'- ________________________________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 acre,-________________________________ .. ____ _ -

-

- 2,000 acres or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SEE TEXT) 

Cash groin farms (011) ____________________________________ _ 

Field crop, except cash grain forms (013L ____________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cotton forms (0131) ____________________________________ _ 

Tobacco forms (0132) __ _________________________________ _ 

Sugar crop, Irish potato, hoy, peanut, and other field crop farms (0133,0134,0139) ____________________________________ _ 

Vegetable and melon farms (016) ___________________________ _ 

fruit and tree nut farms (017). _____________________________ _ 

Horticultural specialty forms (018) __________________________ _ 

General farms. primarily crop (019) _________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

livestock farms, except dairy, poultry, and animol specialty (021) _ 8eef cottle forms. except feedlots (0212) ___________________ _ Dairy farms (024) ________________________________________ _ 

Poultry ond egg farms (025) _______________________________ _ 

Animal specialty forms (027) _______________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily livestock <029>-_____________________ _ 

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sold _______________ farms. -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

$1,000_ Farms by value of agricultural products sold: $500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

$200,000 to $499,999 _________________________________ _ 

$100,000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$5,00010 $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 _____________________________________ _ 

See footnote at end of toble. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total 

5 017 

489 437 

447 

73 987 

325 

65 483 

6 

319 

40 

20 949 

16 

24 

42 

17 181 

4 769 

734 

90 

589 

1 187 

1 343 

1 531 

1 131 

51.9 

5 418 

453 

41 

3 046 

2 825 

2 373 

438 

537 

2 294 

987 

1 797 

515 

498 

575 

420 

288 

153 

477 

133 

23 

5 

39 

842 

-

31 

811 

651 

737 

644 

270 

1 227 

619 

814 

207 

340 

100 

5 871 

213 473 

49 

145 

293 

688 

565 

556 

714 

849 

2 012 

All farms 

Full owners Port owners 

3 351 1 382 

242 893 225 892 

243 176 

28 265 43 490 

190 98 

30 283 31 761 

4 2 

186 96 

22 10 

8 093 (0) 

7 7 

15 3 

28 12 

12 834 (0) 

3 062 1 502 476 120 

32 23 

267 208 

730 366 

856 423 

1 068 431 

881 227 

53.9 49.9 

3464 1 612 

370 66 

38 2 

1 749 1 084 

2 085 594 

1 476 760 

280 134 

333 162 

1 587 563 

814 76 

1 341 356 

349 133 

305 141 

367 182 

235 177 

146 125 

64 80 

156 309 

45 84 

9 13 

3 2 

10 29 

578 191 

- - 17 11 

561 180 415 176 

618 97 

530 57 

179 85 

790 386 

375 216 

197 552 

174 25 270 56 73 24 

3 834 I 678 

90 460 95 473 

23 21 

61 76 

101 174 

306 321 

292 229 

379 136 

518 151 

608 194 

1 546 376 

Farms with soles of $2,500 or more 

Tenonts Total Full owners Port owners Tenants 

284 1 3 094 1 869 1 024 201 1 

20 6521 365 807 148 941 200 311 16 555 

28 382 195 163 24 

2 232 69 963 24 788 42 957 2218 

37 315 185 95 35 

3 439 64 856 30043 31 520 3 293 

371 351 

6 4 2 

309 181 93 

(O~ I 38 20 10 

20 943 8 087 (0) (O~I 

~I 2 16 7 7 

6 22 13 3 

(0\ I 2 30 19 10 

(0) 14 106 10 204 (0) 

I I 205

1 

3 009 1 720 1 150 139 

138 571 352 102 117 

35

1 

59 14 20 25 

114 418 178 147 93 

91 653 323 271 59 

~I 866 505 306 551 1 141 741 377 23 

23 722 527 181 14 

39.8 52.3 54.7 50.6 39.3 

342 3 589 2 073 1 257 259 

17 270 215 45 10 

1 7 5 1 1 

2131 2 562 1 365 1 003 1941 146 1 297 923 299 75 

137 1 914 1 062 722 130 24 341 202 119 20 42 341 213 106 22 144 1 072 686 301 85 

I I 97 590 461 62 67 100 1 023 767 175 81 33 290 181 81 28 52 308 174 109 25 26 412 243 149 20 8 302 156 138 8 17 225 103 107 15 

Iii 128 40 79 

428 114 303 1 fl 4 127 39 84 4 1 21 7 13 1 - 5 3 2 -

- 5 2 3 - 73 463 282 142 39 - - - - - 3 31 17 11 3 

70 432 265 131 36 60 524 305 169 50 22 539 436 84 19 57 521 424 51 46 6 49 18 28 3 

51 583 344 210 29

1 

28 282 145 121 16 65 804 192 548 64 8 157 127 22 

1~ 1 

14 187 150 27 3 27 8 18 

I 359 3 859 2 288 1 302 269

1 

27 540 211 420 88 879 95 113 27 428 

5 49 23 21 5 8 145 61 76 8 18 293 101 174 18 61 688 306 321 61 

~I 565 292 229 44 556 379 136 41 45

1 

714 518 151 45 47 849 608 194 47 90 X X ( ) ( ) (X) 

MASSACHUSETTS 23 
Tobie 29. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal farms; see text) 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD - (on. 

Market value of agricultural products sold - Can. Groin _________________________________________ forms_ 

Sales 01 $40,000 or mor"-.. _ .. ~I~~~~~ · 

· 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons _______________ ~f~~~~~ 

Cotton and cottonseed ________________________ $f~~~~= · 

· $1.000. Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ · 

CommOdity Credit Corporation 100n5- _______________ $f~~~~= · 

· $1,000. · 

Tobacco _ _ ___________ farms-

$1.000. Soles of $40,000 or more __ _ _ ___________ forms_ · 

$1,000. Field seeds, hoy, forage, and siloge __ _ _ ___________ forms_ · 

Sales 01 $40,000 or more .. _ ....... __ ......••.... $f~~~~~ · $1.000. 

Vegetables. sweet corn, and melons _________________ forms_ · 

· $1,000. Soles of $40.000 or more _____ _ _ ____ forms- · 

· 

$1.000. · 

Fruits, nuts, and berries_________ _ _____________ farmL 

$1.000. Sales of $40.000 or more____ _ _____________ farms_ · $1,000. 

Nursery and greenhouse products ___________________ farms_ · 

· $1,000. Sales of $40,000 or morL ________________________ farms_ · $1,000_ Other crops __ _ __________ farms_ 

$1,000. Sales of $40,000 or more__ _ ____ farms_ 

$1,000. 

Poultry and poultry prodvcts___ _ _________________ forms-

$1,000. Soles of $40,000 or more ________________________ farms_ 

$1,000. 

Dairy praductL __ _ _ _________ farms_ 

$1,000. Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ 

$1,000. Cattle and colves- _________________________________ forms-

$1,000. Sales of $40,000 or more _______ _ _ ________ farms_ 

$1,000. 

Hogs and pigs ______________ _ _______________ farms_ 

$1,000. Sales of $40,000 or more____ _ _______________ farms_ 

$1,000. 

Sheep, lambs, and wool______ _ ____________ farms_ 

$1,000. Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farmL 

$1,000. Other livestock and livestock products (see text) ________ farms_ 

$1,000. Sales of $40,000 or more ________________________ farmL 

$1,000. 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ farms_ 

$1,000. 

Farms with expenses of-

$1 to $4,999 ...... _ .. _. __ ...... _ ...... _ ............. . 

$5,000 to $19,999 ......... _ ..... _ ... __ .•.......• 

$20,000 to $49,999 .......................•.•........ 

$50,000 or mar ••... _ .......................•...•.... 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ formL · 

$1,000. 

forms with expenses of-

$1 to $4,999 ... __ .... _ ...•.•.... _ .....•.•.......... 

$5,000 to $19,999. ..................•...........•.... 

$20,000 to $49,999 ..•..........• _ ...•.....•• _ ....... . 

$50,000 or more •.......... _._ ............•. _ ....... . 

Commercially mixed formula feeds __________________ formL 

forms by tons purchased: 

tons_ 

$1,000. 

I to 99 tons ..•.•.... _ ..•.....•...•.......•.•...... 

100 to 499 tons .•..•...•.•.....•.•.•.....•••........ 500 tons or more __________________________________ _ 

Forms with expenses of-

$1 to $4,999 ...•.. _ ....••.....•......••.......•.... 

$5,000 to $19,999 •.... _ ••.............••........•..• 

$20,000 to $49,999 •......•..... _._ .• -... -•.......... $50,000 or more .. _ .. _._ •.•. _ .•..•. _ ....•........•. 

See footnote at end of toble. 

24 MASSACHUSETTS 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

Total 

99 

365 2 

(D) 

I 

(0) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

44 6 985 

17 

6 589 

I 269 

4 663 

8 

411 

I 086 

13 659 

77 

6 851 

940 

30 331 

165 24 780 

797 

41 086 

188 35 904 

181 

3 394 

16 

2 639 

566 

18 584 

77 

17 144 

920 61 184 

510 

53 599 

2 047 

12 498 

43 

4 134 

545 

5 611 

29 

3 401 

334 

237 

-

-

706 14 876 

17 

13 038 

2 033 

11 358 

I 659 

269 

71 

34 

3 303 40 209 

2 239 

553 

353 

158 

2 173 

219 258 

33 270 

I 593 

513 

67 

I 256 

530 

270 

117 

All forms 

full owners Port owners 

27 IX> 54 299 - 2 - (D) 

- I 

- (0) 

- - - -

- - - - - -

- -

21 19 I 930 4 307 7 9 

I 774 (D) 765 414 

2 117 2 156 - 7 

- (0) 

648 354 4 657 7 802 

20 50 I 342 5 010 

736 170 

18 224 II 742 115 47 

13 926 10 708 

602 125 

26 900 8 474 140 29 23 076 7 622 

76 65 844 I 819 

4 II (D) I 504 

400 138 

16 213 I 749 

63 8 15 182 I 424 

254 596 

9 614 47493 

67 402 6 714 43 390 

897 1 035 4 435 7 263 

18 20 I 819 2 035 

312 206 

3 002 I 820 17 9 

I 543 I 219 217 102 

156 75 

- -

- - 514 169 

2 312 473 

12 4 

821 (0) 

I 194 695 

4 671 4 213 

1 029 529 

110 122 

37 31 

18 13 

I 882 I 222 

15 461 19 752 

I 520 590 

243 283 

66 256 

53 93 

I 088 937 

87 063 112 009 

13 027 16 031 

939 541 

116 364 

33 32 

805 369 

192 297 

45 206 

46 65 

Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Tenants Total full owners Port owners Tenants 

6 64 19 39 6 12 334 47 275 12 - 2 - 2 -

- (0) - (0) -

- I - I - - (D) - (0) - - - - - -

=1 - - - - - - - -

=1 - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

4 44 21 19 4 

748 6 985 I 930 4 307 748 

I 17 7 9 I 

(D) 6 589 I 774 (0) (0) 

90 821 432 334 55 

390 4 216 I 785 2 079 352 I 8 - 7 I (D) 411 - (0) (0) 

84 894 482 339 73 

I 200 13 488 4 513 7 790 I 185 

7 77 20 50 7 

498 6 851 I 342 5 010 498 

34 1 751 565 155 31 1 365 30 167 18074 II 734 359 

3 165 115 47 3 

145 24 780 13 926 10 708 145 

70 665 487 119 59 

5 712 40 895 26 732 8 465 5 699 

19 188 140 29 19 

5 205 35 904 23 076 7 622 5 205 

40 142 64 63 15 

731 3 384 838 I 817 729 

I 16 4 II I (0) 2 639 (D) I 504 (0) 

28 323 204 98 21 

621 18 508 16 145 I 744 620 

6 77 63 8 6 

539 17 144 15 182 I 424 539 

70 872 218 587 67 

4 0781 61 162 9 600 47 486 4 076 

41 510 67 402 41 

3 495 53 599 6 714 43 390 3 495 

115 1 487 521 867 99 

799 II 988 4072 7 135 780 

5 43 18 20 5 

279 4 134 I 819 2 035 279 

27 381 213 147 21 

78~ I 5 515 2 943 I 788 784 29 17 9 3 

638 3 401 I 543 I 219 638 15 126 74 44 8 5 152 88 62 3 

- - - - - - - - - - 23 388 254 117 17 

12 090 14 625 2 111 431 12 082 

I 17 12 4 I (0) 13 038 821 (D) (0) 

144 I 280 632 551 97 

2 475 11 002 4 392 4 152 2 459 

101 907 468 385 54 

37 268 109 122 37 

3 71 37 31 3 

3 34 18 13 3 

199 2 071 981 947 143 

4 996 39 163 14 790 19 402 4 971 

129 I 043 630 340 73 27 518 233 258 27 

31 352 65 256 31 12 158 53 93 121 

148 I 402 592 757 113 

20 186 216 918 85 424 III 378 20 lIS 4 212 32 891 12 767 15 922 4 202 

113 882 443 361 78 

33 513 116 364 33 

2 67 33 32 2 

82 547 310 190 47 

411 528 191 296 411 19 270 45 206 19 

6 117 46 65 6 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 29. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1978-Con. 

IExciudes abnormal forms; see text] 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 1 - Con. 

Animal health costs ____________________ -_ ----

Forms with expenses of-

___ formL 

$1,000_ 

$1 to ~99 ____________________________________ - _____ _ 

$500 to $999 _________________ --- -- ____ -- -- -- -- -_ -- --- $1,000 to $2,999 _____________________________ - _______ _ 

$3,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and frees ________ _ 

Forms with expenses of-

__ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

$1 to $999-_________________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $4,999 ________________ -- ________________ ---- $5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer _____________________ _ 

Forms with expenses of-

______ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

$1 to $2,499 ____________ .. ________________ . ____ _ $2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $ 19,999 ___________________________________ _ $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including Iime _______________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ $10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Energy and petroleum products ________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Gasoline __________ .. ____________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Diesel fuel _____________________________________ torms_ 

$1,000_ lP gas. butane, and propane ______________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Fuel oil ________________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Natural gas ____________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Kerosene. motor oil, and grease ___________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Electricity ________________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Other-cool, wood. coke, etc. _______________________ farms-

$1.000_ 

Hired farm labor ____________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Farms with expenses of- $1 10 ~,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to ~9,999 ___________________________________ _ $50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Workers by number of days worked: 150 days or more _______________________________ farms_ 

workers_ less than 150 days ______________________________ forms_ 

workers_ 

Contract lobar ______________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Farms with expenses of- $1 10 $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _____________________________________ forms-

$1.000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 10 $9,999 _____________________________________ _ $10,00010 $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________ . ________________ _ 

FARM·RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine work, customwork, and 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

other agricultural services ___________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for humon consumption _____________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

s •• foolnote 01 end of tobl •. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Tolol 

2 478 

I 500 

I 791 

305 

309 

73 

3 034 

7 812 

2 169 

638 

123 

104 

3 989 

7 250 

3 234 

640 

81 

34 

3 772 

4 007 

3 438 

272 

37 

25 

5 832 

15 934 

4 563 

I 016 

138 

115 

5 825 I I 954 

5 516 

4 789 I 725 

I 108 

488 

516 

I 096 

4 447 

149 

170 

5 824 

924 

3 834 

3 849 

377 

131 

2 754 

40 287 

I 738 

650 

231 

135 

I 439 

6 028 

2 234 

17 418 

469 

I 658 

334 

103 

12 

20 

I 173 I 690 

I 077 

75 

17 

4 

411 

836 

1 250 

9 745 

All forms 

fuJI owners Port owners 

I 267 I 048 

490 796 

I 064 612 

78 201 

106 186 

19 49 

I 684 I 114 

4 228 2 451 

I 303 714 

240 337 

74 42 

67 21 

2 390 I 335 

2 032 4600 

2 240 805 

131 445 

13 59 

6 26 

2 311 I 221 

I 574 2 096 

2 193 I 029 

99 154 

14 21 

5 17 

3 804 I 654 

8 492 5744 

3 288 985 

384 563 

58 77 

74 29 

3800 I 652 

6 641 4 137 

3 559 I 587 

2 300 2 152 

731 874 

299 725 

301 159 

242 220 

705 330 

3 304 665 

96 43 

115 51 

3 799 I 652 

382 324 

2 322 I 320 

I 770 I 561 

266 101 

82 47 

I 541 I 015 

15 275 17 338 

I III 513 277 319 

90 120 

63 63 

717 614 

2 694 2 521 

I 255 822 

7 917 7 71 I 

270 160 

999 534 

200 110 

49 41 

6 5 15 4 

621 477 471 640 

591 421 

23 44 

6 10 

I 2 

156 213 362 389 

749 400 

4 074 5244 

Tenants 

163 1 

2141 

115 

26 

17 

5 

I 

236

133 1 

1521 

61 

7 

16 

264 

617

1 

111 

240 1 337 

216

19 1 

2 

3 

374 

I 697 

290 

6~1 12 

373 

I 175 

370 

337 

120 

84 

;!I 

478 61 I 

10 

37i 1 218 

192 

519

1 10 

3 

198 

7 675 

114 

54 

2~1 

108 

813 

157 

I 790 

39 

124 

24 

13 

I 

I 

75 

579 

65 

8 

I 

I 

421 85 

101 

Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

To101 Full owners Port owners Tenonts 

I 640 666 857 I I 7 1 

I 388 408 769 21 I 

982 467 446 69 

279 77 176 26 

306 103 186 17 

73 19 49 5 

2 291 I 085 I 011 195

7 674 4 107 2 440 1 I 127 

I 445 723 611 I II I 627 229 337 61 

115 66 42 7 

104 67 21 16 

2 938 I 558 I 156 224 

6920 I 808 4 522 590 I 2 189 I 414 626 149

1 

634 125 445 64 

81 13 59 9 

34 6 26 2 

2 782 I 504 I 073 205

1 3 833 I 427 2 073 333 

2 448 I 386 881 181

1 272 99 154 19 

37 14 21 

30:1 

25 5 17 

3 846 2 203 I 338 

15 394 8 060 5 662 I 672

1 2 578 I 688 669 221 

I 015 383 563 

138 58 77 6~1 I I 5 74 29 12 

3 843 2 203 I 336 304 

II 520 6 297 4 070 I 152 

3 632 2053 I 278 301 

4 470 2046 2 103 321 

I 497 570 819 108 

I 085 282 720 83 

436 271 150 15 1 509 237 220 52 

I 002 622 319 61 

4439 3 297 664 478 

91 40 41 10 

164 109 51 4 

3 842 2 202 I 336 304 

854 326 313 214 

2 797 I 477 I 149 171 

3 749 I 687 I 544 51 ~ 1 296 190 100 

124 75 47 3 

2 277 I 161 948 168 

39 625 14 704 17 264 7 657 

I 265 734 447 84 

649 276 319 54 

229 89 119 21 134 62 63 9 

I 309 595 606 108 5 698 2 374 2 51 I 813 I 845 962 756 127 

16 040 7 126 7 202 I 712 

395 216 140 39 I 625 976 525 124 

262 148 90 24 101 47 41 

I: 1 12 6 5 20 15 4 

829 372 384 I 561 385 597 579 73\ 

733 342 328 63 1 75 23 44 8 17 6 10 I 4 I 2 I 

311 108 173 30 697 263 358 75 

844 458 331 55 9460 3 854 5 199 

MASSACHUSETTS 2S 
Table 29. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text) 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ farms_ - Forms by value group: $1,000_ -

$1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $50,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$100,000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

$200,000 to $499,999 ________________________________ _ $500,000 or more _________________________ .. _________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles _______________________________________ farmsMotortrucks. including pickups _________ _ 

Wheel troctorL __ 

number _ _ ______ farms_ 

number _ _ _________ formL 

number _ __________ forms_ 

number _ 4 or more______________________ _ ______________ farmL 

number _ 

Grain and bean combines, self-propelled only _____________ farms_ 

number _ 

Corn pickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers ____________ forms_ 

number _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Corn heads for combines _____________ _ ____ farms- - number_ - Other corn pickers and picker-shellers ___ _ ____ farmL - number _ 

(oHonpickerL ___________ _ _farms-- number _ - Mower conditioners __ __ _ _ _____ farms_ 

number _ Pickup balers _______ _ _________________________ farms_ - number _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ farmL 

number _ 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals. including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ farmL 

$1,000_ Commercial fertilizer ______ _ __________________ farmL 

acres on which used_ lime ___________________ _ ___________ farmsacres on which used_ 

tons_ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to controlInsects on hoy and other c.rops_____ _forms_ 

acres on which used_ Nematodes in crops _______________________________ farmL 

acres on which used_ Diseases in crops and orchards ______________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and posture __________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _________________________________________ formsocres on which used_ Insect control on livestock and poultry ________________ farmsSanitation and rodent and bird control ________________ farms_ 

UVESTOCK 

Cottle and calves inventory ___________________________ farms_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- number _ - Forms with- I to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ____________________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 _________________________ - ___ -------- -------

100 to 199 ____________________________ ------ ---------- 200 to 499 ________________________ ---- -- - ----- -- ------ 500 or more __________________ - --- -- ---- ---------------

(ows and heifers that had calved ____________________ farms_ - number _ - Beef cows _____________________________________ forms- - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ________________ -- -- -- ---- ---------------- 50 to 99 ________________ ---------- -- -- -- -- -- ------ 100 to 199 ______________ ---- -- ---- ------ -- -- -----

200 to 499 __________________ -- ---- -- ---- -- -- -- ---- 500 or more ______________ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -------- -

See footnote at end of table. 

26 MASSACHUSETTS 

All forms 

Total Full owners Port owners 

5 868 3 835 I 659 126 455 56 138 61 888 

997 834 125 I 862 I 364 351 I 190 793 327 I 166 640 436 452 159 277 152 27 115 

44 17 26 5 I 2 

3 149 I 957 997 4 356 2 662 I 427 4 848 2 996 1 522 9 838 5 205 3 931 

4 733 2 867 I 541 10 818 5 411 4 582 2 051 I 174 710 4 789 2 660 1 754 857 279 500 4 204 1 337 2 497 

32 14 17 

46 28 (D) 188 42 126 214 42 147 106 18 74 112 18 80 97 24 63 102 24 67 

- - -

- - - I 423 572 738 1 554 643 797 1 761 754 901 I 880 795 958 996 303 600 1 171 336 727 

4 509 2 802 1 426 II 257 3 606 6 697 

3 808 2 250 I 317 

153 311 41 987 100 519 

1 864 973 739 41 304 13 338 25 146 65 084 17 979 42 843 

1 791 1 228 417 

41 911 16 607 22 036 

205 122 61 

4 850 - 1 116 3 266 I 108 782 268 

22 791 9 871 11 427 

1 753 802 828 

58 648 14 829 40 313 

209 130 75 

6 352 2 037 3 711 

I 318 606 610 

I 152 563 524 

2 584 1 266 1 166 

100 909 24 626 70 230 

1 039 676 310 

885 479 354 

378 77 267 

215 27 179 

62 6 52 

5 I 4 

2 235 1 039 I 055 

59 735 13 063 42 753 

1 298 744 480 

10 200 4 574 4 978 

I 005 617 330 

279 121 143 

10 5 5 

3 I 2 

1 - -

- - -

Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Tenants Total Full owners Port owners Tenants 

374 1 3 865 2 217 I J43 305 

8 4301 III 514 45 077 58 644 7 793 

38 483 399 55 29 

147 699 445 161 93 70 969 611 288 70 90 I 074 562 428 84 16 445 155 274 16 

1~1 146 27 109 10 

44 17 26 1 

21 5 I 2 2 

195 2 468 1 371 928 169 

267 3 419 I 838 I 345 236 

330 3 434 1 874 1 283 277 

702 1 7 963 3 769 3 597 597 

325 3 177 1 649 1 262 266 

825 8 450 3 584 4 149 717 

167 1 556 840 592 124 

375 3 674 I 881 I 510 283 

78 798 228 492 78 

370 3 953 I 122 2 461 370 

1 19 7 11 1 (D)I 19 7 (0) (D)I 20 178 36 122 20 

25 202 36 141 25 

14 102 18 70 14 

14 108 18 76 14 

10 90 18 62 10 

11 94 18 65 11 

- - - - - - - - - - 113 I 187 401 679 107 

114 1 303 465 730 108 

106 I 314 469 772 73 127 I 420 510 822 88 

93 825 184 572 69 108 995 212 699 84 

I I 281 3 167 I 724 I 206 237 

954 10 753 3 235 6 595 924 

241 2 846 I 486 I 150 210 

10 805 144 299 36664 97 841 9 794 

152 1 354 565 668 121 

2 820 37 893 10 933 24 563 2 397 

4 262 60 074 14 346 41 918 3 810 

I 146 1 324 844 359 121 

3 268 39 192 14 265 21 686 3 241 

22 167 85 60 22 

468 4 767 I 036 3 263 468 58 813 525 230 58 I 493 21 522 8 796 11 233 I 493 

123 1 482 618 751 113 

3 506 56 190 13 377 39 371 3 442 

4 167 88 75 4 604 6 240 I 925 3 711 604 102 956 338 545 73 

65 833 346 451 36 

152 1 620 621 898 101 

6 053 93 290 19 351 68 277 5 662 

53 305 185 107 13 52 662 331 290 41 34 372 72 266 34 9 214 26 179 9 

4 62 6 52 - 5 1 4 ~ I 

141 1 433 512 827 94 3 919 56 196 10 729 41 768 3 699 

74 619 280 302 37 648 7 247 2 563 4 203 481 

58 383 192 168 23 

15 223 83 127 13 - 9 4 5 -

~I 3 1 2 

~ I 1 - -

- - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 29. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms· see text] 

LIVESTOCK - Con. 

Cattle and calves inventory - (on. Cows and heifers thot hod calved - (on. Milk cows ________________________ _ 

Forms wifh-

__ farmL 

number _ 

I 104 ________________ . ______________________ - ___ _ 5109 ________________________________________ _ 

101049 ____ ______ -- __________ _ 

50 10 99 __________________________________ -- - ___ _ 

10010199 ___________________ .. _________________ _ 200 10 499 __________________________________ - __ _ 

500 or more _____________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ forms_ 

number _ Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves _____________ formL 

number _ 

Cottle and calves sold ________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Calves ___________________________________________ formL 

number _ 

$1,000_ (oHle ___________________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Fattened on grain and concentrates _______________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

Hogs and pigs inventory ______________________________ formsnumber _ 

Farms with- I to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

101049 ____________________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 ___________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 __________________________________________ _ 

20010 499 __________________________________________ _ 

500 or more _________________________________________ _ 

Used or fa be used for breeding _____________________ farms_ 

number _ Other ___________________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Feeder pigs sold _________________________________ forms_ 

litters of pigs farrowed betweennumber _ 

$1,000_ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ farms_ 

number _ Dec. 1 and May 31 ______________________________ farmsnumber _ June I and Nov. 30 ______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory __________________ formL 

number _ Ewes 1 year old ar older ___________________________ farmL 

number _ Sheep and lambs sold ________________________________ farms_ 

number _ Sheep and lambs shorn _______________________________ formL 

number _ 

pounds of wooL 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ farms_ 

number _ Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ farmsnumber _ 

$1,000_ Goats inventory _____________________________________ formsnumber _ Goats sold _________________________________________ formsPOULTRY 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ forms_ 

number _ 

Farms with- I to 399 ____________________________________________ _ 

400103,199 ______________________ : ________________ _ 

3,200 to 9,999 _______________________________________ _ 10,000 to 19,999 _____________________________________ _ 

20,000 to 49,99L _______________________ ~ ____________ _ 

50,000 to 99,999 _____________________________________ _ 100,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying ogL ______________________ farmL 

number _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older not of laying age ____________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

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Totol 

I 343 

49 535 

481 

41 

448 

263 

87 

22 

I 

I 846 

32 421 

I 530 

8 753 

2 047 

53 283 12 498 

I 490 

29 872 

2 486 

I 751 

23 411 10 011 

318 

2 751 

I 274 

902 

59 452 

607 

126 

52 

39 

49 

29 

360 

7 416 

854 52 036 

545 

66 497 

5 611 

219 

14 385 

464 

402 9 069 

347 

4 609 

299 

4 460 

411 6 906 

349 4 710 

287 

4 066 

308 

5 822 39 697 

I 382 

8 049 

396 

I 213 I 639 

222 

I 778 

97 

I 121 

49 

935 

498 358 

810 

65 

27 

14 

12 

5 

2 

915 

302 380 

228 

195 978 

All forms 

Full owners Port owners 

477 755 

8 489 37 775 

260 177 

20 16 

154 258 

33 208 

8 76 

I 20 

I - 837 909 

7 888 22 946 

679 733 

3 675 4 531 

897 I 035 

16 335 33 916 

4 435 7 263 

568 835 

8 862 19 480 

I 154 I 199 

761 891 

7 473 14436 

3 281 6064 

172 136 

957 I 623 

413 798 

563 297 

34 779 17 337 

361 219 

84 38 

34 16 

28 7 

39 9 

17 8 

203 137 

4 462 2 371 

545 272 30 317 14 966 

312 206 

36460 22 834 

3 002 I 820 

90 122 

8 059 5 895 

267 183 

215 166 

5 335 3 141 

187 147 

2864 I 568 

166 116 

2 471 I 573 

264 128 

5 024 I 774 

228 105 

3 423 I 227 

196 80 

3 141 862 198 97 

4 257 I 490 

29 506 9 594 

846 474 

4 402 3346 275 III 

830 353 

I 283 328 

149 69 

I 501 271 

76 21 

943 178 

43 6 

596 307 

I 302 880 162 828 

504 279 

48 14 

16 10 

11 3 10 I 

5 - 2 -

581 303 

I 137 136 141 114 

191 29 

165 744 21 714 

Tenants 

I 

III 

3 271 

44 

5 

36 

2~ I 

~I 100 I I 587

1 

118 

547 

115

1 

3 ~~I 87 

I 530 

133

1 

99 

I 502 

666 

10

171 1 63 

42 

7 336 

27 

4 

~I I 

4 

20 

583 

37 

6 753 

27 

7 2031 

788 

43; 1 14 

593 211 

13 

1771 17 

416 

19 

108 

16 

60 

11 

63

1 13 

75 

597 

62 

301 

10 

30 

28 

4 

6 

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32 6501 

27 

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8 52~ 1 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

Total Full owners Port owners Tenonts 

I 

I 029 320 634 75 

48 949 8 166 37 565 3 218 

187 117 60 10 

24 9 12 3 

445 151 258 36 

263 33 208 2~ I 87 8 76 

22 I 20 

I I - ~I 

I 221 413 726 82 

30 028 6054 22 471 I 503 

966 340 551 75 

7 066 2 568 4 038 460 

I 487 521 867 991 

50 946 14 727 33 272 2 947 

11 988 4 072 7 135 780

1 

I 146 346 724 76 

28 708 8 081 19 136 I 491 

2 379 I 086 I 164 129

1 

I 313 448 781 84 

22 238 6 646 14 136 I 456 

9 609 2 986 5 971 652 

190 91 90 

2 429 766 I 493 17b I I 160 338 760 63 

487 247 213 27 

55 488 31 488 16 715 7 285 

247 83 152 12 

84 56 24 4 

48 33 13 

39 28 7 ~ I 40 30 9 

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29 17 8 

262 146 103 13 

6 962 4 121 2 272 569 

463 236 201 26

1 

48 526 27 367 14 443 6 716 

381 213 147 21 

64 272 35 066 22 033 7 173

5 515 2 943 I 788 784 1 

147 61 81 5 

13 229 7572 5 230 427 

433 254 165 14 

281 151 116 14 

8 597 4 986 3 028 583 

250 135 104 II 

4 252 2 588 I 489 175

1 247 136 lOl 10 

4 345 2 398 I 539 408 

159 87 62 10 

3 585 2 306 I 246 33 128 71 50 7 2 459 I 574 868 17 113 66 41 6 

2 341 I 719 589 

110 62 42 3~1 3 157 2 073 I 061 23 21 073 13 882 7 021 170 

641 352 270 19 3 742 2 228 I 357 157 238 150 82 6 912 588 299 25 I 481 I 161 298 22 81 42 36 3 834 656 174 4 42 28 14 

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555 458 97 28 25 3 

434 241 176 171 I 479 514 I 286 680 160 635 32 199

1 309 149 148 

I! I 65 48 14 27 16 10 14 II 3 12 10 I I 5 5 - - 2 2 - - 427 238 172 17 I 287 200 I 124 403 139 011 23 786 

57 31 22 4 192 314 162 277 21 624 8 4131 

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Table 29. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

POULTRY - Con. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ___________________ forms_ 

number _ Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold _____________ farms_ - number _ Forms with- 1 to 1,999 __________________________________________ _ 

- 2,000 to 59,999 ______________ . _____________________ _ 

60,000 to 99,999 _____________________________________ _ 

100,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding _________________________ forms_ 

number _ - Turkeys sold _____________________________________ forms_ - number _ -

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn for aU purposes _ -

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Tobacco ________ _ _ ____________ forms -- acres 

pounds ______________ forms 

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~- Irrigated _______________ _ -- acres ~-

Forms by acres harvested: 0.110 4.9 ocres _____________________________ _ -- 5.0 to 24.9 ocres ____________________________________ _ 

-- 25.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

--

Irish potatoes ____ _ 

Irrigated _______ _ 

Forms by acres harvested: 

_________________ farms 

acres 

hundredweight 

_forms 

acres 

0.1 to 0.9 acreL _____________________________ _ 

1.0 to 4.9 ocreL ____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 acreL ___________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 acres ___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more _________________________________ _ 

Hay crops (see text) ____ _ _________________ forms 

acres 

tons, dry Irrigated _____________________________ _ _ ____ farms 

acres 

Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 acres ______________ _ 

25 to 99 ocreL ____ . 100 to 499 acres ______ _ 500 acres or more _________________________________ _ 

Alfolfo hoy ________ _ _ _____________ farms 

acres 

tons. dry 

Irrigated __ ____ . _______________________________ forms 

acres 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ______________ farms 

acres Irrigated ______________________________________ forms 

acres 

Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acreL ___________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre5. _________________________________ __ 

25.0 to 99,9 ocres ____ ~ ____________________________ __ 100.0 acres or more ________________________________ _ 

land in orchards ___________________ . ________________ farms 

acres Irrigated _________________________________________ farms 

acres 

Forms by acres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 acres. ____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocreL ___________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 ocre5. _________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more ____ . ___________________________ _ 

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28 MASSACHUSETTS 

Totol 

269 I 085 843 

47 159 991 

41 

6 

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1 661 

67 

137 213 

I 136 

43 535 

44 I 078 

1 536 802 

15 

607 

18 

16 

10 

185 

3 501 

748 993 

24 

178 

52 

75 

33 

18 

7 

3 063 

131 234 

258 428 

15 

235 

1 334 

I 413 

312 

4 

1 070 

26 582 

66 706 7 

lSI 

1 086 

15 172 

327 

4 490 

472 

448 

145 

21 

508 

8 475 

38 

119 

266 

149 

75 

18 

445 

7 623 

91 420 913 

All forms 

Full owners Pan owners 

201 57 929 837 134 147 29 16 157 990 (0) 

23 16 

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45 16 

118 482 2 146 

345 725 

7 141 34474 

21 19 

319 649 

458 729 921 862 

8 6 211 (0) 

13 4 

5 9 

3 6 

77 70 

828 I 999 

173 793 435 961 

11 9 

131 43 

31 17 

23 22 

15 15 

6 12 

2 4 

1 679 1 220 

43 628 79841 

78 148 163 602 

9 6 

132 103 

973 316 

661 651 

44 251 

1 2 

485 537 

9 861 15 632 

22 145 41 361 

5 2 (0) (0) 

648 354 

4 808 8 915 

192 109 

1 475 2628 

353 93 

250 158 

45 84 

- 19 

386 109 

4544 3 799 

33 5 

96 24 

216 45 

117 26 

47 26 

6 12 

334 100 

4000 3 501 

39 304 561 50 757 752 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

Tenants Totol Full owners Port owners Tenants 

111 191 133 50 8 21 859 1 080 027 924431 133 828 21 768 

2 25 15 10 - (0) 157 348 155 498 1 850 -

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1 13 8 4 1 (0) 1 636 1 564 (0) (0) 

6 49 30 13 6 

16 585 136 917 118 210 2 122 16585 

661 959 242 654 63 

1 920 42 624 6674 34 081 1 869 

4 44 21 19 4 

III 1 078 319 649 111 

156 211 1 536 802 458 729 921 862 156 211 

I 15 8 6 I 

(0) 607 211 (0) (0) 

~I 18 13 4 

16 5 9 ~I 1 10 3 6 I 

38 131 58 61 12 

674 3 456 819 1 995 642 

139 239 746 471 172 588 435 528 138 355 

4 22 9 9 4 

5 177 130 43 5 

36' 28 16 9 3 

46 19 21 6 

3 32 15 15 2 

- 18 6 12 - 1 7 2 4 1 

164 1 856 826 917 113 

7 765 106 965 29 068 71 685 6 212 

16 67~, 229 204 59 936 154 444 14 82~1 10 7 3 

- 168 126 42 

45 542 358 158 26 

101 I 002 425 508 69 

17 308 42 249 17 

1 4 1 2 1 

48 787 287 460 40 

1 0891 23 517 7 540 14 977 1 000 

3 200 62 024 18 812 40 220 2 992 

- 6 4 2 -

- 146 (0) (0) -

84 894 482 339 73 

1 449 14 699 4 432 8 881 1 387 

26 294 160 108 26 

387 4 447 1 432 2 627 387 

26 305 207 80 18 

40 424 230 156 38 

16 144 45 84 15 

2 21 - 19 2 

13 297 202 87 8 

132 7 572 3 725 3 736 110 

- 21 17 4 -

- 91 69 22 -

~I 111 83 26 2 

96 68 24 4 

72 45 25 2 

18 6 12 -

111 269 182 80 7 

121 6 899 3 346 3 451 102 

1 358 600 i 91 025 858 38 978 531 50 743 327 1 304 000 

1978 CfNSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 30. Summary by Type of Organization: 1978 

[Excludes abnormal forms- see text] 

All Farms 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Forms __________________________________________ number_ 

percent_ land in forms _____________________________________ ocres_ 

Average size of form _____________________________ ocres_ 

Value of land and buildingsl __________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Average per form ________________________________ dollors_ 

Average per ocre _________________________________ dollarsfarms by value of land and buildings: $1 to $19,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $69,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$70,000 to $99,999 ________________________________ _ 

$100,000 to $149,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$150,000 to $199,999 ___________________________________ _ $200,000 to $499,999 ___________________________________ _ $500,000 to $999,999 ___________________________________ _ $1,000,000 or mor~ ___________________________________ _ 

Owned and rented land by operator: land owned _______________________________________ forms_ 

ocres_ 

land rented or leased from others ___________________ forms_ 

acres- land rented or leased to athers ______________________ farmsacres_ 

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Total cropland _____________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ Harvested cropland ________________________________ farms_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 49 acres ______________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _____________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 ocreL __________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres ___________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocrOL __________________________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 ocro'- _______________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ________________________________ _ 

Croplond, Pasture or grazing only __________________________ tarmsacres-

(over crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses not harvested or pastured __________________________ formsacres_ On which all crops failed _________________________ farmsacres- In cultivated summer follow _______________________ farms_ 

acres- Idle ___________________________________________ farmsacresTotal woodland _____________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ Woodland pastured ________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ Woodland not postured ____________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured _________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

land in house lots, ponds. roads, wasteland. etc. _________ forms_ 

acres_ 

Pastureland, all types ________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ Irrigated land _______________________________________ farms_ 

acres- Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ forms_ 

ocres_ Pastureland irrigated _______________________________ farms_ 

acres_ Other land irrigated ________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ______ farms_ 

acres_ 

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators _____________________________________ number_ Full owners ____________________________________ numbeL 

Part owners ____________________________________ number_ 

Tenants _______________________________________ number_ White _________________________________________ number_ 

Full owners __________________________________ number_ 

Part owners __________________________________ number_ 

Tenants _____________________________________ number_ 

Block and other races _____________________________ numbeL 

Full owners __________________________________ numbeL Port owners __________________________________ number_ 

Tenants _____________________________________ number_ 

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Individual 

Totol or family 

5 871 5017 

100,0 85.4 

667 037 489 437 

114 98 

5 871 5 078 

967 514 738 944 

164 795 145 518 

I 427 I 472 

417 392 

640 582 

I 117 1 002 

947 895 

865 731 

502 439 

I 037 807 

242 170 

104 60 

5 513 4 734 

527 274 381 III 

2 042 I 670 

150 747 117 777 

392 339 

10 984 9 451 

5 506 4 683 

307 310 234 313 

5 087 4 293 

210 973 154 408 

3 863 3 383 

654 515 

414 299 

137 88 

16 8 

2 -

I -

2 497 2 211 

76915 64 578 

334 276 

3 988 2 853 

129 109 

828 717 

105 88 

I 288 I 039 

740 638 

13 318 10 718 

3 565 3083 

267 291 195 234 

989 852 

37 446 29 888 

3 125 2 703 

229 845 165 346 

702 598 

30 984 21 517 

4 003 3 414 

61 452 38 373 

3 194 2 808 

145 345 115 983 

I 021 732 

16 893 7 066 

I 014 726 16 725 (D) 

10 8 100 (D) 

18 15 

68 (D) 

48 38 I 077 661 

5 871 5 017 

3 834 3 351 I 678 I 382 

359 284 5 839 4990 

3 809 3 329 I 672 I 377 

358 284 

32 27 

25 22 

6 5 I -

Partnership Tofal 

447 36s1 

7.6 62

1 

73 987 86 432 

166 237 

434 334 

85 6031 126 5821 

197 2411 378 987

1 I 204 I 419 

20 5 

46 12 

76 38 

23 29 

89

26 1 ~[ 122 101 

26 41 

6 29 

419 320 

59 983 70 226 

205

1 (D) 

153

16 712 1 32

1 

20

1 

(D) 506 

432

1 349\ 35080 34 392 

413

25 570 1 28 ~I 

238

91 1 2~1 61\ 22 

I 2~ I 

-I II 

7 581 193\ 3 930 77\ 

287 32\ 23\ (02 14 

71 40 

14~ I (~I 541 40 

I 430 I 026 

295\ 157 

29 841 33 508 97 35 

5 448 I 507 

253 1 140 

24 393 32 001 

64 34 

3 498 4 496 

306 249 

5 568 14 036 

254 114 

16 527 9 933 

105 167 

2 199 6 852\ 104 167 (D) (0) 

2 

(D) - I 2 (D) (D) 

6 4 60 356 

447 365 243 212 176 108 

28 45 445 362 

242 210 175 108 

28 44 

2 3 

I 2 

I - - I 

Corporation 

Other- j family hold Other than family held cooper-I otive, 

10 or less TO or less estate or 

Total stockholders Total stockholders trust, etc_ i 

1 I 325 3191 40 241 42 

5.5 5.41 

0.6 0.41 

0.7 

65 483 62 213 20 949 I 817 17 181 

201 195 524 76 409 

297 292 37 21 25 

99 726 95 2681 26 856 3 2691 16 3851 

335 776 326 260 1 725 850 155 662 655 4111 

I 451 I 455 1 311 2 428 I 042 

I 5 5 - -

~\ 10 10 2 2 

32 31 6 6 

28 28 I I 

37 ~[ 7 i 1 ~ [ 34 I 

93 

~I 8 

~ \ 

7 

36 5 5 

22 21 7 9 

288 282

1 

32 18

1 

40 

51 969 49 792 18 257 I 465 15 954 

135 133

1 

18 

35~ I 141 (D) (0) 2 847 (D) 

18 18

1 

2 

= I (0\ I (D) (D) (D) 

314 309\ 35 221 421 29469 27 827 4 923 945 3 525 

307 302

1 

33 20 I 411 23 925 22 656 4 551 873 2 519 

200 198

1 

15 I~ I 27 

36 36 8 4 

42 

41\ 

6 

~I 6 

21 20 2 4 

6 5 I -

I I I -

I II - -I -I 

75 74\ 2 2 16 

(0) (D) (D) (D) 826 

15 14\ 8 I 3 

555 45~ 273 (0) (D) 

6 - - -

40 40 - -

(0\ I 7 5~ [ I I 

83 (0) (D) 

34 33 6 2 8 965 922 61 (D) 144 

141 138 16 8 30 24 373 23 333 9 135 492 8 708 

33 31 2 2 5 (0) I 157 (D) (D) 603 124 122 [ 16 8 29 (D) 22 176 (0) (D) 

8 10: \ 32 30 2 I (D) 4 248 (0) (D) I 473 

222 217 27 11 34 7 193 6 805 6 843 352 3 475 

109 106 5 4 18 9 826 9 1061 107 87 2 902 143 141 24 14 

7i~ \ 3 145 3024\ 3 707 583 143 141 24 14 17 (D) (0) (D) 583 776 -

(O~ \ 

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3511 -

=1 =1 356 -

325 319 40 24 \ 42 190 186 22 15 28 98 96 10 3 12 37 37 8 6 2 323 317 39 23 42 188 184 22 15 28 98 96 10 3 12 37 37 7 5 2 2 2 I I 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - I I -

MASSACHUSETTS 29 
Table 30. Summary by Type of Organization: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family __________________________________ forms- - ocres_ - Partnership ________________________________________ forms_ - acres--

Corporations: 

Family held _______________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ forms_ - 10 or less stockholders ___________________________ forms_ - Other than family held _____________________________ farms- - ocres_ - More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ forms_ - 10 or less stockholderL __________________________ forms- - Other-cooperative, estate or trust, etc. ________________ forms_ - ocres_ -

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence: On form operated ______________________________________ _ 

- Not on form operoted ___________________________________ _ - Operators by age group: Under 25 years ________________________________________ _ 

- 25 to 34 yeor'- ____ . ______ . ______________ . _____ . _______ _ 

- 35 to 44 years _________________________________________ _ 

- 4510 54 yeorL ________________________________________ _ - 55 to 64 yeorL ________________________________________ _ - 65 years and over _____________________________________ _ .- Averoge age __________________________________________ _ -

Operators by sex: Mole _________________________________________________ _ 

- Female _______________________________________________ _ 

- Operators of Spanish origin _______________________________ _ -- Operators by principal occupation: Forming _____________________________________________ _ 

-- Other ________________________________________________ _ 

- Operators reporting days of work off form: None _________________________________________________ _ 

- I to 99 days __ . ______ . __________________ . _____________ _ 

- 100 to 199 days __ . _________ . ______ . ___________________ _ - 200 days or more _____________________________________ _ 

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FARMS BY SIZE 

I to 9 acres _____________________________________________ _ - 10 to 49 acres ___________________________________________ _ - 50 to 69 acres __________________________________________ _ - 70 to 99 ocres ___________________________________________ _ - 100 to 139 ocre'- ______ . ________ .. ___ ._. ____ . ____________ _ 

- 140 to 179 acreL ________________________________________ _ - 180 to 219 acres _________________________________________ _ - 220 to 259 ocre'- __ . ______ ._._. ___________ . ______________ _ - 260 to 499 acres ________________________________________ _ - 500 to 999 ocre'- _____ .. _. ______ . ____ . ___________________ _ - 1,000 to 1,999 acre'- __ . __________ ... __ . ___ . _____________ _ -- 2,000 acres or more ______________________________________ _ -

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

(ash groin forms (011) ___________ . __ . ___ ._. ______________ _ 

Field crop, except cosh groin forms (013L ____________________ _ - (otton forms (0131) ___ . ____ .. __________________________ _ - Tobacco forms (01321- ___________ . _________ . ____________ _ - Sugar crop, Irish potato, hoy, peanut, and other field crop forms (0133,0134,0139) _____ . _____ .. __ .... _________________ _ - Vegetable and melon forms (016) ___ . ________ . __ . _________ ._. - Fruit and tree nut forms (017) ____________________________ ~ __ - Horticultural specialty forms (018) __________________________ _ - General forms, primarily crop (019) _________________________ _ 

livestock forms, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialty (021) _ - Beef cottle forms, except feedlots (0212) __ . __ . _____________ _ Dairy forms (024) _. __________ .. ________ . _________________ _ - Poultry and egg forms (025) _._ .. _____ .. ___ .. ____ . __ . ______ _ - Animal specialty forms (0271- ___ ... __________ . ___________ . __ - General forms, primarily livestock (029) ______________________ _ -

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sold _______________ farms-

$1,000_ -

- Forms by value of agricultural products sold: $500,000 or more _________ ... _____ ... -------.--.------- $200,000 10 $499,999 ___ ... _. __ -. -- -- ---. -- ... -- -- .. ---. - $100,00010 $199,999 _. __ ... ___ .. _______ .. _._. _____ . __ . - $40,000 to $99,999 ___ . __ .. ___ - -... -- ---- -- .. -•• - ------ - $20,000 to $39,999 .. _____ . _ .. ___ -. -. --.-.----... ---.--

$10,000 10 $19,999 ... _._. ___ .. ____ ._ .. -- -- ---- -- ------ - $5,000 10 $9,999 .. ____ ... __ . _. ____ -- .----- .--. -------- - $2,50010 $4.999_ ......... ___ ._ .. ____ . __ ._ .. _____ . ___ _ - less Ihon $2,500 _ ........ __________ . ---- -. -------------

See footnote at end of table. 

30 MASSACHUSETTS 

Total 

5 017 

489 437 

447 

73 987 

325 

65 483 6 319 

40 

20 949 

16 

24 

42 

17 181 

4 769 

734 

90 

589 

1 187 

I 343 

I 531 

I 131 

51.9 

5 418 

453 

41 

3 046 

2 825 

2 373 

438 

537 

2 294 

987 

I 797 

515 

498 

575 

420 

288 

153 

477 

133 

23 

5 

39 

842 

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31 

811 

651 

737 

644 

270 

I 227 

619 

814 

207 

340 

100 

5 871 213 473 

49 

145 

293 

688 

565 

556 

714 

849 

2 012 

Individual 

or family Portnership 

5 017 - 489 437 - - 447 - 73 987 

I -

-

- =1 

- - - - - - - -

- - -

- =I 

4 178 354 

505 75 

78 91 495 46 I 040 61 I 138 96 

I 277 143 

989 92 

51.9 53.5 

4 612 417 

405 30 

40 I 

2 422 315 

2 595 132 

I 867 246 

362 40 480 30 1 2 120 110 

839 51 

I 628 91 451 39 

428 35

1 499 48 

353 41 

252 20 118 19 

353 72 

86 29 

10 2 - -

38 I 760 59 

- - 19 3 

741 56 573 50 

587 69 

450 46 

255 9 

I 120 78 

568 39 

645 113 

177 8 

318 9 

94 5 

5 017 447 

106 071 24 663 

7 5 57 23 

165 49 

523 88 

478 46 

488 39 

597 76 

779 56 

I 923 65 

Corporation 

Family held 01 her Ihon family held Othercooperv 

ative, 

10 or less 10 or I.ss estate or 

Totol Total stockholders Totol stockholders trust, etc. 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

325 1 325 319 1 - - -

65 4831 65 483 62 213 - - -

6 6 - - - - 319 319 319 - - - 40 - - 40 24 -

20 949 - - 20949 I 8J7 - 16 - - 16 - -

24 - - 24 24 -

=1 

-

=1 

- - 42 

- - - 17 181 

211 203 200 8 7 26 

140 110 107 30 16 14 

4~ I 2 2 - - I 

37 35 4 2 7 

77 76 75 I I 9 

101 86 84 15 8 8 

98 83 82 15 9 13 

46 41 41 5 4 4 

5004 50.1 50.2 5304 54.3 49.3 

352 314 308 38 22 37 

13 II II 2 2 5 

- - - - - -

288 256 251 32 19 21 

77 69 6B 8 5 21 

242 218 213 24 II 18 

31 26 26

1 

5 

~ I 5 

24 21 21 3 

51 45 44 6 5 I~ I 

93 85 83 8 8 4 

73 69 69 4 2 5 

23 18 18 5 4 2 

32

1 

28 27 4 4· 24 22 22 2 I ~I 23 20 20 3 - 3 

13 10 10 3 3 3 

16 13 13 3 2 -

40 35 34 5 - 12 

16 16 15 - - 2 

8 7 7 I - 3 

4 2 I 2 - I 

I 

- - - - - - 15 8 7 7 I 8 

- - - - - -

9 3 2 6 - -

6 5 5 I I 8 

24 23 23 I I 4 

67 56 56 II 6 14 

147 137 135 10 8 I 

6 6 6 - - -

20 18 18 2 2 9 

8 6 6 2 2 4 51 51 49 - - 5 

21 16 15 5 3 I 13 9 9 4 3 -

I I I - - -

365 325 319 40 24 42 

80 296 54 538 52 630 25 758 2 249 2 443 

36 25 24 II - I 

62 55 52 7 4 3 

76 69 69 7 5 3 

75 68 68 7 7 2 

38 34 34 4 4 3 

27 27 26 - - 2 

30 28 27 2 2 II 

9 9 9 - - 5 

12 10 10 2 2 12 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 30. Summary by Type of Organization: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes obnormal forms- see text) 

All Farms 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOlO-Con. 

Market value of agricultural products sold - (on. Grain ___________________________________________ farms_ 

$I,O()(L Sales of $40.000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ 

Commodity Credit Corporation 100n5 ________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ (otton and cottonseed _____________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons ________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Tobacco _________________________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Soles of $.40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ Field seeds, hoy, forage, and siloge ___________________ forms-

$1.000_ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons __________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Soles of $40.000 or more _________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ____________________________ formL 

$1.000_ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ 

Nursery and greenhouse products ____________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ formL 

$1.000_ Other crops ______________________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms-

$1.000_ 

Poultry and poultry products ________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farmL 

$1.000_ Dairy products ____________________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ formL 

$1.000_ Cottle ood cotves __________________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms-

$1.000_ 

Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ 

Sheep, lambs, and wool ____________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farffis-

$1.000_ Other livestock and livestock products (see textL _______ farms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4.999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5.000 to $19.999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20.000 to $49.999 ___________________________________ _ 

$50.000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4.999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5.000 to $19.999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20.000 to $49.999 ________ ----------c--- _____________ _ $50.000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ forms_ 

Forms by tons purchased: 

toos_ 

$1.000_ 

I to 99loos _______________________________________ _ 

100 to 499 toos ____________________________________ _ 

500 tons or more __________________________________ _ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4.999 ______________________________________ _ 

$5.000 to $19.999 __________________________________ _ 

$20.000 to $49.999 _________________________________ _ $50.000 or more ___________________________________ _ 

See footoote at eod of toble. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total 

99 

365 

2 

(0) 

I 

(0) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

44 

6 985 

17 

6 589 

I 269 

4 663 

8 

411 

I 086 

13659 

77 

6 851 

940 

30 331 

165 

24 780 

797 

41 086 

188 

35 904 

181 

3 394 

16 

2 639 

566 

18 584 

77 

17 144 

920 

61 184 

510 

53 599 

2047 

12 498 

43 

4 134 

545 

5 611 

29 

3 401 

334 

237 

-

-

706 

14 876 

17 

13 038 

2 033 

II 358 

I 659 

269 

71 

34 

3 303· 

40 209 

2 239 

553 

353 

158 

2 173 

219 258 

33 270 

I 593 

513 

67 

I 256 

530 

270 

117 

Individual 

or family Partnership 

1 

89 6 

308 25 

2 -

(0) 

(JI -

-

- -I - =1 -

-

=1 

-

-

28 

627 59~1 5 

1 

321 

137 53~1 93 

4 002 

::: I 8 

411 

934 

9440 

48 2 4i~1 

3 885 (0) 

745 89 

12 856 2 662 

90 21 

8413 2 147 

570 64 

II 805 (0)1 71 18 

8 003 

152 2 3451 22 

I 686 911 

10 3 

I 061 813

1 507 28 

10 303 I 02~1 53 

8 976 946 

736 124 

40 400 10 151 

374 86 

33 805 9399 

I 774 192 

8 808 2 152 

23 10 

2 105 (0) I 480 43 

3 254 I 345 

15 7 

I 420 I 079 

308 15 

173 21 

- - - 652 301 

2 410 (0) 

II - 691 -

I 794 140 

6 817 I 181 

I 513 98

1 

218 30 

42 7 

21 5 

2 934 233 24 203 5 425 

2 126 81 

466 54 

258 62 

84 36 

I 880 182 

131 496 29 888 

19 160 4 280 

I 481 751 367 96 

32 II 

I 191 48 

428 69 

201 43 

60 22 

Total 

4 

32 

-

=1 

=1 

-

-

-

-

10

5 766 1 

5 73~1 29 

151 

-

-

46 

I 614

1 13 

I 223\ 

89 

13 2~bl 12 707 

161 

26489 

25 5~1 7 

798 

3 

764 

24 

7 242 

19 1 7 

2~~ I 10106 

47 

9 9~1 I 429 

9 

867

1 

17 

I 001 

7 

903 

5 

32 

-

231 12 415 

6 

12 346 

82 

3 283 

331 20 

22 

7 

10 253 1171 

241 

29 

28 

36 

99 

56 414 

9 591 

32 

44 

23 

15 

30 

20 

34 

Corporation 

family held Other than family held Othercooperative, 

10 or less 10 or less estate or 

Total stockholders Total stockholders trust, etc. 

4 4 - - -

32 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - =1 =1 

-

=1 

- =1 =1 - -

- -

- - =1 - -

- - -

=1 

-

- - - - - - - -

4 

~I 6 

=1 =1 I 364 4 402 

3 2 6 - - I 334 (0) 4 402 - -

28 27 I I 10 

(0) 137 (0) (0) 39 

- - - - - - - - - - 43 43 3 3 5 

I 573 I 573

1 

40 

~I II: I 13 13 -

I 223 I 223 - - (0)\ 

77 77 12 7 17 

8 469 8 469 4 753 559 I 593 

39 39 II 6 

51~ I 7968 7968 4 739 545 I 

151 149 10 8 

24256 24 227 2 233 I 095 

91 91 8 (D~ I 06~ 1 23 349 23 349 2 206 I 

(011 

6 6 I - (0) (0) (0) - 2 2 I - (0) (0) (0) 

(O~ I -

19 18 5 7 

5097 4 885

1 

2 144 369 16 

15 14 4 

5079 4 867 2 143 (O~ I =1 

53 51 - - 7 

10 106 9492 - - 527 

47 45 - - 3 

9 928 9 314 - - 468 

64 62 2 2 15 

(0) (0) (0) (0) 108 

9 8 - - 1 

867 (0) I - -I (0) I 17 171 - - 5 

I 001 I 001 - - II 

7 

9:~1 - - -

903 - - - 5 - - 6 

32 - - II - - - - -

181 

-

:;1 11 18 5 

336 336 12 078 78 4 4 2 I (D~\ (0) (0) (0) (0) 

76 74 6 4 17 I 639 I 589 I 644 29 78 

30 29

1 

3 

~I l~l 19 19 I 21 20 1 

6 6 I 

110 107\ 7 

26~ 1 6324 6021 19 \ 3 928 328 

23 23 1 I II 81 28 28 I I il 27 27 I I 32 29 4 I 

93 90 6 3 12 37 186 35 393 19 228 I 845 I 460 5 677 5 388 3 914 252 239 

31 31 I 

~ I 5 43 

43 \ 

I 6 19 16 4 I I 

14 14 1 1 2 30 30 I - - 3 19 19 I I 6 30 27 4 I I 

MASSACHUSETTS 31 
Tobie 30. Summary by Type of Organization: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal farms; see text] 

All Farms 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSESI-(on. 

Animal health costL _________________________________ forms_ · $1,000. · Forms with expenses of-

$1 to $499 •....•...................•..•......••...... 

$500 to $999 .•...........••.........•.......•........ 

$1,000 to $2,999 .....•.........•...................... · $3,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

· 

Seeds, bulbs. plants, and trees _______________________ forms_ · $1,000. · Forms with expenses of-

$1 to $999 .•..............•........•................. · 

W~gg :~ tH~~ == ======== ~~ ~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~:::: :::::::: $10,000 or more.... ........ . ....................... . 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000. Forms with expenses of-

$1 to $2,499 ....................•.....•..•........... $2,500 to $9,999 .......•....................•......... 

$10,000 to $19,999 ...•................................ $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ forms_ 

$1,000. Farms with expense s of-

$1 to $2,499 ........................................ . 

$2,500 to $9,999 .........................•............. 

$10,000 to $19,999 .............. _ ................••... 

$20,000 or more .....•..................•.....•......• 

Energy and petroleum products _______ _ 

Forms with expenses of-

________ forms_ 

$1,000. 

$1 to $2,499 ........................................ . $2,500 to $9,999 •.........•....................•.....• 

$10,000 to $19.999 ...............................•.... 

$20,000 or more •. _ ..•...•..........•.•...........•... 

Petroleum products ________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000. Gasoline _________________________ . ______________ farms_ 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· $1,000 .. 

Diesel fuel _____________________________________ forms .. 

$1,000 .. 

lP gas, butane, and propane ______________________ farms_ · 

$1,000 .. Fuel oil _______________________________________ farms .. 

$1,000 .. Naturol gas ___________ . ________________________ farms .. 

$1,000 .. 

Kerosene, motor oil. and grease ___________________ forms .. 

$1,000 .. Electricity _______________________________________ farms .. $1,000 .. 

Other-cool, wood, coke, etc. ______________________ forms .. $1,000. 

Hired form lobor _________ _ · ______ forms_ 

$1,000 .. 

Forms with expenses of-

$1 to $4,999 ••••••.................•••........••..... 

$5,000 to $19,999 .•.•...............•...•.......•..... 

$20,000 to $49,999 ••..............•••.....•..•........ 

$50,000 or more ......•.•.....•..•.........•.......•.. 

Workers by number of days worked: 150 doys or more _______________________________ forms_ 

workers_ less than 150 doys ______________________________ forms_ 

workers_ 

Controct labor ______________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000. 

Farms with expenses of-

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

$1 to $2,499 ....•..................•..............•. .. $2,500 to $9,999 ••..••............•••.......•.•....•.• 

$10,000 to $19,999 ••••.............••...••••........•• 

$20,000 or more •••••..........•.................•.•.. 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment ____________________________________ -farms_ 

$1,000. 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 .•..••.•........•.••.••..•..............• 

$2,500 to $9,999 .......•••...•..........•.••......••.. $10,000 to $19,999 ............•......••••...•......... 

$20,000 or more ............•...••...•......•.......•• 

FARM-RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine work, cusfomwork, and other ogricultu(ol services ___________________________ farms_ 

$1,000. 

Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for human consumption _____________________________ forms_ 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

$1,000. · 

See foolnole at end of lob Ie. 

32 MASSACHUSmS 

Total 

2 478 

1 500 

1 791 

305 

309 

73 

3 034 7 812 

2 169 

638 

123 

104 

3 989 

7 250 

3 234 

640 

81 

34 

3 772 

4 007 

3 438 

272 

37 

25 

5 832 

15 934 

4 563 

1 016 

138 

115 

5 825 

11 954 

5 516 4 789 

1 725 

1 108 

488 

516 

1 096 4 447 

149 

170 

5 824 

924 3 834 

3849 

377 

131 

2 754 40 287 

1 738 

650 

231 

135 

I 439 

6 028 

2 234 

17 418 

469 

1 658 

334 

103 

12 

20 

1 173 

1 690 

1 077 

75 

17 

4 

411 

836 

1 250 9 745 

Individual 

or family Partnership 

2 157 198 

892 207 

I 657 90 

248 37

1 216 59 

36 12 

2 534 267 3 185 614 

1 941 159 479 85 84 11 

30 121 

3 384 324 4 635 1 126 

2 884 191 446 107 41 20 13 6 

3 156 322 1 2 146 422 

2 973 281 

165 37 

13 2 

5 2 

5 042 432 

7 987 1 639

1 4 192 268 765 134 

54 17 

31 13 

5035 432 5 934 1 261 

4 776 410

1 3064 640 

1 396 172 

732 140 

341 42 

149 43 

791 97 

1 383 354 

115 11 

51 11 

5 035 432

555 73 1 

3 221 313 

1 952 (0) 

333 18 

101 (0) 

2 226 228 

13 324 3 110 

1 577 109 

507 77 

113 28 

29 14 

1 028 144 

2 447 489 

1 832 169 

9929 1 284 

398 34 

1 088 (0) 

287 31 

97 2 

4 1 

10 -

963 107 

668 140 

919 92 

40 14 

2 1 

2 -

349 44 

560 (0) 

1 110 90 

6 305 1 768 

Corporotion 

Family held Olher than family held Othercooperative, 

10 or less 10 or less estate or 

Total Tolol stockholders Total stockholders trust, etc. 

105 99 96 6 3 18 

379 209 193 169 1 22 

35 33 33 2 2 9 

19

1 

18 18 1 I I 

31 31 30 - - 3 

20 17 15 3 - 5 

220 204 201 16 12 13 

3 998 3437 3429 561 194 16 

60 55 55 5 4 9 

71 69 66 2 1 3 

27 25 25 2 1 1 

62

1 

55 551 7 6 -

264 234 230 30 17 17 

1 404 1 013 924 391 32 85 

148 134 133 14 14 11 

83 76 76 7 3 4 

19 17 16 2 - 1 

14 7 5 7 - 1 

273 1 244 240 1 29 15 21 

1 375 1 049 1 018 326 29 64 

168 156 155 12 12 16 

68 62 60 6 3 2 

19 14 14 5 - 3 

18 12 11 6 - -

333 296 291 37 21 25 

6 1641 4 741 4642

1 

1 423 180 144 

90 82 81 8 8 13 

113 104 104 9 7 4 

59 55 53 4 2 8 

71 55 53 16 4 -

333 296 291 37 21 25 

4649 3 703 3 617 946 157 108 

306

1 

270 266

1 

36 20

1 

241 1 036 794 766 242 28 48 

148 134 132 14 9 9 

232 199 192 33 4 3 

98 80 78 18 8 7 

315 115 79 200 2 9 

198 178 175 20 11 10 

2 670 2439 2428 232 119 40 

21 15 14 6 - 2 

105 54 52 52 

2! 1 

(0) 

332 295 290 1 37 25 

290 102 99 188 6 279 251 248 28 13 21 

1 493 (0) (0) 475 23 (0) 

24 22 22 2 1 2 

22 (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) 

285 250 245 35 19 15 

23 434 14 044 13 328 9390 594 418 

461 45 441 1 1 6 

63 59 59 4 3 3 87 72 71 15 13 3 89 74 71 15 2 3 

257 227 223 30 15 10 

3 040 1 936 1 787 1 104 86 52 

220 190 185 30 14 13 

6 087 3 188 2 765 2 899 234 118 

35 30 30 5 3 2 513 351 351 162 83 (0) 

14 14 14 - - 2 

4 4 4 - - - 7 5 5 2 1 - 10 7 7 3 2 -

99 84 82 15 5 4 

861 220 203 641 12 21 

65 59 58 6 3 I 

19 17 17 2 2 2 13 8 7 5 - 1 

2 - - 2 - -

17 17 17 - - 1 

109 109 109 - - (0) 

41 40 40 1 1 9 

1 649 (0) (0) (0) (0) 23 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - STATE DATA 
Tobie 30. Summary by Type of Organization: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms- see text) 

All Farms 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ forms. 

$1,000_ 

Farms by value group: $110 $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5,00010 $9,99L ____________________________________ _ 

$10.000 10 $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 10 $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$50,000 10 $99,999 ________________ - _________ -- --. 

:~gg;ggg :~ m~;~~~ ==:==::::::::::::::::-:::: :::::::= 

$500,000 or more __________________________ -- -- -- - __ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles _. _________ ._. ____________ . ____ . _. ______ formL 

number _ Motortrucks, including pickups ________________________ forms. 

number _ Wheel tractors. ________ . _. ___ . ___ . __________________ forms. 

number _ 2 or 3 ___________________________________________ formsnumber _ 

4 or more ___________ ._. _______ •. ____ . ___ . __ . _____ forms. 

number _ 

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only _____________ forms. 

number _ 

Corn pickers. corn heads. and picker-shellers _____________ forms_ 

number _ Corn heads for combines ___________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers _________________ farms_ 

number_ 

(otfonpickers _______________________________________ forms_ 

number _ Mower conditioners _________________________________ farms_ 

number _ Pickup bolers _______________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ forms_ 

number _ 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ lime ____________________________________________ farmsacres on which used_ 

tons_ 

Sprays, dusts, granules. fumigants, etc, to control- Insects on hoy and other crops ______________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ Nematodes in crops _______________________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ Diseases in crops and orchards ______________________ farms_ 

ocres on which used_ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and posture __________ forms_ 

acres on which used_ 

Chemicals torDefoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit __ . __ . _________________________________ forms_ 

acres on which used_ Insect control on livestock and poultry ________________ farms_ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control ________________ farms_ 

LIVESTOCK 

(llIle and calves inventory ___________________________ farms_ 

torms with -

I 109 

101049. 

501099 _ . 

100 10 199 __ 

200 10 499 __ 

500 or lUore_ 

number _ 

(ows and heifers that hod calved ____________________ forms_ 

number _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 8eef cows _. -- _____________________ forms_ -

~arms with -

I 109 . 101049 _ 501099 __ 

100 10199 

200 10499._ 500 or more __ 

See foolnolo at ond of lablo. 

number _ -

-

-

-

-

-

-

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total 

5 868 

126 455 

997 

1 862 

1 190 

I 166 

452 

152 

44 

5 

3 149 

4 356 4 848 

9 838 4 733 

10 818 2 051 

4 789 

857 

4 204 

32 

46 

188 

214 

J06 

112 

97 

102 

-

- 1 423 

I 554 

1 761 

I 880 

996 

1 171 

4 509 

11 257 

3 808 

153 311 

1 864 

41 304 

65 084 

1 791 

41 911 

205 

4 850 

1 108 

22 791 

1 753 

58 648 

209 6 352 

1 318 

I 152 

2 584 100 909 

1 039 

885 

378 

215 

62 

5 

2 235 

59 735 

1 298 10 200 

1 005 

279 

10 

3 

1 

-

Individual 

or family Partnership 

1 

5077 433 

88 366 15 536 

913 56 

1 740 92 

1 087 551 930 112 

307 79 1 82 30 

18 9 

- -

2 670 28-41 3 542 505 

4 154 378 

7 604 98-4 

4 062 374 

8 660 1 141 

I 778 157 

4 131 385 

615 129

1 2 860 668 

27 

41 (Oil 155 21 

173 (0)1 89 12 

93 13 

78 11 

80 (0)1 

-

15;1 

- I 180 

1 288 

1 518 161\ 173 

1 628 178 

803 131 

933 155 I 

3 840 353 

6 781 1 549 

3 215 323 

106 052 20936 

1 554 159

27 188 5 161 1 

44 480 8 051 

1 455 160 

24997 6 035 

139 31 

2086 (0) 

889 93 I 14 023 2 454 

1 413 187 

36 751 8 163 

155 13 

3 501 528 

1 112 133 

953 105 

2277 214 

73 836 14 381 

985 35 799 74 

297 62 

163 29 

33 14 

- -

1 951 197 

43 344 8 429 

1 194 79 9 139 570 I 934 58 

248 21 

9 -

3 - - - - -

Tol01 

33J 21 

2771 25 

26 

451 

122 

571 

36 

17 

5 

181 1 291 

292 

1 179 

273 

930 

109 

253 

99 

612 1 

(0\ I 11 

1!1 

10

1 

8~1 96\ 61 

65 

52 

73 I 

293 2 779 

253 

24 604 

148

8 862 1 

12 375 

167 

10 135 

33 

I 238 

116 

5 ~g~\ 12 457 

38 2 128 

65 

83 

\ 

11 669 741 

11 

1~1 21 

14 

5 

70 7 425 

18 

373 

10 

7 

-

-

1 

-

Corporotion 

olher-l family held Other thon family held cooper-, otive, 

10 or less 10 or less estate or 

Totol stockholders Totol stockholders trust, etcJ 

1 

296 291 37 21 25 

15 942 15 416 5334 492 1 277 

23 22 2 2 3 

21 21 5 

41 ~I jl 1~1 4 

114 8 8 

52 51 1 5 1 ~I 34 34 2 1 4 

8 7 9 - - 3 3 2 - -

170 1671 II 61 141 

267 263

1 

24 8 18 

261 257 31 15 24 

957 924 222 39 71 

243 240 30 15 24 

835 813

1 

95 36 87 

100 100 9 8 7 

229 229 24 21 20 

87 8-4 12 2 141 550 528 1 62 (D) I 64 

I 1 - -

J (0) (D) - -

11 10 - -

16 15 - -

~! 5 5 - -

6 6 - -

7 6 - -

10 91 - -I (0)1 

-

8; I - - - - - - - 8-4 2 1 7 

(D) 

90 I (0) (D) 9 

61 59 - - 9 

65 62 - - 9 

52 50 - - 10 

73 69 I - -I 10

1 

1 261 257

1 

32 18 23 

2062 I 942 717 61 148 

225 221 28 15 17 

20 179 18 748 4 425 677 1 719 

138 135 1 10 

8 638 8 538 224 8~ I 9~ I 12 172 12 005 203 148 \ 178 

143 140 24 

12\ 

9 

6 229 5 808 3 906 45f 744 

26 25 7 2 

677 557 561 (0) (D) 

102 1011 14 

19~ I 10 

4 548 

4 ~~~ \ 

1 260 506 

123 13 8 17 10419 9904 2 038 231 1 277 

36 36\ 2 1 3 (D) (0) (D) (0) 195 61 60 I 4 2 8 

72 71 11 2 11 

I \ \ 72 70 \ 2 2 19

1 

(D) 10663 (0) (D) 1 023 

11 

1~ I - -

~I 8 - - 13 13 2 

~\ 21 21 - 2 14 12 - 1 5 5 - -

68 66 2 2 17 (D) 6912 (D) (D) 537 16 16 2 2 7 (D) (D) (D) (D) 118 1 10· 10 - - 3 5 5 2 2 3 - - - - I 

- - - - -

1 1 - - - - - - - -

MASSACHUSETTS 33 
Table 30. Summary by Type of Organization: 1978-Con. 

All Farms 

UVESTOCK - Can, 

Cottle and calves inventory ~ Can. 

Cows and heifers that hod calved - Can. Milk cows ____________________________________ forms_ - number _ Forms with- I to 4 _ .. ____ __ _ ____________________ _ 

5 to 9 ________________________________ ========== 10 to 49 _______________________________________ _ 50 to 99 ________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 _______________________________ _ 

200 to 499 __________ _ 

500 or more ______ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________ _ _____ forms_ 

number _ Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves ____________ form5_ 

number _ 

Cottle and calves sold_____ _ _______________ form5-

number _ 

$1,000_ Colvcs__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________ form5_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Cottle __________ _ ______________ form5-

number _ 

$1,000_ Fattened on groin and concentrates ____ _ _ _______ form5-

Hogs and pigs inven1ory ________ _ 

Forms withnumber _ 

$1,000_ 

_ ________________ farmsnumber _ 

I to 9 __ __ __ _ _________________________________ _ 

IOt049 _____________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 __________________________________________ _ 

100to 199 ________________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 _________________________________________ _ 

SOD or more _____________ .. __________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ form5-

number _ Other __________ _ _________________________ forms_ 

number_ 

Hogs and pigs sold _______________ _ __________ forrns_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Feeder pigs sold _________________________________ forms_ 

litters of pigs farrowed betweennumber _ 

$1,000_ 

Dec. I of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ form5-

number _ Dec. land May 31 _________________ . ___________ forms_ 

number _ June land Nov. 30 _____________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory _________________ form5-

number _ Ewes 1 year old or older __________________________ forms_ 

number _ Sheep and lambs sold _______________________________ forms_ 

number _ Sheep and lambs sharn ______________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

pounds of wool_ 

Horses and ponies inventory ________________________ formsnumber _ Horses and ponies sald ______________________________ form5_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Goats inventory _____________________________________ forms-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- number _ - Goats sold _________________________________________ formsPOULTRY 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory ______________ forms_ 

number _ 

Forms with- I 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 _____________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hens and pullets of laying age _______________________ forms_ - number _ - Pullets 3 months old or older not of laying age __________________________________ forms_ 

number _ -

See footnote at end of toble. 

34 MASSACHUSETTS 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text) 

Individual 

Total or family Partnership 

I 

I 343 I 120 152 49 535 34 205 7 859 

481 443 271 41 35 448 383 5! I 263 200 43 87 50 21 22 9 3 I - - I 846 I 598 179 

32 421 23 388 4 814

1 I 530 I 331 134 

8 753 7 104 I 138 

2 047 I 774 192 53 283 38 188 8 484 

12 498 8 808 2 152 I 490 I 267 155 29 872 21 907 4 246 

2 486 2 005 237 I 751 I 510 171 I 23 411 16 281 4 238 10 011 6 803 I 914 318 285 25 2 751 I 520 (0) I 274 645 (0) 

902 811 55 59 452 35 711 14 615 

607 566 231 126 110 II 

52 46 5 39 37 I 

49 41 6 29 II 9 

360 311 30 7 416 4409 I 803 

854 771 52 52 036 31 302 12 8121 

545 480 43 66 497 40 723 14 579 

5 611 3 254 I 345 

219 197 II 

14 385 10 330 (0) 

464 326 (0) 

402 352 30

9 069 5 520 2 116 1 

347 304 26 4 609 2 851 I 038 

299 252 28 

4 460 2 669 I 078 

411 378 18 6 906 5 399 535 

349 325 15 

4 710 3 620 281 

287 264 13 

4 066 3 284 325 

308 285 14 

5 822 4 583 313 

39 697 31 841 2 223 

I 382 I 245 90 

8 049 6 843 452 

396 375 II 

I 213 I 045 27 

I 639 I 462 17 

222 207 II 

I 778 I 656 114 

97 92 4 

I 121 I 063 (0) 

49 43 (0) 

935 859 45 

I 498 358 860 756 77 17l 

810 759 36 

65 59 4 

27 22 2 

14 10 2 

12 7 I 

5 I - 2 I - 915 839 45 

I 302 380 778 005 (0) 

228 211 5 

195 978 82 751 (0) 

Corporation 

family held Other than family held Othercooperative. 10 or less 10 or ~ss estote or 

Total Totol stockholders Total stockholders trust, etc. 

I I 

60 60 58 - - II 

7 052 7 052 6 579 - - 419 

61 6 61 - =1 ~ I 

I~ I I I - 9 9 - - 2 

19 19 - - I 

14 14 14 - - 2 

10\ 

10 8 - - -

I I I - - -

54 54 52 - - 15 

3 849 3 849 3~1 -

(O~ I 370

1 52 1 50 2 13 

395 (0) 262 (0) 116 

66 64 62 2 2 15 

6 128 (0) 5 542 (0) (0) 483 

I 429 (0) I 292 (0) (0) 108 

60 58 56 2 2 8 

3 462 (0) 3 070 (0) (0) 257 

231 (0) 182 (0) (0) 13 

58 1 56 

2 4~1 2 

(0~1 121 2 666 (0) (0) 226 I 199 (0) I 110 (0) (0) 95 

6 6 6 - - 2 

38 38 38 - - (0) 

17 17 17 - - (0) 

26 26 26 - - 10 

8 847 8 847 8847 - - 279 

121 12 12 - -I 61 2 2 2 - - 3 I I I - - - I I I - - -

I I I - - I 

9 9 9 - - - 14 14 14 - - 5 

I 180 I 180 I 180 - - 24 

23

1 

23 23 -

=1 

8 7 667 7667 7667 1 - 255 1 

17 17 17 - - 5 II 040 II 040 II 040 - - 155 

I 001 I 001 I 001 - - II 

9 9 9 - - 2 I 851 I 851 I 851 - - (0) 

66 66 66 - - (0) 

15 15 151 -

=1 

5 

I 417 I 417 I 417 - 16 13 13 13 - - 4 711 711 711 - - 9 

15 15 15 - - 4 

706 706 706 - - 7 

9 9 9 - - 6 479 479 479 - - 493 

4 4 

43i I - - 5 431 431 - - 378 

5 5 5 - - 5 188 188 188 - - 269 4 4 4 - - 5 473 473 473 - - 453 

3 195 3 195 3 195 - - 2 438 

38 37 37 I I 9 

720 (0) (0) (0) (0) 34 

10 9 9 I I -

141 (0) (0) (0) (0) - 160 (0) (0) (0) (0) - 3 3 3 .. - I (0) (0) (0) - - (0) .. - - - - I - - - - - (0) - - - _. - (0) 

20 16 15 4 2 II 

559 005 422 112 399 512 136 893 (0) I 426 

5 5 5 - - 10 I I I - - I 3 I I 2 2 - 2 2 2 - - .. 

4 4 3 - - -

4 2 2 2 - - I I I - - - 20 16 15 4 2 II 

452 455 334 209 320 209 118 246 (0) (0) 

10 7 6 3 I 2 106 550 87903 79 303 18 647 (0) (0) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - STATE DATA 
Tobie 30. Summary by Type of Organization: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms- see text] 

All Farms 

POULTRY - Can. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold __ __ __ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ forms. 

number _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold _____________ farms_ 

number _ 

Forms with- 1 to 1,999 _______ . ____ . ______________ . 

2,000 to 59,999 __________________ _ 60,000 to 99,9~? _______________ .. __ . __________ _ 100,000 or more _____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breedin9 _________________________ forms_ 

number _ Turkeys sold _____________________________________ forms_ 

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn tor all purposes _________ _ 

number _ 

__ formL 

ocreL 

Tobacco ___________ . _________________ . ____________ forms_ 

acrespounds- Irrigated. _____________________ . _________________ forms. 

Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres __ • _________________ . _________ . _______ _ 5.0 to 24.9 acreL ____________________________________ _ 

25.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ formL 

acres_ 

hundredweight _ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

acresFarms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 ocreL _____________________________________ _ 

1.0 to 4.9 acreL _____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre'-____________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 acreL ___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Hay crops (see text) _________________________________ farmL 

ocres_ 

tons, dry_ Irrigated _________________________________________ tarms_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 acres _________________________ . _______________ _ 

25 to 99 ocres _______________________________________ _ 

100 to 499 ocre'- ____________________________________ _ 500 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Alfolfo hoy ___ .. ___________________________________ form'_ 

ocres_ 

tons, dry_ Irrigated _______________________________________ formL 

ocres_ 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ______________ tarms_ 

acres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre' _____________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 ocre'-___________________________________ _ 100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

land in orchards ____________________________________ farmsacres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

Forms by acres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 acreL _____________________________________ _ 

5.01024.9 ocr.' _____________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 ocre'-___________________________________ _ 100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Apple, __________________________________________ forms. 

total ocres_ 

pounds_ 

'1978 dato ore based on a sample of farms; see text. 

- 1 

-

-

-

- 1 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 91 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Individual 

Total or fomily 

269 233 

085 843 586 232 

47 45 

15~ 991 (0) 

41 39 

6 6 

- -

- -

19 18 

1 661 1 061 

67 59 

137 213 99 743 

1 136 941 

43 535 28 725 

44 28 

1 078 182 

536 802 333 799 

15 5 

607 28 

18 18 

16 10 

10 -

185 156 

3 501 I 779 

748 993 379 354 

24 17 

178 68 

52 45 

75 66 

33 28 18 14 

7 3 

3 063 2 705 

131 234 106 260 

258 428 198 955 

15 11 

235 201 

1 334 1 245 

1 413 1 225 

312 233 

4 2 

1 070 903 

26 582 20 792 

66 706 50 613 

7 5 

151 (0) 

1 086 934 

15 172 11 255 

327 262 

4 490 2 698 

472 433 

448 383 

145 105 

21 13 

508 429 

8 475 5 300 

38 33 

119 88 

266 242 

149 126 75 54 

18 7 

445 375 

7 623 4 754 

420 913 49 992 057 

Partnership 

lJ 61 

~I -I 

=1 

-

-

1 

(0) 

I 

134 

6 577 

6 

104 

161 65j I 

7: I 

11 21 

989 

213 44~1 

(O~ I 

! I 

2481 

14 751 

34 993 

3 

(0) 

62 

140 

~I 

110 

3 551 

10 028 

1 

(0) 

101 

2 3411 

34 

916 

26 

48 

23 

4 

37 

557 

(O~ I 

13 

17 

7 

-

36 

461 

5 318 640 

Totol 

I 

151 

437 1001 

(O~ 

21 

=1 

1 

(0) 

6 

(0) 

I 

54 

7 918 

10 

793 

1 041 349 

50~ , 

-

1 

9 

8 

733 

156 19~ 1 

(0) 

1 

1 

2 

3 

1 

891 

8 630 21 237 

-

-

18 

42 

2~ 1 

45 

1 987 

5 436 

-

-

46 1 504 1 27 

819 

12 

14 

16 

4 

2 

36

537 1 

(0: I 

4 

13 

11 

28 

2 347 

35 246 951 

Corporation 

Olher-I family held Other thon family held cooper· otive, I 10 or less 10 or less eSfate or 

Total stockholders Total stockholders trust, etc. 

I 11 10 4 2 5 

305 900 255 400 131 200 (0) 865 

1 1 1 1 - (0) (0) (0) (0) -

1 11 1 ~I =1 -

=1 

-

- - - -

- - - -

1 1 - - -

(0) (0) - - -

6 6 - - 1 

(0) (0) - -

(0) 

I I I 

54 ) -

=1 

7 1 

7 918 7 3731 - 315 

4 D.41 6 

=1 

-

205 588 -

285 820 755 529 

=, =, 2 5 

148 27 361 

- - - - -

1 1 - - -

3 2 6 - -

7 7 1 1 -

(0) (0) (0) (0) -

(0) (011 (0) (0) 

2 - - =1 

(0) 

(0: I - -

1 

1 

- - ~I 

~I - -

~I 2 - - 2 1 1 

1 - -

86 841 3 31 2d 

8 565 7 8251 65 65

1 

1 593 

21 117 18 840 120 12~ 3 243 

- - 1 

- -

~ I (0) 

17 171 1 9 

40 40 2 6 

28 2~ 1 - 1 - =1 ~ I 45 

I 9!j1 

- - 12 

1 987 - - 252 

5 436 5 276 - - 629 

-

j - - 1 

- - - (0) 

43 3 3 5 1 442 I 4421 62 62 7! 1 26 

(~~I 1 1 (0) (0) (0) 57 

12 12 - - 1 12 12 2 2 3 15 15 1 1 1 4 4 - - -

35 35 I - 6 (0) (0) (0) - 81 2 

(0: 1 

-

=1 

- (0) - -

8 - 3 4 

1~ 1 

-

~I 2 12 1 1 11 11 - -

27 271 1 -I 61 (0) (O~ i (0) 

=.1 6\\ (D) (0) (0) 863 265 

MASSACHUSETTS 3S 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978 

{Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Forms __________________________________________ number_ 

land in forms ________________ _ percent_ _________ ocres_ 

__________ acres_ - Average size of form __________ _ 

Value of land and buildings l __ _ ___ forms_ 

$1,000_ - Average per form ______________________ _ _ ___ dollors_ Average per acre ______________________ _ _ _ dollors_ 

forms by value of land and buildings: $1 to $19,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 ________________________ .. __ . ____ . ___ _ - $40,000 10 $69,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$70,000 10 $99,999 _______________________ _ - $100,00010 $149,999 ____________ . ________ _ 

$150,00010 $199,999 ___________________________ .. _____ .. __ - $200,000 10 $499,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$500,000 10 $999,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000,000 or more ____________ _ -

Owned and rented land by operator: Land owned _____________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - land rented or leased from others __________________ forms_ -

- land rented or leased to others- ____________ _ ocres_ 

forms 

acres --

--

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Total cropland _____________________________________ forms -- acres -- Harvesfed croplond __ _ _________ forms- - acres -- Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 49 acres _____________________________________ _ 

-- 50 to 99 ocres ____________________________________ _ 

-- 100 to 199 ocres ___________________________________ _ - 200 10 499 ocreL __________________________________ _ 

- 500 10 999 ocreL _________________________________ _ -- 1,000 to 1,999 acres _______________________________ _ 

-- 2.000 acres or more ______________________________ _ 

--

Cropland: Posture or grazing only __________________________ forms_ - ocres_ 

Cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses not -

harvested or postured __________________________ forms -- acres -- On which all crops foiled _________________________ farms_ - acres_ In cultivated summer fallow _______________________ farms -- acres -- Idle __________________________________________ forms -- acres -- Total woodland _____________________________________ farms_ - ocres_ - Woodland postured _______________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Woodland not pastured ____________________________ farms_ -

- Postureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured _________________________________ forms_ - acres-- land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. _________ farms-- acres_ -

Postureland, all types ________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Irrigated land _______________________________________ farms_ - acres-- Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - Postureland irrigoted _______________________________ farms_ - acres_ Other land irrigoted ________________________________ farms_ - Qcres_ - land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 ______ farms_ - acres_ -

RACE AND TENURE Of OPERATOR 

AJlf~b~~~;:s -=~================================== ~~~~:~ = 

-

- Port owners _______________________________ ~ ____ number_ - Tenants _______________________________________ number_ - Whife _________________________________________ number_ - Full owners __________________________________ number_ - Port owners __________________________________ number_ - Tenonts _____________________________________ number_ 

Black and other roces ____________________________ number_ - Full owners __________________________________ number_ - Port owners __________________________________ numbeL - Tenants _____________________________________ number_ -

See footnote 01 end of toble. 

36 MASSACHUSETTS 

T otol farming 

and other 

occupations TOlol 

5 871 3 046 

100.0 51.8 667 037 456 531 

114 150 

5 871 3 078 

967 514\ 636 662\ 

164 795\ 206 842 I 427 I 371 

417 176 

640 304 I 117 455 

947 359 

865\ 

502 483\ 318 

I 037 716 

242 182 

104 85 

5 513 2 833 

527 274 343 451 

2 042 \ 150 747 I 301\ 119 175 

392 176 

10 984 6 095 

5 506 2 898 

307 310 225 382 

5 087 2 762 

210 973 162 046 

3 863 I 742 

654 511 

414 365 

137 126 

16 15 

2 2 

1\ II 

2 497 I 186 

76 915 52 289 

334 183 

3 988 2 771 

129 72 

828 462 

105\ 73 

I 288 1 170 

740 354 

13 318 6 644 

3 565 I 829 

267 291 169014 

989 549 

37 446 25 401 

3 125 I 591 

229 845 143 613 

702 438 

30984 22 730 

4003 2 017 

61 452 39 405 

3 194 I 576 

145 345 100 420 

I 021 677 

16893 13669 

1 014 672 

16 725 13 559 

10 7 

100 54 

18 12 

68 56 

48 32 

I 077 869 

5 871 3046 

3 834 I 749 

I 678 I 084 

359 213 

5 839 3 026 

3809 I 732 

I 672 I 082 

358 212 

32 20 

25 17 

6 2 

1 I 

Under 25 years 

46 

0.7 

4 027 

88 

84 

15 305 

182 204 

I 779 

II 

2 

9 

13 

13 

8 

23 

-

5 

32 

2 313 

33 

I 714 

-

-

42 

2657 

32 

I 366 

23 

3 

6 

-

-

-

-

26 

I 158 

3 

14 

3 

(0) 

I 

(0) 

4 

104 

20 

I 122 

8 

126 

16 

996 

9 

92 

25 

156 

30 

I 376 

7 

33 

7 

(0) 

-

-

I 

(0) 

-

-

46 

13 

19 

14 

46 

13 

19 

14 

-

-

-

-

Forming 

Age of operotor 

65 years 

25 10 34 yeors 35 10 44 yeors 45 10 54 yeors 55 10 64 yeors and over 

299 418 609 862 812 

5.0 7.1 10,3 14,6 13.8 

40 553 63 021 117 822 134 311 96 797 

136 151 193 156 119 

339 396 589 877 793 

74 740 91 512 144 714 182 687 127 704 

220 470 231 091 245 694 208 309 161 038 

I 528 I 464 I 249 I 392 I 311 

II 16 26 44 68 

32 39 48 63 120 

47 32 70 133 164 

43 57 61 106 79 

54 63 95 144 114 

21 41 77 119 52 

92 100 159 187 155 

29 34 33 63 23 

10 14 20 18 18 

221 374 571 842 793 

23 554 40 061 90 548 102 205 84 770 

200 232 287 341 208 

18 173 23 337 28941 33 428 13 582 

II 17 38 34 76 

I 174 377 I 667 1 322 I 555 

284 397 579 819 777 

23 653 33 577 53 III 67 896 44 488 

268 381 558 788 735 

17 581 25 871 40592 47 068 29 568 

156 219 323 469 552 

49 73 113 III 102 

45 57 87 112 58 

16 27 31 29 23 

2 4 2 7 -

- I I - - - - I - -I 

120 155 244 350 291 

4 652 6 593 10 128 17 713 12045 

21 26 27 56 50 

220 222 786 855 674 

8 6 14 26 15 

(0) 76 129 167 54 

8 10 10 31 13 

(0) 341 160 394 135 

36 37 65 95 117 

I 039 474 I 316 I 699 2012 

152 234 367 574 482 

13 402 22 065 45234 48641 38 550 

53 66 123 159 140 

2077 3 301 5981 7 302 6614 

133 208 325 505 404 

II 325 18 764 39 253 41 339 31 936 

34 52 85 141 117 

I 226 2 347 7 889 5 626 5 550 

171 285 403 594 539 

2 272 5 032 II 588 12 148 8 209 

149 197 331 468 401 

7 955 12 241 23 998 30641 24 209 

67 110 163 190 140 

711 2 284 4 538 4 083 2020 

66 108 163 190 138 

(0) 2 255 (0) 4 050 I 990 

- 2 - 3 2 

- (0) - (0) (0) 

2 I I I 6 

(0) (0) (0) (0) (0) 

4 6 9 9 4 

226 151 346 108 38 

299 418 609 862 812 

99 187 323 521 606 

122 187 248 321 187 

78 44 38 20 19 

298 409 606 858 809 

98 179 322 517 603 

122 186 247 321 187 

78 44 37 20 19 

I 9 3 4 3 

I 8 I 4 3 

- I I - -

- - 1 - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
TobIe 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Farms ________________________________ _ ____ number_ 

land in forms ______________________________________ ocreL percent_ 

- Average size of form ______________________________ acresValue of land and buildingsl ___________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ 

Averoge per form ________________ _ ___ dollors_ 

Average per ocre______________ _ ______________ dollarsFarms by value of land and buildings: $110 $19,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$20,00010 $39,999 _________________________________ ... __ _ $40,000 10 $69,999 ___________________________ .. _ 

$70,000 10 $99,999 ______________ .. ___________ .. _______ _ 

$100,00010 $149,999 _____________________________ .. __ _ 

$150,00010 $199,999 __________________________ _ $200,00010 $499,999 ___________________________ _ $500,00010 $999,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-

Owned and rented land by operator: land owned ___________________________ .. __________ farms_ 

ocres_ land rented or leased from others ___________________ forms_ - acres-- land rented or leased to others ______________________ farms_ - ocres--

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Total cropland ______________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Harvested cropland ________________________________ farms_ -

- Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 49 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 acres _____________________________________ _ 

- 10010199 acres ___________________________________ _ 

- 200 10 499 ocre'- __________________________________ _ 

- SOD 10 999 acre'- __________________________________ _ 

- 1,000 101,999 acres ________________________________ _ 

- 2,000 acres or more ________________________________ _ 

-

Cropland: Posture or grazing only __________________________ farms_ - acres- Cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses not harvested or postured ---- ______________________ farms_ 

-

-

-

-

ocres_ On which all crops foiled -------__________________ farms_ 

-

-

acres_ In cultivated summer fallow _______________________ farms_ 

-

-

acres_ Idle ___________________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ -

Total woodland _____________________________________ forms_ - acres_ Woodland pastured ________________________________ forms_ -

-

-

acres_ Woodland not postured - __________________________ 3arms_ 

-

-

acres- Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured _________________________________ farms_ 

-

-

ocres_ land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc. _________ farms_ 

acreL -

Pastureland, all types ________________________________ forms_ - acreL Irrigated land _______________________________________ farms_ -

-

-

acres_ Harvested cropland irrigated -- ______________________ forms_ 

acres_ - Postureland irrigated _______________________________ forms_ -

-

-

acres_ Other land irrigoted ________________________________ forms_ 

-

-

acres_ land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ______ farms_ 

acres_ -

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

All operators _____________________________________ number_ 

full owners ____________________________________ number_ 

Part owners ____________________________________ number_ 

~h~~t~_== Full owners ====== __________________________________ == ============ ====== =========== number_ ~~~~:~ = 

Part owners __________________________________ number_ 

Tenants _____________________________________ number_ 

Block and other races ____________________________ number_ 

Full owners __________________________________ number_ 

Port owners __________________________________ 'number_ Tenants _____________________________________ number_ 

S.e foolnol. 01 end of table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Totol Under 25 years 

2 825 44 

48.1 0.7 210 506 I 958 

75 45 

2 793 45 

330 8521 3 820 

118 457 84 883 I 548 2 350 

241 2 336 8 662 21 588 4 

382 1 - 184 - 321 10 60 - 19 -

2 680 23 183 823 856 

7411 25 31 572 I 102 

216

1 

- 4 889 -

2 6081 36 81 928 957 

2 3251 28 48 927 714 

2 121 27 143 I 

49 - II - I - - -

-I -

I 311 21 24 626 161 

151 I I 217 (0) 

57 - 366

1 

- 32 I 

118 (0) 

386 5 6674 (0) 

I 736 13 98 277 750 440 5 12 045 108 

I 5341 12 86 232 642 

264 5 8 254 44 1 986 16 22 047 207 

1 618 25 44 925 313 

344 - 3 224 - 342 - 3 166 - 3 - 46 - 6 - 12 - 16 - 208 -

2 825 44 2 085 19 594 4 146 21 2 813 44 

2077 19 590 4 146 21 12 - 8 - 4 - - -

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

25 to 34 yeors 35 to 44 years 45 10 54 years 

290 769 734 

4.9 13.0 12.5 

17 272 47 058 56 017 

60 61 76 

271 782 731 

25 426 103 631 89 753 

93 824 132 521 122 780 

I 787 2 041 I 453 

38 49 44 

21 79 61 

86 161 209 50 225 198 

32 85 64 

10 51 55 

34 112 79 

- 12 12 - 8 9 

254 722 709 II 305 35 818 49 962 122 226 202 

6 123 12006 7 215 

12 44 40 156 766 I 160 

256 706 694 7 291 22 134 21 089 199 628 616 4 321 12 849 12 904 

175 573 574 16 35 30 6 18 8 2 2 3 - - I 

- - -

- - -

115 428 390 I 952 5 944 7 166 

20 50 36 (0) 345 233 7 19 10 

43 116 47 5 7 8 18 19 39 73 83 72 (D) 2 861 700 

160 486 456 6 911 19 825 26 374 41 108 157 967 2 186 3 488 133 435 389 5944 17 639 22 886 

29 43 68 I 775 1 041 2 027 176 587 530 I 295 4 058 6 527 

16D 507 451 4 694 9 171 12 681 29 90 73 163 502 I 277 29 90 72 163 (0) I 230 - - 2 - - (D) - 4 1 - (D) (0) 

4 5 3 56 67 26 

290 769 734 168 543 533 86 179 175 36 47 26 287 767 728 167 542 528 84 178 174 36 47 26 3 2 6 1 1 5 2 1 1 - - -

65 yeors and 

55 to 64 yeors over 

669 319 

11.3 5.4 

59 375 28 826 

89 90 

677 287 

70 716 37 5061 104 454 130 682 I 137 I 625 

91 17 91 76 

122 63 70 41 

171 30

55 13 1 

60 26 17 19 

- 2 

657 315 

58 002 27 880 

122 441 3 581 I 545 

99 21 

2 208 599 

616 300 19 570 10 887 

574 280 II 897 1 

518 6 :::, 

44 17 

10 

~I 2 

-

-

- -I 240 117 6 021 3 382 

30 14 217 (0) 

15 6 67 93 9 2 

35 (0) 

98 55 I 333 I 020 

408 213 30 919 13 498 86 43 2 276 3 020 370 195 28 643 10-478 

79 40 2 415 952 452 225 6 471 3 489 

313 162 10 712 7 354\ 108 

4~~1 826 

107 44 (0) 456 I 

(0) 

~I 1 

(0) 

3 

(0\ \ (0) 

669 319 547 275 110 40 12 4 668 319\ 546 275 110 40 12 4 I 

1 - - - - -

MASSACHUSETTS 37 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

{Excludes abnormal forms; see text} 

All Farms 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family __________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ Partnership __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ _ ___ forms_ -

ocres_ 

Corporations: 

Family held __ _ _ _____________ forms_ 

ocres_ More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ farms_ 

10 or less stockholderL ______________ .. ___________ farms_ - Other than family held - ____________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ farms_ 

10 or less stockholders ___________________________ forms_ - Other-cooperative, estate or trust, etc. _______________ forms_ - ocres_ -

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence: On form operated ___________________________ _ - Not on form operoted ________________________ _ - Operators by age group: Under 25 years ________________________________________ _ 

- 25 to 34 years _________________________________________ _ 

35 to 44 yeorL ________________________________________ _ 

- 45 to 54 yearL ________________________________________ _ 

- 55 to 64 yeorL ________________________________________ _ 

- 65 years and over _____________________________________ _ 

-- Average age ___________________________________________ _ 

-

Operators by sex: Male ________________________________________________ _ 

Female ______________________________________________ _ 

Operators of Spanish origin _______________________________ _ 

Operators by principal occupation: Forming _____________________________________________ _ 

Other _______________________________________________ _ 

Operators reporting days of work off form: None ________________________________________________ _ 

I to 99 days _________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 days ______________________________________ _ 

200 doys or more _____________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY SIZE 

1 to 9 acres ____________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres __________________________________________ _ 

50 to 69 acres __________________________________________ _ 

70 to 99 ocres __________________________________________ _ 

100 to 139 acres ________________________________________ _ 

140 to 179 ocres ________________________________________ _ 

180 to 219 ocres. _______________________________________ _ 

220 to 259 ocres. _______________________________________ _ 

260 to 499 acres _______________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________ . ___________________ _ 

1,000101,999 acreL ____________________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more _____________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Cosh groin forms (011) ____________________________________ _ 

- Field crop, except cash grain farms (013)-____________________ _ - Cotton forms (0131) __ . _________________________________ _ - Tobacco forms (0132). __________________________ .. _______ _ - Sugar crop, Irish pototo, hay, peanut, and other field crop farms (0133,0134,0139) ____________________________________ _ 

Vegetable and melon forms (016) ___________________________ _ - Fruit and tree nut forms (017) ______________________________ _ 

Horticultural specialty forms (018) __________________________ _ - General forms, primarily crop (019) _________________________ _ -

livestock forms, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialty (021) _ - Beef cottle forms, except feedlots (0212) ___________________ _ - Dairy forms (024) _____________________________ - _____ -------

Poultry and egg forms (025) _______________________________ _ - Animal specialty forms (027) ______________ ---- -- ---- -- ------ - General forms, primarily livestock (029) ______________________ _ 

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sofd _______________ farms_ 

$1,000_ -

Forms by value of agricultural products sold: 

$500,000 or more ________________ -- -- --.---- - -- -- ------ $200,000 to $499,999 _____ . ____________________________ _ - $100,000 to $199,999 __________ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- - $40,000 to $99,999 ____________________ ---------------- $20,000 to $39,999 ________________ -- -- -- -- ---- -- -- ---- - $10,000 to $19,999 ________________ --.--- -- -- -- -------- - $5,000 to $9,999 _____________ . __________ ----- - -- ------

$2,500 to $4,999 ______________ -- -- -- ---- -- -------- ---- - less than $2,500 ____________________ -----------------

See footnote at end of table. 

38 MASSACHUSETTS 

T oral forming 

and other 

occupations Total 

I 5 017 2 422 

489 437 311 922 447 315 73 987 60441 

325 1 256 

65 4831 59 2451 6 5 319 251 

40 32 20949 16 280 

16 13 

24 19 

421 17 181 211 8 643 

4 769 2 466 

734 374 

90 1 5B9 

46 1 299 

I 187 418 

I 343 609 

I 531 862 

I 131 812 

51.9 54.6 

5 418 2 8201 453 226 

41 7 

3 046 3 046 

2 825 -

2 373 2 068 

438 296 

537 1 209 

2 294 244 

987 428 

I 797 716 

515 244 

498 266

1 575 339 

420 236 

288 193 

153 1I3 

477 371 

133 1I7 

23 20 

5 3 

I I 

39 4 

842 301 

- - 31 26 

811 275 

651 388 

737 407

1 

644 409 

270 63 

I 227 460 

619 248 

814 752 

207 139 

340 98 

100 25 

5 871 3 046 

213 473 190 300 

49 46 . 

145 136 

293 271 

688 628 

565 464 

556 378 

714 375 

849 264 

2 012 4B4 

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 yeors 

Under 25 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 yeors and over 

39 229 327 459 672 696 

3619 27 522 44 331 67321 94 908 74 221 

5 31 34 70 102 73 (0) (D) 6 766 II 955 20002 14 509 

2 32 51 67 68 36 (D) (0) (D) 22 860 14 228 6686 

- 2 I I I - 2 30 50 66 67 36 

- 4 I 10 13 4 

- (0) (0) 13019 2 177 758 

- 2 - 4 6 I 

- 2 I 6 7 3 

- 3 5 3 7 3 

- 189 2 168 2 667 2996 623 

33 207 333 486 707 700 

9 70 60 92 82 61 

46 - - - - - - 299 - - - -

- - 418 - - - - - - 609 - - - - - - 862 -

- - - - - 812 

22.1 30.0 39.8 49.8 59.5 71.7 

44 281 3B7 560 791 757 

2 18 31 49 71 55 

- I I I 2 2 

46 299 418 609 862 812 

- - - - - -

28 177 272 403 590 598 

4 51 45 72 76 48 

3 28 46 51 56 25 

JO 26 30 46 75 57 

5 51 73 80 85 134 

II 77 93 126 196 213 

10 26 31 39 67 71 

7 23 34 66 75 61 

3 31 34 70 118 83 

3 17 24 50 63 79 

3 19 30 38 54 49 

2 6 18 24 35 28 

2 29 56 87 129 68 

- 18 20 22 35 22 - I 5 5 5 4 

- I - 2 - -

- I I - 2 - 2 26 33 37 89 114 

- - - - - - - 4 - 5 14 3 

2 22 33 32 75 1I1 

I 36 43 67 125 116 

6 37 46 82 104 132 

I 48 89 93 86 92 

2 6 8 16 17 14 

1I 29 46 74 145 155 

6 12 21 34 86 89 

II 85 122 188 229 1I7 

10 12 12 31 49 25 

2 15 13 17 14 37 

- 4 5 4 2 10 

46 299 418 609 862 812 

I 696 17 140 29 169 59066 56 063 27 166 

- I 8 1I 16 10 

I 21 22 35 44 13 

- 25 47 83 77 39 

8 70 116 160 174 100 

17 56 60 104 149 78 

2 41 52 72 1I3 98 

5 42 31 50 115 132 

3 13 20 35 92 101 

10 30 62 59 82 241 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms· see text) 

All Farms 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family __________________________________ farmsacres- Partnership ________________________________________ formsocres_ 

Corporations: family held _______________________________________ formsocres_ More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ forms10 or less stockholders ___________________________ forms_ Other thon family held _____________________________ forms_ 

ocres_ More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ forms_ 

10 or less stockholders ___________________________ farmsOther-cooperative, estate or trust, etc. __________ forms_ 

acresOPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence: On form operated ______________________________________ _ 

Not on form operoted ___________________________________ _ 

Operators by age group: Under 25 years ________________________________________ _ 

25 to 34 yearL ________________________________________ _ 

35 to 44 yeorL ________________________________________ _ 

45 to 54 yeor'-________________________________________ _ 

55 to 64 yearL ________________________________________ _ 

65 years and over ______________________________________ _ 

Average age ___________________________________________ _ 

Operators by sex: Mole _________________________________________________ _ 

Female _______________________________________________ _ 

Operators of Spanish origin ________________________________ _ 

Operators by principal occupation: Forming ______________________________________________ _ 

Other ________________________________________________ _ 

Operators reporting days of work off form: None _________________________________________________ _ 

I to 99 days __________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 days _______________________________________ _ 

200 days or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY SIZE 

1 to 9 acres _____________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

50 to 69 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

70 to 99 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

100 to 139 ocre'-________________________________________ _ 

140 to 179 ocre'-________________________________________ _ 

180 to 219 ocro'- __________________________ .. _____________ _ 

220 to 259 ocre'- ________________________________________ _ 

260 to 499 ocre'- ________________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocro'- ________________________________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 ocre'- _____________________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

Cosh groin forms (011) ____________________________________ _ 

Field crop, except cosh groin forms (013)-____________________ _ Cotton forms (0131) ____________________________________ _ 

Tobacco forms (0132) ___________________________________ _ 

Sugar crop, Irish potato, hoy, peanut, and other field crop forms (0133, 0134, 0139) ____________________________________ _ 

Vegetable and melon forms (016) ___________________________ _ 

Fruit and Iree nut forms (017) ______________________________ _ 

Horticultural specialty forms (018) __________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily crop (019) _________________________ _ 

livestock forms, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialty (021) _ Beef cottle forms, except feedlots (0212) ___________________ _ Dairy forms (024) ________________________________________ _ 

Poultry and egg forms (025) _______________________________ _ 

Animal specialty forms (027) _______________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily livestock (029) ______________________ _ 

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sold _______________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold: $500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

$200,000 to $499,999 _________________________________ _ 

$100,000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ $20,000 to $39,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 _____________________________________ _ 

See footnote at end of table. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Totol Under 25 years 

2 595 39 

177 515 1 399 

132 4 

13 546 (0) 

) -

6 2381 - I -

68 -

8 - 4 669 -

3 - 5 -

211 I 

8 538 (D) 

2 303 26 

360 18 

2~1 44 

- 769 - 734 - 669 - 319 - 49.0 21.1 

2 598 33 

227 II 34 -

- - 2 825 44 

305 3 

142 2 

328 1 4 

2 050 35 

559 16 

I 081 17 

271 2 

232, 1 

236 6 

184 1 

95 - 40 - 106 I 

16 -

3 - 2 -

1 

35 - 541 13 

- - 5 -

536 13 

263 7 

330 - 235 - 207 1 

767 13 

371 6 

62 1 

68 I 

242 8 

75 -

2 825 44 

23 173 180 

3 - 9 - 22 - 60 - 101 I 

178 5 

339 5 

585 12 

1 528 21 

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

25 to 34 yeors 35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 years 

266 713 679 

15 630 43 101 44 900 

15 27 26 

989 2000 3 494 

5 25 19 

309 I 507 I 844 

- - 1 

5 25 18 

- - 5 

- - 4469 

- - 3 

- - 2 

4 4 5 

344 450 I 310 

227 663 594 

51 80 97 

- - -

290 - - - 769 - - - 734 

- - -

- - - 30.8 39.3 49.3 

239 748 698 

51 21 36 

I 5 -

- - - 290 769 734 

7 26 37 

10 13 27 

47 80 78 

226 650 592 

66 180 113 

114 312 316 

37 43 91 

20 71 52 

24 71 50 

8 46 33 

II 15 25 

I 7 12 

8 21 38 

- 3 3 

I - - - - 1 

- 7 25 41 115 145 

- - - I I -

40 114 145 

27 36 83 

37 70 81 

31 49 55 12 106 45 

90 232 213 

34 99 94 4 12 16 

6 16 13 35 90 48 

7 36 10 

290 769 734 I 959 5 365 8 604 

- - 3 

- 4 3 

2 6 5 5 13 18 13 22 32 37 45 31 34 61 74 58 146 150 141 472 418 

65 yeors and 

55 to 64 yeors over 

605 293 

46198 26 287 

41 19 

4 697 (D) 

15 51 

2 009 569 

- - 15 5 

2 I 

(0) (0) 

- -

2 I 

6 

(0) (O~ I 

531 262 

85 29 

-

- =1 - -

- -

669 -

- 319 

59.0 71.5 

630 250

39 69 1 - 28

1 - 669 

84 ~:: I 52 38

1 83 36 

450 97 

133 51 

219 103 

51 47 

63 25

1 54 31 

77 19 

31 13 

II 9 

23 15 

5 5 

I I 

I -

3 - 141 86 

- - 2 I 

139 85 83 27 

99 

63 37 43\ 24 19 

148 

88 50 71 I 18 11 

26 6 44 

20 I ~ I 

669 319 4 853 2 211 

- - I I 

6 3 18 6 21 12 44 16 127 38 144 75 308 168 

MASSACHUSETTS 39 
Tobie 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text) 

All Farms 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD - Can. 

Market valve of agricultural products sold - Can. Groin ______ ___________________ _ ____ forms-

$1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more ________________________ farms_ 

Commodity Credit Corporation toons ______________ ~f~~~~: 

Cotton and cottonseed ___________________________ $f~~~: 

Sales of $40,000 or more ______________________ ~f~~~~: - $1.000_ 

Commodity Credit Corporation [00n5__ _ ____ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Tobacco __ __ _ ________________________________ farmL 

$1,000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ formL 

$1,000_ Field seeds. hoy, forage, and silage ___________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms- - $1,000_ - Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons _________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms- - $1,000_ -

Fruits, nuts, and berries ____________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Nursery and greenhouse products ____________________ farms-- $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms- - $1.000_ - Other crops _____________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more ________________________ forms -- $1.000 --

Poultry and poultry products ________________________ forms -- $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms -- $1.000 -- Dairy products- ___________________________________ forms -- $1.000 -- Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms -- $1,000 -- Cattle and colveL ________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more ________________________ farms -- $1,000_ -

Hogs and pigs __________ _ _______________ farms -- $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more ________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Sheep. Iambs, ond wool ____________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Other livestock and livestock products (see text) ________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ -

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 __________________________ -- ------ -------- $5,000 to $19,999 __________________ - ___ -------- -------- $20,000 to $49,999 ________________ -- ---- ------ -- ------ - $50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ -

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ forms-

$1,000_ -

- Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ______________________ ---- -- ------ -------- $5,000 to $19,999 __________ -- __ -- -- -- -- -- ------ -- ------ $20,000 to $49,999 ________ - _____ -- -- ---------- -------- - $50,000 or more ______________ ------ ------------ -------

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ forms- -

- ton5_ 

$1,000_ -

forms by fans purchased: I to 99 tons ______________________________________ _ - 100 to 499 tons ____________________________________ _ - 500 fans or morL _________________________________ _ -

forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ______________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $19,999 __________ -- -- -- -------- -- -- -- -- ---- $20,000 to $49,999 __________ ---- -- -- -- ------ ---- ----- $50,000 or more ___________________________________ _ -

5ee footnote at end of table. 

40 MASSACHUSmS 

Total forming 

and other 

occupations Total 

99 36 365 272 2 2 

(Oi 1 (0) 

-

(O~I =1 

- - - - - - - -

6 9~1 39

6 942 1 

17 17 6 589 6 589 I 269 559 4 663 2 809 8 8 411 411 

I 086 683 

13 6591 11 856

77 74 1 6 851 6 689 

940 554 30 331 24 633 165 141 

24 780 20 757 797 533 

41 086 36 525 188 158 

35 904 32 736 181 127 3 394 3 147 16 15 

2 639 (0) 

566 275 

18 584 16 061

1 77 72 

17 144 14 963 

920 811 61 184 59 184 

510 495 

53 599 52 496 

2 047 1 268 

12 498 10 569 

43 40 

4 1341 3 8481 

545 252 

5 611 4 824 

29 27 

3 401 (0) 

334 111 237 112 

- -

- - 706 254 

14 876 13 367 

17 12 

13 038 12 744 

2 033 1 051 

11 358 10 148 

1 659 730 

269 224 71 63 34 34 

3 303 I 682 

40 209 36 463 

2 239 712 

553 490 

353 327 

158 153 

2 173 1 229 

219 258 202 181 

33 270 30 710 

1 593 679 

513 485 

67 65 

1 256 392 

530 465 

270 260 

117 112 

Under 25 years 

5 

12 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

I 

(0) 

-

-

9 

60 

-

-

4 

31 

-

-

8 

41 

-

-

2 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

-

-

13 

301 

2 

(0) 

12 

467 

3 

225 

26 

127 

1 

(0) 

13 

530 1 

(0) 

4 

2 

-

-

13 

8 

-

-

64 

705 

39 

19 

5 

I 

77 

851 

29 

36 

11 

I 

54 

3 674 

517 

44 

10 

-

15 

34 

5 

-

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 years 

25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years and over 

3 6 4 12 6 7 148 28 62 15 

- 2 - - - - (0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

4 1 8 19 6 

(0) (0) 900 5 440 155 

2 - 1 12 2 (0) - (0) 5 346 (0) 

59 80 81 143 187 

459 629 337 610 714 

3 4 - - 1 

177 (0) - - (0) 

66 83 128 219 183 

I 040 2 215 2943 4 295 I 33~ 1 5 15 22 26 

449 I 387 1 948 2 536 369 

53 60 124 152 157 

2 442 3 170 6 542 5817 6621 

15 19 38 37 32 

2 038 2 680 5 746 4 763 5 530 

59 107 121 125 119 

(0) 6 704 8 369 10 716 7 253 

21 28 42 37 29 (0) 5 933 (0) 9 757 6639 

8 16 20 53 28 (0) 737 472 1 284 577 

- 3 2 7 3 

- 645 (0) I 003 430 

29 37 57 83 56 

813 2 282 6 529 5 476 

6 9 23 27 66~1 

(0) 2 219 6401 5 063 407 

93 137 197 237 135 

6 874 11 050 15916 17 589 7 288 

60 97 141 138 56 

6 234 10 227 14817 15 255 5 738 

128 176 270 383 285 

935 1 511 3 175 3 161 I 660 

3 7 13 13 3 

(0) 492 I 652 I 121 322 

27 32 58 63 59 

609 380 1 445 I 450 410 

3 2 7 II 3 

462 (0) I 067 I 020 142 

10 12 22 22 41 

9 6 46 14 35 

- - - - - - - - - -

26 35 34 52 94 

104 316 12 343 149 447 

- 3 4 1 4 

- 188 12 266 (0) (0) 

137 146 226 299 179 

628 I 371 4 518 2 211 716 , 101 103 139 203 145 

31 27 57 67 23 

3 6 18 22 9 

2 10 12 7 2 

174 225 335 484 387 

3 406 5 517 12 773 10 324 3 592 

53 76 114 214 226 

58 69 82 145 100 

44 49 95 76 52 19 31 44 49 9 

150 lA7 252 376 210 18 281 31 320 68 207 62 736 17963 

2 814 4 530 II 455 8 854 2 540 

79 98 107 196 155 

63 77 124 160 51 

8 12 21 20 4 

42 65 45 126 99 

59 58 98 152 64 

35 41 77 62 40 

14 23 32 36 7 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - STATE DATA 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms- see text] 

All Farms 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD-Con. 

Market value of agricultural products sold - Can. Grain __________________________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons ________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Cotton and cottonseed _____________________________ formL 

$1.000_ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Commodity Credit Corporation 100n5 _______________ formL 

$1,000_ 

Tobacco _________________________________________ farmL 

$1,000_ Soles of $40,000 or more _______________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Field seeds, hay, forage, and siloge __________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons __________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 ar mare _________________________ farms-

$1,000_ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ____________________________ formL 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 ar more _________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Nursery and greenhouse praducts ____________________ farmL 

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ formL 

$1,000_ Other craps ______________________________________ formL 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farmL 

$1,000_ 

Poultry and poultry products ________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ Dairy products ____________________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Cottle and calveL _________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or morL ________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Sheep, lambs, and wool ____________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) ________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $110 $4,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$5,00010 $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 10 $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$50,000 or mare _____________________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 10 $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 10 $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 10 $49,999 ____________________ , ______________ _ 

$50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ farms_ 

Forms by tons purchased: 

tons_ 

$1,000_ 

1109910n'-______________________________________ _ 

10010 49910n'-___________________________________ _ 

500 Ions or more __________________________________ _ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 10 $4,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$5,000 10 $19,999 __________________________________ _ 

$20,000 10 $49,999 ____________________________ c ____ _ 

$50,000 or mare ___________________________________ _ 

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Total Under 2S years 

63 - 93 -

- -

(O~I -

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- - -

- -

- -

- - - - - -

4~ 1 -

- - - - -

710 14 

1 854 47 

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- -

403 7 

1 8°jl 44 

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163 -

386 -

5 699 - 24 - 4 023 - 264 2 

4 561

1 

(0) 

30 -

3 168\ - 54 - 247 - 1 -

(0)\ -

291 2 

2 52~ 1 (0) 

-

2 181 - 109 1 

2 000 (0) 

15 -

1 103 - 779 14 

1 929 42 

3 -

285 1 -

293 7 

787 13 

2 - (0) - 223 4 

125 (Z) 

- -

- - 452 10 

1 508 12 

5 - 294 -

982 17 

1 210 74 

929 7 

45 10 

8 -

- -

1 621 41 

3 746 31 

1 527 41 

63 - 26 - 5 -

944 13 

17077 54 

2 560 8 

914 13 

28 - 2 -

864 13 

65 - 10 - 5 -

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

25 10 34 years 35 to 44 yeors 45 10 54 years 

1 20 34 

(0) 39 42 

- - -

- - -

- - 1 

- - (0) - - - - - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

1 1 - (0) (0) -

- - -

- - -

67 167 185 

163 461 396 

- - -

- - -

44 64 106 

166 276 514 

- - 2 

- - (0) 

45 86 74 

373 854 2 395 

3 4 5 

228 396 2041 

34 53 63 

(0) 2 052 1 103 

1 12 10 

(0) 1 782 769 

5 30 8 

8 11 209 

- - 1 

- - (0) 

27 92 72 

(0) 98 2 113 

2 - 3 

(0) - (0) 

9 17 48 

(0) 264 614 

- - 5 

- - (0) 

74 219 224 

145 579 541 

- 1 1 

- (0) (0) 

53 106 80 

155 231 273 

1 - 1 

(0) - (0) 

15 67 71 

6 42 37 

- - -

- - - 65 182 92 

326 453 369 

- 4 - - (0) -

132 331 244 

132 537 258 

130 318 230 

1 8 13 

1 5 1 

- - -

184 499 429 251 888 1 707 

175 470 399 

9 21 19 

- 8 7 

- - 4 

102 318 261 584 3 832 9 141 

95 536 1 405 

100 305 255 

2 13 4 

- - 2 

100 292 232 

2 25 24 

- 1 1 

- - 4 

65 years and 

5S to 64 years over 

7 1 (0) (0) - -

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=1 -

-

- - - -

- - - -

- -

- -

2 (0\1 (0) 

- -

- -

173 104 

592 194 

- -

- -

135 47 

594 21~1 1 (0) -

119 62 

1 308 770 

7 5 

774 584 

71 41 

650 36~ 1 5 

292 (0) 

7 4 

16 3 

- -

- -

51 47 

133 

2~ 1 -

-

21 13 

759 284 

8 2 

594 (0) 

167 81 

369 254 

- 1 

- (0) 1 

35 12 

79 36 

- -

- - 49 17 

32 9 

- -

-

77 261 291 57 

1 - (0) -

194 64 

182 26 

180 64 13 - 1 - - -

341 127 707 163 

317 125\ 14 

9 2 1 -

157 93 3 018 449 449 66 

149 9; \ 8 

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135 92 

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MASSACHUSETTS 41 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text} 

All Farms 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'-(on. 

Animal health c051s ________ _ ________________________ forms_ 

Farms with expenses of- $1,000. 

$1 to $499 .......................................... . 

$500 to $999 ........................................ . · $1,000 to $2.99L .................................. .. · $3,000 or more___________ _ _________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and frees 

forms with expenses of-

_______ forms_ 

$1,000. 

$1 to $999 ......................... . · $1,000 to $4.999 ..................................... . 

$5,000 to $9,999 ..................................... . 

$10,000 or more ..................................... . 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________ forms_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1,000. 

$1 to $2,499 ........................................ . 

$2,500 to $9.999 ..................................... . 

$10,000 to $19,999 ................................... . 

$20,000 or more ..........................•. 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ______________ farms_ 

$1,000. Forms with expenses of-

$1 to $2,499 ........................................ . 

$2,500 to $9,999 ..................................... . 

$10,000 to $19,999 .................................. . 

$20.000 or more .................................... . 

Energy and petroleum products __ _ 

Forms with expenses of-

$1 to $2,499 •.. 

$2,500 to $9,999 ..... . 

$10,000 to $19,999 .. 

$20,000 or more ... 

_ ___ forms-

$1,000. 

Petroleum products __ _ _____________________ formL 

$1.000. Gasoline __ ____ __ __ _ _ ____________________ farms_ 

$1,000. Diesel fuel _____________________________________ farmL 

$1,000. lP gas, butane, ond propane _____________________ farms-

$1,000. Fueloil____ _ __________________________ farms-

$1,000. Natural gos __________________________________ forms-

$1,000. 

Kerosene, motor oil, and grease _____ farms_ 

$1.000. Electricity _______________________________________ forms-

$1,000. 

Other-coal, wood, coke, etc. _______________________ forms_ 

$1,000. 

Hired farm labor __________________ _ ______________ forms-

$1.000. 

Forms with expenses of-

$1 to $4,999 ............................. . 

$5,00010 $19,999 .................................... . 

$20,000 to $49,999 ................................... . 

$50,000 or more .................. . .............. . 

Workers by number of days worked: 150 days or more _______________________________ forms_ 

workers- less than 150 dayL _____________________________ farms_ 

workers_ 

Contract labor _____________________________________ farms-

$1.000. 

Forms with expenses of-

$1 to $2,499 ........................................ . 

$2,500 to $9,999 ..................................... . 

$10,000 to $/9,999 ................................... . 

$20,000 or more .................................... . 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _____________________________________ farms_ 

$1.000. 

Forms with expenses of-

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$1 to $2,499 ........................................ . · $2,500 to $9,999 ................... --...•..•.....••.•• · $10,000 to $19,999 ................................... . · $20,000 or more ................................... . · 

FARM·RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine work, custom work, and other agricultural services ___________________________ farmL 

$1,000. · 

· 

Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for human consumption ____________________________ formL 

$1,000. · 

See footnote at end of tDble. 

42 MASSACHusmS 

T 0101 forming 

and other 

occupations Toto1 

1 

2 478 1 340 

1 500 1 244 

1 791 727 

305

1 

283

1 309 267 

73 63 

3 0341 1 9551 

7 812 6 792 

2 169 1 231 

638 532 

123 106 

104

1 3 989 

86

1 2 368 7 250 6 401 

3 234 1 662 

640 596 

81 76 

34 34 

3 7721 4 007 2 2521 

3 412 

3 438 1 957 

272 238 

37 33 

25 24 

5 832 3 061 

15 9341 13 362 

4 563 1 901 

1 016 931 

138 129 

115 100 

5 825 3 059 

11 954 9 974 

5 516

1 

2 913

1 4 789 3 917 

1 725 1 200 

1 108 964 

488 397 

516 475 

1 096 827 

4 447 3 777 

149 90 

170 91 

5 8241 3 0581 924 749 

3 834 2 259 

3 849 3 292 

377 220 

131 96 

2 754 1 829 

40 287 36 943 

1 738 906 

650 587 

231 213 

135 123 

1 439 1 144 

6 028 5 288 

2 234 1 459 

17 418 14 400 

469 307 

1 658 1 261 

334 199 

103 82 

12 12 

20 14 

1 173 756 

1 690 1 422 

1 077 675 

75 62 

17 16 

4 3 

411 252 

836 630 

1 250 665 

9 745 8 519 

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 years 

Under 25 years 25 to 34 yeors 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 yeors and over 

69 152 195 271 367 286 

40 140 209 418 294 142 

44 58 101 128 212 184 

14 57 33 68 54 57

1 10 32 41 63 83 38 

1 5 20 12 18 7 

48 224 291 412 575 405 

52 841 1 279 1 646 2 080 894 

28 122 175 222 386 298 

20 81 84 145 132 70 

- 13 15 24 30 24 

- 8 17 21 27 13 

50 256 300 463 716 583 

141 757 942 1 541 2 132 888 

34 145 200 310 491 482 

II 96 86 124 188 91 

5 12 8 18 26 7 

- 3 6 11 II 3 

48 269 293 461 689 492 1 34 376 476 786 1 082 659 

46 230 250 391 593 447 

2 33 32 57 82 32 

- 4 8 8 6 7 

- 2 3 5 8 6 

84 339 396 588 872 782 

183 1 271 1 939 3 665 3 919 2 385 

56 199 220 287 535 604 

28 116 144 236 267 140 

- 15 19 36 32 27 

- 9 13 29 38 11 

84 339 394 588 872 782 

136 956 1 488 2 586 3 061 1 747 

84 326 358 560 820 765

1 88 447 544 951 1 228 659 

49 160 174 270 381 166 

28 125 145 245 307 114 

14 38 50 104 104 87 

2 45 33 102 255 37 

19 104 93 207 244 160 

4 (0) (0) 964 1 035 822 

- 2 32 16 32 8 

- (0) (0) 18 60 6 

84 339 394 588 872 781 

15 65 81 306 176 107 

79 241 269 466 708 496 

(0) (0) 435 1 062 825 624 

1 30 19 39 97 34 

(0) (0) 16 18 34 14 

28 216 234 412 568 371 

147 2 607 4 718 12 359 11 961 5 153 

13 126 119 143 306 199 

14 49 59 182 154 129 

1 29 36 63 60 24 

- 12 20 24 48 19 

15 145 165 293 314 212 

24 461 705 1 419 1 878 801 

27 176 165 314 457 320 

117 1 230 1 215 3 451 5 546 2 841 

6 37 42 69 69 84 

41 145 102 326 364 283 

5 22 27 42 38 65 

- 10 14 23 22 13 

- 3 1 2 1 5 

1 2 - 2 8 1 

23 105 118 164 189 157 

II 124 123 767 269 128 

23 91 101 143 167 150 

- 13 17 14 13 5 

- 1 - 4 9 2 

- - - 3 - -

9 50 45 41 65 42 

18 155 147 73 199 38 

15 64 96 114 193 183 

28 423 1 196 1 624 2 756 2 493 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES I - Con. 

Animal health C05tS __________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 __________________________________________ _ 

$500 to $999 ________________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $2,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$3,000 or more ____________________ -- __ ---

Seeds, bulbs, plonts, and trees _________ _ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $999 ______________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer _________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Energy and petroleum products ________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 _______________________________ .. ___ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Gasoline _______________________________________ farms-

$1,000_ Diesel fuel _____________________________________ farms-

$1,000_ lP gas, butane, and propane ______________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Fuel oil ________________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Natural gas ____________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Kerosene, motor oil, and grease ___________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Electricity ________________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Other-cool, wood, coke, etc. _______________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Hired form labor ____________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Farms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Workers by number of days worked: 150 days or more _______________________________ farms_ 

workers_ less than 150 days ______________________________ farms_ 

workers_ 

Contract lobar ______________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Farms with expenses of- $1 to $2.499 ________________________________________ _ $2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _____________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with e)(penses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

FARM-RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine work, customwork, and o1her agricultural services ___________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ 

Value of agricullural products sold directly to individuals for human consumption _____________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

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Total Under 25 yeors 

1 138 24 

257 4 

1 064 24 

221 -

42 -

10 -

1 0791 4 

1 020 7 

938 - 106 4 

17 -

18

1 

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1 621 1 10 

849 9 

1 572 10 

~/ -

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-

1 520 I 4 

595 13 

1 4811 - 34 4 

2 77: / 

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45 

2 5711 40 

2 6621 45 

85 - 9 -

15 -

2 766/ 45 

1 980 25 

2 603

1 

45 

872 18 

525 10 

144 2 

91 10 

41 (Z) 

269 4 

670 (Z) 

59 4 

79 2 

2 7661 45 

175 2 

1 575 30 

557 15 

157 -

35 -

925 14 

3344 38 

8321 10 

63/ 

4 

18 - 12 -

295 8 

740 16 

775 14 

3 018 26 

162 4 

397 4 

135 4 

21 -

- - 6 -

417 8 

268 3 

402 8 

13 - 1 - 1 -

159 4 

206 1 

585 6 1 226 14 

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

25 to 34 yeors 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 

119 435 264 

33 99 85 

93 419 240 

1 5 12 

25 11 2 

- - 10 

94 267 297 

63 461 284 

72 237 248 

21 18 28 

1 1 15 

- 11 6 

152 380 466 

63 198 321 

145 365 448 

7 15 14 

- - 4 

- - -

133 455 404 

50 135 187 

132 445 398 

- 10 4 

1 - 1 

- - 1 

263 777 730 

111 760 915 

257 747 698 

6 21 23 

- 2 1 

- 7 8 

263 776 730 

91 628 659 

258 713 702 

61 235 301 

40 170 106 

12 42 29 

5 23 32 

(Z) 7 26 

12 48 79 

7 291 197 

- 29 20 

- 5 69 

263 776 730 

11 48 37 

140 486 414 

19 124 250 

6 36 31 

1 8 6 

96 268 229 

165 997 1 061 

93 245 205 

1 13 14 

1 4 7 

1 6 3 

14 122 63 

43 362 148 

96 182 194 

392 585 1 086 

19 39 49 

9 94 94 

19 28 43 

- 10 5 - - - - 1 1 

60 96 119 

32 88 33 

60 88 119 

- 8 - - - -

- - -

30 35 47 53 29 38 

64 163 132 87 325 248 

65 yeors and 

55 to 64 yeors over 

228 68 

25 11 

224 64 

2 

2 ~I -

11: 1 301 

139 65 

269 112 

32 3 

- -

- 11 

431 182 

190 68 

424 180 

6 2 

I -

- -

385 139 1 160 50 

13~ / 370 

13 

2 

28~ / 

-

669 

585 161

1 636 279 

30 5 

3 3 

- -

669 283 

450 127 

617 268

1 185 72 

163 36 

48 10 

18 3 (0) (0) 

107 19 

147 29 

5 1 

(0) (0) 

669 283 1 64 13 

359 146 

118 30 

62 22 

17 3 

248 70 

643 440 

224 55 

22 9 

2 4 - 2 

60 28 96 75 

233 56 687 242 

35 16 

154 43 

27 14 

5 1 - - 3 1 

101 331 85 

27\ 

98 29 1 

~\ 1 

1 

1 

30 13 71 15 

162 58 393 159 

MASSACHUSETTS 43 
Tobie 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

All Farms 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ torms_ 

Farms by value group: $1,000_ 

$1 to $4,999 _________________ _ ___________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 __________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 to $49,999________ _ _____________________ _ - $50,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $100,00010 $199,99L ________________________________ _ 

$200,000 10 $499,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

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SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles __ _ _ _________ formsnumber _ Motortrucks, including pickups ____ _ _ ________ farms_ 

number _ WheellroctorL __ _ _ ____________ formsnumber _ 2 or 3 __________________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 4 or more _______________________________________ formL 

number _ 

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only _____________ farmsnumber _ 

(ornpickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers _____________ farmsnumber _ (orn heads for combines ___________________________ farmsnumber _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers __ _ ____ formsnumber _ 

(oftonpickers-_______ __ _ ________________ farmsnumber _ Mower conditioners _______________________________ forms_ 

number _ Pickup balers ______________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ farmsnumber _ 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ farmL 

$1,000_ Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ lime ______ _ ________________________________ formsacres on which used_ 

tons_ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hay and other crops ______________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ Nematodes in crops _______________________________ farmsacres on which used_ Diseases in crops and orchards ______________________ farmsacres on which used_ 

Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and posture __________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _________________________________________ farms_ 

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Sanitation and rodent and bird control ________________ farms_ -

LIVESTOCK 

CaUle and calves inventory __________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

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Farms with- 1 to 9 ______________________________________________ _ - 10 to 49 ______________________________________ -------- 50 to 99 __________________________ -- __ ------------ ---- 100 to 199 __________________________________________ _ - 200 to 499 ________________________ -- ____ ------ -- ------ 500 or mare ______________________ -- - ___ ------ -- ------ -

Cows and heifers that had calved ____________________ farms_ - number _ - Beef cows _____________________________________ farms_ 

number _ -

Forms with- I 109 __________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ______________________ -------------------- 50 to 99 ______________________ -- __________ -- -----

100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ - 200 to 499 ________________________________ -- ------ 500 or more _________________________ - -------------

See footnote at end of table. 

44 MASSACHUSmS 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text) 

Total forming 

and other 

occupations Total 

1 

5 868 3 078 

126 455 94 855 

997 426 

1 862 635

1 1 190 1 603 

1 166

1 

824

1 452 401 152 144 

44 40 

5 5 

3 1491 

4 356 

1 9911 

2 847 4 848 2 713 9 838 6 608 4 733 2 531 

10 818 7 008 

2 051 1 123 

4 789 2 706 

857 

4 2041 

725 

3 6191 

32 26 46 40 

188 135 

214 154 

106 82 

112 87 

97 62 

102 67 

- -

- - 1 423 961 

1 554 1 034 

1 761 1 067 

1 880 1 130 

996 703 

1 1711 868

1 

4 509 2 527 

11 257 9 813 

3 808 2 282 

153 311 130 753 

1 864 1 1731 41 304 34 211 

65 084 54 066 

1 791 1 072 

41 911 34 643 

205 137 

4 850 4 551 

1 108 707 

22 791 19 187 

1 753 1 228 

58 648 49 997 

209 151 

6 352 6 154 

1 318 775 

1 152 679 

2 584 1 387 

100 909 86 708 

1 039 266 

885 500 

378 351 

215 204 

62 61 

5 5 

2 235 1 265 

59 735 52 433 

1 298 473 

10 200 5 316 

1 005 326 

279 136 

10 9 

3 1 

1 1 

- -

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 yeors Under 25 yeors 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 yeors 55 to 64 years and over 

84 339 396 589 877 793 1 509 10 553 14 147 22 445 29 572 16 629 

4 52 68 45 80 177 

29 55 46 92 172 241 21 57 59 114 204 148 

29 104 120 193 248 130 1 45 69 105 III 70 - 25 29 28 40 22 - 1 5 10 20 4 

- - - 2 2 1 

29 200 244 410 621 487 

57 311 343 604 851 681 

84 307 369 531 793 629 

173 703 947 1 475 2 056 1 254 

74 282 284 507 752 632 

169 844 846 1 551 2 155 1 443 

23 140 123 225 317 295 

60 336 310 565 746 689 

16 91 93 178 236 III 

74 457 468 882 1 210 528 

- 1 - 5 13 7 

- (D) - (0) 27 7 

14 29 27 13 25 27 

16 30 28 18 35 27 

9 20 19 8 14 12 

9 21 19 9 17 12 

6 9 9 8 15 15 

7 9 9 9 18 15 

- - - - - - - - - - - - 18 136 145 205 275 182 

20 140 155 219 305 195 

25 133 122 204 323 260 

25 148 128 229 335 265 

18 75 114 187 233 76 

26 89 162 226 280 85

1 

59 273 323 504 748 620 

176 1 133 1 417 2 327 3 214 1 546 

50 242 295 453 698 544 

3 475 16 548 19 188 34 333 37 848 19 361 

39 140 161 271 335 2271 934 3 190 4 855 12 102 9 345 3 785 

1 354 5 563 7 906 17 678 14 984 6 581 

13 155 131 195 333 245 

524 4 321 4 918 7 837 11 470 5 573 

10 21 19 31 29 27 

250 775 1 113 589 1 436 388 

8 84 71 139 204 201 

199 1 783 1 937 3 927 6 111 5 230 

39 172 182 257 348 230 

1 198 5 959 8 199 15 018 13 172 6451 

- 15 20 37 43 36 

- 984 606 1 415 1 647 1 502 

21 119 132 170 213 120 

18 87 89 136 191 158 

28 140 189 305 413 312 

1 065 9 596 13 911 23 183 26 828 12 125 

3 25 31 48 63 96 

18 47 51 94 153 137 

6 36 60 83 117 49 

1 23 35 62 59 24 

- 9 12 17 17 6 

- - - 1 4 -

26 131 180 282 365 281 

767 5 740 8 986 13 773 16 050 7 117 

14 41 66 109 140 103 

292 328 594 1 368 1 808 926 

2 28 51 80 92 73 

12 13 12 22 48 29 

- - 3 5 - 1 

- - - 1 - -

- - - 1 - - - - - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

All Farms 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ forms. 

$1,000_ 

Forms by value group: $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20.000 to $49.999 ___________________________________ _ 

$50.000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$100.000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

$200.000 to $499.999 _________________________________ _ $500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles _____ • _. ___________ • ___ . ____ • ___ • __ • ____ farms. 

number _ Motortrucks, including pickups ________________________ forms. 

number _ Wheel troctors _____________________________ • ________ forms. 

number _ 2 or 3 _____ • _. _. _. _. _________ • ___________________ forms. 

number. 4 or more _____________________ . __________________ forms. 

number _ 

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only __________ • __ farms. 

number _ Cornpickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers _____________ forms. 

number _ Corn heads for combines ___________________________ farmsnumber _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers _________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Cottonpickers _______________________________________ formsnumber _ Mower conditioners _________________________________ farms_ 

number _ Pickup balers _______________________________________ forms_ 

number_ 

field forage harvesters, shear bar Or flywheel type _______ farms_ 

number _ 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __ .. _______________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ lime ____________________________________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ 

tons_ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hoy and other crops ______________________ farmsacres on which used_ Nematodes in crops _______________________________ farmsacres on which used_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Diseases in crops and orchards- _____________________ farms_ - acres on which used_ - Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and pasture __________ forms_ - acres on which used_ -

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _________________________________________ farms_ - acres on which used_ - Insect control on livestock and poultry ________________ forms_ - Sanitation and rodent and bird control ________________ forms_ -

UVESTOCK 

Cattle and calves inventory ___________________________ forms_ - number_ - Forms with- 1 to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ____________________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 ____________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 199 __________________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ____________________________ : _____________ _ - 500 or more _________________________________________ _ -

-

Cows and heifers that had colved ____________________ farms_ - number _ - 8eef cows _____________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ________________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 ________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ 

- 200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ 

500 or more _____________________________________ _ -

-

See footnote at end of table. 

[Excludes abnormal forms· see textJ 

Total Under 25 yeors 

2 7901 45 

31 6001 518 

571 4 

I 2271 25 

587 6 

342

1 

10 

51 -

8 - 4 -

- -

1 1581 12 

1 509 16 

2 135 39 

3 230 53 

2 202 28 

3 810 65 

928 15 

2083 34 

132

1 

6 

585 24 

6 - 6 -

53 -

60 - 24 -

25 -

35 - 35 -

- -

- - 462 17 

520 17 

694 10 

750 16 

293 -

303

1 

-

1 982 10 

1 444 21 

1 526 10 

22 558 410 

691 1 -

7093 - 11 018 -

719 4 

7268 140 

68 -

299 - 401 4 

3 604 140 

525 4 

8 651 140 

58 - 198 - 543 - 473 -

1 197 16 

14 201 204 

773 6 

385 10 

27 -

11 - 1 - - -

970 12 

7 302 102 

825 10 

4 884 78 

679 6 

143 4 

1 - 2 - - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

25 to 34 years 35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 yeors 

270 782 730 

3 314 7 755 9 126 

49 173 154 

147 344 320 

48 172 134 

20 79 100 

- 14 17 

6 - 2 

- - 3 

- - -

80 224 314 

90 281 425 

200 686 533 

299 1 019 838 

189 610 587 

321 955 1 079 

66 203 295 

158 474 659 

12 17 37 

52 91 165 

- 6 -

- 6 - 5 13 26 

5 13 30 

- 3 13 

- 3 13 

5 10 17 

5 10 17 

- - -

- - -

25 122 138 

25 126 147 

55 202 192 

60 202 204 

37 81 87 

38 86 89 

174 537 568 

113 333 508 

150 369 430 

1 685 5 330 8077 

61 246 164 

514 2 045 1 747 

951 3 719 2 886 

46 257 138 

487 2 218 2 118 

15 12 11 

52 80 108 

40 85 106 

139 655 752 

41 125 131 

218 1 616 3 533 

- 28 9 - 63 52 

21 253 117 

23 143 154 

115 413 315 1 021 4 199 3 771 

81 296 207 33 109 94 

1 6 10 - 2 4 - - - - - -

74 368 259 414 2 307 1 894 

63 336 224 335 1 853 1 180 

49 292 190 14 42 34 

- 1 -

- 1 - - - - - - -

65 years and 

55 to 64 yeors over 

676 287 

8 052 2 835 

133 58 

237 154, 185 42 

106 

14 2fl 

-

1 -

- -

389 139 , 

514 183 

455 222 

715 306 

546 242 

972 418 

247 102 

551 207 

37 23

1 159 94 

- - - -

6 3 

9 3 

6 2 

(0) (0) 

2 I 

(0) (0) 1 

- - - - 124 36 

136 69 

171 64 

174 94 

69 19 

69 211 

500 193 

350 118 

389 178 

4958 2 098 

157 63

1 907 880 1 

2 419 1 043 

196 78 

1 565 740 

9 21 

27 32 

114 52

1 698 220 1 

170 54 

2 216 928 

10 11 

68 15 

107 45

113 40 1 

\ 238 

3077 100\ 1 929 

141 42 

86 53

7 1 

4 

I\ -

-

177 80 1 563 1 022 131 61 743 695 

111 31 20 29 

- - - 1 

- - - -

MASSACHUSETTS 4S 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormol farms; see text} 

All Farms 

UVESTOCK - Con. 

Cattle and calves inventory - Can. 

Cows and heifers thot hod calved - Can. Milk cows ____ ~ ________________________________ forms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 4 __________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ________________________________________ _ 50 to 99 ________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ 

- 200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ 

- 500 or more _____________________________________ _ 

- Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ forms_ - number _ - Steers. steer calves. bulls, and bull calves _____________ farms_ - number _ -

Cattle and calves sold ________________________________ forms_ - number _ 

$1.000_ -

Colves ___________________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Cottle ___________________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Fattened on groin and concentrates ________________ farms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

Hogs and pigs inventorv ______________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

Farms with- 1 to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

10 10 49 ____________________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 ____________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 __________________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 __________________________________________ _ 

500 or more _________________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ farms_ 

number _ Other ___________________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Hogs and pigs sold _________________________________ 3arms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Feeder pigs sotd ___________________________________ farms_ 

lifters of pigs farrowed betweennumber _ 

$1,000_ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ farms_ 

number _ Dec. 1 and May 31 ______________________________ farms_ 

number _ June I and Nov. 30 ______________________________ farms_ 

number_ 

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory __________________ farmsnumber _ Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ farms_ 

number _ Sheep and lambs sold ________________________________ formsnumber _ Sheep and lombs shorn _______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

pounds of wooL 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ farms_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- number _ - Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ forms_ - number _ 

$1,000_ -

- Goats inventory _____________________________________ farms_ 

number _ Goats sold ________________________________________ farms_ 

POULTRY 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ forms_ 

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 ____________________ ---- ------ --------

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Hens and puffets of laying age _______________________ forms- - number _ - Pullets 3 monfhs old or older not of loying age ____________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

-

See footnote at end of table. 

46 MASSACHUSETTS 

T otol forming 

and other 

occupations Totol 

I 

1 343 970 49 535 47 117 

481 1 178 1 41 24 

ml 408 

254 87 83 22 22 1 1 

1 846 1 102 

32 4211 27 985

1 1 530 821 

8 753 6 290 

2047 1 268 53 283 46 667 

12 498 10 569 

1 490 1 024 29 872 27 126 

2 486 2 179 

1 7511 23 411 1 0871 19 541 

10 011 8 389 318 135 

2 751 1 996 

1 274 954 

902 355 

59 452 48 458 

607 183 

126 50 52 32 39 32 

49 31 29 27 

360 190 

7416 5 869 

854 333 52036 42 589 

545 252 66 497 54 656 

5 611 4 824 

219 98 14 385 10 166 

464 341 

402 200

9 069 7 458 1 

347 168 

4 609 3 673 

299 172 

4460 3 785 

411 127 

6 906 2 935 

349 98 4 710 1 971 

287 94 

4 066 1 631 

308 96 

5 822 2438 

39697 16 167 

1 382 465 

8 049 3 508 396 108 

I 213 521 

1 639 424 

222 52 

1 778 287 

97 23 

I 121 211 

49 9 

935 404 

1 498 358 1 343 094 

810 292 

65 55 

27 26 

14 14 

12 12 

5 3 

2 2 

915 399 

1 302 380 1 168 174 

228 53 

195 978 174 920 

Fanning 

Age of operator 

65 yeors 

Under 25 yeors 25 to 34 yeors 35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 yeors 55 to 64 yeors ond over 

14 109 158 218 266 205 475 5 412 8 392 12405 14 242 6191 

3 21 31 22 23 78 

- 2 2 5 7 8 8 41 62 93 129 75 

3 33 38 69 77 34 

- 8 21 23 24 7 

- 4 4 5 6 3 

- - - 1 - - 18 116 153 241 328 246 

239 3 428 4336 7 171 8 722 4089

1 18 85 117 184 245 172 

59 428 589 2239 2056 919 

26 128 176 270 383 285 487 4 588 6907 12 721 15051 6913 

127 935 1 511 3 175 3 161 1 660 

23 113 139 224 307 218 

220 2 930 4004 6834 9 283 3855 

29 191 302 457 947 254 

13 108 164 247 342 213 

267 1 658 2 903 5887 5768 3058 

98 743 1 210 2 719 2214 1 406 

1 14 18 28 32 42 (0) (0) 144 1 076 345 300 

(0) (0) 73 559 149 127 

17 42 53 81 87 75 

4874 6925 3 997 12214 16007 4441 

6 25 32 44 35 41 

1 6 3 12 10 18 

8 3 2 6 12 1 

1 2 9 6 7 7 

- 2 6 4 13 6 

1 4 1 9 10 2 

13 22 25 42 48 40 

410 904 385 1 478 2 068 624 

17 36 49 75 85 71 

4464 6021 3612 10 736 13939 3817 1 

13 27 32 58 63 59 

5377 7053 5 413 16 159 15 274 5380 

530 6IJ9 380 1 445 1 450 410 

9 12 9 25 14 29 

1 200 923 1 856 3037 1 775 I 375 

35 34 60 113 55 44 

13 22 27 45 49 

483 1 143 555 2083 2 269 9~1 12 18 26 40 38 34 

99 604 283 1 060 1 062 565 13 18 24 38 45 34 

384 539 272 1 023 1 207 360 

5 12 14 30 24 42 

91 184 148 1 036 435 1 041 

3 11 11 20 18 35 52 129 92 761 295 642 

3 9 8 16 21 37 

35 145 81 463 284 623 

4 8 11 17 19 37 

64 229 115 800 347 883 

680 I 007 948 4628 2920 5984 

11 50 70 108 103 123 

20 449 348 556 567 1 568 10 15 14 16 25 28 

14 54 108 46 102 197 

3 66 85 66 59 145 

2 5 14 13 6 12 (0) (0) 58 70 48 74 

1 2 6 6 3 5 (0) (0) 41 69 32 24 (0) (0) 2 3 2 1 

16 36 58 83 106 105 

45 291 46 538 214 214 524 516 463 042 49493 

6 29 45 59 65 88 - 3 5 10 22 15 10 2 1 2 10 1 

- 2 2 7 3 -

- - 4 3 4 1 

- - 1 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - 16 35 56 81 106 105 

33 291 41 588 189 444 482 799 381 614 39438 

8 4 11 13 13 4 

12000 4 950 24 770 41 717 81 428 10055 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms· see text) 

All Farms 

LIVESTOCK - Can. 

Cottle and calves inventory - Can. 

Cows and heifers thot had calved - Can. Milk cows _____________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

Forms with- 1 to 4 __________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 __________________________________________ _ 10 to 49 ________________________________________ _ 50 to 99 ________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ 

500 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ formL 

number _ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls. and bull calves _____________ farms_ 

number _ 

Cottle and calves sold ________________________________ torms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Calves ___________________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Cottle ___________________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Fottened on groin and concentrates ________________ farms_ 

number_ 

$1,000_ 

Hogs and pigs inven1ory ______________________________ forms_ 

number_ 

Forms with- 1 to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ____________________________________________ _ 50 to 99 ____________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 __________________________________________ _ 200 to 499 __________________________________________ _ 500 or more _________________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ farms_ 

number _ Other ___________________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ forms_ 

oumber_ 

$1,000_ Feeder pigs sold ___________________________________ farms_ 

litters of pigs farrowed betweennumber _ 

$1,000_ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ farms_ 

number _ Dec. J and May 31 ______________________________ forms_ 

number _ June 1 and Nov. 30 ______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory __________________ farms_ 

number_ Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ farms_ 

number _ Sheep and lombs sold ________________________________ farms. 

number _ Sheep and lambs shorn _______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

pounds of wooL 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ forms_ 

number _ Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Goats inventory _____________________________________ forms_ 

number_ Goats sold _________________________________________ forms_ 

POULTRY 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ forms_ 

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 _____________________________________ _ 

Hens and puliets of laying age _______________________ farms. 

number _ 

Puliets 3 months old or older not of laying age ____________________________________ farms. 

number _ 

See footnote at end of table. 

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-

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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-

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1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total Under 25 years 

373 5 

2 418 24 

303 1 3 

1 !hI 1 

9 - 4 - - -

- -

744 13 

4 436

1 

70 

709 11 

2 4631 32 

779 14 

6 616 138 

1 9291 42 

466 8 

2 746 51 

307 4 

664 1 14 

3 870 87 

1 6221 38 183 3 755 37 

320 I 17 

547 8 

10994 131 

4241 4 

76 4 

20 - 7 -

18 - 2 - 170 3 1 547 17 

521

1 

7 

9447 114 

293 7 

11 841 226 

787 13 

121 3 4 219 129 

123 4 

202

1 

4 

1 611 16 

179 4 

936 (0) 

127 2 

675 (0) 

284 5 3971 70 

251

1 

5 2 739 48 

193 2 

2 435 (0) 

212 4 3384 30 

23 530 142 

917 19 

4541 67 

288 10 

692 19 1 215 12 

170 - 1 491 - 74 - 910 - 40 -

531 3 155 264 269 

518 3 10 - 1 - - - - -

2 - - - 516 3 134 206 (0) 

175 2 21 058 (0) 

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

25 to 34 years 35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 yeors 

23 134 113 

79 454 714 

19 122 93 

2 1 7 

2 10 9 

- 1 3 

- - 1 

- - -

- - -

56 256 205 

357 1 283 1 172 

91 169 205 

250 609 705 

74 219 224 

475 2006 1 892 

145 579 541 

39 147 139 

172 834 782 

24 82 88 

65 185 195 

303 1 172 1 110 

120 497 453 

22 56 50 

53 253 189 

22 102 72 

71 256 126 

3 225 3 222 2 736 

43 228 90 

15 18 22 

2 4 7 

1 2 3 

10 3 3 

- 1 1 

46 55 36 

425 360 484 

62 252 120 

2 800 2 862 2 252 

53 106 80 

2 474 3639 3 572 

155 231 273 

20 58 25 

776 1 424 986 

18 45 31 

47 73 46 

473 389 456 

40 69 40 (0) 211 231 

24 56 23 (0) 178 225 

25 100 75 164 1 313 I 062 

19 85 70 

104 983 674 

10 60 70 (0) 816 703 15 64 68 117 1 127 1 036 745 6 931 7644 

106 342 230 

543 1 261 1 567 37 126 64 

103 260 158 300 403 321 26 70 39 170 690 382 18 35 13 112 401 266 7 16 10 

62 232 112 6 227 12 499 124 321 

60 231 110 1 1 - 1 - - - - -

- - -

- - 2 - - - 60 230 109 (0) 9 931 106 858 

7 123 27 (0) 2 568 17 463 

65 years and 

55 to 64 years over 

70 28 

820 327 

51 151 

5 I' 

7 11/ 4 

3 ~I -

-I -

147 67 

968 586 

167 661 

546 321 

167 81 

1 377 728 

369 254 

94 39 

632 275 

58 51 

136 69 1 745 453 

311 203 

40 12 

146 77 

63 44 

59 27 

1 014 666 

40 191 13 4 

4 3 

1 -

1 1 

- -

21 9 

130 131 

53 27 

884 535 1 

35 12 

1 129 801 

79 36 

10 5 322 582 

9 17 

23 

125 15~ 1 

18 8 75 77 

14 8 

50 75 

53 26 1 059 303 

51 21 

755 175 

38 13 

652 141 

46 15 915 159 

6 598 1 470 

161 59 

789 314 40 11 

128 24 139 40 24 11 205 44 

6 2 (0) (0) 

(0) (0) 

1 

86 36 10 332 1 616 

78 36 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 79 35 9 914 1 286 

12 4 418 330 

MASSACHUSETTS 47 
Table 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text} 

All Farms 

POULTRY - Con. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ____________________ farms- - number _ - Broilers and other meol-type chickens sold _____________ forms_ - number _ - Farms with- I to 1.999 __________________________________________ _ 

- 2.000 to 59.999 ______________________________________ _ 

60.000 to 99.999 ________________________________ . __ .. __ - 100,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding _________________________ formsnumber _ - Turkeys sold ______________________________________ forms_ 

number _ -

CROPS HARVESTED 

(orn for all purposes _______________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

Tobacco __________________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

pounds_ IrrigaTed __ __ _ _ __ __ __ _ _ __ __ __ __ _ _________________ forms_ 

ocres_ Farms by acres harvested: 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.1 to 4.9 acreL ____________________________________ _ 

-- 5.0 to 24.9 ocres- ____________________________________ _ 

- 25.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ -

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ farms 

acres 

hundredweight Irrigated _________________________________________ farms 

acres Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 acreL ____________________________________ _ 

1.0 to 4.9 ocreL ____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 acres- ___________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 acres ___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres ar more _________________________________ _ 

Hay crops (see text) _________________________________ farms 

acres 

tons, dry Irrigated _________________________________________ forms 

acres 

Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 acres _______________________________________ _ 

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

-- 25 to 99 acres _______________________________________ _ - 100 to 499 acreL ____________________________________ _ - 500 acres or more ___________________________________ _ -

Alfolfo hoy _______________________________________ forms -- acres 

tons, dry --

-- Irrigated ______________________________________ forms -- acres --

All vegetables harvested for sole (see text) ______________ farms -- acres_ - Irrigated _________________________________________ forms_ - acres_ - Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 ocreL _____________________________________ _ - 5.0 to 24.9 ocro'- ____________________________________ _ - 25.0 to 99.9 ocro'- ___________________________________ _ 

- 100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

- land in orchards ____________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Forms by acres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

- 5.0 to 24.9 ocro'- ____________________________________ _ - 25.0 to 99.9 acro'- ___________________________________ _ - 100.0 acres or more ______________ -- -- -- -- --------------

Applos __________________________________________ forms- -

- total ocres_ 

pounds--

See footnote at end of toble. 

48 MASSACHUSETTS 

Total forming 

and other 

occupations Total 

1 

269 164 I 085 843 924 183 47 16 

159 991 156 458 

411 10 1 

~I 6 

-

-

19 II 

I 661 I 620 

67 35 

137 213 132 184 

1 1 

I 136 827 

43 535 39 857 

44 39 

I 078 I 068 

I 536 802

1 

I 517 302 

15 13 

607 605 

18 14 

16 IS 

10 10 

185 116 

3 SOl 3 264 

748 9931 705 931 

24 19 

178 172 

52 26 

75 37 

33 29 

18 18 

7 6 

3 0631 I 5641 

131 234 92 958 

258 428 198 066 

IS 9 

235 177 

I 334 457 

I 413 833 

31~ 1 270 

4 

I 070 - 652 

26 582 20 267 

66 706 53 547 

7 4 

lSI 127 

I 086 683 

IS 172 12 740 

327 224 

4 490 3 953 

472 238 

448 293 

145 132 

21 20 

508 258 

8 475 6 696 

38 18 

119 88 

266 108 

149 73 

75 61 

18 16 

445 214 

7 623 6 140 

91 420 913 79 646 055 

Under 25 years 

13 

35 830 

I 

(0) 

I 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14 

351 

I 

(0) 

(0) 

-

-

-

I 

-

2 

(0) 

(D) 

-

-

-

I 

I 

-

-

24 

956 

2 230 

-

-

12 

10 

2 

-

9 

147 

438 

-

-

4 

42 

-

-

2 

I 

I 

-

3 

9 

-

-

2 

I 

-

-

3 

9 

74400 

Farming 

Age of operator 

65 years 

25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 yeors and over 

16 19 30 52 34 

27 178 153 133 309 226 338 701 60 liS 

I I 2 8 3 

(0) (0) (0) 69660 5804 

- - 2 5 2 

I I - 3 I 

- - - - - - - - - -

I - 5 3 2 

(0) - 958 653 (0) 

5 2 12 II 5 

(0) (0) 71 ISS 48 056 6 523 

88 137 192 269 127 

4 565 7 548 12364 II 162 3 867 

4 I 8 19 6 

(0) (0) 139 792 55 

(0) (0) 203 449 I 070 994 110 333 

2 - 2 8 I 

(0) - (0) 502 (Z) 

I - 5 5 3 

2 I 2 6 3 

I - I 8 -

7 14 19 47 27 

(0) 807 425 I 408 552 

(0) 165 920 114 850 283 373 126 820 

2 5 3 8 I 

(0) 44 4 119 (0) 

I 3 5 8 9 

3 3 6 IS 9 

2 3 6 13 4 

I 4 I 9 3 

- I I 2 2 

lSI 206 318 450 4151 

10 984 14 251 21 152 25 685 19930 

26 081 33 676 44 228 52 875 38 976 

- 2 4 3 - - (0) (0) 22 -

35 50 89 ·124 147 

76 III 166 253 217 

39 44 62 72 51 

I I I I -

61 109 144 192 137 

I 669 3 471 4 675 6 336 3969 

5 158 10 579 12 257 14 598 10 517 

- 2 I I - - (0) (0) (0) -

66 83 128 219 183 

I 222 2 156 3 168 4 499 I 654 

IS 42 57 70 40 

lOS 834 I 264 I 357 394 

20 27 43 50 96 

33 33 42 114 70 

12 19 37 47 16 

I 4 6 8 I 

23 24 52 60 96 

810 790 I 220 I 502 2 365 

I 3 5 6 3 

(0) (0) 16 52 3 

8 9 22 22 45 

5 5 13 16 33 

7 8 IS 20 II 

3 2 2 2 7 

20 22 41 57 71 

758 722 I 140 I 338 2 175 

8 647 545 9 027 634 14 955 405 17 lSI 945 29 789 126 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 31. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal farms; see text) 

All Farms 

POULTRY - Can. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ____________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ______________ formsnumber _ 

Forms with- 1 to 1,999 __________________________________________ _ 

2,000 to 59,999 ______________________________________ _ 

60,000 to 99,999 ____________________________________ _ 

100,000 or more ____________________________ .. ________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breedin9 _________________________ forms_ 

number _ Turkeys sold _________________________________ • _. ___ farmsnumber _ 

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn for all purposes ________________________________ formL 

acres_ 

Tobacco ____________________ • ______________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

pounds- Irrigated _________________ • _______________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 ocreL _____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre5. ____________________________________ _ 

25.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ formsocres_ 

hundredweight _ Irrigated _________________________________________ farmsForms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 ocres-_____________________________________ _ 

1.0 to 4.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre5. ____________________________________ _ 

25.01099.9 ocres ____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Hoy crops (see text) _________________________________ forms_ 

acreL tons, dry_ Irrigated _________________________________________ forms_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 ocreL _______________________________________ _ 25 to 99 acres _______________________________________ _ 

10010499 ocreL ____________________________________ _ 500 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Alfalfa hay _______________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

fans, dry_ Irrigated _______________________________________ farmsacres_ 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ______________ farms_ 

acres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre5. ____________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 ocreL ___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

land in orchards ____________________________________ farms_ 

acres- Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

Forms by acres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 ocre5. _____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre5. ____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 ocres ____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Apples __________________________________________ forms_ 

total ocres_ 

pounds_ 

11978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 11 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Totol Under 25 yeors 

105 2 

161 660 (0) 

31 - 3 533 -

31 1 -

- =1 -

- -I 

81 

- 41 - 32 1 

5 029 (0) 

1 

309 2 

3 678 (0) 

5 - 10 -

19 50g 1 -

- 2 -

4 -

1 -

- -

69 - 238 - 43 06; 1 -

-

2: I -

-

3~1 -

-

-

-

1 4991 19 

38 276 621 

60 362 1 129 

6 - 58 -

877 4 

580 15 

4:1 -

-

418 6 

6 315 52 

13 159 138 

3 - 24 -

403 7 

2 432 80 

103 - 537 -

234 4 

155 2 

13 1 

1 -

250 1 

1 779 (0) 

20 I - 31 -

158 1 

76 - 14 - 2 -

231 1 

1 483 (D) 

774 858 (0) 

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

25 to 34 years 35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 yeors 

10 30 12 

33 568 17 380 103 734 

4 11 4 

93 936 58 

4 11 4 

- - - - - -

- - -

2 2 2 

(0) (0) (0) 

5 7 5 

(0) 4 103 48 

25 87 100 

(0) 731 1 267 

1 1 - (0) (0) -

(0) (0) - 1 - - 1 - -

1 1 - - - - - - -

4 33 4 

12 36 162 

1 320 2 408 35 120 

3 - -

(0) - -

2 5 1 

1 27 1 

1 1 1 

- - - - - 1 

120 442 398 

3 847 10 635 9 174 

4 816 15 997 13 874 

- 1 4 

- (0) (0) 

67 290 237 

47 135 154 

6 17 7 

- - -

43 122 120 

537 2 067 1 530 

1 029 3 644 3464 

- - 3 

- - 24 

44 64 106 

297 373 783 

5 16 29 

21 128 124 

27 40 60 

14 22 41 

3 2 4 

- - 1 

22 54 75 

(0) 392 486 

- 7 2 

- (0) (D) 

16 36 50 

5 15 22 

- 2 3 

1 1 -

20 50 72 

142 326 450 1 417 100 2 642 195 4 566 488 

65 yeors and 

55 to 64 years over 

23 28 

6 190 (0) 

3 9 

1 802 644 

3 

- ~I - -

- -

2 -

(0) -

5 9 

227 552 

1 

76 19 

1 037 346 

2 1 

(0) (0) 

(0) (Di 1 -

- 1 

1 1 

1 - - -

21 7 

20 8 

3 607 60J 2 

(0) 

:1 15 

5 

~I 1 

-

-

341 1791 

9017 4982 

17 058 7 488 

1 - (0) ~ 

187 92 149 80 

5 

- ~I 

83 44 

1 522 607 

3 521 1 363 

- - - -

135 47 

662 237 

39 14 

219 46 

75 28 

59 17 1 2 

- -

62 36 

519 225 3 

8 1~1 33 

21 22\ 13 8 1 

-

56 321 407 wq 2 709 305 (D) 

MASSACHUSETTS 49 
Table 32. Summary 

$20,000: 

by Age and 

1978 

Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

(Excludes abnormal forms· see text] 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Forms ___________________________________________ number_ · percent_ · land in forms ______________________________________ acres_ · Average size of form ______________________________ acres-· Value of land and buildings' ___________________________ forms-

$1.000. · Average per form ________________________________ dollors_ · Average per acre _________________________________ dollors_ 

forms by value of land and buildings: 

$1 to $19.999 .•..........•...........•..........•...... 

$20.000 to $39.999 ....•..........................•...... 

$40.000 to $69.999 .•.............•...................... 

$70.000 to $99.999 .......•..•..........•......•...•....• 

$100.000 to $149.999 .............•..•....•....•.•....... 

$150.000 to $199.999 ............••.••.•........••....... 

$200.000 to $499.999 •................••..........•....•. 

$500.000 to $999.999 ...........•••.••..........••..•.••. 

$1.000.000 or more •.....•......••..••................•. 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

Owned and rented land by operator: land owned ______________________________________ forms 

acres land rented or leased from others ___________________ farms 

acres Land rented or leased to others ______________________ farms 

acres 

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Total cropland ______________________________________ farms 

acres Harvested cropland ________________________________ forms 

acres Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _____ .. ________________________________ _ 

10 to 29 acres ____________________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres ____________________________________ _ 50 to 99 acres ____________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres __________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ocres. ...•......•••...•.•••....•••....•• 500 acres or more ________________________________ _ 

Cropland, Posture or grazing only __________________________ forms 

acres 

Cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses not harvested or pastured __________________________ farms 

acres On which all crops foiled _________________________ farms 

acres In cultivated summer follow _______________________ farms 

acres Idle ___________________________________________ farms 

acres 

Total woodland _____________________________________ forms 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

_. 

_. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.-

_. acres_ · Woodlond pastured ________________________________ farms_ · 

ocres_ · Woodland not postured ____________________________ farms_ · acres_ · 

Pastureland and rangeland other thon cropland and woodlond postured _________________________________ forms_ · ocres_ · land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. _________ farms_ · 

acres-· 

Pastureland, 011 types ________________________________ farms_ · acres_ · Irrigated land _______________________________________ farms_ · acres_ · Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ farms_ · acres_ · Pastureland irrigated _______________________________ forms_ · acres_ · Other land irrigated ________________________________ farms_ .. 

acres_ · 

land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ______ farms_ · acres_ · 

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERA TOR 

AJJF~r,e~!,~;:S -=~===~=~== === ======================= ~~~~:~ = 

· 

· Port owners ____________________________________ number_ · Tenants _______________________________________ number_ · White _________________________________________ number_ · Full owners __________________________________ number_ · Port owners __________________________________ number_ · Tenants _____________________________________ number_ · Block and other roce5- ___________________________ numbeL · Full owners __________________________________ number_ · Port owners __________________________________ number_ · Tenants _____________________________________ number_ · 

See footnole al end of table. 

50 MASSACHUSmS 

Total forming 

and other 

occupations Totol 

4 131 1 501 100.0 36.3 

309 5071 130 8841 75 87 

4 080 I 1 457 452 928 168 020 111 011 115 319 1 485 1 388 

390 151 

556

1 

230 I 925 281 

755 193 

582 218 

311 147 475 210 

65 19 21 8 

3 9091 266 152 1 411 1 108 978 1 083 407 

51 792 25 918 

306 108 

8 437 4012 

3 852 1 427 

126 358 57094 

3 490 1 335 

73 825 33 886 

1 423 531 1 126 380 578 211 

272 151 

8~ 1 ~I - -

1 807 557 

41 215 19 383 

229 88 

1 662 707 

86 35 

381 130 

66 39 

408 311 

555 188 

8 867 2677 

2 488 861 

142 505 56 671 

643 230 

17480 7677 

2 188 748 

125 025 48 994 

437 189 

14319 6 749 

2 820 967 

26 325 10 370 

2272 735 

73 014 33 809 

550 268 

2646 1 496 

545 264 

2 524 1 410 

9 7 

84 (0) 

11 6 

38 (0) 

25 11 

479 296 

4 131 1 501 

3 051 1 096 

857 315 

223 90 

4 106 1 486 

3 031 1 082 

852 314 

223 90 

25 15 

20 14 

5 1 

- -

Under 25 yeors 

20 

0.4 

1 259 

63 

30 

2960 

98 655 

1 592 

6 

2 

-

8 

5 

8 

1 

-

-

14 

1 067 

11 

192 

-

-

18 

590 

17 

368 

5 

10 

1 

-

1 

-

-

8 

153 

3 

14 

3 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

10 

519 

2 

(0) 

9 

(0) 

5 

38 

16 

112 

11 

232 

5 

29 

5 

(0) 

-

-

1 

(0) 

-

-

20 

9 

5 

6 

20 

9 

5 

6 

-

-

-

-

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 years ond 

25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years over 

126 165 216 402 572 

3.0 3.9 5.2 9.7 13.8 

8 424 9 119 20045 44 688 47 3491 67 55 93 111 83 

157 150 197 387 536 26 625 15 617 20649 45 793 56377 169 583 104 114 104 817 118 327 105 181 

1 937 2760 1 191 1 153 1 318 

10 13 23 36 63 

25 23 28 55 97 

34 22 32 73 120 

17 36 16 47 69 

29 24 44 52 64 

1 6 29 71 32 

25 25 23 50 86 

11 - 2 1 5 

5 1 - 2 -

93 150 203 396 555 

5 647 6 495 17 703 34 559 43 507 

71 57 57 106 105 

3 664 2 760 3 288 11 054 4960 

3 6 20 20 59 

887 136 946 925 1 118 

118 158 205 385 543 

4 198 4 467 8 885 20 648 18306 

108 146 192 365 507 

2 871 3 144 4964 11 525 11 014 

43 79 75 III 218 

31 31 53 112 143 

14 13 35 64 84 

16 19 23 41 52 

3 2 5 36 9 

1 2 1 1 1 

- - - - -

51 53 83 169 193 

1 048 1 058 3048 8 393 5 683 

11 15 10 19 30 

103 88 133 154 215 

7 - 3 10 12 

20 - (0) 48 38 

4 4 2 19 9 

70 52 (0) 103 33 

13 14 29 37 94 

86 125 (0) 425 1 323 

53 74 128 263 333 

3 317 3 210 8 178 19 415 22 032 

16 16 40 63 93 

(0) 291 2 054 1 524 3 548 

47 68 111 233 280 (0) 2 919 6 124 17 891 18 484 

13 15 25 54 77 

193 459 1 829 1 174 3056 

68 111 130 265 377 

716 983 1 153 3 451 3 955 

60 66 115 217 266 1 460 1 808 6931 11 091 12 287 

25 39 49 68 82 

129 203 281 459 395 

25 37 49 68 80 (0) (0) (0) 432 377 

- 2 - 3 2 

- (0) - 27 (0) 

1 - 1 - 3 (0) - (0) - (0) 

2 1 2 4 2 (0) (0) (0) 49 (0) 

126 165 216 402 572 

55 108 160 296 468 

38 42 43 100 87 

33 15 13 6 17 

126 157 215 399 569 

55 101 159 293 465 

38 41 43 100 87 

33 15 13 6 17 

- 8 1 3 3 

- 7 1 3 3 

- 1 - - -

- - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978 - Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms· see text] 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

forms ___________________________________________ number_ 

percent_ land in farms ______________________________________ ocres_ - Average size of farm ______________________________ ocres_ 

Value of land and buildingsl ___________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Average per form ________________________________ dollors_ 

Average per acre _________________________________ dollors_ 

Forms by value of land and buildings: $1 to $19,999 _________________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 to $39,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $69,999 _____________________________________ _ -

- $70,000 to $99,999 _____________________________________ _ - $100,000 to $149,999 ___________________________________ _ - $150,000 to $199,999 ___________________________________ _ - $200,000 to $499,999 ___________________________________ _ - $500,000 to $999,999 ___________________________________ _ - $1,000,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-

Owned and rented land by operator: land owned ______________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ land rented or leased from others ___________________ forms_ - ocres_ - land rented or leased to others ______________________ forms_ - acres_ -

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Total cropland ______________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - Harvested cropland ________________________________ forms_ - oeres_ - Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _______________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 29 acres _____________________________________ _ 

- 30 to 49 ocres _____________________________________ _ - 50 to 99 acres _____________________________________ _ - 100 to 199 acres-__________________________________ _ 

- 200 to 4990cres ___________________________________ _ 

- 500 ocres or more _________________________________ _ -

Cropland, Posture or grazing only __________________________ forms_ - ocres_ 

Cover crops, legumes, and soil~improvement grosses not harvested or pastured __________________________ forms_ 

-

- ocres_ - On which all crops failed _________________________ forms_ - aeres_ - In cultivated summer fallow _______________________ farms_ - acres_ - Idle ___________________________________________ farms_ - acres_ -

Total woodland _____________________________________ farms_ - Qeres_ - Woodland pastured ________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Woodland not postured ____________________________ farms_ -

- Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured _________________________________ forms_ - acres_ - Lond in house lots, ponds. roods, wasteland, etc. _________ farms_ - acres_ -

Pastureland, all types ________________________________ farms_ - aeres_ - Irrigated fond _______________________________________ farms_ - ocres_ - Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ forms_ - aeres_ - Pastureland irrigated _______________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Other land irrigated ________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 ______ forms_ - aeres_ -

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators _____________________________________ numbeL - Full owners ____________________________________ number_ - Part owners ____________________________________ number_ - Tenonts _______________________________________ number_ White _________________________________________ number_ -

- full owners __________________________________ number_ - Port owners __________________________________ number_ - Tenants _____________________________________ number_ - Block and other raceL ___________________________ number_ 

Full OWners __________________________________ number_ -

- Port OWners __________________________________ number_ - Tenants _____________________________________ number_ -

See footnote ot end of table, 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total Under 25 years 

2 630 43 

63.6 1.0 

1786231 1 954 68 45 

2 623 45 284 907 3 820 108 618 84 883 1 549 2 350 

239 2 

ill 1 

8 

21 

562

1 

4 364 - 164

1 

- 265 10 

~I -

-

2498 1 22 

157 174 855 676 24 25874 1 099 198 - 4 425 -

2 4251 36 69264 957 2 155 28 39939 714 

892 8 746 7 367 12 121 I 

2~1 -

- - -

1 250 21 21 832 161 

141 I 

955

1 

(D) 

51 - 251 - 27 I 97 : (0) 

367 5 6 190 79 

I 627 13 85 834

1 

750 413 5 9803 108 I 440 12 76031 642 

248 5 7 570 44 I 853 15 IS 955 203 

I 537 25 39 205 313 282 - I 150 - 281 - I 114 - 2 - (0) - 5 - (0) - 14 - 183 -

2630 43 1 955 19 

542 3 133 21 

2 620 43 I 949 19 538 3 133 21 10 - 6 - 4 -

- -

25 to 34 years 

270 

6.5 

15 003 

56 

262 23 899 91 215 

I 854 

38 

21 

85 

50 

30 

6 

32 

-

-

237 

10 125 

113 

5024 9 

146 

238 

5914 

181 

3309 

78 

58 

27 

15 

3 

-

-

III 

I 874 

17 

(D) 

4 

5 

4 

(0) 

71 

601 

149 

6 284 

38 

958 

125 

5 326 

28 

I 774 

162 

I 031 

153 

4 606 

23 

117 

23 

117 

-

-

-

-

4 

56 

270 

157 

80 

33 

267 

156 

78 

33 

3 

I 

2 

-

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

35 to oM yeors 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 yeors 65 yeors and over 

724 673 623 297 

17.5 16.2 15.0 7.1 

42 125 44 207 52 195 23 139

1 58 66 84 78 

730 686 629 2711 89 968 74 854 61 445 30922 

123 243 109 116 97 686 114 103 

2 003 I 432 I 095 I 919 

49 44 91 15 

72 60 90 75

1 158 200 117 63 

221 186 60 41 

82 63 160 29 

47 46 52 13 

85 71 46 21 

II 10 13 12 

5 6 - 2 

682 653 611 293

32 659 39 916 51 275 22344 1 

205 181 112 41 

10017 5 396 2958 I 380 

39 38 95 17 

551 I 105 2 038 585 

662 637 574 278 1 19 111 16949 16899 9434 

585 569 533 259 10 784 10 024 9784 5324 

216 249 241 100 262 183 157 79 67 107 93 61 

27 25 40 13 13 4 2 4 

- I - 2 

- - - -

413 367 229 109 5336 5 964 5 499 2998 

50 30 30 13 345 204 217 (011 19 9 15 

116 43 67 20 6 7 8 I 9 36 32 (0) 75 68 95 53 2 521 678 1 300 I 011 

466 418 382 199 18 540 21 547 27 382 11 331 102 147 83 38 I 828 3043 2 170 I 696 418 355 344 186 16 712 18 504 25 212 9635 

39 63 77 36 835 I 773 2380 764 555 493 419 209 3 639 3 938 5 534 I 610 

488 420 299 152 7999 10 780 10049 5458 74 56 92 37 259 248 401 125 74 56 91 37 255 (0) (0) 125 - I I - - (0) (0) - 4 - 1 - 4 - (0) - 5 I 3 I 67 (0) (0) (0) 

724 673 623 297 519 493 511 256 163 159 100 37 ,42 21 12 4 722 669 622 297 518 490 510 256 162 158 100 37 42 21 12 4 2 4 I - I 3 I - I I - - - - - -

MASSACHusms 51 
Table 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978 - Con. 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or fomily _______________ _ ___________ farms_ 

acres- Partnership _______________________________________ farms_ - ocres_ -

Corporations: family held ____ _ _ __________________ farms_ - ocres_ More than 10 stockholders _______________________ farms- - 10 or less stockholders- __________________________ farms_ - Other thon family held ----- ________________________ farms_ - acres_ - More than 10 stockholders _______________________ farms_ 

10 or less stockholders- __________________________ farms_ - Other ~ cooperative, estate or trust, etc. ________________ forms_ - acres- -

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence: On farm operated _____________ _ - Not on farm operated _________ _ - Operators by age group: Under 25 years ________________________________________ _ 

- 25 to 34 yearL ________________________________________ _ 

- 35 to 44 yeorL ________________________________________ _ 

- 45 to 54 yearL ________________________________________ _ - 55 to 64 yearL_ _ __________________________ _ - 65 years and over _____________________________________ _ 

- Average age__ __ __ __ __ _ _________________________ _ 

Operotors by sex: Mole _________________________________________________ _ 

Female _______________________________________________ _ 

Operators of Spanish origin ________________________________ _ 

Operators by principal occupation: Forming ______________________________________________ _ 

Other _______________________________________________ _ 

Operators reporting days of work off form: None ________________________________________________ _ 

I to 99 days __________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 days _______________________________________ _ 

200 days or more _____________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY SIZE 

1 to 9 acres ____________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 acreL __________________________________________ _ 

50 to 69 ocres ___________________________________________ _ 

70 to 99 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

100 to 139 ocreL ____ . ___________________________________ _ 

140 to 179 acres ________________________________________ _ 

180 to 219 acres ________________________________________ _ 

220 to 259 ocreL _______________________________________ _ 

260 to 499 acres ________________________ .. ________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocres _________________________________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 ocreL _____________________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

Cosh groin forms (011) ___________________________________ _ 

Field crop, except cosh groin forms (013)- ____________________ _ Cation forms (0131) ____________________________________ _ 

Tobacco forms (0132) ___________________________________ _ 

Sugar crop, Irish potato, hoy, peanut, and other field crop forms (0133,0134,0139) ____________________________________ _ 

Vegetable and melon forms (016) ___________________________ _ 

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- fruit and tree nut forms (017) ______________________________ _ - Horticultural specialty forms (018) __________________________ _ - General forms, primarily crop (019) _________________________ _ -

livestock forms, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialty (021)_ - Beef cottle forms, except feedlots (0212) ___________________ _ - Dairy forms (024) ________________________________________ _ - Poultry and egg farms (025) _______________________________ _ - Animal specialty forms (027) _______________________________ _ - General forms, primorily livestock (029) ______________________ _ -

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

-

-

Market volue of agricultural products sold _______________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold: $15,000 or more _____________________________________ _ - $10,000 to $14,999 ____________________________ --------- $5,000 to $9,999 __________________ -- ---- -- ------------- $2,500 to $4.999 ____________________ -- ____ ------------- less than $2,500 ___________________ - ---- -- ---- -------- - $2,000 to $2,499 __________________ ---------- -------- - $1,500 to $1,999 __________________ -- __ ---- -- --------- $1,000 to $1,499 __________________ ---- --------------

less thon $1,000 __________________ -- __ ---------------

See footnote at end of toble. 

52 MASSACHUSmS 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text) 

Total farming 

and other 

occupations Total 

3 787 1 326 

270 506 112 281 

236

1 22 979 12 1171 

116 

I 74 43 

3 499 (0) 

2 1 

72 42 

4 3 

4~1 (D) 

-

4 3 

30 12 

12 483 4877 

3 4221 1 234 

455 151 

63 20 

396 126 

889 165 

889 216 

1 025 402 

869 572 

52.2

1 

57.7 

3 757 1 339 

374 162 

37 3 

1 501 1 501 

2 630 -

1 1661 

278 

904 1 

146 

436 139 

2 118 179 

822 303 

1 520 475

1 396 132 

362 137 

355 156 

269 101 

149 66 

53 23 

175 89 

25 16 

4 

=1 1 

38 3 

768 237 

- - 12 7 

756 230 

484 237 

484 197 

386 199 

253 48 

1 128 371 

579 212 

95 73 

101 42 

307 79 

87 15 

4 131 1 501 

17 758 9 488 

202 145 

354 233 

714 375 

849 264 

2 012 484 

259 75 

337 110 

526 130 

890 169 

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 years and 

Under 25 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years over 

17 107 143 183 352 524 

1 171 6 775 8 114 16 559 37 210 42452 

3 11 10 16 37 40 

88 1 003 380 1 320 4 802 4 523 

- 5 10 15 7 6 

- 457 (D) (D) (D) (D) 

- - - 1 - -

- 5 10 14 7 6 

- - - 1 2 - - - - (D) (D) -

- - - - - -

- - - 1 2 - - 3 2 1 4 2 

- 189 (D) (D) 2 331 (D) 

11 87 122 175 333 506 

6 31 28 27 27 32 

20 - - - - - - 126 - - - -

- - 165 - - - - - - 216 - - - - - - 402 -

- - - - - 572 

no 29.9 39.8 50.0 59.5 72.0 

18 108 139 181 354 539 

2 18 26 35 48 33 

- - - - 1 2 

20 126 165 216 402 572 

- - - - - -

7 60 81 116 226 414 

1 21 23 26 46 29 

3 15 32 29 39 21 

8 21 17 25 59 49 

3 30 55 41 53 121 

8 46 55 66 128 172 

1 9 13 11 40 58 

5 13 16 24 35 44 

1 13 6 34 54 48 

- 4 3 12 24 58 

1 5 6 9 15 30 

- - 5 3 3 12 

1 4 6 14 42 22 

- 2 - 1 7 6 

- - - 1 1 1 

- - - - - -

- 1 - - 2 - 2 18 24 31 59 103 

- - - - - -

- 1 - 4 1 1 

2 17 24 27 58 102 

1 21 16 26 72 101 

6 13 17 29 49 83 

- 20 53 32 36 58 - 3 4 16 13 12 

7 19 33 49 119 144 

3 9 16 24 76 84 

2 10 3 12 25 21 

- 5 2 6 14 15 

2 14 8 13 12 30 - 2 5 2 1 5 

20 126 165 216 402 572 

98 948 1 082 1 562 2 889 2 910 

2 12 14 33 52 32 

- 29 38 39 61 66 

5 42 31 50 115 132 

3 13 20 35 92 101 

10 30 62 59 82 241 

3 11 9 11 10 31 

3 6 33 10 15 43 

2 8 7 6 24 83 

2 5 13 32 33 84 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$ 20,000: 1978 - Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms ; see textJ 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family _________________________________ farms-- acres- Partnership ________________________________________ forms_ - acres--

Corporations; family held _______________________________________ farms_ - acres-- More than 10 stockholders _______________________ forms_ - 10 or less stockholders ___________________________ forms_ - Other than family held _____________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - More than 10 stockholders _______________________ forms- - 10 or less stockholders ___________________________ forms- - Other-cooperative, estate or trust, etc. ________________ forms- - acres_ -

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence: On form operated ______________________________________ _ 

- Not on form aperated ___________________________________ _ 

- Operators by age group: Under 25 years ________________________________________ _ 

- 25 to 34 yearL ________________________________________ _ 

- 35 to 44 yearL ________________________________________ _ 

- 45 to 54 yeors _________________________________________ _ 

- 55 to 64 yeor'- ________________________________________ _ 

- 65 years and over ______________________________________ _ 

- Average age ___________________________________________ _ 

- Operators by sex: Mole _________________________________________________ _ 

- Female _______________________________________________ _ 

- Operators of Spanish origin ________________________________ _ 

- Operators by principal occupation: Forming ______________________________________________ _ 

Other ________________________________________________ _ -

-

Operators reporting days of work off form: None _________________________________________________ _ 

- I to 99 days __________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 199 days _______________________________________ _ 

- 200 days or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

FARMS BY SIZE 

1 to 9 acres _____________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

- 5010 69 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

- 70 10 99 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 139 ocre'- ________________________________________ _ 

- 140 to 179 ocres _________________________________________ _ 

- 180 to 219 ocres _________________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

220 to 259 ocre'-________________________________________ _ 

260 to 499 ocre,- ________________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocre'- ________________________________________ _ 

- 1,000 to 1.999 ocre'- _____________________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SEE TEXT) 

Cash grain forms (011) ____________________________________ _ 

Field crop, except cosh groin forms (013'-____________________ _ Cotton forms (0131) ____________________________________ _ 

Tobacco forms (0132) ___________________________________ _ 

Sugar crop, Irish potato, hoy, peanut, and other field crop forms (0133,0134,0139) ____________________________________ _ 

Vegetable and melon forms (016) ___________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Fruit and tree nut forms (017) ______________________________ _ 

-

-

-

Horticultural specialty farms (018) __________________________ _ 

General farms, primarily crop (019) _________________________ _ 

-

-

-

livestock forms, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialty (021)_ 

8eef cattle forms, except feedlots (0212) ___________________ _ Dairy farms (024) ________________________________________ _ 

-

-

POUltry and egg farms (025) ___________ , ___________________ _ 

Animal specialty forms (027) _______________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily livestock (029) ______________________ _ 

-

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sold _______________ farms_ -

forms by value of agricultural products sold: $1,000_ -

$15,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

$10.000 to $14,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 _____________________________________ _ 

$2,000 to $2,499 ___________________________________ _ 

$1,500 to $1,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,499 ___________________________________ _ 

less than $1,000 ___________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

See footnote at end of table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total Under 25 yeors 

2 461 39 

158 225 I 399 

119

1 

3 

10 863 (0) 

31 I - (0) - I - 30 - I -

(O~I -

- I - 18 I 

7 606 (0) 

2 1881 26 

304 17 

43

1 

43 270 - 724 - 673

1 

- 623 - 297 -

49.0 I 21.0 

2 418! 32 212 II 

34 -

2 6301 

-

43 

2621 3 

132

1 

2 

297 4 

I 939 34 

519/ 15 

I 045\ 17 

264 2 

225 I 199 6 168 I 

83 - 30 - 86 I 9 - 1 - I -

35 - 531 13 

- - 5 -

526 13 

247 7 

287 - 187 - 205 I 

757 13 

367 6 

22 - 59 1 

228 8 72 -

2 630 43 8 270 160 

57 - 121 5 339 5 

585 12 

I 528 21 

184 5 227 - 396 12 

721 4 

25 to 34 yeors 

249 

13 675 

14 

(D) 

3 

135 

-

3 

-

-

-

-

4 

(D) 

211 

49 

- 270 

-

-

-

- 30.8 

219 

51 

I 

-

270 

7 

9 

42 

212 

61 

III 

37 

19 

18 

7 

II 

-

5 

-

I 

-

-

40 

-

I 

39 

26 

34 

25 

II 

88 

34 

3 

3 

35 

5 

270 

I 025 

6 

31 

34 

58 

141 

21 

18 

42 

60 

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 yeors 55 to 64 yeors 65 yeors and over 

689 636 572 276 

39 544 40 372 42 017 21 218 

24 23 38 171 I 790 2 165 3840 I 822 

7 II 7 3 1 

341 I 166 (D) (D) 

- I - -

7 10 7 3 

- - I -

- - (0) 

=1 - - - - - I 

(D\i 4 3 5 

450 504 6 146 

636 561 505 249

1 66 79 72 21 

- - -

=1 - - -

724 - - - 673 -

29~1 - - 623 

- - - 39.2 49.3 59.0 71.6

1 

703 642 587 235 

21 31 36 62 

5 - - 28 

- - - - 724 673 623 297 

18 26 71 1371 II 24 52 34 75 66 75 35 620 557 425 9L 

170 102 124 47 

305 301 211 100 I 42 90 47 46 

70 49 61 25 59 41 47 28 40 29 73 18 13 19 28 12 4 9 10 7 18 31 19 12 3 2 2 2 - - -

=1 - - I 

7 25 3 - III 143 139 85 - - - - I - 2 I 

110 143 137 84

1 

34 79 77 24 62 70 85 36 33 41 55 33 106 M 24 19

1 

230 208 148 70 98 92 88 5 3 6 4~1 14 10 25 6 86 40 42 17 36 10 19 2 

724 673 623 297 2 067 I 874 2 234 909 

23 10 14 4 22 21 30 12 61 74 127 38 146 150 1M 75 472 418 308 168 37 55 48 18 52 85 49 23 155 78 76 33 228 200 I 35 

MASSACHUSETTS S3 
Table 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978-Con. 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD-Con. 

Market value of agricultural products sold - Can. Groin ___________________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ forms- - $1.000_ - (ommodi1y Credit Corporation loons ________________ forms_ 

$1.000_ - (otton and cottonseed _____________________________ farms_ -

-

-

$1.000_ Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ - Commodity Credit Corporation loons ________________ farms_ - $1.000_ -

Tobacco _________________________________________ forms- -

-

- $1,000_ Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ - Field seeds, hoy, forage, and siloge ___________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $5.000 or more __________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons __________________ forms_ -

-

-

$1,000_ Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms-

$1,000_ -

Fruits, nuts, and berries ____________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Nursery and greenhouse products ____________________ farms_ - $1.000_ - Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Other crops ______________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ -

Poultry and poultry products ________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ forms- - $1,000_ - Dairy products ____________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Cattle and calves __________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Sheep, lambs, and wool ____________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Soles of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ - $1.000_ - Other livestock ond livestock products (see text} ________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $5,000 or more __________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ -

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

Livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Farms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ____________________________ ---- __ -- -------- $500 to $2,499 ______________________________________ _ 

- $2,500 to $4,999 ____________________ ------ ---- --------- $5,000 or more ______________________________________ _ -

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Farms with expenses of- $1 to $499 __________________________________________ _ 

$500 to $2,499 ______________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4,999 ____________________ ---- ------ -------- $5,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ farms_ 

Forms by tons purchased: 

tons_ 

$1,000_ 

1 to 49 ton'-______________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 ton'-_____________ ------ -- -- --------------- 100 tons or more __________________________________ _ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ______________________ ---- --------------- $500 to $2,499 ____________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4,999 __________________ ---- --------------

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- $5,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

See footnote at end of table. 

54 MASSACHUSmS 

{Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

Total farming I and other 

occupations Total 

65 9 

98

1 (O~ 221 

(O~ - -

- - - - - -

- - - -

=1 =1 

13 8 117 74 

11 7 

110 71 1 044 365 2 686 I 143 

161 73 

I 2461 

746 

586

368 1 

2 911 I 678 

203 125 I 861 I 217 

598 259 

2 501 I 393 

181 107 

1 797 I 095 

453 244 

2 416 I 529 

180 119 

1 840 I 268 

98 49 

197 150 

15 13 

113 (0) 

402 1241 

526 320 

30 21 

312 228 

169 104 

1 069 870 

78 65 

979 811 

1 186

1 

468 

2560 1 244 

129 79 

983 602 

424 145 

1 166 626 

80 54 

780 541 

311 92 

192 

5 6~1 37 (0) 

610 182 

1 321 370 

83 29 

719 241 

1 381 455 

1 265 560 

707 200 

564 199 

70 37 

40 19 

2 247 715 

3 III 1 479 

847 233 

1 091 301 

173 77 

136 104 

1 226 355 

9480 4620 

1 364 625 

1 010 225 

182 109 

34 21 

582 129 

528 152 

52 31 

64 43 

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 years and 

Under 25 years 25 to 34 yeors 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 yeors over 

1 2 - - 5 I 

(0) (0) - - 15 (0) 

- - - - 1 - - - - - (0) - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- I - 5 I 1 

- (0) - 61 (0) (0) 

- I - 5 I -

- (0) - (0) (0) - 2 29 40 50 92 152 

(0) (0) 136 175 297 423 

- 8 10 10 23 22 

- 67 85 88 177 169 

2 34 32 41 121 138 

(0) (0) 174 193 642 497 

- 15 13 13 49 35 

- 137 120 114 527 320 

7 22 20 45 67 98 

30 118 122 243 368 511 

2 9 10 16 28 42 

(0) (0) 104 181 287 406 

- 25 53 40 49 77 

- 193 285 334 324 392 

- 17 23 27 23 29 

- 176 224 307 255 306 

1 I 6 7 18 16 (0) (0) 20 31 53 (0) 

I I 2 3 4 2 (0) (0) (0) 24 35 (0) 

2 14 20 19 30 39 

(0) 30 32 32 (0) 107 

- I 2 2 7 9 

- (0) (0) (0) 83 88 

3 15 13 14 28 31 

29 126 40 142 311 223 

2 8 3 11 23 18 

(0) (0) 32 131 300 207 

6 38 38 69 152 165 

10 83 84 156 509 401 

- 4 6 6 41 22 

- 28 42 42 281 208 

1 15 20 25 35 49 

(0) (0) 113 III 179 192 

1 2 9 7 18 17 (0) (0) 105 96 161 158 

4 7 10 16 19 36 

2 8 5 12 11 30 

- - - 1 - 1 

- - - (0) - (0) 

5 18 21 22 36 80 

7 68 70 72 56 96 

- 7 6 7 3 6 

- 55 59 58 20 49 

20 61 58 77 132 107 

26 66 78 109 158 122 

6 24 41 26 58 45 

6 27 12 41 59 54 

8 10 - 6 12 I 

- - 5 4 3 7 

28 70 69 104 196 248 

56 191 132 201 412 487 

12 25 1 38 55 102 

7 22 62 38 83 89 

- 1 4 11 39 22 

9 22 2 17 19 35 

11 48 42 45 123 86 

295 543 330 1 070 1 738 644 

42 80 40 137 234 93 

2 37 36 14 77 59 

9 11 6 20 36 27 

- - - 11 10 -

2 15 9 9 47 47 

- 22 33 18 54 25 

8 1 - 2 6 14 

1 10 - 16 16 -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms· see text] 

farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD-Con. 

Market value of agricultural products sold - Can. Groin ______________________________ ____ _________ farms_ 

$1,oo(L - Soles of $5,000 or more __________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ 

Commodity (red it Corporation 10005 ________________ forms_ - $I,OO(L Cotton and cottonseed _____________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons ________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

T abaeeo ____________________________ ____ _________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $5.000 or more __________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Field seeds. hoy. forage, and sifoge ___________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Sales of $5.000 or more __________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Vegetables. sweet corn. and melons __________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $5.000 or more __________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Fruits. nuts. and berries ____________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $5.000 or more __________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Nursery and greenhouse products ____________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Soles of $5.000 or more __________________________ fonns_ 

$1,000_ Other crops ______________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ SaJes of $5,000 or more __________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Poultry qnd poultry products ________________________ form<-

$1,000_ Soles of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Dairy products ____________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Soles of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Cottle and calves __________________________________ forms-

$1,000_ Soles of $5.000 or more __________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ farms-

$1,000_ Soles of $5,000 or more __________________________ fanns_ 

$1,000_ Sheep, lambs, and wool ____________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Soles of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Other Jivestock ond livestock products (see text) ________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $5,000 or more __________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES I 

livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 __________________________________________ _ 

$500 to $2,499 ______________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4.999 _____________________________________ _ $5,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $110 $499 __________________________________________ _ 

$500 10 $2,499 ______________________________________ _ 

$2,500 10 $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$5,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ forms_ 

Farms by Ions purchased, 

tons_ 

$1,000_ 

I 10 49 lons _______________________________________ _ 

5010 9910n'-_____________________________________ _ 

100 tons or more __________________________________ _ 

Forms with expenses of-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

$1 10 $499 _________________________________________ _ 

$500 10 $2,499 ____________________________________ _ 

- $2,500 10 $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

See foolnole 01 end of lable. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total! Under 25 years 

56 -

7tl -

- (D) - - - - - - -

- -

- -

- -

=1 

-

-

5 - 43 -

4 - 39 - 679 14 

I 543 47 

88 3 

~I 16 

7 

I 233 44 

78 3 

644 33 

339 -

I lOS - 74 - 702 - 209 2 

887 (D) 

61 - 572 - 49 - 47 - 2 - (0) -

2781 2 

205 (D) 

9 - 83 - 65 - 199 - 13 - 168 - 718 13 

I 3161 39 

50 3 381 (D) 

279 7 

539 13 

26 - 239 -

219 4 

123 (Z) 

3 - (D) - 428 10 

950 12 

54 - 478 -

926 17 

706 74 

507 3 

365 4 

33 - 21 10 

I 532 41 

I 633 31 

614 13 

790 28 

96 - 32 -

871 13 

4860 54 739 8 

785 13 

73 - 13 - 453 7 

376 6 

21 - 21 -

25 to 34 yeors 

I 

(D) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

I 

(D) 

I 

(D) 

60 

119 

5 

39 

40 

121 

10 

73 

41 

145 

II 

104 

26 

116 

7 

74 

4 

8 

I 

(D) 

23 

(D) 

I 

(D) 

6 

II 

I 

(D) 

68 

95 

2 

(D) 

50 

56 

-

-

14 

4 

-

-

64 

326 

29 

296 

129 

103 

65 

64 

-

-

181 

214 

53 

97 

24 

7 

99 

347 

59 

91 

8 

-

50 

49 

-

-

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

35 10 44 years 45 to 54 yeors 55 10 64 years 65 years and over 

18 29 7 I 

(D) 34 (0) (0) 

- I - - - (0) - -

- - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

I - 2 I 

(D) - (D) (D) 

I - I I 

(D) - (0) (D) 

155 178 169 103 

338 348 520 172 

21 14 39 6 

166 III 283 45 

61 98 128 44 

195 324 410 139 

14 19 21 II 

120 153 174 91 

77 62 104 55 

328 169 350 117 

25 9 22 7 

244 83 206 63 

36 47 62 36 

146 232 270 (D) 

9 16 22 7 

79 164 190 64 

29 5 7 

10 10 16 3 " - I - - - (D) - -

IP 67 50 47 

39 34 94 22 

- - 7 I 

- - (D) (Il) 

10 34 8 7 

69 28 41 50 

4 I 3 4 

66 (0) (0) 47 

208 205 150 74 

407 334 267 175 

19 10 10 6 

152 80 58 53 

103 75 32 12 

201 184 49 36 

9 12 2 3 87 115 (0) (0) 

67 70 49 15 42 37 32 8 I - 2 - (D) - (D) - 175 83 70 26 258 142 156 57 4 8 10 3 26 53 73 29 

313 223 180 64 306 102 95 26 

94 157 139 49 187 60 35 15 29 4 - - 3 2 6 -

468 399 319 124 551 352 352 132 

209 143 127 69 205 239 175 46 46 13 5 8 8 4 12 I 

295 233 141 90 I 804 I 220 I 224 212 256 204 176 36 

259 219 116 87 29 14 19 3 7 - 6 -

193 80 57 66 86 140 73 22 9 10 - 2 7 3 II -

MASSACHUSETTS 5S 
Table 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978 - Con. 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' - Con, 

Animal health costs __________________________________ farms_ -

Forms with expenses of- $1,000_ - $1 to $99 ___________________________________________ _ $100 to $999 ________________________________________ _ - $1,000 10 $4,999 _____________________________________ _ -

- $5,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

- Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees ________________________ forms_ -

Forms with expenses of- $1,000_ - $1 to $99 ___________________________________________ _ 

- $100 to $999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $1,000 to $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

Commercial fertilizer _________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 __________________________________________ _ 

- $500 10 $999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $1,000 10 $2.499 _____________________________________ _ 

$2,500 or more ______________________________________ _ -

-

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $110 $499 __________________________________________ _ 

- $500 10 $999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $1,000 10 $2.499 _____________________________________ _ 

- $2,500 or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

Energy ond petroleum products ________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 10 $499 __________________________________________ _ 

- $500 10 $999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $1,000 to $2.499 _____________________________________ _ 

- $2,500 or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

Petroleum products ________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Gasoline _______________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Diesel fuel _____________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - lP 90S, butane, and propane ______________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Fuel oil ________________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ Natural - gas ____________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Kerosene, motor oil. and grease ___________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - EJecfricity ________________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Other-coal. wood, coke, etc. _______________________ forms_ - $1,000_ -

Hired farm labor ____________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms wifh expenses of- $1 10 $499 __________________________________________ _ 

- $500 10 $2,499 ______________________________________ _ 

- $2,500 10 $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

- Workers by number of days worked: }SO days or more _______________________________ forms_ - workers_ - less than 150 doys ______________________________ forms_ - workers_ -

Contract labor ______________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 10 $499 ____________________________________ -------- $500 to $999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $1,000 10 $2.499 ______________________ -_ -------------- - $2,500 or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

Customwork. machine hire. and rental of machinery and equipment _____________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 10 $499 ______________________ -- ------------ -- -----

$500 10 $999 ______________________ -------------------

$1,000 10 $2,499 ____________________ ------------------ $2,500 or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARM-RELATED INCOME 

'ncome from machine work. custom work, and other agricultural services ___________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Value of agricultural producls sold directly 10 individuols for human consumption _____________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

See foolnole 01 end of lable, 

56 MASSACHUSmS 

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

[Excludes abnormal farms; see text} 

Totol forming 

and other 

occupotions Tolal 

I 532 463 276 94 

694 172 735 239 

66 49 37 3 

1 7/9 761 

805 446 

543 157 

782 385 199 97 195 122 

2 494 990 

I 312 700 

1 7/5 570 

407 219 

288

1 

137 

84 64 

2 260 868 7/5 372 

I 841 642 290 137 

104 77 

25 12 

4046 I 445 

2 388 1 202 

2 484 606 

913 432 545 331 

104 76 

4 039 1 443 

1 868 958 

3 787 I 340 

I 209 619 

759 282 

182 82 

148 70 

19 9 

452 270 

201 127 

80 32 

II 4 

4 039 I 443 

246 117 

2 273 844 

460 212 

247 104 

60 31 

I 334 553 

I 877 863 

484 146 

567 297 

256 95 

27 15 

338 159 

657 255 

I 161 489 

4 619 2377 

243 107 

232 115 

98 38 

63 13 

59 47 

23 9 

685 302 

316 137 

467 227 

110 35 

97 35 

II 5 

277 129 

398 281 

933 373 

2 040 1 122 

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 years and Under 25 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 10 54 yeors 55 10 64 yeors over 

20 50 45 60 123 165 

5 20 11 II 16 30 

7 26 12 15 51 61 

5 17 26 41 70 80 

8 5 7 3 2 24 - 2 - 1 - -

17 95 103 106 233 207 

5 92 50 96 102 101 

- 6 28 26 30 67 

15 30 50 39 149 102 

2 31 6 15 34 9 - 28 19 26 20 29 

9 101 100 131 293 356 

5 141 39 80 265 170 

- 36 78 65 144 247 

9 13 13 48 66 70 

- 26 7 17 57 30 

- 26 2 I 26 9 

12 108 93 125 261 269 

9 64 30 42 141 87 

I 72 70 97 186 216 

10 21 22 26 28 30 

I 10 I I 46 18 

- 5 - I I 5 

30 157 150 196 387 525 

21 179 97 219 333 352 

13 22 78 87 136 270 

7 79 29 35 138 144 

8 44 40 42 98 99 

2 12 3 32 15 12 

30 157 148 196 387 525 

II 145 81 176 263 282 

30 147 115 178 351 519 

6 97 52 104 172 190 

18 41 22 53 110 38 

4 9 4 20 28 18 

6 13 10 7 8 26 

I I 2 (0) (0) (0) 

8 49 12 57 72 72 

(Z) 26 II 26 32 31 

- - 24 6 I I 

- - 2 (0) (0) (0) 

30 157 148 196 387 525 

I 12 9 25 31 40 

30 88 59 120 274 273 (0) (0) 15 36 62 63 

I 20 8 16 35 24 (0) (0) 2 7 8 7 

2 83 61 74 189 144 (0) (0) 131 210 202 175 

2 10 12 10 65 47 

- 52 28 26 107 84 

- 19 18 29 17 12 

- 2 3 9 - I 

- 46 28 27 37 21 

- 68 61 47 47 32 

2 69 41 64 183 130 

(0) 317 (0) 380 937 607 

- II 10 14 20 52 

- 9 6 28 30 43 

- 5 4 - 10 19 

- - 4 I 4 4 

- 5 2 10 I 29 

- I - 3 5 -

5 37 50 46 75 89 

4 12 26 27 34 35 

- 32 38 30 60 67 

5 5 - 5 5 15 

- - 12 II 5 7 

- - - - 5 -

4 27 25 17 30 26 

7 133 32 39 58 12 

5 37 48 37 112 134 

9 92 108 144 392 377 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978 - Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms· see text} 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' - Con. 

Animal health costs __________________________________ forms_ · $1.000 -. Forms with expenses of- $1 to $99 ••. _ ••••••• _ ..••...•••.••.••.. _ .•.•••.•.•. _. · $100 to $999 •.• ____ ._._ ••• _ ..• ___ • __ •.•. _ •... ___ ._. __ - $1,000 to $4,999 _ .•.•• _ ..•.• _._. __ .• __ ._ .•. _ •..... __ .. - $5,000 or more _ ... __ ._ ......... __ .. __ ._ ....... ____ ._' - Seeds. bulbs, plants, and trees ________________________ forms_ - $1,000. · Forms with expenses of- $1 to $99 ••• __ ..... _. ____ •.. __ • ___ . _ •... __ •.•.....• _. · $100 to $999 _.'_ .•. __ .• _ ..•• '_"' ___ .• ___ .•.•. ___ "_' · $1,000 to $4,999 ••.. __ ._ .....•••. _ •..•...••. _ •.... _ .•• · $5,000 or more . ___ ... ___ .... _ ... _. ___ ._. __ ._ .... __ ... · Commercial fertilizer _________________________________ forms_ · $1,000. · Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ..••.• _ .. _ ..• _ ...••.••.•.• ___ • __ ... __ .•...• - $500 to $999 .•• _ .. _ •• ___ ..••• _. __ • _ ..• _._ ...••.•.• __ . - $1,000 to $2,499 .. _. __ • __ .• __ • _ •.• _' ..... _ ..• _ ...••.•• · $2,500 or more ....... _ ............... _ ........... _ .. . -

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ forms_ 

$1.000. 

Farms with expenses of- $1 to $499 •..•.. ___ •• _ .••• _ ..•... _ •• _ ... __ ••.. _ ..•.•. 

$500 to $999 ••.•.•. _ .. _ •.• __ ..•..• _ •••.•.•...•.•....• 

$1,000 to $2,499 __ .••...• _._ •.•.•.•• "'_' •.....•••.... 

$2,500 or more ..... _._._ .. _ ..... __ .... _._ ......... _ .. 

Energy and petroleum products ________________________ forms_ 

$1,000. Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ..•.•...• __ . __ ....• _._ .• _"_ .• _ ....•..•.. __ 

$500 to $999 .. ___ .••••. _ .. _ .••.••....• _ ••.. _ ••. _ •...• 

$1,000 to $2,499 •.•• _._ .. _._._ ...• _ .••...•••••....••. _ $2,500 or more _ ........ _ ......... ____ .... _ ... _ ...... . 

Petroleum products ________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Gasoline _______________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000. Diesel fuel _____________________________________ farms_ 

$1.000. lP gos, butane, and propane ______________________ farms_ 

$1,000. Fuel oil ___________________ • ____________________ farms_ 

$1.000. Natural gas _________________________ • __________ farms_ 

$1.000. Kerosene, motor oil, and grease ___________________ forms_ 

Electricity ________________________________________ $f~~:= 

Other-coal, wood. coke. etc. _______________________ $f~'~~= 

$1.000. 

Hired farm fabar ____________________________________ forms_ 

$1.000. Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 •.. _ .•••• _ ••• _ •• _ ..•. ___ ... _. __ ...•• _._ .• _. 

$500 to $2,499._ ••• _ ••.••• _ .....•.• _ ••.. _ .•••.••••••• $2,500 to $4,999 .... _. _. _. _ •• _ •••..•••• __ • __ .' __ .. _ •.. 

$5,000 or more _. _ .. _ ...... _ .. _ ....... ____ .. _" __ .... . 

Workers by number of days worked: 150 days or more ______________________________ .forms_ 

workers_ Less thon 150 doys .. _ ... _._ •. _ .. _ .. _._ .. _ ... _ .. _forms_ 

workers_ 

Contract labor ___ • __________ . ______________________ . farms_ 

$1,000. Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ••• __ •••• _ ••• ___ .. _ •••••••••• __ ....• __ ._._. 

$500 to $999 _ •••••• _ .•.••• _._ •.•••. __ •.••.•.•. _ •..••• 

$1,000 to $2,499 _' •• _ ••••.••••• _ •••••• _. _ •••••••••.•.. $2,500 or more ..... _ ........... ,_ ........ _ .......... . 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _____________________________________ farms_ 

$1.000. Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ••••• _ ••• __ ••••• _ •.•• _ •• _ •••. _ •• _.'_" __ "_ 

$500 to $999 ••.• _ •• _ •• __ •••• __ "'_ •• _ •.••.... _ ••••... 

$1,000 to $2,499 .• ____ • __ '" ••••••••• _ •• _ •••• _ '_'_" __ 

$2,500 or more ....• _ ..... _ ...... _ .... _._ ............ . 

FARM-RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine work, customwork, and other agriculturol services ___________________________ forms_ 

· 

-

-

-

· 

-

-

-

-

· 

-

· 

-

-

-

-

-

· 

· 

-

-

· 

· 

-

-

· 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

· 

-

· 

· 

· 

· 

-

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

- Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals $1.000_ for humon consumption ______________ ... ______________ forms __ 

$1,000. · 

See footnote at end of table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Totol Under 25 years 

1 069 24 

182 4 

522 13 

496 11 

17 - 34 -

958 4 

359 7 

386 -

397 - 102 - 73 4 

I 504 10 

612 9 

1 145 - 188 10 

151

1 

-

20 -

I 392 4 

343 13 

I 199 - 153 - 27 -

13 4 

2 601 45 

1 187 40 

I 878 25 

481 6 214 14 

28 -

2 596 45 910 25 

2 447 45 

590 18 

477 10 

100 2 

78 10 

11 (Z) 

182 4 

74 (Z) 

48 4 

7 2 2 596 45 128 2 1 429 30 

248 15 143 - 29 -

781 14 

1 014 38 

338 6 270 4 

161 - 12 4 

179 8 

402 16 672 14 

2 242 26 

136 4 117 4 

60 .- 50 4 12 - 14 -

383 8 179 3 

240 4 75 4 62 - 6 -

148 4 117 1 

560 6 918 14 

25 to 34 years 

116 

31 

56 

36 

-

24 

85 

52 

45 

16 

4 

20 

147 

55 

121 

15 

6 

5 

128 

34 

95 

33 

-

-

254 

68 

220 

33 

1 

-

254 

58 

249 

45 

33 

3 

5 

(Z) 

8 

2 

-

-

254 

8 

131 

9 

6 

1 

89 

74 

64 

14 

11 

-

11 

31 

89 

295 

14 

7 

7 

6 

1 

-

59 

31 

34 

4 

21 

-

26 

25 

60 

74 

Other occupations 

Age of operator 

35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 years 55 fa 64 yeors 65 years and over 

409 239 216 65 

87 30 21 9 

126 141 142 44 

270 87 73 19 

5 11 - I 

8 - 1 I 

227 275 263 104 

55 158 68 19 

100 100 97 44 

98 123 109 51 

20 20 50 8 

9 32 7 I 

342 437 400 168 

127 226 144 51 

266 315 302 141 

28 51 65 19 

46 60 31 

2 11 2 ~I 

411 369 347 133 

77 79 106 33 

381 312 299 112 

20 45 41 14 

9 11 - 7 

1 1 7 -

725 685 621 271 

307 319 350 103 

528 518 371 216 

139 92 176 35 

54 61 67 17 

4 14 7 3 

724 685 621 267

240 238 270 1 79 

666 659 575 253 

158 169 144 57 

153 96 152 33 

30 16 40 9 

20 27 16 -

3 4 3 - 23 56 76 15 

7 21 41 3 

27 12 5 - 3 1 I -

724 685 621 267 

39 27 41 11 439 372 321 136 

64 76 63 21 25 31 61 20 3 6 16 3 

226 187 210 55 353 165 238 145 

94 72 85 17 32 104 98 18 98 8 25 19 2 3 2 I 

94 27 24 15 258 38 36 23 146 170 202 51 351 909 505 156 

30 47 27 14 52 26 18 10 

7 32 10 4 11 10 10 9 4 - 7 - 8 5 - 1 

79 111 97 29 65 30 37 14 

32 89 66 15 24 12 19 12 18 10 12 5 1 - - 1 

32 44 29 20 35 13 21 15 

157 124 156 213 57 164 333 120 

MASSACHUSETTS 57 
Table 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978-Con. 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms by value group: $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 10 $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$50,000 10 $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$100,000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

$200,000 to $499,999 _________________________________ _ 

$500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles ________________________________________ formsnumber _ Motortrucks, including pickups ________________________ forms_ 

number _ Wheel lroctor5 ______________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 2 or 3 ___________________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 4 or more ________________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Groin and bean combines. self-propelled only _____________ forms_ 

number _ (ornpickers, corn heads. and picker-shellers _____________ farms_ 

number _ Corn heads for combines ___________________________ farms_ 

number _ Other cornpick.ers and pick.er-shellers _________________ formsnumher_ 

Cottonpickers _______________________________________ farms_ 

number _ Mower conditioners _________________________________ formsnumber _ Pickup balers _______________________________________ farms_ 

number_ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ farms_ 

number _ 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS I 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ lime ____________________________________________ forms_ 

acres on which used_ 

tons_ 

Sprays, dusts. granules, fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hoy and other crops ______________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ Nematodes in crops ______________________ :- ________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ Diseases in crops and orchards ______________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ 

Weeds. gross, or brush in crops and posture __________ farmsacres on which used_ 

Chemicals forDefoliafion or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _________________________________________ formsacres on which used_ Insect cootrol on livestock and poultry ________________ farms_ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird cootrol ________________ farms_ 

LIVESTOCK 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cottle and calves inventory __________________________ farms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 10 9 ______________________ ---- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - - -- ---- 101049 ____________________________________________ _ - 50 to 99 ____________ - ___ -- - - ---- -- -- -------------- ---- 100 to 199 ________________________ -- -- ------ -- -- ------ 200 to 499 ______________ ---- -- ---- ---- ------------ ---- 500 or more __ ________________ -- -- -- ---- -- ---- -- -------

Cows and heifers that hod calved ___________ ~ ________ forms_ 

number _ 

-

- Beef cows _____________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

-

-

Forms with- I 109 __________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ________________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 ____________ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- -- -- -- ---- 100 to 199 __________ -_ - - --- - -- -- -- -- ---- -- -- -----

200 to 499 __________ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---

500 or more ________ -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- ------ ---- -----

See footnote ot end of table. 

58 MASSACHUSETTS 

lExciudes abnormal forms; see text) 

Totol forming I and other 

occupations Total 

4 077 I 457 

45929 19 800 

933 3821 I 662

1 

448

1 903 361 498 213 

54 32 22 16 

5 5 

- -

I I 1 860 816 2 424 1 084 

3 175 I 198 4 798 2 031 

3 161 I 094 

5 552 2 067 

1 3641 510

1 3 058 I 150 

209 98 

906 431 

18 12 

32 26 67 21 

76 24 

33 11 

33 11 

42 12 

43 13 

- -

- - 760 322 

848 356 

I 057

1 

409 

I 128 426 1 395 128 

406 132 

2 903 1 065 

2 027 1 072 

2 3421 924 

34 531 17 325 

1 090 439 

11 065 5 011 

18 303 8 865 

1 100 455 

9 137 5 208 

97 32 

367 156 

681 309 

4 924 2070 

812 344 

9 029 3 819 

76 21 

330 136 

727 226 

690 245 

I 710 572 

22 405 11 231 

993 229 

649 290 

62 49 

5 3 

I 1 

- -

1 403 485 

10 607 5 202 

I 125 317 

8006 3 378 

886 220 

233 93 

5 4 

I - - -

- -

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 years and 

Under 25 yeors 25 to 34 yeors 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years over 

30 157 150 197 387 536 350 2 507 1 383 3 157 6 287 6 115 

- 44 68 37 70 163 

19 49 32 52 115 181 

8 30 31 55 116 121 

2 29 17 42 69 54 

I - 1 6 12 12 

- 5 1 5 - 5 

- - - - 5 - - - - - - -

I 85 69 126 246 289 (0) (D) 94 167 285 388 

30 135 136 170 341 386 

37 218 182 339 671 584 

29 109 67 155 321 413 

37 228 114 339 625 724 

4 65 30 74 149 188 

12 139 74 179 325 421 

- 15 1 23 38 21 

- (0) (D) 102 166 99 

- - - I 7 4 

- - - (D) (D) 4 

I 4 I I 6 8 

(0) 4 (D) (0) 6 8 I 4 - 1 5 - (0) 4 - (0) (D) - 1 - 1 1 1 8 (0) - (D) (0) (0) 8 

- - - - - - - - - - - - I 63 21 61 92 84 (0) 63 (D) 66 109 94 

4 50 15 52 131 157

1 4 63 16 52 132 159 

2 13 2 34 63 14 

(0) 13 (D) 34 67 14 

18 J11 III 146 301 378 

14 205 69 122 406 256 

9 91 99 126 282 317 

200 3 271 1 053 2424 6 459 3918 

8 66 50 74 131 110 

64 1 062 494 719 I 978 694 

200 I 798 675 I III 3 770 1 311 

2 83 47 53 135 135 

(D) 1 190 (0) 430 2 220 980 

- - 6 8 - 18 

- - 42 52 - 62 

3 32 38 34 88 114 

44 149 231 156 786 704 

4 53 46 58 84 99 

65 516 418 754 1 234 832 

- - lJ - 10 -

- - 72 - 64 -

5 37 31 35 63 55 

4 37 23 33 76 72 

9 47 53 95 175 193 

149 896 907 1 724 4 768 2 787 

3 18 26 38 51 93 

6 27 24 51 91 91 

- 2 1 6 31 9 

- - 2 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - -

7 42 48 79 143 166 

73 419 428 805 2 258 1 219 

4 21 38 60 107 87 

32 189 306 515 I 637 699 

2 13 31 45 66 63 

2 8 5 13 41 24 

- - 2 2 - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978 - Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms- see text] 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ forms_ - $1,000_ Forms by value group: $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 10 $19,999 ___________________________________ _ - $20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$50,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$100,000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $200,000 to $499,999 _________________________________ _ 

$500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles ________________________________________ forms_ - number _ - Motortrucks, including pickups ________________________ forms_ - number _ Wheel tractors-. _____ • ______________________________ farms_ - number _ - 2 or 3 ___________________________________________ farms_ - number _ - 4 or more ________________________________________ farms_ - number_ -

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only _____________ farms_ - number _ - cornpickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers _____________ farms_ - number _ - Corn heads for combines - __________________________ farms_ - number _ - Other carnpickers and picker-shellers _________________ forms_ - number_ -

cattonpickers _______________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Mower conditioners _______________________ • _________ forms- - number_ - Pickup balers ___ • ___________________________________ farms_ - number_ - Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ farms_ - number _ -

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ forms_ - acres on which used. - lime ____________________________________________ farms- - acres on which used_ 

tons_ -

-

Sprays, dusts, granules. fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hoy and other crops ______________________ forms_ - acres on which used_ - Nematodes in crops ----------- ___________________ .farms_ - acres on which used. - Diseases in crops and orchards ______________________ forms- - acres on which used_ - Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and pasture _________ .farms_ - acres on which used_ -

Chemicals for-

-

Defoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _____________________ • ___________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ -

-

-

Insect control on livestock and poultry ________________ farms_ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird contral ________________ forms_ 

LIVESTOCK 

Cottle and calves inventory ___________________________ farms_ - number _ - Farms with- I to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 10 - to 49 ____________________________________________ _ 

50 - to 99 ____________________________________________ _ 100 - to 199 __________________________________________ _ 

- 200 to 499 __________________________________________ _ 

500 or more _________________________________________ _ -

-

Cows ond heifers thot hod calved ____________________ forms_ - number _ - Beef cows _____________________________________ farms_ -

Farms with- number_ -

I to 9 __________________________________________ _ 10 to 49 ________________________________________ _ - 50 - to 99 ________________________________________ _ 100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ -

200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ - 500 or more _____________________________________ _ -

-

See footnote ot end of table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Totol Under 25 years 

2 620 45 26 129 518 

55d 4 

I 214 25 542 6 285 10 

22 - 6 - - - - -

I I 044 12 I 340 16 

I 977 39 2 767 53 2 067 28 3 485 65 

854

1 

15 

I 908 34 

1111 6 475 24 

6 -

~I -

-

-

- 221 22 - 30 - 30 -

- - - - 438 17 492 17 

648 10 

702 1 16 

267 - 274 -

I 838 10 

955 21 

I 4181 10 

17 206 410 651 - 6054 - 9 438 -

645 4 

3929

1 

140 65 - 211 - 372 4 2854 140 468 4 5 210 140 

55 - 194 - 501 - 445 -

I 138 15 II 174 176 

764 6 359 9 13 - 2 - - -

- -

918 II 5 405 88 

808 10 4 628 78 

666 6 140 4 I - I - - - - -

25 fa 34 yeors 

261 

3 054 

49 

146 

46 

14 

-

6 

-

-

78 

88 

191 

269 

181 

304 

60 

146 

II 

48 

-

-

5 

5 

-

-

5 

5 

-

-

24 

24 

48 

53 

36 

37 

169 

89 

146 

I 522 

58 

448 

862 

42 

324 

15 

52 

39 

136 

39 

158 

-

-

19 

20 

110 

929 

79 

30 

I 

-

-

-

71 

385 

61 

324 

48 

13 

-

-

-

-

Other occupafions 

Age of operator 

35 to 44 years 45 10 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 yeors and over 

730 685 628 271 

6 367 7 317 6462 2 412 

167 142 132 571 

337 319 237 150 

161 124 164 41 

60 88 95 18 

5 12 - 5 

- - - -

- - - -

- - - -

I 188 286 352 128 

231 379 460 166 

635 492 413 207 

875 699 592 279 

568 545 517 228 

848 980 898 390 

176 281 229 93

1 412 624 503 189 

II 28 33 22 

55 120 140 88 

6 - - -

6 - - - 9 25 5 2 

9 29 (0) (0) 

3 13 5 I 

3 13 (0) (0)1 6 16 2 I 

6 16 (0) (0) 

- - - -

- - - - 115 131 117 34 119 140 125 67 

183 179 167 61

1 183 189 170 91 

73 76 65 17 78 77 65 17 

491 531 458 179 204 305 251 84 333 401 364 164 1 3 957 5 963 3909 I 445 226 153 154 60 I 704 I 425 I 807 670 2 945 2461 2 254 916 

232 124 168 75 I 241 802 I 032 390 II 10 8 21 14 96 17 32 71 97 110 51 367 368 I 624 219 99 117 159 50 835 2 073 I 452 552 

25 9 10 II 59 52 68 15 232 103 104 43 130 144 III 40 

402 297 221 93 3 822 2 779 2 096 I 372

295 1 204 138 42 102 87 81 50 3 6 2 I 2 - - - - - - - - - - -

358 243 162 73 2 095 I 301 877 659 334 217 126 60 I 844 I 118 719 545 

290 185 106 31 42 32 20 29 I - - - I - - - - - - - - - - -I 

MASSACHUSETTS S9 
Tobie 32. Summary 

$20,000: 

by Age and 

1978-Con. 

Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

LIVESTOCK - Con. 

Cattle and calves inventory - Can. 

Cows and heifers that had calved - Can. Milk cows _________________ _ _ ___ torms_ 

number _ 

Forms with- I to 4 __________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 __________________________________________ _ - 10 to 49 _______________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 ____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ___________________________ _ - 500 or more _______ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ________________ _ _________ forms_ - number _ - Steers, steer calves. bulls. and bull calves _____________ formL - number _ -

Cattle and colves sold__ _ _____________ farmL - number _ 

$1.000_ Colves _________________________________________ farmsnumber _ 

$1.000_ Cottle ___________ .. ______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

$1.000_ Fattened on grain and concentrates _______________ formL 

Hogs and pigs inventory __ 

Forms withnumber _ 

$1,000_ 

________ farms_ 

number _ 

I to 9 ____________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ____________________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 ____________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 _________________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 __________________________________________ _ 

SOD or more ________________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ farmsnumber_ Other ___________________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Feeder pigs sold ___________________________________ forms_ 

litters of pigs farrowed betweennumber _ 

$1,000_ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ forms_ 

number _ Dec. I and May 31 _____________________________ formsnumber _ June I and Nov. 30 _____________________________ formsnumber _ 

Sheep and lombs of all ages inventory __________________ formsnumber _ Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ formsnumber _ Sheep and lambs sold ________________________________ farmsnumber _ Sheep and lambs shorn _______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

pounds of wooL 

Horses and ponies inventory _________________________ farms_ 

number _ Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Goats inventory _____________________________________ formsnumber _ Goofs sold ________________________________________ farms_ 

POULTRY 

number_ 

$1,000_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ forms_ - number _ 

Forms with- I to 399 ____________________________________________ _ 

400 to 3,199 ____________________ -- ---- -- ------ -- ----- 3,200 to 9,999 __________________________ ------ --------

10,000 to 19,999 __________________ -- ---- ------ -- ------

20,000 to 49,999 __________________ -- ---- ------ ---- ----

50.000 10 99,999 __________________ -- ---- -- -- -- --------

100,000 or more ________ .. ___ -- __ -------- ------ -- ------

Hens and pullets of laying oge _______________________ fo rms _ 

number _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older not of laying oge ____________________________________ formsnumber _ 

See footnote of end of toble. 

60 MASSACHUSmS 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

T otol forming I and other 

occupations Total! Under 25 yeors 

584

1 

251 1 3 2 601 I 824 41 

456 1551 I 38 21 - 90 75 2 - - - - - - - - -

I 09~ 1 40~1 -7 

7 208 3 690 53 I 024 353 8 4 590 2 339 23 

I 186 468 6 10 294 5 466 47 

2 560 I 244 10 

727 309 4 

4 6721 2 636 19 

495 250 I 997 382 4 5 622 2 830 28 

2 065 994 9 

262 88 - I 128 407 - 465 158 -

729

1 202

1 

5 16 895 8 065 161 

528 114 4 III 38 - 35 16 - 30 24 I 

24 10 - I - - 265

1 

104

1 

2 2 413 I 174 (0) 

690 186 5 14 482 6 891 (0) 

424 145 I 

17 435 8 762 (0) 

I 166 626 (0) 

175 56 I 

7 125 3 494 (0) 

218 107 (0) 

305 112 2 

2 710 I 426 (0) 

255 84 2 

I 555 784 (0) 

210 90 2 

I 155 642 (0) 

378 99 4 

6 070 2 144 88 326 78 3 

4 055 I 349 52 

264 75 3 

3 627 I 229 35 

288 79 4 

5 053 I 713 64 34 341 II 051 680 

I 174 286 3 

6 783 2 627 12 

351 78 2 

869 281 (0) 

I 007 248 (0) 

208 40 I 

I 698 224 (0) 

94 21 I 

I 102 200 (0) 

48 8 (0) 

748 229 5 

56 390 29 986 141 

714 204 5 

34 25 -

- - - - - -

- - -

- - -

- - - 733 228 5 

51 632 29 179 141 

184 13 -

4 758 807 -

Forming 

Age of operator 

65 years and 

25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 yeors 55 to 64 years over 

31 34 30 54 991 230 122 290 621 520 

19 29 15 20 71 

2 2 3 6 8 

10 3 12 28 20 

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38 30 59 123 143 

352 242 481 I 479 I 083 

33 36 56 113 107 

125 237 438 I 031 485 

38 38 69 152 165 

407 266 664 2 358 I 724 

83 84 156 509 401 

29 18 40 104 114 

240 77 304 I 039 957 

16 7 20 119 86 

29 37 64 137 III 

167 189 360 I 319 767 

67 77 136 391 315 

8 9 15 23 33 

34 28 84 106 155 

13 17 34 41 54 

23 32 36 47 59 

746 I 138 I 095 2 957 I 968 

15 22 21 21 31 

5 I 9 5 18 

2 - 2 II I 

- 9 3 5 6 

I - I 5 3 

- - - - -

13 15 19 22 331 (0) 103 225 356 380 

18 30 32 45 56 (0) I 035 870 2 601 I 588 

15 20 25 35 49 

(0) I 073 I 838 2 294 2891 

(0) 113 III 179 192 

9 2 12 6 26 

409 (0) I 047 621 I 320 

14 (0) 31 16 43 

13 17 21 23 36 (0) 137 292 315 532 

9 17 16 14 26 

(0) 69 155 108 352 

9 14 16 21 28 (0) 68 137 207 180 

8 10 20 21 36 

164 128 523 374 867 

7 8 14 16 30 

III 84 322 247 533 

6 6 10 18 32 

124 79 255 237 499 

6 9 12 16 32 

209 106 339 280 715 

859 818 I 578 2 416 4 700 

31 36 55 61 100 

391 150 372 438 I 264 

13 7 14 21 21 (0) 14 43 86 81 

(0) 29 63 46 42 

4 II 12 4 8 (0) 50 46 46 53 

2 6 5 3 4 

(0) 41 59 32 23 (0) 2 3 2 I 

22 34 36 49 83 

6 428 3 239 I 708 7 773 10 697 

19 32 34 41 73 

3 2 2 8 10 - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - 21 34 36 49 83 (0) 3 129 I 676 (0) (0) 

2 4 3 2 2 (0) 110 32 (0) (0) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 32. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

$20,000: 1978 - Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see textJ 

Other occupations 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 Age of operator 

Under 25 yeors 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and over 

UVESTOCK-Con. 

Cattle and calves inventory - Can. 

Cows and heifers that hod calved - Can. Milk cows _________________________ ____ forms __ 3331 4 22 126 100 59 221 number __ 777 10 61 251 183 158 114 

Farms with- 1 to 4 __ •... __ .•....•.....•... _ ........... __ . __ .. 30d 19 121 92 51 15 

5 to 9 ....... _ ......... _ ...... _ ........... __ .. _ .. _ 17 2 I 7 5 1 

10 to 49 ..... _ ........... _ ........ _ ..... ___ . __ . ___ 15 I 4 I 3 6 

50 to 99 ..... _ .. _ ...................... ____ . ___ ... 

100 to 199 ............... _ .. __ ...... _ .. _. __ .. _ .... 

200 to 499 ..... _ .......... __ ...... _._ ... ___ ....... 500 or more _______________________________________ 

Heifers and heifer calves ________________________ __ forms_ 69~1 12 52 245 189 135 6~1 number __ 3 518 58 318 139 860 708 435 

Steers. steer calves, bulls, and bull calves _____________ forms __ 611 10 87 162 196 154 62 

number __ 2 251 30 226 588 618 511 278 

Cottle and calves sold ________________________________ forms __ lI8 13 68 208 205 150 74 

number __ 4 828 120 316 685 253 977 477 

$1.000 .. I 316 39 95 407 334 267 175 

Calves ___________________________________________ forms __ 418 7 35 138 123 82 33 

number __ 2 0361 38 125 768 515 406 184 1 $1.000 .. 245

1 

4 14 79 63 42 45 Cottle ___________________________________________ farms __ 615 13 59 176 178 124 65 

number __ 2 792 82 191 917 738 571 293 

$1,000 .. I Oll 35 81 328 211 225 131 

Fattened on grain and concentrates ________________ farms __ 1741 3 19 55 48 37 12 

number __ 721 37 43 246 177 141 77 

$1.000 .. 307 17 19 100 67 61 44 

Hogs and pigs inventory _________________ ____________ forms __ 527

1 

8 67 248 121 56 271 number __ 8 830 131 2 255 2 594 2 390 794 666 

Farms with1 to 9 ................................................ 414 42 221 89 39 19 

10 to 49 .............................................. 73 15 18 20 12 4 

50 to 99 .............................................. 19 2 4 6 4 3 

100 to 199 ........ ___ ...... __ .. __ ..................... 6 2 3 I 

200 to 499 ............................................ 14 3 2 500 or more ___________________________________________ I I 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ farms __ 161 I 3 43 54 33 19 

number __ I 239 17 303 260 418 110 I3i1 Other ___________________________________________ farms __ 504

1 

7 58 244 116 52 27 

number __ 7 591 114 952 2334 972 684 535 

Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ farms __ 279 7 50 103 75 32 12 

number __ 8 6731 226 981 3 335 2 611 719 801 

$1,000 .. 539 13 56 201 184 49 36 Feeder pigs sold ___________________________________ farmL_ 119 3 19 58 24 10 5 

number __ 3 631

1 

129 201 424 973 322 582

1 $1,000 .. 111 4 6 45 30 9 17 

litters of pigs farrowed betweenDec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ farms __ 193 4 44 72 43 21 9 number __ 284 16 259 369 366 122 152 Dec. 1 and May 31 ______________ .. _______________ farms __ III 4 37 68 38 16 8 number __ 771 (D) (D) 201 185 73 77 June 1 and Nov. 30 ______________________________ forms __ 120 2 21 55 21 13 8 number __ 513 (0) (0) 168 181 49 75 

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory __________________ farms __ 279 5 24 100 74 52 241 number __ 3 926 70 147 313 060 055 281 Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ forms __ 248 5 18 85 70 51 19

1 

number __ 2 706 48 91 983 674 755 155 Sheep and lambs sold ________________________________ farms __ 189 2 9 60 69 38 11 number __ 2 398 (D) (D) 816 701 652 121 Sheep and lambs shorn _______________________________ forms __ 209 4 14 64 68 46 13 number __ 3 340 30 97 I 127 I 036 915 135 pounds of wooL_ 23 290 142 645 6 931 7 644 6 598 330 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ farms __ 888 19 104 333 220 155 57 number __ 4 1561 67 540 099 413 728 309

1 

Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ farms __ 273 10 37 121 56 38 II number __ 588 19 103 211 112 119 24 $1,000 .. 758 12 300 208 94 105 40 Goots inventory _____________________________________ forms __ 168 25 69 39 24 

111 number __ 474 158 685 382 205 44 Goats sold _________________________________________ farms __ 73 17 35 13 6 number __ 902 104 401 266 (D) (D~ $1,000 .. 40 7 16 10 (0) (D)I 

POULTRY 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ 

number 

farms __ 

__ 519 3 58 229 108 85 J 26 404 269 534 12 377 176 7 432 616 Forms withI to 399 .............................................. 510 57 228 108 78 36 400 to 3.199 .......................................... 9 I I 7 3.200 to 9,999 .................. _ ...... ____ .... ____ .... 

10.000 to 19.999 ....................................... 

20.000 to 49.999 ...... __ ............................... 50,000 to 99,999 ................ _____ ...... ____ .. ______ 

100.000 or more ...................................... _ 

Hens and puliets of laying oge ...................... _forms .. 505 3 57 227 105 78 35 number __ 22 453 (D) (D) 9 809 2 760 7 014 286 Puliets 3 months old or older not of loying age ____________________________________ farms __ 171 2 5 123 25 12 4 number __ 3 951 (D) (D) 2 568 416 418 330 [ 

See footnote at end of table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA MASSACHUSETTS 61 
Table 32_ Summary 

$20,000: 

by Age and 

1978-Con_ 

Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,000 

POULTRY - Con_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ____________________ forms_ - number _ - Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ______________ forms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 1,999 __________________________________________ _ 

- 2,000 to 15,999 ______________________________________ _ 

16,000 to 29.999 _____________________________________ _ -

- 30,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

- Turkey hens kept for breedin9 _________________________ forms_ - number _ - Turkeys sold _______________________________________ farms_ - number _ -

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn for all purposes ________________________________ farms_ - ocres_ 

Tobacco ___________________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

pounds_ Irrigated _________________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

5.01024.9 acres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ formL 

ocres_ hundredweight _ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

1.0104.9 acres _____________________________________ __ 

5.0 10 24.9 acres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 ocre,-___________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

-

Hoy crops (see text) _________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

tons, dry_ Irrigated __ -:- ______________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 ocres ________________________________________ _ 

2S to 99 acres _______________________________________ _ 

HlO to 499 ocres _____________________________________ _ 

SOO acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

A1folfo hoy _______________________________________ forms_ 

ocres_ 

tons. drv_ Irrigated _______________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

All vegetables harvested for sak! (see text) ______________ farms_ 

ocres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 ocre'-_____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre'-____________________________________ _ 

25.0l099.90cres ____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres ar more __________________________________ _ 

land in orchards ____________________________________ formL 

ocres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

Forms by acres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre5. ____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 ocres ____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Apples __________________________________________ forms. -

See footnote at end of table. 

62 MASSACHUSETTS 

total ocres_ 

pounds_ -

-

Total forming 

and other 

occupations Totol 

159 64 35 022 25 116 40

1 

9 16091 12 558 

38 7 

2 2 

- - - -

13 5 

102 61 

43 12 

3 288 2 259 

456 192 5 080 3045 

13

1 

8 

89 ~ 36 69934 

3 1 

5 (0) 

11 7 

2 1 

- -

109 43 

264 183 38637 29 325 

10 

16 13 

42 17 52 15 

14 10 1 1 

- -

2 180 742 

59 908 25963 

95 156 43 546 9 3 

100 42 

1 184 319 

939 393 

57 30 

- - 612 230 

9 753 4 530 

19 933 9456 

3 - 24 - 741> 368 

4468 2 554 

187 95 

757 414 

415 185 

304 165 

27 18 

- - 377 140 

2099 852 

29 10 

69 39 

245 91 

118 44 

14 5 

- -

321 101 

1 701 688 

5 666 132 2 190 065 

Under 2S yeors 

2 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

1 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5 

59 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 

(0) 

(0) 

-

-

-

1 

-

-

-

11 

303 

423 

-

-

9 

2 

-

-

3 

54 

110 

-

-

2 

(0) 

-

-

1 

1 

-

-

3 

9 

-

-

2 

1 

-

-

3 

9 

74400 

Forming 

Age of operator 

6S years and 

25 to 34 yeors 35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 yeors 55 to 64 yeors over 

10 8 6 16 22 

3438 1 493 (0) 12 132 6999 

- - 2 4 2 

- - (0) 6 76lJ (0) 

- - 2 3 1 

- - - 1 1 

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - 2 2 1 

- - (0) (0) (0) 

3 - 3 4 2 

35 - 1 055 (0) (0) 

22 21 21 77 46 

302 286 290 1 731" 377 

1 - 5 1 1 

(0) - 27 (0) (0) 

(0) - 53205 (0) (0) 

- - 1 - - - - (0). - -

1 - 4 1 1 

- - 1 - - - - - - -

1 5 6 16 14 

(0) (0) 32 86 21 (0) (0) 7275 12 025 3035 

- 1 1 3 \ 

- (0) (0) 4 (0) 

- '3 2 4 ,8 

- .1 1 8 4 

1 1 3 3 2 

- - - .1 - - - - - -

58 67 107 217 282 

2 192 2' 388 3694 8 ISO 9 236 

3 826 4 131 6433 14881 13852 

- - 1 2 - - - (0) (0) , " -

23 30, 45 88 124 

31 33 59 120 148 

.4 4 3 ,9 10 

- - - - ~ 

17 28 30 74 78 

395 528 531 1 371 1 651 

787 1 066 1 037 3 137 3 319 

- .- - - - - - - - ~ 

34 32 41 121 138 

(0) 266 224 1 064 730 

10 12 20 27 26 

36 32 88 151 107 

14 23 26 36 85 

18 5 13 79 49 

2 4 2 6 4 

- - - - -

7 11 23 27 69 

23 6lJ 135 224 401 

1 1 2 3 3 (0) (0) (0) 22 3 

7 8 15 16 43 

- 2 8 8 25 

- 1 - 3 ·1 

- - - - - 5 9 14 26 44 

16 59 98 168 338 

79 087 35 904 487 480 486 749 1 026 445 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 32. Summary 

$20,000: 

by Age and 

1978-Coo. 

Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of Less Than 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

Farms With Sales of Less Than $20,00 0 

POULTRY - (on. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ____________________ farms -- number -- Broilers and other meot-type chickens sold ______________ forms -- number _ - Forms with- I to 1,999 __________________________________________ _ 

- 2,000 to 15,999 _____________________________________ _ 

16,000 -- to 29,999 _____________________________________ _ 

30,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding _________________________ forms_ 

number _ Turkeys sold _______________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

CROPS HARVESTED 

Com for all purposes ________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

T obocea ___________________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

paunds_ Irrigated _________________________________________ forms_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.1 to 4.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

- 5.0 to 24.9 acres _____________________________________ _ 

- 25.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

-

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ hundredweight_ Irrigated ____ __ r _ _________________________________ forms_ 

-

-

-

- forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 acreL _____________________________________ _ 1.0 to 4.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ -

- 5.0 to 24.9 ocres _____________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 acre'-___________________________________ _ -

- 100.0 acres or more _________________________________ _ _ -

Hoy crops (see text) _________________________________ farms_ - acres_ tons. drv_ Irrigoted ___________________ , _____________________ formL 

-

-

-

- Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 ocres ________________________________________ _ 

-

-

~~~o~~c~:~;~ - SOO == == ==== == == == == == == ==== ====== ==== == == acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Alfalfa hoy _______________________________________ farmL 

ocres_ 

tons6 drv- Irrigated _______________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

All vegetables horvested for sale (see text) ______________ farms_ 

acreL Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acreL _____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 acreL ___________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

-

land in orchards ____________________________________ forms_ - Qcres_ - Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ - ocres_ - Forms by acres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

- 5.0 to 24.9 acres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 ocreL ___________________________________ _ -

- 100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

- Apples __________________________________________ forms_ - total oCres_ 

pouods_ 

1J978 data are based 00 Q sample of forms; see text. 

-

-

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Totol Under 25 years 

95 2 9 906 (O) 

31

1 

- 3 533 -

31 - - -

- - - -

8 - 411 -

31 I 

I 029 (O) 

264 2 2035 (O) 

I~I -- 19500 - 2 - (O) -

4 - I - - -

66 - 81 - 9 312 - 4 - 6 -

25 - 37 - 4 -

=1 

-

-

I 438 19 33 945 621 51 610 I 129 

6 - 58 -

865 4 

546 15 

27 - - -

382 6 5 223 52 10477 138 

3 - 24 -

378 7 I 914 80 92 - J43 -

230 4 139 2 

9 I 

- -

237 I 

I 247 (O) 

19 - 31 -

154 I 

74 - 9 -

- -

220 I 

I 014 (0) 

3 476 067 (0) 

25 to 34 years 

7 

(O) 

4 

93 

4 

-

-

-

2 

(O) 

5 

(O) 

17 

(O) 

I 

(O) 

(O) 

I 

(O) 

I 

-

-

3 

12 

I 300 

2 

(O) 

I 

I 

I 

-

-

112 

2 773 

3 650 

-

-

67 

42 

3 

-

36 

379 

686 

-

-

40 

234 

3 

13 

26 

12 

2 

-

21 

(O) 

-

-

16 

5 

-

-

19 

(0) 

(0) 

Other occupotions 

Age of operator 

35 to 44 yeors 45 to 54 yeors 55 to 64 yeors 65 years and over 

28 8 22 28 

2 255 474 5233 677 

II 4 3 

936 58 I 802 ~I 

II 4 3 9 

- - - -

- - - -

- - - -

2 2 2 - (O) (O) (O) 

55~1 6 5 5 

103 48 227 

75 87 68 15 

522 807 435 136 

I - 2 (O) - (0\1 (O) 

(O) - (O) (O) 

- - - I 

- - - (O) 

I - I I 

- - I -

- - - -

32 3 21 7 

34 7 20 8 2 278 I 520 3 607 607 

- - 2 - - - (O) -

5 I 15 3 26 I 5 4 I I I 

- - - - - - =1 

424 380 329 174 9 536 8 274 8081 4660 13 800 II 869 14 667 6495 I 4 I - (O) (O) (O) -

287 230 185 92 124 146 143 76 13 4 I 6 - - - -

113 1I0 75 42 I 712 I 334 I 204 542 2976 2 928 2636 I 1I3 

- 3 - - - 24 - -

61 98 128 44 268 591 537 204 13 25 38 13 J9 72 180 39 

40 58 74 28 20 37 54 14 I 3 - 2 - - - -

51 69 61 34 222 301 464 204 6 2 3 8 11 (0) (0) 12 

35 48 33 21 15 21 21 12 I - 7 

- - - ~I 

47 67 55 31 180 266 372 152 532 195 419 810 I 905 225 394 770 

MASSACHUSETTS 63 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Forms ___________________________________________ number __ 

percent __ land in forms ______________________________________ acres __ 

Average size of form ______________________________ acres __ 

Value of land and buildings1 ___________________________ forms __ 

Average per form ________________________________ ~~i~~~:: Averoge per ocre _________________________________ dollars __ 

Farms by value of land and buildings: $1 to $19.999 __________________________________________ _ 

$20,000 10 $39,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$40,000 10 $69,99L _____________________________________ _ 

$70,000 to $99,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$100,000 to $149,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$150,000 10 $199 ,99L ___________________________________ _ 

$200,000 10 $499,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$500,000 to $999,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$1,000,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Owned and rented land by operator: land owned ______________________________________ farms __ 

acres-_ land rented or leased from others ___________________ farms-_ 

acres __ land rented or leased to others-_____________________ farms-_ 

aeres-_ 

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Total cropland ______________________________________ farms __ 

aeres __ 

Harvested eropland _______ _ _ _____ forms-_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 49 acres _______________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 aeres ______________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 aereL ___________________________________ _ 

200 fa 499 aereL ___________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 aereL ___________________________________ _ 

1,00010 1.999 ocro' _________________________________ _ 2.000 acres or more ____________ . ____________________ _ 

Cropland: Posture or grozing only __________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

Cover crops, legumes. and soil-improvement grasses not harvested or pastured __________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

On which all crops foiled _________________________ forms-_ 

acres __ 

In cultivated summer fallow _______________________ farms-_ 

acres __ Idle __ . ________________________________________ farms-_ 

acres __ 

Totol woodland ___________________________ • _________ forms __ 

acres-. Woodlond pastured ________________________________ forms __ 

acres __ 

Woodland not pastured ___________________________ farms __ 

aeres __ 

Posture/and and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured _________________________________ forms __ 

acres __ 

Land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland. etc. _________ farms-_ 

aeres __ 

Posture/and, all types _. ________________ • _____________ farms._ 

acres __ Irrigated land _____________________________ • _________ farms._ 

acres __ 

Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ farms._ 

aeres._ Postureland irrigated. ______________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

Other land irrigated ________________________________ forms __ 

acres __ 

land set aside in fhe federal farm programs in 1978 ______ farms __ acres __ 

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators ____ • ________________________________ number __ 

Full owners ____________________________________ number __ 

Port owners ____________________________________ number __ 

Tenants ______ • ________________________________ number __ 

White ________________________________________ • number __ 

full owners _________________________________ . number __ 

Port owners ________________________________ -_ number __ 

Tenants ____________________________________ - number __ 

Block and other raees ____________________________ numbeL_ Full owners __________________________________ number __ 

Port owners ______________________________ ---- number __ 

Tenants _____________________________________ number __ 

See tootnole 01 end of lable. 

64 MASSACHUSmS 

Total 

5 871 

100.0 

667 037 

114 

5 871 

967 514 

164 795 1 427 

417 

640 

117 

947 

865 

502 

037 

242 

104 

5 513 527 274 

2 042 

150 747 

392 10 984 

5 506 307 310 

5 087 

210 973 

3 863 

654 

414 

137 

16 

2 

1 

2 497 

76 915 

334 

3 988 

129 

828 

105 

288 

740 

13 318 

3 565 

267 291 

989 

37 446 

3 125_ 

229 845 

702 

30 984 

4 003 

61 452 

3 194 

145 345 

1 021 16 893 

1 014 

16 725 

10 

100 

18 

68 

48 

077 

5 871 

3 834 

1 678 

359 

5 839 

3809 

1 672 

358 

32 

25 

6 

1 

1 to 9 acres 

987 

16.8 

4 128 

4 

930 

58 734 

63 154 14 960 

178 

215 

262 

136 

57 

40 

39 

2 

1 

891 

4415 

174 

(D) 

36 

(D) 

811 

2 243 

714 

606 

714 

134 

(D) 

19 

32 

6 

8 

6 

7 

76 

222 

127 

476 

41 

(D) 

86 

(D) 

17 

(D) 

575 

358 

186 

607 

240 

476 

240 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

987 

814 

76 

97 

982 

810 

75 

97 

5 

4 

1 

10 to 49 acres 50 to 69 acres 70 to 99 acres 100 to 139 acres 

1 797 515 498 575 

30.6 8.7 8.4 9.7 

47 244 30 110 41 189 66897 

26 58 83 116 

1 897 504 529 465 

187 095 68 557 75 687 81 037 

98 627 136 025 143 075 174 272 

3 722 2 321 1 731 1 506 

185 30 17 1 

290 40 34 32 

435 140 80 82 

455 64 125 65 

235 108 93 109 

112 35 62 41 

147 69 103 109 

32 14 9 23 

6 4 6 3 

1 697 482 446 549 

40 954 25 450 34 188 57 388 

458 166 193 208 

8 115 5 370 8 606 11 538 

89 29 43 54 

1 825 710 1 605 2 029 

1 690 484 478 563 

25 889 15 915 20 385 32 000 

1 484 449 458 540 

17 117 11 072 14 215 21 858 

484 409 366 383 

40 92 127 

30 

715 225 243 288 

6 340 3 828 4 488 8 360 

112 17 29 37 

570 100 345 345 

48 13 17 12 

135 131 86 53 

27 12 18 13 

102 77 116 129 

248 63 75 66 

625 707 135 255 

966 379 368 463 

12 783 9931 15 739 26977 

217 95 75 135 

1 829 1 367 1 803 4040 

854 315 330 417 

10 954 8 564 13 936 22 937 

132 72 65 87 

1 152 I 125 1 257 I 951 

1 293 357 332 370 

7 420 3 139 3 808 5 969 

885 297 312 380 

9 321 6320 7 548 14 351 

380 87 63 77 

2 573 172 184 684 

376 85 63 77 

2 470 (D) (D) (D) 

6 2 I 

70 (D) (D) 

12 2 

33 (D) 

8 1 3 8 

104 (D) 46 256 

797 515 498 575 

341 349 305 367 

356 133 141 182 

100 33 52 26 

783 511 493 574 

329 3n 301 366 

354 132 140 182 

100 32 52 26 

14 4 5 1 

12 2 4 1 

2 1 1 

1 = I 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 140 to 179 acres 180 to 219 acres 220 to 259 acres 260 to 499 acres 500 to 999 acres 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

forms __________________________________________ number __ 

percent __ land in forms ______________________________________ acreL_ 

Average size of form ______________________________ ocres __ 

Value of land and buildings' ___________________________ formL_ 

$1,000 __ Average per form ________________________________ doHars-_ 

Average per Dcre _________________________________ dollars-_ 

Farms by value of land and buildings: 

$1 to $19,999 ___ •.. __ •.• _ •. _ .....•..•..••.•.•...•....... 

$20,000 to $39,999 ••.•........ __ .... _._ ........ _ ...... _ .. 

$40,000 to $69,999 ••.•.... _ .. _ ....... _ ............ _ .•.... $70,000 to $99,999 ••.......... _ .• _ .•.. __ ._ ...•...•.. _._ .. 

$100,000 to $149,999 •.• _ ..•. _ ........•.. _. ___ .... _ ...... . 

$150,000 to $199,999 .......... _. _ ..... _ ....... __ .. _ .. __ .. $200,000 to $499,999 ..... _ •. _ ........•.... ___ ..... ____ .. . 

$500,000 to $999,999 •..••••......... _ •...... _ .... __ ..... . 

$1,000,000 or more •..•...•• _ ...... _ ... _ .. _._ •...•....... 

Owned and rented land by operator: land owned _____________________________________ farmL_ 

acres-_ land rented or leased from others __________________ tormL_ 

acreL_ Land rented or leased to otherL _____________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Total cropland ______________________________________ farmL_ 

acreL_ Harvested cropland ________________________________ farmL_ 

ocres __ 

Forms by acres harvested: I to 49 acres _______________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 ocres ••........ _ ... __ ...•.....•.•...... _ .. 

200 to 499 ocre'-.........•.••...........•..... __ .•.. 

500 to 999 ocres ••...•.. _ ...........• _ .•.. _ .••....... 1,000 to 1,999 ocres .... _ ..... _ .•...... _ ... _ .•........ 2,000 acres or more _________________________________ _ 

Cropland: Posture or grazing only __________________________ farms __ 

acreL_ 

Cover crops, legu mes, and soil-improvement grasses not harvested or postured __________________________ farmL_ 

acres __ 

On which all crops foiled _________________________ farmL_ 

acreL_ In cultivated summer follow _______________________ farmL_ 

acreL_ Idle ___________________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

Total woodland _____________________________________ farmL_ 

acreL_ Woodland postured ________________________________ farms __ 

acreL_ Woodland not postured ______________________ . _____ forms __ 

ocres __ 

Postureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured _________________________________ farmL_ 

acres __ 

land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc. _________ farms __ 

acres __ 

Posture/and. all types ________________________________ farms __ 

acres-_ Irrigated land _______________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ farms __ 

acres __ Pastureland irrigated _______________________________ farms __ 

acres-_ Other land irrigated ________________________________ farms __ 

acres-_ 

land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ______ farms __ 

acres __ 

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators _____________________________________ number __ 

Full owners ____________________________________ number __ Port owners ____________________________________ number __ 

Tenants ________________________ ~ ______________ number __ 

White _________________________________________ number __ 

Full owners __________________________________ number __ Port owners __________________________________ number __ 

Tenants _____________________________________ number __ 

Black and other races ____________________________ numbeL_ Full owners __________________________________ number __ 

Port owners __________________________________ number __ 

Tenants _____________________________________ number __ 

See footnote at end of table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

420 288 

7.1 4.9 

65 845 57 149 

157 198 

422 328 

86 830 74 486 

205 758 227 090 

1 314 1 145 

6 

8 8 

58 19 

51 23 

101 67 

39 63 

132 126 

19 18 

8 4 

412 271 

54 039 45 244 

185 143 

13 448 12 624 

80 17 

1 642 719 

414 278 

34 856 25 057 

401 264 

21 163 17 608 

208 120 

151 79 

42 64 

1 

243 162 

9 283 6 210 

47 22 

475 459 

9 6 

47 III 

7 8 

177 135 

93 24 

711 534 

323 252 

23 518 23 760 

87 84 

2 916 3 619 

284 227 

20 602 20 141 

65 65 

2 229 4 511 

292 199 

5 242 3 821 

300 209 

14 428 14 340 

62 24 

1 382 565 

62 24 

382 565 

11 3 

127 38 

420 288 

235 146 

177 125 

8 17 

419 287 

234 145 

177 125 

8 17 

1 1 

1 1 

153 

2.6 

36 773 

240 

160 

57 920 

362 000 1 507 

8 

6 

2 

33 

12 

69 

10 

20 

144 

27 822 

90 

9 239 

9 

288 

152 

16 598 

149 

12 051 

51 

52 

37 

9 

93 

4 011 

7 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

3 

42 

17 

(0) 

129 

15 288 

40 

2 078 

116 13 210 

39 

1 820 

107 

3 067 

116 

7909 

14 

752 

14 

752 

1 

(0) 

153 

64 

80 

9 

153 

64 

80 

9 

477 

8.1 

168 486 

353 

456 

151 959 

333 243 

919 

5 

28 

23 

54 

88 

175 

66 

17 

465 

120 590 

321 

48 667 

25 

771 

476 

81 098 

470 

54 251 

108 

97 

188 

77 

284 

22 460 

36 

961 

13 

174 

8 

289 

69 

2 963 

417 

67 822 

149 

10 171 

375 57 651 

112 

7 324 

354 

12 242 

373 

39 955 

55 3 459 

55 

3 445 

3 

14 

6 

78 

477 

156 

309 

12 

476 

156 

308 

12 

1 

133 

2.2 

83 854 

630 

152 

90 947 

598 332 

940 

7 

2 

8 

10 

62 

42 

21 

129 

61 244 

88 

22 950 

8 

340 

132 

37 248 

131 

26 538 

18 

14 

45 

46 

8 

99 

9 490 

4 

200 

3 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

7 

795 

116 

36 541 

61 

7 485 

97 

29 056 

41 

4 719 

100 

5 346 

119 

21 694 

13 

(0) 

12 

618 

1 

(0) 

4 

52 

133 

45 

84 

4 

133 

45 

84 

4 

1,000 to 1,999 

acres 

23 

0.3 

29 128 

I 266 

23 

18 912 

822 278 

649 

5 

6 

11 

22 

21 826 

14 

(0) 

I 

(0) 

23 10 069 

22 

8 002 

4 

6 

1 

10 

877 

3 

47 

1 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

20 

12 997 

4 

650 

19 11 347 

6 

245 

19 

3 817 

15 

5 772 

4 

636 

4 

636 

I 

(0) 

23 

9 

13 

1 

23 

9 

13 

1 

2,000 ocres. or more 

(l~1 36 234 7 247 

5 

15 350 

3 070061 423 

-I 

I 

I 

3

1 

5 34 114 

2 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

I 

5 95~ I 

5 49~ I 

=1 

1 

(0) 

11 (0) 

51 21 459 

1 

(0) 

5 

(0) 

I 

(0) 

5 

6 22: I 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

5\ 

3 

2 

5 

3 

2 

MASSACHUSETTS 6S 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text) 

All Farms 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family __________________________________ tarms __ 

acres __ Portnership ________________________________________ formL_ 

acres __ 

Corporations: Family held _______________________________________ farm,-_ 

acres __ More than 10 stockholders _______________________ forms-_ 

10 or less stockholders ___________________________ forms __ 

Other than family held _____________________________ forms __ 

acres-_ More than 10 stockholders _______________________ formL_ 10 or less stockholders ___________________________ formL_ 

Other-cooperative. estate or trust, etc. ________________ farmL_ 

acreL_ 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place af residence: On form operated _______________________________________ _ 

Nat on form operated ____________________________________ _ 

Operators by age group: Uroder 25 years _________________________________________ _ 

25 to 34 years- _________________________________________ _ 

35 to 44 years __________________________________________ _ 45 to 54 yeors- _________________________________________ _ 

55 to 64 years-_________________________________________ _ 

65 yeors and over _______________________________________ _ 

Average age ____________________________________________ _ 

Operators by sex: Mole __________________________________________________ _ 

Female ________________________________________________ _ 

Operators of Spanish origin _________________________________ _ 

Operators by principal occupation: Farming _______________________________________________ _ 

Other _________________________________________________ _ 

Operators reporting days of work off form: None __________________________________________________ _ 

1 to 99 days ___________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 days ________________________________________ _ 

200 days or more _______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY SIZE 

1 to 9 acres ______________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 acreS ____________________________________________ _ 

50 to 69 acreS ____________________________________________ _ 

70 to 99 ocreS ____________________________________________ _ 

100 to 139 aCreL _________________________________________ _ 

140 to 179 ocres __________________________________________ _ 

180 to 219 ocres __________________________________________ _ 

220 to 259 ocreL _________________________________________ _ 

260 to 499 acres __________________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres __________________________________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 ocre5 _______________________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more _______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

Cosh groin forms (011) _____________________________________ _ 

Field crop. except cash grain forms (013)-_____________________ _ Cotton forms (0131) _____________________________________ _ 

Tobacco forms (0132) __________________________________ ---

Sugar crop, Irish potato, hoy, peanut, and other field crop forms (0133,0134, 0139) _____________________________________ _ 

Vegetable and melon farms (016) ____________________________ _ 

Fruit and tree nut forms (017) _______________________________ _ 

Horticultural specialty forms (018) ___________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily crop (019) __________________________ _ 

livestock forms, except dairy. poultry, and animal specialty (021) __ Beef cottle farms, except feedlots (0212) ____________________ _ 

Dairy forms (024) ______________________ ---_ ---------------- Poultry and egg farms (025) ________________________________ _ 

Animal specialty farms (027) ____________ -- ------ ------------- General farms, primarily livestock (029)- ______________________ _ 

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sald _______________ farms __ 

$1.000 __ 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold: $500,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

$200,000 10 $499,999 ____________ ---- -------------- ----- $100,000 to $199,999 __________________________________ _ 

$40,000 10 $99,999 __________ -- -- -------- ------ ---------

$20,000 to $39,999 ____________ ---- -- -- -- -- ---- ---------

$10,000 to $19,999 ______________ -- -- ---- -- -------------

$5,000 to $9,999 ________________ -- -- ---- ------ -- -------

$2,500 to $4,999 ______________ -- -- -- ---- ------ -- ---- ---

Less than $2,500 ________ ---- -- ------ ---- -- ---- ---------

See footnote at end of table. 

66 MASSACHUSmS 

Total 

5 017 

489 437 

447 

73 987 

325 

65 483 

6 

319 

40 

20 949 

16 

24 

42 

17 181 

4 769 

734 

90 

589 

187 

343 

531 

1 131 

51.9 

5 418 

453 

41 

3 046 

2 825 

2 373 

438 

537 

2 294 

987 

797 

515 

498 

575 

420 

288 

153 

477 

133 

23 

5 

39 

842 

31 

811 

651 

737 

644 

270 

227 

619 

814 

207 

340 

100 

5 871 

213 473 

49 

145 

293 

688 

565 

556 

714 

849 2 012 

1 to 9 acres 

839 

3 565 

51 

199 

85 

315 

2 

83 

8 

27 

8 

4 

22 

734 

163 

21 

117 

253 

193 

218 

185 

50.4 

892 

95 

6 

428 

559 

366 

58 

87 

451 

987 

I 

17 

15 

139 

99 

384 

5 

129 

27 

11 

56 

116 

30 

987 

18 r2 

3 

9 

32 

62 

59 

94 

132 

199 

397 

10 to 49 acres 50 to 69 acres 10 to 99 acres 100 to 139 acres 

I 628 451 428 499 

42 879 26468 35461 57968 

91 39 35 48 

2 418 2 218 2876 (0) 

69 18 28 22 

712 020 2272 2582 

1 

69 18 27 

4 5 4 2~1 94 (D) 326 (D) 

2 I 1 

2 4 4 I 

5 2 3 4 

141 (D) 254 456 

474 412 412 478 

223 66 61 63 

28 12 8 9 

191 63 43 55 

405 74 105 105 

442 130 118 120 

415 118 138 1721 316 118 86 114 

50.7 52.7 51.9 52.8 

632 471 462 540 

165 44 36 35 

5 27 I 

716 244 266 339 

081 271 232 236 

555 205 195 260 

101 37 38 45 

176 50 69 62 

892 205 175 179 

797 -' 515 

498 

575 

=1 

32 1 2 1 

204 128 116 122 

11 3 

193 126 113 119 

309 60 63 28 

269 77 53 92 

185 17 22 15 

157 14 25 27 

366 130 122 148 

136 72 68 86 

29 31 57 103 

75 32 14 15 

147 21 15 17 

24 4 9 7 

1 797 515 498 575 

32 815 23939 10 835 17 152 

10 4 

19 6 9 12 

18 15 14 29 

82 41 61 96 

148 53 52 83 

189 52 51 53 

222 53 52 73 

335 66 69 

774 225 190 I~~ I 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - STATE DATA 
Tobie 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 140 10 179 acres 180 to 219 acres 220 to 259 acres 260 to 499 acres 500 fa 999 acres 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family __________________________________ forms __ 

acres __ Partnership ________________________________________ farms __ 

ocres __ 

Corporations: Family held _______________________________________ forms __ 

acres-_ More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ farms-_ 

10 or less stockholders ___________________________ farmL_ 

Olher Ihon family held _____________________________ form'-_ 

acres __ More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ forms __ 10 or less stockholders-__________________________ forms __ 

Other-cooperative, estate or trust, etc. ________________ forms __ 

acres __ 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence; On form operated ______________________________________ _ 

Not on form operated ____________________________________ _ 

Operators by age group: Under 25 years _________________________________________ _ 

2510 34 yeorL _________________________________________ _ 35 to 44 yearL _________________________________________ _ 

45 to 54 yearL _________________________________________ _ 

55 to 64 yearL _________________________________________ _ 

65 years and over _______________________________________ _ 

Average oge ____________________________________________ _ 

Operators by sex: Mole __________________________________________________ _ 

Female ________________________________________________ _ 

Operators of Spanish origin _________________________________ _ 

Operators by principal occupation: Forming _______________________________________________ _ 

Olher _________________________________________________ _ 

Operators reporting days of work off form: None __________________________________________________ _ 

110 99 days ___________________________________________ _ 10010 199 days ________________________________________ _ 200 days or more _______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY SIZE 

1 to 9 ocres ______________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ocreL ___________________________________________ _ 

50 to 69 ocres ____________________________________________ _ 

70 to 99 ocreL ___________________________________________ _ 

10010 139 ocreL _________________________________________ _ 140 to 179 acreL _________________________________________ _ 18010 219 ocreL _________________________________________ _ 

22010 259 acreL _________________________________________ _ 260 to 499 acreL _________________________________________ _ 

50010 999 acres __________________________________________ _ 

1.00010 1,999 ocres _______________________________________ _ 2.000 acres or more _______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

Cosh groin forms (011) _____________________________________ _ 

Field crop, except cosh groin forms (013)-_____________________ _ Callan forms (0131) _____________________________________ _ 

Tobacco forms (0132L ___________________________________ _ 

Sugar crop. Irish pototo, hoy. peanut, and other field crop forms (0133,0134, 0139) _____________________________________ _ 

Vegeloble and melon forms (016) ____________________________ _ 

Fruit and tree nut farms (017)-______________________________ _ 

Horticultural specially forms (018) ___________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily crop (019) __________________________ _ 

livestock farms, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialty (021) __ Beef collie forms, excepl feedlols (0212) ____________________ _ Dairy farms (024) _________________________________________ _ 

Poultry and egg forms (025) ________________________________ _ 

Animal specially forms (027) ________________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily liveslock (029) _______________________ _ 

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sold _______________ farms __ 

$1.000 __ 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold: $500,000 or more _______________ " _____________________ _ 

$200,000 10 $499,999 __________________________________ _ 

$100.000 10 $199,999 __________________________________ _ 

$40,000 10 $99,999 ____________________________________ _ $20,000 10 $39,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 10 $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$5,000 10 $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$2,50010 $4,999 ______________________________________ _ 

less Ihon $2,500 ______________________________________ _ 

See foolnole 01 end of loble, 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

353 252 

55 145 49 997 

41 20 

6 539 4 028 

20 10 

3 220 952 

20 10 

3 3 

474 588 

3 3 

3 3 

467 584 

364 245 

32 31 

4 3 

25 30 

70 45 

83 63 

140 85 

98 62 

55.0 53.1 

394 272 

26 16 

2 

236 193 

184 95 

176 146 

47 36 

23 30 

157 65 

420 

288 

I 

99 53 

4 

95 52 

23 10 

35 34 

4 5 

15 10 

118 61 

93 32 

98 105 

6 3 

9 4 

12 3 

420 288 

16 038 II 732 

3 1 

10 5 

27 24 

68 81 

43 28 

36 24 

75 32 

40 30 

118 63 

118 

28 381 

19 

541 

13 

134 

13 

3 

717 

I 

2 

126 

21 

2 

7 

25 

36 

46 

37 

55.4 

144 

9 

113 

40 

91 

13 

12 

31 

153 

25 

24 

4 

16 

2 

2 

24 

13 

72 

2 

5 

1 

153 

10 373 

3 

5 

18 

44 

30 

12 

11 

5 

25 

353 

124 233 

72 

24 951 

35 

12 942 

I 

34 

5 

796 

5 

12 

4 564 

390 

55 

3 

37 

77 

125 

152 

83 

53.1 

456 

21 

371 

106 

272 

45 

20 

120 

477 

1 

61 

4 

57 

12 

46 

8 

14 

104 

79 

217 

2 

6 

6 

477 

39 562 

JO 

36 

81 

120 

55 

37 

57 

32 

.49 

86 

53 782 

18 

29 

338 

16 

(0) 

1 

15 

2 

(0) 

115 

II 

18 

23 

25 

40 

27 

53.0 

127 

6 

117 

16 

91 

14 

6 

15 

133 

15 

15 

2 

9 

2 

I 

21 

13 

78 

2 

133 

20 980 

7 

26 

30 

31 

14 

7 

6 

6 

6 

1,000 10 1.999 

acres 

10 

11 558 

2 

(0) 

7 

9990 

7 

I 

(0) 

I 

3 

3 868 

19 

3 

2 

5 

5 

6 

5 

52.8 

23 

20 

3 

14 

4 

2 

2 

23 

11 

23 

5 985 

2,000 acres or more 

3 

~I 47.6 

~I 

=1 

51 5 270 

MASSACHUSETTS 67 
Tobie 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text) 

All Farms 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD- Con. 

Market value of agricultural products sold - Can. Groin ___________________________________________ farms __ 

Soles of $40,000 or mor"- _______________________ ~i.;~~:: 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons ________________ $f~~~~= 

Cotton ond cottonseed ___________________________ ~f~~~:: 

$1.000 __ Soles of $40,000 or more ________________________ formL_ 

$1,000 __ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons __ _ _ ______ formL_ 

$1.000 __ 

Tobacco _________________________________________ forms __ 

Soles of $40,000 or more ________________________ ~f~~~~:: 

$1.000 __ Field seeds, hoy, forage. and silage __________________ formL_ 

$1.000 __ 

Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farmL_ 

Vegetables. sweet corn, and melons __________________ $f~~~~=- $1.000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ____________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farmL_ 

Nursery and greenhouse products ______ . ______________ $f~~~~== $1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ Other crops ______________________________________ formL_ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Poultry and paultry products ________________________ farms-_ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ Dairy productL ___________________________________ farms-_ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Cottle and calves- _________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ farmL_ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Sheep, lambs, and wool _____________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Sales of $40,000 or more_ _ ____________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) ________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms-_ 

$1,000 __ 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

livestock and poultry purchased ______________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19.999 _____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $49,99L ___________________________________ _ 

$50,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ farms-_ 

$1,000 __ 

forms with expenses of-

$1 to $4,999 ______________ -- ------ ---- ------ -- --------

$5,000 to $19.999 ______________ - ___ -- ---- ------ --------

$20,000 to $49,999 ____________ ---- -- ------------------- $50,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ farms __ 

Forms bV tons purchased: 

tons __ 

$1,000 __ 

1 to 99 ton'- _______________________________________ _ 

100 to 499 ton'-_________________ --------------------

500 fans or more __________ ------ ---- ---------- ------

forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 _______________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19,999 ________________ -- -- ------ -- -- ------

$20,000 to $49,999 ______________ -- -- ---- ---- ---- -----

$50,000 or morL _________________ -------------------

See footnote at end of table. 

68 MASSACHUSmS 

Totol 

99 

365 

2 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

44 

6 965 

17 

6 569 

1 269 

4 663 

6 

411 

1 066 

13 659 

77 

6 651 

940 

30 331 

165 

24 760 

797 

41 066 

166 

35 904 

161 

3 394 

16 

2 639 

566 

16 564 

77 

17 144 

920 

61 164 

510 

53 599 

2 047 

12 496 

43 

4 134 

545 

5 611 

29 

3 401 

334 

237 

7Q6 

14 676 

17 

13 036 

2 033 

11 358 

659 

269 

71 

34 

3 303 

40 209 

2 239 

553 

353 

156 

2 173 

219 256 

33 270 

593 

513 

67 

256 

530 

270 

117 

I to 9 acres 

1 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

12 

15 

169 

553 

115 

344 

400 

12 902 

66 

10 166 

16 

76 

114 

3 341 

11 

2939 

12 

(0) 

76 

233 

I 

(0) 

76 

364 

I 

(0) 

32 

20 

210 

745 

5 

372 

247 

664 

225 

16 

3 

1 

349 

2 461 

297 

44 

3 

5 

195 

14604 

2 191 

176 

16 

3 

147 

41 

2 

5 

IOta 49 acres 

45 

50 

14 

257 

2 

(0) 

270 

466 

441 

3 535 

7 

395 

346 

2 673 

6 

532 

243 

15 641 

59 

14 315 

51 

273 

206 

5 745 

27 

5 260 

71 

661 

6 

(0) 

347 

629 

I 

(0) 

171 

232 

6 

710 

150 

65 

256 

166 

3 

236 

526 

392 

469 

44 

11 

2 

666 

4 769 

771 

56 

24 

15 

522 

25 724 

3 711 

490 

21 

11 

444 

54 

10 

14 

50 to 69 acres 

5 

14 

3 

70 

1 

(0) 

176 

351 

92 

697 

13 

972 

94 

362 

10 

641 

36 

3 661 

9 

3644 

13 

66 

73 

602 

9 

369 

36 

010 

6 

647 

146 

661 

4 

464 

56 

745 

5 

516 

26 

24 

52 

12 215 

3 

12 117 

203 

2615 

169 

23 

2 

9 

301 

4450 

252 

25 

14 

10 

161 

19 216 

3 669 

166 

9 

4 

146 

21 

4 

6 

70 to 99 acres 

13 

41 

4 

376 

2 

(0) 

170 

464 

96 

667 

14 

971 

67 

1 713 

19 

301 

40 

256 

6 

043 

46 

95 

53 

222 

6 

179 

69 

2 339 

16 

463 

191 

665 

4 

360 

61 

597 

4 

393 

29 

15 

44 

163 

2 

(0) 

219 

673 

166 

23 

6 

2 

320 

2 159 

236 

59 

17 

6 

192 

9 616 

1 617 

164 

25 

3 

121 

60 

6 

5 

100 to 139 ocres 

9 

31 

6 

256 

2 

(0) 

193 

731 

74 

996 

20 

I 611 

107 

3 772 

36 

3 074 

37 

037 

9 

797 

20 

350 

5 

269 

42 

526 

9 

454 

115 

5 102 

43 

3 596 

276 

653 

7 

666 

56 

455 

2 

(0) 

33 

26 

52 

212 

2 

(0) 

200 

029 

166 

22 

7 

5 

296 

2691 

194 

72 

22 

10 

165 

12 976 

I 936 

150 

30 

5 

113 

46 

I~ I 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - STATE DATA 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

IExciudes abnormal forms; see textI 

All Farms 1,000 101,999 2,000 ocres or 

140 10 I 79 ocres 180 10 219 ocres 220 10 259 ocres 260 to 499 acres 500 fo 999 ocres acres more 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD-Con, 

Market value of agriculfural products sold - (on. 15 3 2 -I Grain ___________________________________________ forms __ 2 4 

$1,000" (0) 12 142 57 (0) 

Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ I I 

$1,000" (0) (0) 

Commodity (redit Corporation loons ________________ torms __ I 

$1,000,_ (0) Cotton and cottonseed _____________________________ forms __ 

$1,000" Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ torms __ 

$1,000" =1 

Commodity Credit Corporation 100n5 ________________ forms __ 

$1,000" =1 

Tobacco ____________________________________ ____ farms __ 6 I I 6 I -I 

$1,000" 2 002 (D) (0) 3 003 (0) 

~I Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 4 I I 4 

$1,000" 967 (0) (0) 2 944 

Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ___________________ formL_ 137 88 47 132 39 4 

(0)1 $1,000" 621 385 257 917 387 (0) 

Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ formL_ I 5 2 

~I $1,000" (0) 211 (0) 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons __________________ farmL_ 79 40 II 71 9 4 

$1,000" 409 616 264 698 100 126 

Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms __ 6 3 2 10 2 

~I $1,000" 849 359 (0) 401 (0) 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ____________________________ formL_ 47 48 16 60 13 5 

$1,000" 2 638 2 548 855 6 674 667 (0) (0;1 Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farmL_ 19 18 II 30 5 5 

$1,000" 2 304 2 225 825 6 264 551 (0) (0) 

Nursery and greenhouse products ______ _____________ forms-_ 15 9 2 12 3 

$1,000" (0) (0) (0) 2 118 2 439 

Sales 01 $40,000 or more ___ ,, ___ ,,_ _____________ forms __ 2 3 2 6 2 

$1,000 __ (0) 392 (0) 2 077 (0) 

Other crops ______________________________________ farmL_ 7 5 6 10 4 I 

$1,000 __ 60 114 46 999 (0) (0) Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ I I 6 2 I 

$1,000" (0) (0) 968 (0) (0) =1 

Poultry and poultry products ________________________ farms-_ 17 18 15 23 5 

=1 $1,000 __ 2 005 339 786 304 713 Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 4 2 2 3 2 $1.000 __ I 922 (0) (0) 269 (0) 

(O~I Dairy products-___________________________________ farms-_ 105 110 73 229 85 13 

$1,000 __ 5 243 6 122 4 580 18 898 12 485 2 929 Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms __ 51 72 45 175 76 12 $1,000 __ 3 979 5 331 3 818 17 708 12 270 2929 (D~I Cottle and calveL _________________________________ forms __ 251 175 102 354 106 15 2 $1,000 __ 156 857 724 2 994 825 356 (0) 

Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms-_ 4 I 4 3 10 2 2 $1,000 __ 364 (0) 249 501 739 (0) (0) 

Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ farms __ 25 30 12 43 8 3 $1,000 __ 327 124 121 738 639 250 Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms __ 2 5 3 I 

=1 $1,000 __ (0) 570 608 (0) 

Sheep, Iombs, and wool ____________________________ farms __ 13 12 8 16 II I I $1,000 __ 8 6 3 45 (0) (0) (0) Soles 01 $40,000 or more ___________ ,,_,, __ ,, _____ lorms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see textL _______ forms __ 32 18 II 22 5 2 $1,000 __ 182 76 51 32 (0) (0) Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 2 $1,000 __ (0) 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ forms-_ 150 127 74 201 75 9 2 $1,000 __ 833 376 872 316 796 (0) (0) 

Farms with expenses of- $1 10 $4,999 ____________________________ ,, ____________ 122 103 43 136 35 $5,000 10 $19,999 ______ ,, ________ " ____________________ 17 21 22 48 29 $20,000 to $49,999 __________________________ " __ ,, _____ 7 3 8 14 7 $50,000 or more _______________________________________ 4 1 3 4 

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ forms __ 297 239 107 374 131 16 3 $1,000 __ 4 252 3007 2 071 8 027 4 784 120 378 Forms with expenses of- $1 10 $4,999 ___________ ,, _____________________________ 142 124 39 137 43 4 $5,000 10 $19,999 _________________ ,, ___________________ 102 56 32 83 21 $20,000 10 $49,999 _____________________________________ 44 52 28 113 33 3 $50,000 or more _______________________________________ 9 7 8 41 34 9 2 

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ forms __ 199 181 84 307 112 13 21 tons __ 23 843 17 359 12 867 46 312 27 654 (0) 

(0) \ $1,000 __ 3 538 2 478 I 828 6 602 4 043 (0) (0) Forms by tons purchased: I to 99 lons ______________ ,, __ : ______________________ 125 96 36 148 39 100 10 499 Ions ,, ____________________________________ 71 83 46 151 54 

2\ 500 tons or more ____________________________________ 3 2 2 8 19 farms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ 83 71 17 84 27 $5,000 10 $19,999 ____________________________________ 75 70 39 97 27 $20,000 10 $49.999 ________________ ,, _________________ =1 36 36 24 101 29 3 $50,000 or more _____________________________________ 5 4 4 25 29 9 21 See lootnole at end 01 toble. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA MASSACHUSETTS 69 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'-(on. 

Animal health c051L _________________________________ forms __ 

$1.000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ___________________________________________ _ 

$500 to $999 _________________________________________ _ $1,000 to $2,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$3,000 or more _______________________________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plonts, and trees ________________________ forms __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1,000 __ 

$1 to $999 ___________________________________________ _ $1,000 to $4,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer _________________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2.499 _________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ $20,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20.000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Energy and petroleum products ________________________ farmL_ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Gasoline _______________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Diesel fuel _____________________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ lP gas, butane. and propane ______________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Fuel oil _________________________________ .. ______ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Natura' gas ____________________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ Kerosene. motor oil. and grease ___________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Electricity ________________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Other-cool. wood. coke, etc. _______________________ formL_ 

$1,000 __ 

Hired form lobar ____________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19,999 .. ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $49,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$50,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Workers by number of days worked: 150 days or more ____________________ .. __________ farms __ 

workers-_ less than 150 doys. _____________________________ forms __ 

workers __ 

Controct labor ______________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 ______________________________ -- ______ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________________________ --------- $20,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _____________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________ -_ -_ -- ---- ---------------- $2,500 to $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ________________ -- ---- --------------- $20,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARM·RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine work, customwork, and other agricultural services ___________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for human consumption _____________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

See footnote af end of toble. 

70 MASSACHUSmS 

Total 

2 478 

I 500 

791 

305 

309 

73 

3 034 

7 812 

2 169 

638 

123 

104 

3 989 

7 250 

3 234 

640 

81 

34 

3 772 

4 007 

3438 

272 

37 

25 

5 832 

15 934 

4 563 

I 016 

138 

115 

5 825 

II 954 5 516 

4789 

I 725 

I 108 

488 

516 

I 096 

4 447 

149 

170 

5 824 

924 

3 834 3 849 

377 

131 

2 754 

40 287 

738 

650 

231 

135 

I 439 

6 028 

2 234 

17418 

469 

658 

334 

103 

12 

20 

173 

690 

077 

75 

17 

4 

411 

836 

I 250 

9 745 

1 to 9 ocres 

199 

53 

184 

10 

4 

I 

524 

806 

320 

136 

26 

42 

495 

201 

490 

3 

I 

I 

520 

126 

516 

I 

2 

I 

919 

2 III 

801 

65 

20 

33 

918 

I 808 

769 

410 

60 

24 

67 

33 

224 

208 

77 

33 

917 

100 

494 

285 

51 

18 

285 

2 704 

189 

62 

23 

II 

144 

499 

218 

764 

55 

60 

51 

4 

71 

49 

64 

7 

26 

66 

199 

397 

10 to 49 acres 

679 

198 

598 

37 

33 

II 

811 

2 964 

632 

98 

50 

31 

308 

728 

256 

50 

2 

275 

506 

236 

38 

I 

I 897 

3 898 

716 

142 

10 

29 

I 891 

3 170 

I 827 

940 

339 

99 

131 

42 

327 

881 

17 

43 

891 

165 

146 

702 

107 

26 

752 

6905 

60J 

99 

21 

29 

311 

194 

610 

3 382 

147 

396 

114 

29 

365 

186 

357 

8 

96 

207 

416 

873 

50 to 69 acres 

178 

193 

156 

II 

9 

2 

200 

507 

149 

38 

8 

5 

308 

335 

282 

24 

2 

249 

225 

231 

16 

2 

498 

I 749 

406 

82 

4 

6 

498 

I 203 

483 

357 

134 

75 

40 

29 

83 

S06 

14 

19 

498 

217 

315 

539 

29 

7 

213 

7 143 

137 

40 

21 

IS 

98 

724 

182 

721 

58 

78 

53 

5 

114 

577 

107 

6 

40 

65 

112 

184 

70 to 99 ocres 

209 

82 

164 

18 

25 

2 

267 

244 

218 

36 

II 

2 

346 

471 

297 

40 

9 

304 

263 

281 

22 

518 

781 

452 

56 

6 

4 

518 

605 

502 

330 

151 

58 

57 

39 

56 

121 

6 

3 

518 

54 

287 

171 

24 

4 

247 

798 

175 

56 

12 

4 

86 

260 

219 

I 142 

44 

170 

28 

12 

3 

I 

107 

66 

104 

3 

52 

163 

127 

515 

100 to 139 ocres 

228 

87 

182 

19 

24 

3 

202 

351 

149 

40 

5 

8 

326 

538 

261 

60 

4 

I 

299 

350 

264 

29 

4 

2 

464 

I 100 

368 

86 

7 

3 

464 

816 

443 

463 

ISS 

75 

29 

22 

92 

198 

4 

5 

464 

53 

327 

268 

37 

16 

245 

I 821 

167 

51 

21 

6 

137 

363 

198 

I 686 

38 

88 

30 

6 

I 

I 

91 

51 

89 

I 

I 

51 

73 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 14010 179 acres 180 10 219 acres 220 10 259 acres 260 10 499 ocres 500 10 999 acres 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES I - Con. 

Animol health costL___________________________ _ __ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 10 $499 ___________________________________________ _ 

$500 10 $999 ____________________ - ____________________ _ 

$1,000 10 $2,999 ______________________________________ _ $3,000 or more _____________________________ . _________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees ________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

forms with expenses of- $1 10 $999 ___________________________________________ _ 

$1,000 10 $4,999 ______________ . _______________ . _______ _ $5,000 10 $9,999 _______________ . ______________________ _ 

$10,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________ ______ ___ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

farms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _________________________________________ _ 

$2.500 10 $9,99L _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ $20.000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ forms-_ 

$1,000 __ 

forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _________________________________________ _ 

$2.500 10 $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10.000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20.000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Energy and petroleum products ________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _________________________________________ _ 

$2,50010 $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10.000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ________________________________ forms __ 

$1.000 __ Gasoline _______________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Diesel fuel _____________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ lP gas, butane, and propane ______________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ fuel oil ________________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Natural gas ____________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Kerosene, motor oil, and grease ___________________ farms __ 

$1.000 __ Electricity ________________________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Other-cool, wood, coke, etc. _______________________ farms __ $1,000 __ 

Hired form labor ____________________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 10 $49,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$50.000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Workers by number of days worked: 150 days or more _______________________________ forms __ 

workers __ less than 150 doys ______________________________ forms __ 

workers __ 

Contract lobor ______________________________________ farms __ 

$1.000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $110 $2.499 _________________________________________ _ 

$2.500 to $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10.000 to $19.999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20.000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _____________________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 10 $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19.999. ___________________________________ _ $20,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARM· RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine work, customwork, and other agricultural services ___________________________ forms __ 

Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals 

$1.000 __ 

for humon consumption _____________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

See footnote 01 end of table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

225 

128 

136 

57 

29 

3 

256 

221 

206 

45 

3 

2 

300 

705 

219 

76 

2 

3 

274 

339 

248 

19 

4 

3 

417 

020 

287 

113 

12 

5 

417 

708 

409 

386 

196 

90 

25 

86 

66 

85 

5 

12 

417 

49 

322 

292 

46 

21 

239 2 782 

155 

54 

21 

9 

113 

551 

209 

2006 

26 

126 

16 

6 

2 

2 

82 

102 

69 

11 

2 

25 

26 

85 

915 

190 

120 

107 

38 

42 

3 

201 

194 

140 

57 

2 

2 

254 

623 

160 

90 

4 

214 

273 

189 

20 

5 

328 

788 

200 

119 

8 

1 

328 

521 

321 

307 

162 

80 

24 

7 

71 

72 

5 

3 328 

52 

244 

256 

19 

12 

216 

2077 

130 

63 

15 

8 

125 

369 

164 

080 

24 

236 

17 

6 

1 

99 

138 

91 

6 

1 

1 

31 

56 

64 

974 

92 

67 

54 

15 

17 

6 

108 

150 

68 

34 

5 

1 

130 

434 

65 

60 

4 

I 

127 

271 

88 

36 

I 

2 

160 

609 

83 

65 

10 

2 

160 

400 

160 

216 

92 

59 

28 

54 

44 

40 

10 

1 

160 

31 

138 

205 

9 

4 

105 

2 070 

56 

31 

12 

6 

67 

339 

87 

042 

23 

62 

16 

6 

51 

91 

43 

5 

3 

20 

21 

27 

116 

338 

300 

167 

75 

75 

21 

335 

948 

220 

98 

10 

7 

363 

758 

167 

158 

27 

11 

361 

883 

286 

58 

9 

8 

451 

2 267 

188 

218 

31 

14 

451 

597 

423 

824 

298 

264 

55 

170 

83 

177 

8 

39 

451 

122 

408 

660 

31 

9 

303 

6 823 

96 

132 

50 

25 

228 

044 

230 3 069 

36 

386 

16 

10 

10 

125 

233 

102 

16 

6 

1 

56 

130 

92 

1 050 

121 

196 

39 

25 

41 

16 

III 

301 

62 

45 

2 

2 

133 

980 

29 

76 

20 

8 

125 

298 

94 

24 

5 

2 

152 

088 

55 

64 

25 

8 

152 

777 

152 

397 

116 

206 

27 

(D) 

37 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

152 

51 

132 

(0) 

22 

(D) 

125 

3 834 

29 

53 

31 

12 

108 

491 

97 

850 

16 

(D) 

60 

127 

48 

9 

3 

13 

(D) 

20 

(D) 

1.000 10 1,999 

acres 

16 

40 

8 

4 

17 

(0) 

4 

10 

1 

2 

21 

323 

7 

3 

5 

6 

20 

246 

23 

307 

6 

6 

4 

7 

23 

211 

22 

94 

19 

52 

4 

12 

12 

35 

23 

19 

18 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

19 

102 

17 

113 

16 

369 

2 

(D) 

7 

(0) 

3 

3 

1 

1 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

2,000 acres or 

more 

3~1 

5 

154 

~I I 

3 

4 

226 

~I 3 

5 216 

1 

31 

5 

138 

5 

64 

3 

28 

I 

(Oil 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

5 

Jl 

-3 

77 

5 228 

4 

5 

81 

4 

307 

1 

(0) 

MASSACHUSETTS 71 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

All Farms 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ formL_ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms by value group: $1 to $4,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $49,999 ____________________________________ _ $50,000 to $99,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$100,000 to $199,999 __________________________________ _ 

$200,000 to $499,999 __________________________________ _ 

$500,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles _______________________________________ forms __ 

number __ Motortrucks, including pickups ________________________ forms __ 

number __ Wheel tractors ______________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 2 or 3 ___________________________________________ farms __ 

number __ 4 or more ________________________________________ forms-_ 

number __ 

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only _____________ farms __ 

number __ Corn pickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers _____________ farms __ 

number __ Corn heads for combines ___________________________ farms __ 

number __ Other cornpickers and picker-shellers _________________ farms __ 

number __ 

Cottonpickers _______________________________________ farms __ 

number __ Mower conditioners _______________ • _________________ farms-_ 

number __ Pickup balers _________________ • _____________________ farms __ 

number __ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ farms __ 

number __ 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __ __ _ _ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ____ ______ _ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ farms __ 

acres on which used __ lime ____________________________________________ farms __ 

acres on which used __ tons __ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hay and other crops ______________________ farms __ 

acres on which used __ Nematodes in crops _______________________________ farms __ 

acres on which used __ Diseases in crops and orchards ______________________ farms __ 

acres on which used __ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and pasture __________ forms __ 

acres on which used __ 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _____________________________ • ___________ forms __ 

acres on which used __ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________ .farms __ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control ________________ farms __ 

LIVESTOCK 

Cottle and calves inventory ___________________________ farms __ 

number __ 

Farms with- I to L ______________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 __________________________________________ ----

50 to 99 ____________________________________ -_ -_ ------ lao to 199 ___________________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ___________________________________________ _ 500 or more. ___________________ • _____________________ _ 

Cows and heifers that hod calved ____________________ forms __ 

number __ Beef cows _____________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Forms with- I to 9 ______________________________________ ------

10 to 49 __________________________ ------ -- --------

50 to 99 __________________________ ----------------

100 to 199 __________________ -- ---- ------------ ---- 200 to 499 _______________________________________ _ 500 or more __ _____________________________ . ______ _ 

See footnote at end of table. 

72 MASSACHUSmS 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

Total 

5 868 

126 455 

997 

862 

190 

166 

452 

152 

44 

5 

3 149 4 356 

4 848 

9 838 

4 733 

10 818 

2 051 4 789 

857 

4 204 

32 

46 

188 

214 

106 

112 

97 

102 

423 

554 

761 

880 

996 

171 

4 509 

II 257 

3 808 153 311 

I 864 

41 304 

65 084 

I 791 

41 911 

205 

4 850 

I 108 

22791 

I 753 

58 648 

209 

6 352 

I 318 

I 152 

2 584 

100 909 

I 039 

885 

378 

215 

62 

5 

2 235 59 735 

I 298 

10 200 

005 

279 

10 

3 

I 

1 to 9 acres 

929 8 774 

304 

331 

181 

103 

8 

2 

424 

537 

696 

022 

501 

707 

127 

281 

13 

65 

II 

14 

6 

6 

8 

8 

45 

45 

28 

28 

16 

16 

610 

326 

411 

988 

248 

525 

824 

257 

473 

26 

41 

178 

351 

103 

280 

15 

45 

118 

105 

133 

479 

85 

45 

3 

III 

985 

93 

745 

64 

29 

10 to 49 acres 

I 697 

23 656 

422 

744 

429 

245 

38 

10 

9 

916 

205 

I 514 

2 516 

I 479 

2 667 

521 

172 

134 

671 

6 

6 

10 

12 

6 

6 

5 

6 

219 

235 

250 

264 

107 

112 

I 556 

I 235 I 260 

13 175 

525 

3 774 5 319 

753 

5 767 

66 

343 

446 

2 956 

457 

3 868 

71 

464 

356 

304 

596 

4 991 

452 

139 

7 

474 

2 271 

394 

297 

379 

15 

50 to 69 acres 

504 10032 

68 

204 

66 

106 

20 

14 

2 

226 

322 

373 

672 

417 

667 

196 

444 

67 

291 

64 

64 

108 

108 

47 

56 

326 

560 

299 

6243 

96 

109 

770 

120 

2447 

10 

31 

85 

379 

105 

474 

17 

244 

49 

66 

200 

3 252 

99 

89 

II 

163 

641 

117 

938 

63 

34 

70 to 99 acres 

528 9206 

43 

195 

139 

107 

32 

II 

I 

279 

399 

435 

848 

467 

981 

243 

534 

65 

288 

7 

21 

20 

23 

10 

10 

12 

13 

140 

149 

228 

233 

110 

134 

393 

734 

335 8968 

143 

2 296 

3453 

150 

3 511 

23 

249 

83 

526 

187 

3 801 

25 

378 

119 

113 

280 

5 242 

135 

123 

16 

4 

2 

236 3 075 

144 

853 

121 

22 

I 

100 to 139 acres 

464 

9 319 

56 

135 

107 

116 

40 

6 

237 

315 

427 

902 

416 

964 

247 

561 

61 

295 

9 

II 

8 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

174 

211 

215 

254 

108 

123 

350 I 887 

314 

II 407 

151 

2572 

4382 

140 

3 523 

15 

272 

105 

2 443 

121 3 137 

16 

243 

120 

129 

309 

8 825 

81 

176 

41 

10 

I 

266 

5 348 

143 

094 

103 

40 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text} 

All Farms 140 to I 79 acres 18010219 acres 22010259 acres 260 to 499 acres 500 to 999 acres 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Forms by value group: $1 to $4,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $49,999 ____________________________ ---- ____ _ $50,000 to $99,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$100,000 10 $199,999 __________________________________ _ 

$200,000 to $499,999 ____________________ ------ -- -- -- --- $500,000 or more __________________________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles _______________________________________ formsnumber __ Motortrucks, including pickups ________________________ forms __ 

number __ Wheel tractors ______________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 2 or 3 ___________________________________________ farms __ 

number __ 4 or more ________________________________________ farms-_ 

number __ 

Grain and bean combines, self-propelled only _____________ forms __ 

number __ 

Corn pickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers _____________ farms __ 

number __ 

Corn heads for combines ___________________________ farmL_ 

number __ Other cornpickers and picker-shellers _________________ forms __ 

number __ 

CottonpickerL _____________________________________ forms __ 

number __ Mower conditioners _________________________________ farms __ 

number __ Pickup balers _______________________________________ farmL_ 

number __ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ farmL_ 

number __ 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ forms __ 

acres on which used __ lime ____________________________________________ forms __ 

acres on which used __ tons __ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hoy and other crops ______________________ forms __ 

acres on which used __ Nematodes in crops _______________________________ farmL_ 

acres on which used __ Diseases in crops and orchardL _____________________ farms __ 

acres on which used __ Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and posture __________ farms __ 

acres on which used __ 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _________________________________________ forms __ 

acres on which used __ Insect control on livestock and poultry ________________ forms __ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control ________________ farms __ 

LIVESTOCK 

Cottle and calves inventory ___________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Farms with- 1 to 9 _______________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 _____________________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 _____________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 ___________________________________________ _ 200 to 499 ___________________________________________ _ 500 or more __________________________________________ _ 

Cows and heifers thot hod calved ____________________ farms __ 

number __ Beef cows _____________________ , _______________ forms __ 

number __ 

Forms with- 1 109 ___________________________________________ _ 

IOta 49 _________________________________________ _ 50 10 99 _________________________________________ _ 

10010199 _______________________________________ _ 

20010499 _______________________________________ _ 

500 or more ______________________________________ _ 

See footnote 01 end of table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

422 

10067 

52 

122 

70 

116 

50 

10 

2 

278 

382 

350 

781 

383 

951 

218 

520 

70 

336 

22 

22 

10 

10 

12 

12 

133 

135 

198 

213 

97 

105 

328 

045 

300 

14 358 

173 

4 352 

6 424 

69 

2 881 

17 

373 

67 3 068 

162 

4 634 

II 

444 

132 

136 

277 

8 708 

106 

103 

52 

14 

2 

249 

5 114 

115 

693 

93 

22 

328 

9 417 

25 

65 

53 

III 

67 

7 

240 

340 

302 

676 

307 

931 

165 

413 

103 

479 

I 

(0) 

26 

29 

13 

16 

13 

13 

179 

200 

182 

190 

106 

124 

260 

896 

244 

13970 

119 

2 889 

5 080 

64 

2 432 

9 

396 

47 

888 

149 

5048 

10 

617 

96 

59' 

189 

9 760 

30 

74 

60 

22 

3 

174 

5 861 

86 

824 

64 

20 

1 

160 

6 803 

13 

6 

35 

66 

22 

12 

6 

108 

162 

145 

397 

160 

470 

86 

217 

49 

228 

5 

5 

8 

8 

7 

(0) 

I 

(0) 

73 

83 

120 

124 

76 

90 

136 

705 

123 10 157 

96 

3 050 4 895 

34 

883 

8 

386 

18 

474 

100 4 775 

II 

855 

57 

26 

109 

6 546 

13 

39 

35 

21 

1 

105 

4 186 

33 

337 

19 

14 

456 152 

23 643 II 326 

10 I 

50 9 

73 13 

134 52 

131 42 

47 23 

II II 

I 

314 113 

458 214 

435 145 

312 516 

431 146 

450 666 

192 50 

513 123 

179 96 

877 543 

9 I 

9 (0) 

52 20 

58 26 

28 10 

28 12 

29 12 

30 14 

276 108 

286 132 

296 122 

305 145 

224 91 

260 133 

384 140 

2 641 278 

363 133 

37 970 23 690 

219 84 

10 276 5348 

17 308 9 786 

138 48 

9 533 4 389 14 10 

987 955 

49 23 

4 864 194 

249 100 15 854 7 950 

16 10 671 421 187 71 

142 64 

362 109 

30 811 16 379 

32 4 

78 17 131 22 100 41 21 21 

4 

332 107 18 039 9 955 137 33 2 696 706 

59 17 70 13 

7 1 I 2 

1,000 to 1,999 

acres 

23 

2 405 

I 

I 

1 

7 

2 

8 

2 

I 

10 

(0) 

21 

III 

21 

114 

4 

II 

15 

101 

3 

(0) 

5 

6 

3 

3 

3 

3 

10 

(0) 

12 

(0) 

12 

(0) 

21 

569 

21 

6 273 

7 

235 

385 

14 

2 380 

5 817 

7 

648 

16 

4018 

5 970 

II 

7 

15 

3 446 

15 

2 217 

2 

(0) 

2,000 acres or more 

8O~1 

2 

(0) 

5 

85 

361 

5 

30 

=1 

2 

(0)1 

2 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

51 380 

5 

6092 

3 3 878 

4 458 

4 

3 809 

MASSACHUSETTS 73 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

{Excludes abnormal forms; see text} 

All Farms 

UVESTOCK - Con. 

Cottle and calves inventory - Can. 

Cows and heifers that hod calved - Can. Milk cows _____________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Farms wilh- I to 4 ___________________________________________ _ 5 to 9 ___________________________________________ _ 

10 fo 49 _________________________________________ _ 

50 fo 99 _________________________________________ _ 

100 fa 199 _______________________________________ _ 

200 fo 499 _______________________________________ _ 

500 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ----- ______________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Steers, steer calves. bulls, and bull calves _____________ farms __ 

number __ 

Cottle and calves sold ________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

$1,000 __ CalveL __________________________________________ farms __ 

number __ 

$1,000 __ Cottle ___________________________________________ farms __ 

number __ 

$1,000 __ Fottened on groin and concentrates ________________ farms __ 

number __ 

$1,000 __ 

Hogs and pigs inventorY ______________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Forms with- 1 fo 9 _______________________________________________ _ 

10 fo 49 _____________________________________________ _ 50 fo 99 _____________________________________________ _ 

100 fo 199 ___________________________________________ _ 

200 fo 499 ___________________________________________ _ 

500 or more __________________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ farms __ 

number __ Other ___________________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ farms __ 

number __ 

$1.000 __ feeder pigs sold ___________________________________ farms __ 

litters of pigs farrowed betweennumber __ 

$1,000 __ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ farms __ 

number __ Dec. 1 and May 31 ______________________________ Iarms __ 

number __ June I and Nov. 30 ______________________________ farms __ 

number __ 

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory __________________ farms __ 

number __ Ewes I year old or older ___________________________ farms __ 

number __ Sheep and lambs sold ________________________________ farms __ 

number __ Sheep and lambs sharn _______________________________ farms __ 

number __ 

pounds of wooL_ 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ farms __ 

number __ Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

$1,000 __ Goats inventory _____________________________________ forms __ 

number __ Goats sold _________________________________________ forms __ 

POULTRY 

number __ 

$1,000 __ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ farms __ 

number __ 

Forms with- I to 399 _____________________________________________ _ 

400 fa 3,199 __________________________ ----------------

3,200 to 9,999 __________________ - _______ ---------------

10,000 fo 19,999 ________________________ ---------------

20,000 fa 49,999 ____________________ ------------------- 50,000 fa 99,999 ________________________ --------------- 100,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of toying age _______________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Puliets 3 months old or older nof of laying age ____________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

See loofnot. of end 01 fable. 

74 MASSACHUSmS 

Total 1 to 9 acres 

1 343 53 49 535 240 

481 43 41 1 

448 9 263 

87 

22 

I 

I 846 42 32 421 286 1 530 48 8 753 208 

2 047 78 

53 283 893 12 498 233 

I 490 55 29 872 532 2 486 100 I 751 70 23 411 361 10011 133 318 10 

2 751 43 1 274 15 

902 116 59 452 4 331 

607 77 126 17 

52 7 39 12 

49 2 29 1 

360 66 7416 511 854 114 

52 036 3 820 

545 78 66 497 4260 

5 611 384 219 40 

14 385 787 

464 23 

402 69 

9069 604 

347 61 

4 609 345 

299 63 4460 259 

411 39 

6906 405 349 28 

4 ZIO 196 

287 30 4066 262 

308 29 

5 822 328 

39 697 2876 

1 382 141 

8049 615 

396 107 

1 213 216 

1 639 200 

222 60 

778 484 

97 26 

121 303 

49 18 

935 135 

498 358 312 351 

810 111 

65 16 

27 4 

14 3 

12 

5 

2 1 

915 134 

302 380 305615 

228 37 

195 978 6 736 

10 to 49 ocres 50 to 69 ocres 70 to 99 acres 100 to 139 ocr.s 

178 68 151 172 974 903 2 222 4 254 

145 38 89 55 7 2 9 10 

25 25 43 85 1 2 8 17 

1 1 5 I 

416 110 174 224 

730 852 400 2 365 

345 113 180 187 

990 559 767 1 112 

347 148 191 278 

2 431 3 134 3094 6068 

629 861 865 1 653 

208 95 121 197 

175 662 1 622 3498 

103 208 197 539 

293 114 170 232 

256 472 1 472 2 570 

526 653 668 1 114 

93 30 37 46 

332 117 160 361 

136 35 67 149 

338 76 82 80 14 191 7 588 5799 4946 

252 35 56 40 

38 18 10 17 

14 11 5 9 

9 3 4 6 

21 4 2 7 

4 5 5 1 

93 33 38 44 

513 798 796 728 

331 73 75 75 

12 678 6790 5003 4 218 

171 56 61 58 14 782 8030 7958 5443 

I 232 745 597 455 

59 19 20 20 

3 874 439 2910 133 

131 43 96 28 

115 33 38 46 

827 979 127 785 

97 31 33 32 

867 509 553 392 

68 28 32 36 960 470 574 393 

172 29 41 35 

963 895 610 827 148 24 31 31 

252 532 365 565 

129 19 27 29 167 450 264 519 

140 26 25 29 

1 553 661 468 773 

11 290 4348 3320 4696 

525 116 124 146 

2 950 584 631 753 

159 23 25 30 

434 121 52 110 

836 70 34 193 

87 19 13 17 

807 64 277 52 47 6 8 4 

482 35 238 30 20 1 7 1 

367 91 72 80 411 279 160 435 72 529 68085 

325 68 63 74 

26 8 3 2 

5 10 4 1 

3 4 2 

6 1 

2 

363 86 66 79 

377 021 129 549 54 231 48 586 

125 26 14 

34 258 30886 18 298 19 4~~ I 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal farms; see text] 

All Farms 140 fa J 79 acres 180 to 219 acres 220 to 259 acres 260 to 499 acres 500 to 999 acres 

UVESTOCK - Con. 

Cottle and calves inventory -- (on. 

Cows and heifers thot had calved - (on. Milk cows _____________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Forms with- 1 to 4 ___________________________________________ _ 5 to 9 ___________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 _________________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 _________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 _______________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 _______________________________________ _ 

500 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls. and bull calves _____________ forms __ 

number __ 

Cottle and calves sold ___________________________ . _____ forms __ 

number __ $1.000 __ 

Calves ___________________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

$1.000 __ Cattle ___________________________________________ farms __ 

number __ 

$1.000 __ 

Fattened an groin and concentrates ________________ forms __ 

number __ $1,000 __ 

Hogs and pigs inventory ______________________________ forms-_ 

number __ 

Farms with- 1 to 9 _______________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 _____________________________________________ _ 50 to 99 _____________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 ___________________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ___________________________________________ _ 

500 or more __________________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ forms __ 

number __ Other ___________________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ forms-_ 

number __ 

$1,000 __ Feeder pigs sold ___________________________________ forms __ 

litters 01 pigs larrowed betweennumber __ 

$1,000 __ 

Dec. 1 of preceding yeor and Nov. 3O _________________ forms __ 

number __ Dec. 1 and May 31 ______________________________ Iarm'-_ 

number __ June 1 ond Nov. 30 ______________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

Sheep and lambs of oil oges inventory __________________ forms __ 

number __ Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ forms __ 

number __ Sheep and lambs sold ________________________________ farms __ 

number __ Sheep and lambs shorn _______________________________ farms __ 

number __ 

pounds of wooL_ 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ farms __ 

number __ Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

$1.000 __ Goots inventory _____________________________________ farms __ 

number __ Goots sold _________________________________________ farms __ 

POULTRY 

number __ $1.000 __ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ forms __ 

number __ 

Forms with- 1 to 399 _____________________________________________ _ 

400 to 3,199 _________________________________________ _ 

3.200 to 9,999 ________________________________________ _ 

10.000 to 19.999 ______________________________________ _ 

20.000 to 49,999 _________________ c ____________________ _ 

50,000 to 99,999 ______________________________________ _ 

100,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Hens and pull.ts alloying ag"-_____________________ -'arms __ 

number __ 

Pullets 3 months old or older not of laying age ____________________________________ Iarms __ 

number __ 

See lootnote at end 01 table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

164 

4 421 

58 

3 

74 

26 

3 

215 

2 821 

146 

773 

251 

5 285 

1 156 

199 

3 031 

264 

194 

2254 

892 

24 

111 

41 

60 

2 896 

45 

6 

3 

2 

2 

2 

20 

389 

53 

2 507 

25 

3664 

327 

11 

602 

15 

22 

500 

18 

244 

15 

256 

37 

292 

36 

237 

8 174 

12 

190 

535 

124 

423 

21 

171 

174 

7 

32 

3 

11 

(Z) 

61 

212 551 

55 

3 

1 

1 

61 

169 636 

3 42915 

121 

5037 

15 

2 

60 

38 

6 

155 

3340 

122 

559 

175 

4 345 

857 

131 

2 578 

157 

157 

767 

700 

21 

167 

85 

49 

050 

36 

11 

1 

25 

392 

39 

658 

30 

129 

124 

21 

137 

40 

26 

434 

26 

316 

16 

118 

12 

184 

12 

139 

8 

121 

11 

173 

212 

55 

295 

10 

27 

44 

8 

20 

1 

(D) 

(D) 

42 

39 204 

40 

40 

30 590 

6 8 614 

83 3 849 

11 

39 

29 

3 

1 

92 

132 

54 

228 

102 

3 457 

724 

83 

2 114 

126 

86 

343 

598 

8 

106 

57 

17 

946 

7 

184 

16 

762 

12 

889 

121 

3 

393 

13 

8 

263 

7 

113 

6 

150 

8 

137 

8 

85 

8 

42 

8 

125 

798 

28 

165 

4 

17 

49 

4 

22 

1 

(D) 

(0) 

24 

73 841 

20 

3 

24 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

247 

15 343 

20 

6 

72 

109 

36 

4 

302 

10063 

242 

2 709 

354 

14 117 

2994 

290 

7 892 

487 

322 

6 225 

2 508 

38 

166 

591 

66 

7 903 

46 

8 

1 

5 

6 

23 

804 

63 

7 099 

43 

9 237 

738 

21 

827 

66 

34 

247 

33 

625 

25 

622 

23 

867 

18 

736 

16 

523 

15 

840 

5 453 

86 

441 

12 

34 

28 

5 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

(D) 

50 92 351 

43 

4 

1 

1 

49 

(D) 

3 

(0) 

90 

9 249 

5 

1 

16 

33 

25 

10 

99 

720 

80 

704 

106 

7 819 

1 825 

96 

4477 

243 

100 

3 342 

1 582 

10 

(D) 

(0) 

14 

7 306 

1 

3 

8 

093 

12 

6 213 

8 

6606 

639 

4 

(D) 

(D) 

8 

007 

7 

(D) 

7 

(D) 

13 

(D) 

11 

(D) 

11 

(0) 

11 

(D) 

(D) 

30 

134 

3 

(0) 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

12 

(D) 

10 

12 

53 222 

1 

(0) 

1,000 to 1,999 

acres 

14 

(0) 

15 

(0) 

12 

(0) 

15 

(D) 

(D) 

13 

(D) 

(0) 

11 

(0) 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

(0) 

4 

496 

1 

3 

208 

3 

288 

3 

2499 

250 

1 

(D) 

(D) 

3 

296 

2 

(D) 

3 

(D) 

1 

(0) 

1 

(D) 

1 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

(D) 

6 

(0) 

2 

(D) 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

2.000 acres or more 

2 

(0) 

II 

1 

2 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

2 

(0) , (0) 

2 

(0) 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

(0) 

=, 

=1 

=1 

1 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

(D) 

1 

(0) 

MASSACHUSETTS 75 
Tobie 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text} 

All Farms 

POULTRY - (on. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ___________________ forms __ 

number __ Broilers and other meot-type chickens sold ______________ farmL_ 

number __ Forms withI to 1,999 •....................•.......•.....•....•... 2,000 to 59,999 ....................................... . 

60,00010 99,999 ..................................... .. 100,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breedin9 ________________________ formL_ 

number __ Turkeys sold ____________ _ _ ___ torms __ 

number __ 

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn for all purposes _______________________________ forms __ 

ocres __ 

Tobacco ___________________________________________ forms __ 

ocres __ 

Irrigated _______________________ _ pounds __ _ ______ farms __ 

acres __ Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acreL ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocreL _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 acres or more ____________________________________ _ 

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

hundredweight __ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms-_ 

acres __ 

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 acreL ______________________________________ _ 

1.0 to 4.9 acreL ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 acreL _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 acres _____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or mare ___________________________________ _ 

Hay crops (see text) ____ .. ____________________________ farms-_ 

acres __ 

tons, dry __ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms-_ 

acres __ 

Farms by acres harvested; I to 24 acres _________________________________________ _ 

25 to 99 acres ________________________________________ _ 

100 to 499 ocre5. ........................ _ .... _._ ..... . 500 acres or more ____________________________________ _ 

Alfalfa hoy •... _ ..... _._ ....................... _ .. forms. 

acres __ 

tons, dry __ Irrigated _______________________________________ forms __ 

acres __ 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ______________ farms-_ 

acres-_ Irrigated ________________________________________ farms-_ 

acres __ 

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres ____________________ . __________________ _ 

5.010 24.9 ocres .................................. _ .. .. 

25.0 to 99.9 acres ..................................... . 100.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

land in orchards ____________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

Farms by acres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 acreL ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 ocre'-.................................. _ •. 100.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Apples __________________________________________ forms __ 

total acres __ pounds __ 91 

Total 

269 

085 843 

47 159 991 

41 

6 

19 

661 

67 137 213 

1 136 

43 535 

44 

1 078 536 802 

15 

607 

18 

16 

10 

185 3 501 

748 993 

24 

178 

52 

75 

33 

18 

7 

3 063 131 234 

258 428 

15 

235 

334 

413 

312 

4 

I 070 

26 582 

66 706 7 

151 

1 086 

15 172 

327 

4 490 

472 

448 

145 

21 

508 

8 475 

38 

119 

266 

149 

75 

18 

445 

7 623 420 913 

1 to 9 acres 

56 157 054 

9 

97 902 

6 

3 

1 

(0) 

8 

103 

15 

27 

2 

(0) 

(0) 

13 

(0) 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

6 

5 

2 

74 

249 

361 

2 

(0) 

74 

19 

72 

197 

169 

479 

47 

128 

138 

31 

86 

194 

11 

13 

75 

11 

48 

121 667 100 

10 to 49 acres 

74 

335 873 

25 54 916 

23 

2 

6 

14 

34 37 121 

175 

054 

14 

75 

149 405 

2 

(0) 

10 

4 

53 

289 

55 527 

8 

12 

17 

16 

18 

2 

695 

8 994 

14 168 

5 

38 

588 

107 

158 

1 536 

3 312 

3 

24 

441 

3 930 

131 

023 

191 

214 

36 

152 

091 

17 

41 

85 

53 

14 

140 

891 6 585 679 

50 to 69 acres 

54 130931 

3 730 

3 

2 

(0) 

3 4 514 

50 

678 

3 

35 

69 300 

1 

(0) 

15 

90 

19 772 

2 

(0) 

307 

7 580 

10 174 

2 

(0) 

146 

161 

86 I 227 

2642 

92 

548 

33 

633 

27 

43 

22 

55 

664 

5 

36 

28 

18 

9 

51 

571 5 531 333 

70 to 99 acres 

28 89332 

5 5 344 

2 

(0) 

5 35614 

93 

585 

4 

56 77 026 

I 

(0) 

49 

106 

18934 

I 

(0) 

14 

32 

2 

1 

348 

9 261 15 867 

173 

174 

1 

109 

2052 

4 634 

96 

2 178 

22 

437 

34 

29 

33 

35 

555 1 

(0) 

16 

8 

11 

33 

507 

6 927 200 

100 to 139 acres 

17 

22 

51 579 

4 

(0) 

5 

061 9 46 973 

157 

2 878 

6 

90 

158614 

2 

(0) 

3 

~ I 

20 

436 

77 245 

4 

28 

4 

7 

2 

7 

405 

14 106 26 678 

1 

(0) I 

134 

260 

11 

145 

2 837 

6853 

74 

2 062 

29 

675 

22 

24 

24 

4 

78 

648 

3 

(0) 

30 

29 

16 

3 

76 

1 531 

535 448 

~----------------------------------------------------~ See footnote at end of table. 

76 MASSACHUSETTS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - STATE DATA 
Table 33. Summary by Size of Farm: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 140 to 179 acres 180 to 219 acre. 220 to 259 acre. 260 to 499 acre. 500 to 999 acre. 

POULTRY - Con. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ____________________ forms __ number __ 

Broilers and other meot·'ype chickens sold ______________ forms __ number __ 

Forms with- 1 to 1,999 ___________________________________________ _ 

2,000 to 59,999 ________________________ -_ -_____ --- ____ _ 60,000 to 99,999 ______________________________________ _ 

100,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breedin9 _________________________ forms __ 

number __ Turkeys sold _______________________________________ forms __ 

number __ 

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn for all purposes ________________________________ forms __ 

ocres __ 

Tobacco ___________________________________________ forms __ 

ocres __ 

pounds __ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres __ ~ ____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 25.0 acres or more ____________________________________ _ 

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ forms __ 

acres __ 

hundredweight __ Irrigated _________________________________________ forms __ 

acres __ 

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 acre. _______________________________________ _ 

1.0 to 4.9 acres _______________________________________ _ 5.0 to 24.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 acres _____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or mare ___________________________________ _ 

Hay crops (see text) _________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ tons, dry __ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms __ 

ocres __ 

Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 ocres _________________________________________ _ 25 to 99 acres ________________________________________ _ 100 to 499 acre'-_____________________________________ _ 

500 Qcres or more ____________________________________ _ 

Alfalfa hoy _______________________________________ farm,-_ 

acreL_ 

tons, dry __ irrigated _______________________________________ forms __ 

ocres __ 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ______________ farms __ 

acres __ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms __ 

ocres __ 

forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acre. _______________________________________ _ 5.0 to 24.9 acre'-_____________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 acre. _____________________________________ _ 100.0 acres or more ________________ ~ __________________ _ 

land in orchards ____________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ Irrigated _________________________________________ forms __ 

acres __ 

Forms by acres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 acre'-______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 ocre. _____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

6 159 165 1 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

99 

2577 

6 

262 333 604 4 

174 

8 

84 15 205 

1 

(D) 

8 

19 878 

1 

(0) 

3 4486 

107 

3 857 

I 

(D) 

(D) 

5 

154 29 268 1 

(0) 

7 

43909 

1 

(0) 

I 

(0) 

79 

2 776 

1 

(0) 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

6 

81 

10909 

1 

(0) 

12 

(0) 

1 

(D) 

263 

14494 

6 400 

522 238 

4 

309 

11 

955 

237 769 

3 

96 

2 

(0) 

1 

(D) 

83 

8648 

1 

(0) 

(0) 

4 

685 

148 525 

1 

(D) 

115 

16 224 36 885 1 

(D) 

8 

40 

64 

3 

64 4 068 

JO 163 I 

(0) 

9 

98 

1 

(0) 

2 

6 

1 

6 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

1 ,000 to 1.999 

acres 

13 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

Apple. __________________________________________ forms__ 5 1 

total ocre,-_ (0) (D) 

2,000 acres or more 

2 

(0) 

pound.__ (0) (0) 

11978 doto are based on a sample of forms; see text. ~--------------------------------------~----~ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA MASSACHUSETTS 77 
Table 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

forms____________________ _ ________________ number_ 

percent _ land in forms ______________________________________ acres_ 

Average size of form ______________________________ acres_ - Value of land and buildings' ___________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Averoge per form ________________________________ dollors_ 

Average per ocre _________________________________ dollors_ 

Farms by value of land and buildings: $1 to $19,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $69,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $70,000 '0 $99,999 _____________________________________ _ - $100,000 to $149.999 ___________________________________ _ 

$150,000 '0 $199,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$200,000 to $499,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$500,000 to $999,999 _______ . __________________________ _ 

$1,000,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

Owned and rented land by operator: lond owned ____ _ ___________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ land rented or leased from others ___________________ forms_ 

ocres_ Land rented or leased to ofhers- ____________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Totol cropland _____________________________________ farmsHarvested cropland _______ _ 

farms by acres harvested: 

acres_ _______________ farms1 to 49 acres ______________________________________ _ 

50 fo 99 acres _____________________________________ _ 

100 fa 199 ocres ___________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _________________________________ .. __ 

500 fa 999 ocres ___________________________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 ocres ________________________________ _ 

2,000 oeres or more ________________________________ _ 

Cropland: Posture or grazing only __________________________ farmsacres_ 

Cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grasses not harvested or pastured __________________________ farms_ 

Qcres_ On which all crops foiled _________________________ farms_ 

acres_ In cultivated summer follow _______________________ farms_ 

acres_ Idle ___________________________________________ farms_ 

acresTotal woodland _____________________________________ farmsacres_ Woodland postured ________________________________ formL 

acres_ Woodland not postured ____________________________ farms_ 

Postureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured ______________________ :.. __________ farmL 

acres_ 

land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc. _________ farms_ 

acresPasture/and, all types ________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ Irrigated land _______________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ farms_ 

acres- Pastur-eland irrigated _______________________________ far-ms_ 

acres_ Other land irrigoted ________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 ______ farms_ 

acres_ 

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

Allf~~e~~~;~s -=~= ~= ~ = ~ ~~~~ =~== ~~=== = === == ~== = ===== ~~~~:~ = Port owners ____________________________________ number_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Tenants _______________________________________ number_ - White _________________________________________ number_ - Full owners __________________________________ number_ - ParI owners __________________________________ number_ - Tenants _____________________________________ number_ 

Black and olher races- ___________________________ number_ - Full owners __________________________________ number_ 

Port owners __________________________________ number_ - Tenon's _____________________________________ number_ -

See footnote at end of table. 

78 MASSACHUSmS 

All forms Total 

5 891 1 I 740 100.0 29.5 678 714 357 530 115 205 

5 891 I 791 995 297 514 587 

168 952 287 318 

I 443 I 379 

417\ 27 

640 84 

I 117 192 

947 192 

867 283 

502 191 

I 042 562 

249 177 

110 83 

5 532\ 1 604 

537 863 261 122 

2 050 I 959 

151 945 98 955 

393 86 

11 094

1 

2 547 

5 526 1 654 

311 030 180 952 

5 107 I 597 

213 669 137 148 

3 869 736 

657 382 

420 332 

142 128 

16 16 

2 2 

1 I 

2 510 I 690 

77 443 35 700 

338 105 

4 289 2 326 

130 43 

843 447 

106 39 

I 308 880 

744 185 

13 4781 4451 

3 583\ 1 077 

272 563 124 786 

995 346 

37 673\ 19 966 

3 142 937 

234 890 104 820 

708

1 

265 

31 268 16665 

4 020 1 183 

63 853 35 127 

3 210 922 

146 384 72 331 

I 027 471 

16941 14 247 

I 020 469 

16 773 14 201 

10 1 

100 (0) 

18 7 

68 (D) 

48 23 

I 077 598 

5 891 I 740 

3 846 783 

I 685 821 

360 136 

5 858 1 733 

3 821 778 

1 679 820 

358 135 

33 7 

2~ , 5 

1 

1 

Forms with soles of $20.000 or more 

$500,000 or $200.000 to $100,000 to $40,000 to $20,000 to 

more $499,999 $199.999 $99,999 $39,999 

49 145 293 688 565 0.8 2.4 4.9 11.6 9.5 

46039 46 295 74 700 121 462 69 034 

940 319 255 177 122 

49 145 296 698 603 

53 273 64 944 98 053 193 311 105006 

I 087 195 447 890 331 261 276 949 174 138 

I 157 1 402 I 304 1 474 1 410 

- 2 3 3 19 

I - 7 22 54 

I 6 14 63 108 

- 5 22 69 96 

2 12 26 115 128 

- 12 41 79 59 

15 65 122 255 105 

12 31 50 56 28 

18 12 11 36 6 

44 137 275 627 521 

38 309 34 806 48 450 86 115 53 442 

26 84 192 383 274 

7 936 12 005 26 649 35978 16387 

3 12 14 22 35 

206 516 399 631 795 

43 134 280 656 541 

14 485 25 426 42 739 64 525 33 777 

43 130 278 642 504 

13 179 21 089 32 858 47 414 22 608 

15 33 77 262 349 

2 18 62 203 97 

9 37 93 146 47 

9 36 43 29 11 

5 6 3 2 -

2 - - - - I - - - -

7 44 124 303 212 

377 3 001 8 516 14484 9 3221 

10 8 13 42 32 (0) 225 (0) 649 501 

2 - 7 15 19 

(0) - (0) 229 161 

- 6 5 11 17 

- 91 355 219 215 

7 18 32 68 60 

295 I 020 636 1 5,30 970 

25 89 187 449 327 

21 311 13 540 21 693 40 808 27 434 

5 29 59 146 107 

368 1 015 4 407 7 832 6344 

22 77 168 397 273 

20943 12 525 17 286 32976 21 090 

8 21 63 105 68

2 991 1 672 5 055 4 782 2 165 1 44 108 210 462 359 

7 252 5 657 5 213 11 347 5 658 

15 68 167 388 284 

3 736 5 688 17 978 27098 17 831 

28 45 84 177 137 

3 987 2 510 2 540 3432 1 778 

28 45 84 175 137 

3 987 (0) (0) 3400 (0) 

- - - 1 -

- - - (0) -

- 1 1 4 1 

- (0) (D) (0) (0) 

2 2 4 7 8 (0) (0) 38 82 98 

49 145 293 688 565 

23 61 101 306 292 

21 76 174 321 229 

5 8 18 61 44 

49 145 293 684 562 

23 61 101 303 290 

21 76 174 320 229 

5 8 18 61 43 

- - - 4 3 

- - - 3 

~ I - - - 1 - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

Forms with sales of less thon $20,000 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Forms __ _ ___ _____ _ _ _ __ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ ____ number __ 

percent __ land in forms _________________________________ _ acres-_ 

Average size of form ______________________________ acres __ 

Value of land and buildings' ___________________________ forms __ 

$1.000_ 

Average per form ____________________ _ dollors __ 

Average per ocre__________ __dollarsForms by value of land and buildings: $1 to $19,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $69,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$70,000 to $99,999 ____________________ _ 

$100,000 to $149,999 ___________________ _ 

$150,000 to $199,999 _______________ _ 

$200,000 to $499,999 _______________________ _ 

$500,000 to $999,999 _______________ _ $1.000,000 or more ________________________ _ 

Owned and rented land by operator; land owned _____________________________________ torms __ 

land rented or leased from others __ 

land rented or teased to otherL ____ _ 

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

acres- ________ farms __ 

aeres __ 

_ farms-_ 

aeres __ 

Total cropland ______________________________________ farms __ 

acres-_ Harvested cropland ______________ • ________________ forms. 

acres-_ 

Forms by acres harvested; 1 to 49 aeres _______________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 ocres. _____________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 ocro'-___________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ocro'- ___________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acreL. __________________________________ _ 

1,000 '0 1,999 ocre5 _________________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more _________________________________ _ 

Cropland, Posture or grazing only __________________________ farms-_ 

acres-_ 

Cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses not harvested or postured __________________________ farms __ 

acres-_ On which all crops foiled _________________________ forms __ 

acres __ In cultivated summer follow _______________________ farms __ 

acres-_ Idle ___________________________________________ farms __ 

aeres-_ 

Total woodland _____________________________________ farms-_ 

acres __ Woodland postured ________________________________ forms __ 

acres-_ Woodland not postured ____________________________ farms __ 

oeres __ 

Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured _________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ 

land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. _________ forms __ 

aeres __ 

Pasture/and, all types ________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ Irrigated land _______________________________________ farms __ 

acres __ Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ farms __ 

aeres-_ Postureland irrigated _______________________________ farms-_ 

acres __ Other land irrigated. _____________________________ ._ farms_. 

acres __ 

land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 .. ____ farms __ 

acres .. 

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators _. _____ • _____________________________ number __ Full owners ____________________________________ number __ 

Part owners ___________________________________ number __ 

Tenants ___________________ • ________ • __________ number_. 

White ________________________________________ • number_. Full owners __________________________________ number __ 

Port owners ____________________ • __ • __________ number __ 

Tenants _____________________________________ number __ 

Block and other races-________________ • __________ number __ Full owners __________________________________ number __ 

Port owners __________________________________ number __ 

Tenants _______________________ • _____________ number __ 

See footnote at end of tablo, 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total $10,000 to $19,999 

4 131 556 

70.1 9.4 

309 507 49 756 

75 89 

4 080 511 

452 928 70 970 

III 011 138 884 

I 485 I 400 

390 24 

556 67 

925 87 

755 99 

582 86 

311 32 

475 107 

65 3 

21 6 

3909 515 

266 152 38 242 

I 083 177 

(0) (D) 

306 21 

(0) (0) 

3 852 528 

126 358 22 017 

3 490 476 

73 ·825 14 978 

3 127 359 

272 84 

82 31 

9 2 

I 807 182 

41 215 100 

229 43 

662 457 

86 16 

(0) (0) 

66 18 (0) (0) 

555 88 

8 867 219 

2 488 303 

142 505 21 235 

643 77 

17 480 2 614 

2 188 267 

125 025 18 621 

437 66 

14 319 2 172 

2 820 335 

26 325 4 332 

2 272 239 

73 014 9 886 

550 138 

2 646 065 

545 138 

524 049 

9 

(0) 

II 2 

(0) (0) 

25 6 479 46 

4 131 556 

3 051 379 

857 136 

223 41 

4 106 548 

3 031 371 

852 136 

223 41 

25 8 

20 8 

5 

$5,000 10 $9,999 $2,500 to $4,999 

714 849 

12.1 14.4 

73 826 54 563 

103 64 

744 821 

82 512 89497 

110 903 109 009 

I 290 I 663 

82 107 

86 112 

159 178 

82 162 

148 86 

83 60 

84 103 

18 7 

2 6 

669 803 

62 634 47 569 

197 242 

13 970 8 288 

91 49 

2 778 I 294 

675 780 

30 565 22 730 

638 698 

18 314 13 801 

530 629 

69 54 

35 13 

4 2 

225 331 

10 305 7 003 

28 53 

177 411 

16 21 

44 70 

17 12 

97 57 

112 115 

628 388 

397 529 

33 701 24 965 

86 1-46 

2 996 3 421 

359 453 

30 705 21 544 

79 87 

3 228 851 

471 619 

6 332 5 017 

307 439 

16 529 12 275 

164 116 

810 388 

164 115 

779 385 

3 I 

27 (0) 

I I 

(0) (0) 

4 9 

220 132 

714 849 

518 608 151 194 

45 47 

713 843 517 603 151 193 

45 47 

I 6 

I 5 

I 

less than $2,500 

2 012 1 

341 1 131 362 

65 

2 004 

209 949 

104 764 

I 537 

I 1771 

291 

501 

412 

262 

136 

181 3; I 

I 922 

117 707 

467 

17 553 

145 

3 898

1 

I 8691 51 0-46 

I 6781 26 732 

I 6091 

65 

3 

I 

I 069 

18 8071 

105 

617 

33 

191 

19 

67 

240 

4 6321 

I 259 

62 604 

334 

8 449 

I 109 

54 155 

205

7 068 1 I 395 

10 644 

I 287 

34 324 

132 

383 

128 

311 

5 

55 

7 

17 

6 

81 

2 0121 I 546 

376 

90 

2 002 

I 540 

372 

90 

10 

;\ 

Abnormal forms 

(see text) 

20 1 

0.3 

II 677 

584 

20 

27 783 

389 142 

2 379 

I 

=1 

5 

~I 

19

10 589 1 

(0/ I 

(0)1 

201 3 720

1 

20 

2 696 

~I 

~I 

J 

528 I 

4 

301 

I (0) 

I 

(0) 

4 

160 I 

18 

5272 

6 

227 

17 

5 045 

28~ I 17 

2 401 

16 

039 

6 

48 

6 

48 

~I 

=\ 

I 

20 12 \ 

7 

I~ 12 \ 

7 

II 

~\ 

MASSACHUSETTS 79 
Table 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family __________________________________ tarms __ 

Partnership ____ _ 

Corporations: fomily held ______ _ 

ocres __ _ ____ forms __ 

ocres __ 

_ ________ forms __ 

acres __ More thon 10 stockholders ___ _ ________ forms __ 

10 or tess stockholders ____ . ______ . ________________ forms __ 

Other thon family held ____________________________ forms __ 

acres- _ More than 10 stockholders _______________________ forms __ 10 or less stockholders ___________________________ forms __ 

Other-cooperative, estate or trusl, etc. _______________ forms __ 

acres __ 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operotors by place of residence: On form operated ______________________________________ _ 

Not on form operated ___ _ 

Operators by age group: Under 25 yeors ____ _ ______________________________ _ 

25 to 34 yearL _________________________________________ _ 

35 fa 44 yearL _________________________________________ _ 

4510 54 yearL _________________________________________ _ 

55 to 64 yearL _________________________________________ _ 

65 years and over _______________________________________ _ Average age ___________________________________________ _ 

Operators by sex: Male __ _ _______________________________________ _ 

Female ________________________________________________ _ 

Operators of Spanish origin _________________________________ _ 

Operators by principal occupation: Farming _______________________________________________ _ 

Other _________________________________________________ _ 

Operators reporting days of work off form: None __________________________________________________ _ 

) to 99 doys ___________________________________________ _ 

)0010199 doys ________________________________________ _ 

200 days or more _______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY SIZE 

I to 9 acres ______________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres ____________________________________________ _ 

50 to 69 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

70 to 99 acres ____________________________________________ _ 

100 to 139 acres __________________________________________ _ 

140 to 179 acres __________________________________________ _ 

180 to 219 ocres __________________________________________ _ 

22010259 ocreL ________________________________________ _ 

260 to 499 ocres __________________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocres __________________________________________ _ 

),00010 1,999 ocres _______________________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more _______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

Cosh grOin forms (0) 1) ____________________________________ _ 

Field crop, except cosh groin forms (013L _____________________ _ Collon forms (013 J) _____________________________________ _ 

Tobocco forms (0132!- ___________________________________ _ 

Sugar crop, Irish potato, hoy, peanut, and other field crop forms (0)33,0)34, 0139) _____________________________________ _ 

Vegetoble ond melon forms (016) ____________________________ _ 

fruit and tree nut forms (017} _______________________________ _ 

Horticultural specialty farms (018) ___________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily crop (019) __________________________ _ 

livestock forms, except dairy, poultry, and anima! specialty (021) __ 8eef cottle forms, except feedlots (0212) ____________________ _ Doiry forms (024) _________________________________________ _ 

Poultry ond egg forms (025) ________________________________ _ 

Animal specialty farms (027) ________________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily livestock (O29} _______________________ _ 

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sold _______________ formL_ 

$1.000 __ 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold: $500,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

$200,000 10 $499,999 ______________________ ---- -- ---- ---

$100,000 to $199,999 ____________________ ---- -- ---- -- ---

$40.000 to $99,999 ______________________ -- ---- ---------

$20,000 to $39,999 ______________________ -- ---------- ---

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________________ -----------------

$5,000 to $9,999 ________________________ -- -------- -----

$2,500 10 $4,999 ____________________ - ___ -------- -------

less Ihon $2,500 ________________ -- -- ---- -- ---- -- -- -----

See footnote of end of table_ 

80 MASSACHUSETTS 

All forms 

5 017 489 437 

4017 73987 

325 65 483 

31*1 

40 20949 

16 

24 

62 

28 858 

4 780 

743 

91 

594 

190 

3481 

536 

I 132 

51.9 

5 438 

453 

41 

3 062 [ 

2 829 

2 387 

4010 

538 

2 297 

987 

798 

516 

498 

575 

421 

290 

155

483 1 

137 

25 

6 

39 [ 843 

31 

812 

651 

740 

645 

270 

230 

619 

822 

207 

340 

104 

5 891 2)4 675 

49 

146 

294 

698 

567 

559 

850 715 ! 2 013 

Totol 

I 230 218931 

211 51 008 

25) 

61 984 

4 

247 

36 20 909 

)6 

20 

12 4 698 

347 

279 

27 

)93 

298 

454 

506 

262 

5).01 

661 

79 

4 

545 

195 

207 

)60 

101 

176 

165 

277 

119 

)36 

220 

)51 

139 

100 

302 

108 

19 

4 

I 

74 

19 

55 

167 

253 

258 

17 

99 

40 

719 

106 

33 

13 

I 740 

195 715 

49 

145 

293 

688 

565 

$500.000 or 

more 

7 2 525 

5 853 

25 24 826 

I 

24 

II 

(D) 

II 

I 

(D) 

23 

24 

I 

8 

14 

)6 

10 

55.01 

48 

I 

46 

3 

42 

2 

I 

3 

3 

10 

4 

3 

I 

3 

)0 

7 

5 

3 

6 

2 

I 

9 

16 

49 

54 419 

49 

forms with soles of $20.000 or more 

$200,000 to 

$499,999 

57 17 777 

23 9 734 

55 )4 407 

3 

52 

7 

2 487 

3 

4 

3 

890 

101 

35 

) 

21 

26 

38 

45 

)4 

50.2 

1M 

I 

136 

9 

118 

8 

3 

II 

9 

19 

6 

9 

12 

10 

5 

5 

36 

26 

7 

1 

3 

3 

25 

31 

)2 

5 

51 

17 

145 

41 435 

)45 

$100.000 to $199,999 

165 47 537 

49 

13 281 

69 12 553 

69 

7 678 

2 

5 

3 65) 

232 

48 

27 

53 

88 

83 

42 

51.7 

283 

10 

2 

271 

22 

237 

20 

10 

16 

32 

18 

15 

14 

29 

27 

24 

18 

81 

30 

5 

6 

2 

22 

36 

45 

2 

5 

3 

151 

22 

2 

2 

293 

40091 

293 

$40,000 to 

$99.999 

523 92 452 

88 20 786 

68 6543 

68 

7 

(D) 

7 

2 

(D) 

538 

97 

8 

75 

129 

178 

192 

106 

51.5 

652 

36 

2 

628 

60 

492 

70 

27 

60 

62 

82 

41 

61 

96 

68 

81 

401 

)20 

31 

2 

I 

18 

13 

48 

98 

94 

8 

36 

15 

33) 

32 

16 

6 

688 43 555 

688 

$20.000 to $39,999 

478 

58640 46 

5 354 

34 

3655 

34 

4 

270 

4 

3 

115 

453 

75 

18 

69 

82 

136

170 1 

90 

51.0 

534 

31 

464 [ 

)01 

318 

60 

60 

86 

59 

148 

53 

52 

83 

43 

28 

30 

55 

14 

37 

35 

93 

85 

72 

7 

45 

17 

180 

28 

14 

4 

565 

16 216 

565 

=1 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family _________________________________ forms_ 

Partnership _________________ _ 

Corporations: family held ___________________ _ 

ocres_ _____________ forms_ 

ocres_ 

ocres_ More than 10 stockholders _______________________ forms_ 

10 or less stockholders ___________________________ forms_ Other than family held _____________________________ forms_ 

acres_ More than 10 stockholders _______________________ forms_ 

10 or less stockholders ___________________________ forms_ 

Other-cooperative, estate or trust, etc. ________________ farmsacres_ 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence: On form operoted ______________________________________ _ 

Not on form operated ___________________________________ _ 

Operators by age group: 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Under 25 years ________________________________________ _ 

- 25 to 34 yeors _________________________________________ _ 

- 35 to 44 yearL ________________________________________ _ 

- 45 to 54 yeorL ________________________________________ _ 

- 55 to 64 yearL ________________________________________ _ - 65 years and over ______________________________________ _ Average oge ___________________________________________ _ 

-

Operators by sex: Mole _________________________________________________ _ 

Female _______________________________________________ _ 

- Operotors of Spanish origin ________________________________ _ 

Operators by principal occupation: Forming ______________________________________________ _ 

- Other ________________________________________________ _ 

Operators reporting days of work off farm: None _________________________________________________ _ 

I to 99 days __________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 199 days _______________________________________ _ - 200 days or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

FARMS BY SIZE 

1 to 9 acres _____________________________________________ _ 10 to 49 ocre'-__________________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 69 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

- 70 to 99 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 139 ocre'-________________________________________ _ - 140 to 179 ocres _________________________________________ _ 

- 180 to 219 ocre,- ________________________________________ _ 

- 220 to 259 acres _________________________________________ _ 

- 260 to 499 ocro'-________________________________________ _ 

- 500 to 999 ocres _________________________________________ _ 

- 1,000 to 1,999 ocre'-_____________________________________ _ 

- 2,000 acres or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

Cosh groin forms (011) ____________________________________ _ 

- Field crop. except cash grain forms (0131-____________________ _ Cotton - forms (0131) ____________________________________ _ 

Tobacco forms (0132) ___________________________________ _ - Sugar crop. Irish potato, hoy, peanut, and other field crop forms (0133,0134,0139) ____________________________________ _ 

- Vegetable and melon forms (016) ___________________________ _ - Fruit and tree nut forms (017)-_____________________________ _ 

- Horticultural specialty forms (018) __________________________ _ - General forms. primarily crop (019) _________________________ _ -

-

-

livestock forms, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialty (021) _ Be~f cottle forms, except feedlots (0212) ___________________ _ Dairy forms (024) ________________________________________ _ 

- Poultry and ogg forms (025) _______________________________ _ - Animal specialty forms (027) _______________________________ _ - General forms, primarily livestock (029)-_____________________ _ 

-

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sald _______________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Farms by value of agricultural products sold: $500,000 or more _______________ ~ ____________________ _ 

- $200,000 to $499,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $100,000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $40,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

$20,000 to $39,999 ___________________________________ _ $10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

-

-

$5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 _____________________________________ _ 

-

See footnote at ond of table. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total 

3 787 

270 506 

236 22 979 

74 

3 499 

2 

72 

4 

40 

-

4 

30 12 483 

3 422 

455 

63 

396 

889 

889 

I 025 

869 

52.2 

3 757 

374 

37 

1 501 

2 630 

1 166 

278 

436 2 118 

822 

1 520 

396 

362 

355 

269 

149 

53 

175 

25 

4 

I 

38 

768 

-

12 

756 

484 

484 

386 

253 

I 128 

579 

95 

101 

307 

87 

4 131 

17 758 

-

-

-

-

- 556 

714 

849 

2 012 

Forms with soles of less thon $20,000 

$10,000 to $19,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $2,500 to $4,999 

488 597 779 43040 57 806 46030 

39 76 56 4 070 8 168 6 717 

27 28 9 I 597 (D) 389 

I I -

26 27 9 - 2 - - (0) - - - - - 2 - 2 II 5 (D) 6 932 I 427 

422 546 694 90 109 93 

7 10 15 

78 76 71 

97 92 166 

103 124 185 

157 242 236 114 170 176 51.8 54.3 52.7 

488 664 776 

68 50 73 1 - 2 

378 375 264 178 339 585 

259 245 203 37 86 58 69 74 97 157 277 462 

94 132 199 189 222 335 52 53 66 51 52 69 53 73 66 36 75 40 24 32 30 12 II 5 37 57 32 7 6 6 I - 1 - I -

1 2 I 

55 160 174 - - - 4 6 2 

51 154 172 87 136 134 83 101 102 101 81 81 16 10 6 

87 148 249 27 86 129 68 10 7 17 17 17 40 46 68 I 3 10 

556 714 849 7684 4 958 3063 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 556 - - - 714 - - - 849 - - -

Abnormal forms 

less than $2,500 (see text) 

I 923/ / 

~I 123 630 

65 4 024 

10 

=1 (0) 

10/ =1 (D~I =1 ;1 -

-

121 20 

3 075 11 677 

, 1 

I 760 11 

163 9 

31 1 

171 5 

534 3 

4771 

390 ~ , 409 1 

51.3 45.4 

1 829 20 

183 -

34 -

4841 161 1 528 

459 1: f 97 !j 196 1 222 

I I 397 - 774 I 

225 I 

190 - 163 - 118 1 

63 2 

25

49 1 ~I 

!\ 4 

2 

I 

34 

379 11 

- - - -

379 I 

127 - 198 3 123 1 221 -

644 

~\ 337 

10 

50 

153 

~I 73 

, , 2 012 20 2 052 1 203 

- - - 1 - I - 10 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 1 2 012 

MASSACHUSETTS 81 
Table 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

j 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD-Con. 

Market volue of agricultural products sold - Can. Groin - ___ -_____________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more _____________ _ _ ________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Commodity Credit Corporation looos ______ _ _ _____ forms- -

Cotton and cottonseed ___________________ _ $1.000_ _ ____ forms- -

Soles of $40,000 or more ____________ _ $1,000_ 

_farms-

$1,000_ - Commodity Credit Corporation loons ____ _ _ __ forms_ 

$1,000_ -

Tobacco ________________ _ __forms_ 

$1,000_ Soles of $40,000 or more ____ .. __________________ farms_ 

Field seeds, hay, forage. and siloge __ 

Soles of $40,000 or more ___ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons __ 

$1,000_ 

__forms_ 

$1,000_ _ _______ forms_ 

$1,000_ _ _________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Soles of $40,000 or more _______________________ farms-

$1,000_ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ___________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more_________ . _________ farms-

$1,000_ 

Nursery and greenhouse products __ _ ___ forms-

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more________ _ ___ forms_ 

$1,000_ Other crops _________________ . ___________ forms_ 

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more___ _ __________ farmsPoultry and poultry products 

Sales of $40,000 or more_ 

Dairy products- _________ _ 

Sales of $40,000 or more __ _ 

Coffle and colveL __________ _ 

Sales of $40,000 or more __ _ 

$1,000_ 

_________ forms-

$1,000_ _ ________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

__farms_ 

$1,000_ _ _______________ forms-

$1,000_ _ _______________ farms-

$1,000_ _ ________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hogs and pigs ____ .. ______________________________ farms-- $1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _______________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Sheep, lambs, and wool ___________________________ tarms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text} ________ farms_ 

$1.000_ Sales of $40,000 or more ___________________ _____ farms_ 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

livestock and poultry purchased ______ _ 

Forms with expenses of-

$1,000_ 

_farms_ 

$1,000_ 

$1 fo $4,999 _______ _ _________________ _ 

$5,000 fo $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 fo $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

forms with expenses of- $1 fo $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 fo $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$20,000 fo $49,999 ________ : _____________ - _______ - ____ _ 

$50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ forms_ -

forms by tons purchased: 

tons_ 

$1,000_ 

I fo 99 fon5 _______________________________________ _ 

100 fo 499 fon'- ___________________________________ _ 

500 tons or more __________________________________ _ 

Forms with expen ses of- $1 fo $4,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$5,000 fo $19,999 ________________ ---- - ----- -- ---- ---

$20,000 fo $49,999 ____________ - ___ -- -- -- -- ---------- $50,000 or more. _________________ - ___ ------ -- ------

See footnote at end of toble. 

82 MASSACHUSmS 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

I 

All forms Total 

1 

99 34 365 267 2 2 (0) (0) 

I I (0) (0) 

- -

=1 

-

-

=1 -

- - -

44 31 6 985 6 868 17 17 

6 5891 6 589 I 274 225 

4 779 I 977 10 8 512 (0) 

I 092 340 13 712 10 749 

77 77 

6 851 6 851 

946 1 342 

30 455 27 831 

166 165 24 854 (0) 

802 344 

41 137 38 670 188 188 35 904 35 904 

182 83 

3 3971 3 197 

16 16 

2 639 2 639 

574 164 

18 682 18 058 

78 77 

17 187 (0) 

933 751 

61 7841 60 116 

516 510 

54 059 53 599 

2 061 861 

12 630 9 938 

43 43 

4 134 4 134 

551 121 

5 6321 4 445 

29 29 

3 401 3401 

340 23 

242 45 

- -

- - 70e 96 

14 876 13 555 

17 17 

13 0381 13 038 

2 042 652 

II 382 10 093 

I 665 318 

272 230 

71 70 

34 34 

3 319 I 056 

40 503 37 098 

2 243 128 

560 419 

356 351 

160 158 

2 187 947 

220 646 209 778 

33 467 31 906 

I 600 367 

520 513 

67 67 

I 259 94 

538

1 

466 

273 270 

117 117 

I 

Forms with sales of $20,000 or more 

$500,000 or $200,000 fo $100,000 fo $40,000 fo $20,000 fo 

more $499,999 $199,999 $99,999 $39,999 

I 6 3 9 15 (0) (0) 62 119 49 - - I I - - - (0) (0) - - I - - - - (0) - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

6 3 7 9 6 

5 208 627 622 331 80 

6 2 5 4 -

5 208 (0) (0) 221 - 2 24 34 83 82 

(0) 137 (0) 706 848 

- - 3 5 - - - (0) 262 -

6 16 52 116 150 

596 I 184 3 219 3 270 2 480 

2 7 28 40 - (0) (0) 2 879 2354 -

9 31 52 137 113 1 7 527 7 348 4 513 6 017 2425 

9 26 36 94 - (0) 7 270 4 363 5 620 - 16 34 67 119 108 

15 762 8 271 6 472 6023 2 142 

16 31 49 92 - 15 762 8 239 6 210 5692 - 2 5 6 29 41 

(0) (0) 182 570 32:1 2 5 2 7 (0) 893 (0) 374 -

8 19 29 52 56 

6 874 5 469 3 083 I 888 743 

7 18 22 30 - (0) 5 468 3 031 I 771 - 8 54 156 341 192 

3 939 12 963 18 776 19 585 4 85~1 8 54 154 294 

3 939 12 963 18 715 17 981 - 10 60 165 377 249 

I 075 2 472 2 312 2 982 I 098 

4 17 9 13 - 967 I 695 715 757 -

3 12 8 4J 55 

207 2 000 342 I 141 755 

I 8 3 17 - (0) I 946 (0) 946 -

- 2 2 8 II 

- (0) (0) 6 7 

- - - - -

- - - - - I 6 12 30 47 (0) (0) 225 918 407 

I - 2 14 - (0) - (0) 825 -

14 61 121 267 189 

2 770 2 567 I 546 2 410 800 

2 15 44 128 129 

3 12 55 102 58 

1 19 17 31 2 

8 15 5 6 -

18 82 189 453 314 

8 172 7 918 8 616 9222 3 170 

2 3 10 32 81 

- - 10 195 214 

- II 98 223 19 

16 68 71 3 -

16 80 179 415 257 

46 385 44 366 51 427 51 039 16 561 

7 916 6 824 7 341 7 473 2 352 

- 12 8 142 205 

2 32 154 273 52 

14 36 17 - -

- 4 5 33 52 

- 7 12 252 195

1 

I II 119 129 10 

15 58 43 I 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD - Con. 

Market value of ogricultural products sold - Can. Grain ___________________________________________ farms-_ 

$1,000 __ Sales 01 $40,000 or more _________________________ larms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loans ________________ forms __ $1,000 __ (otton and cottonseed ____________________________ farms-_ 

$1,000 __ 

Sales of $40,000 or more ________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ Commodity Credit Corporation loons ________________ forms __ $1,000 __ 

Tobacco _________________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ field seeds, hoy, forage, and silo9L __________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons __________________ farmL_ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ____________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farmL_ 

$1,000 __ 

Nursery and greenhouse products ____________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ Other crops ______________________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1.000 __ 

Poultry and poultry products ________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Dairy products ____________________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms-_ 

$1,000 __ Cottle and calves __________________________________ forrnL_ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ formL_ 

$1,000 __ 

Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Sheep, lambs, and wool ____________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see textL _______ farmL_ 

$1,000 __ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19,999 _____________________________________ _ $20.000 to $49,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$50,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ farms __ 

$1,000 __ 

Farms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19,999 _____________________________________ _ $20,000 to $49,999 ____________________________________ _ 

$50.000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ forms __ 

farms by tons purchased: 

tons __ 

$1.000 __ 

I to 99 tons ________________________________________ _ 

100 to 499 tons _____________________________________ _ 500 tons or more ___________________________________ _ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 _______________________________________ _ 

$5.000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ $20,000 to $49,999 __________________________________ _ 

$50,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

See lootnote at end of table, 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total 

65 

98 

13 

117 

I 044 

2 686 

746 2 911 

598 

2 501 

453 

2 416 

98 

(0) 

402 

526 

169 

069 

I 186 

2 560 

424 

166 

311 

192 

610 

(0) 

381 

265 

341 

39 I 

2 247 

3 III III 

134 

2 

I 226 

9 480 I 364 

226 

162 

64 

Forms with sales of less than $20,000 

$10,000 to $19,999 

12 

36 

5 

67 

127 

750 

145 

251 

112 

170 

124 

340 

19 

75 

42 

244 

74 

934 

156 

736 

74 

587 

14 

18 

65 

475 

189 

359 

172 

16 I 

256 

819 

191 

64 I 

158 

3 400 

474 

158 

115 

43 

$5,000 to $9,999 

5 

18 

6 

(D) 

216 

907 

233 

031 

150 

767 

102 

590 

23 

78 

46 

132 

24 

80 

193 

690 

76 

272 

45 

51 

77 

(D) 

164 

232 

154 

10 

305 

682 

279 

26 

179 

131 

292 

179 

169 

10 

$2,500 to $4,999 

13 

12 

2 

(0) 

253 

582 

176 

457 

147 

400 

95 

295 

17 

(D) 

71 

75 

23 

32 

277 

624 

110 

211 

44 

38 

150 

296 

275 

319 

263 

12 

454 

564 

445 

9 

178 

609 

220 

178 

169 

9 

less thon $2,500 

I 

35 1 31 

«81 

4471 

:~~I 

189 1 164

132 1 

19~1 

39 

I~ I 

2~1 

~I 2~ I 

-I 560 

509 

I~I 9=1 

208

1 

85 

318

1 251 

=1 

7531 

356 

752 I 

23~ 1 046 

196 

35 I 

711 

2 340 

379 

711 

709 

~I 

Abnormal forms 

(see 'ex f) 

=1 

51 II~ 1 (0) 

6 

5~1 

12~ I 

(OJ 1 

5~ I 

(D~I 

8 

98 I (D) 

13 

60~ 1 

460 

14 

133 

6 

2~ 1 

6 

6 

2 

(0) 

=1 

9 

24 

6 

3 

16 -I 294 

4 

7 

3 

2 

388 14\ 

196 

3 

~I 

MASSACHUSETTS 83 
Tobie 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'-(on. 

Animol health C05t5 ______________ _ _ ______ farms_ 

Farms with expenses of- $1.000. 

$1 10 $499 .•...••.•.................•...........•.... 

$500 10 $999 •......••................................ $1,00010 $2,999 •..........•.........•..........••.•.. 

· 

· $3,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants. and trees ____ _ _ __ forms_ 

$1,000. · 

· Forms with expenses of-

$1 10 $999 •.........................•......•........• $1.00010 $4.999 .•.........•............•......•.•..•. · 

· $5,000 10 $9,999 ..................................... . · $10,000 or more ......•..........................•.... · 

Commercial fertilizer _________________________________ farms_ · 

$1,000. · Farms with expenses of-

$110 $2,499 ....................................•.... $2,50010 $9,999 ..................................... . 

$10,00010 $19,999 ................................... . 

$20,000 or more .....................................• 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ forms_ 

$1,000. Forms with expenses of-

$1 10 $2,499 ...........•............................. 

$2,50010 $9,999 .........................•.•.......... 

$10,00010 $19,999 .............................•.•.... 

$20,000 or more ..................................... . 

Energy and petroleum products ________________________ formL 

$1.000. Forms with expenses of-

$1 10 $2,499 ...•.............. 

$2,50010 $9,999 .............. . 

$10,000 10 $19,999 ............ . 

$20,000 or more ........ . 

Petroleum products _______________________________ farms_ 

$1,000. Gasoline __________ . ____________________________ farms_ 

$1.000. Diesel fuel _____________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000. lP gas, butane, and propane ______________________ forms_ 

$1.000. Fuel oil ________________________________________ farms-

$1,000. Natural gas ____________________________________ forms_ 

$1.000. Kerosene, motor oil, and grease ___________________ farms-

$1,000. 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· Electricity _______________________________________ forms_ · 

$1.000. · Other-coal, wood, coke, etc. _______________________ farms- · 

$1.000. · 

Hired form labor _____________ _ _ ___________ forms_ · 

$1,000. · 

Farms with expense~ of-

$110 $4,999............ . •................ 

$5,00010 $19,999 .............................•.•.... 

$20,000 10 $49,999 .•.......................•.......... $50,000 or more .•.............•.....•.....•.......... 

Workers by number of days worked: 150 days or more _______________________________ farms_ 

workers_ less than 150 days ______________________________ forms_ 

workers_ 

Contract labor ______________________________________ forms_ 

$1,000. 

Forms with expenses of-

$1 10 $2,499 ......•.............•...•......... _ ..... . 

$2,500 fo $9,999 ...•........ _ ......•........•......... 

$10,000 fa $19,999 .•...•......................•.•..... 

$20,000 or more ...•.........................•........ 

(ustomwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment ____________________________________ forms-

$1,000. 

Forms with expenses of-

$1 10 $2.499 ••.............................•..•...... 

$2,500 10 $9,999 ....•.••••............................ 

$10,000 10 $19,999 ....••••.......•.•.................• 

$20,000 or more ••••................ _ ......••.•••.... 

FARM·RELA TED INCOME 

Income from machine work, customwork, and 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

other agricultural services ___________________________ farms_ · 

$1,000. · 

Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for human consumption _____________________________ forms-

$1,000. · 

· 

See footnote of end of table. 

84 MASSACHUSmS 

All forms TOlol 

2 492 1 946 1 518 1 225 

1 794 362 309 239 315 273 

74 72 

3 0511 1 315 

7 838 7 007 

2 181 1 645 641 470 

125 97 104 103 

4 008 1 495 

7 360

1 

5 938 

3 242 824 649 556 82 81 35 34 

3 791 1 512 4 035 3 292 

3 4521 1 203 

277 247 37 37 

25 25 

5 852 1 786 16 044 13 545 

4 568 621 

1 028 913 

140 137 

116 115 

5 845 1 786 12 019 10 085 

5 536 1 729 

4 824 3 580 1 738 966 

1 117 925 

492 1 340 

519 497 

1 104 644 4461 4246 

150 69 

171 158 

5844 1 785 

928 679 

3 854 1 561 

3 8931 3 389 

378 130 

132 71 

2 768 1 420 

40 716 38 410 

1 741 431 

656 628 

232

1 

227 

139 134 

1 451 1 101 

6 076 5 371 

2 245 1 073 

17 47C 12 799 

469 226 

1 658 1 426 

334 114 

103 80 

12 12 

20 20 

1 177 488 

1 705 1 375 

1 080 403 

75 64 

18 17 

4 4 

411 134 

836 438 

1 253/ 317 

9 792 7 705 

Forms with sales of $20,000 or more 

$500,000 or $200,000 fo $100,000 10 $40,000 fo $20,000 to 

more $499,999 $199,999 $99,999 $39,999 

17 81 189 427 232 

236 234 272 371 112 

1 11 41 139 170 

2 14 47 134 42 

6 32 80 142 13 

8 24 21 12 7 

30 98 245 539 403 

2 695 960 1 499 1 186 667 

6 16 75 313 235 

5 54 115 159 137 

2 6 18 44 27 

17 22 37 23 4 

43 117 267 593 475 

911 1 020 1 475 1 794 738 

5 38 81 305 395 

19 38 143 276 80 

5 26 38 12 -

14 15 5 - -

46 122 266 594 484 

863 628 641 764 396 

10 56 199 488 450

13 42 54 104 34 1 

6 18 11 2 -

17 6 2 - -

49 145 296 698 598 

3 575 2 583 2 574 3 210 1 605 

1 2 33 215 370 

2 58 198 435 220 

11 50 36 33 7 

35 35 29 15 1 

49 145 296 698 598 

2 655 1 936 1 913 2 351 1 231 

47 144 283 671 584 

456 681 677 1 043 722 

31 96 193 386 260 

122 180 229 274 120 

26 53 75 102 84 

253 109 65 47 23 

39 82 130 215 178 

1 557 884 764 787 255 

8 7 20 28 6 

53 14 67 20 3 

49 145 296 697 598 

214 68 110 179 108 

46 133 268 626 488 

914 640 654 828 , 353 

5 5 16 48 56 

6 6 7 32 21 

48 137 269 578 388 

16 530 7 715 5 799 6 375 1 989 

2 8 39 147 235 

2 18 116 353 139 

2 49 92 70 14 

42 62 22 8 -

47 133 243 465 213 

1 918 1 053 848 1 115 437 

43 104 198 429 299 

4 085 1 903 1 991 3 062 1 758 

4 23 26 104 69 

87 257 312 502 268 

- 9 11 53 41 

3 5 6 42 24 

- 3 3 2 4 

1 6 6 7 -

21 63 93 218 93 

714 186 175 242 58 

6 39 72 193 93 

4 18 17 25 -

9 5 3 - -

2 1 1 - -

2 7 24 50 51 (D) (0) 90 139 127 

6 26 45 115 125/ 1 315 1 311 1 546 2 325 1 208 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con, 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES'-(on. 

Animal health C05t5 __________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $110 $499 __________________________________________ _ 

$500 - 1o $999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $1,000 1o $2,999 _____________________________________ _ $3,000 or more ______________________________________ _ -

-

Seeds, bulbs, plonts, and trees ________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $110 $999 __________________________________________ _ 

- $1,000 1o $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 1o $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

- Commercial fertilizer _________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $110 $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

- $2,50010 $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 1o $19,999 ___________________________________ _ $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ -

-

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Farms with expenses of- $1 1o $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

- $2,50010 $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 1o $19,999 ___________________________________ _ - $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

-

Energy and petroleum products ________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $110 $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

- $2,500 1o $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 1o $19,9?9 ___________________________________ _ - $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

- Petroleum products ________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Gasoline _______________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Diesel fuel _____________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - lP gas, butane, and propane ______________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Fuel oil ________________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Natural gas ____________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Kerosene, motor oil, and grease ___________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Electricity ________________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Other- cool, wood, coke, etc. _______________________ farms_ - $1,000_ -

Hired form labor ____________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Farms with expenses of- $110 $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5,00010 $19,999 ____________________________________ _ -

- $20,000 1o $49,999 ___________________________________ _ $50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ -

- Workers by number of days worked: 150 days or more _______________________________ farms_ - workers_ - less Ihan 150 days ______________________________ Iarms_ - workers_ - Contract labor ______________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $110 $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,50010 $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 1o $ 19,999 ___________________________________ _ $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Customwork. machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _____________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Farms with expenses of- $110 $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 1o $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,00010 $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

FARM-RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine work, customwork, and other agricultural services ___________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Value 01 agricultural praducls sold direclly 1o individuals for human consumption _____________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Se. laolnol. 01 .nd 01 lobI •. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Tolal 

I 532 

276 

I 429 

66 

36 

I 

1 719 

805 

I 524 

168 

26 

I 

2 494 

I 312 

2 410 

84 

-

-

2 260 

715 

2 235 

25 

-

-

4046 

2 388 

3 942 

103 

I 

-

4 039 

I 868 

3 787 

I 209 

759 

182 

148 

(0) 

452 

201 

80 

(0) 

4 039 

246 

2 273 

(0) 

247 

(0) 

I 334 

I 877 

I 307 

22 

4 

I 

338 

657 

I 161 

4 619 

243 

232 

220 

23 

-

-

685 

316 

674 

11 

-

-

277 

398 

933 

2 040 

Forms with sales of less than $20,000 

$10,000 1o $19,?99 $5,000 1o $9,999 $2,500 1o $4,999 

203 214 277 68 37 58 

159 194 267 

18 19 3 

25 I 7 

I - -

287 381 308 

300 237 129 

196 325 279 

79 50 28 

II 6 I 

I - -

393 545 505 

457 312 213 

320 541 504 

73 4 I 

- - -

- - -

344 505 421 

190 202 149 

333 500 412 

11 5 9 

- - -

- - -

506 733 821 

725 642 482 

438 712 807 

67 21 14 

I - - - - -

504 733 820 

574 494 367 

496 659 748 

356 308 226 160 189 182 

49 60 49 41 16 39 

(0) 2 3 

125 129 104 

97 64 31 

5 12 5 (0) 2 I 

504 733 820 

62 57 57 

338 434 464 (0) 119 97 

21 74 71 

(0) 29 18 

290 305 262 

587 354 275 

270 302 262 19 2 - I I - - - -

98 64 46 153 106 68 246 281 245 

1 429 904 908 

48 69 52 70 54 75 

37 67 44 11 2 8 - - - - - -

85 138 118 56 64 67 

85 133 112 

- 5 6 - - - - - -

43 58 76 96 97 65 

122 203 202 747 648 . 360 

Abnormal forms 

less Ihan $2,500 (see lext) 

8381 14 

113 18 

809 3 

26 4 

3 6 

- I 

743 17 

138 25 

724 12 

11 3 

8 2 

- -

I 051 19 

329 110 

I 045 8 

6 9 

- I 

- I 

990 19 

174 28 

99~I I~I - -

- -

I 986 20 

540 110 

I 985 5 

1 12 

- 2 

- I 

I 982 20 

433 66 

I 884 20 

319 35 

228 13 

23 9 

5;1 4 

(0) 

94 8 

8 13 

58 1 

6 (0) 

I 982 20 

70 4 

I 037 20 

100 (0) 

81 I 

7 (0) 

477 14 

662 429 

473 3 I 6 

2 I 

I 4 

130 12 330 48 389 II 

I 378 60 

74 - 32 -

72 - 2 - - - - -

344 4 129 14 

344 3 

- - - I - -

100 - 140 -

406\ 

285 4~\ 

MASSACHUSETTS 85 
Table 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

Forms with soles of $20,000 or more 

$500,000 or $200,000 to $100,000 to $40,000 to $20,000 to 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ forms_ -

Farms by value group: $1,000_ - $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ $10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ -

- $20,000 to $49.999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $50,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $100,000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $200,000 to $499.999 _________________________________ _ 

- $500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles ________________________________________ farms_ - number_ - Motortrucks, including pickups ________________________ forms- - number _ - Wheel troctorL _____________________________________ forms_ - number _ 2 or 3 ___________________________________________ - farms- - number _ - 4 or mare ________________________________________ forms- - number --

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only _____________ farmL - number -- Corn pickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers _____________ farms_ - number _ - (orn heads for combines ___________________________ farms 

number Other cornpickers ond picker-shellers _________________ forms 

number 

Cottonpickers _______________________________________ forms 

number Mower conditioners _________________________________ farms 

number Pickup balers _______________________________________ farms 

number 

Field foroge harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ farms 

number 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ farms 

$1.000 Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ forms 

acres on which used Lime ___________________________________________ farms 

acres on which used 

tons 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hoy and other crops ______________________ farms 

acres on which used Nematodes in crops _______________________________ farms 

acres on which used Diseases in crops and orchards ______________________ forms 

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

-- acres on which used_ - Weeds, gross, or brush in crops ond pasture __________ forms- - acres on which used --

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _________________________________________ farms_ - acres on which used_ - Insect control on livestock and poultry ________________ farms_ - Sanitation and rodent and bird control ________________ forms_ -

LIVESTOCK 

Caffle and calves inventory ___________________________ forms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 9. _____________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ______________________________ ------ ---------- 50 to 99 ______________________________________ - _____ _ 

- 100 to 199 __________________________________________ _ 

- 200 to 499 __________________________________ -- -------- sao or more ________________________ - _________ ---- -----

Cows and heifers that hod wived ____________________ forms-- number_ - Beef cows _____________________________________ forms- - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ____________________________ -------- ------ 50 to 99 ______________________ ---_ ------ ---------- 100 to 199 __________________ -_ -------------------- 200 to 499 __________________________ -- ---- -- ------ sao or more ____________________ - _________ ---------

See foolnoto ot ond of toble. 

86 MASSACHUSmS 

All forms Totol 

5 8881 1 791 

127 6971 80 526 

997 64 1 864 200 1 193 287 1 170 668 460 398 

155 130 44 39 5 5 

3 158 1 289 

4 367 1 932 

4 867 1 673 9 910 5 040 4 753 1 572 10 902 5 266 2 057 687 4 803 1 731 

867 648 4 270 3 298 

33 14 

47 14 

191 121 217 138 107 73 

113 79 

99 55 104 59 

- -

- - 1 435 663 1 568 706 

1 776 704 

1 900 752 

1 006 601 1 185 765 

I 4 528 1 606 

11 395 9 230 

3 827 I 466 

155 283 118 780 

1 878 774 

41 707 30 239 

65 708 46 781 

1 795 691 

42 157 32 774 

206 108 

4 870 4 483 

1 112 427 

22 881 17 867 

1 770 941 

59 468 49 619 

210 133 

6372 6 022 

1 331 591 

1 164 462 

2 599 874 

102 226 78 504 

I 040 46 

891 236 

380 316 

220 210 

63 61 

5 5 

2 249 832 

60 435 49 128 

1 305 173 

10 264 2 194 

I 009 119 

282 46 

10 5 

!I 2 

1 

-

more $499,999 $199,999 $99,999 $39,999 

49 145 296 698 603 10 496 11 639 17 179 27 750 13 462 

1 6 6 12 39 

- 4 12 44 140 

2 7 26 114 138 

7 33 102 289 237 

6 49 102 204 37 

12 37 41 28 12 

16 9 7 7 - 5 - - - -

31 111 214 527 406 

83 198 327 758 566 

47 143 274 665 544 

412 653 906 1 714 1 355 

45 127 267 634 499 

233 564 1 051 1 979 1 439 

9 25 78 318 257 

21 60 208 812 630 

26 85 160 228 149 

202 487 814 1 079 716 

1 2 4 1 6 

(0) (D) 4 (0) 6 

3 12 31 36 39 

4 18 34 43 39 

3 5 20 18 27 

3 6 21 22 27 

1 9 13 20 12 

(0) (D) 13 21 12 

- - - - -

- - - - - 7 49 140 316 151 

9 58 151 334 154 

6 49 135 334 180 

9 53 148 348 194 

8 55 142 259 137 

12 83 175 344 151 

46 128 278 630 524 

1 774 1 648 2 116 2 558 1 134 

43 112 260 578 473 

12 177 19 250 30 574 40976 15 803 

25 64 134 355 196 

5 249 4 953 6 319 10691 3 027 

6016 7968 11 422 16 478 4 897 

31 69 118 239 234 

5 727 7 551 6 575 8 166 4 755 

9 12 24 40 23 

917 1 248 1 096 988 234 

22 41 72 146 146 

2 583 4 667 3 102 4 742 2 773 

23 79 177 383 279 

5 788 10 135 13 547 13 537 6 612 

8 18 19 53 35 

1 277 1 817 632 1 667 629 

13 51 122 244 161 

20 45 77 175 145 

10 61 167 379 257 

4 002 14 339 22 288 27 782 10 093 

- 4 6 11 25 

1 2 6 61 166 

1 I 17 236 61 

- 15 123 67 5 

5 37 15 4 - 3 2 - - -

9 58 163 364 238 

2 570 9 040 13 921 17 422 6 175 

2 7 28 71 65 (D) (D) 293 985 866 

1 6 19 53 40 

1 1 7 14 23 

- - 2 I 2 

- - - 2 

=1 - - - 1 

- - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT! 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms by value group: $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ - $20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $50,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $100,000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $200,000 to $499,999 _________________________________ _ - $500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT! 

Automobiles ________________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Motortrucks. including pickups ________________________ forms_ - number _ - Wheel troctor5 ______________________________________ farms_ - number _ - 2 or 3 ___________________________________________ farms_ - number _ - 4 or more ________________________________________ farms-- number _ -

Grain and bean combines. self·propelled only _____________ forms_ - number_ - Cornpickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers _____________ farms_ - number _ - Corn heads for combines ___________________________ farms_ - number_ - Other cornpickers and picker-shellers _________________ farms_ - number _ -

Cottonpickers _______________________________________ farms_ - number_ - Mower conditioners _________________________________ farms-- number_ - Pickup balers _______________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ farms-- number _ -

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAlSI 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ forms-

$1,000_ Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ lime ____________________________________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ 

tons_ 

Sprays, dusts, granules. fumigants, etc, to control- Insects on hay and other crops ______________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ Nematodes in crops _______________________________ forms_ 

acres on which used_ Diseases in crops and orchards ______________________ farms_ 

acres on which used_ 

Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and pasture __________ forms_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- acres on which used __ 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _________________________________________ farms_ - acres on which used_ - Insect control on livestock and poultry ________________ farms_ - Sanitation and rodent and bird control ________________ farms_ -

LIVESTOCK 

Cottle and calves inventory ___________________________ farms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ____________________________________________ _ - 50 to 99-___________________________________________ _ - 100 - to 199 __________________________________________ _ 

- 200 to 499-_________________________________________ _ 

500 or more _________________________________________ _ -

-

Cows and heilers that had colved ____________________ Iarms_ - number _ Beef - cows _____________________________________ forms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

10 - to 49 ________________________________________ _ 50 to 99 ________________________________________ _ -

- 100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ - 500 or more _____________________________________ _ -

-

See lootnote at eNd 01 toble. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total 

4077 

45 929 

933 

I 662 

903 

498 

54 

22 

5 

-

I 860 2 424 

3 175 

4 798 

3 161 5 552 

I 364 

3 058 

209 

906 

18 

(0) 

67 

76 

33 

(D) 

42 

(0) 

-

-

760 

848 

1 057 

1 128 

395 

406 

2 903 

2 027 

2 342 

34 531 

I 090 

11 065 18 303 

I 100 

9 137 

97 

(D) 

681 4 924 

812 

9 029 

76 

(0) 

727 

690 

I 710 

22 405 

993 

649 

62 

5 

I 

-

I 403 

10 607 

I 125 

8 006 

886 

233 

5 

I 

-

-

Forms with sales of less than $20,000 

$10,000 to $19,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $2,500 to $4,999 

511 742 821 

8 457 9 906 12 625 

106 183 130 

78 185 236 

176 223 283 

125 136 145 

20 10 17 

6 5 5 

- - 5 

- - -

266 466 447 

360 601 526 

441 631 689 

752 I 060 I 111 

361 556 688 

843 I 047 I 294 

228 308 333 

526 684 733 

51 35 64 

235 150 270 

4 - I 

4 - (0) 

10 13 34 

11 14 39 

7 6 16 

(D) 6 16 

4 8 23 (D) 8 23 

- - -

- - -

147 191 186 

162 224 211 

139 229 242 

145 273 250 

46 79 99 

50 81 99 

414 604 543 

647 514 362 

375 519 486 

11 286 7 809 6424 

176 198 206 

2 646 2 956 2052 5 037 4 239 4017 

169 295 169 

2 312 3 195 911 

10 40 9 (D) 181 30 106 170 110 1 218 I 889 548 156 197 188 

3 118 1 535 I 918 

9 13 12 (D) III 54 79 154 132 87 180 104 

183 230 333 4 752 5 498 4 536 

44 67 148 122 129 175 13 34 9 

3 - 1 

I - -

- - -

147 187 267 2 213 2 634 2 221 

77 153 216 840 2 335 1 878 

50 74 140 

24 79 74 2 - 2 

I - -

- - . -

- - -

Abnormal forms 

less than $2,500 (see text) 

2 003 20 

14 941 I 242 

514 -

I 163 2 

221 3 

92 4 

7 8 

6 3 

- -

- -

681

1 

9 

937 11 

I 414 19 

I 8751 72 

I 556 20 

2 368 84 

495 6 

I 115 14 

59 10 

251 66 

13 1 

271 

10 (O~I 

1:1 

3 

1 

(0) 

:1 

2 

(D) 

-

- -

236 12 

251 14 

447 15 

460 20 

171 10 

176 14 

1 

1 342 19 

503 138 

962 19 

9 012 1 972 

510 14 

3 411 403 5 010 624 

467 4 

2 719 246 

38 I 

83 (D) 

295 4 1 269 90 

271 17 

2 458 820 

42 I 

112 (D) 

362 13 319 12 

964 15 7 619 I 317 

734 1 223 6 6 2 1 5 - 1 

- -

802 14 3 539 700 679 7 2 953 64 

622 4 

56 3 1 -

=1 =1 

MASSACHUSETTS 87 
Table 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

LIVESTOCK - Can. 

Cattle and calves inventory - Can. 

Cows and heifers that hod calved - (on. Milk cows _____________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Farms with- 1 to 4 __________________________________________ _ 

5 - to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ________________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 ________________________________________ _ 100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ -

- 200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ 500 or more _____________________________________ _ -

- Heifers and heifer colves ___________________________ farms_ - number _ - Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves _____________ forms_ - number _ - Cattle and calves sold ________________________________ farms_ - numher_ -

(alves __________________________________________ ~f~~~~= -

- numher_ 

$1,000_ -

Cottle - ___________________________________________ farms_ -

- number _ 

$1,000 -- Fottened on groin and concentrates ________________ forms -- number 

$1,000 --

-- Hogs and pigs inventory ______________________________ forms -- number -- Farms with- 1 to 9 _____________________________________________ _ 

-- 10 to 49 ___________________________________________ _ 

-- 50 to 99 ___________________________________________ _ 

-- 100 to 199 _________________________________________ _ 

-- 200 to 499 _________________________________________ _ 

-- sao or more _________________________________________ _ 

- Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ farms -- number -- Other ___________________________________________ farms -- number -- Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ farms -- number -- $1,000_ - Feeder pigs sold ___________________________________ farmL -

- number _ 

$1.000 -- litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ farmL 

number _ Dec. 1 and May 31 ______________________________ farms_ 

number _ June 1 and Nov. 30 ______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory __________________ farms_ 

number_ Ewes I year old or older ___________________________ forms_ 

number _ Sheep and lambs sold ________________________________ farms_ 

number _ Sheep and lambs shorn _______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

pounds of wooL 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ farms_ 

number_ Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Goots inventory _____________________________________ farms_ 

number_ Goats sold _________________________________________ forms_ 

POULTRY 

number_ 

$1,000_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ forms_ 

number _ 

Forms with- I 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 _____________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Hens and pullets of loying age _______________________ forms_ - number _ -

Pullets 3 months old or older not of laying age ____________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

-

-

See footnote at end of table. 

88 MASSACHUSmS 

All forms 

I I 3561 

50 171 

482 

41 

455 

267

1 

88 

22 

1 

1 861 

32 897 

1 544 

8 894 

2 061 

53 860 12 630 

1 501 

30 206 

2 507 

1 762 

23 654 

10 123 

321 

2 787 

1 290 

909 

59 626 

609 

130 

53 

39 

49 

29 

365 

7442 

860 

52 184 

551 

66 722 

5 632 

219 

14 385 

464 

407 

9 109 

352 

4 633 

303 

4 476 

419 7 153 

354 

4 870 

293 

4 208 

314 

6 069 

41 023 

1 387 

8 122 

397 

1 214 

1 639 

222 

1 778 

97 

I 121 

49 

944 

1 512 683 

813 

69 

29 

14 

12 

5 

2 

924 

1 314 400 

233

198 283 1 

$500,000 or 

Total more 

759 8 46 934 (0) 

25 - 3 - 358 -

263 1 

87 1 22 5 1 1 

752 8 25 213 933 

506 7 

4 163 499 

861 10 42 989 3210 9 938 1 075 

763 7 

25 200 1 106 

1 991 36 754 9 

17 789 2 104 

7 947 1 038 

56 I 

1 623 (0) 

809 (0) 

173 3 

42 557 2 475 

79 1 

15 - 17 1 

9 - 25 - 28 1 

95 2 

5 003 (0) 

164 2 

37 554 (0) 

121 3 

49 062 2 078 

4 445 207 

44 1 7 260 (0) 

246 (0) 

97 2 

6359 (0) 

92 1 

3054 (0) 

89 2 

3 305 (0) 

33 -

836 - 23 - 655 - 23 -

439 - 20 -

769 -

5 356 -

208 4 

1 266 11 

45 -

344 -

632 -

14 1 

80 (0) 

3 - 19 - 1 -

187 8 

1 441 968 654 119 

96 1 

31 -

27 -

14 -

12 2 

5 3 

2 2 

182 8 

1 250 748 577 072 

44 4 

191 220 77 047 

Forms with soles of $20,000 or more 

$200,000 to $100,000 to $40,000 to $20,000 to 

$499,999 $199,999 $99,999 $39,999 

57 155 341 198 

(0) 13 628 16437 5 309 

3 2 5 15 

- - - 3 

1 5 179 173 

4 97 154 7 

33 50 3 -

16 1 - -

- - - -

48 152 331 213 

4 653 7 695 8677 3 255 

45 108 213 133 

646 672 1 683 663 

60 165 377 249 

9 933 10 697 14 125 5 024 

2472 2 312 2 982 1 098 

56 148 342 210 

5 863 6441 8841 2 949 

530 395 786 244 

56 150 340 199 

4070 4 256 5 284 2075 

1 942 I 917 2 196 854 

5 7 25 18 

(0) 255 299 102 

(0) 122 123 38 

15 21 63 71 

17 437 2 340 10 297 10008 

4 14 32 28 

1 2 7 5 

- 1 2 13 

I 1 2 5 

1 1 9 14 

8 2 11 6 

10 6 31 46 

(0) 261 1 152 1 210 

15 20 60 67 

(0) 2 079 9 145 8 798 

12 8 43 55 

18848 3 553 12996 11 587 

2 000 342 1 141 755 

2 3 11 27 

(0) 280 I 260 5059 

(0) 8 36 169 

10 6 32 47 

(0) 465 1 679 1 573 

9 6 32 44 

(0) 233 882 761 

10 5 29 43 

(0) 232 797 812 

4 5 7 17 

407 20 184 225 

3 1 7 12 

(0) (0) 115 148 

2 2 8 11 

(0) (0) 124 135 

2 1 7 10 

(0) (0) 170 183 

(0) (0) 1 338 1 207 

13 36 70 85 

46 145 562 502 

- 7 12 26 

- 21 157 166 

- 11 280 341 

1 3 3 6 (0) (0) 8 42 

- 1 - 2 

- (0) - (0) 

- (0) - (0) 

17 34 57 71 

359 143 269 733 88462 70 511 

3 12 34 46 

- 4 11 16 

3 3 12 9 

3 11 - - 6 4 - -

2 - - -

- - - -

17 32 55 70 

314 243 221 731 81 507 56 195 

5 9 8 18

44 900 48 002 6955 14 316 1 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

LIVESTOCK - Con. 

Cattle and calves inventory - Can. Cows and heifers that hod calved-Con. Milk cows _____________________________________ farms_ - number _ 

Farms with- I to 4 __________________________________________ _ 5 to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ________________________________________ _ 

SO to 99 ________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ 

500 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ farms_ 

number _ Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves _____________ farms_ 

number _ 

Cottle and calves sold ________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Colves-__________________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Cattle ___________________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Fattened on grain and concentrates ________________ farms_ 

number_ 

$1,000_ 

Hogs and pigs inventory ______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Farms with- 1 to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ____________________________________________ _ 

50 to 99 ____________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 __________________________________________ _ 200 to 499 __________________________________________ _ 

500 or more _________________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ farms_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- number _ - Other ___________________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ forms_ - number _ 

$1,000_ -

- Feeder pigs sold ___________________________________ forms_ - number _ 

$1,000_ -

- litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ forms_ - number_ - Dec. 1 and May 31 ______________________________ farms_ - number_ - June 1 and Nov. 30 ______________________________ farms_ - number_ - Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory __________________ forms_ - number _ - Ewes I yeor old or older ___________________________ forms_ 

number_ Sheep and lambs sold ________________________________ farms_ 

number _ Sheep and lambs shorn _______________________________ forms_ 

number_ 

pounds of wooL 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ farms_ 

number_ Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Goots inventory _____________________________________ forms_ 

number _ Goats sold _________________________________________ forms_ 

POULTRY 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ forms_ 

number_ 

forms with- I 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 _____________________________________ _ 

Hens and pulle's of laying age _______________________ forms. 

number_ 

Pullets 3 months old or older not of loying age _____________________ ~ ______________ farms_ 

number _ 

See footnote at end of toble. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Totol 

584 

2 601 

456 

38 

90 

-

-

-

-

I 094 

7 208 1 024 

4 590 

I 186 

10294 

2560 

727 

4 672 

495 

997 

5 622 2 065 

262 

I 128 

465 

729 

16 895 

528 

111 

35 

30 

24 

1 

265 2 413 

690 14482 

424 

17435 

1 166 

175 

7 125 

218 

305 2 710 

255 

I 555 

210 

1 155 

378 

6 070 

326 4055 

264 

3 627 

288 

5 053 34 341 

I 174 

6 783 

351 

(D) 

(D) 

208 1 698 

94 

1 102 

48 

748 

56 390 

714 

34 

-

-

-

-

-

733 51 632 

184 

4 758 

Forms with soles of Jess thon $20,000 

$10,000 to $19,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $2,500 to $4,999 

101 82 87 

I 373 299 343 

28 66 68 

2 9 10 

71 7 9 

- - -

- - - - - - - - -

145 151 173 

I 805 1 482 I 528 

lJO 162 188 

734 I 382 787 

156 193 277 

3 104 2 582 2 271 

736 690 624 

96 lJ6 171 

I 572 981 955 

101 159 128 138 168 253 1 532 I 601 I 316 

635 531 496 

37 41 56 

331 234 241 

154 102 94 

77 95 142 

6 817 3884 2 230 

24 47 97 

9 27 33 

14 8 9 

19 9 2 10 4 I 

1 - - 47 48 72 965 625 369 

74 88 137 

5852 3 259 1 861 

74 76 110 7 961 4 298 2 951 

587 272 211 22 33 48 3 123 I 854 992 98 61 28 

55 53 76 965 909 364 48 46 64 447 554 197 51 41 66 

518 355 167 

23 46 57 565 1 155 1 029 16 39 50 339 796 669 11 41 38 306 986 610 11 39 40 

417 I 121 850 2 666 7 396 5 655 

81 lJ9 233 430 915 1 131 43 48 102 (D) 180 240 (0) 239 228 7 23 37 291 91 372 

5 8 26 169 107 260 5 7 14 

67 68 112 16 709 13 976 6 861 

50 55 108 17 13 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 67 66 112 16 352 13 433 6 667 

4 4. 5 357 543 194 

Abnormal forms 

less than $2,500 (see text) 

I 13 1 314 

586 636 

294 I 

17 -

3 7 

- 4 

- I 

- - - - 625 IS 

2 393 476 

564 14 

I 687 141 

560 14 

2 337 577 

509 133 

344 11 

I 164 334 

107 21 

438 11 

I 173 243 

402 lJ2 

128 

322 3~1 114 16 

415 7 

3964 174 

360 2 

42 4 

4 1 

- - 9 - - - 98 5 454 26 

391 6 3 510 148 

164 6 

2 2251 

95 

225

21 1 72 - 1 156 - 31 -

121 5 472 40 97 5 

357 24 52 4 

115 16 

252 8 3 321 247 221 5 2 251 160 174 6 1 725 142 198 6 2 665 247 18 624 1 326 

741 5 4 307 73 158 I 301 (D) 

158 (D) 

141 - 944 - 55 - 566 - 21 -

501 9 18 844 14 325 

501 3 - 4 

- 2 - - - - - - - - 488 9 15 180 12 020 

171\ 3664 2 30;\ 

MASSACHUSETTS 89 
Tobie 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

POULTRY - Con. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ____________________ forms_ - number _ - Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ______________ forms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 1,999 __________________________________________ _ 

- 2,000 10 59,999 ______________________________________ _ 

- 60,000 to 99,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- 100,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

- Turkey hens kept for breedin9 _________________________ forms-- number _ - Turkeys sold _______________________________________ forms_ - number _ -

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn for all purposes ________________________________ farms_ - ocres_ -

Tobacco ___________________________________________ forms- - acres_ 

paunds_ -

- Irrigated _________________________________________ forms_ - acres_ - Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 ocreL _____________________________________ _ 

- 5.0 to 24.9 ocres _____________________________________ _ - 25.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ -

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ forms- - acreshundredweight _ 

-

- Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ -

- Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 1.0 to 4.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 acreL ____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 acreL ___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Hoy craps (see text) _________________________________ farmsacres_ 

tons, dry_ Irrigated ________________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 to 24 acres _______________________________________ _ -- 25 to 99 acres _______________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 499 acres _____________________________________ _ - 500 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

- Alfalfa hoy _______________________________________ forms -- acres 

tons, dry --

-- Irrigated _______________________________________ forms -- acres --

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ______________ farmsIrrigated _______________ _ 

Farms by acres harvested: 

ocres_ ______________ farms_ 

acres_ 

0.1 to 4.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocreL ____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 ocres. ___________________________________ _ 100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Land in archards ____________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

Forms by ocres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 acreL ___________________________________ ---

5.0 to 24.9 ocre' _____________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 ocres ____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Apple, __________________________________________ forms_ 

total acrespounds_ 

See footnote ot end of table. 

90 MASSACHUSmS 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

All forms Total 

276 110 

1 093 544 1 050 821 

49 7 

163 818 143 900 

42 3 

7 4 

- -

- -

22 6 

1 765 1 559 

70 24 

137 722 133 925 

1 151 680 

44 269 38 455 

44 31 

1 078 I 032 

I 536 802 I 447 368 

15 12 

607 601 

18

1 

7 

16 14 

10 10 

187 76 

3 504 3 238 

749 463 710 356 

26 14 

181 163 

52 10 

77 23 

33 19 

18 17 

7 7 

3 078 883 

133 117 71 326 

262 706 163 272 

15 6 

235 135 

I 336 150 

1 416 474 

322 255 

4 4 

I 080 458 

27 375 16 829 

68 609 46 773 

7 4 

lSI 127 

I 092 340 

15 214 10 704 

330 140 

4 507 3 733 

473 57 

453 144 

145 118 

21 21 

512 131 

8 556 6 376 

38 9 

119 50 

267 21 

151 31 

76 61 

18 18 

449 124 

7 695 5 922 

92 208 721 85 754 781 

Forms with soles of $20,000 or more 

$500,000 or $200,000 to $100,000 to $40,000 to $20,000 to 

more $499,999 $199,999 $99,999 $39,999 

8 14 26 29 33 

393 907 284 500 210 860 101 256 60 298 

- - - 4 3 

- - - 98 900 45000 

- - - 2 1 

- - - 2 2 

- - - - - - - - - -

- 3 - 1 2 

- 1 550 - (0) (0) 

- 4 3 11 6 

- 69 600 13 250 41 960 9 115 

8 58 148 299 167 

3 343 8 230 11 982 11 601 3 299 

6 3 7 9 6 

651 79 186 82 35 

812 949 105 075 310 053 148 891 70 400 

6 2 3 I -

481 (0) 51 (0) -

- - - 3 4 

- 1 5 6 2 

6 2 2 - -

2 5 7 27 35 

(0) (0) 180 720 306 

(0) (0) 37 029 144 465 55 862 

- - 3 6 5 

- - 30 127 6 

- - 1 1 8 

- - 1 9 13 

- - 2 7 10 

- 1 3 9 4 

2 4 - 1 -

11 62 162 389 259 

2 146 8 202 16 611 29 486 14 881 

5 326 19 479 40 979 67 696 29 792 

- 1 1 3 1 

- (0) (0) 102 (0) 

3 9 23 55 60 

1 21 66 229 157 

6 31 73 103 42 

1 I - 2 -

6 30 98 216 108 

835 I 431 3 639 7 978 , 2 946 

2 137 4 190 11 211 21 350 7 885 

- - 1 2 1 

- - (0) (0) (0) 

6 16 52 116 150 

363 804 2 915 3 398 3 224 

I 6 33 51 49 

(0) (0) 1 233 1 183 643 

- - 3 31 23 

2 8 15 34 85 

2 5 25 47 39 

2 3 9 4 3 

4 12 21 55 39 

945 I 440 1 252 2 134 605 

- - - 5 4 

- - - 31 19 

- - I 9 11 

- 1 2 8 20 

- 2 15 36 8 

4 9 3 2 -

4 12 20 52 36 

881 1 399 I 187 1 963 492 

15 240 000 22 377 158 17 130 006 25 831 250 5 176 367 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 34. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978-Con. 

Forms with sales of Jess than $20,000 

POULTRY - Con. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ____________________ forms -- number _ - Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold ______________ forms_ - number_ - Forms with- I to 1,999 __________________________________________ _ 

- 2,000 to 59,999 ______________________________________ _ 

- 60,000 to 99,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- 100,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

-

Turkey hens kept for breeding _________________________ formL 

number _ 

-

- Turkeys sold _______________________________________ farms_ - number _ -

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn for all purposes ________________________________ farms_ - ocres -- Tobacco ___________________________________________ forms -- acres_ 

pounds_ Irrigated _________________________________________ forms_ 

ocres_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 

-

-

-

-

0.1 to 4.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

- 5.0 to 24.9 acres _____________________________________ _ - 25.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ -

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ farms_ - acres_ 

hundredweight_ -

- Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 acres ______________________________________ _ - 1.0 to 4.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

- 5.0 to 24.9 acres _____________________________________ _ - 25.0 to 99.9 ocres ____________________________________ _ 

- 100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

- Hay crops (see text) _________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

tons, dry_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 ocres ________________________________________ _ 

25 to 99 ocres _______________________________________ _ 

100 to 499 ocre'-____________________________________ _ 

500 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Alfalfa hay _______________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

tons, dry_ 

Irrigated _______________________________________ farms_ 

acreL 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ______________ farms_ 

acres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocre'-____________________________________ _ 25.01099.9 ocre'-___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

land in orchards ____________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

Forms by acres in orchards: 0.1104.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 ocre'-___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Apples __________________________________________ forms_ 

total acres_ 

pounds_ 

tJ978 data are based on a sample of farms; see text. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Total $10,000 to $19.999 

159 24 

35 022 17003 

40 2 (0) (0) 

38 2 

2 -

- -

- -

13 2 

102 (0) 

43 2 

3 288 (0) 

456 90 

5 080 I 551 

13 5 (0) 30 

(0) 59 106 

3 -

5 -

II 3 

2 2 

- -

109 19 

(0) 120 

(0) 21 199 

10 4 

(0) 7 

42 5 

52 7 

14 6 

I I 

- -

2 180 225 

59 908 10600 

95 156 19 982 

9 2 

100 (0) 

I 184 74 

939 124 

57 27 

- -

612 83 

9 753 2 135 

19933 5 017 

3 1 

24 (0) 

746 145 

4 468 I 753 

187 52 

757 331 

415 42 

304 84 

27 19 

- -

377 38 2 099 370 

29 4 

69 (0) 

245 14 

118 22 14 2 

- -

321 34 1 701 292 

5 666 132 2 010 350 

$5.000 to $9.999 $2.500 10 $4.999 

28 29 

8 439 3764 

4 12 

Jl 400 798 

2 12 

2 -

- -

- -

3 2 

56 (0) 

7 16 

1 406 564 

95 94 

1 822 796 

6 2 

14 (0) 

26 699 (0) 

3 -

5 -

6 2 

- -

- -

21 15 

67 31 

9 878 5 038 

3 I 

7 (0) 

7 6 

10 6 

4 3 

- -

- -

341 407 

13 489 II 550 

26614 19 336 

- 2 

- (0) 

102 216 

226 178 

13 13 

- -

129 117 

2 774 I 779 

6 693 3 541 

- 1 

- (0) 

233 176 

1 549 694 

70 32 

279 104 

82 124 

144 52 7 -

- -

53 75 376 450 

1 7 (0) 10 

28 48 

23 20 

2 7 

- -

43 68 

313 372 

I 409 088 I 851 639 

Abnormal forms 

Less than $2.500 (see lex I) 

781 71 

5 8161 7 701 

22 2 

2643 (0) 

22 I 

- I 

- -

- -

6 3 

25 104 

18 3 

(0)/ 

509 

177 15 

911 734 

- -

- -

- -

- -

- -

=1 =1 

- -

54 2 

46 (0) 

2 522 (0) 

2 2 

(0) (0) 

24 - 29 2 

I -

- -

- -

1 207 15 

24 269 1 883 

29 224 4 27~1 5 

67 

792 2 

411 3 

4 10 

- -

283 10 

3 065 793 

4 682 I 903 

1 - (0) -

192 6 473 42 

33 3 

43 17 

167 I 

24 5 I - - -

211 4 903 81 17 - 28 -

155 I 

53 2 3 1 - -

176 4 724 72 395 055 787 808 

MASSACHUSETTS 91 
Tobie 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1978 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Forms ___________________________________________ number_ - percent_ - land in forms ______________________________________ ocres_ - Average size of form ______________________________ ocres_ - Value of land and buildings' ___________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ Average - per form ________________________________ dallors_ - Average per acre _________________________________ dallars_ - Forms by value of land and buildings: $1 to $19,999 _________________________________________ _ 

$20,000 - to $39,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $69,999 _____________________________________ _ -

-

-

-

$70,000 to $99,999 _____________________________________ _ $100,000 to $149,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$150,000 to $199,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $200,000 to $499,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $500,000 to $999,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $1,000,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-

Owned and rented land by operator: land owned ______________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - land rented or leased from others ___________________ farms_ - acres_ - land rented or leased to others-_____________________ forms -- ocres --

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Totol cropland ______________________________________ forms -- ocres -- Harvested cropland ________________________________ forms -- acres -- Forms by acres harvested: 1 fa 49 acres _____________________________________ _ 

-- 50 to 99 acres _____________________________________ _ - 100 to 199 acreL __________________________________ _ 

- 200 to 499 acres ___________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres ___________________________________ _ -

- 1.000 to 1.999 acreL ______________________________ _ -- 2,000 acres or more _______________________________ _ 

--

Croplond: Pasture or grazing only __________________________ farms_ - acres 

(over crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses not -- harvested or postured __________________________ forms -- acres -- On which all crops failed _________________________ forms_ - acres -- In cultivated summer falfow _______________________ farms_ - acres_ - Idle ___________________________________________ farms_ - acres_ -

Total woodland _____________________________________ farms_ - ocres_ - Woodland postured ________________________________ farms_ - acres_ Woodland - not pastured ____________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Pastureland and rangeland other than cropland and woodland pastured _________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc. _________ farms_ - ocres_ -

Posturelond, all types ________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - Irrigated lond _______________________________________ forms_ - acres_ - Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ forms_ - acres_ - Postureland irrigated _______________________________ farms- - acres_ - Other land irrigated ________________________________ farms_ - acres_ - land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 ______ forms_ - acres_ -

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

-

A"F~~e~~~;~s -==~=~=============================== ~~~~:~ - Port owners ____________________________________ number_ = - Tenonts _______________________________________ number_ - White _________________________________________ number_ - full owners __________________________________ number_ - Part owners __________________________________ number_ - Tenants _____________________________________ number_ - Block and other roces ____________________________ number_ - Full owners __________________________________ number_ - Port owners __________________________________ number_ - Tenants _____________________________________ number_ -

See footnote at end of table. 

92 MASSACHUSmS 

Cosh groin Totol forms farms (011) 

5 871 39 100.0 0.6 

667 037 I 899 

114 49 5 871 36 967 514 3 102 164 795 86 157 I 427 2 962 

417 - 640 6 1 117 - 947 24 865 3 502 3 I 037 - 242 - 104 -

5 513 39 527 274 I 466 2 042 29 150 747 (D) 

392 1 

10 984 (D) 

5 506 39 307 310 923 5 087 39 210 973 772 

3 863 37 654 1 414 - 137 I 16 - 2 - I -

2 497 27 76915 137 

334 3 3 988 (0) 

129 4 

828 5 

105 - I 288 -

740 2 13 318 (D) 

3 565 37 

267 291 724 

989 3 

37446 83 3 125 36 

229 845 641 

702 3 30984 30 4 003 33 

61 452 222 

3 194 31 

145 345 250 

I 021 3 

16 893 6 

I 014 3 

16 725 3 

10 - 100 -

18 3 

68 3 

48 -

I 077 -

5 871 39 

3 834 10 

1 678 29 

359 - 5 839 39 

3 809 10 

I 672 29 

358 -

32 - 25 -

6 - I -

Field crop forms except cosh groin farms (013) 

Sugar crop, 

Irish potato, 

hay, peanut, 

and other field crop Vegetable and 

Cotton forms Tobacco forms farms (0133, melon forms Fruit and tree 

Totol (0131) (0132) 0134,0139) (016) nut farms (017) 

842 - 31 811 651 737 14.3 - 0.5 13.8 11.0 12.5 

102 522 - 3 379 99 143 32965 86018 

122 - 109 122 51 I17 906 - 47 859 667 728 136 413 - 12 505 123 908 77 854 118 165 150 565 - 266 054 144 246 116 722 162 314 I 294 - 2 666 I 231 1 933 1 425 

52 - 5 47 87 59 

92 - 11 81 98 101 

157 - 5 152 150 136 

160 - 8 152 74 I14 

170 - 6 164 89 I13 93 - 2 91 46 64 

146 - 4 142 98 99 

22 - 2 20 23 25 

14 - 4 10 2 17 

769 - 28 741 591 716 

84473 - 2 801 81 672 26910 78 700 

265 - 14 251 236 I19 

20074 - 735 19 339 6 754 8 062 

102 - 8 94 43 22 

2 025 - 157 I 868 699 744 

842 - 31 811 651 737 

48 523 - 1 874 46 649 17 412 25 161 

842 - 31 811 651 737 

36 167 - 1 102 35 065 14 112 20 805 

647 - 24 623 576 637 

130 - 3 127 53 58 

49 - 4 45 20 31 

12 - - 12 2 9 

4 - - 4 - 1 

- - - - - 1 

- - - - - -

364 - 5 359 87 63 

8 763 - (0) (D) 1 035 1 362 

50 - 14 36 44 51 

986 - 492 494 231 517 

11 - - 11 43 24 

51 - - 51 163 169 

13 - 3 10 21 16 

76 - 26 50 156 76 

134 - 4 130 146 136 

2480 - (D) (D) I 715 2 232 

611 - 24 587 281 455 

44 710 - 822 43888 II 958 39 560 

145 - 3 142 51 61 

5 503 - 54 5449 I 961 2459 

535 - 23 512 256 413 

39 207 - 768 38439 9 997 37 101 

91 - 1 90 29 45 

2 836 - (0) (D) 580 I 070 

539 - 23 516 390 538 

6453 - (D) (D) 3 015 20 227 

460 - 8 452 125 148 

17 102 - 297 16 805 3 576 4 891 

54 - 14 40 212 414 

886 - 602 284 3 647 10 298 

52 - 14 38 212 414 

858 - (D) (0) (0) 10 253 

2 - - 2 - 4 (D) - - (D) - 28 

I - I - 1 6 

(0) - (D) - (D) 17 

8 - - 8 I 2 

319 - - 319 (D) (D) 

842 - 31 811 651 737 

578 - 17 561 415 618 

191 - 11 180 176 97 

73 - 3 70 60 22 

838 - 31 807 647 727 

574 - 17 557 412 608 

191 - II 180 176 97 

73 - 3 70 59 22 

4 - - 4 4 10 

4 - - 4 3 10 

- - - - - -

- - - - I -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 

All Farms 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Forms ___________________________________________ number_ - percent _ - land in forms ______________________________________ ocres_ -

-

-

Average size of form ______________________________ ocres_ Value of land and buildings' ___________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ - A\{erdge per form ________________________________ doUars_ - Average per ocre _________________________________ dollors_ -

Forms by value of land and buildings: $1 to $19,999 _________________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 to $39,999 _____________________________________ _ $40,000 to $69,999 _____________________________________ _ -

- $70,000 to $99,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $100,000 to $149,999 ___________________________________ _ - $150,000 to $199,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $200,000 to $499,999 ___________________________________ _ - $500,000 to $999,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $1,000,000 ar more ____________________________________ _ 

-

Owned and rented land by operator: land owned ______________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - land rented or leased from others ___________________ formL - ocres_ - land rented or leased to others ______________________ forms_ - acres_ -

LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 

Total cropland ______________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - Harvested cropland ________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - Farms by ocres harvested: 1 to 49 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 acres _____________________________________ _ 100 to 199 ocre'-__________________________________ _ - 200 to 499 acre'-__________________________________ _ -

- 500 to 999 acres ___________________________________ _ - 1,000 to 1,999 acreL _______________________________ _ 

- 2,000 ocres or more ________________________________ _ 

-

Cropland, Pasture or grazing only __________________________ forms_ - ocres_ Cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grasses not harvested or postured -- ________________________ farms-

-

- acres-- On which all crops foiled - ________________________ forms_ -

-

-

ocres_ In cultivated summer foJlow _______________________ farmL 

acres_ - Idle ___________________________________________ forms_ - acres-- Total woodland _____________________________________ farms_ -

-

-

acres- Woodland pastured ________________________________ forms_ 

-

-

ocres_ Woodland not postured ____________________________ forms_ 

-

-

ocres_ Pastureiand and rangeland other than cropland and woodland postured _________________________________ farms_ 

-

- acres_ Land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc. _________ forms_ 

acres_ -

Posturefond, all types ________________________________ forms_ -

-

-

ocres_ Irrigated lond _______________________________________ forms_ 

-

-

acres_ Harvested cropland irrigated ________________________ farms_ 

-

-

acres_ PostureJand irrigoted _______________________________ farms_ 

-

-

acres_ Other land irrigoted ________________________________ forms_ 

-

-

ocres_ land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 ______ forms_ 

ocres_ -

RACE AND TENURE OF OPERATOR 

-

-

-

-

-

All operotors _____________________________________ number_ 

Full owners ____________________________________ number_ Port owners __________________ ~ _________________ number_ 

Tenants - ______________________________________ number_ White -- _______________________________________ number_ 

Full owners __________________________________ number_ 

Part owners __________________________________ number_ -

-

-

-

-

-

-

Tenants -- ___________________________________ number_ 

Block and other roces ____________________________ number_ Full owners __________________________________ numbeL 

~:~~~n~~:=:=:===:===:===========:===:===== ~~~:~ = 

See footnote at end of table. 

[Excludes abnormal farms- see text] 

General 

Horticultural farms, 

specialty primarily forms (018) crop (019) 

644 270 10.9 4.5 

16 177 21 950 

25 81 625 251 82 201 36 379 131 520 144 938 5 914 2 139 

79 13 94 8 119 43 114 122 91 24 26 10 77 25 15 2 10 4 

587 264/ 13 357 16901 115 91 (D) 5 845 

26 17 (D) 796 

644 270 7 570 10698 644 269 5 216 6 859 

626 241 9 15 5 12 

3 

1 ~/ -

- -

41 194 553 3 432 

42 9 471 45 

7 4 54 (0) 

14 3 91 (D) 

74 12 I 185 (D) 

158 186 4 779 9 298 

21 21 165 542 150 175 4 614 8 756 

18 28 420 762 420 206 3 408 I 192 

70 211 1 138 4 736 270 12 1 418 203 267 12 1 379 (D) 

1 - (D) - 4 2 (D) (0) 

1 2 (D) (D) 

644 270 

530 179 57 85 

57 6 637 269 523 179 

57 84 57 6 7 1 7 - - 1 

- -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

livestock forms, except dairy, 

poultry, and animal specialty (021) 

Beef cottle 

tarms, except f feedlots 

Tofol (0212) 

I 227 619 

- 20.8 10.5 

141 663 84 531 

115 137 1 218 616 

189 432 104 116 155 527 169019 

I 243 1 159 

67 28 

135 51 

284 112 

188 87 195 107 89 72 

199 126 42 

19 22) 11 

I 176 591/ 117 114 66 781 440 244 28 165 20 191 III 76 3616 2 441 

1 061 583 59 350 40945 872 514 29 572 19 509 

697 386 110 81 53 42 

12 

=/ -

- - - -

800 453 25 040 18 195 

81 45 532 254 

12 5 87 42 16 8 128 21 133 81 3 991 2 924 

892 467 63 077 34 985 317 159 9 650 5 744 758 409 53 427 29 241 

211 105 8977 3 638 898 438 10 259 4 963 

1 003 535 43 667 27 577 17 7 

82 46 16 6 (D) (D) 

2 2 (D) (D) 

- -

- - 16 7 205 79 

1 227 619 790 375 386 216 

51 28 1 222 6Ht 789 374 

382 216 51 28 5 1 1 I 

4 -

- -

1978-Con. 

PouJtry and Animol General farms, 

Dairy farms egg forms speciofty primarily 

(024) (025) forms (027) livestock (029) 

814 207 340 100 

13.8 3.5 5.7 1.7 

229 071 10 703 13 675 10 394 

281 52 40 104 

795 205 333 107 

245 143 23802 36932 18092 

308 355 116 108 110906 169 080 

1 065 2031 2 831 1 774 

6 30 19 5 

27 18 55 6 58 56 78 36 

58 10 75 8 92 37 38 13 

107 12 35 17 

315 37 28 13 

99 4 2 8 

33 1 3 1 

749 199 326 97/ 157 382 9496 12 148 9 327 

617 33 70 27 72 638 1 583 2 518 I 606 

23 12 18 17 

949 376 991 539 

798 117 249 98 123 579 3 185 5 647 5 262 780 85 89 79 91 301 1 726 2 157 2 286 

176 79 82 65 262 4 4 8 237 1 3 3 93 1 - =/ 10 - - I - - 1 - - -

570 57 217 77 29 595 1 232 3 148 2 618 

37 6 7 4 945 27 (D) 171 14 5 1 4 166 18 (D) 35 18 3 I - 660 21 (0) - 42 16 40 5 912 161 234 152 

626 109 154 56 79 203 4 552 5 506 3 924 295 20 32 23 15 524 361 322 876 523 100 131 48 63 679 4 191 5 184 3 048 

209 19 38 11 14 764 464 809 272 523 168 241 47 11 525 2 502 1 713 936 

728 79 247 92 59 883 2 057 4 279 3 766 10 16 3 10 167 94 24 68 10 15 3 10 (D) (D) 24 68 - I - - - (0) - - 1 - - - (D) - - - 16 1 - I 511 (D) - (D) 

814 207 340 100 197 174 270 73 552 25 56 24 65 8 14 3 813 207 340 100 197 174 270 73 551 25 56 24 65 8 14 3 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - -

MASSACHusms 93 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1978-Con. 

All Farms 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family __________________________________ forms_ · acres_ Partnership · ________________________________________ farms_ · acres_ · 

Corporations: Family held _______________________________________ forms_ · 

· 

· 

· 

· 

acres_ More than )0 stockholders ----- __________________ forms- 10 or less stockholders ___________________________ formsOther than family held --- __________________________ forms_ 

acres-· More than 10 stockholders _______________________ farms- · 

-

· 

10 or less stockholders- __________________________ farms_ 

Other-cooperative, estate or trust, etc. ________________ forms_ 

acres_ · 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence: On form operated ______________________________________ _ 

Not · on form operated ___________________________________ _ 

Operators by age group: · 

Under 25 years ________________________________________ _ 

· 25 to 34 yeorL ________________________________________ _ 

· 35 to 44 yeorL ________________________________________ _ 

· 45 to 54 yeorL ________________________________________ _ 

· 55 to 64 years _________________________________________ _ 

· 65 years and over ______________________________________ _ 

· Average age ___________________________________________ _ 

· 

Operators by sex: 

Male ...•..•.••.....•.•..•..•.......•..•••.•..•..••..•• · Female _______________________________________________ _ 

· Operators of Spanish origin ________________________________ _ 

· Operators by principal occupation; Forming ______________________________________________ _ 

Other .•••...••........•.••••..........•.••.•.•..•..••. 

Operators reporting days of work off form: None _________________________________________________ _ 

I to 99 days ..•..••..•..•...•....•.••.•...•..•.•..••.•• 

100 fa 199 days ...•.••..•.....•....•.••.......•..••...• 200 days or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY SIZE 

1 to 9 ocres _____________________________________________ _ 

TO to 49 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

SO to 69 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

70 to 99 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

100 to 139 acres _________________________________________ _ 140 to J 79 acres _________________________________________ _ 

180 fa 219 acres. •.•.••.•..•..••.•..•.•...•..•.....•••..•• 

220 fa 259 acres .•...•.•.•••••.•.•.•...•..•..•......•..•.. 

260 fa 499 acres. •..................................•.•••• 

500 fa 999 acres. •...•.•.....•...•.•........•...•.•.•••••• 

1,000 fa 1,999 acres ...............•..••.•...•••••.•••••.•. 2,000 acres or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

(ash grain farms (01 I) •..•.........•..••...•........•••.••. 

field crop, except cash groin forms (013L ____________________ _ 

(offon farms (0131) ••.•...•..•.••...••..•....••...•..... 

Tobacco farms (0132) ..•..•..••••.•.......•••••.•.....•.. 

Sugar crop, Irish potato, hoy, peanut, and other field crop forms 

(0133,0134,0139) •.••.•.•..•..•...••..•....•.••.•..•.. 

Vegetable and melon forms (016) ........•......••.•••• _ •.•.. 

Fruif and free nuf farm s (0 J7) .........•.•.......• _ •••. _ ..•.. Horticultural specialty forms (OJ8) __________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily crop (019) ______ .. __________________ _ 

livestock forms, except doiry, poultry, and animal specialty (021)_ 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· Beef · caffle farms, excepf feedlofs (0212) ...•.•.•...•..•• _ •.• 

Dairy farms (024) •••...•.••....•.•..•.•.••.••••....••••.•• 

Poulfry and egg farms (025) ..•.. _ ..•..•...•..•.••••.•...•.. 

Animal specialfy farms (027) ••••.•.••.. - ....•.•.••.•....•••. 

-

General farms, primarily livestock (029) ______________________ _ 

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sold _______________ forms-

$1,000_ 

forms by value of agricultural products sold: 

$500,000 or more ••.•.....•...••• ·· .••....•...•••.••.• 

$200,000 fa $499,999 ......••.••.••••...•..••.•..•..•.. 

$100,000 fa $199,999 .•.•....••.•.••..••••.••••.... •.•• 

$40,000 fa $99,999 ....•• _ •...•••....•••• ·•··••·••···•• $20,000 fa $39,999 .....•••.•..•.••..••••.•••••.••..•.. 

$10,000 fa $19,999 ..•... _ •....•••... -•••.•..•• ··•··••• 

$5,000 fa $9,999 •..••..•••....•••...••••.•..•• · •• _·.·· 

$2,500 fa $4,999 •...•..•.•...•••....•• -•.••••...•..••• 

less fhan $2,500 •...•.••••....•• _ •...•••.••••• ··•··••• 

See foafnofe of end of fable. 

94 MASSACHUSmS 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

(Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

Totol forms Cash groin 

farms (01 I) 

5 017 38 489 437 (0) 

447 I 73 987 (0) 

325 - 65 483 - 6 - 319 - 40 - 20 949 - 16 - 24 - 42 - 17 181 -

4 769 

734 3~1 

90 - 589 I I 187 8 I 343 25 I 531 5 I 131 - 51.9 47.2 

5 418 39 453 - 41 -

3 046 4 2 825 35 

2 373 6 438 I 537 2 2 294 30 

987 I 

I 797 32 

SIS I 498 2 575 I 420 I 288 - 153 - 477 I 133 -

23 -

5 -

39 39 

842 - - - 31 -

811 -

651 -

737 -

644 -

270 -

I 227 - 619 -

814 -

207 -

340 -

100 -

5 871 39 

213 473 147 

49 -

145 -

293 -

688 I 

565 -

556 I 

714 2 

849 I 

2 012 34 

Field crop forms except cash grain farms (013) 

Sugar crop, Irish pototo, 

hoy. peanut, 

and other field crop Vegetable and 

Cotton forms Tobacco forms farms (0133, melon forms Fruit and free Tofal (0131) (0132) 0134,0139) (016) nuf farms (017) 

760 - 19 741 573 587 86 293 - I 073 85220 27 846 44 348 59 - 3 56 50 69 9 252 - 360 8892 3 343 7 145 

8 - 3 5 23 56 3 077 - 687 (D) (D) 12832 I - I - - - 7 - 2 5 23 56 7 - 6 I I II 

I 362 - I 259 (0) (D) 17 899 6 - 6 - - 5 I - - I I 6 8 - - 8 4 14 

2 538 - - 2 538 239 3 794 

678 - 17 661 543 469 

101 - 11 90 65 222 

15 - - 15 8 6 

67 - 5 62 63 74 

148 - 1 147 79 116 

182 - 5 177 150 163 

230 - 16 214 208 203 

200 - 4 196 143 175 

53.7 - 54.8 53.7 54.0 53.9 

772 - 28 744 614 684 

70 - 3 67 37 53 27 - - 27 2 2 

301 - 26 275 388 407 541 - 5 536 263 330 

254 - 24 230 280 288 

86 - 2 84 53 89 

92 - 2 90 71 68 377 - 3 374 218 259 

17 - 2 15 139 99 

204 - II 193 309 269 

128 - 2 126 60 77 

116 - 3 113 63 53 122 - 3 119 28 92 

99 - 4 95 23 35 

53 - I 52 JO 34 25 - I 24 4 16 

61 - 4 57 12 46 

IS - - IS 2 9 

2 - - 2 I 5 

- - - - - 2 

- - - - - - 842 - 31 811 - - - - - - - - 31 - 31 - - -

811 - - 811 - - - - - - 651 - - - - - - 737 

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

842 - 31 811 651 737 

13 634 - 6 815 6 818 12 814 30 248 

8 - 6 2 I 9 

5 - 2 3 3 25 

6 - 4 2 22 36 

18 - 5 13 48 98 

37 - 2 35 93 85 

55 - 4 51 87 83 

160 - 6 154 136 !OI 

174 - 2 172 134 102 

379 - - 379 127 198 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 

All Farms 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Individual or family __________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - Partnership ________________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ -

Corporations: Family held _______________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ - More thon 10 stockholders _______________________ forms_ - 10 or less stockholders ___________________________ formL - Other thon family held _____________________________ forms_ - acres_ - More than 10 stockholders _______________________ forms_ - 10 or less stockholderL __________________________ forms_ - Other-cooperative, estate or trust, etc. ________________ forms_ - acres_ -

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by place of residence: On form operated ______________________________________ _ 

- Not on form operoted ___________________________________ _ 

- Operators by age group: Under 25 years ________________________________________ _ 

- 25 to 34 yeors _________________________________________ _ 

35 - to 44 years _________________________________________ _ 

- 45 to 54 years-________________________________________ _ 

- 55 to 64 years- ________________________________________ _ 

- 65 years and over ______________________________________ _ 

- Average age ______________ .:.. ____________________________ _ 

-

Operators by sex: Male _________________________________________________ _ 

- Female _______________________________________________ _ 

- Operators of Spanish origin ________________________________ _ 

- Operators by principal occupation: Forming ______________________________________________ _ Other ________________________________________________ _ -

-

Operators reporting days of work off form: None _________________________________________________ _ 

- I to 99 days __________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 199 days _______________________________________ _ 

- 200 days or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

FARMS BY SIZE 

1 to 9 acres _____________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres ___________________________________________ _ 50 ta 69 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

70 to 99 acres ___________________________________________ _ 

100 to 139 acre'-________________________________________ _ 140 to 179 acre'-________________________________________ _ 

180 to 219 acre'- ________________________________________ _ 

220 to 259 acres _________________________________________ _ 260 to 499 acres _________________________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acre'-________________________________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 acres ______________________________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ______________________________________ _ 

FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 

(SEE TEXT) 

Cash grain farms (011)-___________________________________ _ 

Field crop, except cosh groin forms (013) _____________________ _ CoHan farms (0131) ____________________________________ _ 

Tobacco farms (0132) ___________________________________ _ 

Sugar crop, Irish potato, hay, peanut, and other field crop forms (0133,0134.0139) ____________________________________ _ 

Vegetable and melon farms (016) ___________________________ _ Fruit and tree nut farms (017) ______________________________ _ 

Horticultural specialty farms (018) __________________________ _ 

General farms, primarily crop (019) _________________________ _ 

Livestock farms, e.copt dairy. poultry, and animal specialty (021) _ eeef cattle farms, e.cept feedlots (0212) ___________________ _ Dairy farms (024) ________________________________________ _ 

Paultry and egg farms (025) _______________________________ _ 

Animal specialty farms (027) _____ , _________________________ _ 

General forms, primarily livestock (029) ______________________ _ 

VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 

Market value of agricultural products sold _______________ farms_ 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold: $1.000_ 

$500.000 or mare ____________________________________ _ 

$200.000 to $499,999 _________________________________ _ 

$100.000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ $5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

Less than $2,500 _____________________________________ _ 

See footnote at end of table. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

{Excludes abnormal forms; see text) 

General 

Horticultural forms,' 

specialty primarily farms (018) crop (019) 

450 255 

8 787 20 180 

46 9 

1 928 1 095 

137 6 

4 739 675 

2 - 135 6 10 - (D) -

2 -

8 - 1 - (0) -

459 253

142 13 1 

1 3 79 18 

138 114 

148 61 149 41 

129 33 

51.6 48.2 

584 250 

60 20 

5 -

409 63 

235 207 

341 45 

60 12 

56 18 

160 191 

384 5 

185 157

17 14 1 

22 25 

15 27 

4 15 

5 10 

2 2 

8 14 

2 1 

- - - -

- -

- - - -

- -

- -

- - - -

644 - - 270 

- -

- - - -

- - - - - -

644 270 

41 171 1 279 

16 - 31 - 45 2 

94 8 

72 7 

101 16 

81 10 

81 6 

123 221 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

livestock farms, except dairy, 

poultry, and animal specialty (O21) 

Beef cottle 

forms, except I feedlots Total (0212) 

1 120 568 

115690 74 599 

78 39 

13 954 7 122 

18 6 (0) (D) 

- - 18 6 

2 2 (0) (0) 

- - 2 2 

9 4 

8 304 810 

1 052 537

84 38 1 

24 12 

119 46 278 120 287 128 293 174 

226 139 

51.3 53.2 

1 155 590 72 29 

2 -

460 248 767 371 

314 163 55 36 149 71 

665 330 

129 27 

366 136 

130 72 

122 68 148 86 118 93 

61 32· 

24 13 104 79 

21 13 

3 - 1 -

- -

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

- - - -

1 227 619 

619 619 - -

- -

- -

- -

1 227 619 

11 921 4 860 

1 - 12 5 5 3 

36 15 45 17 

87 27 

148 86 

249 129 

644 337 

1978-Con. 

Poultry and Animal General forms, 

Dairy farms egg forms specialty primarily 

(024) (025) farms (027) livestock (029) 

645 177 318 94 

154 868 7 646 12 487 (D) 

113 8 9 5 

35 273 (0) 201 (0) 

51 16 9 1 

36 829 1 387 845 (0) 

2 I - -

49 15 9 1 

- 5 4 -

- 680 142 -

- 2 I -

- 3 3 -

5 1 - -

2 101 (0) - -

718 169 305 9~1 54 23 22 

12 11 10 -

89 18 50 11 

134 28 103 41 

204 44 65 14 

247 75 58 22 

128 31 54 12 

51.9 51.6 47.5 47.4 

769 192 267 92 

45 15 73 8 

2 1 - -

752 139 98 25 

62 68 242 75 

616 120 89 20 

57 9 13 3 

30 9 33 9 

69 60 199 66 

11 56 116 30 

29 75 147 24 

31 32 21 4 

57 14 15 9 

103 15 17 7 98 6 9 12 

105 3 4 3 72 2 5 I 

217 2 6 6 78 2 - 3 11 - - 1 2 - - -

- - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - 814 - - -

- 207 - - - - 340 - - - - 100 

814 207 340 100 67 689 18 688 14 771 1 112 

6 7 1 - 51 17 - 1 151 22 2 2 331 32 16 6 180 28 14 4 68 17 40 1 10 17 46 3 7 17 68 10 10 50 153 73 

MASSACHUSETTS 9S 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1978-Con. 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD-Con. 

Market volue of agricultural products sold - Can. Groin ___________________________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Sales of $40.000 or more _________________________ forms_ - Commodity Credit Corporation looos ________________ $f~~~~= -

- $1,000_ - Cotton and cottonseed _____________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Commodity Credit Corporation loans ________________ forms_ - $1,000_ -

T ohocco _________________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ -

-

-

$1,000_ Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ___________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Vegetobles, sweet corn, and melons __________________ farms_ -

-

-

$1,000_ Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ 

$1.000_ -

Fruits, nuts, and berries ____________________________ formL - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ -

-

-

$1.000_ 

Nursery and greenhouse products ____________________ farmL 

$1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Other crops ______________________________________ farms_ - $1.000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ -

Poultry and poultry products ________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ farm'_ - $1,000_ - Dairy products- ___________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms-- $1,000_ - Cottle and calves- _________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ -

Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms- - $1,000_ - Sheep, lambs, and wool ____________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms- - $1.000_ - Other livestock and livestock products (see textL _______ forms_ - $1.000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ -

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Farms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ - $50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ -

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Farms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $19,999 ______________________________ -_ ------ $20,000 to $49,999 __________________________ - ________ _ $50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ forms_ 

Forms by tons purchased: 

tons_ 

$1,000_ 

I to 99 ton'-______________________________________ _ 

100 to 499 ton' ____________________________________ _ 

500 tons or more __________________________________ _ 

forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ______________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19,999 ________________ - _____________ -----

$20,000 to $49,999 ________________ - ___ ---------- ---- $50,000 or more __________________ ------ ---- -- -- ----

See footnote at end of table. 

96 MASSACHUSmS 

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cosh groin 

Total forms farm, (011) 

99 39 

365 140 

2 1 (0) (0) 

1 - (0) - - - - - - -

- -

- - - -

44 - 6 985 - 17 - 6 589 - 1 269 5 4 663 3 

8 

=1 411 

1 086 

13 659 - 77 - 6 851 -

940 4 30 331 (0) 

165 - 24 780 - 797 - 41 086 - 188 - 35 904 -

181 - 3 394 - 16 - 2 639 -

566 - 18 584 - 77 -

17 144 - 920 - 61 184 - 510 - 53 599 -

2 047 - 12 498 - 43 - 4 134 -

545 2 

5 611 (0) 

29 -

3 401 - 334 -

237 -

- -

- - 706 -

14 876 -

17 -

13 038 -

2 033 9 

11 358 8 

1 659 9 

269 - 71 -

34 -

3 303 33 

40 209 9 

2 239 33 

553 - 353 -

158 -

2 173 24 

219 258 12 

33 270 2 

1 593 24 

513 - 67 -

1 256 24 

530 - 270 - 117 -

Field crop forms except cosh groin forms (013) 

Sugar crop, 

Irish pototo. 

hoy, peonut, 

and other field crop Vegetoble and 

Cotton forms T abaeea fo rms farm, (0133; melon forms Fruit and tree Total (0131) (0132) 0134,0139) (016) nut farm, (017) 

12 - - 12 14 - 93 - - 93 52 -

1 - - 1 - - (0) - - (0) - - 1 - - 1 - - (0) - - (0) - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

34 - 31 3 1 - 6 787 - 6 742 45 (0) -

16 - 16 - 1 - (0) - (0) - (0) -

766 - 3 763 69 41 

3 135 - 1 3 134 160 93 

5 - - 5 - - (0) - - (0) - -

91 - 8 83 651 61 

339 - 39 300 11 064 247 

1 - - 1 65 - (0) - - (0) 6 147 -

21 - - 21 125 679 

40 - - 40 366 29470 

- - - - - 164 

- - - - - (0) 

6 - - 6 99 16 

4 - - 4 837 62 

- - - - 4 - - - - - 217 -

84 - 5 79 61 3 

2 924 - (0) 2901 (0) (Z) 

13 - - 13 1 - 2 440 - - 2440 (0) -

54 - - 54 33 10 

13 - - 13 33 2 

- - - - - - - - - - - -

10 - - 10 6 5 

11 - - 11 2 253 

- - - - - 2 - - - - - (0) 

134 - 1 133 35 13 

222 - (0) (0) 54 35 

- - - - - - - - - - - -

36 - - 36 23 7 

25 - - 25 32 49 

- - - - - - - - - - - -

42 - - 42 11 11 

13 - - 13 3' 6 

- - - - - - - - - - - - 46 - - 46 49 46 

27 - - 27 13 31 

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

244 - 4 240 76' 28 115 - 4 111 27 45 

239 - 4 235 75 23 

5 - - 5 1 5 - - - - - -

- - - - - -

363 - 5 358 117 72 

212 - 6 206 70 159 

363 - 5 358 117 69 - - - - - 2 

- - - - - -

- - - - - 1 

192 - - 192 61 47 

578 - - 578 300 776 

88 - - 88 42 120 

192 - - 192 61 46 

- - - - - -

- - - - - 1 

192 - - 192 61 45 

- - - - - 1 

- - - - - -

- - - - - 1 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Tobie 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 

All Farms 

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD-Con. 

Market value of agricultural products sold - Can. Groin ___________________________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Commodity Credit Corporation loons ________________ forms-- $1.000_ - Cotton and cottonseed _____________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Commodity Credit Corporation 100n5 ________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Tohacco _________________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Soles of $40,000 or more _________________________ forms-- $1.000_ - Field seeds. hay, forage, and siloge ___________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Soles of $40.000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1.000_ - Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons __________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ -

Fruits, nuts, and berries ____________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms-- $1.000_ - Nursery and greenhouse products ____________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Other crops ______________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ -

Poultry and poultry products ________________________ farms_ - $1.000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1.000_ - Dairy productL ___________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Cottle and calves __________________________________ farms_ - $1.000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1.000_ -

Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ farms-- $1.000_ - Sales of $40,000 or more _________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Sheep, lambs, and wool ____________________________ farms_ - $1.000_ - Sales of $40,000 or mare _________________________ farms-- $1.000_ Other livestock and livestock products (see text} ________ farmL -

- $1.000_ - Sales of $40,000 or mor"-________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ -

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' 

Livestock and poultry purchased _______________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

-

Feed for livestock and poultry _________________________ forms_ - $1.000 __ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19.999 _________ : __________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$50,000 or mar. _____________________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds ___________________ forms_ 

Farms by tans purchased, 

tons_ 

$1.000_ 

1 to 99 ton'-______________________________________ _ 

100 to 499 ton'-___________________________________ _ 

500 tons or more __________________________________ _ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $4.999 ______________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $19,999 __________________________________ _ 

$20.000 to $49,999 _________________________________ _ 

$50.000 or mar. ___________________________________ _ 

See footnote at end of table. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

[Excludes abnormal forms· see text] 

General 

Horticultural forms, 

specialty primarily 

farms (018) crop (019) 

2 13 

(D) 36 

- -

- - - - - -

- -

- - - - - -

- - - -

- 5 

- 65 

- -

- - 25 36 

47 150 

-

-

74 4;1 

696 415 

7 2 

454 (0) 

31 26 

66 100 

- -

- - 644 17 

39 977 135 

164 - 35 687 -

5 19 

143 143 

I I 

(0) (0) 

12 12 

4 19 

- -

- -

I I 

(D) (0) 

- - - -

6 31

1 29 121 

- -

- -

I 15 

(0) 66 

- I 

- (D) 

II 2 

2 (D) 

- -

- -

13 2 

(0) (0) 

- -

- -

9 53 

I 83 

9 49 

- 4 

- -

- -

40 133 

21 150 

40 123 

- 10 

- -

- -

16 69 

30 418 

5 64 

16 69 

- -

- -

16 68 

- I 

- -

- -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

livestock forms, except dairy, 

poultry, and animal specialty (021) 

Beef cottle 

farms, excepf I feedlots Total (0212) 

14 6 

38 7 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- -

- - - - - - - - 165 66 

406 225 

-

_. 

61 4~1 171 59 

- -

- -

19 2 

21 (0) 

- - - - 2 - (D) -

- - - - 2 I (0) (0) 

- - - -

131 36 

47 16 

- - - - 63 22 

448 333 

5 3 

298 202 

936 619 

5 370 4 142 

23 20 

2 668 2 148 

388 38 

5 088 52 

27 - (0) - 215 46 

199 II 

- -

- - 166 45 120 10 

- - - -

713 314 

3 251 I 875 

629 279 

46 13 

24 10 14 12 

I 141 553 

3 382 I 232 

I 025 504 

99 43 

8 4 

9 2 

549 314 

8 061 3 694 

I 236 546 

529 308. 

18 5 

2 I 

520 305 

18 5 

8 3 

3 I 

1978-Coo. 

Poultry and Animal General forms, 

Dairy forms egg forms specialty primarily 

(024) (025) forms (027) livestock (029) 

3 I - I 

4 (0) - (D) 

- - - -

- - - -

- - - -

- - - - - - - -

- - - -

- - - -

- - - -

- - - - - - - -

4 - - - (D) - - - - - - -

- - - -

64 23 26 27 

441 62 45 119 

2 - - I 

(D) - - (D)I 

49 26 4 6 

340 116 2 67 

I - - I 

(0) - - (D) 

14 12 5 2 

66 60 21 (0) 

- - - I 

- - - (D) 

4 6 2 I 

41 15 (0) (D) 

- - - -

- - - -

5 I - I 

20 (0) - (0) 

- - - -

- - - -

40 206 49 191 

105 16 216 7 139 

- 76 - I 

- (D) - (D) 

614 2 - 16 

60 029 (0) - 336 

499 I - 3 

52 862 (D) - 136 

610 34 23 25 

6 278 77 30 283 

18 - - 2 (0) - - (D) 

34 16 9 14 

258 49 4 36 

I - - - (0) - - - II 15 12 4 (0) 5 2 2 

- - - - - - - - 17 20 340 7 II 5 14 657 4 - - 17 - - - 13 038 -

439 198 191 73 4 090 I 405 2 274 61 

253 135 167 71 144 47 16 I 28 II 7 I 14 5 I -

792 203 315 94 21 847 10 368 3 721 270 

40 70 271 88 345 63 32 2 305 26 II 3 102 44 I I 

792 202 141 80 126 124 68 532 13 371 I 057 18 238 10 227 3 090 157 

323 117 138 78 438 53 2 2 31 32 I -

68 70 116 76 421 63 24 2 235 26 - I 68 43 I I 

MASSACHUSETTS 97 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1978-Con_ 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' - Con. 

Animol health costs __________________________________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 to $499 ______ ._. _______________________ . _________ _ 

- $500 to $999 __________________________ . _____________ _ 

- $1.000 to $2,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $3,000 or more ______________________________________ _ 

-

Seeds, bulbs. plants. and trees ________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 to $999 __________________________________________ _ 

- $1,000 to $4,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 or more _____________________________________ _ -

Commercial fertilizer _________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

- $2,500 to $9.999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ - $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

- Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ forms_ - $1.000_ - Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _______________________________________ _ 

-- $2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ - $10,000 to $19,999 __________________________________ _ 

-- $20,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-- Energy and petroleum products ________________________ forms -- $1,000 -- forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _______________________________________ _ 

-- $2,500 to $9,999 ____________________________________ _ 

-- $10,000 to $19,999 __________________________________ _ 

-- $20,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-- Petroleum products ________________________________ farms -- $1.000 -- Gosoline _______________________________________ forms -- $1,000 -- Diesel fuel _____________________________________ forms -- $1.000 -- lP gas, butane, and propane ______________________ farms -- $1.000 -- Fuel oil ________________________________________ forms -- $1,000 -- Natural gas ____________________________________ forms -- $1,000 -- Kerosene. motor oil, and grease ___________________ farms -- $1.000 -- Electricity ______ . __________________________________ forms -- $1.000 -- Other-cool, wood, coke, etc. _______________________ farms -- $1,000 --

Hired form lobor ____________________________________ farms -- $1.000 -- Farms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 _______________________________________ _ -- $5,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

-- $20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ - $50,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-- Workers by number of days worked: 150 days or mare _______________________________ farms -- workers -- less than 150 doys ______________________________ farms -- workers --

Contract labor ______________________________________ forms -- $1.000 -- farms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _______________________________________ _ -- $2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 __________________ ---- -------------- $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment _____________________________________ farms-

$1,000_ 

Farms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 __________________ -- ------------------

$10,000 to $19,999 ________________ -- ------------------ $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

FARM-RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine work, custom work, and other agricultural services ___________________________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for humon consumption _____________________________ forms-

$1,000_ 

See footnote ot end of toble. 

98 MASSACHUSmS 

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cash groin I Total forms farms (011) 

2 478 - I 500 -

I 791 - 305 - 309 - 73 -

3 034 6 7 812 I 

2 169 6 

638 - 123 - 104 -

3 989 12 

7 250 3 

3 234 12 

640 

81 

34 =1 3 772 30 4 007 2 

3 438 30 272 - 37 -

25 -

5 832 36 15 934 8 

4 563 36 

I 016 - 138 - 115 -

5 825 36 

II 954 8 5 516 36 

4 789 7 

I 725 3 

I 108 (l) 

488 3 

516 (l) 

I 096 -

4 447 - 149 -

170 - 5 824 36 924 I 

3 834 6 

3 849 (l) 

377 - 131 -

2 754 3 

40 287 5 

I 738 3 

650 -

231 -

135 -

I 439 -

6 028 -

2 234 3 

17 418 3 

469 -

I 658 -

334 -

103 -

12 - 20 -

I 173 30 

I 690 5 

I 077 30 

75 - 17 -

4 -

411 2 

836 (D) 

I 250 3 

9 745 2 

Field crop forms except cosh grain farms (013) 

Sugar crop, 

Irish pototo, 

hoy, peanut, 

and other 

field erap Vegetable and 

Cotton forms T oboceo farms forms (0133, meJon forms Fruit and tree 

Totol (0131) (0132) 0134,0139) (016) nut forms (017) 

207 - 5 202 49 34 

18 - (l) 18 7 6 

207 - 5 202 48 29 

- - - - I 4 

- - - - - I 

- - - - - -

450 - 29 421 558 246 

517 - 114 403 574 275 

374 - 9 365 435 178 

45 - 4 41 101 51 

27 - 16 II 16 16 

4 - - 4 6 I 

596 - 47 549 667 672 

I 287 - 404 883 917 624 

504 - 22 482 560 613 

75 - 16 59 99 54 

7 - 3 4 6 3 

10 - 6 4 2 2 

445 - 41 404 549 700 

564 - 150 414 550 I 437 

402 - 27 375 488 583 

34 - 9 25 58 85 

2 - - 2 I 20 

7 - 5 2 2 12 

894 - 47 847 661 725 

I 148 - 414 734 I 036 I 569 

816 - 24 792 545 560 

65 - 13 52 109 135 

5 - 3 2 4 24 

8 - 7 I 3 6 

894 - 47 847 661 723 

976 - 391 585 876 I 082 

861 - 47 814 639 713 

485 - 123 362 507 674 

274 - 13 261 132 164 

129 - 13 117 64 82 

37 - II 26 34 146 

241 - 233 8 16 75 

80 - 12 68 164 115 

44 - 9 35 197 116 

3 - 3 - ' 19 14 

I - I - 29 16 

894 - 47 847 661 723 

76 - 14 62 63 120 

532 - 36 496 327 421 

149 - 20 129 149 476 

87 - 5 82 31 42 

23 - 2 20 II II 

335 - 37 298 300 418 

4 129 - 3 419 710 2 737 7 164 

287 - 5 282 195 228 

34 - 22 12 68 102 

3 - I 2 28 57 

II - 9 2 9 31 

87 - 26 61 130 199 

833 - 719 114 412 823 

305 - 32 273 261 391 

3 860 - 2 849 I 011 2 014 5 114 

73 - - 73 67 168 

60 - - 60 272 839 

67 - - 67 52 108 

6 - - 6 10 38 

- - - - 4 7 

- - - - I 15 

202 - 24 178 95 225 

200 - 110 90 64 381 

191 - 18 173 90 193 

5 - - 5 5 21 

6 - 6 - - 8 

- - - - - 3 

89 - I 88 43 34 

(D) - (D) 156 83 106 

127 - 4 123 332 219 

223 - 2 222 2 735 3 177 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 

All Farms 

SELECTED FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES' - Con. 

Animol health costs __________________________________ farms -- $1,000 -- Farms with expenses of- $1 to $499 _________________________________________ _ 

$500 to $999 _______________________________________ _ --

-- $1,000 to $2,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $3,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

-- Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees ________________________ farms -- $1,000 -- Forms with expenses of- $1 to $999 _________________________________________ _ 

-- $1,000 to $4,999 _____________________________________ _ - $5,000 to $9,999 ____________________________________ _ 

-- $10,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-- Commercial fertilizer _________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Farms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

- $2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $ 10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

-

Other agricultural chemicals including lime _______________ forms -- $1,000 -- Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _______________________________________ _ 

-- $2,500 to $9,999 ____________________________________ _ 

-- $10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

-

Energy and petroleum products ________________________ forms -- $1,000 -- Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 _______________________________________ _ 

-- $2,500 to $9,999-____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

-

Petroleum products ________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Gasoline _______________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Diesel fuel _____________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - lP gas, butane, and propane ______________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Fuel oil ________________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Natural gas ____________________________________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Kerosene, motor oil, and grease ___________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Electricity ________________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Other-coo!, wood, coke, etc. _______________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Hired farm lobar ____________________________________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Farms with expenses of- $1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $19,999 ____________________________________ _ - $20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $50,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

- Workers by number of dcys worked: J50 days or more _______________________________ forms-- workers_ - Less than 150 doyL _____________________________ forms_ - workers_ -

Contract labor ______________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Farms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and renfol of machinery and equipmenf _________________ y ___________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Forms with expenses of- $1 to $2,499 ________________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$20,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

FARM.RELATED INCOME 

Income from machine wark, customwark, and other agricultural services ___________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Volue of agricultural products sold directly to individuals far human consumption _____________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Se. footnote ot end of table. 

-

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

{Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

General 

Horticultural farms, { 

specialty primarily 

forms (018) crop (019) 

6 162 

I 23 

6 160 

- I 

- I 

- -

520 68 

5 616 54 

182 51 

191 17 

56 - 91 -

408 124 

488 171 

372 112 

27 7 

6 5 

3 -

425 149 

324 37 

396 147 

21 2 

6 -

2 -

625 251 

5 277 130 

408 242 

112 8 

36 I 

69 -

625 247 

4 589 109 

511 246 

663 72 

108 42 

57 12 

92 3 (0) (D) 

321 26 

3 627 9 

45 I 

(D) (D) 

624 247 

133 14 

387 163 

659 19 

53 9 

30 2 

369 134 

II 446 395 

182 130 

92 I 

43 3 

52 -

239 89 

I 583 258 

297 55 

2 357 470 

23 6 

78 (D) 

13 6 

9 -

- - I -

53 17 

82 10 

42 17 

10 -

I -

- -

29 16 

155 86 

46 32 

228 159 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

livestock forms, except dairy, 

poultry, ond onimal speciolty (o2!) 

Beef cottle 

forms, except 

feedlots 

Total (0212) 

828 405 

202 95 

733 345 

45 37 

46 23 

4 -

396 175 

138 56 

371 169 

24 6 

I - - -

601 324 

530 278 

556 301 

40 22 

3 

2 ~I 

505 255 

214 131 

492 252 

13 3 

- -

- -

I 201 606 

I 183 468 

I 102 566 

91 39 

5 I 

3 -

I 201 606 

914 356 

I 158 569 

633 261 

274 134 

97 36 

46 14 

18 3 129 47 

73 15 

6 5 

I (Z) 

I 201 606 

92 41 

787 398 

245 105 

81 23 

24 7 

340 183 

I 048 265 

299 177 

33 4 

5 2 

3 -

131 58 

232 89 

290 157 

I 084 614 

40 II 

92 9 

32 II 

7 - - - I -

226 90 

146 49 

223 89 

2 I 

I -

- -

89 40 

58 37 

250 107 

514 265 

1978-Con, 

Poultry and Animal General forms, 

Dairy forms egg forms ~pecialty primarily 

(024) (025) forms (027) livestock (029) 

750 127 264 51 

853 92 285 14 

276 91 196 45 

207 21 24 2 

213 9 35 4 

54 6 9 -

656 61 22 51 

609 20 2 6 

441 59 22 50 

206 2 - I 

7 - - - 2 - - -

679 68 97 65 

3 098 80 29 22 

278 65 97 65 

337 I - 50 I - 14 I - =1 

684 85 129 71 

812 15 35 16 

617 84 128 71 

58 I - -

7 - I -

2 - - -

795 205 332 107 

3 707 I 040 786 50 

289 146 315 104 

439 39 15 3 

51 II I - 16 9 I -

795 205 331 107

2377 583 405 35 1 

770 192 289 101 

I 306 272 143 26 

609 41 57 21 

586 28 48 4 

46 66 15 - 17 89 I - 153 S3 51 4 

250 109 22 (Z) 

13 16 32 -

12 56 3 - 795 205 331 107 

204 29 188 5 

734 170 246 61 

I 305 456 377 14 

48 3 18 5 

25 1 4 I 

594 100 135 26 

6 774 I 848 4 662 79 

218 50 122 24 

281 28 10 I 

78 12 2 - 17 10 I 1 

457 62 42 3 I 167 302 406 12 

419 72 116 2S I 482 473 506 S5 

59 16 16 I 

129 131 53 (D) 

42 9 5 - 16 5 II I 

1 - - - - 2 - -

254 13 38 20 264 II 523 6 

225 12 34 20 28 1 3 - I - - - - - I -

79 8 15 7 116 34 18 11 

87 89 51 14 I 354 I 244 33 76 

MASSACHUSETTS 99 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1978-Coo. 

[Excludes abnormal farms; see text) 

All Farms 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ forms_ -

Forms by value group: $1.000_ -

$1 to $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _____________________________________ _ -

- $10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 10 $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $50,000 10 $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $100,000 to $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $200,000 to $499,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles _. _____ • ___ • ___________ • _____________ • _. forms. - number _ - Motortrucks, including pickups ________________________ forms. - number _ Wheel - troctors ___ • _. _____ • _. _____________ • _________ • forms. - number _ - 2 or 3 _______________________ ._._. _______________ forms. - number. - 4 or more ___ ._. _. _____ • ___ • _______________ . _____ . forms- - number _ -

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only _. ___ • _______ forms_ - number _ - Corn pickers, corn heads, and picker-shellers _____________ farms_ - number _ - Corn heads for combines ___________________________ farms_ - number_ - Other cornpickers and picker-shellers _________________ forms_ - number _ -

cottonpickers _______________________________________ forms_ - number_ - Mower conditioners _________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Pickup balers _______________________________________ forms 

number 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ forms 

number 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ forms 

$1.000 Commercial fertilizer _______________________________ forms 

acres on which used lime ____________________________________________ farms 

acres on which used 

tons 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control-

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Insects on hoy and other crops ______________________ farms_ - acres on which used_ - Nematodes in crops _______________________________ farms_ - acres an which used_ - Diseases in crops and orchords ______________________ farms_ - acres on which used_ - Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and posture __________ farms_ - acres on which used_ -

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _________________________________________ farms_ - acres on which used_ - Insect control on livestock and poultry ________________ farms_ - Sanitation and rodent and bird control ________________ farms_ -

LIVESTOCK 

Cottle and calves inventory ___________________________ farms- - number_ - Forms with- 1 to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ______________________________ - _____ - ___ ------ 50 to 99 ____________________________________________ _ 

- 100 to 199 __________________________________ -_ -_ ------ 200 to 499 ____________________________ .. _____________ _ - 500 or more ______________________________ -------------

Cows and heifers that hod calved ____________________ forms_ - number_ - Beef cows _____________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 9 ____________________________ ---------- ------ 10 to 49 ____________________ - ___ ---_ ---------- ---- 50 to 99 ____________________ -_ -_ ---------- -------- 100 to 199 ________________________ -_ -- ---- ---- ---- 200 to 499 __________________ - ___ ---------- -- ------ 500 or mor. __ ____________________ ------ ---------- -

s •• foot not. at end of tobl •. 

100 MASSACHUSmS 

Total forms Cosh groin forms (011) 

5668 36 126 455 204 

997 - 1 662 33 1 190 3 1 166 - 452 - 152 - 44 - 5 -

3 149 - 4 356 - 4 646 33 9836 84 4 733 36 10 616 63 

2 051 27 

4 769 54 657 - 4 204 -

32 - 46 - 166 3 214 3 

106 3 112 3 97 - 102 -

- - - - 1 423 3 1 554 3 

1 761 - 1 660 -

996 3 1 171 3 

4 509 36 

11 257 5 

3 606 12 

153 311 69 1 664 6 41 304 16 

65 084 12 

1 791 27 

41 911 75 

205 3 

4 650 3 1 108 3 22 791 3 

1 753 6 

56 646 6 

209 3 

6 352 3 I 318 27 

1 152 24 

2 564 2 

100 909 (0) 

1 039 2 

665 -

378 - 215 -

62 - 5 -

2 235 I 

59 735 (0) 

1 298 -

10 200 -

1 005 - 279 - 10 - 3 - I - - -

Field crop forms except cash groin farms (013) 

Sugar crop. 

Irish pototo. 

hoy, peonut, 

and other 

field crop Vegetable and 

Cotton forms Tobacco forms forms (0133, melon forms Fruit and tree Totol (0131) (0132) 0134,0139) (016) nut forms (017) 

905 - 47 656 666 727 17019 - 3 104 13915 12 497 16663 

109 - 5 104 127 156 359 - 1 356 166 165 165 - 2 163 162 151 204 - 30 174 132 155 

26 - 2 24 37 54 

14 - 1 13 17 16 

7 - 6 1 5 7 

1 - - 1 - 1 

503 - 29 474 426 379 713 - 37 676 576 531 746 - 47 701 553 566 1 501 - 203 1 298 1 068 1 223 607 - 47 760 590 476 1 737 - 170 1 567 1 453 1 066 476 - 26 452 274 194 

I 051 - 67 964 624 449 100 - 20 60 130 90 457 - 102 355 643 443 

16 - - 16 1 - 16 - - 16 (0) - 12 - - 12 10 3 

13 - - 13 10 6 

10 - - 10 - 3 

10 - - 10 - 3 

3 - - 3 10 3 

3 - - 3 10 (0) 

- - - - - - - - - - - - 349 - 4 345 52 64 

355 - 4 351 64 63 

423 - 4 419 59 49 442 - 4 436 59 51 

151 - - 151 16 20 161 - - 161 16 46 

610 - 47 563 667 715 

1 851 - 554 1 297 1 467 2 061 576 - 47 529 667 665 

19 708 - 1 568 16 120 14 605 19259 300 - 20 280 291 150 5 660 - 321 5 539 4 176 1 956 

9464 - 160 9 264 6 109 2 861 

166 - 29 159 337 467 

5 390 - 973 4 417 7 360 12 399 

35 - 12 23 46 22 

I 707 - 601 906 545 491 122 - 11 III 219 416 4 163 - 746 3417 3 541 10 265 

162 - 15 167 290 273 5 520 - 149 5 371 6047 7 364 

20 - - 20 5 102 

1 246 - - 1 246 65 3 644 134 - - 134 91 41 150 - 7 143 103 126 

245 - 2 243 66 52 (0) - (D) 2 516 512 530 

161 - 1 160 66 43 

60 - - 80 17 6 

4 - 1 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 

- - - - - -

169 - 2 167 67 32 (0) - (0) 1 014 227 249 

157 - - 157 57 22 644 - - 844 169 79 

130 - - 130 53 22 

27 - - 27 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - STATE DATA 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 

All Farms 

VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ___ forms_ - $1,000_ - Forms by value group: $110 $4,999 ________________________________________ _ 

- $5,000 10 $9,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- $10,000 to $19,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $20,000 to $49,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $50,000 to $99,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- $100,000 10 $199,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $200,000 10 $499,999 _________________________________ _ 

- $500,000 or more ____________________________________ _ 

-

SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT' 

Automobiles ________________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Motortrucks, including pickups ________________________ farmL - number _ - Wheel troctors ______________________________________ farms_ - number _ - 2 or 3 ___________________________________________ forms_ - number _ - 4 or more ________________________________________ farms_ - number_ -

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only _____________ farms_ - number _ - Corn pickers. corn heads, and picker-shellers _____________ forms_ - number_ - Corn heads for combines ___________________________ forms_ - number _ - Other cornpicker's-and picker-shellers _________________ farms_ - number _ -

Cot16npickets _______________________________________ farms_ - number _ Mower conditioners _________________________________ farms_ 

number _ Pickup balers _______________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______ fbrmL 

number _ 

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS' 

Agricultural chemicals, including commercial fertilizer and lime __________________________________________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Commercial· fertilizer _______________________________ farms_ 

acres an which used_ Lime ____________________________________________ forms_ 

acres on which used_ 

tons_ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Insects on hay and other crops ______________________ forms_ - acres on which' used_ - Nematodes in crops _______________________________ forms_ - acres on which used_ - Diseases in crops and orchards ______________________ farms.:.. - acres on which used_ - Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and posture __________ forms_ - acres an which used_ -

Chemicals for-

-

Defoliation or for growth control of crops, or thinning of fruit _________________________________________ forms_ 

acres on which used_ -

-

-

Insect control on livestock and poultry ________________ far'ms_ 

Sanitation and rodent and-bird control ________________ farms_ 

UVESTOCK 

(attle'ond calves inventory ___________________________ farms_ - number _ - Forms with- I 10 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

1010 49 ____________________________________________ _ - 50 to 99 ~ _________________ 0 __________________________ _ - 100.10 199 ____ • _____________________________________ _ - 20010499 __________________________________________ _ - 500 or more _______________ " _________________________ _ -

-

Cows and heifers Ihol had calved ____________________ farms_ - number _ - Beef cows _____________________________________ forms_ - number _ - Forms with:"" 1 to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

10 10 49. _____ " _________________________________ _ - 5010 99 ________________________________________ _ - 10010 199 ______________________________________ _ - 200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ - 500 or more _____________________________________ _ -

-

Se. foolnale 01 end of lable. 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

General 

Horticultural forms, I 

specialty primarily 

forms (018) crop (019) 

625 251 

13 595 2 953 

143 38 148 177 

151 13 

129 15 

33 1 

10 7 

9 -

2 -

375 73 

514 98 

481 196 

1 042 297 

403 216 

750 331 

119 37

270 74 1 

38 19

1 

234 97 

- 7 

- 21 

7 5 

7 5 

1 - (D) - 6 5 

6 5 

- - - - 32 28 32 28 

26 60 

26 60 

9 26 9 26 

482 205 

813 208 327 111 

3 172 2 820 176 45 I 014 397 

1 642 801 

276 114 

1 538 707 

41 8 

208 42 

159 31 

1 009 376 

99 33 

1 556 511 

22 2 

125 (D) 

50 97 

66 18 

14 216 

123 1 755 

iO 196 

3 16 

1 1 

- 1 

- -

- -

9 171 

43 669 

6 164 

37 593 

7 157 

1 5 - 2 - - - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

Livestock forms, except dairy, 

poullry, and animal specialty (021) 

Beef cottle 

forms, except 

feedlols 

Totol (0212) 

I 218 616 

16832 8 636 

242 125

1 488 244 241 113 

199 115 

37 18 

10 - 1 I 

- -

482 261 

653 339 

973 488 I 784 857 

I 061 573 

2 055 1 218 411 252

964 601 1 129 92 570 388 

2 - (D) - 42 31 

50 36 

17 13 18 13 31 22 

32 23 

- - - - 284 210 339 231 

476 349

1 542 368 

223 135 240 139 

740 383 

744 409 559 315 

14 798 8 820 297 166 5 463 3 542 

9222 5 992 

148 88 3 oao 1 750 17 4 

380 100 74 36 890 384 241 121 4 542 2 095 

30 24 

273 98 290 107 261 124 

996 599 19 634 13 934 

431 199 480 330 62 53 

16 II 

7 6 

- -

629 493 8 365 5 744 

690 396 7 251 4 930' 

466 249 214 141 6 4 

3 3 

1 1 

- -

1978-Con. 

Poultry and Animol General farms., 

Dairy forms egg forms specialty primarily 

(024) (025) forms (027) livestock (029) 

795 205 333 107 

36997 4564 3 695 1 215 

27 43 80 30 

67 49 118 52 

106 44 119 15 

274 41 13 4 

239 18 1 6 

69 8 I -

13 2 - -

- - 1 -

596 112 140 61 

875 147 172 77 

758 158 264 98 

2 044 300 380 115 

766 142 164 70 

2 708 272 203 160 

374 64 37 36 

993 146 76 88 

331 10 - iO 

I 654 58 - 48 

5 - I -

5 - (D) - 102 2 I I 

116 (0) (D) (D) 

69 2 I - 74 (D) (D) - 38 - - 1 

42 - - (0) 

- - - -

- - - - 540 38 21 12 

578 39 21 12 

589 27 25 271 620 28 25 27 

530 5 - 11 

651 5 - 12 

723 104 156 71 

3 910 95 64 38 679 67 80 65 

76 048 1 023 I 061 548 

425 34 90 50 21 328 127 742 221 

33 218 258 961 516 

170 18 20 26 

iO 698 184 263 197 

25 1 5 - 1 461 (0) (D) - 47 15 10 12 2 400 42 30 72 527 33 29 40 31 485 307 697 613 

24 - I - 743 - (0) - 456 57 35 40 259 54 55 36 

612 49 36 72 73 795 764 269 743 

II 31 28 56 242 15 10 12 305 2 - 2 195 1 - - 54 - - - 5 - - -

806 34 30 65 46 070 516 128 448 

111 26 19 42 466 413 111 195 

96 16 15 41 14 9 4 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

MASSACHUSETTS 101 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1978-Con. 

{Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

All Farms 

LIVESTOCK - Can. 

Cattle and calves inventory - Can. 

Cows and heifers thot hod calved - (on. Milk cows _____________________________________ forms-- number _ - Forms with- 1 to 4 __________________________________________ _ 5 - to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ________________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 ________________________________________ _ 100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ -

- 200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ 

- 500 or more _____________________________________ _ 

- Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ farms_ - number _ Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull calves _____________ farms_ 

number _ 

(ottle and calves sold ________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Calves ___________________________________________ formsnumber _ 

$1,000_ Cottle ___________________________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Fattened on grain and concentrates ________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Hogs and pigs inventory ______________________________ farms_ - number _ - Forms with- 1 to 9 _____________________________________________ _ 

-- 10 to 4L ___________________________________________ _ 50 to 99 ____________________________________________ _ -

- 100 to 199 __________________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 __________________________________________ _ -

- 500 or more _________________________________________ _ 

- Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ forms_ - number _ Other - ___________________________________________ farms_ - number _ - Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1.000_ Feeder pigs sold ___________________________________ farms_ 

litters of pigs farrowed betweennumber _ 

$1,000_ 

Dec. J of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ forms_ 

number _ Dec. I and May 31 ______________________________ farmsnumber _ June) and Nov. 30 ______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory __________________ formsnumber _ Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ forms_ 

number _ Sheep and lombs sold ________________________________ formsnumber _ Sheep and lambs shorn _______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

pounds of wooL 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ farms_ 

number _ Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ formsnumber _ 

$1,000_ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Goats inventory _____________________________________ forms_ - number _ Goats sold _________________________________________ forms_ 

POULTRY 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ forms_ 

number _ 

Forms 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 ____________________ - _________ -- ------

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Hens and pullets of laying oge _______________________ forms_ - number _ - Pullets 3 months old or older not 

-

-

of laying age ____________________________________ forms_ 

number_ 

See footnote at end of table. 

102 MASSACHUSmS 

Cosh groin I Totol forms forms (011) 

1 343 1 

49 535 (0) 

481 1 

41 - 448 - 263 - 87 - 22 -

1 -

1 846 - 32 421 - 1 530 1 8 753 (0) 

2 047 - 53 283 - 12 498 -

1 490 - 29 872 -

2 486 - 1 751 - 23 411 - 10 011 - 318 - 2 751 - 1 274 -

902 2 

59 452 (0) 

607 1 

126 -

52 1 

39 - 49 -

29 - 360 1 

7 416 (0) 

854 2 

52 036 (0) 

545 2 

66 497 (0) 

5 611 (0) 

219 1 

14 385 (0) 

464 (0) 

402 1 

9 069 (0) 

347 1 

4 609 (0) 

299 1 

4 460 (0) 

411 -

6 906 -

349 - 4 710 - 287 - 4 066 -

308 -

5 822 - 39 697 -

1 382 26 

8049 555 

396 -

1 213 -

1 639 -

222 - 1 778 -

97 -

1 121 - 49 -

935 1 

1 498 358 (0) 

810 1 

65 - 27 -

14 -

12 -

5 - 2 - 915 1 

1 302 380 (0) 

228 - 195 978 -

Field crop forms except cash groin forms (013) 

Sugar crop. Irish potato, 

hoy, peanut, 

and other 

field crop Vegetable and 

CoNon forms Tobacco forms forms (0133, melon forms Fruit and tree 

Total (0131) (0132) 0134,0139) (016) nut forms (017) 

89 - 2 87 20 14 (0) - (0) 170 38 170 

82 - 2 80 19 11 

6 - - 6 1 1 

1 - - 1 - 1 

- - - - - - - - - - - 1 

- - - - - - - - - - - - 140 - 1 139 39 26 

1 088 - (0) (0) 155 200 

166 - - 166 39 31 (0) - - 473 130 81 

134 - 1 133 35 13 

772 - (0) (0) 224 177 

222 - (0) (0) 54 35 

65 - 1 64 15 8 

316 - (0) (0) 134 86 

39 - (0) (0) 19 10 

109 - 1 108 28 11 

456 - (0) (0) 90 91 

182 - (0) (0) 36 25 

28 - - 28 6 2 

64 - - 64 12 (0) 

29 - - 29 4 (0) 

73 - 1 72 40 16 

337 - (0) (0) 414 954 

68 - 1 67 35 12 

5 - - 5 3 - - - - - - 1 

- - - - 2 1 

- - - - - 1 

- - - - - 1 

24 - - 24 14 3 

73 - - 73 64 94 

66 - 1 65 38 16 

264 - (0) (0) 350 860 

36 - - 36 23 7 

497 - - 497 928 999 

25 - - 25 32 49 

22 - - 22 7 3 

370 - - 370 783 (0) 

14 - - 14 17 (0) 

26 - - 26 15 3 

105 - - 105 110 156 

16 - - 16 12 3 

54 - - 54 56 78 

18 - - 18 11 3 

51 - - 51 54 78 

47 - - 47 14 15 

406 - - 406 146 212 

35 - - 35 9 9 

276 - - 276 93 134 

33 - - 33 11 9 

240 - - 240 106 (0) 40 - - 40 11 11 392 - - 392 153 (0) 

2 729 - - 2 729 934 (0) 

208 - 1 207 53 50 

713 - (0) (0) 138 247 

19 - - 19 11 7 

46 - - 46 13 (0) 

21 - - 21 4 (0) 

22 - - 22 7 3 59 - - 59 30 5 

6 - - 6 3 2 

24 - - 24 17 (0) 

1 - - 1 1 (0) 

78 - 1 77 63 27 

2 292 - (0) (0) 3 749 (0) 

77 - 1 76 61 27 

1 - - 1 2 - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - 78 - 1 77 62 27 

2272 - (0) (0) 3 563 521 

3 - 1 2 12 2 

20 - (0) (0) 186 (0) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 

All Farms 

LIVESTOCK - Con. 

Cattle and calves inventory - Can. 

Cows and heifers that hod calved-Con. Milk cows _____ . _______________________________ forms_ 

number_ 

Forms with- 1 to 4 __________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 __________________________________________ _ 

10 to 49 ________________________________________ _ 50 to 99 ________________________________________ _ 

100 to 199 ______________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 ______________________________________ _ 

500 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Steers, steer colves, bulls, and bull calves _____________ forms_ 

number _ 

Cottle and calves sold ___ . ___________ . ________________ farms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Colves _______ . ___ . _______ • _______________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ Cattle _______________________ . _____ . ___ . _________ forms_ 

number. 

$1.000_ Fattened on groin and concentrates ________________ forms_ 

number _ 

$1,000_ 

Hogs and pigs inventory ______________________________ forms_ 

number_ 

Forms with-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1 to 9 ______________________________________________ _ 

- 10 to 49 ____________________________________________ _ 

- 50 to 99 ____________________________________________ _ 100 to 199 __________________________________________ _ 

200 to 499 __________________________________________ _ 

500 or more _________________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ farms_ 

number _ Other ___________________________________________ farms_ 

number_ 

Hogs and pigs sold __________________________________ farms_ 

number_ 

$1,000_ Feeder pigs sold ___________________________________ farms_ 

litters of pigs farrowed betweennumber_ 

$1,000_ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _________________ farms_ 

number _ Dec. 1 and May 31 ______________________________ farms_ 

number_ June 1 and Nov. 30 ______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

Sheep and lambs of all ages inventory __________________ forms_ 

number _ Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ farms_ 

number _ Sheep and lombs sold ________________________________ forms_ 

number_ 

Sheep and lambs shorn _______________________________ farms_ 

number_ 

pounds of wooL 

Horses and ponies inventory __________________________ forms_ 

number _ Horses and ponies sold _______________________________ farms_ 

number _ 

$1.000_ Goots inventory _____________________________________ farmL 

number _ Goats sold _________________________________________ forms_ 

POULTRY 

number_ 

$1,000_ 

Chickens 3 months old or older inventory _______________ forms_ 

number _ 

Forms 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 _____________________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Hens and pullets of laying oge _______________________ form'-- number _ - Pullets 3 months old or older not of laying age ____________________________________ farms_ - number_ -

See footnote at end of table. 

{Excludes abnormal forms· see text} 

General 

Horticultural forms, 

specialty primarily 

farms (018) crop (019) 

4 41 

6 76 

4 39 

- 1 

- 1 

- - - -

- -

-

6 17;1 

36 743 

8 99 

44 343 

6 31 

88 361 

29 121 

3 141 12 129 

2 17 

5 30 

76 232 

27 104 

1 10 (0) 100 (D) 53 

5 98 

40 803 

4 95 

1 2 

- - - - - 1 

- - 2 7 

(D) 89 

5 98 (D) 714 

1 15 (0) 1 056 (D) 68 

- 10 

- 483 - 16 

2 14 (D) 123 

2 13 (D) 61 

1 11 (D) 62 

14 5 

101 17 

11 3 

50 10 

8 1 

43 (D) 

10 2 

65 (D) 

434 (D) 

25 166 

83 643 

2 - (D) - (D) -

8 6 

15 10 

1 1 (D) (D) 

(D) (D) 

23 100 

579 7 415 

23 99 

- 1 

- -

- - - -

- -

- -

23 99 (D) 6 180 

3 80 (D) 1 235 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

livestock forms, except dairy, 

poultry, and animal specialty (021) 

Beef caffle 

forms, except 

feedlots Total (0212) 

282 168

1 

1 114 814 

239 131 

23 20 

18 16 

2 1 

- - - -

- -

654 422 5 978 4 565 657 404 5491 3 625 

936 619 

16489 12 895 

5 370 4 142 

590 401

6826 5 726 1 1 147 1 035 

802 518 

9 663 7 169 

4 224 3 107 

218 39 

2 006 217 

951 85 

498 122 52 731 1 001 

255 110 97 8 

39 2 34 - 46 2 

27 - 263 24 

6 397 125 

466 114 46 334 876 

388 38 

57 950 976 

5 088 52 143 10 

10383 502 

355 12 

289 28 7863 147 

254 21 

4001 67 214 17 

3 862 80 

260 82 

5 411 572 237 78 3 755 388 190 33 

3263 218 196 39 

4 585 297 30 905 1 990 

406 196 

2 182 1 365 68 16 131 24 

37 5 112 32 1 388 125 69 11 953 45 42 2 

289 138 7 170 2 829 

289 138 

- - - -

- -

- - - - - - 286 137 6699 2 609 

24 10 471 220 

1978-Con. 

Poultry and Animal General forms, 

Dairy forms egg forms specialty primarily 

(024) (025) forms (027) livestock (029) 

808 9 15 60 

47 582 105 17 253 

11 6 15 54 

7 1 - 1 

422 1 - 4 

259 I - 1 

86 - - - 22 - - -

1 - - -

735 21 17 31 

23 806 132 60 223 

458 27 25 19 

1 919 114 81 72 

810 34 23 25 

34 049 288 122 713 

6 278 77 30 283 

749 19 11 16

21 969 171 47 182 1 

1 185 30 7 32 

705 23 17 21 

12 080 117 75 531 

5 093 47 24 250 

28 8 7 10 

469 25 22 46 

199 10 8 19 

67 26 22 55 

2 501 962 92 536 

54 13 19 51 

11 2 3 2 

- 11 - - 1 - - 1 

- - - 1 

1 - -

23 11 5 

487 106 16 7~1 61 25 22 55 

2 014 856 76 463 

34 16 9 14 

3 000 1 338 98 603 

258 49 4 36 

11 12 6 4 

672 1 188 91 152 

15 34 3 4 

24 12 7 9 

417 183 19 74 

23 11 4 8 207 94 7 40 

18 12 5 5 210 89 12 34 

18 17 15 6 193 216 125 79 13 13 14 5 118 139 73 62 10 12 9 4 

92 91 45 40 10 13 11 4 121 160 88 64 846 1 151 637 392 

125 38 251 34 

367 112 2 499 510 10 10 264 5 18 15 960 6 9 2 1 545 2 12 15 31 6 48 67 134 22 3 5 5 2 6 58 33 (D) 

(Z) 3 1 (D) 

85 167 62 40 12 684 1 451 294 2 247 10 397 

78 54 62 39 7 54 - - - 26 - 1 

- 14 - - - 12 - - - 5 - - - 2 - - 83 163 61 32 12 418 1 259 061 1 226 9 885 

7 48 29 20 266 192 233 1 021 512 

MASSACHUSETTS 103 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 1978-Con. 

(Excludes abnormal farms; see text) 

All Farms 

POULTRY - Con. 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ____________________ forms_ - number _ - Broilers and other meat·type chickens sold ______________ forms_ - number _ - Farms with- 1 to 1,999 __________________________________________ _ 

2,000 to 59,999 ______________________________________ _ -

- 60,000 to 99,999 _____________________________________ _ 

- 100,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

-

Turkey hens kept for breedin9 _________________________ farms_ - number _ - Turkeys sold _______________________________________ farms_ - number _ -

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn for all purposes ________________________________ farms-- aeres_ -

T obaeeo ___________________________________________ forms_ - aeres_ 

paunds_ Irrigoted _________________________________________ farms_ 

acres- Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

hundredweight _ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

1.0 to 4.9 oereL _____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 oereL ____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 oeres- ___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Hoy crops (see text) _________________________________ farms_ 

aeres_ 

tons. dry_ Irrigated _________________________________________ forms_ 

acres_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 oeres ________________________________________ _ 

25 to 99 aeres _______________________________________ _ 100 to 499 ocres _____________________________________ _ 

SOO'aeres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Alfalfa hay _______________________________________ farm._ 

acres_ 

tons, dry_ Irrigated _______________________________________ forms_ 

ocres_ 

All vegetables harvested for sole (see text) ______________ far'ms_ 

ocres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ formsocres_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 fa 4.9 aereL ________________ . _____________________ _ 

5,0 to 24.9 ocre. _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 ocre. ____________________________________ _ 

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-

-

-

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 100.0 ocres or mare __________________________________ _ 

-

land in orchards ____________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

forms by acres in orchards! 0.1 to 4,9 ocre. ______________________________________ _ 

S.O ta 24.9 acres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99,9 acre'- ___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Apples __________________________________________ farms_ 

total ocres_ 

pounds_ 

See footnote at end of table, 

104 MASSACHUSEnS 

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-

-

-

Total forms Cosh groin farm. (011) 

269 - 1 085 843 - 47 - 159 991 -

41 - 6 -

- - - -

19 - 1 661 - 67 - 137 213 -

1 136 36 

43 535 654 

44 -

1 078 - 1 536 802 - 15 - 607 -

18 - 16 - 10 -

185 - 3 501 - 748 993 - 24 - 178 -

52 - 75 - 33 - 18 -

7 -

3 063 7 

131 234 85 

258 428 140 

15 - 235 -

1 334 6 

1 413 1 

312 - 4 -

1 070 - 26 582 - 66 706 -

7 -

151 -

1 086 - 15 172 - 327 - 4 490 -

472 - 448 -

145 - 21 -

508 -

8 475 - 38 - 119 -

266 - 149 - 75 - 18 -

445 - 7 623 - 91 420 913 -

1 

Field crop forms except cash groin forms (013) 

Sugar crop, 

Irish potato, 

hay, peanut, 

and other 

field crop Vegetoble and 

coHon farms Tobacco forms farm. (0133. melon farms Fruit and tree 

Total (0131) (0132) 0134.0139) (016) nut farm. (017) 

31 - - 31 11 3 

474 - - 474 I 947 60 

1 - - 1 2 1 (0) - - (0) (0) (0) 

1 - - 1 2 1 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1 - - 1 3 1 

(0) - - (0) 57 (0) 

2 - - 2 4 - (0) - - (0) 953 -

119 - 2 117 4D 11 

2 598 - (0) (0) 454 218 

34 - 31 3 1 - 1 008 - 989 19 (0) -

393 858 - 1 354 058 39 800 (0) - 14 - 14 - 1 - (0) - (0) - (0) -

13 - 11 2 - -

11 - 10 1 1 - 10 - 10 - - -

75 - 5 70 57 3 

2904 - 24 2880 220 1 

629 572 - 5 680 623 892 38 820 52 

5 - 1 4 16 - 108 - (0) 107 47 -

3 - 2 1 19 2 

34 - - 34 30 1 

18 - 3 15 7 - 14 - - 14 1 -

6 - - 6 - -

761 - 4 757 142 104 

28 507 - 43 28464 1 854 1 828 

53919 - 77 53 842 3 490 2 878 

- - - - 4 3 

- - - - 131 8 

288 - 3 285 117 80 

432 - 1 431 24 22 

4D - - 40 1 2 

1 - - 1 - -

264 - - 264 28 22 

5 707 - - 5 707 338 166 

13 633 - - 13 633 947 230 

- - - - 4 -

- - - - 119 -

91 - 8 83 651 61 

644 - 46 598 11 354 439 

30 - - 30 201 19 

137 - - 137 3 465 128 

46 - 4 42 238 40 

42 - 4 38 289 18 

1 - - 1 106 3 

2 - - 2 18 -

32 - 1 31 78 287 

91 - (0) (0) 394 7 638 

1 - - 1 9 n (0) - - (0) 29 53 

28 - 1 27 59 86 

4 - - 4 12 116 

- - - - 7 67 

- - - - - 18 

32 - 1 31 41 279 

81 - (0) (0) 282 7009 

109 106 - (0) (0) 1 718 460 88 988 060 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 
Table 35. Summary by Standard Industrial Classification of Farm: 

All Farms 

POULTRY - Con, 

Chickens 3 months old or older sold ____________________ forms_ 

number_ Broilers and other meat·type chickens sold ______________ forms_ 

number_ 

Forms with- 1 to 1,999 __________________________________________ _ 

2,000 to 59,999 ______________________________________ _ 

60,000 to 99,999 _____________________________________ _ 

100,000 or more _____________________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breedin9 _________________________ forms_ 

number _ Turkeys sold _______________________________________ forms_ 

number _ 

CROPS HARVESTED 

Corn for all purposes ________________________________ forms_ 

ocreL 

Tobacco ___________________________________________ formsocres_ 

pounds- Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 ocres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Irish potatoes ______________________________________ farmL 

acreshundredweighL Irrigated _________________________________________ forms_ 

acres- Forms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 0.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 1.0 to 4.9 ocres ______________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 acres _____________________________________ _ 25.0 to 99.9 aereL ___________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Hoy crops (see text) _________________________________ formL 

acreL 

tons, dry_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

ocres_ 

Forms by acres harvested: 1 to 24 ocre5 ________________________________________ _ 25 to 99 aeres _______________________________________ _ 

100 to 499 oereL ____________________________________ _ 

500 acres or more ___________________________________ _ 

Alfalfa hay _______________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ 

tons, dry_ 

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-

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-

-

-

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-

-

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Irrigated _______________________________________ forms_ - ocres_ 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ______________ farms_ 

acres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farm5_ 

acres_ 

Farms by acres harvested: 0.1 to 4.9 acres ______________________________________ _ 

5,0 to 24.9 aeres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 aeres ____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

land in orchards ____________________________________ farms_ 

acres_ Irrigated _________________________________________ farms_ 

acreL 

Farms by acres in orchards: 0.1 to 4.9 aereL _____________________________________ _ 

5.0 to 24.9 aeres _____________________________________ _ 

25.0 to 99.9 aeres ____________________________________ _ 

100.0 acres or more __________________________________ _ 

Apples _____________________ " ____________________ forms_ 

total acres_ 

pounds_ 

11978 data ore based on a sample of forms; see text. 

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-

-

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-

-

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

{Excludes abnormal farms; see text] 

General 

Horticultural farms, 

specialty primarily 

farms (018) crop (019) 

5 5 

232 518 

1 - (D) -

1 - - -

- - - -

1 - (0) - - 1 

- (0) 

10 33 

59 320 

-

- 2~1 - 50 891 

- -

- -

- 3 

- 2 

- -

2 20 (0) 151 (D) 30 283 

- 3 

- (0) 

- 4 

- 7 

- 7 

1 2 

1 -

45 251 

614 5 742 

1 098 6 802 

1 2 (D) (0) 

37 164 

7 78 

1 9 

- -

10 43 

100 724 

151 1 318 

- -

- -

74 43 

925 533 

42 8 

478 98 

43 23 

18 9 

12 11 

1 -

28 12 

66 87 

11 1 

31 (D) 

26 6 

1 6 

1 - - -

24 9 

25 76 

80 919 269 300 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 

livestock forms, except dairy. 

poultry, and animal specially (021) 

Beef cottle 

forms, except 

feedlots 

Total (0212) 

30 7 

1 441 359 

22 14 

1 262 979 

22 14 

- - - -

- -

7 2 

38 (D) 

26 15 

446 297 

226 121/ 4 643 2 225 

-

- =1 - - - -

- -

- - - - - -

12 2 7 (0) 

1 153 (0) 

- - - -

10 1 

2 1 

- - - -

- -

798 495 

24 851 17 362 

39 504 28 322 

2 2 (0) (D) 

415 222 

353 253 

30 20 

- -

253 156 

4 140 2 766 

8 832 6 219 

1 1 

(0) (D) 

81 47 

383 214 

II 4 

30 10 

41 19 39 28 

1 -

- -

49 21 

111 43 

2 1 (D) (0) 

43 19 

6 2 

- - - -

44 21 

89 39 

17 215 6 855 

1978-(on. 

Poultry and Animol General forms, 

Dairy farms egg forms s~cjolty primarily 

(024) (025) forms (027) livestock (029) 

17 145 14 8 

7 241 1 067 181 314 6 435 

- 17 2 1 

- 157 894 (D) CO) 

- 11 2 1 

- 6 - -

- - - -

- - - -

1 4 - I 

(0) 1 551 - (D) 

- 30 - 4 

- 134 294 - 1 228 

607 18 7 29 

34 205 152 31 201 

4 - - -

(D) - - -

(D) - - -

- - - -

- - - -

2 - - -

2 - - -

- - - -

7 2 - 7 

24 (D) - 4 

5 868 (0) - 870 

- - - -

- - - -

6 2 - 6 

- - - 1 

1 - -

=1 - - -

- - -

748 62 76 69 

61 816 1 379 2 135 2 423 

141 095 2 328 3 301 3 873 

2 1 - - (0) (D) - -

87 49 41 50 

442 II 31 12 

216 2 4 7 

3 - - -

405 12 18 15 

14 267 223 464 453 39 023 485 707 1 380 

2 - - - (0) - - -

49 26 4 6 569 267 14 46 

6 8 - 2 77 (D) - (0) 

23 11 4 3 20 10 - 3 

6 5 - - - - - -

10 5 6 1 66 (0) 14 (0) - 1 - - - (0) - -

6 5 6 1 4 - - - - - - - - - - -

8 4 4 - 52 5 5 - 237 253 - 600 -

MASSACHUSETTS lOS 
Table 1. Number, Land, and Value of Farms: 1978 and 1974 

Forms 

Massochusetts _________ 1978_ - 5 891 

1974_ - 4 497 

Barnstable ____________________ 1978_ - 117 

1974_ - 102 Berkshire _____________________ 1978_ - 318 

1974_ - 305 8ristoL _______________________ 1978_ - 554 

1974_ - 511 Dukes ________________________ 1978_ - 53 1974_ - 22 Essex ________________________ 1978_ - 344 

1974_ - 311 

Franklin ______________________ 1978_ - 456 

1974_ - 404 Hompden _____________________ 1978_ - 367 

1974_ - 311 Hampshire ____________________ 1978_ - 493 

1974_ - 495 Middlesex _____________________ 1978_ - 574 

1974 -- 504 NontuckeL________ _ _____ 1978 -- 9 

1974 -- 6 

Norfolk____________ _ _____ 1978 -- 203 

1974 -- 172 Plymouth _____________________ 1978 -- 589 

1974 -- 532 Suffolk ______________________ 1978 -- 5 

1974 -- 6 Worcester ____________________ 1978 -- 864 

1974 -- 816 

Farms nof on moillisL __________ 1978 -- 945 

11978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Land Use: 

All Farms 

Part 1 of 2 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

Brisfol ____________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesey _________________________ _ 

Nantucket _________________________ _ Norfolk. __________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1978 

Totol 

Forms 

5 526 

113 

311 

500 

53 

314 

449 

346 

481 

520 

9 

184 

554 

3 

808 

881 

Forms and land in forms 

All forms Forms with sofes of $2,500 or more 

Average Average Acres in size of form Percent of Acres in size of form I farms (acres) land area Farms forms (acres) 

678 714 115 13.6 3 859 535 675 139 601 734 134 12.0 3 185 496 050 156 

4 162 36 1.7 87 3372 39 4 495 44 1.8 65 3 618 56 71 215 224 11.8 219 57 915 264 

73 110 240 12.1 197 57 591 292 45 408 82 12.8 410 38 028 93 42 074 82 11.9 382 35 273 92 II 782 222 17.7 29 8 038 277 9 116 414 13.7 12 8 032 669 

30 216 88 9.6 244 24 790 102 28 868 93 9.1 218 24 067 110 

80 325 176 17.7 342 69 222 202 72 909 180 16.1 283 62 024 219 43 433 118 11.0 259 33 937 131 42 123 135 10.6 242 35 815 148 61 194 124 18.1 347 49 235 142 64 891 131 19.2 323 51 051 158 

41 529 72 7.9 434 32 961 76 42 974 85 8.1 365 33 466 92 I 620 180 5.5 6 807 135 I 044 174 - 4 (D) 239 

14 013 69 5.6 149 11 077 74 

II 965 70 4.7 122 9 111 75 

82 924 141 19.8 457 76 271 167 

77 404 145 18.5 392 70 677 180 

22 4 0.1 5 22 4 

15 3 - 4 (D) 3 129 516 150 13.4 600 102 397 171 

130 746 160 13.5 576 104 359 181 

61 355 65 (X) 271 27 603 102 

Cropland 

Harvested Used only for posture 

Acres Forms Acres Farms Acres 

311 030 5 107 213 669 2 510 77 443 

1 537 111 1 163 10 216 

34 524 296 24 294 183 9 381 

24 119 461 15 774 214 6 149 

2 021 50 1 014 19 847 

16672 291 12 286 115 2 914 

34 537 432 23 772 262 9493 

19 746 326 13 526 122 4035 

32 581 466 24 431 179 6 596 

23 131 475 17 260 168 4 282 

537 9 298 4 229 

5 616 170 3 714 54 I 621 

22 274 537 18 234 97 2 005 

4 3 4 - - 59 387 770 41 635 418 14 590 

34 344 710 16 264 665 15 085 

Cropland- (on. Woodland 

All Farms 

Part 2 of 2 

In cultivated summer Idle Postured Not postured follow 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

Massochusetts- ____________ _ - 106 1 308 744 13 478 995 37 673 3 142 234 890 

Barnstable ________________________ _ - 3 (D) 16 102 5 68 36 (D) 

Berkshire _________________________ _ - 13 50 29 567 96 5 202 206 23 038 

8rislo'- ___________________________ _ 

- 14 396 57 1 150 75 2 764 265 11 076 

- 1 (D) 5 65 6 (0) 29 5 905 

- 10 152 68 1 073 36 741 158 8 461 

- 10 92 46 510 129 6 901 306 32 200 

Dukes ___________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

franklin __________________________ _ 

- 7 67 56 1 509 66 2 861 218 16 105 

- 13 269 82 803 92 3 563 254 18 695 

- 13 67 88 I 084 70 1 485 244 11 224 

- - - - - 1 (0) 1 (0) 

- 3 (D) 12 146 25 1 811 73 4 947 

5 27 65 I 297 45 1 902 292 36 808 

- - - - - I (D) - -

- 14 118 95 2 360 218 8 428 536 45 794 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

NontuckeL _____________________ - __ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

- Forms n01 on moil hsL ______________ _ - - 125 2 812 130 1 279 524 19 150 

Value of land and buildings 1 

(dollors) 

All forms Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

Average Average Average Average 

per form per acre per farm per acre 

168 952 I 443 195 905 I 399 

128 535 961 150 448 966 

136 201 3 272 137 637 3 538 

120 235 2 728 149 431 2 685 

206 552 987 249 796 I 086 

169 249 706 212 756 728 

171 916 2 010 202 445 I 986 

104 820 1 273 119 272 1 292 

411 351 1 850 440 471 1 589 

356 727 861 406 667 608 

228 541 2 555 271 565 2 571 

145 463 I 567 172 945 1 567 

151 880 879 175 418 894 

119 250 661 146 905 670 

161 856 I 373 182 538 I 462 

114 141 843 130 215 880 

137 966 1 098 160 580 1 157 

97 166 741 119 610 757 

256 638 3 131 248 961 2 914 

167 381 I 963 187 890 2 049 

535 889 2 977 637 167 4 737 

382 833 2 200 527 500 2 209 

176 272 2 186 193 150 2 110 

133 808 1 924 137 951 I 847 

155 348 I 146 167 977 1 036 

122 406 841 146 577 813 

48 000 10 909 48 000 10 909 

131 833 52 733 161 250 58 636 

177 198 1 109 202 777 1 092 

122 713 766 142 467 786 

93 650 1 442 93 988 923 

In cover crops On which all crops foiled 

Forms Acres Forms Acres 

338 4 289 130 843 

8 18 7 (0) 

15 161 6 71 

42 589 13 61 

8 80 3 (D) 

25 184 9 63 

43 636 10 34 

27 487 12 122 

33 386 12 96 

26 350 12 88 

I (0) - - 7 (D) 6 35 

24 576 16 135 

- - - - 46 585 18 99 

33 177 6 6 

Other pastureland land in house lots, ponds, 

and range/and roods, wasteland, etc. 

Farms Acres Farms Acres 

708 31 268 4 020 63 853 

5 (0) 82 I 010 

70 5 055 201 3 396 

64 2 583 372 4 866 

9 1 450 31 1 760 

45 1 189 221 3 153 

74 3 371 302 3 316 

51 1 502 240 3 219 

64 2 454 304 3 901 

58 1 091 393 4 598 

3 (D) 5 (D) 

21 346 132 1 293 

40 3 179 424 18 761 

1 (D) 2 (D) 

156 6 447 552 9 460 

47 2 386 759 4 196 

106 MASSACHUSETTS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 3. Irrigation: 1978 

Irrigated lond according to use land in irrigote-d forms 

All Farms Toiol Harvested cropland Postureland Other lond Acres of 

Acres of harvested 

Farms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Acres cropland cropland 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable _____________ • ____ • ____ ._ 

Berkshire _____ • ___________________ • BristoL. ___________ • _._. ____ • _____ _ Dukes __ • __ • ___________ • _________ ._ 

Essex __ • __________________ • ______ _ 

Franklin ___ • ___________ • ____ . _____ _ 

Hampden _______ • ___ ._. ___________ • Hampshire _____________ • __________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Nantucket _________________ • _____ • __ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymoulh _________________________ _ Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

- I 027 16 941 I I 020 16 773

1 

10 100 18 68 95 883 32 784 26 961 

- 74 781 74 7741 I (0)1 2 (0) 2 776 I 049 813 

- 12 79 12 79 .- (0)1 

- - 213 153 135 

- 113 I 423 112 I 406 I 3 (D) 7 884 3 818 2 675 

- 10 (0) 9 44 - - I (0) (D) (0) (D) 

- 84 914 84 914 - - - - 5 027 2 850 2 505 

- 25 526 25 (0) - - 2 (0) 3 092 I 603 I 165 

- 42 880 42 (0) - - I (0) 3469 I 962 I 596 

- 21 292 21 292 - - - - I 130 705 575 

- 128 I 2791 127 (0) I (D) I (0) 5 591 3 495 3 159 

- 6 194 6 194 - - - - 831 455 266 

- 49 257 49 (D) I (D) - - I 793 921 586 

- 345 9 464 344 9 418 4 (0) 2 (0) 53 537 II 659 10 305 

- I (D) I (0) - - - - (0) (D) (D) 

Worcester _________ • _._. _._ •• _____ _ 

- 56 612 53 576 2 (0) 3 (0) 5 162 I 989 I 616 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ - 61 188 61 185 - - 3 3 4 803 I 770 I 240 

Table 4. Farms by Tenure of Operator: 1978 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

All Farms Percent of Percent of 

Totol Full owners Port owners Tenants tenancy Total Full owners Port owners Tenants tenancy 

Massochusetts _____________ _ 

- 5 891 3 846 I 685 360 6.1 3 859 2 288 I 302 269 7.0 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- ))7 88 23 6 5.1 87 65 17 5 5.7 Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- 318 179 123 16 5.0 219 104 102 13 5.9 BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 554 332 158 64 11.6 410 224 133 53 12.9 Dukes ____________________________ _ 

- 53 34 14 5 9.4 29 17 II I 3.4 Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 344 234 85 25 7.3 244 154 70 20 8.2 Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 456 214 218 24 5.3 342 138 182 22 6.4 Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 367 240 III 16 4.4 259 149 95 15 5.8 Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 493 286 174 33 6.7 347 172 150 25 7.2 Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 574 388 141 45 7.8 434 279 116 39 9.0 NontuckeL ________________________ _ 

- 9 5 2 2 22.2 6 2 2 2 .33.3 Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 203 146 43 14 6.9 149 100 37 12 8.1 Plymoulh _________________________ _ 

- 589 482 81 26 4.4 457 372 63 22 4.8 Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

- Worcester 5 4 - I 20.0 5 4 - I 20.0 ________________________ _ 

- 864 528 292 44 5.1 600 322 246 32 5.3 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

- 945 686 220 39 4.1 271 186 78 7 2.6 i 

Table 5. Farms and Land in Farms by Type of Organization: 1978 

Corporation 

All Farms Individual or family Partnership Other - coopero five, estate 

Family held Other than family held or trust, institutional. etc. 

Farms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Farms Acres Forms Acres 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

- 5 017 489 437 447 73 987 325 (D) 40 (0) 62 28 858 

Sarnsloble ________________________ _ 

Serkshir. _________________________ _ SrisloL _________________________ . __ _ 

Dukes _____________________________ _ 

Essex _____________________________ _ 

Franklin ___________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 104 3 352 3 34 7 196 - - 3 580 

- 267 54 637 34 )) 983 16 (0) - - I (D) 

- 479 33 723 45 4 054 19 5 789 3 92 8 I 750 44 3 726 4 429 I (D) - - 4 (0) 

283 22 613 26 2 318 27 3 558 I (0) 7 (0) 388 60 619 48 13 996 14 4 503 4 (D) 2 (D) 

- 319 36 983 28 3 670 16 1 934 4 846 - Hampshire ________________________ _ - Middlesex _________________________ _ 

NonluckeL ________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymoulh _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester _________________________ _ 

- 416 44 910 49 7 740 21 6 826 2 (D) 5 (D) 

- 445 31 439 45 2 104 69 5 004 7 699 8 2 283 

- 8 (D) - - - - I (D) - - - 161 11 058 10 909 26 565 2 (0) 4 (0) 

- 452 30 786 62 7 436 51 22 121 12 17 715 12 4 866 

- 3 (D) - - I (D) I (0) - - 718 94066 S5 17 970 50 10935 3 172 8 6 373 

Farms not on maillisL _______________ _ 930 59 976 8 I 344 7 35 - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA MASSACHUSETIS 107 
Tobie 6. Characteristics of Operators: 1978 

All Farms 

Operators Operators by ptoce of Operators reporting days of work off form Operators by principal residence occupation 

On farm Not on form 100 to 199 200 doys Mole Female Average age operated operated Any days 1 to 99 doys days or more Forming Other 

MossochusettL ____________ _ 

- 5 438 453 51.9 4 780 743 3 275 440 538 2 297 3 062 2 829 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

NontuckeL ________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 102 15 54.0 73 28 58 15 11 32 74 43 298 20 52.7 256 34 141 33 22 86 208 110 - 522 32 51.7 426 79 288 32 58 198 317 237 

- 49 4 55.5 42 8 36 8 7 21 23 30 

- 314 30 51.5 279 46 179 31 42 106 198 146 

- 421 35 52.0 389 38 222 37 53 132 281 175 

- 334 33 53.9 297 45 190 29 45 116 205 162 

- 457 36 53.9 406 58 245 43 41 161 297 196 

- 525 49 51.7 448 80 278 44 60 174 329 245 

- 9 - 50.7 7 2 6 3 1 2 4 5 

- 188 15 53.9 151 35 96 18 7 71 106 97 

- 534 55 53.0 343 193 318 55 60 203 328 261 

- 3 2 51.0 2 3 1 - - 1 2 3 

- 807 57 51.8 741 69 462 61 81 320 480 384 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ - 875 70 48.7 920 25 755 31 50 674 210 735 

Tobie 7. Farms by Value of Sales and Occupation: 1978 

Forms with sales of $20,000 or more Farms with soles of less than $20,000 

All Farms Occupation Occupation 

Abnormal forms 

Forms Total Farming Other than forming Total Farming Other than forming (see text) 

MossachusettL ____________ _ - 5 891 1 740 1 545 195 4 131 1 501 2 630 20 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 117 28 27 I 88 46 42 1 Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- 318 128 124 4 189 83 106 1 BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 554 194 167 27 359 150 209 1 Dukes ____________________________ _ 

- 53 4 3 1 48 20 28 I Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 344 104 98 6 239 99 140 I Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 456 177 165 12 279 116 163 - Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 367 119 107 12 248 98 150 - Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 493 164 157 7 326 137 189 3 Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 574 205 180 25 365 145 220 4 NantuckeL ________________________ _ - 9 3 3 - 6 1 5 - Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 203 66 52 14 136 53 83 1 Plymouth _________________________ _ 

- 589 200 163 37 386 163 223 3 Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

- 5 3 - 3 2 2 - - Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 864 323 284 39 537 193 344 . 4 

Forms nof on moil IisL ______________ _ - 945 22 15 7 923 195 728 -

Tobie 8. Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1978 

Field crop except cash grain (013) 

All Farms 

Part 1 of 2 

Massochusetts _____________ _ 

- Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- BristoL ________________________ - __ - Dukes ____________________________ _ Essex ____________________________ _ -

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex - _________________________ _ 

- NontuckeL _____________________ - __ _ - Norfolk __________________ - ________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

- Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

- Worcester ________________________ _ 

-

Farms not on moillisL ______________ _ -

108 MASSACHUSETTS 

Farms 

5 891 

117 

318 

554 

53 

344 

456 

367 

493 

574 

9 

203 

589 

5 

864 

945 

Cosh groin (011) Totol (013) 

39 843 

- 4 

1 54 

1 63 

- 10 

- 60 

2 86 

1 54 

7 95 

- 78 

- I 

- 26 

- 35 

- -

- 136 

27 141 

Sugar crop, 

Irish potato, 

hoy, peanut, and 

other field crop Vegetable and Fruit and tree nut 

Cotlon (0131) Tobocco (0132) (0133,0134,0139) melon (016) (017) 

- 31 812 651 740 

- - 4 10 63 

- - 54 18 11 

- - 63 110 44 

- - 10 8 1 

- - 60 61 22 

- 9 77 38 30 - 8 46 48 47 

- 14 81 100 32 

- - 78 75 50 

- - 1 2 3 

- - 26 18 10 

- - 35 53 307 

- - - - - - - 136 47 86 

- - 141 63 34 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 8. Farms by Standard Industrial Classification: 1978-Con. 

All Farms 

Part 2 of 2 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ Berkshire _________________________ _ 

Bristol ____________________________ _ Dukes ________________________ - ___ _ 

Essex ________________________ - ___ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ Hampden __ . ______________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Nantucket _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ______________________ .. ____ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Horticultural General. primarily 

specialty (018) crop (019) 

645 270 

25 3 

25 13 

56 15 

10 2 

56 7 

20 15 

54 6 

27 20 

131 19 

2 - 70 5 

51 11 

3 - 62 15 

53 139 

livestock except dairy, poultry, and animal specialty (021) 

Beef cottle, except 

Total feedlots (0212) 

1 230 6191 

5 21 

77 55 

123 50 

14 7 

55 24 

105 72 

68 

74 35/ 41 

109 43 

-

27 10 

49 16 

- - 225 112 

299 152 

Table 9. Farms by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 

[Excludes abnormal forms; see text] 

Dairy (024) 

822 

-

100 

88 

3 

27 

133 

61 

102 

42 

-

21 

29 

-

209 

7 

1978 

General, 

Poultry and egg Animal specialty primarily livestock 

(025) (027) (029) 

207 340 1041 

2 4 1 

9 8 2 

27 22 5 

I 2 2 

16 33 7 

6 18 3 

II 15 2 

16 11 9 

33 32 5 

- I -

11 II 4 

18 27 9 

- 2 -

35 38 II 

22 116 44 

Forms with sales of $2,500 or more Farms with soles less thon $2,500 

$1,000 to 

$100,000 $40,000 to $20,000 to $10,000 to $5,000 to $2,500 to $2,000 to $1,500 to $1,499 

Farms Total or more $99,999 $39.999 $19,999 $9,999 $4,999 Total $2,499 $1,999 (see text) 

Massachusetts _____________ _ - 5 871 3 859 487 688 565 556 714 849 2 012 259 337 I 416 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 116 87 2 12 14 II 28 20 29 7 7 15 

- 317 219 44 55 29 20 35 36 98 19 10 69

1 - 553 410 43 83 68 66 76 74 143 25 28 90 

- 52 29 - I 3 6 12 7 23 6 6 II 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 343 244 34 37 33 42 52 46 99 15 21 63 Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 456 342 50 72 55 44 44 77 114 18 22 74 Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 367 259 40 45 34 47 39 54 108 17 20 71 Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex - 490 347 46 70 48 45 69 69 143 25 28 90 _________________________ _ 

- 570 434 62 85 58 74 57 98 136 25 31 80 NantuckeL ________________________ _ - 9 6 I I I 2 I - 3 I - 2 Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 202 149 14 24 28 20 22 41 53 8 13 32 Plymouth _________________________ _ - 586 457 57 74 69 56 104 97 129 23 27 79 Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

- 5 5 2 I - - 2 - - - - Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 860 600 92 128 103 71 95 III I 260 49 39 172 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ - 945 271 - - 22 52 78 119 1 674 21 85 568 

Table 10. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold for All Farms: 1978 

Products sold Crops, including nursery and livestock and livestock products Poultry and poultry products greenhouse products 

Total Average per form Value Value Value ($1,000) (dollars) Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Massochusetts _____________ _ - 214 675 36 441 3 427 100 829 2928 95 164 574 18 682 

- 2 048 17 502 104 I 973 26 58 II 16 

- 13 289 41 788 148 I 850 219 10 305 25 I 134 

- 19 657 35 482 322 8 307 277 9 695 61 I 655 

- 363 6 848 41 235 27 122 11 6 

- II 789 34 271 229 6 528 156 3 845 36 1 416 

- 19443 42 637 244 6 699 303 12 182 36 562 - 14 179 38 635 224 8 893 178 4 546 23 740 

- 21 741 44 100 327 9 750 236 9 105 36 2 886 

- 41 016 71 457 382 20 437 232 17 611 69 2 968 

- 249 27 704 8 (D) 4 (D) - - - 5 829 28 714 136 4 253 75 1 253 20 324 

- 25 581 43 431 468 19 310 157 5 594 45 676 - 360 72003 3 (D) 2 (0) - - - 36 450 42 188 441 II 248 561 19 081 85 6 121 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ________________________ . __ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex _________________________ _ 

NantuckeL _______________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

- 2 681 2 838 350 750 475 I 753 116 178 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA MASSACHUSETTS 109 
Table 11. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold for Farms with Sales of $2,500 or More: 1978 

Products sold Crops including nursery and livestock and livestock products Poultry and poultry products greenhouse products 

Totol Average per form Value Value Value ($1,000) (dollars) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ - 211 420 54 786 2 522 99 469 I 946 93 443 323 18 508 

- I 984 22 806 83 I 940 16 43 5 2 - 13 167 60 124 105 I 7981 164 10238 14 I 131 

- 19 437 47 407 258 8 210 198 9584 45 I 643 - 327 II 288 25 212 15 III 7 4 

- 1I 593 47 511 178 6 428 106 3 778 24 I 387 - 19 319 56 488 199 6648 236 12 III 26 561 

- 14 061 54 290 175 8840 115 4483 18 738 

- 21 303 61 393 232 9 562 186 8870 27 2872 

- 40 521 93 367 319 20 268 163 17 336 43 2917 

- 246 41 013 6 (0) 2 (0) -- - - 5 700 38 254 108 4 215 51 I 163 16 322 - 25 308 55 378 389 19 150 1I0 5490 27 668 

- 360 72 003 3 (0) 2 (0) - - - 35 902 59 837 319 II 061 396 18 730 55 6 1I1 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

NontuckeL ________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ Plymouth _________________________ _ Suffolk ___________________________ _ Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

- 2 192 8 087 123 547 186 I 492 16 152 

Table 12. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 

All Farms 

Part 1 of 2 

Massochusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

NantuckeL ________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

All Farms 

Part 2 of 2 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Barnstable ________________________ _ - Berksh!re _________________________ _ 

- 8risto'- ___________________________ _ Dukes ____________________________ _ - Essex ____________________________ _ -

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ -

- Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex - _________________________ _ 

- NontuckeL ________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ -

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

- Suffolk ___________________________ _ Worcester - ________________________ _ 

-

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ -

110 MASSACHUSmS 

[1978 data are bosed on a sample of forms; see text) 

Livestock and poultry feed for livestock and poultry Seeds, bulbs, plants, Animal health costs purchased and trees 

Total Commercially mi)(ed formula feed 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms Tons ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1.000) 

2 042 II 382 3 319 40 503 2 187 220 646 33 467 2492 1 518 3051 7 838 

20 13 33 24 13 52 8 19 4 46 49 109 475 247 4042 206 24 710 3 604 134 142 152 207

211 I 704 275 4009 168 19 609 2 951 211 96 318 1 322 1 25 20 29 81 15 258 45 18 6 37 12 110 I 028 162 I 541 44 6 773 I 105 91 52 212 664 192 957 312 3 909 200 23 187 3456 284 224 289 359 

85 184 199 I 921 127 12059 I 617 125 72 217 365 148 813 235 4 467 173 27958 3 999 211 158 328 620 172 2 593 258 6 076 136 26668 5 051 210 259 306 I 870 2 (0) 4 (0) I (0) (0) I (0) 5 24 

59 146 85 606 46 2871 411 66 16 121 719 148 808 197 2 224 142 II 519 1 740 134 72 199 441 

2 (0) I (0) I (0) (0) 2 (0) 3 125 359 2 204 592 10 584 398 62 409 9 073 474 294 493 961 

400 433 690 I 012 517 2 551 405 512 124 325 100 

Other agricultural Customwark, and Energy and petroleum Commercial fertilizer Hired form lobar Contract lobar rental of machinery chemicals, including lime and equipment products 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses 

Farms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) 

4 008 7 360 3 791 4035 2 768 40 716 469 I 658 I 177 I 705 5 852 16044 

83 47 82 49 45 337 31 79 20 16 115 175 

223 539 150 135 146 I 414 12 42 51 42 320 762 

442 663 398 281 306 2 783 39 64 84 81 549 I 440 

42 30 39 18 23 93 5 10 15 7 52 46 

229 508 194 243 155 2 545 33 34 72 55 344 974 

353 942 303 410 250 3 419 38 91 148 164 457 I 018 

259 694 255 344 197 3334 40 108 79 85 367 I 157 

400 1 221 351 488 262 3 772 37 51 114 86 488 I 780 

408 620 370 385 320 II 518 55 314 99 594 564 3 547 

6 (0) 8 10 6 65 I (0) 4 (0) 9 17 

112 103 106 43 100 I 197 12 19 16 12 200 760 

440 505 469 772 299 4 032 99 468 185 354 583 I 431 

2 (0) 3 4 3 33 I (0) I (0) 4 40 

586 I 256 532 701 461 5 839 57 359 216 193 855 2 537 

423 212 531 153 195 335 9 6 73 14 945 359 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 13. Energy Expenses and Fuel Storage Capacity for Farm Business: 1978 

{1978 dota ore based on a sample of forms; see text] 

Totol Gasoline Diesel fuel 

All Farms 

Part 1 of 3 

Storage capacity Storage capacity 

MassochuseftL ____________ _ 

Barnsfable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ Dukes _________ • __________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex _________________________ _ 

NantuckeL ________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

All Farms 

Part 2 of 3 

MassochusettL ____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

NantuckeL ________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ Plymouth _________________________ _ Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

All Farms 

Part 3 of 3 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- BristoL ___________________________ _ - Dukes ____________________________ _ -

- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- Fronklin __________________________ _ Hompden _________________________ _ -

- Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- Middesex. ________________________ _ Nontucke'-________________________ _ - Norfolk ___________________________ _ - Plymouth _________________________ _ - Suffolk ___________________________ _ -

- Worcester ________________________ _ 

-

Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ -

Purchased 

Expenses Expenses (1,000 

Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) gollons) Forms 

5 852 16044 5 536 4 824 8044 1 I 899 

115 175 108 91 145 21 

320 762 296 253 412 128 

549 I 440 530 497 850 171 

52 46 50 19 31 15 

344 974 332 298 497 96 

457 I 018 448 414 681

1 

196 

367 I 157 347 376 617 137 

488 I 780 486 583 979 236 

564 3 547 537 608 I 026 205 

9 17 9 5 8 6 

200 760 182 132 228 34 

583 I 431 560 551 932 135 4 40 3 4 7 -

855 2 537 818 810 I 325 373 

945 359 830 183 3041 146 

lP gas, butane, and propane 

Storage copacity 

Purchased Size 

Expenses (1,000 (1,000 Forms ($1,000) gallons) Forms go lions) 

492 519 I 002 206 223 

14 4 7 I (0) 

10 10 19 9 4 40 12 23 17 11 I (0) (0) - - 45 31 62 6 8 40 (0) 202 21 50 30 123 242 24 66 29 61 114 20 24 82 63 125 33 17 - - - - - 16 3 (0) 7 I 80 55 110 23 26 I (0) (0) 1 (0) 

75 42 80 38 141 

29 5 9 6 (0) 

Natural gas Kerosene, motor oil, and grease 

Expenses Expenses 

Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) 

150 171 5 844 928 

6 4 113 17 - - 320 64 

8 12 549 72 

- - 52 4 

14 8 344 50 2 (0) 457 58 II 20 363 57 

3 I 488 78 25 83 564 242 

- - 9 2 

5 2 200 22 9 7 582 101 

2 (0) 4 (Z) 

9 26 854 119 

56 6 945 43 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 

Size Purchased Size 

(1,000 Expenses (1,000 (1,000 

gollons) Forms ($1,000) gollons) Forms gollons) 

I 098 I 738 I 117 2 237 I 004 432 

13 6 (0) (0) I (0) 

66 117 82 160 86 27 

92 159 147 295 96 71 

9 19 4 7 10 3 

75 93 54 110 38 16 

96 213 128 257 139 62 

87 101 68 142 64 28 

136 188 158 320 124 72 

132 144 107 215 59 26 

2 4 3 5 4 (0) 

24 31 12 23 12 4 

III 113 81 157 56 19 

- I (0) (0) - -

200 361 228 456 228 78 

56 188 44 88 87 26 

Fuel oil 

Storage co pacity 

Purchased Size 

Expenses (1,000 (1,000 

Forms ($1,000) gollons) Forms gol/ons) 

I 104 4 461 9 682 571 2 271 

14 (0) 63 8 13 

43 107 218 37 109 

133 362 775 63 93 

10 6 12 3 (0) 

75 359 757 38 158 

64 42 85 23 25 

87 276 689 56 165 

103 515 972 49 108 

148 I 504 3 545 109 I 083 

4 4 (0) I (0) 

71 481 869 40 215 

116 279 586 55 131 

2 (0) (0) - -

182 458 I 035 82 168 

52 6 12 7 (l) 

Electricity Other-cool, wood, coke, etee 

Expenses I Expenses 

Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) 

3 854 3 893 378 132 

55 24 4 (l) 

181 238 22 8 

368 322 38 16 28 121 2 (0) 

213 173 16 2 298 255 39 (0) 

292 230 33 8 366 373 51 12 391 916 51 23 7 3 - - 126 102 17 7 384 350 21 6 4 5 - - 643 830 54 25 

498 61 30 II 

MASSACHUSETIS 111 
Table 14. Hired Farm Labor-Expenses and Number of Workers: 1978 

[1978 doto ore bosed on a sample of farms; see text] 

Reporting only workers working Reporting only workers working Reporting both - workers working less thon less than ISO days 150 days or more 150 days or 150 days or more All Farms 

Expenses Expenses Expenses less than ISO days Expenses Farms ($1,000) Farms Workers ($1,000) Forms Workers ($1.000) Farms 150 days or more ($1,000) 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

- 2 768 40 716 1 317 5 983 2 078 523 1 532 6 292 928 11 495 4 544 32346 

- 45 337 20 (D) (D) 2 (D) (D) 23 121 53 314 

- 146 1 414 41 133 59 43 106 418 62 318 175 937 

- 306 2 783 177 975 248 39 114 566 90 836 344 1 969 

- 23 93 12 68 8 4 5 17 7 48 12 68 

- 155 2 545 73 402 282 18 113 513 64 379 240 1 750 

- 250 3 419 116 678 233 54 145 678 80 1 964 538 2 508 

- 197 3 334 103 507 87 23 44 234 71 1 889 460 3 013 

- 262 3 772 127 802 207 42 102 478 93 1 380 514 3 087 

- 320 11 518 136 722 275 66 213 891 118 1 348 1 04Y 10 351 

- 6 65 2 (D) (D) 1 (D) (D) 3 28 8 52 

- 100 1 197 44 122 34 19 118 585 37 176 110 578 

- 299 4 032 161 644 315 34 85 494 104 1 173 370 3 223 

- 3 33 - - - 3 6 33 - - - -

- 461 5 839 202 613 219 89 223 1 141 170 1 817 649 4479 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire _ .. ______________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

NantuckeL ________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ - 195 335 103 234 92 86 251 227 6 18 24 16 

Table 15. Estimated Market Value of All Machinery and Equipment: 1978 

(1978 dato are based on a sample of forms; see text} 

Total Farms by estimated value of machinery and equipment 

All Farms Estimated 

value $1 to $5,000 to $10,000 to $20,000 to $30,000 to $50,000 to $70,000 to $100,000 to $200,000 

Farms ($1,000) $4,999 $9,999 $19,999 $29,999 $49,999 $69,999 $99,999 $199,999 or more 

MassachusettL ____________ _ - 5 888 127 697 997 1 864 1 193 605 565 323 137 155 49 

- 117 2 146 19 38 31 10 10 5 - 4 - Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- 320 8 529 15 104 40 73 41 24 8 13 2 

- 554 12 083 84 143 150 71 44 19 23 20 - BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes - 52 885 9 19 13 4 - 4 3 - - ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 345 10 264 62 62 68 49 52 21 5 15 11 Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 457 13487 59 98 89 71 66 38 5 22 9 Hampden _________________________ _ - 367 8 647 34 104 136 18 21 22 13 17 2 Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 493 13 338 99 140 88 35 58 31 13 20 9 Middlesex _________________________ _ - 573 13 336 96 163 103 77 58 53 8 10 5 

- 9 271 - 5 - 2 1 - - 1 - Nantucket _________________________ _ 

- 203 3 720 28 49 53 31 24 11 7 - - Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ - 588 13 258 141 177 115 58 43 22 8 16 8 Suffolk - 5 55 1 1 2 1 - - - - - ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 860 21 120 102 242 158 98 123 73 44 1~ 3 

Forms not on mail lisL ______________ _ - 945 6 560 248 519 147 7 24 - - - -

Table 16. Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales: 1978 

Inventory 

All Farms 

Part 1 of 10 

Cows and heifers that hod calved I I Cattle and calves Heifers and heifer calves Steers, steer calves, bulls, 

and bull calves Total Beef cows Milk caws 

Farms Number Forms Number Farms Number Forms Number Forms Number Farms Number 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

- 2 599 102 226 2 249 60 435 1 305 10 264 1 356 50 171 1 861 32 897 1 544 8 894 

- 11 (D) 9 (D) 8 (D) 4 30 7 (0) 8 (D) 

- 215 13 592 194 8 098 93 802 136 7 296 181 4 871 140 623 

- 233 9977 194 6 662 106 1 095 123 5 567 158 1 918 161 1 397 

- 23 463 20 208 13 176 7 32 15 110 16 145 

- 107 4 151 81 2 465 44 411 51 2 054 82 1 365 68 321 

- 286 16 055 249 8 587 112 719 177 7 868 242 6 476 172 992 

- 152 6 163 133 3 696 61 499 82 3 197 125 1 851 101 616 

- 222 11 558 194 6468 80 535 147 5 933 173 4 352 133 738 

- 162 5 719 146 3 135 99 919 73 2 216 109 1 842 114 742 

- 1 (0) 1 (D) 1 (D) - - 1 (0) 1 (D) 

- 53 1 572 45 947 22 193 27 754 40 414 29 211 

- 105 4 783 85 3 073 46 180 45 2 893 64 1 399 65 311 

Barnstable ______________ -----_ - ___ _ 

Berkshire ________________ ------ ___ _ 8ristoL ___________________ -_ -_ - ___ _ 

Dukes ______________________ - _____ _ 

Essex ____________________ -- -_ - ___ _ 

Fronklin ____________________ -_ - ___ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex. _________________ ---- ___ _ 

NontuckeL _________________ ---- ___ _ 

Norfolk ________________ -------- ___ _ 

Plymouth ________________ ---- -- ___ _ 

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

503 22 776 439 13 716 219 1 828 284 11 888 382 7 414 324 1 646 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ____________________ - ___ _ 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ - 526 5 275 459 3 299 401 2 856 200 443 282 854 212 1 122 

112 MASSACHUSmS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 16. Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales: 1978-Con. 

Soles 

Cattle and calves Calves (oHle 

All Farms 

Part 2 of 10 

Massachusetfs _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ Berkshire _________________________ _ BristoL ___________________________ _ Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex-________________________ _ 

Nontucket _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Farms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

All Farms 

Part 3 of 10 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Nantucket _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Forms 

2 061 

9 

196 

201 

20 

88 

260 

128 

198 

142 I 

40 

75 

-

445 

258 

Totol 

Forms 

2 599 

II 

215 

233 

23 

107 

286 

152 

222 

162 

I 

53 

105 

-

503 

526 

Number 

53 860 

(D) 

5 864 6489 

145 

2 729 

8000 

2 895 5 409 2 971 

(D) 

773 

3 012 

- 13 454 

2 078 

Number 

102 226 

(0) 

13 592 

9977 

463 

4 151 16 055 

6 163 

I I 558 5 719 

(D) 

I 572 

4 783 

22 77:1 

5 275 

Sales 

($1,000) forms 

12 630 I 501 

(0) 8 

I 116 154 

I 806 134 

47 12 

747 52 

2 075 195 

574 98 I 220 154 732 97 (0) - 179 28 788 51 

- - 2 891 319 

449 199 

I to 4 5 to 9 

470 570 

5 2 

21 19 

37 42 

6 4 25 19 

28 32 

26 22 

25 34 

34 24 

- - 12 9 

33 22 

- -

67 71 

151 270 

Total 

Sales Soles 

Number ($1,000) Forms Number ($1,000) 

30206 2 5071 1 762 23654 10 123 

29 2 3 (D) (0) 

3 693 225 166 2 17J 891 

2948 230 159 3 541 I 576 

43 3 16 102 44 

I 269 89 75 I 460 658 

4377 313 243 3 623 I 761 

2 075 244 110 820 329 

3 115 189 181 2 294 I 031 

I 636 123 122 I 335 609 

- - I (D) (D) 

333 18 35 440 161 

I 377 74 70 1 635 714 

- - - - -

8425 868 383 5029 2 023 

886 130 198 I 192 319 

Cottle and calves-inventory per form 

Forms with10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 

378 513 380 220 

3 I - - 37 50 34 43 

32 54 41 20 

3 8 2 -

21 17 12 10 

40 76 71 25 

22 40 22 18 

31 51 49 23 

33 40 15 12 

I - - -

5 14 10 3 

13 13 II 9 

- - - -

102 103 89 57 

35 46 24 -

Cows and heifers that had calved - inventory per form 

All Farms 

Part 4 of 10 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ kb~re ____________ _ 

Bristo'-___________________________ _ Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Nantucket _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Warcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Totol 

Forms 

2 249 

9 

194 

194 

20 

81 

249 

133 

194 

146 

I 

45 

85 

- 439 

459 

Number I to 4 5 to 9 

60435 795 328 

(D) 5 - 8 098 38 26 6 662 50 25 208 9 3 2 465 33 8 8 587 62 24 3696 40 17 6 468 53 20 3 135 57 27 (D) - I 947 14 5 

3 073 41 10 - - - 13 716 110 63 

3 299 283 99 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 

Forms with10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 

231 501 277 93 

3 I - - 28 35 46 17 21 44 41 10 4 4 - - 8 18 8 4 28 79 43 9 18 36 12 9 22 53 35 8 17 28 12 4 

- - - - 9 10 6 I 

4 14 9 4 

- - - - 55 116 65 27 

14 63 - -

Fattened on groin and concentrates 

Soles 

Farms Number ($1,000) 

321 2 787 I 290 

- - -

19 98 39 

44 I 168 591 

4 21 10 

23 167 77 

29 221 98 

24 88 36 

22 165 87 

32 112 45 

- - -

5 92 42 

18 65 30 

- - -

72 432 17J 

29 158 65 

500 or more 

200 to 499 Forms Number 

6:, 

5 3 255 

- -

II - -

7 - -

- - - 3 - - II 3 (0) 

2 - -

9 - -

4 - -

- - -

- - -

':1 

2 (D~I -

- -

- -

500 or more 

200 to 499 forms Number 

23 I (0) 

- -

4 - =1 

3 - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - I - - 3 - - I - - - - - - - - 2 I (D) 

- - - 3 - -

- - -

MASSACHUSETTS 113 
Table 16. Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales: 

All Farms 

Part 5 of 10 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

Bristol ____________________________ _ Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Fronklin __________________________ _ Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Nantucket _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total 

Forms 

1 305 

8 

93 

106 

13 

44 

112 

61 

80 

99 

1 

22 

46 

- 219 

401 

Number I to 4 5 to 9 

10264 747 262 

(0) 4 3 802 45 21 1 095 51 22 176 4 1 411 26 6 719 69 20 499 30 15 535 44 15 919 54 23 (0) - 1 193 12 2 180 33 10 - - - 1 828 111 56 

2856 264 67 

1978-Con. 

Beef cows - inventory per form 

Forms with- 500 or more 

10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 499 Forms Number 

157 125 10 3 1 - -

1 - - - - - - 21 4 2 - - - - 18 12 2 1 - - - 4 4 - - - - -

6 4 2 - - - - 15 8 - - - - - 10 6 - - - - - 15 5 1 - - - - 13 6 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - 7 - 1 - - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 19 - 1 1 - -

14 56 - - - - -

Milk cows - inventory per form 

All Farms 

Part 6 of 10 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

- Barnstable _______________________ _ 

-- Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- BristoL __________________________ _ Dukes ___________________________ _ Essex ___________________________ _ 

Franklin _________________________ _ 

Hampden ________________________ _ 

Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Middlesex ________________________ _ 

NantuckeL _______________________ _ Norfolk __________________________ _ 

Plymouth ________________________ _ Suffolk __________________________ _ 

Worcester _______________________ _ 

Forms not on moil lisL _____________ _ 

All Farms 

Part 7 of 10 

Mossochusetts ____________ _ 

Barnstable _______________________ _ 

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

-- Berkshire _________________________ _ - BristoL __________________________ _ 

-- Dukes ___________________________ _ -- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

- Hampden _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex - _________________________ _ - NantuckeL ________________________ _ - Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- Plymouth • ________________________ _ - Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

- Worcester ________________________ _ 

-

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ -

114 MASSACHUSETTS 

Total 

Forms 

1 356 

4 

136 

123 

7 

51 

177 

82 

147 

73 

-

27 

45 

-

284 

200 

Forms 

2 061 

9 

196 

201 

20 

88 

260 

128 

198 

142 

1 

40 

75 

- 445 

258 

I Number 1 to 9 10 to 19 

50 171 523 80 

30 3 - 7 296 33 5 5 567 36 4 32 7 - 2 054 22 3 7 868 37 14 3 197 22 9 

5 933 42 13 2 216 33 4 - - - 754 8 5 

2 893 14 2 

- - - 11 888 73 21 

443 193 -

Total 

Sales 

Number ($1,000) 1 to 9 

53 860 12 630 929 

(0) (0) 9 

5864 1 116 65 

6489 1 806 84 

145 47 11 

2 729 747 42 

8 000 2 075 92 

2 895 574 61 

5 409 1 220 67 

2 971 732 76 

(0) (0) 1 

773 179 17 

3 012 788 36 

- - -

13 454 2 891 188 

2078 449 180 

Dairy products sold 

Forms with- 500 or more 

Soles 

20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 499 Forms Number Farms ($1,000) 

375 267 88 22 1 (0) 933 61 784 

1 - - - - - 2 (0) 

33 44 17 4 - - 110 9 041 

32 40 8 3 - - 93 6 825 - - - - - - 5 (0) 

14 6 4 2 - - 34 2616 71 42 9 4 - - 141 9 850 29 12 9 1 - - 64 3577 

46 35 8 3 - - 114 7 369 

23 9 3 1 - - 51 2 934 - - - - - - - - 8 5 1 - - - 21 912 

13 9 4 2 1 (0) 37 3 892 

- - - - - - - -

98 65 25 2 - - 230 14495 

7 - - - - - 31 235 

Cattle and calves-sales per form 

Forms with- I 500 or more 

10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 499 Forms Number 

389 467 195 55 21 5 4 431 

- - - - - - -

40 50 32 8 1 - - 39 47 20 6 3 2 (0) 

8 1 - - - - - 16 15 8 4 3 - - 47 86 22 7 6 - - 25 27 9 5 1 - - 39 64 20 6 2 - - 21 28 10 6 1 - - - - - - - - - 9 10 4 - - - -

16 8 11 2 1 1 (0) 

- - - - - - - 75 107 59 11 3 2 (0) 

54 24 - - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 16. Cattle and Calves-Inventory and Sales: 

All Farms 

Part 8 of 10 

Massochusetts _____________ _ 

- Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- Berkshire _________________________ _ BristoL ___________________________ _ - Dukes - ____________________________ _ 

- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

- Hampden _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex - _________________________ _ 

Nantucket _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

All Farms 

Part 9 of 10 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ Nantucket _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Suffolk ___________________________ _ -

Worcester - ________________________ _ 

-

Farms not on moillisL ______________ _ -

All Farms 

Part 10 of 10 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ Bristol ____________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ Nantucket _________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Worcester ________________________ _ -

-

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

-

Farms 

I 501 

8 

154 

134 

12 

52 

195 

98 

154 

97 

-

28 

51 

-

319 

199 

Farms 

1 762 

3 

166 

159 

16 

75 

243 

110 

181 

122 

1 

35 

70 

- 383 

198 

Forms 

321 

-

19 

44 

4 

23 

29 

24 

22 

32 

-

5 

18 

-

72 

29 

Total 

Number 

30 206 

29 

3 693 

2948 

43 

1 269 

4377 

2 075 

3 115 

1 636 

-

333 

1 377 

- 8425 

886 

Total 

Number 

23 654 

(0) 

2 171 

3 541 

102 

1 460 

3 623 

820 

2 294 

1 335 

(D) 

440 

1 635 

-

5 029 

1 192 

Total 

Number 

2 787 

-

98 

1 168 

21 

167 

221 

88 

165 

112 

-

92 

65 

- 432 

158 

Sales 

($1.000) I to 9 

2 507 698 

2 8 

225 50 

230 56 

3 12 

89 19 

313 70 

244 47 

189 57 

123 52 

- - 18 14 

74 27 

- - 868 119 

130 167 

Soles I 

($1,000) 1 to 9 

10 123 1 147 

(0) 3 

891 93 

1 576 97 

44 12 

658 46 

1 761 151 

329 82 

1 031 109 

609 86 

(D) 1 

161 24 

714 45 

2 02~1 -

238 

319 160 

Soles 

($1,000) 1 to 9 

1 290 266 

- - 39 15 

591 33 

10 3 

77 18 

98 23 

36 22 

87 20 

45 29 

- - 42 2 

30 16 

- - 171 63 

65 22 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 

1978-Con. 

Calves - sales per form 

Forms with- 500 or more 

10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 499 Forms Number 

327 349 93 23 9 2 (0) 

- - - - - - -

38 47 16 3 - - -

25 42 8 I 2 - -

- - - - - - - 20 5 5 2 1 - -

46 61 12 5 1 - -

18 23 5 5 - - -

36 50 9 2 - - - 21 17 5 1 1 - -

- - - - - - -

7 7 - - - - - 8 7 7 1 1 - -

- - - - - - - 76 90 26 3 3 2 (0) 

32 - - - - - -

Cattle- soles per form 

Forms with- 500 or more 

1 1 10 10 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 499 Forms Number 

326 224 39 17 6 3 1 868 

- - - - - - - 36 30 7 - - - - 35 16 3 5 2 1 (0) 

4 - - - - - - 15 7 2 4 1 - - 53 32 3 1 3 - - 21 6 1 - - - - 39 25 6 2 - - - 16 15 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 2 - - - - 12 9 - 3 

=1 I 

- - - - - (O~I 76 56 11 1 

~i 1 (0) 

14 24 - - - -

Fattened cottle - soles per farm 

Forms with- 1 500 or more 

10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 499 Farms Number 

34 15 4 1 - 1 (D) 

- - - -

=1 - - 3 1 - - - - 5 3 1 1 - 1 (D) 1 - - - - - - 4 - 1 - - - - 5 - 1 - - - - 2 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 8 - - - - -

7 - - - - - -

MASSACHUSETIS l1S 
Table 17_ Hogs and Pigs -Inventory and Sales: 1978 

All Farms 

Part 1 of 3 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ -

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden - _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex - _________________________ _ 

- NontuckeL ________________________ _ - Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

- Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

- Worcester ________________________ _ 

-

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ -

All Farms 

Part 2 of 3 

Massachusetts ____________ _ 

Barnstable _______________________ _ 

--

-- Berkshire ________________________ _ 

-- BristoL __________________________ _ 

Dukes ___________________________ _ 

Essex ___________________________ _ 

Franklin _________________________ _ 

Hampden ________________________ _ 

Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Middlesex ________________________ _ 

Nantucket ________________________ _ 

Norfolk __________________________ _ 

Plymouth ________________________ _ 

Suffolk __________________________ _ 

Worcester _______________________ _ 

Forms not on moil lisL _____________ _ 

All Farms 

Part 3 of 3 

Massochusetts- ___________ _ 

Barnstable _______________________ _ 

Berkshire ________________________ _ 

BristoL __________________________ _ 

Dukes ___________________________ _ Essex ___________________________ _ 

Franklin _________________________ _ 

Hampden ________________________ _ Hampshire _______________________ _ 

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

-- Middlesex -- ________________________ _ 

-- Nantucket ________________________ _ -- Norfolk __________________________ _ 

-- Plymouth ________________________ _ 

-- Suffolk __________________________ _ 

Worcester -- _______________________ _ 

--

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ -

116 MASSACHUSmS 

Inventory 

Hogs and pigs 

Used or to be used Total for breeding Other 

! Forms Number Forms Number} Farms 

909 59 626 365 7 442 860 

8 (D) 3 5 7 50 488 13 95 46 93 9 685 47 I 298 85 13 58 5 21 II 45 2 991 19 382 44 61 641 21 92 59 39 2 332 12 294 37 41 2 588 20 465 40 73 13 766 39 I 249 67 I (0) - - I 19 I 331 10 187 18 60 5 649 22 651 55 - - - - - 125 15 012 70 2 012 116 

281 5 040 84 691 274 

Tolal I 

Farms Number I to 4 5 to 9 

909 59 626 478 131 

8 (0) 5 1 50 488 33 8 93 9 685 38 12 13 58 9 3 45 2 991 16 10 61 641 36 13 39 2 332 20 10 41 2 588 15 8 73 13 766 24 9 

I (0) I - 19 I 331 8 1 

60 5649 34 6 

- - - - 125 15 012 39 26 

281 5 040 200 24 

Total 

Sales 

Farms Number ($1,000) I to 9 

551 66 722 5 632 174 

5 30 2 4 

24 345 24 13 

64 II 123 769 16 

6 158 14 I 

38 3 175 281 17 

29 529 33 13 

25 3 601 324 13 

32 4 505 414 14 

60 13 850 I 450 18 

- - - -

13 I 829 105 I 

39 6 408 484 II 

- - - -

100 15 628 I 356 29 

116 5 541 376 24 

Soles 

litters of pigs 

farrowed between Hogs and pigs Feeder pigs Dec.l, 1977, and 

Nov. 30, 1978 

Sales Soles 

Number Farms Number Farms Number ($l,(lOO) Farms Number ($1,000) 

52 184 407 9 109 551 66 722 5632 219 14385 464 

(D) 4 9 5 30 2 2 (0) (0) 

393 15 72 24 345 24 10 175 5 8 387 49 I 554 64 II 123 769 21 4 581 142 

37 5 24 6 158 14 I (0) (0) 

2609 19 458 38 3 175 281 6 491 18 

549 22 79 29 529 33 14 318 10 2038 13 440 25 3 601 324 6 (0) (0) 

2 123 20 749 32 4 505 414 10 I 102 39 12 517 41 I 451 60 13 850 I 450 16 876 31 (0) - - - - - - - - I 144 12 296 13 I 829 105 6 466 15 

4998 23 703 39 6 408 484 12 630 18 

- - - - - - - - - 13 000 76 2 417 100 15 628 I 356 41 2419 69 

4 349 108 857 116 5 541 376 74 2 375 75 

Hogs and pigs-inventory per form 

Forms with- I 500 or more 

101024 25 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 499 Forms Number 

74 56 53 39 49 29 32 115 

2 - - - - - -

8 - - - I - -

9 7 3 8 II 5 4 715 

1 - - - - - -

1 7 6 1 1 3 I 900 

2 7 3 - - - - 2 - 3 1 2 1 (0) 

7 3 3 1 2 2 (0) 

8 4 8 5 8 7 9 850 

- - - - - - -

3 2 2 2 - 1 (0) 

5 2 2 2 6 3 3 100 

- - - - - - -

15 9 8 II 10 7 8 810 

II 15 15 8 8 - -

Hogs and pigs - sales per farm 

, 

Farms with- 1,000 or more 

10 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 499 500 to 999 Forms Number 

184 51 65 45 22 10 21 530 

I - - - - - - 9 2 - - - - -

17 2 10 13 5 I (0) 

5 - - - - - - 9 4 2 4 2 - - 14 2 - - - - -

4 5 I 1 - I (0) 

8 3 I 4 I I (0) 

17 4 8 5 5 3 7470 

- - - - - - - 5 4 I - 2 - -

13 2 2 9 I I (0) 

- - - - - - - 28 8 17 9 6 3 5 450 

54 15 23 - - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 18. Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 

All Farms 

Part 1 of 2 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- Bristol ____________________________ _ Dukes ____________________________ _ -

- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

- Hampden _________________________ _ - Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex - _________________________ _ 

NontuckeL ________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

All Farms 

Part 2 of 2 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

Bristol ____________________________ _ Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Nan1ucke1 _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Farms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hens and pullets 

of loying age 

Forms Number 

924 1 314 400 

21 1 521 

49 79 957 

79 130 038 

21 470 

48 48 072 

53 26 266 

44 (D) 

60 284341 

83 193 502 1 (D) 

25 21 818 

54 24 856 

- - 133 438 924 

253 32 357 

Total 

Forms Number 

924 1 314 4001 

21 1 521 

49 79 957 

79 130 038 

21 470 

48 48 072 

53 26 266 

44 (D) 

60 284 341 

83 193 502 

1 (D) 

2S 21 818 

54 24 856 

- - 133 438 924 

253 32 357 

Inventory 

Pullets 3 months 

old or older 

Forms Number 

233 (D) 

2 (D) 

3 (D) 

14 17 932 

1 (D) 

10 (D) 

5 (D) 

4 (D) 

8 (D) 

10 23 240 

- - 5 (D) 

It 309 

- - 22 95 398 

138 14 473 

1 to 100 to 

99 399 

726 71 

19 I 

38 6 

S3 6 

20 1 

31 7 

41 8 

36 4 

42 7 

57 5 

1 - 12 4 

38 8 

- - 100 7 

238 7 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 

Soles 

Pullet chicks and pullets Hens and pullets Pullets 3 months Pullet chicks and pullets 

under 3 months old of loying age old or older under 3 months old 

Forms Number forms Number Forms Number forms Number 

44 (0) 247 989 537 37 (0)1 It 4 555 

2 (0)1 3 (D) - ::1 - - 4 157 8 101 203 - - -

It 22 316 38 78 730 3 (D) 2 (D) 

I (D) 2 (D) - - - - 2 (0) 23 44 646 4 145 2 (0) 

- - 15 22 053 1 (D) - - 2 (D) 8 (D) 1 (D) - -

3 (0) 22 119 165 - - 2 (0) 

8 (D) 34 136600 - - - -

- - - - - - - -

- - 14 18 101 - - 1 (D) 

7 (0) 17 50 606 2 (D) 2 (D) 

- - - - - - - -

4 (D) 41 372 852 2 (0) 2 (0) 

- - 22 22468 24 240 - -

Hens and pullets of loying age - inventory per farm 

Forms with- J 00,000 or more 

400 to 1,600 to 3,200 to 10,000 to 20,000 to 50,000 to 

1,599 3,199 9,999 19,999 49,999 99,999 Forms Number 

43 31 22 16 10 31 2 (0)1 

1 - - - - - - -

1 - 1 I 2 - - -

7 4 6 2 - 1 - -

- - - - - - - -

1 6 1 2 - - - - I 1 1 I - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - 4 1 3 I I - 1 (0) 

7 4 3 4 2 I - - - - - - - - - - 3 3 3 - - - - - 6 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 , 4 2 3 5 1 I (0) 

- 8 - - - - - -

MASSACHUSETIS 117 
Table 19. Broilers Sold by Number Per Farm: 

All Farms 

Massachusetts ______________ _ 

Berkshire __________________________ _ 

BristoL ____________________________ _ 

Essex _____________________________ _ 

Franklin ___________________________ _ 

Hampden __________________________ _ 

Hampshire _________________________ _ 

Middlesex __________________________ _ 

Worcester _________________________ _ 

Ali other counties ___________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL _______________ _ 

Total 

Forms 

49 

4 

6 

6 

5 

3 

4 

6 

4 

3 

I to Number 1,999 

163 818 42 

(D)I 4 (D) 4 (D) 4 40 5 250 3 (D) 3 (0) 4 (D) 4 700 3 

600 8 

1978 

2,000 to 7,999 

Table 20. Sheep and Lambs -Inventory and Sales: 

All Farms 

Part 1 of 2 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire ________________________ _ 

Bristol ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

AU other counties __________________ _ 

Farms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

All Farms 

Part 2 of 2 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- Berkshire _________________________ _ - BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

- Hampden _________________________ _ - Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex - _________________________ _ 

- Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester - ________________________ _ 

- Ali other counties __________________ _ 

-

Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ -

Inventory 

Sheep and lambs Ewes I year old or older 

Farms Number Forms Number 

419 7 153 354 4 8701 

7 136 7 90 15 243 10 153 39 466 33 308 27 233 23 136 35 665 32 437 18 347 13 174 24 969 19 735 37 664 30 379 19 503 15 395 37 476 28 305 62 I 270 52 797 7 543 7 431 

92 638 85 530 

Totol 

Farms Number 1 2 to 4 

419 7 153 28 127 

7 136 - 4 15 243 3 3 39 466 4 15 

27 233 2 10 

35 665 1 1I 

18 347 I 4 

24 969 2 4 

37 664 I 9 

19 503 I 2 

37 476 6 10 

62 I 270 7 11 7 543 - -

92 638 - 44 

Table 21. Milk Goats -Inventory and Sales: 1978 

Inventory 

All Farms 

Farms Number Forms 

Massachusetts _____________ _ - !IS 954 55 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 3 (D) I Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- 4 20 2 BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 1I 94 6 Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 6 120 3 Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 6 40 4 Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex ______________________ - __ _ 

- 6 33 2 

- 9 137 9 

- 6 92 5 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ - 12 161 8 

- 10 64 5 AI/ other counties __________________ _ 

- 3 (D) 3 

Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ - 39 131 7 

118 MASSACHUSmS 

Forms with soles of8.000 to 15,999 

1978 

16,000 to 29,999 

30,000 to 59,999 

3 

60,000 to 99,999 

Sales 

100,000 to 499,999 

Soles of 500,000 or more 

Farms Number 

Sheep and lambs Sheep and lambs shorn Value of sheep, lambs. 

and wool sold 

Wool Soles Forms Number Forms Number (1.000Ibs.! Forms ($1.000) 

293 4 208 314 6 069 41 340 242 

3 (D) 7 (0) (0) 7 (D) 

12 211 13 261 I 14 11 

25 253 29 397 2 31 15 

18 130 21 184 1 23 12 

28 291 28 528 4 31 14 

12 246 13 224 2 14 14 

18 557 16 955 6 19 51 

29 362 30 505 4 33 26 17 382 16 451 4 18 17 

24 317 25 376 3 28 14 

46 773 49 969 7 55 39 

7 (D) 7 (D) (D) 7 (D) 

54 300 60 544 4 60 12 

Sheep and lambs -Inventory per form 

Forms with- 1,000 or more 

5 to 9 10 to 24 25 to 99 100 to 299 300 to 999 Forms Number 

100 85 71 6 2 - -

I - 2 - - - - 1 2 6 - - - - 10 4 6 - - - - 3 10 2 - - - -

5 9 9 - - - - 2 7 3 1 - - - 1 9 6 1 1 - - 9 10 8 - - - -

3 8 4 1 - - -

10 7 3 1 - - - 15 16 12 - 1 - - - 3 2 2 - - -

40 - 8 - - - -

Sales 

Milk goats Goat milk 

Number Soles ($1,000) Forms Gallons Soles ($1.000) 

577 31 34 12 963 36 

(D) (D) 3 (D) (D) 

(0) (D) 1 (D) (0) 

80 7 6 3 316 6 (D) 1 2 (0) (D) 

(0) (0) 2 (D) (D) 

(D) (D) 1 (D) (0) 

125 4 4 462 I 

86 7 3 840 3 

88 5 7 4022 1I 

31 2 4 568 4 

18 (D) 1 (D) (D) 

14 (Z) - - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Tobie 22. Angora Goats-Inventory and Sales: 1978, not shown 

Tobie 23. Mink and Their Pelts-Inventory and Sales: 1978 

Inventory Soles of mink and their pelts 

All Farms Mink and their pelts Female mink used for breeding 

Forms Number forms Number Forms Number Sales ($1,000) 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- 10 5 493 9 3 082 10 15 607 357 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 4 1 897 3 887 3 6 467 (D) 

Ali other counties _______________ • __ _ - 6 3 596 6 2 195 7 9 140 (0) 

Tobie 24. Colonies of Bees and Honey-Inventory and Sales: 1978 

Inventory Soles 

All Farms Colonies of bees Honey 

Farms Number I Forms Number Sales ($1,000) I Forms Pounds Sales ($1,000) 

Mossochusetts _____ • _. _____ _ - 246 5 963 13 321 2 145 125 135 105 

Bornstable _______ • ________________ _ 

- 12 155 - - - 7 3 788 3 Berkshire _. _________________ . _____ _ 

- 13 53 2 (0) (0) 7 2 040 2 BristoL. __________________________ _ 

- 23 784 - - - 15 14 984 9 Essex _______ • ___ • _____________ • __ _ 

- 23 220 2 (0) (0) 10 9 683 8 Franklin _________ • ________________ _ 

- 12 192 2 (D) (0) 5 3 754 3 Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 15 361 - - - 10 13 440 11 Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 8 36 - - - 4 758 1 Middlesex _________________________ _ - 18 2 100 - - - 13 18 212 14 Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 7 53 - - - 2 (D) (D) Plymouth _________________________ _ 

- Worcester 39 1 720 4 137 1 22 48 469 44 ________________________ _ 

- 34 126 3 (D) (0) 16 3 321 3 All other counties __________________ _ 

- 4 21 - - - 3 (0) (Z) 

Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

- 38 142 - - - 31 4 678 51 

Tobie 25. Fish Sales: 1978 

Total Any Only by pounds Only by number Acres under water 

for fish production All Farms Soles Soles Soles Farms ($1,000) Farms Pounds Forms Number Farms Pounds ($1,000) Farms Number ($1,000) Farms Acres 

TROUT 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- 7 108 4 45 103 3 (0) 4 45 103 108 3 (D) (D) 7 67 

- 3 102 3 (0) - - 3 (0) (D) - - - 3 60 - 4 6 1 (0) 3 (0) 1 (0) (0) 3 (0) (D) 4 7 

TROPICAL AND BAITFISH 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

- 3 (D) 1 (0) 2 (D) 1 (0) (D) 2 (0) (D) 2 (D) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA MASSACHUSETTS 119 
Table 26. Miscellaneous Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 

All Farms Inventory Sales 

All Farms 

Inventory Sales 

Forms Number Farms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

BROILERS GEESE 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 154 56 287 49 163 81:

1 - 5 2371 -

- 12 145 1 4 (0)1 - 13 6 538 6 (0) 

- 4 251 I (0) 

- 8 30 600 6 (0) 

- 9 135 5 40 

- 7 1 040 3 I 250 

- 6 239 4 (0) 

- 11 14 416 6 (0) 

- 3 157 1 (0) 

- 5 287 I (0) 

- 11 I 387 4 (0) 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ Berkshire _________________________ _ BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 242 I 452 40 548 

- 4 19 - - - 5 37 2 (0) 

- 30 256 5 97 

- 4 20 - - - 16 106 5 173 

- 11 71 3 6 

- 12 113 2 (0) 

- 15 84 I (0) 

- 27 87 4 18 

- 3 14 I (0) 

- 11 79 2 (0) 

- 29 260 8 97 

Forms nolan moillisL ______________ _ - 60 855 8 600 Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ - 75 306 7 35 

TURKEYS 

PIGEONS OR SQUAB MassochusettL ____________ _ - 202 37 383 70 137 722 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ Essex ____________________________ _ 

Fronklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 3 4 516 2 (0) 

- 13 2 431 10 2 609 

- 7 2 809 6 (0) 

- 6 640 2 (0) 

- 6 13 494 4 36 600 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

- 29 812 8 269 

- 3 (0) 2 (0) 

- 3 (0) I (0) 

- 8 163 5 117 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 8 I 554 5 (0) 

- 9 7 038 11 14 806 Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ - 15 484 - - Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

- 10 680

1 

8 (0)1 - 15 2 294 11 (0) 

- 6 550 3 4449 PHEASANTS 

Farms not on maillis'- ______________ _ - 119 I 377 8 160 Massachusetts _____________ _ 

- 17 1 772 10 (0) 

TURKEYS FOR SLAUGHTER BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 5 (0) 4 (0) Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 5 (0) 3 (0) 

Massachusetts ____________ _ -- 192 35 618 70 136 037 Ali other counties __________________ _ - 7 897 3 30 088 

Berkshire ________________________ _ 

BristoL __________________________ _ -- 3 (0) 2 (0) 

-- II (0) 10 2 534 QUAIL 

Essex ___________________________ _ 

Franklin _________________________ _ -- 7 (0) 6 (0) 

-- 6 (0) 2 (0) Mossachusetts _____________ _ - 9 I 258 8 5 182 Hampden ________________________ _ 

-- 6 12 894 4 36 000 Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Middlesex ________________________ _ 

Plymouth ________________________ _ 

-- 5 (0) 5 (0) 

-- 9 7 038 11 14 806 

-- 9 677 8 (0) 

Bristol ____________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ - 5 950 4 922 

- 4 308 4 4 260 

Worcester _______________________ _ 

Ali other counties _________________ _ 

-- 13 1 823 11 (0) 

-- 4 542 3 4449 OTHER POULTRY 

Forms not on maillis'- _____________ _ -- 119 1 377 8 160 Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

- 44 I 934 9 I 662 

TURKEY HENS KEPT FOR BREEDIN G Berkshire _________________________ _ - 3 (0) I (0) 

Massachusetts ____________ _ -- 22 1 765 6 I 685 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ - 6 230 2 (0) 

- 4 121 2 (0) 

BristoL __________________________ _ 

Essex ___________________________ _ 

Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Worcester _______________________ _ 

-- 3 (0) 1 (0) 

-- 3 (0) 2 (0) 

-- 4 46 - -

-- 5 (0) 1 (0) 

Middlesex _________________________ _ Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

- 4 292 I (0) 

- 3 15 - - - 6 (0) 3 (0) 

- 4 33 - - All other counties _________________ _ -- 7 614 2 (0) Forms not on maillis'- ______________ _ - 14 147 - -

DUCKS POULTRY HATCHED (SEE TEXT) 

Massachusetts ____________ _ 

-- 337 (0) 40 (0) 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

- 92 I 428 093 106 10 995 589 Berkshire ________________________ _ 

-- 11 108 4 30 Bristol ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ___________________________ _ Essex ___________________________ _ 

Franklin _________________________ _ 

Hampden ________________________ _ 

Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Middlesee _______________________ _ 

Plymouth ________________________ _ Worcester _______________________ _ 

All other counties _________________ _ 

-- 23 289 7 125 

-- 5 80 1 (0) 

-- 10 256 3 283 

-- 15 116 I (0) 

-- 15 92 2 (0) 

-- 9 236 I (0) 

-- 19 176 3 19 

-- 9 184 3 160 

-- 37 (0) 6 (0) 

-- 5 131 2 (0) 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Norlolk ___________________________ _ Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

- 16 51 504 19 15 229 

- 4 (0) 6 (0) 

- 6 774 6 (0) 

- 7 (0) 11 (0) 

- 7 (0) 12 (0) 

- 3 (0) 4 (0) 

- 4 (0) 8 366 

- 9 (0) 14 (0) 

- 5 I 550 13 10 513 

Forms not on maillis'- ______________ _ 

- 179 2064 7 I 400 Farms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

- 31 7 164 13 I 652 

120 MASSACHUSmS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 27. Miscellaneous Livestock and Animal Specialties-Inventory and Sales: 1978 

Inventory Soles Inventory Soles 

All Farms All Farms Soles Sales 

farms Number Forms Number ($1,000) Forms Number Forms Number ($J.(XJO) 

HORSES AND PONIES 

Mossachusefts _____________ _ 

- I 387 8 122 397 I 214 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 8 153 6 28 Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- 78 350 13 56 BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 84 461 20 56 Dukes ____________________________ _ 

- 21 163 2 (D) Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 76 801 33 186 Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 98 468 24 60 Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 68 292 18 56 Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 76 400 15 28 MiddleseL ________________________ _ 

- 125 998 29 188 Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 33 242 13 28 Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ - 59 431 18 45 

- 176 880 41 110 Ali other counties __________________ _ 

- 4 19 3 (D) 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ - 481 2464 162 346 

MULES, BURROS, AND DONKEYS 

Mossochuset1s _____________ _ - 78 180 13 48 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 8 17 2 (0) Essex ____________________________ _ Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 4 I!I 1 (D) 

- 4 - -

- 5 - -

- 9 15 - - Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

- 9 121 1 (D) 

- 8 14 2 (0) 

Forms not on maif lisL ______________ _ - 31 94 7 35 

GOATS EXCEPT ANGORA AND MILK 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- 109 819 40 542 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 3 17 2 (0) Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- 4 10 - - BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 13 224 5 188 Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 7 21 3 12 Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 7 26 2 (D) 

I 639/ 

25 

35 

98 

(D) 

154 

92 

39 

26 

270 

34 

47 

129 

(D) 

660 

11 

(0) 

(0) 

-

-

-

(0)1 

(D) 

8 

17 

(D) 

-

6 

(Z) 

(D) 

GOATS EXCEPT ANGORA AND 

MILK-Con. 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Norfolk ______________________ -_ - __ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

RABBITS AND THEIR PELTS 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

8ristoL ___________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Fronklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- All other counties __________________ _ 

- Forms not on moil lisL ______________ _ -

CHINCHILlAS AND THEIR PELTS 

Massachusetts _____________ _ -

Worcester ________________________ _ 

- All other counties __________________ _ 

-

OTHER LIVESTOCK 

Mossoc::husetts _____________ _ -

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Middlesex - _________________________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester - ________________________ _ 

- All other counties ___________________ _ 

3 

11 

4 

16 

3 

38 

101 

12 

5 

5 

3 

3 

3 

3 

10 

5 

52 

9 

5 

4 

18 

3 

4 

4 

4 

3 

Table 28. Grains-Corn, Sorghums, Wheat, and Other Small Grains: 1978 

All Farms 

CORN FOR GRAIN OR SEED 

(BUSHELS) 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

Bristol ____________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

All - other counties ___________________ _ 

Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

-

Farms 

240 

16 

8 

3 

6 

34 

16 

59 

4 

8 

25 

3 

58 

Harvested 

Acres Quantity 

4 911 421 211 

581 56 495 116 7 260 (0) (D) 

34 2 500 

643 57 540 

562 47 326 

I 653 154 801 

16 I 589 (D) (D) 

726 50 474 

62 6 076 

277 19340 

Irrigated 

All Farms forms Acres Forms 

OATS FOR GRAIN (BUSHELS) 

Massochusetts _____________ _ - 23 

11 24 Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- 10 

- - Dukes ____________________________ _ 

- 3 

1 (D) 

- - - 3 - 3 

franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

1 (D) All other counties __________________ _ 

- 4 

I (D) 

I (D) RYE FOR GRAIN (BUSHELS) - - - - 4 9 Massachusetts _____________ _ - 18 

- - - - - 5 Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 8 3 9 All other counties __________________ _ 

- 5 

6/ - -

31 2 (0) 

(0) 3 43 

52 7 24 

(D) 1 (D) 

379 15 225 

8 599 40 26 271 

4 358 10 12 881 

71 - - (D) 4 (0) 

158 3 (0) 

(0) I (0) 

(0)1 - - (D) 1 (D) 

621 5 3 075 

66 2 (D) 

244 14 245 

1 527

1 9 1 472 

1 073 4 414 

454 5 1 058 

(X) 6 (X) 

(X) - (X) 

(X) 2 (X) 

(X) - (X) 

(X) 2 (X) 

(X) 2 (X) 

Harvested Irrigated 

Acres Quantity Forms 

I 334 17 715 -

214 12 025 - (D) (D) - 4 (0) - (D) (0) - 37 1 510 -

303 5 605 -

10 162 - 235 4 182 - 58 1 261 -

Table 29. Cotton, Tobacco, Soybeans, Dry Beans and Peas, Potatoes, Sugar Crops, and Peanuts: 1978 

Harvested 

All Farms 

Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quontity Forms Acres 

TOBACCO (POUNDS) 

Massochusetts _____________ _ - 44 1 078 1 536 802 15 607 

Fronklin __________________________ _ 

- 13 344 454 270 5 209 Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 8 391 501 180 6 (D) Hompshire ________________________ _ 

- 23 343 581 352 4 (D) 

IRISH POTATOES (HUNDREDWEIGHT) 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- 187 3 504 749 463 26 181 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire - 4 9 (D) - - _________________________ _ 

- 7 (D) (D) 1 (0) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 

All Farms 

IRISH POTATOES 

(HUNDREDWEIGHn - Can. 

8rista'-___________________________ _ 

- Dukes ____________________________ _ 

- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

- Hampden _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ - Worcester - ________________________ _ 

- All other counties __________________ _ 

-

Farms not on, moillisL ______________ _ -

Harvested 

forms Acres 

19 213 

4 2 

13 23 26 741 

8 (D) 

34 2 020 

12 62 4 6 14 30 

6 11 

36 26 

Irrigated 

Quantity Farms 

38 152 6 530 - 2 603 6 149 799 2 

(D) - 441 195 1 6 909 1 I 338 2 6 114 3 1 740 4 

984 -

MASSACHUSETTS 

-

(0) 

(D) 

I 

(D) 

7 

233 

(0) 

-

(0) 

(0) 

(D) 

-

(D) 

(D) 

(0) 

1 

38

1 14 

24 

(0) 

-

(0) 

-

(D) 

(D) 

Acres 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Acres 

(D) 

-

17 

(D) 

-

(0) 

(D) 

(0) 

(D) 

8 

-

121 
Tobie 30_ Field Seeds, Grass Seeds, Hay, Forage, and Silage: 1978 

All Farms Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres 

FIELD SEED CROPS 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ - 6 254 (X) - -

Frcnklin __________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

- 3 (0) (X)I - - - 3 (0) (X) - -

RYEGRASS SEED (POUNDS) 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- 6 254 62 100 - - Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 3 (0) (0) - - All other counties __________________ _ - 3 (0) (0) - -

HAY CROPS (TONS, DRY) (SEE TEXT) 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- 3 078 133 117 262 706 15 235 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 7 238 501 1 (0) Berkshire _________________________ _ - 246 18 264 36 973 - - 8ristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 254 8 136 16 660 2 (0) Dukes ___________________________ _ 

-- 29 781 1 428 - - Essex ___________________________ _ -- 150 8 297 16 701 - - Franklin _________________________ _ 

-- 339 15 580 34 384 1 (0) Hampden ________________________ _ 

-- 172 6 399 12 652 - - Hampshire _______________________ _ -- 286 13 396 29 322 - - Middlesex ________________________ _ 

-- 221 10 944 20 320 2 (0) Nantucket ________________________ _ 

-- 4 85 225 - - Norfolk __________________________ _ 

-- 76 2 732 4 605 4 33 Plymouth ________________________ _ 

-- 137 4 656 8 667 5 142 Worcester _______________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL _____________ _ 

-- 599 29 421 62 019 -

] -- 558 14 188 18 249 -

ALFALFA HAY (TONS, DRY) 

Mossachusetts ____________ _ 

-- 1 080 27 375 68 609 7 151 

Berkshire ________________________ _ 

-- 86 3 521 8 476 - - BristoL __________________________ _ 

-- 102 2 125 5 661 1 (0) Essex ___________________________ _ 

-- 56 1 501 3 306 - - Franklin _________________________ _ -- 133 3 417 9 359 - - Hampden ________________________ _ 

-- 65 1 295 3 006 - - Hompshire _______________________ _ 

-- 103 2 300 6 337 - - Middlesex ________________________ _ -- 97 3 104 7 842 - - Norfolk __________________________ _ 

-- 36 760 1 561 3 32 Plymouth ________________________ _ 

-- 53 1 194 3 278 3 (0) 

Worcester _______________________ _ -- 256 7 208 17965 - - Ali other counties _________________ _ -- 18 325 726 - - Forms not on moillisL _____________ _ -- 75 625 1 092 - -

SMALL GRAIN HAY (TONS, DRY) 

Massochusetts ____________ _ -- 73 988 2 107 - -

Berkshire ________________________ _ 

-- 10 249 447 - - BristoL __________________________ _ 

-- II 74 132 - - Essex ___________________________ _ -- 5 53 124 - - Franklin _________________________ _ -- 5 66 180 - - Hampden ________________________ _ 

-- 5 18 20 - - Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Middlesex ______________________ - __ -- 12 369 917 - - -- 5 28 35 - - Worcester _______________________ _ 

-- 16 113 215 - - All other counties _________________ _ -- 4 18 37 - -

OTHER TAME DRY HA Y (TONS, DRY) 

(SEE TEXT) 

Massochusetts- ___________ _ -- 2 210 80·548 151 628 7 76 

Barnstable _______________________ _ -- 6 152 363 1 (0) 

Berkshire ________________________ _ 

BristoL __________________________ _ 

-- 167 9 929 19809 - -

-- 153 3 656 6 193 1 (0) Dukes ____________ -_ - ____________ _ -- 16 288 555 - - Essex ___________________________ _ 

Franklin _________________________ _ -- 97 4 909 10 592 - -

-- 256 9 440 20 190 1 (0) 

Hampden ________________________ _ 

Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Middlesex- _______________________ _ 

-- 126 4 397 8 574 - -

-- 217 8 702 18 020 - -

-- 141 5 046 9 026 1 (0) 

Nontucket ______________________ - __ Norfolk ________________________ - __ 

Plymouth ______________________ - __ 

Worcester _______________________ _ 

-- 4 75 219 - -

-- 50 1 395 2 322 1 (0) 

-- 83 2 584 4 184 2 (0) 

-- 456 17 618 35 818 - -

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ - 438 12 357 15 763 - -

122 MASSACHUSmS 

All Farms 

WILD HAY (TONS, DRY) 

Massochusetts _____________ _ -

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL - ___________________________ _ 

- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ - Hampshire - ________________________ _ 

- Middlesex _________________________ _ - Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester - ________________________ _ 

- All other counties __________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

GRASS SILAGE AND HAYLAGE 

(TONS, GREEN) 

-

-

Mossochusetts _____________ _ -

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- BristoL ___________________________ _ Essex - ____________________________ _ 

- franklin __________________________ _ - Hampden _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester - ________________________ _ 

- Ail other counties __________________ _ -

HAY CROPS CUT AND FED GREEN 

(TONS, GREEN) 

Massochusetts _____________ _ -

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- franklin __________________________ _ 

- Hampden _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire ________________________ _ - Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ - Worcester ________________________ _ 

- All other counties __________________ _ -

CORN FOR SILAGE OR GREEN CHOP 

(TONS, GREEN) 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

franklin __________________________ _ Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

SORGHUMS FOR SILAGE OR GREEN 

CHOP (TONS, GREEN) 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Essex ________________ - ___________ _ 

franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Forms 

528 

60 

49 

35 

44 

21 

40 

42 

19 

23 

75 

9 

111 

205 

32 

22 

15 

30 

10 

19 

13 

10 

51 

3 

154 

20 

20 

4 

20 

6 

18 

7 

10 

46 

3 

965 

3 

92 

111 

5 

42 

164 

69 

109 

59 

17 

32 

209 

53 

28 

3 

3 

3 

4 

4 

7 

4 

Harvested 

Acres 

12 208 

2 319 

827 

770 1 092 

354 

909 

1 986 

519 

409 

1 625 

192 

1 206 

9 511 

1 929 

1 162 

943 

1 238 

266 

868 

647 

321 

2 067 

70 

2487 

317 

292 

(0) 

327 

69 

248 

133 

143 

790 

(0) 

39336 

(0) 

5 546 4820 

(0) 

1 419 

5 281 

2 614 

4 687 

1 849 

401 

3 279 

8 458 

874 

333 

23 

20 

(0) 

(0) 

17 

47 

14 

Irrigated 

Quantity Forms Acres 

15 554 1 (0) 

3 328 - - 1 082 - - 916 - - 1 546 - -

393 - - 1 472 - -

2 109 1 (D) 

618 - -

421 - -

2 030 - - 245 - -

1 394 - -

59 895 1 (0) 

12 839 - - 9 029 - - 4849 - -

7435 - -

1 233 - - 6 049 - -

3 215 - -

1 531 1 (0) 

13 440 - - 275 - -

14 229 - -

1 865 - - 1 714 - -

421 - - 1 852 - - 731 - -

1 657 - -

690 - - 778 - -

4440 - -

81 - -

644 550 16 79 

(0) 1 (0) 

92 050 - - 77 158 5 58 

(0) - -

22420 1 (0) 

97 617 - - 43 445 1 (0) 

82 965 - -

32 278 - - 6 848 1 (0) 

34431 - - 141 740 - -

12022 7 14 

3 016 - -

(0) - -

230 - - (0) - - (0) - -

150 - -

536 - -

230 - -

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 31. Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons, Harvested for Sale: 1978 

All Farms 

LAND USED FOR VEGETABLES 

(SEE TEXT) 

Mossachusetts ____________ _ 

Barnstable _______________________ _ 

Berkshire ________________________ _ 

BristoL __________________________ _ Dukes ___________________________ _ 

Essex ___________________________ _ Franklin _________________________ _ 

Hampden ________________________ _ 

Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Middlesex ________________________ _ NontuckeL _______________________ _ 

Norfolk __________________________ _ 

Plymouth ________________________ _ 

Worcester _______________________ _ 

Forms not on moil IisL _____________ _ 

All VEGETABLES HARVESTED 

(SEE TEXT) 

Mossochusetts ____________ _ 

Barnstable _______________________ _ 

Berkshire ________________________ _ BristoL __________________________ _ Dukes ___________________________ _ 

Essex ___________________________ _ 

Franklin _________________________ _ Hampden ________________________ _ 

Hampshire _______________________ _ Middlesex ________________________ _ Nantucket ________________________ _ 

Norfolk __________________________ _ 

Plymouth ________________________ _ 

Worcester _______________________ _ 

Farms not on maillisL _____________ _ 

ASPARAGUS 

Mossochusetts ____________ _ 

Berkshire ________________________ _ Essex ___________________________ _ 

Franklin _________________________ _ Hampshire _______________________ _ 

MiddIesex ________________________ _ 

Plymouth ________________________ _ 

Ali other counties _________________ _ 

BEANS, GREEN LIMA 

Massochusetts ____________ _ 

BristoL __________________________ _ 

Ail other counties _________________ _ 

BEANS, SNAP (BUSH AND POLE) 

Massochusetts ____________ _ 

Berkshire ________________________ _ BristoL __________________________ _ 

Dukes ___________________________ _ 

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

-- Essex ____________________________ --

_ 

Franklin _________________________ _ -

-- Hampden _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Middlesex- -- ________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ -

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester - ________________________ _ 

- All other counties __________________ _ 

- Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ -

BEETS 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- BristoL ___________________________ _ Dukes ____________________________ _ - Essex ____________________________ _ - Hampden _________________________ _ -

- Middlesex-________________________ _ 

- Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ -

- All other counties __________________ _ 

- Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ -

BROCCOLI 

Massachusetts _____________ _ -

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ - Hompden - _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire ________________________ _ 

-

~~%~~~r==:===:=:=:=::======:=:=== -

-

- All other counties __________________ _ 

- Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

-

Harvested 

Farms 

I 092 

19 

48 

155 

19 

89 

75 

76 

150 

125 

4 

34 

67 

107 

124 

I 092 

19 

48 

ISS 

19 

89 

75 

76 

ISO 

125 

4 

34 

67 

107 

124 

86 

3 

5 

10 

50 

5 

7 

6 

8 

3 

5 

302 

9 

29 

7 

29 

9 

29 

13 

44 

12 

24 

28 

7 

62 

121 

4 

7 

5 

22 

6 

13 

5 

6 

9 

6 

38 

53 

3 

4 

6 

3 

9 

4 

3 

7 

14 

Irrigated 

Acres Forms Acres 

15 109 330 4 415 

97 9 39 

411 4 (D) 

2 517 50 780 

(D) 6 21 

1 795 50 738 

766 10 178 

I 593 20 502 

2 073 8 129 

2 557 48 900 

(D) 4 (0) 

404 13 138 

856 23 285 

I 506 34 452 

394 51 150 

15 214 330 4 507 

97 9 39 

409 4 49

1 

2 513 50 780 

68 6 21 

I 826 50 751

1 765 1 10 179 

I 651 - 20 565 

2 066 8 129 

2 569 48 914 

72 4 56 

408 13 139 

854 23 283 

I 514 34 452 

403 51 150 

269 9 9 

(D) - -

3 2 (0) 

26 2 (0) 

229 - - (D) 1 (Oil 4 4 

2 - -

10 - -

(0) - - (0) - -

484 127 230 

II 1 (0) 

95 10 21 

4 4 3 

91 15 18 

5 2 (0) 

39 7 16 

6 - - 100 21 75 

14 4 (0) 

69 9 (0) 

32 12 21 

4 4 3 

14 38 12 

87 63 54 

I - - 7 3 5 

3 3 2 

34 10 21 

6 2 (0) 

14 5 (0) 

5 2 (0) 

1 2 (0) 

4 4 2 

2 1 (0) 

II 31 10 

30 18 II 

I - - 4 2 (0) 

7 2 (0) 

3 - - 5 I (0) 

I 1 (0) 

I 2 (0) 

7 3 4 

11 7 1 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 

All Farms 

HEAD CABBAGE 

Mossochuset1s ______________ _ 

BristoL _______________ -_ -- ---------- Essex ____________________ -------- --

Franklin __________________ ------ ---- Hampden ________________________ ---

Hampshire ____________________ ------ Middlesex ________________________ ---

Plymouth __________________________ _ 

Worcester _________________________ _ 

All other counties ___________________ _ 

Forms not on moil lisL _______________ _ 

CANTALOUPS AND PERSIAN MELONS 

Mossochusetts ______________ _ 

Barnstable _________________________ _ 

BristoL ____________________________ _ 

Essex _____________________________ _ 

Hampden __________________________ _ 

Middlesex __________________________ _ 

Plymouth __________________________ _ 

Worcester _________________________ _ 

All other counties ___________________ _ 

Farms not on moil !isL _______________ _ 

CARROTS 

MossochusettL _____________ _ 

Berkshire __________________________ _ 

BristoL ____________________________ _ 

Dukes _____________________________ _ 

Essex _____________________________ _ 

Franklin ___________________________ _ 

Hampden __________________________ _ 

Middlesex __________________________ _ 

Norfolk ____________________________ _ 

Plymouth __________________________ _ 

Worcester _________________________ _ 

Ail other counties ___________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL _______________ _ 

CAULIFLOWER 

Mossachusetts ______________ _ 

Berkshire __________________________ _ 

BristoL ____________________________ _ 

Essex _____________________________ _ 

Franklin ___________________________ _ Hampden __________________________ _ 

Hampshire _________________________ _ Middlesex __________________________ _ 

Plymouth __________________________ _ 

AIl other counties ___________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL _______________ _ 

CELERY 

Mossachusetts ______________ _ 

Middlesex __________________________ _ 

All other counties ___________________ _ 

CHICORY 

MassachusettL _____________ _ 

COLLARDS 

Mossochusetts ______________ _ 

BristoL ____________________________ _ 

E ssex _____________________________ _ 

Ali other counties ___________________ _ 

CUCUMBERS AND PICKLES 

Mossachusetts ______________ _ 

Barnstable _________________________ _ 

Berkshire __________________________ _ BristoL ____________________________ _ 

E ssex _____________________________ _ 

F ronklin ___________________________ _ 

Hampden __________________________ _ 

Hampshire _________________________ _ 

Middlesex __________________________ _ Norfolk ____________________________ _ 

P Iymouth __________________________ _ 

Worcester _________________________ _ 

Ali other counties. ___________________ _ 

F arms not on maillisL _______________ _ 

Harvested 

Forms 

229 

38 

17 

20 

27 

24 

21 

10 

20 

7 

45 

87 

4 

7 

4 

14 

5 

10 

6 

6 

31 

129 

5 

5 

5 

13 

4 

10 

15 

4 

9 

16 

5 

38 

67 

3 

3 

4 

5 

9 

6 

14 

6 

3 

14 

18 

8 

3 

7 

304 

6 

7 

40 

29 

29 

30 

46 

32 

13 

21 

41 

3 

Acres 

816

163 1 

83 

62 

221 

115 

56 

18 

73 

14 

12 

6~ 1 

~I 19 

3 

8 

5 

6 

13 

242 

I 

I 

3 

11 

(0) 

(0) 

18 

5 

2 

36 

3 

13 

(0) 

38 

6 

(0) 

(0) 

699 

1 

2 

51 

22 

176 

44 

305 

34 

11 

24 

24 

2 

I 

Irrigoted 

forms 

94 

15 

12 

2 

7 

10 

I 

9 

38 

52 

3 

3 

3 

5 

2 

3 

2 

31 

65 

I 

3 

5 

2 

3 

6 

1 

2 

9 

2 

31 

22 

6 

1 

2 

8 

3 

2 

3 

79 

4 

15 

14 

4 

5 

3 

10 

7 

4 

12 

1 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Acres 

325 

85 

58 

(0) 

87 

38 

(0) 

44 

11 

33 

(0) 

3 

2 

10 

(0) 

(0) 

(0) 

13 

193 

(0) 

2 

6 

(0) 

(0) 

10 

(OJ 

(0) 

33 

(0) 

13 

I 

1 

34 

(0) 

(0) 

(0) 

14 

(0) 

(0) 

1 

(0) 

(0) 

(0) 

23 

3 

(0) 

(0) 

102 

17 

12 

17 

16 

(0) 

17 

6 

2 

7 

(D) 

-I 

123 
Table 31. Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons, Harvested for Sale: 1978-Con. 

All Farms 

EGGPLANT 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- BristoL ___________________________ _ Essex ____________________________ _ -

- Franklin __________________________ _ 

- Hampden _________________________ _ 

Middlesex - _________________________ _ 

- Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester - ________________________ _ 

- Ali other counties __________________ _ 

-

Forms not on moil lisL ______________ _ 

-

ESCAROLE 

MassachusetfL ____________ _ -

HONEYDEW MELONS 

MassochusettL ____________ _ -

All other counties __________________ _ 

-

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ -

lEITUCE AND ROMAINE 

MossochusettL ____________ _ -

Berkshire _ 

BristoL ___ ~=~=~=~=================- -

-- Dukes ___________________________ _ 

-- Essex ___________________________ _ 

Hampden -- ________________________ _ 

Hampshire -- _______________________ _ 

Middlesex -- ________________________ _ 

-- Norfolk __________________________ _ 

-- Plymouth ________________________ _ 

Worcester -- _______________________ _ 

-- Ali other counties _________________ _ --

Farms not on mail lisL --

ONIONS, DRY 

Massachusetts ____________ _ 

-- Brista'- __________________________ _ 

-- Franklin _________________________ _ 

-- Hampden ________________________ _ 

-- Hampshire _______________________ _ 

-- Middlesex ________________________ _ 

-- Plymouth ________________________ _ 

-- AU other counties _____________ _ --

ONIONS, GREEN 

MossochusettL ___________ _ --

BristoL __________________________ _ -- Essex ___________________________ _ -- Hompden _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Worcester -- ________________________ _ 

- Ali other counties __________________ _ -

OKRA 

Massachusetts _____________ _ -

PARSLEY 

Massachusetts _____________ _ -

PEAS, GREEN, EXCLUDING 

GREEN COWPEAS 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

-

- BristoL ___________________________ _ - Dukes ____________________________ _ 

- Essex __________________________ - __ - Fronklin __________________________ _ 

- Hampden __________________ - ___ ---- - Middlesex ____________________ -_ ----- Norfolk ______________________ -- ---- - Plymouth ____________________ -- ---- - Worcester ____________________ -- ---- All other counties ______________ -- ----

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ -

PEPPERS, HOT 

MassochuseftL _______ -- -----

BristoL _______________ -- ---- -- -- ---- Essex ____________ -- ---- ------------ Hompden ______________ -- ------ ---- - Middlesex- _____________ -- -- --------- AU other counties __________________ _ -

124 MASSACHUSETTS 

Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Farms 

77 71 26 

25 431 8 5 2 2 4 1 1 7 10 - 8 4 1 3 4 - 4 2 1 6 2 4 

8 3 2 

7 1 7 

3 (0) 3 

27 16 24 

3 1 -

24 14 24 

130 344 79 

4 2 - 21 66 9 8 5 4 IS 69 13 13 90 5 5 8 I 14 57 8 4 6 1 4 9 I 7 19 5 4 5 1 

31 10 31 

49 168

1 

8 

3 (0) 2 10 41 I 4 11 1 

19 105 I 4 2 - 4 1 I 5 (0) 2 

1 

25 62 11 

4 9 2 

8 5 5 

3 (0) 1 

3 (0) -

3 (0) 2 4 3 1 

6 6 -

5 16 3 

89 82 27 

4 (0) -

14 16 I 

3 (0) I 

10 10 6 

5 3 2 

II 9 3 

10 14 3 

6 7 4 

6 4 1 

10 11 4 

3 5 2 

7 I -

36 45 9 

16 25 4 

3 3 2 

4 4 - 4 1 -

9 121 3 

All Farms Harvested Irrigated 

Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

PEPPERS, SWEET 

31 Massochusetts _____________ _ - 245 539 III 272 

26 

(0)1 

(0) 

Barnstable ________________________ _ Berkshire _________________________ _ 

Bristol ____________________________ _ 

- 3 1 1 (0) 

- 3 1 1 (0) 

- 58 265 22 106 

- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 27 58 20 56 (D) Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 10 II 2 (0) 

- Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 31 87 8 44 (0) Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 19 31 1 (0) 

I Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 23 19 10 12 (D) Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 8 15 4 II 

1 Plymouth _________________________ _ Worcester ________________________ _ - 13 17 3 6 

- 23 24 15 18 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

- 27 II 24 10 

(0) PUMPKINS 

1:\ 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 239 627 47 70 

- 3 (0) I (0) 

- 9 (0) 1 (0) 

- 41 106 6 9 

14 Essex ____________________________ _ - 23 60 10 17 Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 16 28 - - Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 16 32 I (0) Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 21 49 2 (0) 

251 Middlesex _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ - 49 144 13 25 

- 10 35 3 (0) Plymouth _________________________ _ 

- 12 42 I (0) -

43 Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 24 62 2 (0) 

3 

69 Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

- 15 36 7 4 

(0) 

(0) RADISHES 

51 

(0) Massachusetts _____________ _ 

- 29 27 19 16 (0) 

8 Bristo'-___________________________ _ 

- 4 3 I (0) 

(0) Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 4 11 2 (0) 

10 Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ - 4 3 I (0) 

- 4 2 2 (0) All other counties __________________ _ - 6 7 6 7 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

- 7 1 7 I 19 

(0)1 RHUBARB 

(0) 

(0) Massachusetts _____________ _ - 5 30 3 (0) 

(0) 

-

(0) SPINACH 

(0) 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

- 29 106 12 44 

Bristol ____________________________ _ 

- 4 9 I (0) 

14 Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 6 (0) 4 5 Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 4 5 2 (0) 

(0) 

4 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 6 (0) 3 (0) 

- 4 4 2 (0) 

(0) All other counties __________________ _ - 5 7 - - -

(0) 

(0) SQUASH 

Massachusetts-____________ _ - 488 I 923 III 417 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 6 2 4 (0) - Berkshire _________________________ _ 

- 12 10 I (0) BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 88 559 24 190 Dukes ____________________________ _ 

- 6 3 3 3 Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 44 211 16 28 (0) Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 20 69 - - Hampden _________________________ _ - 39 86 4 12 Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 58 370 4 8 Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 79 361 25 107 Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 15 20 8 7 

26 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ - 36 100 10 28 

- 55 123 12 34 

-

(0) Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ - 30 9 - -

(0) 

6 SWEET CORN (0) 

4 

(0) Massochusetts _____________ _ 

- 670 7 241 166 I 830 

4 

(0) 

2 

(0) 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ Dukes ____________________________ _ 

- 5 35 4 20 

- 39 303 2 (0) 

- 88 915 21 209 

- 9 (0) 2 (0) 

- Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 58 967 26 337 Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 37 288 I (0) Hompden _________________________ _ 

- 45 618 7 89 Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 66 713 5 88 

17 Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 80 I 495 20 453 Nantucket _________________________ _ 

- 3 (0) 2 (0) 

9 Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 24 213 7 60 

(0) Plymouth _________________________ _ 

- 47 491 17 164 

- Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 80 960 21 208 

-

(0)1 Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

- 89 2001 31 271 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 31. Vegetables, Sweet Corn, and Melons, Harvested for Sale: 1978-Con. 

Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Forms Acres 

Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Forms Acres All Farms All Farms 

TOMATOES MIXED VEGETABlJ:S - Con. 

9 21 2 (D) - 5 181 1 (D) 

7 141 4 9 - 6 10 2 (D) - 11 13 1 (0) - 19 56 4 13 - 15 2 (D) 11 - 18 53 9 31 - 5 13 - - -

- 480 542

1 190 233

1 - 13 10 3 (0) - 64 77 21 25 

- 11 8 4 3 

- 45 69 26 45 

- 15 14 4 (D) 

- 42 91 12 44 

- 30 37 4 7 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ BristoL ___________________ ---- ____ _ 

Dukes ____________________ --- - __ ---

Essex ____________________ --- ------

Franklin __________________ ---- __ - __ Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex ________________ --- - -_ ----

Plymouth ____________________ - ____ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 68 76 27 22 Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 17 38 10 21 WATERMELONS Plymouth _________________________ _ 

- 32 26 8 5 

MossochuseMS _____________ _ 17 17 5 2 - - 54 53 21 21 

- 11 8 6 6 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

4 2 - - - 2 1 (0)/ - 4 

4 1 2 (0) - 5 12 2 (0) -

- Forms 78 36 44 22 not on maillisL ______________ _ BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

TURNIPS All other counties __________________ _ 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

- 27 44 2 (0) OTHER VEGETABLES I 52 192 24 112 - - 3 (0) - -

- 13 21 1 (D) 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ Massachusetts __ 

6 10 5 5 - 3 (D) 1 (D) -

- 5 (0) - -

- 6 7 1 (D) 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ Essex ____________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 5 27 - - MIXED VEGETABLES - 7 17 1 (D) 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 3 11 2 (0)1 - 4 (0)1 3 (0) - 10 

4:1 

5 

3~1 - 14 15 7 

Massochusetts _____________ _ - 103 257 1 29 831 - 7 3~i - 5 

3 

1 (D) (~~I 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

Table 32. Fruits and Nuts: 1978 

Total 

All Farms 

Nonbeoring age Bearing age Harvested 

Farms Acres Trees or vines Forms Trees or vines Farms Trees or vines Forms Pounds 

LAND IN ORCHARDS 

Massachusetts _____________ _ - 512 8 556 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 9 25 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 26 205 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 28 198 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) I (X) (X)I 

- 27 381 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 35 827 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 49 847 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 35 768 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 65 I 373 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 16 76 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 31 142 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 100 3 222 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 5 47 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) I (X) (X) 

- 86 445 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

APPLES 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- 449 7 695 448 151 263 95 105 397 353 046 321 92 208 721 

- 23 191 9669 16 3 558 22 6 III 18 2 154 356 - 24 133 5 446 14 1 431 21 4 015 16 I 059 008 - 25 356 15086 11 4 151 25 10 935 19 3 727 414 - 32 785 55 469 17 12 190 29 43 279 25 9 488 328 - 48 754 32 001 25 4 611 43 27 390 33 8 460 954 - 35 695 45 231 24 7 905 32 37 326 27 8 022 823 - 58 I 212 82 307 29 24 902 55 57 405 44 14 224 300 - 16 71 2 142 8 363 14 1 779 13 461 498 - 27 106 4 738 16 1 481 20 3 257 15 278 888 - 96 3 010 181 670 64 25 606 88 156 064 75 43 148 562 - 10 22 I 339 6 108 9 1 231 7 249 715 

Berkshire _________________________ _ Bristal ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ NorfolL __________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

Farms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

- 55 361 13053 33 8 799 39 4 254 29 932 875 

CHERRIES 

Massochusetts _____________ _ - 29 6 333 16 129 24 204 13 376 

- 3 1 38 3 (D) I (D) - - - 12 3 204 6 78 9 126 6 306 

Farms not an maillisL ______________ _ - 14 1 91/ 7 (0)1 14 (0) I 7 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA MASSACHUSETTS 125 
TobIe 32. Fruits and Nuts: 

All Farms 

GRAPES (FRESH WEIGHT) 

(SEE TEXT) 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ -

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire - _________________________ _ BristoL ___________________________ _ - Dukes - ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ - Hampden _________________________ _ -

- Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex - _________________________ _ 

- Plymouth _________________________ _ Worcester - ________________________ _ 

- Ali other counties __________________ _ 

- Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

-

PEACHES 

MossochusettL ____________ _ 

- 8ri5to'- __________________________ _ 

-- Essex ___________________________ _ 

-- Franklin _________________________ _ 

-- Hampden _________________________ _ 

- Hampshire _______________________ _ -- Middlesex ________________________ _ 

-- Norfolk __________________________ _ 

-- Plymouth ________________________ _ 

Worcester -- _______________________ _ -- Ali other counties _________________ _ --

Forms not on moillist ______________ _ --

PEARS 

Mossachusetts ____________ _ 

-- Berkshire ________________________ _ 

-- BristoL __________________________ _ 

-- Essex ___________________________ _ 

-- Hampden ___ . _____________________ _ 

-- Hampshire _______________________ _ 

Middlesex -- ________________________ _ 

Norfolk -- __________________________ _ 

-- Plymouth ________________________ _ 

Worcester -- _______________________ _ 

Ail other counties _________________ _ 

Farms not on moillisL _____________ _ 

PLUMS AND PRUNES (FRESH 

WEIGHT) (SEE TEXT) 

Mossachusetts ____________ _ 

Berkshire ________________________ _ 

Franklin _________________________ _ 

Hampden ________________________ _ 

Middfesex ________________________ _ 

Plymouth ________________________ _ 

Worcester _______________________ _ 

Ali other counties _________________ _ 

Forms not on maillisL _____________ _ 

OTHER NONCITRUS FRUIT 

Massochusetts_ 

OTHER NUTS 

Massochusetts ____________ _ 

126 MASSACHUSmS 

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

1978-Con. 

Total 

Forms Acres Trees or vines 

95 105 53 782 

3 2 223 3 1 220 9 11 6479 4 43 24 455 6 4 1 665 6 3 1 540 3 1 125 11 17 8 765 10 7 3 002 13 10 3 152 5 2 840 

22 7 3 316 

J88 444 31 693 

18 44 3 630 9 8 801 13 30 2 488 17 50 4 635 11 43 3 690 18 64 3 894 5 2 107 13 10 486

33 153 10 802 1 5 3 151 

46 38 1 009 

159 244 19 481 

5 6 673 13 9 538 12 11 1 126 13 25 2 163 

11 27 3 034 22 76 6 136 

6 2 103 

6 2 56 24 45 2 769 

4 7 211 

43 35 2 672 

60 30 1 842 

3 5 320 

4 2 96 

5 10 887 

4 1 82 

5 1 40 

10 4 213 

7 4 135 

22 3 69 

9 14 875 

5 11 427 

Nonbeoring age Bearing age Harvested 

Forms Trees or vines Forms Trees or vines forms Pounds 

73 24 418 84 29 364 61 49401 

2 (O) 2 (O) 1 (O) 

2 (O) 3 (O) 1 (O) 

7 5 709 6 770 4 4674 

3 13 750 4 10 705 3 18 350 4 145 6 I 520 5 1948 

5 400 3 1 140 3 9010 

- - 3 125 3 60 10 3065 9 5 700 4 655 

5 296 9 2 706 5 1 401 

9 251 13 2 901 7 8 575 4 235 4 605 3 180 

22 332 22 2984 22 4 228 

103 6 761 164 24 932 115 1 447 987 

11 821 13 2809 12 (O) 

4 50 9 751 7 36 071 

12 1 139 10 1 349 8 104 780 

9 691 15 3 944 11 160220 

8 773 9 2 917 8 137 050 

11 576 15 3 318 14 157 989 

4 (O) 5 (O) 5 6 515 

10 121 10 365 9 13 195 

23 2 535 29 8 267 24 521 696 

3 (O) 3 (O) 3 (D) 

8 8 46 1 001 14 46 221 

73 6 893 135 12 588 91 1 155 344 

4 (O) 5 396 4 (D) 

3 28 13 510 9 26350 

3 (O) 11 (O) 8 115 522 

6 67 9 2 096 7 58 260 

8 434 8 2 600 7 124 310 

12 (0) 19 3 167 17 484 080 

3 15 5 88 5 3 567 

5 51 2 (0) 1 (0) 

10 699 24 2 070 17 172 470 

4 72 3 (0) 2 (0) 

15 2 164 36 508 14 105 035 

29 212 53 1 630 27 44 201 

3 49 3 271 1 (0) 

3 43 3 53 1 (0) 

3 17 3 870 2 (0) 

2 (0) 4 (0) 4 3 300 

2 (0) 3 (0) 3 282 

4 13 9 200 4 15 555 

4 37 6 98 5 6 358 

8 16 22 53 7 350 

6 104 8 771 6 29 085 

4 (0) 4 (0) 3 80 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 33. Berries: 1978 

All Farms Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres 

All Farms 

BLACKBERRIES (POUNDS) RASPBERRIES (POUNDS) 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

BLUEBERRIES, TAME (POUNDS) 

Mossochusetfs _____________ _ 

- 6 2 2 980 1 (0)1 

- 112 351 451 1781 30 54 

Mossachuset1s _____________ _ 

Barnstable __________ - ___ -- --------- BristoL ___________ - _______ ---- -- --- Essex ____________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

Barnstable ____________________ -- __ _ BristoL _____________________ -_ -- __ _ 

Essex __________________ ---- ---- __ _ Franklin ______________________ - ___ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 9 15 11 747 5 3 

- 9 15 24 299 3 (0) 

- 9 7 5374 3 2 

- 7 8 4019 - -

- 19 119 146 792 1 (D) 

- 8 26 62 954 1 (D) 

- 8 8 13 375 2 (D) 

Franklin ____________ - _____ - - - - ----- Hampden __________ -- _____________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex __________ - _____ -_ -- ------ Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worces1er ________________ - _____ ---

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 23 95 134 809 6 27 

- 10 55 41 938 1 (0) Farms not on moillisL ______________ _ - All other counties __________________ _ - 3 1 1 671 I (D) 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ - 7 1 4200 7 1 STRAWBERRIES (POUNDS) 

BLUEBERRIES, WILD (POUNDS) Mossochuset1s _____________ _ 

- Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- 30 536 335 234 5 28 

Franklin __________________________ _ Hampden _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

- 3 165 105 000 1 (D) 

- 8 290 197 400 - -

- 11 74 22 654 - -

- 5 3 8 380 1 (D) 

Barnstable __________________ -_ - ___ _ Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________ -_ --- _ ---

Essex ____________ -_ - _____ - ___ - ---- Franklin __________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

- Farms not an maillisL ______________ _ - 3 3 1 800 3 3 Hampden _________________________ _ - Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- CRANBERRIES (1 OO-LB BARRELS) 

Massachusetts _____________ _ - 382 10063 1 072 248 1 382 10 063 1 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

-

-

- Barnstable ________________________ _ BristoL ___________________________ _ - 55 704 67 803 55 704 

- 25 269 28 576 25 269 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

-

- Plymouth _________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ - 295 8928 966 607 295 8 928 

- 7 162 9 262 7 162 Farms not on moil !isL ______________ _ -

Table 34. Nursery and Greenhouse Products, Mushrooms, and Sod: 1978 

All Farms 

ALL NURSERY AND GREENHOUSE 

PRODUCTS (SEE TEXT) 

MassachusettL ____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ Bristol ____________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Nantucket _________________________ _ Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

BEDDING PLANTS 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ____________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Fronklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

BULBS 

Massochusetts _____________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Essex ____________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Middlesex-________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Farms 

802 

30 

28 

75 

14 

75 

29 

78 

44 

149 

3 

77 

69 

3 

75 

53 

451 

15 

17 

35 

5 

49 

18 

44 

21 

71 

48 

38 

55 

3 

32 

52 

6 

6 

6 

17 

8 

3 

6 

Sq. ft. under 

gloss or other 

protection 

9 291 352 

92 685 

190 805 754 323 

28 131 

752 798 

85 507 

791 899 

892 894 

3 196 567 

(D) 

980 449 

605 303 

(D) 

696 985 

141 408 

2 893 542 

49 498 86055 

234 894 

7 631 

424 591 

32670 

351 030 

114478 

844433 

306 437 

132 965 

256 662 

31 366 

20 832 

272 724 

20 311 

(0) 

(D) 

83 453 

77 400 

(D) 

6200 

Sales 

Acres in open ($1,000) 

3 043 41 137 

82 517 

105 740 

244 4 831 

9 83 

372 3 406 

125 648 

527 2 434 

66 2 409 1 060 15 952 (D) (D) 

47 3 733 

170 2 271 

(D) (D) 

234 3 602 

1 105 

107 8004 

4 183 (D) 295 

3 682 

(0) 30 

14 I 272 (D) 354 

3 631 (D) 192 

18 2 296 

(D) 894 (0) 368 

2 647 

- 109 

- 50 

17 816 

(D) (D) 

- 126 (D) (D) 

(0) 181 (0) 259 

- 8 (D) 30 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 

All Farms 

CUT FLOWERS AND CUT FLORIST 

GREENS 

Mossochusetts ______________ _ 

Barnstable _________________________ _ 

Berkshire __________________________ _ BristoL ____________________________ _ 

Essex _____________________________ _ 

Franklin ___________________________ _ Hampden __________________________ _ 

Hampshire _________________________ _ 

Middlesex __________________________ _ 

Norfolk ____________________________ _ Plymouth __________________________ _ 

Worcester _________________________ _ 

Ail other counties ___________________ _ 

FOLIAGE AND FLOWERING PLANTS 

Massachusetts ______________ _ 

Barnstable _________________________ _ 

Berkshire __________________________ _ 

BristoL ____________________________ _ Essex _____________________________ _ 

Franklin ___________________________ _ 

Hampden __________________________ _ 

Hampshire _________________________ _ 

Middlesex __________________________ _ Norfolk ____________________________ _ 

Plymouth __________________________ _ 

Suffolk ____________________________ _ 

Worcester _________________________ _ 

Ali other counties ___________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL _______________ _ 

MUSHROOMS 

Massochusetts ______________ _ 

NURSERY PRODUCTS 

Massochusetts ______________ _ 

Barnstable _________________________ _ 

Berkshire __________________________ _ BristoL ____________________________ _ 

Dukes _____________________________ _ 

Essex _____________________________ _ 

Hampden __________________________ _ 

Forms 

82 

8 

3 

14 

7 

7 

6 

5 

4 

13 

5 

10 

263 

9 

11 

31 

33 

18 

27 

26 

27 

5 

18 

36 

5 

17 

Harvested 

Acres Quantity 

44 60 502 

3 2 752/ 

(D) (D) 

11 19 227 

10 16 750 

5 6 493 

2 2386 

1 2 339 

(D) (0) 

4 3 775 

2 790 

2 870 

352 I 570 186

1 9 (0) 

7 34 610 

26 131 143 

42 174 943 

25 133 789 

82 413 699 

42 85 583 

27 1360361 3 11 225 

13 62 570 

69 348 100 

3 8 186 

3 (D) 

Sq. ft. under 

glass or other 

Irrigated 

Forms Acres 

27 17 

3 (l) 

2 (0) 

5 8 

- - 1 (D) 

3 2 

3 1 

2 (D) 

3 I 

2 (D) 

3 (0) 

102 189

1 6 8 

1 (D) 

12 13 

23 35 

4 12 

7 46 

1 (0) 

11 15 

3 2 

7 9 

14 44 

3 (0) 

10 2 

Forms protection Acres in open 

Sales 

($1.000) 

141 2 363 215 139 7 780 

7 (0) (0) 12 

5 (D) (D) 148 

8 38 900 36 163 

13 51 000 15 291 

5 (D) 6 14 

13 86 400 (D) 323 

6 (0) (D) (D) 

39 982 900 12 3 596 

12 166 230 (0) 411 

15 227 995 3 624 

14 64 960 (0) 230 

4 (0) 2 (D) 

281 2 925 042 69 15 351 

12 36 814 (D) 142 

8 31 750 (0) 127 

22 322 283 19 2 450 23 199 687 9 983 

9 40466 (D) 27 18 173 246 6 424 11 80 500 2 149 

62 153 656 9 6611 33 294 022 11 1 937 26 223 043 2 659 3 (0) (D) 180 

35 338 633 5 639 3 (0) (D) 7 

16 6 576 16 

17 000 (X) 98 

184 298 207 2 631 8 296 

15 (D) 58 173 11 (D) 82 162 20 75 535 178 367 6 (0) 5 42 18 29 860 333 727 20 (D) 483 879 

MASSACHUSETTS 127 
Table 34. Nursery and Greenhouse Products, Mushrooms, and Sod: 1978-Con. 

All Farms 

NURSERY PRODUCTS - (on. 

Hampshire _________________________ _ 

Middtesex __________________________ _ 

Norfolk ____________________________ _ 

Plymouth __________________________ _ 

Worcester _________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

SOD HARVESTED 

Mossochusetts ______________ _ 

VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 

MassachusettL _____________ _ 

BristoL ____________________________ _ 

Essex _____________________________ _ 

Hampden __________________________ _ 

Middlesex __________________________ _ 

Norfolk ____________________________ _ 

All other counties ___________________ _ 

Table 35. Other Crops: 

All Farms 

HERBS (POUNDS) 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

-

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- All other counties __________________ _ 

-

Sq. ft. under gloss or other Soles Farms protection Acres in open ($1,000) 

12 

30 

17 

20 

9 

6 

20 

3 

3 

4 

3 

4 

3 

1978 

25 675 

(D) 

(D) 

(0) 

3 487 

(X) 

36 209 

2 000 

3 300 

4 531 

(0) 

(D) 

10 678 

Harvested 

Farms Acres Quantity 

7 10 9 082 

3 5 5 000 

4 5 4 082 

62 129 

015 2 970 (0) (D) 

143 578 (D) (D) 

17 79 

68 212 

(D) 98 

5 

7 

7 

(0) 4 (D) 38 

39 

Irrigated 

Farms Acres 

- -

- - - -

All Farms Sq. ft. under 

gloss or other Sales Farms protection Acres in open ($1,000) 

GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES 

Mossochusetts _______________ 42 443 613 (X) 305 

BristoL _____________________________ 4 (D) (X) (D) Hampden ___________________________ 9 135 192 (X) 47 Hampshire __________________________ 4 20 158 (X) 13 Middlesex ___________________________ 7 60 150 (X) 81 Worcester __________________________ 4 (D) (X) (D) All other counties ____________________ 8 20 533 (X) 32 

Forms not on moillisL ________________ 114000 (X) 36 

OTHER NURSERY AND 

GREENHOUSE PRODUCTS 

Massachusetts _______________ 23 41 800 10 176 

BristoL _____________________________ 3 6 Hampden ___________________________ 3 4 Middlesex ___________________________ 3 (D) (D) All other counties ____________________ 7 (D) (D) 

Farms not on maillisL ________________ 

Harvested Irrigated 

All Farms Farms Acres Quantity Farms Acres 

OTHER CROPS 

Massachusetts _____________ _ 

- 27 87 (X) 3 9 

- 5 9 (X) - - Bristo'- ___________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 13 62 (X) 1 (D) Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 3 3 (X) 2 (0) 

Ali - 6 13 (X) - - other counties __________________ _ 

Table 36. Operator Response to Land Held Under Foreign Ownership: 1978 

Reporting land held under foreign ownership Reporting don't know Reporting no No response 

~~~e~r~yn~~d~i:~~~~ ! own~~r~~:~;;~i::; held 

of the United States ass!lclatlons, or a 

land in foreign government land in land in land in 

All Farms 

forms Total acres forms forms farms 

Farms (acres) held Farms Acres Farms Acres farms (acres) Farms (acres) Forms (acres) 

MassachusettL ____________ _ - 7 583 406 7 406 - - 14 I 962 5 488 640 741 382 35 428 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

- 3 243 (D) 3 (D) - - 4 152 792 122 707 65 6 414 All other counties __________________ _ 

- 4 340 (D) 4 (D) - - 10 1 810 4 696 518 034 317 29 014 

Table 37, Income From Machine Work, Customwork and Other Agricultural Services: 1978 

farms withAll Farms Income $1 to $250 to $500 to $1,00010 $5,000 to $10,000 to $20,000 to $30,000 

Forms ($1,000) $249 $499 $999 $4,999 $9,999 $19,999 29,999 or more 

MossachuseftL ____________ _ - 411 836 153 55 63 103 19 12 2 4 

- 8 33 3 - 2 1 - 2 - - - 27 34 11 2 3 9 2 - - -

- 28 53 10 2 7 6 2 - 1 -

- 8 23 1 1 - 5 - 1 - -

- 30 63 10 3 2 12 2 1 - -

- 53 96 23 12 4 8 4 1 - 1 

- 20 51 6 2 5 5 - 1 1 -

- 42 60 19 5 9 6 - 3 - -

- 57 243 22 5 5 20 2 - - 3 

- 15 40 3 3 1 5 2 1 - -

- 29 57 7 5 6 7 3 1 - - 80 77 30 15 13 19 2 1 - -

Barnstable ____________________ -_ - __ 

Berkshire ______________________ - __ _ 8rlsto'- ___________________________ _ 

Dukes ________________________ -- --- Essex ____________________________ _ 

Fronklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ______________________ --- Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Norfolk ________________________ ----

Plymouth ______________________ ----

Worcester ____________________ -- ----

Forms not on moillisL _______________ _ 14 5 8 - 6 - - - - -

128 MASSACHUSmS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 38. Value of Agricultural Products Sold Directly to Consumers for Human Consumption: 1978 

Forms withValue $1 to $250 to $500 to $1,000 to $5,000 to $10,000 to $20,000 to $30,000 

Forms ($1.000) $249 $499 $999 $4,999 $9,999 $19,999 $29,999 or more All Farms 

MassochusefIS _____________ _ 

- 1 253 9 792 173 117 174 499 108 75 28 79 

30 133 3 4 3 11 8 - - 1 

- 60 473 10 6 11 21 5 3 1 3 

- 22 46 12 9 7 6 

- 129 860 13 14 

87 1 356 2 9 12 33 12 2 3 14 - 90 348 14 10 19 34 6 3 - 4 

- 24 9 9 1 7 

- 80 615 8 10 12 

- 115 966 10 15 17 47 13 6 I 6 

- 128 1 173 6 8 12 52 12 21 7 10 

- 41 304 4 5 5 15 4 6 - 2 

- 86 300 7 8 16 42 8 2 1 2 

- 190 2 854 28 19 27 57 17 13 7 22 

- 21 181 5 1 I 9 2 I - 2 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ Essex ____________________________ _ 

Fronklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

Hampshire ________________________ _ 

Middlesex _________________________ _ 

Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

Plymouth _________________________ _ Worcester ________________________ _ 

All other counties __________________ _ 

- Forms 196 228 63 8 17 108 - - - - not on moillisL ______________ _ 

Table 39. Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1978 

[For classification of social and ethnic groups; see text] 

land in farms Harvested cropland Farms by value of sales 

Market value Occupation farming Occupation other than forming 

of agricultural 

products sold less than $2,500 to $20,000 less than $2,500 to $20,000 

Farms Acres Forms Acres ($1,000) $2.500 $19,999 or more $2,500 $19,999 or more 

All Farms 

Massochusetts _____________ _ 

- 33 1 950 30 518 412 4 II 5 7 4 2 

- 3 114 3 34 31 - - I I 1 -

- 5 643 4 170 142 1 - I I - 2 

BristoL ___________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

- 10 547 10 166 118 I 2 2 4 I -

- 3 71 I (D) II I I - - 1 -

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

- 6 455 6 95 44 I 2 1 I 1 -

Forms not on maillisL ______________ _ - 6 120 6 (0) 65 - 6 - - - -

Table 40. Farms Operated by Black and Other Races by Tenure: 1978 

[For classificafion af social and ethnic groups; see text] 

Full owners Part owners Tenants 

All Farms Harvested Harvested Harvested 

Number land in farms cropland Number land in fo rms cropland Number Land in forms cropland 

MassachusettL ____________ _ 

- 25 1 150 292 6 580 166 2 (D) (D) 

franklin __________________________ _ 

- 3 229 82 2 (D) (0) - - - Plymouth _________________________ _ 

- 8 489 108 2 (0) (D) - - - Ali other counties __________________ _ 

- 8 312 60 2 (D) (D) 2 (0) (0) 

- 6 120 42 - Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ - - - - -

Table 41. Operators by Selected Racial Groups: 1978 

All farms Forms with sales of 

$2,500 or more All forms Forms with sales of 

$2.500 Or more 

Forms land in forms Forms land in forms Forms Land in forms Farms Land in forms 

BLACK AMERICAN INDIAN 

Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

- 19 836 15 534 Mossochusetts _____________ _ - 6 204 I (D) 

ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER 

- 7 373 4 286 

- 6 343 5 128 - 3 202 2 (D) 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Ali other caunties __________________ _ Mossochusetts _____________ _ 

AU OTHER RACES (SEE TEXT) 

- 6 120 6 120 - 5 708 4 (D) Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ MossochusettL ____________ _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA MASSACHUSETTS 129 
Table 42. Operators of Spanish Origin: 1978 

All forms Farms with soles of 

$2,500 or more 

Farms land in farms Forms land in forms 

Mossachusetts _____________ _ 

- 41 2 393 7 457 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Ali other counties __________________ _ 

Forms not on mail IisL ______________ _ 

- 3 2421 I (0) 

- 14 56:i 6 (0) 

- 24 I 584 - -

Table 43. Female Operators: 1978 

All forms Forms with soles of 

$2.500 or more All forms Forms with soles of 

$2,500 or more 

Forms land in farms Forms land in farms Forms land in forms Forms land in farms 

MossochusettL ____________ _ - 453 35098 270 23 539 Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 36 3 359 25 2 514 Middlesex _________________________ _ 

- 49 2 317 34 I 870 Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 15 569 10 412 Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 15 I 847 9 I 533 Berkshire _________________________ _ 

BristoL ___________________________ _ - 20 3831 10 2 541 

- 32 I 564 19 I 039 

Plymouth _________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ - 55 2485 37 I 854 

- 57 7336 31 4838 Essex ____________________________ _ 

Franklin __________________________ _ 

Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 30 2 908 19 2 188 

- 35 3 7231 20 2 0581 

- 33 2 505j 26 2 142j 

All other counties __________________ _ 

Forms not on moillisL ______________ _ 

- 6 310 6 310 

- 70 2344 24 240 

130 MASSACHUSmS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY SUMMARY DATA 
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Farms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

Forms ____________________________________________ - __ 

Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

Approximate land oreo _________________________________ _ Proportion in forms __________________________ percenL 

5 891 678 7141 4 497 601 734 3 859 535 675 3 185 496 050 - 115 (X) 134 (X) 139 00 156 

- (X) 

5 008 6401 (X) 5 008 768 (X) 5 008 640 00 5 008 768 (X) - (X) 13.6 (X) 12.0 (X) 10.7 (X) 9.9 

-

Value of lond and buildings: I 

Average per form _____________________________ dollars_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollars- 168 952 (X) 128 535 (X) 195 905 (X) 150 448 (X) 

- (X) 966 (X) 1 443 ()() 961 (X) 1 399 -

Lond in forms according to use: Total cropland ______________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 5 526 311 030 4 212 257 033 3 637 256 264 2 957 221 873 - 5 107 213 669 4 032 188 015 3409 184 241 2 874 168 942 - By acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 

20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

50010999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

1 661 6 018 1 239 (NA) 947 3 321 686 (NA) - 583 (NA) I 436 5 822 358 (NA) 856 11 020 - 4IJ7 (NA) 329 7 646 288 (NA) 537 12 280 - 29 929 54IJ (NA) 542 20 343 410 (NA) 815 - 682 (NA) 589 40 522 626 (NA) - 657 44 869 

420 55 738 373 (NA) 411 54 563 368 (NA) - 123 (NA) 136 36 753 119 (NA) - 142 38 544 

- 16 (0) 14 (NA) 16 (0) 14 (NA) 

- 3 (0) 5 (NA) 3 (0) 5 (NA) 

Cropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ Other cropland ___________________________________ _ - 2510 77 443 1 601 55 4IJ7 1 428 58 108 1 014 43 669 

- 1 155 19 918 704 13 551 806 13 915 476 9 262 

Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grasses, not harvested or pastured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

(ropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ 

Cropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

- 338 4 289 (NA) (NA) 229 3 371 148 2 175 

- 130 843 (NA) (NA) 96 637 76 1 136 

- 106 1 3081 (NA) (NA) I 86 1 221 61 1 4481 

- 744 13 478 (NA) (NA) 500 8 686 258 4 503 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

Woodland postured _______________________________ _ Woodland not postured ____________________________ _ 

- 3 583 272 563 2 631 240 463 2 306 204 687 1 810 188 792 

- 995 37 673 (NA) (NA) 655 28 997 619 33 658 

- 3 142 234 890 (NA) (NA) 2 016 175 690 1 513 155 134 

Olher lond _________________________________________ _ 

- 4 201 95 121 3 228 104 238 2 724 74 724 2 301 85 385 

Pastureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured _______________________________ _ 

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc _______ _ 

- 708 31 268 (NA) (NA) 497 23 916 552 33 240 

- 4 020 63 853 (NA) (NA) 2 608 50 808 2 168 52 145 

Postureland, all types __________________________________ _ 

- 3 210 l4IJ 384 (NA) (NA) 1 907 III 021 (NA) 110 567 

Irrigated land ________________________________________ _ 

Harvested croplond irrigated __________________________ _ Pastureland irrigated ________________________________ _ 

Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ 

Land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ________ _ 

- 1 027 16 941 879 18 512 889 16 510 750 17 887 

- 1 020 16 773 (NA) (NA) 886 16 414 749 17 547 

- 10 100 (NA) (NA) 5 45 (NA) 121 

- 18 68 (NA) (NA) 11 51 13 219 

- 48 1 077 (X) (X) 42 996 (X) (X) 

'1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold' _______________ _ - 5 891 214 675 4 497 179 653 3 859 211 420 3 185 177 112 Average per farm ___________________________ dollars __ (X) 36 441 (X) 39 950 (X) 54 786 (X) 55 608 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold:' $100,000 or more ___________________________________ _ 

$40,00010 $99,999 _________________________________ _ 

$20,000 10 $39,999 _________________________________ _ 

$10,00010 $19,999 _________________________________ _ 

$5,000 10 $9,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 487 135 944 344 (NA) 487 135 944 344 (NA) 

- 688 43 555 678 (NA) 688 43 555 678 (NA) 

- 565 16 216 627 (NA) 565 16 216 627 (NA) 

- 556 7684 535 (NA) 556 7684 535 (NA) 

- 714 4 958 498 (NA) 714 4 958 498 (NA) $2,50010 $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

less Ihan $2,500 (see lexl) ___________________________ _ 

$2,00010 $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

$1,50010 $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

$1,00010 $1,499 _________________________________ _ 

Loss Ihan $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal forms (see loxl) _____________________________ _ 

- 849 3063 444 (NA) 849 3 063 444 (NA) 

- 2 012 2 052 1 354 (NA) (X) (X) 59 (NA) 

- 259 561 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 337 573 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 526 632 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 890 287 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

20 1 203 17 (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Crops _______________________________________________ _ 

- Groins 3 427 100 829 3 033 86453 2 522 99 469 (NA) B5 347 _____________________________________________ _ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ Cotton and cottonseed _______________________________ _ 

99 365 (NA) (NA) 64 334 59 281 

- 1 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) (NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ T abacco ___________________________________________ _ 

Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage _____________________ _ 

Vegetables. sweet corn, and melons _____________________ _ Fruits, nuts, and berries-_____________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ Olhor crops _________________________________________ _ 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- 44 6 985 (NA) (NA) 44 6 985 4B 9 925 1 274 4 779 (NA) (NA) 821 4 216 65B 4 136 1 092 13 712 (NA) (NA) 894 13 488 673 10 200 

- 946 30455 (NA) (NA) 751 30 167 655 20 542 - 802 41 137 653 37063 665 40 895 563 36 933 182 3 397 (NA) (NA) 142 3 384 151 3 330 

livestock, poultry. and their products _____________________ _ Poullry and poullry producls ___________________________ _ Dairy producls _____________________________________ _ 

Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

Sheep, lambs, and wool ______________________________ _ 

Olher liveslack and liveslack producls (see lexl) _________ _ 

3 144 113 846 2 396 92 464 2 090 111 951 1 729 91 OB6 574 18 682 417 24 134 323 18 508 294 23 977 

- 933 61 784 (NA) (NA) 872 61 162 955 50 396 - 2 061 12 630 (NA) (NA) 1 487 11 988 1 333 7 405 - 551 5 632 (NA) (NA) 381 5 515 240 3 346 - 340 242 (NA) (NA) 126 152 71 74 - 708 14876 (NA) (NA) 388 14 625 153 5 BB8 

t)Q74 dota include sales of forest products. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - COUNTY DATA MASSACHUSETTS 131 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 Forms 

Forms with harvested cropland Forms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested Irrigated 1978 1974 in forms Forms in forms cropland Forms in farms cropland land 

All forms ___________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1 to 9 ocres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres _____________________ _ 50 to 69 ocres _____________________ _ 

70 to 99 ocres _____________________ _ 

100 to 139 ocres ___________________ _ 

140 to 179 ocres ___________________ _ 

180 to 219 acres ___________________ _ 

220 to 259 ocreL __________________ _ 

260 to 499 acreL __________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocres ___________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 ocres ________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ________________ _ 

- 5 891 4 497 678 7141 5 107 644 991 213 669 1 027 95883 26961 16941 

- 987 627 4 128 714 2 917 1 606 240 1 012 542 476 - 1 798 1 185 47 280 1 485 39 710 17 134 381 9024 3 303 2 590 

- 516 384 30 170 450 26 313 11 083 88 5 032 1 691 1 183 498 406 41 189 458 37917 14 215 63 5 177 2 114 1 184 

- 575 503 66 897 540 62 889 21 858 77 8 899 2 870 I 684 - 421 344 66 015 402 63 212 21 173 62 9980 3 695 1 382 

- 290 265 57 549 266 52 729 17819 24 4 739 I 480 565 

- 155 183 37 245 151 36 280 12 379 14 3 378 I 177 752 - 483 428 170 576 476 167 900 55068 57 19210 5 173 3 470 

- 137 142 86604 135 85 354 26867 14 8 550 1 683 638 - 25 21 32 185 24 30 894 8 555 5 (D) (D) (0) 

- 6 9 38 876 6 38 876 5912 2 (D) (D) (0) 

Table 4, Operators - Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Farms Acres Farms Acres Forms Acres 

land in forms __________________________ _ 

-------- 5 891 678 714 4497 601 734 3 859 535 675 3 185 496 050 Harvested cropland ____________________ _ 

-------- 5 107 213 669 4 032 188 015 3 409 184 241 2 874 168 942 

Tenure of operator; Full owners __________________________ _ 

-------- 3 846 329 507 3015 308 983 2 288 222 063 1 943 220 264 Harvested cropland _________________ _ --------- 3 210 70941 (NA) 68 578 I 947 53 299 (NA) 54 542 Port owners _________________________ _ 

--------- 1 685 322 034 I 213 264 910 1 302 291 049 1 021 249 606 Harvested cropland _________________ _ --------- 1 584 130 352 (NA) 107 710 I 225 120 280 (NA) 103 304 T eoonts ____________________________ _ 

--------- 360 27 173 269 27 841 269 22 563 221 26 180 Harvested cropland _________________ _ --------- 313 12 376 (NA) 11 727 237 10662 (NA) 11 096 

Type of organization: Individual or family ___________________ _ 

--------- 5 017 489 437 (NA) (NA) 3094 365 807 2 612 360 299 Partnership _________________________ _ --------- 447 73 987 (NA) (NA) 382 69 963 257 51 085 Corporation _________________________ _ --------- 365 86432 (NA) (NA) 353 85 799 293 71 629 Other-cooperative, estate or trust, institut ional, etc __ 62 28 858 (NA) (NA) 30 14 106 23 13 037 

All farms Forms with sales of AI/farms Forms with sales of 

$2,500 or more $2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 1978 '1974 1978 '1974 1978 '1974 

Operators by prinCipal occupation: Operators by place of residence: Forming ____________________________ _ 

- 3 062 2 560 2 562 2 169 On form operated ______________________ 4 780 3 151 3 009 2 133 Other ______________________________ _ 

- 2 829 I 604 I 297 700 Not on form operated ___________________ 743 506 571 377 

Operators by age group: Not reported ___________________________ 368 507 279 359 

Under 25 years ______________________ _ 

- 91 53 59 39 Operators reporting days of work off form: 25 to 34 yearL ______________________ _ 

- 594 302 418 205 None _________________________________ 2 387 I 672 I 914 I 396 35 to 44 yearL ______________________ _ - I 190 616 653 416 I to 49 days ___________________________ 293 183 230 125 45 to 54 years-______________________ _ 

55 to 64 yearL ______________________ _ 

- 1 348 I 081 866 760 50 to 99 days __________________________ 147 127 111 84 

- 1 536 I 227 I f41 859 100 to 149 days ________________________ 212 117 144 70 65 years and over ____________________ _ 

- I 132 885 722 590 150 to 199 days. _______________________ 326 231 197 131 Average age _________________________ _ 

- 51.9 54.2 52.3 54.2 200 days or more ______________________ 2 297 1 157 I 072 484 

lApplies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

Table 5, Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data are based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All farms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses 

Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

livestock and poultry purchased _________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry ___________________________ _ 

- 2 042 11 382 I 502 8 110 I 280 11 002 I 039 7 911 

- 3 319 40 503 2 512 40 395 2 071 39 163 I 746 39 636 Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ Animal health casts ___________________________________ _ 

- 2 187 33467 2 152 36 735 I 462 32 891 I 654 36 188 

- 2492 1 518 (NA) (NA) I 640 I 388 I 228 750 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees __________________________ _ Commercial fertilizer __________________________ - _______ _ - 3 051 7 838 2 450 6645 2 291 7 674 1 874 6 569 

- 4 008 7 360 3 190 5 808 2 938 6920 2 432 5 587 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ Hired form lobor ________________________ - _____________ _ 

- 3 791 4035 2 354 2 768 2 782 3 833 I 882 2 701 

- 2 768 40 716 2 220 31 981 2277 39625 1 913 31 561 

Contract lobor ______________ - ___ ---_ -- -- ---------------- 469 I 658 234 896 395 I 625 174 876 

Customwork, machine hire. and rental of machinery and equipmenf ____________________________ - ___ ---_ ---- ---- I 177 I 705 I 018 990 829 I 561 769 934 

Energy and petroleum producfs __________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ________________________ - ___ ------ Gasoline ________________________________ - ___ -- ----

- 5 852 160404 (NA) (NA) 3846 15 394 (NA) (NA) 

- 5 845 12 019 4 338 8 766 3 843 11 520 3 137 8 502 

- 5 536 4 824 (NA) (NA) 3 632 4 470 3092 3 321 

Diesel fuel ______________________ ---- -- - - - - --------

lP gas, butane, and propane ________________________ _ 

Fuel oil __________________________ -- - ___ -- ---- -- ---

Natural gas ________________________ -_ -_ -- -_ ---- ---

Kerosene, motor oil, and grease _____________________ _ 

Electricity ____________________________ -_ -_ ---_ ---- ---

Other-cool, wood, coke, efc. _________________________ _ 

- I 738 1 117 (NA) (NA) I 497 I 085 953 549 

- 492 519 (NA) (NA) 436 509 486 672 

- I 104 4461 (NA) (NA) I 002 4 439 

- } 150 171 (NA) (NA) 91 164 3 135 3 960 

- 5844 928 (NA) (NA) 3 842 854 

- 3 854 3 893 (NA) (NA) 2 797 3 749 (NA) (NA) 

- 378 132 (NA) (NA) 296 124 (NA) (NA) 

132 MASSACHUSmS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto are bosed on a sample of forms- see text] 

All farms Forms with soles of $2500 or more 

1978 1978 

Forms Acres on whk:h used Forms Acres on which used 

3 827 155 283 2846 144 299 - 3 732 138981 2 783 128 9541 - 681 16 302 514 15 345 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

(ropland fertilized, except pasture __________________________ _ Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ - lime _____________________________________________________ _ 

- 1 878 41 707 1 354 

1 795 42 157 I 324 - 4 870 167 - 206 

I 112 22 881 813 - I 770 59468 I 482 -

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc, to contral- Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchards _____________________________ _ 

Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and posture _____________ • ___ _ 

Chemicals for210 6 372 167 -

- 1 331 (X) 956 Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control _______________________ _ - 1 164 (X) 833 

Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ____________ farms __ 

$1.000 __ Average per form ________________ dollars-_ 

Farms by value group: $1 to $4,999 ___________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ______________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles ______________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups _______________ _ Wheel troctors ____________________________ _ 

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only ___ _ Corn heads for combines ___________________ _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers _________ _ Cottonpickers _____________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners _______________________ _ 

Pickup bolers _____________________________ _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _________________________ _ 

[1978 data are bosed on a sample of forms· see text} 

All forms 

1978 

5 888 127 697 

21 688 

997 

I 864 

I 193 

1974 

4290 

84 637 

19 729 

829 

926 1 1 081 j 

Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 

3 865 III 514 

28 852 

483 

699 

969 

1974 

3 057 

72 708 

23 784 

437 

504 1 798j 

1978 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Con. 

Estimated market value of all 

machinery and equipment- Con. $20,000 to $29,999 _____________________ _ $30,000 to $49,999 _____________________ _ 

$50,000 to $69,999 _____________________ _ 

$70,000 to $99,999 _____________________ _ 

$100,000 to $199,999 ___________________ _ $200,000 or mare ______________________ _ 

All forms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

3 158 4 367 1 438 1 746 2 091 2 621 4 867 9910 2 064 2 612 3 760 7 298 4 753 10 902 990 1 365 4 334 9 537 

33 47 5 5 28 42 107 113 27 31 81 82 99 104 10 10 89 94 - - - - - - I 435 1 568 607 623 860 945 I 776 1 900 368 403 1 434 1 497 

I 006 1 185 274 286 788 899 

Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text} 

Hired workers - All farms, 1978 

37 893 

39 192 

4 767 

21 522 

56 190 

6 240 

(X) 

(X) 

All forms 

1978 

605 

565 

323 

137 1 155 

49 -' 

Forms 

3044 

3643 

3 675 

23 

87 

83 

(NA) 

952 

1 539 

775 

1974 

Forms Acres on which used 

2433 118 963

1 (HA) 106 869 

(HA) 12094 

606 15 612 

(HA) 38171 

55 I 791 

315 12 958 

(HA) 41 074 

62 2 393 

235 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1974 1978 1974 

654 

487 

175 

138 { 

L 

1974 

Number 

4 184 

7 1I0 

8 630 

35 

103 

94 

(NA) 

I 048 

I 600 

923 

540 

534 

312 

133 1 146 I 49 -' 

559 

456 

171 

132 1 

Manufactured 

1970 to 1974 

2 295 

2 224 

I 505 

11 

17 

15 

(NA) 

437 

381 

282 

Any hired workersForms with sales of $2,500 or more Working 150 days or more Working less than 150 days 

Any Forms Workers Farms Workers 1978 1974 

- 2 768 I 451 (X) 2 245 (X) 2277 I 913 - 23 554 (X) 6076 (X) 17 478 21 738 25 365 

Forms __________________________________________________ _ 

Worker.s ________________________________________________ _ 

Forms with-

- 578 531 531 535 535 430 333 - 482 312 624 451 902 381 262 - 657 355 1 172 456 1 557 493 347 - 557 159 1 019 437 2 797 524 404 - 494 94 2 730 366 11 687 449 567 

1 worker ______________________________________________ _ 

2 workers _____________________________________________ _ 

3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 workers _____________ " ___________________________ _ 

10 workers or more __________________________________ '-__ _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA MASSACHUSETIS 133 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Farms Number Forms Number Forms Number Farms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ Any cottle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ - 3 780 (X) 2 630 (X) 2254 (X) 1 790 (X) 

- 2 910 (X) 2 197 (X) 1 806 (X) 1 531 (X) 

Sales; 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1,000_ - 3 144 113 846 2 396 92 464 2090 111 951 1 729 91 086 Any cottle, hogs. or sheep ____________________ $1,000_ - 2446 18 504 1 968 (NA) 1 708 17656 1 460 10 825 

CATILE AND CALVES 

Inventory: Cottle and colves ___________________________________ _ - 2 599 102 226 1 994 103 938 1 620 93290 1 409 96 204 Cows and heifers that hod colved ____________________ _ - 2 249 60435 1 730 62 978 1 433 56 196 1 274 59352 Beef cows _____________________________________ _ 

- 1 305 10264 759 7 650 619 7247 402 5 161 Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

- 1 356 50 171 1 239 55 328 1 029 48 949 1 058 54 191 Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

- 1 861 32 897 (NA) (NA) 1 221 30028 1 102 29915 Steers, steer colves. bulls and bull colves _____________ _ - 1 544 8 894 (NA) (NA) 966 7066 840 6937 

Soles: Cottle and colves ___________________________________ _ 

- 2 061 53 860 1 745 48032 1 487 50946 1 333 45 244 

$1,000_ - (X) 12 630 (X) (NA) (X) 11 988 (X) 7405 Calves _________________________________________ _ 

-- I 501 30 206 (NA) (NA) 1 146 28 708 1 058 26 174 

$1,000_ - (X) 2 507 (X) (NA) (X) 2 379 (X) 1 323 Cottle ___________________________________________ _ 

- 1 762 23 654 (NA) (NA) 1 313 22 238 1 183 19070 

$1,000 Fattened cottle ________________________________ _ 

$1.000 

-- (X) 10 123, (X) (NA) (X) 9609 (X) 6082 

-- 321 2 787 (NA) (NA) 190 2429 123 1 797 

-- (X) 1 290 (X) (NA) (X) 1 160 (X) 584 Dairy products _______________________________ $l,QOO -- 933 61 784 (NA) (NA) 872 61 162 955 50 396 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ -- 909 59626 465 43 229 487 55 488 313 41 968 Used or to be used for breeding ____________________ _ 

-- 365 7 442 (NA) (NA) 262 6962 156 5 182 Other hogs and pigs ______________________________ _ 

-- 860 52 184 (NA) (NA) 463 48 526 301 36 786 

litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _______________ _ 

-- 407 9 109 206 7 191 281 8 597 167 7016 Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 _____________ _ -- 352 4633 165 3 720 250 4 252 135 3 643 June 1 and Nov. 30 ____________________________ _ 

-- 303 4476 163 3471 247 4345 135 3 373 Sheep and lombs- __________________________________ _ -- 419 7 153 264 5 896 159 3 585 98 2 696 Ewes 1 year old or older __________________________ _ 

-- 354 4870 (NA) (NA) 128 2459 86 1 979 Goats ____________________________________________ _ 

-- 222 1 778 (NA) (NA) 81 834 16 267 Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ 

-- I 387 8 122 710 4 687 641 3 742 370 3 375 

Sales: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ 

$1.000 -- 551 66 722 309 52 681 381 64 272 240 51 642 

-- (X) 5 632 (X) (NA) (X) 5 515 (X) 3 346 Feeder pigs _____________________________________ _ -- 219 14 385 86 11 531 147 13 229 62 11 172 

$1.000 -- (X) 464 (X) (NA) (X) 433 (X) 210 Sheep and lambs ___________________________________ _ 

Sheep and lambs shorn _____________________________ _ 

Pounds of wool __________________________________ _ 

-- 293 4 208 164 3600 113 2 341 63 1 969 

-- 314 6069 (NA) (NA) 110 3 157 ·54 2 191 

-- (X) 41 023 (X) (NA) (X) 21 073 (X) 12979 Sheep, lambs, and wool ________________________ $1.000 -- 340 242 (NA) (NA) 126 152 71 74 Goots ____________________________________________ _ 

-- 97 1 121 (NA) (NA) 42 555 8 104 

$1.000 -- (X) 49 (X) (NA) (X) 28 (X) 6 Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ 

$1,000 -- 397 1 214 153 989 238 912 99 886 

-- (X) 1 639 (X) (NA) (X) 1 481 (X) 799 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry _______________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

-- I 155 (X) 621 (X) 511 (X) 378 (X) 

-- 944 1 512 683 577 1 956 434 434 1 479 514 339 1 936 943 Hens and pullets of laying age ___________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older ____________________ _ 

-- 924 1 314 400 558 1 682 941 427 1 287 200 332 1 665 358 

-- 233 198 283 (NA) (NA) 57 192 314 41 253 419 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old __________ _ Broilers and other meat-type chickens _______________ _ Turkeys ________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ___________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ___________________ _ Other poultry ___________________________________ _ 

-- 44 128 864 (NA) (NA) 27 124 962 27 217 766 

-- 154 56 287 41 40 850 49 50866 23 39 153 

-- 202 37383 (NA) (NA) 56 35 329 32 15 812 

-- 192 35 618 (NA) (NA) 50 33693 ·30 14 424 

-- 22 1 765 (NA) (NA) 13 1 636 5 1 388 

-- 50S (X) (NA) (X) 135 (X) 46 (X) 

Soles: Any poultry __________________________ -_ ---_ ---- ----

Chickens 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of loying age ___________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens _______________ _ Turkeys ________________________ ---- -- -------- ---- Turkeys for sloughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

Other poultry ____________________ -_ -------- ------- Poultry and poultry products ____________________ $1,000_ 

-- 440 (X) 304 (X) 274 (X) 252 (X) 

-- 276 1 093 544 258 1 943 276 191 1 080 027 212 1 929 431 

-- 247 989 537 244 1 413496 188 976 782 203 1 400 045 

- 37 104 007 (NA) (NA) 8 103 245 13 505 823 

- 11 4 555 (NA) (NA) 6 (0) 2 (0) 

-- 49 163 818 31 301 430 25 157 348 22 299 871 

- 70 137 722 (NA) (NA) 49 136917 32 171 244 

- 70 136 037 (NA) (NA) 49 (0) 32 169619 

- 6 1 685 (NA) (NA) 5 (0) 4 1 625 

- 79 (X) (NA) (X) 32 (X) 20 (X) 

- 574 18 682 417 24 134 323 18 508 294 23977 

134 MASSACHUSmS 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - For grain or seed (bushels) ___________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - For silage or green chop (tons, 9reen) __________ 1978_ - 1974_ - For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ - 1974_ -

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - For orain or seed (bushelsl-__________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - for silage or green chop (tons. green) __________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Cut for dry forage or hay (tons, dry) __________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Hogged or grozed __________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Wheot for grain (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Oats for grain (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - 8arley for grain (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Rye for groin (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Other small grains for grain ____________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Soybeans for beans (bushels) ___________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Cotton (boles) _______________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Tobacco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Irish potatoes (hundredweight) __________________ 1978_ - 1974_ -

Sweetpotatoes (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Hoy crops (tons. dry) (see text> _________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) ______________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Other tame dry hay (tons, dry) (see text) ______ 1978_ -

Field seed erops ______________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Alfalfa seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978_ - 1974_ -

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) _______ 1978_ - 1974_ Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978_ -

- 1974_ - Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978_ - 1974 __ 

Green peas excluding cowpeos ________________ 1978 __ 

1974_ -

land in orchards _____________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Apples (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - 1974 __ Peaches (pounds) ___________________________ 1978_ - 1974 __ 

Gropes (pounds) (see text) ___________________ 1978 __ 

1974_ -

8erries _____________________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Strawberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978 __ 

1974 __ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ - Other crops _________________________________ 1978_ -

Forms 

1 151 

999 

240 

138 

965 

(NA) 

2 

(NA) 

29 

31 

1 

-

28 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

2 

7 

23 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

18 

(NA) 

1 

(NA) 

1 

-

-

-

-

-

44 

51 

187 

226 

1 

- 3 078 

2 191 

1 080 

(NA) 

2 210 

6 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

1 092 

931 

670 

(NA) 

480 

(NA) 

89 

(NA) 

512 

366 

449 

(NA) 

188 

(NA) 

95 

(NA) 

748 

656 

263 

(NA) 

802 

35 

Harvested 

Acres 

44 269 

37 409 

(0) 

3 022 

39 336 

(NA) 

(0) 

(NA) 

338 

322 

(0) 

-

(0) 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

(0) 

41 

334 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

303 

(NA) 

(0) 

(NA) 

(0) 

-

-

-

-

- 1 078 

I 568 

3 504 

4 266 

(0) 

- 133 117 

110 327 

27 375 

(NA) 

80 548 

254 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

15 214 

15 422 

7 241 

(NA) 

542 

(NA) 

82 

(NA) 

8 556 

9 366 

7 695 

(NA) 

444 

(NA) 

105 

(NA) 

11 349 

10 754 

352 

(NA) 

3 291 

507 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 

All forms 

Irrigated 

Quantity Forms Acres 

(X) 26 103 1 (X) (NA) (NA) 

421 2111 11 24 

232 727 (NA) (NA) 

644 550 16 79 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) - -

(X) (NA) (NA) 

(X) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

(0) - - - (NA) (NA) 

3 016 - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

(0) - -

1 420 (NA) (NA) 

17 715 - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

5 605 - - (NA)I (NA) (NA) 

(X) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

(01 - -

- (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

1 536 802 15 607 

2 604 070 (NA) (NA) 

749 463 26 181 

837 696 (NA) (NA) 

(0) - - - (NA) (NA) 

262 706 15 235 

225 714 (NA) (NA) 

68 6091 7 151 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

151 628 7 76 

(X) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 330 4 507 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 166 1 830 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

(Xl 190 233 

(Xl (NA) (NA) 

(X) 27 26 

(Xl (NA) (NA) 

(Xl 38 119 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

92 208 721 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

1 447 987 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

49 401 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 499 10 352 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

1 570 186 102 189 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 307 875 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

Forms with sores of $2,500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres 

959 42 624 DOl 10 72 

DO 17 201 877 36 344 

148 4 476 398 804 5 (0) 

108 2 955 228 148 3 4 

860 38 148 625 919 5 61 

184 790 33 273 526 679 13 

()() - - - -

12 116 (X) I (0) 

23 319 (X) - -

23 203 (X) - -

I (0) (0) - -

- - - - -

22 (0) 2 776 - -

23 203 1 491 - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - (X) - -

- - (X) I - -

I (0) (0) - -

6 (0) (0) - -

18 308 16 617 - -

20 232 11 406 - -

- - - - -

5 17 840 - -

14 258 4 625 - -

16 208 5 211 -

1 =1 (0) (X) - 3 35 (X) - -

1 (0) (0) - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

44 1 078 1 536 802 15 607 

48 1 563 2 596 855 21 I 135 

131 3 456 746 471 22 177 

163 4 180 827 336 39 256 

1 (0) (0) - -

- - - - -

I 856 106 965 229 204 10 168 

1 464 94 114 201 372 13 213 

787 23 517 62 0241 6 (0) 

607 20 115 51 491 5 122 

1 361 62 656 129 721 3 (0) 

5 (0) (X) - -

4 38 (X) - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

- - -I - -

894 14 699 (X) 294 4 447 

682 14 731 (X) 227 4 762 

544 6 979 (X) 150 1 806 

465 7 619 (X) 139 2 067 

400 511 (X) 170 218 

367 646 (X) 158 263 

71 76 (X) 25 (0) 

107 134 (X) I 46 91 

297 7 572 (X) 21 91 

249 8 913 (X) 16 255 

269 6899 91 025 858 (NA) (NA) 

243 8 302 95 327 544 (NAI (NA) 

110 354 1 386 455 (NA) (NA) 

71 342 1 451 556 (NA) (NA) 

37 69 42 657 (NA) (NA) 

13 36 76 000 (NA) (NA) 

583 11 055 (X) 420 10 185 487 10 422 (X) 362 9 707 194 318 1 505 497 81 182 129 226 1 066 265 52 108 665 3 211 (X) 281 855 31 500 (X) (NA) (NA) 

MASSACHUSETIS 135 
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Farms Acres Farms Acres Forms Acres 

- 945 61 355 (HA) (NAl 271 27603 (HAl (HAl 

- (Xl 65 (Xl (NAl (Xl 102 (Xl (HAl 

- (Xl (Xli (X) (HA) (Xl (X) (X) (NAl 

- (X) (X) (X) (HAl (Xl (X) (Xl (NA) 

Forms ______________________________________________ _ 

AP~;~~i~~t~i~~n~ Proportion in forms ~~~~_ __________________________ =~ =~ = = = == == == = = == = = === = == = percent- = = = = == = 

Value of land and buildings: t 

- 93 650 (X) (NA) (Xl 93988 (Xl (NA) (X) 

- (Xl I 442 (Xl (NAl (Xl 923 (Xl (NAl 

Average per form _____________________________ dollars_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollars_ 

land in forms according to use: 

- 881 34 344 (HA) (NA) 247 14 610 (HA) (HAl 

- 710 16 264 (NAl (HA) 146 6 597 (NAl (HAl 

T otol cropland ______________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 

By acres harvested: 

- 246 924 (HA) (NA) 31 169 (HAl (NA) 

- 168 I 869 (NA) (NAl 16 168 (HAl (NAl 

- 47 I 076 (HA) (NA) 7 196 (NAl (HA) 

- 186 6 873 (NA) (NA) 53 2222 (NAl (NAl 

- 32 2 160 (NAl (HAl 8 480 (NA) (HAl 

- 31 3 362 (NAl (NAl 31 3362 (NAl (NAl 

- - - (NAl (NAl - - (NAl (NAl 

- - - (NAl (NAl - - (NA) (NAl 

- - - (NAl (NAl - - (NAl (NAl 

1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

to to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 

20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or mare ___________________________ _ 

- 665 15 085 (NAl (NAl 174 7 332 (NAl (NA) 

- 134 2 995 (NA) (NAl 72 681 (NAl (NA) 

(ropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement 

- 33 177 (NA) (NA) 6 54 (NAl (NA) 

- 6 6 (NA) (NAl 3 3 (NAl (NAl 

- -

2 8121 

(NAl (NAl - - (NAl (NAl 

- 125 (NAl (NAl 66 624 (NAl (NAl 

grosses, not harvested or postured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

Cropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ Cropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

- 601 20429 (NA) (NA) 202 10882 (NAl (NA) 

- 130 I 279 (NA) (NA) 24 144 (NA) (NAl 

- 524 19 150 (NA) (NA) 178 10 738 (NA) (NA) 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

Woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

Woodland not postured ____________________________ _ 

Other land _________________________________________ _ 

- Postureland and rangeland, other than croplond and 767 6 582 (NA) (NAl 217 2 III (NA) (NA) 

- 47 2386 (NA) (NA) 22 638 (NA) (NA) 

- 759 4196 (NAl (NA) 217 I 473 (NA) (NA) 

woodland pastured _______________________________ _ 

land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc _______ _ 

Pastureland, all types __________________________________ _ 

- 736 18 750 (NA) (NA) 205 8 114 (NAl (NA) 

Irrigoted lond ________________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland irrigated __________________________ _ Postureland irrigated ________________________________ _ Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ 

- 61 188 (NA) (NA) 37 140 (NA) (NA) 

- 61 185 (NA) (NA) 37 140 (NAl (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (HA) 

- 3 3 (NA) (HA) - - (NA) (HA) land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ________ _ - - - (X) (X) - - (X) (X) 

t 1978 dota are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold l _______________ _ 

- 945 2 681 (NA) (HA) 271 2 192 (NAl (NA) Average per farm ___________________________ dollars_ - (Xl 2 838 (X) (NAl (X) 8087 (X) (NA) 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold:' $100,000 or more ___________________________________ _ - - - (NA) (NAl - - (NA) (NA) $40,000 to $99,999 _________________________________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NAl $20,000 to $39.999 • ________________________________ _ 

- 22 656 (NAl (NAl 22 656 (NAl (NA) $10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 52 610 (NA) (NA) 52 610 (NAl (NA) $5,000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 78 480 (NA) (NA) 78 480 (NA) (HA) $2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 119 446 (NA) (NAl 119 446 (NA) (NA) less than $2,500 (see text) ___________________________ _ 

- 674 490 (NAl (NA) (Xl (Xl (NA) (NA) $2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

- 21 44 (HAl (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) $1,500 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ $1,000 to $1,499 _________________________________ _ 

less than $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal forms (see text) ____________________________ _ 

- 85 144 (NA) (NAl (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 175 206 (NAl (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 393 97 (NAl (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- - - (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (Xl (X) 

- 350 750 (NA) (NA) 123 547 (NAl (NA) 

- 34 

~l (NA) (NA) 7 21 (NA) (NA) 

- - (HA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- )84 310 (NA) (NA) 70 233 (NA) (NA) 

- 124 262 (HA) (NAl 86 234 (NA) (NAl 

- 39 28 (NAl (NA) 14 23 (NA) (NA) 

- 53 105 (NA) (NA) 6 36 (NA) (NAl 

- 24 1 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

Crops ____________________________________________ - __ _ 

Groins ____________________________________________ _ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ Coffon and cottonseed _______________________________ _ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ Tobacco ________________________________ - ___ --------

Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ____________________ _ Vegetables, sweet corn, ond melons ____________________ _ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ Nursery and greenhouse products ________ ..:. ____________ _ Other crops __________________________________ -_ - ___ _ 

- 513 1 93) (NA) (NA) 186 I 644 (NA) (NA) 

- 116 178 (NAl (NA) 16 152 (NA) (NA) 

- 31 235 (NA) (NA) 7 229 (NA) (NAl 

- 258 449 (NAl (NA) 93 320 (NA) (NA) 

- 116 376 (NA) (NA) 77 353 (NA) (NA) 

- 60 12 (NA) (NA) - - (HA) (NA) 

- 229 681 (HAl (NA) 101 591 (NA) (NA) 

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ Poultry and poultry praducts __________________________ _ 

Dairy products ________________ -_ ---- - - ---------- ---- Cottle and calves ____________________ -- ---- ---------- Hags ond pigL ________ • ______________ -----_____ ----- Sheep, lambs, and woal ______________________________ _ 

Other livesfock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

'1974 dolo include soles of forest praducls. 

136 FARMS NOT ON MAIL LIST, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
TobIe 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms 

Forms with harvested cropland 

Acres Acres Harvested 

1978 1974 in forms Forms in forms cropland 

- 945 (NA) , 61 355 710 52 877 16 264, 

189 (NA) 1 035 102 452 202 -

All forms ___________________________ _ 

Farms with- 1 to 9 acres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 ocres _____________________ _ - 399 (NA) 11 399 294 8 826 3 326 50 to 69 acres _____________________ _ 

- 100 (NA) 6 182 85 5 207 2294 70 to 99 ocres _____________________ _ - 59 (NA) 4641 52 4 130 1 303 

58 (NA) 6560 58 6 560 1 745 - 100 to 139 ocre'-__________________ _ 

140 to 179 acres ___________________ _ 

- 95 (NA) 14 793 88 13 792 4 032 180 to 219 ocre'- __________________ _ - 14 (NA) 2 835 - - - - - (NA) - - - - 220 to 259 ocres ___________________ _ 

260 to 499 ocre'- __________________ _ - 31 (NA) 13 910 31 13 910 3 362 500 - - (NA) - - - - to 999 ocre'- __________________ _ 

1,000 - - (NA) - - - - to 1,999 ocres ________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ________________ _ - - (NA) - - - -

TobIe 4, Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 

1978 

Forms 

945 

710 

686 

505 

220 

166 

39 

39 

930 

8 

7 

All forms 

Acres 

61 355 

16 264 

34 526 

8 051 

24 544 

6 880 

2 285 

1 333 

59 976 

1 344 

35 

1974 

Forms Acres 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

Forms with irrigoted land 

Acres Harvested 

Forms in forms cropland 

61 4803 1 240 

7 35 35 

30 736 101 

- - -

- - -

- - -

24 4 032 1 104 

- - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

- - -

1978 and 1974 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 

Farms 

271 

146 

186 

108 

78 

31 

7 

7 

256 

8 

7 

1974 

Acres Forms 

27 603 (NA) 

6 597 (NA) 

12 101 (NA) 

2 990 (NA) 

15 201 (NA) 

3 362 (NA) 

301 (NA) 

245 (NA) 

26 224 (NA) 

1 344 (NA) 

35 (NA) 

(NA) 

irrigoted 

land 

188 

14 

54 

-

-

-

120 

-

-

-

-

-

-

Acres 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

All forms Forms with soles of All forms Forms with soles of 

$2,500 or more $2,500 or more 

1978 , 1974 1978 '1974 1978 '1974 1978 '1974 

Operators by principal occupation: Operators by place of residence: Forming ______________________________ 210 (NA) 77 (NA) On form operated _____________________ _ 

Other ________________________________ 735 (NA) 194 (NA) Not on form operated __________________ _ 920 (NA) 264 (NA) 

25 (NA) 7 (NA) 

Operators by age group: Not reported __________________________ _ (NA) (NA) 

Under 25 years ________________________ 22 (NA) 15 (NA) Operators reporting days of work off form: 

25 to 34 yeors_________________________ 76 (NA) 39 (NA) None ________________________________ _ 

35 to 44 yeor'-________________________ 337 (NA) 69 (NA) 1 to 49 doy'- _________________________ _ 

45 to 54 years_________________________ 211 (NA) 30 (NA) 50 to 99 doys _________________________ _ 

55 to 64 yeors_________________________ 150 (NA) 95 (NA) 100 to 149 doys _______________________ _ 

65 years and over ______________________ 149 (NA) 23 (NA) 150 to 199 doy'- ______________________ _ 

Average oge___________________________ 48.7 (NA) 47.0 (NA) 200 days or more _____________________ _ 

190 (NA) 58 (NA) 

31 (NA) 24 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

29 (NA) 7 (NA) 

21 (NA) 8 (NA) 

674 (NA) 174 (NA) 

~----------~--------~ ~----------~--------~ 'Applies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

TobIe 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

{1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All forms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

- 400 433 (NA) (NA) 115 319 (NA) (NA) - 690 1 012 (NA) (NA) 216 595 (NA) (NA) - 517 405 (NA) (NA) 146 240 (NA) (NA) - 512 124 (NA) (NA) 165 71 (NA) (NA) - 325 100 (NA) (NA) 110 32 (NA) (NA) - 423 212 (NA) (NA) 163 111 (NA) (NA) - 531 153 (NA) (NA) 155 113 (NA) (NA) - 195 335 (NA) (NA) 68 103 (NA) (NA) - 9 6 (NA) (NA) 3 2 (NA) (NA) 

livestock and poultry purchased _________________________ _ Feed for livestock and poultry ___________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ Animal health costs ______________ , ____________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees __________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer __________________________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ Hired form lobar ______________________________________ _ 

Contract lobar ________________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment __________________________________________ _ 

- 73 14 (NA) (NA) 8 1 (NA) (NA) 

- 945 359 (NA) (NA) 271 213 (NA) (NA) - 945 287 (NA) (NA) 271 158 (NA) (NA) - 830 183 (NA) (NA) 226 90 (NA) (NA) - 188 44 (NA) (NA) 107 40 (NA) (NA) - 29 5 (NA) (NA) 14 3 (NA) (NA) - 52 6 (NA) (NA) 21 4 } - 56 6 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - 945 43 (NA) (NA) 271 20 - 498 61 (NA) (NA) 178 43 (NA) (NA) - 30 11 (NA) (NA) 30 11 (NA) (NA) 

Energy and petroleum products __________________________ _ 

Petroleum products _________________________________ _ 

Gasoline _________________________________________ _ Diesel fuel _______________________________________ _ 

Natural }~ey~~I_~~t~~~~_a_~d_~~~~~~~== gas ______________________________________ ==== == == ==== ==== == == == = _ 

Kerosene, motor oil, and greose _____________________ _ Electricity __________________________________________ _ 

Other-cool, wood, coke, etc. _________________________ _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA FARMS NOT ON MAIL LIST, MASS. 137 
Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

{l978 data ore based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All forms Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1978 1978 

Forms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used 

- 407 5 577 155 

- 368 4846 116 

- 79 731 42 

- 335 3 926 140 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

Cropland fertilized, except posture __________________________ _ Posture ond rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ Lime _____________________________________________________ _ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to cootrol-

- 268 2 385 70 

- 23 73 13 

- 115 1 775 51 

- 30 89 15 

Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops ond orchards _____________________________ _ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and posture _________________ _ 

Chemicals for-

- 9 45 6 

- 289 (X) 83 

- 194 (X) 66 

Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitotion and rodent and bird control _______________________ _ 

Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market volue of all machinery and equipment ____________ farms __ 

$1.000 __ 

Average per form ________________ dollars-_ 

Forms by value group: $1 to $4.999 . _______________ . __________ _ 

$5.000 to $9.999 ________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19.999 ______________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles ______________________________ - Motortrucks including pickups _______________ Wheel - troctor5- ___________________________ - Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only ___ - Corn heads for combines ___________________ 

Other cornpickers and picker·shellers _________ - cottonpickers _____________________________ - Mower conditioners -- -- -------------- -- ---- Pickup balers. ___________________ . __ . __ ._. - Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type ____ •• ___________________ -

{1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text) 

All forms 

1978 

945 

6 560 

6 942 

248 

519 

147 

1974 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

All forms 

Forms 

92 

684 

722 

7 

-

-

-

96 

168 

93 

Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 

271 

3 255 

12 010 

29 

85 

126 

1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Con. 

Estimated market value of 011 (NA) mochinery and equipment - Can. (NA) $20,000 to $29.999 _____________________ _ 

(NA) $30.000 to $49,999 _____________________ _ 

$50,000 to $69,999 _____________________ _ 

(NA) $70,000 to $99,999 _____________________ _ 

(NA) $100,000 to $199,999 ___________________ _ 

(NA) $200,000 or more ______________________ _ 

1978 

Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Number Forms Number Forms Number 

106 61 68 38 38 

892 402 429 377 463 

1 062 130 137 599 925 

21 - - 7 21 

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - 96 37 37 59 59 

168 24 24 144 144 

93 24 24 69 69 

Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data ore bosed on a sample of forms; see textJ 

Hired workers-All forms, 1978 

2 547 

2 166 

381 

2 702 

1 447 

63 1 531 

50 

42 

(X) 

(X) 

All forms 

1978 

7 

24 

=1 

- ..J 

Forms 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

1974 

Forms 

1974 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(HA) 

(NA) 

(HA) 

(NA) 

(HA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) { 

L 

1974 

Acres on which used 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(HA) 

(HA) 

(HA) 

(NA) 

(HA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(X) 

(X) 

Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 

7 

24 

=1 

- ..J 

1974 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Number 

Manufactured 

1970 to 1974 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

Any hired workersFarms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Working 150 days or more Working less than 150 days 

Any Forms Workers Farms Workers 1978 1974 

- 195 92 (X) 109 (X) 68 (NA) 

- 527 (X) 275 (X) 252 159 (NA) 

Forms ______________________________________ -- -------- ---

Workers ______________________________ -_ ---- -- -----------

- 24 - - 24 24 7 (NA) 

- 55 7 14 48 96 55 (NA) 

- 103 85 261 30 90 - (NA) 

Forms with- I worker ________________________ .----------- -- -- -------

2 workers __________________ -_ - ___ -- -- -- -- ---- -- ---- ---- 3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

- 13 - - 7 42 6 (NA) 

- - - - - - - (NA) 

5 to 9 workers _________________________________________ _ 

10 workers or more ______________________ -_ -_ -- -- ---- ----

138 FARMS NOT ON MAIL LIST, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ Any cottle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ 790 (X) (NA) (NA) 209 (X) (NA) (NA)I 

- (X) (NA) (NA) 146 (X) (NA) (NA) - 551 

Sales, 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1,000_ 

Any cattle, hogs, or sheep ____________________ $1,000_ 513 I 931 (NA) (NA) 186 I 644 (NA) (NA) - 838 (NA) (NA) 131 673 (NA) (NA) - 321 

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Cows and heifers thot had colved ____________________ _ 

Beef cows _____________________________________ _ Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ 

526 5 275 (NA) (NA) 132 3000 (NA) (NA) - 3 299 (NA) (NA) 118 2 170 (NA) (NA) 459 - 401 2 856 .(NA) (NA) 103 I 950 (NA) (NA) - 443 (NA) (NA) 31 220 (NA) (NA) - 200 

282 8.54 (NA) (NA) I 22 114 (NA) (NA) -

- 212 1 122 (NA) (NA) .54 716 (NA) (NA) 

Sales: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Calves __________________________________________ _ 

- 258 2078 (NA) (NA) 93 I 437 (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 449 (X) (NA) (X) 320 (X) (NA) 

- 199 886 (NA) (NA) 71 558 (NA) (NA) 

$1,000_ Cattle ___________________________________________ _ - (X) 130 (X) (NA) (X) 106 (X) (NA) 

- 198 I 192 (NA) (NA) 85 879 (NA) (NA) 

$1,000_ Fattened cattle _________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Dairy products _______________________________ $1,000_ 

- (X) 319

1 

(X) (NA)I (X) 2141 (X) (NA) 

- 29 158 (NA) (NA) 7 70 (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 65 (X) (NA) (X) 42 (X) (NA) 

- 31 235 (NA) (NA) 7 229 (NA) (NA) 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 281 5 040 (NA) (NA) 85 2 899 (NA) (NA) 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ _ - 84 691 (NA) (NA) 62 517 (NA) (NA) 

Other hogs and pigs _______________________________ _ - 274 4 349 (NA) (NA) 85 2 382 (NA) (NA) 

litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. t of preceding year and Nov. 30 ________________ _ - 108 857 (NA) (NA) 69 652 (NA) (NA) 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 ______________ _ - 94 614 (NA) (NA) 62 416 (NA) (NA) June 1 and Nov. 30 _____________________________ _ 

- 76 243 (NA) (NA) 69 236 (NA) (NA) Sheep and lambs ____________________________________ _ 

- 92 638 (NA) (NA) 8 72 (NA) (NA) 

Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ _ - 85 530 (NA) (NA) 8 40 (NA) (NA) Goots _____________________________________________ _ - 77 510 (NA) (NA) 23 75 (NA) (NA) Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

Sales: 

- 481 2464 (NA) (NA) 133 613

1 

(NA) (NA) I 

Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 116 5 541 (NA) (NA) 77 4 784 (NA) (NA) 

$1,000_ - (X) 376 (X) (NA) (X) 353 (X) (NA) Feeder pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 74 2 375 (NA) (NA) 46 2 074 (NA) (NA) 

$1,000_ - (X) 75 (X) (NA) (X) 67 (X) (NA) Sheep and 10m bs ____________________________________ _ 

Sheep and lambs shorn ______________________________ _ Pounds of wool ___________________________________ _ 

Sheep, lambs, and woo'-_______________________ $1,000_ 

- 54 300 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- 60 544 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 3 579 (X) (NA) (X) - (X) (NA) 

- 60 12 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) Goats _____________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ 

- 22 239 (NA) (NA) 7 14 (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 7 (X) (NA) (X) (Z) (X) (NA) 

- 162 346 (NA) (NA) 94 208 (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 660 (X) (NA) (X) 590 (X) (NA) 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of loying oge ____________________ _ Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

Sales, 

- 351 (X) (NA) (NA) 31 (X) (NA) (NA) 

- 259 46 830 (NA) (NA) 31 36 411 (NA) (NA) 

- 253 32 357 (NA) (NA) 31 24 411 (NA) (NA) 

- 138 14473 (NA) (NA) 8 12 000 (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- 60 855 (NA) (NA) 16 208 (NA) (NA) 

- 119 I 377 (NA) (NA) 8 32 (NA) (NA) 

- 119 I 377 (NA) (NA) 8 32 (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- 246 (X) (NA) (X) 8 (X) (NA) (X) 

Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kepI for breeding ____________________ _ 

Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

Poultry and poultry producls ______ ' ______________ $1,000_ 

- 74 (X) (NA) (NA) 16 (X) (NA) (NA) 

- 46 22 708 (NA) (NA) 8 21 600 (NA) (NA) 

- 22 22 468 (NA) (NA) 8 21 600 (NA) (NA) 

- 24 240 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- 8 600 (NA) (NAl 8 600 (NA) (NA) - 8 160 (NA) (NA) 8 160 (NA) (NA) 

- 8 160 (NA) (NA) 8 160 (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NAl - - (NA) (NA) - 14 (X) (NA) (X) - (X) (NA) (X) - 116 178 (NA) (NA) 16 152 (NA) (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA FARMS NOT ON MAIL LIST, MASS. 139 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Harvested irrigated Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

- 111 1 151 (X)I 10 23 41 862 (X) - - - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

- 58 277 193401 3 9 10 73 6 740 - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- 53 874 12022 7 14 31 789 11 031 - - 1974_ 

For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) For grain or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ 

For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- - - - - - - - - - - 1974. 

Cut for dry forage or hoy (tons, dry) __________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Hogged or grazed __________________________ 1978_ - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

Wheat for groin (busnels> ______________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) Oots for groin (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) Borley for grain (bushelsL _____________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Rye for groin (bushels) __ . ___ ._. _______________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - -

1974 Other small groins for groin ____________________ 1978 

1974 

-- (NA) (NA) (NA)I (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

-- - - (X) - - - - (X) - -

-- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

Soybeans for beans (bushels} ___________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Cotton (boles) ___ ~ ____ . __ .. _. ________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Tobacco (pounds) ______________ ~ _____________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Irish potatoes {hundredweightL _________________ 1978 -- 36 26 984 - - - - - - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Sweetpototoes (bushels) _______________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Hoy crops (tons. dry) (see text) _________________ 1978 -- 558 14 188 18249 - - 132 5 148 9 806 - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Alfalfa hoy (tons, dry) ______________________ 1978 -- 75 625 1 092 - - 8 80 320 - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Other tame dry hoy (tons, dry) (see text) ______ 1978 -- 438 12 357 15 763 - - 125 4 823 8 961 - -

field seed cropL _____________________________ 1978 -- - - (X) - - - - (X) - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

Alfalfa seed (pounds) _. ___ . ______ . __________ 1978 

1974 -- - - - - - - - - - - -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Red dover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) _______ 1978 

1974 -- 124 403 (X) 51 150 86 357 (X) 37 140 

-- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978 -- 89 200 (X) 31 27 51 171 (X) 24 24 

1974 .- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

Tomotoes _________________________________ 1978 -- 78 36 (X) 44 22 47 31 (X) 37 19 

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

Green peas excluding cowpeas ________________ 1978 

. 1974 -- 7 1 (X) - - - - (X) - -

-- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

land in orchards _____________________________ 1978 -- 86 445 (X) 7 10 14 203 (X) - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

Apples (pounds) _ ..• _____ . ____ ... ___________ 1978 

1974 -- 55 361 932 875 (NA) (NA) 7 161 924 000 (NA) (NA) 

-- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Peaches (pounds).. __ ._ . __ .. ______ • __ . ______ 1978 

1974 -- 46 38 46 221 (NA) (NA) 7 11 46 200 (NA) (NA) 

-- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Grapes (pounds) (see text) __ .. _______________ 1978 

1974 -- 22 7 4 228 (NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) 

-- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Berrie, _~ ____ ~. ____ ._ .. ________ . ____________ 1978 -- 17 10 (X) 10 8 - - (X) - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 

Strawberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978 

1974 -- 17 3 1 500 10 2 - - - - -

-- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978 Other crops _. _. _____ . _______________________ 1978 -- 53 8 (X) 7 1 6 3 (X) - -

-- - - (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

140 FARMS NOT ON MAIL LIST, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

forms Acres forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

Farms ____________________________________ - ___ -_ -_ - __ 

Average size of farm ________________________________ _ 

Approximate land oreo ____________________ - _________ ---- Proportion in forms __________________________ percenL 

117 4 162 102 4 4~/ 87 3 372/ 65 3618 - 36 ()O (X) 39 (X) 56 

- (X) 

520 1 251 584 (X) 251 520 (X) 251 584 (X) 251 (X) - (X) (X) 1.8 (X) 1.3 (X) 1.4 - 1.7 

Value of land and buildings: 1 Average per form _____________________________ dollors_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollors_ 136 201 (X) 120 235 (X) 137 637 (X) 149431 (X) - (X) 2685 (X) 3 272 (X) 2 728 (X) 3 538 -

land in farms according to use: Totol cropland ________________________ - _____ -_ - ___ - __ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 113 1 537 101 1 897 85 1 253 64 1 638 

- 1 163 98 1 435 85 965 61 1 228 

- 111 

By acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 

20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres _____________________ • _______ _ 200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

Cropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ 

Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil·improvement grasses, not harvested or postured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______________ _ Cropland idle _____________________________ •• ____ _ 

82 (D) 63 (NA) 57 (0) 28 (NA) 

- 12 14 202 12 (NA)I (NA) 14 202 

7 162 12 (NA) 7 162 11 (NA) - 199 5 (NA) 6 199 5 (NA) - 6 3 (NA) 

· - - 4 (NA) - -

2 (D) 2 (NA)! 1 (O~/ 2 (NA) - (NA) - - - (NA) - - - (NA) -

(O~I - (NA) - - - - (NA) - - (NA) - - - -

10 (D) 15 257 7 10 210 -

- 29 158 13 205 21 

~I 12 (0) 

8 18 (NA) (NA) 8 6 152 · 

- 7 20 (NA) (NA) 3 1 (D) 

- 3 18! (NA) (NA)! 3 18! - -

16 102 (NA) (NA) 11 58 7 41 -

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

Woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

Woodland not pastured ____________________________ _ 

39 1 545 37 1 397 29 1 230 26 950 - (NA) (NA) 3 (0) 3 122 - 5 68 

36 1 477 (NA) (NA) 28 (0) 23 828 -

Other land _________________________________________ _ 

- 85 (D) 69 1 201 63 889 44 1 030 

Postureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured _______________________________ _ 

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc _______ _ 

- 5 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) 6 112 

- 82 (0) (NA) (NA) 62 (D) 44 918 

Pastureland, all types __________________________________ _ - 15 (D) (NA) (NA) 9 311 (NA) 444 

Irrigated land ________________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland irrigated __________________________ _ 

Pastureland irrigated ________________________________ _ Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ 

Land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ________ _ 

- 74 781 68 931 59 740 49 892 

- 74 774 (NA) (NA) 59 (0) 49 888 

- 1 (D) (NA) (NA) - - (NA) 4 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) - - - - - (X) (X) - - (X) (X) 

1]978 dato are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1.000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold l _______________ _ - 117 2 048 102 2 051 87 1 984 b5 1 995 Average per form ___________________________ dollars_ - (X) 17 502 (X) 20 108 (X) 22 806 (X) 30 692 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold: 1 $100,000 or more. _______________ • _______________ • __ _ 

$40,000 to $99,999 ___________ • ____ ._. ______________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 • ______________ • _________________ _ 

$10,00010 $19,999 • ___________________ ._. __________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _____ ._ •• _____ • ____________________ _ 

· 2 (D) 4 (NA) 2 (D) 4 (NA) 

- 12 692 7 (NA) 12 692 7 (NA) 

- 14 (D) 10 (NA) 14 (0) 10 (NA) 

- 11 148 13 (NA) 11 148 13 (NA) 

- 28 198 16 (NA) 28 198 16 (NA) $2,500 to $4,999 _______ • ___________________ • ____ • __ _ 

less than $2,500 (see text) ___________________________ _ 

$2,000 to $2.499 ______________ ._._. ______________ _ 

$1,500 to $1,999 _________ ._. ______ ._._._. ________ _ 

$1,00010 $1,499 ___ • _____________________ • _______ _ 

less Ihon $1.000 ___ • _____________________ •••• ____ _ 

Abnormal farms (see lexl) ____________________________ _ 

- 20 73 15 (NA) 20 73 15 (NA) 

- 29 38 36 (NA) (X) (X) - (NA) 

- 7 16 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 7 11 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 7 9 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 8 2 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 1 (D) 1 (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Crops ________ • ___ • __________________________________ _ 

- Groins 104 1 973 97 1 934 83 (0) (NA) 1 897 ____________________________________________ _ 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ Cotton and cottonseed _______________________________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ Tobacco ___________________________________________ _ 

Field seeds, hay, forage, and silage _______ • ____ • __ • __ • __ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melonL ___________________ _ Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ 

Olher crops __ • ____ • _________________ • ____ • ______ • __ _ 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) 2 (D) 

· 19 112 (NA) (NA) 17 (0) 10 103 

- 69 1 275 (NA) (NA) 52 1 253 37 629 - 30 517 24 1 080 27 511 22 (D) 

- 5 (D) (NA) (NA) 5 60 6 68 

liveslock, poultry, and Iheir producls ___________________ ._ 

Poultry and poullry producls _________________________ ._ Dairy products _____________________________________ _ 

Cottle and calves _______________________ • ___________ _ 

Hogs and pigs ______________ • _______________________ _ 

Sheep,lombs, and wool ____ • _________________________ _ 

Olher liveslack and liveslock producls (see lexl) ____ • ____ _ 

· 29 (D) 15 116 18 44 7 97 - 11 16 5 5 5 2 2 (0) 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) 2 (D) 

- 9 (D) (NA) (NA) 5 (D) 3 8 - 5 2 (NA) (NA) 2 (D) - - - 7 (D) (NA) (NA) 3 (D) - - - 18 39 (NA) (NA) 13 35 3 8 

'1974 dolo include sales of foresl producls. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MASS. 141 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 Farms 

Farms with harvested cropland Forms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested 1978 1974 in forms Farms in forms cropland Forms in forms cropland 

- 117 102

1 

4 162 111 3 959 1 163 74 2 776 813 

- 43 35 185 39 173 86 24 114 60 

- 51 40 1 026 50 990 377 36 710 304 - 7 3 416 7 416 65 4 229 50 - 6 6 505 6 505 156 4 333 108 

- 2 11 (0) 2 (0) (0) 2 (0) (0) 

- 5 3 775 4 620 75 2 (0) (0) 

- 1 1 (0) 1 (0) (0) - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 1 1 (0) 1 (0) (0) 1 (0) (0) 

- 1 - (0) 1 (0) (0) 1 (0) (D) 

- - - - - - - - - -

All forms ___________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1 to 9 ocres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres _____________________ _ 

50 to 69 ocres _____________________ _ 70 to 99 ocres _____________________ _ 

100 to 139 Qcres ___________________ _ 

140 to 179 ocres ___________________ _ 

180 to 219 ocres ___________________ _ 

220 to 259 ocres ___________________ _ 260 to 499 ocres ___________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres ___________________ _ 

1.000 to 1.999 acre'- _____________ . __ 

- - 2,000 acres or more ________________ _ - - - - - - - -

Table 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

All forms 

1978 

Farms Acres 

land in forms __________________________________ _ 117 162 Harvested cropland ____________________________ _ 111 163 

Tenure of operator: Full owners __________________________________ _ 88 2 926 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 84 567 Port owners __________________________________ _ 23 093 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 21 536 Tenants _____________________________________ _ 6 143 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 6 60 

Type of organization: Individual or family ____________________________ _ 104 3 352 Partnership __________________________________ _ 3 34 Corporation __________________________________ _ 7 196 Other-cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc._ 3 580 

1974 

Farms 

102 

98 

90 

(NA) 

9 

(NA) 

3 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Acres 

4 495 

1 435 

3 281 

793 

007 

561 

207 

81 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 

forms 

87 

85 

65 

63 

17 

17 

5 

5 

75 

3 

7 

2 

Acres 

3 372 

965 

2 432 

524 

(0) 

(0) 

(0) 

(D) 

2 747 

(D) 

196 

(0) 

1974 

Forms 

65 

61 

54 

(NA) 

8 

(NA) 

3 (NA) 

52 

3 

7 

3 

Irrigated 

land 

781 

60 

284 

38 

108 

(0) 

(0) 

-

-

(0) 

(D) 

-

-

Acres 

3 618 

I 228 

2 514 

678 

(D) 

469 

(0) 

81 

2 655 

71 

746 

146 

All farms Farms with sales of All forms Forms with sales of 

1978 '1974 

Operators by principal occupation: Farming _____________________________ _ 74 42 Other . __ ..... ___ .. _______ . __________ _ 43 49 

Operators by age group: Under 25 years _______________________ _ 1 1 25 to 34 yearL _______________________ _ 11 8 35 to 44 yearL _______________________ _ 26 5 45 to 54 yeors. ____ . __ . _______________ _ 18 23 55 to 64 yearL _______________________ _ 30 26 65 years and over _____________________ _ 31 28 Average oge __________________________ _ 54.0 56.1 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 

63 

24 

1 

9 

18 

15 

24 

20 

53.1 

Operators by place of residence: 35 On form operated _____________________ _ 

20 Not on form operated __________________ _ 

Not reported __________________________ _ 

1 Operators reporting doys of work off form: 4 None ________________________________ _ 5 1 to 49 doys __________________________ _ 

13 50 to 99 doy'- ________________________ _ 

16 100 to 149 day'- ______________________ _ 

16 150 to 199 doy'- ______________________ _ 

55.6 200 days or more _____________________ _ 

'Applies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

(l978 data ore based on a sample of forms; see text) 

All farms 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 1978 '1974 

73 56 50 33 

28 22 21 16 

16 13 16 6 

54 23 42 14 

11 4 8 2 4 2 3 2 

4 1 4 

7 13 4 8 32 34 21 17 

Farms with sales of $2,500 0·' more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses 

Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) 

- 20 13 11 5 16 3 3 4 

- 33 24 24 66 29 19 11 49 

livestock and poultry purchased _________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry ___________________________ _ 

- 13 8 21 56 12 (0) 9 40 

- 19 4 (NA) (NA) 12 2 4 2 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ Animal health casts ___________________________________ _ 

- 46 49 35 87 42 48 26 86 

- 83 47 80 59 69 39 56 55 

Seeds. bulbs, plants, and trees ______________ . ___________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer __________________________ -- ____ ---

- 82 49 63 43 74 48 44 42 

- 45 337 52 572 39 320 42 569 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ Hired form labor ________________________________ -- -----

(ontract labor _______________________ - -- -------- ---- ---- 31 79 19 65 26 78 14 61 

(ustamwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment ____________________________________ ---- ---- 20 16 22 14 20 16 19 13 

- 115 175 (NA) (NA) 93 162 (NA) (NA) 

- 113 151 92 79 91 140 62 74 

- 108 91 (NA) (NA) 86 85 60 45 

Energy and petroleum productL _________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ________________ -_ ---------------- Gasoline __________________________ -_ -- ------------

- 6 1 (NA) (NA) 5 (0) 7 6 

- 14 4 (NA) (NA) 13 (D) 23 3 

- 14 32 (NA) (NA) 8 30 

- } 6 4 (NA) (NA) 6 4 62 20 

- 113 17 (NA) (NA) 91 16 

- 55 24 (NA) (NA) 41 22 (NA) (NA) 

- 4 (Z) (NA) (NA) 4 (Z) (NA) (NA) I 

Diesel fuel ______________ . _____________ - ___ --------

~~ef~~{ _~~f_o_n_e~_a_n_d_~~~~~~ == == == == == == == ==== ==== == = Natural gas __________________ -_ ---- ------ ---------

Kerosene, motor oil, and gr8ase _____________________ _ 

Electricity __________________________________ -_ ---- ---

Other-cool, wood. coke, .tc. _________________________ _ 

142 BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - COUNTY DATA 
TobIe 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

{l978 dote ore bosed on a sample of forms- see text} 

All forms Forms with safes of $2,500 or more 

1978 1978 

Forms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

Cropland fertilized, except posture __________________________ _ Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ lime _____________________________________________________ _ 

81 955 67 - 81 (D) 67 - 1 (D) - - 21 133 17 - Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchords _____________________________ _ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and pasture _________________ _ 

59 750 57 - 6 38 6 - 40 523 33 - 339 25 - 26 

Chemicals for- Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sonitotion and rodent and bird cootrol _______________________ _ 

- - - - 6 (X) 5 - 4 - 4 (X) 

Tobie 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

All MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ____________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Average per farm ________________ dollors_ 

Forms by value group: $1 10 $4.999 __________________________ _ $5,00010 $9,999 _______________________ _ 

$10,00010 $19,999 _____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel tractors ___________________________ _ 

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers ________ _ Cottonpickers ____________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel Iype ________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Il978 data ore based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All farms Forms with soles 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

AU MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Can. 

Estimated market value of all 

117 96 95 62 machinery and equipment-Con. 

2 146 1 361 1 899 1 067 $20,00010 $29,999 ______________________ 

18 346 14 177 19 992 17 210 $30,00010 $49,999 ______________________ 

$50,000 10 $69,999 ______________________ 

19 17 15 9 $70,000 10 $99,999 ______________________ 

38 32 24 16 $100,00010 $199,999 ____________________ 

31 32 31 23 $200,000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All forms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

68 91 34 37 44 54 109 215 72 92 71 123 67 109 23 25 46 84 - - - - - - 6 6 - - 6 6 5 5 - - 5 5 - - - - - - 11 18 3 3 11 15 6 (D) 1 (D) 5 (D) 

11 34 1 (D) 10 (D) 

Tobie 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data are bosed on Q sample of forms; see text] 

Hired workers - All forms. 1978 

795

1 795 

97 

(0) 

38 

514 

(0) 

-

(X) 

(X) 

AU forms 

1978 

10 

10 

5 41 

- -' 

Forms 

58 

81 

67 

-

-

4 

(NA) 

11 

3 

2 

1974 

Forms Acres on which used 

56 902

1 (NA) 902 

(NA) 

6 99 

(NA) 627 

- - 15 289 

(NA) 482 

1 (0) 

- (X) 

(NA) (X) 

Farms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1974 1978 1974 

6 10 6 

5 6 5 

I 5 -

{ - -. 3 4 r 31 

L. - -' 

1974 

Manufactured 

Number 1970 to 1974 

80 54 

162 56 

103 20 

- - - -

4 - (NA) (NA) 

14 9 

3 2 

(0) 3 

Any hired workersFarms with soles of $2,500 or more Working 150 days or more Working less than 1 SO days 

Any Forms Workers Forms Workers 1978 1974 

- 45 25 (X) 43 (X) 39 42 - 252 (X) 55 (X) 197 230 553 

fu~s _________________________ _ 

Workers ________________________________________________ _ 

Farms with- 1 worker ______________________________________________ _ 2~~~ ______________________ _ 3~4~~~ ____________________ _ 

5109 workers _________________________________________ _ 

fO workers or more _____________________________________ _ 

- 10 13 13 8 8 10 6 - 2 4 8 5 10 - 9 - 14 6 (D) 13 39 13 9 - 10 2 (D) 9 54 7 7 - 9 - - 8 86 9 11 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MASS. 143 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ 

Any cottle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ - 38 (X) 19 (X) 24 (X) 11 (X) 

- 15 (X) 17 (X) 8 (Xl 9 (X) 

Soles: 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1.000_ - 29 75 15 116 18 44 7 97 Any cottle, hogs, or sheep ____________________ $1.000_ - 11 11 6 (NA) 6 8 3 8 

CATILE AND CALVES 

Inventory; Cottle and colves ___________________________________ _ 

- 11 (D) 6 134 7 (0) 4 (D) 

Cows and heifers that hod calved 

Beef cows _________________ =~=== ================ - 9 (0) 6 104 6 (D) 4 (0) 

- 8 (D) 3 14 5 (D) 1 (0) Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

- 4 30 4 90 3 (D) 3 (D) Heifers and heifer colves ___________________________ _ - 7 (0) (NA) (NA) 5 (D) 3 19 Steers, steer colves, bulls and bul! calves _____________ _ - 8 (0) (NA) (NA) 4 (D) - -

Soles: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ - 9 (0) 4 51 5 (0) 3 (D) 

$1,000_ - (X) (D) (X) (NA) (X) (0) (X) 8 Colves __________________________________________ _ 

- 8 29 (NA) (NA) 5 (D) 1 (D) 

$1.000 -- (X) (D) (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) (D) Cottle __ .. _______ . _______________________________ _ 

- 3 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) 3 29 

$1,000_ Fattened cottle ________________________________ _ 

$1,000 

- (X) (O~, (X) (NA) , (X) (0) (X) (0) 

-- - (NA) (NA) - - 1 (0) 

-- (X) (X) (NA) (X) - (X) (0) Dairy products _______________________________ $1.000 -- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) 2 (0) 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ 

-- 8 43 6 16 5 23 6 16 Used or to be used for breeding ____________________ _ 

-- 3 5 (NA) (NA) 3 5 - - Other hogs and pigs ______________________________ _ 

-- 7 38 (NA) (NA) 4 18 6 16 

litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding yeor and Nov. 30 _______________ _ -- 4 9 - - 3 (D) - - Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 _____________ _ -- I (0) - - 1 (0) - - June 1 and Nov. 30 ____________________________ _ 

-- 4 (D) - - 3 (D) - - Sheep and lambs ___________________________________ _ 

-- 7 (0) 7 39 3 (D) - - Ewes 1 year old or older __________________________ _ 

-- 7 90 (NA) (NA) 3 (D) - - Goats ____________________________________________ _ 

-- 6 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) 1 (D) Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ 

-- 8 153 10 26 6 (0) 5 20 

Sales: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ -- 5 30 - - 2 (0) - -

$1,000 -- (X) 2 (X) (NA) (X) (0) (X) - Feeder pigs _____________________________________ _ 

-- 2 (0) - - 1 (0) - -

$1,000 -- (X) (0) (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) - Sheep and lombs ___________________________________ _ -- 3 (D) 2 (D) 2 (D) - - Sheep and lambs sham _____________________________ _ -- 7 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) - - Pounds of waol __________________________________ _ 

-- (X) (D) (X) (NA) (X) (0) (X) - Sheep, lambs, and wool ________________________ $1,000 -- 7 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) - - Goots ____________________________________________ _ 

-- 3 38 (NA) (NA) 2 (D) 1 (D) 

$1,000 -- (X) 1 (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) (l) 

Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ 

$1.000 -- 6 28 1 (D) 4 (D) 1 (D) 

-- (X) 25 (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) (0) 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry _______________________________________ _ -- 22 (X) 10 (X) 13 (X) 6 (X) 

Chickens 3 months old or older _____________________ _ -- 22 1 933 10 1 023 13 355 6 153 

Hens and pullets of laying age ___________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older ____________________ _ 

-- 21 (D) 10 1 020 13 355 6 150 

-- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) - - - - Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months oJd __________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickenL ______________ _ Turkeys ________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ___________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ___________________ _ 

Other poultry ___________________________________ _ 

-- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) - - -- 5 237 - - 1 (D) - -

-- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) - -

-- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) - -

-- I (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) - -

-- 4 O() (NA) (X) 2 (X) 2 (X) 

Sales, Any poultry . _______________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

- 4 (X) 2 (X) 2 (X) - (X) 

- 3 (0) 2 (0) 1 (D) - -

Hens and pullets of laying oge ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

- 3 (D) 2 (D) 1 (0) - -

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

Pullet chicks ond pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys __________________________________ -_ --- __ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________ - ___ -_ - ___ ------- Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

Other poultry ______________ - _____ - ___ ------ ---- ---

Poultry and poultry products .. __________________ $1.000_ 

- - - - - - - - - - 1 (0) (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 1 (0) (NA) (NA) - - - -

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- - (X) (NA) (X) - (X) - (X) 

- 11 16 5 5 5 2 2 (0) 

144 BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soks of $2,500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated Harvested Irrigoted 

Quantity Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres Forms Acres 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ For groin or seed (bushels) ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

4 24 (X) I (0)1 2 (0) (X) I I (0) 

- (0) (X) (NA) (NA!I - - (X) -

::1 - I ::1 I (0) (021 - - - - - (NA) - - - - - - (NA) (0) 3 (0) (0) I (0) 2 (0) (0) I - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - - (X) - - - - (X) - -

- - - - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - - Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- (X) - - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - (X) (NA) (NA) - - - - - - For groin or seed (bushelsl. __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - (NAl (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - CuI for dry forage or hay (Ions, dry) __________ 1978_ 

1974_ Hogged or grazed __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - - -

Wheal for grain (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - Oals for grain (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 8arley for grain (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Rye for grain (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Other small grains for groin ____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NAl (NAl (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - -

(NA~I - - - - - - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA)I (NA) (NA!I - -

(X) I 

- ::[ - - - (X) - - - -

- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NAl - - (X) -

Soybeans for beans (bushelsl. __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Cotton (boles) _______________________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (NAl - - - - -

Tobacco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

Irish potatoes (hundredweightL _________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 4 (0) (0) - - 2 (0) (0) - -

- 13 71 14 729 (NA) (NA) 6 65 13 455 3 II 

Sweelpololoes (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Hay crops (Ions, dry) (see lexl). ________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- 7 238 501 I (0) 5 (0) (0) I (0) 

- 10 260 521 (NA) (NA) 3 142 282 I (0) 

Alfalfa hay (Ions, dry) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Olher lome dry hay (Ions, dry) (see lext) ______ 1978_ 

- I (0) (0) - (NAjl 

- - (OJ I 

-

=1 - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) - - 6 152 363 I (0) 5 (0) (0) 1 (0) 

Field seed crops ______________________________ 1978_ - - - (X) - - - - (X) - -

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NAl (NA) - - (X) - - Alfalfa seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - -I - -

All vegelobles harvesled for sale (see lext) _______ 1978_ - 19 97 (X) 9 39 17 (0) (X) 9 39 

1974_ - 16 126 (X) (NA) (NA) 10 119 (X) 9 107 Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978_ - 5 35 (X) 4 20 5 35 (X) 4 20 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NAl (NA) 9 71 (X) 8 63 Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978_ - 9 4 (X) 4 2 8 (0) (X) 4 2 

1974_ - (NAl (NA) (Xl (NA) (NA) 6 2 (X) 5 2 Green peas excluding cowpeas ________________ 1978_ - 2 (0) (X) I (0) 2 (0) (X) I (0) 

1974_ 

Land in orchards. ____________________________ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NAl (X) (NA) (NAl 3 2 (X) I 2 -

- 9 25 (Xl 3 (0) 7 (0) (X) 2 (0) 

1974_ - 6 17 (Xl (NA) (NAl 2 (0) (X) 1 (0) Apples (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - 8 19 (0) (NAl (NAl 6 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NAl (NA) (NA) (NAl (NAl (0) (0) (NA) (NA) Peaches (pounds) ___________________________ 1978_ - 4 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) (0) (NAl (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (0) (0) (NA) (NA) Grapes (pounds) (see texl) ___________________ 1978_ - 3 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NAl (NA) 1 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

Berries _____________________________________ 1978_ - 71 731 (Xl 62 716 50 687 (X) 47 684 1974_ - 66 651 (Xl (NA) (NAl 40 591 (X) 38 590 Slrowberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Nursery and greenhouse producls. ______________ 1978_ Olher crops _________________________________ 1978_ 

- 9 9 (0) 6 8 5 (0) (0) 4 (0) 

- (NA) (NA) (NAl (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (0) I (0) 

- 30 85 ()() 13 15 27 82 (X) II (0) 

- 3 5 (X) (NAl (NA) 3 5 (X) (NA) (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MASS. 145 
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

- 318 71 215 305 73 110 219 57915 197 57591 

- (X) 224 (X) 240 (X) 264 (X) 292 

- (X) 602 240 O() 601 920 (X) 602240 (X) 601 920 

- (X) 11.8 (X) 12.1 (X) 9.6 00 9.6 

Forms ______________________________________________ _ 

Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

Approximate land oreo _________________________________ _ 

Proportion in farms __________________________ percentValue of land and buildings: I 

- 206 552 (X) 169 249 (X) 249 796 (X) 212 756 (X) 

- (X) 987 (X) 706 (X) 1086 (X) 728 

Average per form _____________________________ dollars_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollars_ 

land in farms according to use: 

- 311 34 524 293 31 442 215 30434 193 26809 

- 296 24 294 277 21 199 208 22 181 189 19 142 

Total cropland ______________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 

By acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

- 47 153 43 (NA) 22 50 19 (NA) 

- 31 439 31 (NA) 13 188 14 (NA) 

- 23 532 30 (NA) 7 163 10 (NA) 

- 56 2 094 34 (NA) 34 1 290 18 (NA) 

- 55 3 888 67 (NA) 49 3 518 56 (NA) 

10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 

20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

- 50 6878 47 (NA) 50 (0) 47 (NA) 

- 31 8 549 23 (NA) 30 (0) 23 (NA) 

- 3 1 761 2 (NA) 3 1 761 2 (NA) 

- - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

50010 999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

Cropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ 

- 183 9 381 166 9 543 132 7 793 111 7358 Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

- 57 849 30 700 33 460 14 309 

Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement 

- 15 161 (NA) (NA) 10 106 8 44 

- 6 71 (NA) (NA) 4 (0) 3 (0) 

grosses, not harvested or pastured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops failed _________________ _ 

- 13 50 I (NA) (NA) 7 (0) 1 (0) 

- 29 567 (NA) (NA) 15 282 8 199 

Cropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ Cropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

- 239 28 240 222 32420 165 20 715 141 23 779 Woodland postured _______________________________ _ - 96 5 202 (NA) (NA) 74 4006 70 5 501 Woodland n01 postured ___________________________ _ 

-- 206 23 038 (NA) (NA) 141 16 709 112 18 278 

Other land ________________________________________ _ 

-- 218 8 451 226 9 248 149 6 766 147 7003 

Pastureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland postured ______________________________ _ 

-- 70 5 055 (NA) (NA) 53 4014 61 3 801 

land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc ______ _ -- 201 3 396 (NA) (NA) 137 2 752 140 3 202 

Posturelond, all types _________________________________ _ -- 231 19 638 (NA) (NA) 166 15813 (NA) 16660 

irrigated land _______________________________________ _ 

-- 12 79 10 56 12 79 9 (0) Harvested cropland irrigated _________________________ _ 

-- 12 79 (NA) (NA) 12 79 9 (0) 

Posturelond irrigated _______________________________ _ -- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) - Other land irrigated ________________________________ _ -- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 _______ _ -- 2 (0) (X) (X) 2 (0) (X) (X) 

11978 data are based on a sample of farms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold l _______________ _ - 318 13 289 305 10 506 219 13 167 197 10356 

Average per form ___________________________ dollars_ - (X) 41 788 (X) 34446 (X) 60 124 (X) 52 569 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold: l 

$100,000 or more ___________________________________ _ 

$40,00010 $99,999 _________________________________ _ 

$20,00010 $39,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 44 8 113 31 (NA) 44 8 113 31 (NA) 

- 55 3 590 55 (NA) 55 3 590 55 (NA) 

- 29 827 32 (NA) 29 827 32 (NA) $10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ 

$5,00010 $9,999 ___________________________________ _ - 20 273 26 (NA) 20 273 26 (NA) 

- 35 235 26 (NA) 35 235 26 (NA) 

$2,50010 $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

less Ihan $2,500 (see lext) ___________________________ _ 

$2,00010 $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

$1,50010 $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,499 _________________________________ _ 

less Ihan $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal forms (see textL ___________________________ _ 

- 36 129 16 (NA) 36 129 16 (NA) 

- 98 (0) 118 (NA) (X) (X) 11 (NA) 

- 19 41 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 10 18 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 23 28 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 46 (0) (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 1 (0) 1 (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 148 1 850 III 1 594 105 1 798 (NA) 1 522 

- 9 (0) (NA) (NA) 9 (0) 7 10 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 86 432 (NA) (NA) 58 402 74 579 

- 48 224 (NA) (NA) 32 211 21 202 

- 22 321 (NA) (NA) 15 318 15 196 

- 28 740 19 488 24 734 18 (0) 

- 5 (0) (NA) (NA) 5 (0) 8 (0) 

Crops ____________________________ -_ -_ -_ -_ - ___ --------

Groins ______________________________ -_ -_ -_ -_ ---- ---

Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ 

Cotton and cottonseed __________ -------- -------------- Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ 

Tobacco ____________________ -_ -- ------ --------------

Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons ____________________ _ fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ 

Other crops ____________________ ------ ---------------

- 230 11 439 234 8 779 171 11 369 166 8 705 

- 25 1 134 35 887 14 1 131 21 883 

- 110 9041 (NA) (NA) 108 (0) 108 7 136 

- 196 I 116 (NA) (NA) 153 1 069 151 635 

- 24 24 (NA) (NA) 12 16 14 7 

- 14 11 (NA) (NA) 7 8 6 2 

- 24 113 (NA) (NA) 15 (0) 10 41 

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ Poultry and poullry producls __________________________ _ 

Dairy products ________________ ---- -------------- ---- Catlle and calves ______________ -- ---------------- ----

Hogs and pigL _________________ ---- ----------------- Sheep, lambs, and waal ______________________________ _ 

Olher livestock and livestock praducls (see texl) _________ _ 

1]974 data include sales of foresl products. 

146 BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms Farms with harvested cropland 

Acres Acres Harvested 

1978 1974 in forms Forms in forms cropland 

318 305 71 215 296 69 321 24 294

1 -

118 26 105 - 30 20 63 

36 33 968 32 868 403 - 9 916 13 766 458 16 - 22 17 I 895 19 I 622 707 - 38 33 3 981 I 451 - 36 4 316 

29 35 4 561 27 4 278 I 321 - 26 23 5 166 25 4 966 I 777 - 18 24 4329 17 4 089 945 - 71 74 25 231 70 24 931 9 319 - 29 26 17933 29 17 933 6246 

5 6 5 782 5 5 782 I 604 

All forms ___________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1 to 9 ocres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 ocres _____________________ _ 

50 to 69 acres ______________ - ______ _ 70 to 99 ocres _____________________ _ 

100 to 139 acres ___________________ _ 

140 to 179 acreL __________________ _ 

180 to 219 ocres ___________________ _ 220 to 259 ocres ___________________ _ 

260 to 499 acreL __________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocreL ___________________ _ 

1,000 to 1,999 ocreL ________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more _________________ _ - - - - - -

Table 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 

1978 

Forms 

land in forms __________________________________ _ 318 Harvested cropland ____________________________ _ 296 

Tenure of operator: Full owners __________________________________ _ 179 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 161 Part owners __________________________________ _ 123 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 119 Tenants _____________________________________ _ 16 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 16 

Type of organization: Individual or family ____________________________ _ 267 Partnership __________________________________ _ 34 Corporation __________________________________ _ 16 

All forms 

Acres 

71 215 

24 294 

32 320 

7 466 

37 235 

16 009 

I 660 

819 

54 637 

II 983 

(0) 

1974 

Forms 

305 

277 

191 

(NA) 

105 

(NA) 

9 (NA) 

Acres 

73 110 

21 199 

38 701 

7 228 

33 552 

13 593 

857 

378 

Forms with irrigoted land 

Acres Harvested 

Forms in farms cropland 

12 213 135 

8 26 16 

3 (0) (0) 

- - - - - -

I (0) (0) 

- - - - - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

1978 and 1974 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 

Forms 

219 

208 

104 

95 

102 

100 

13 

13 

176 

28 

15 

Acres 

57 915 

22 181 

21 214 

6 030 

35 086 

15 343 

I 615 

808 

42 962 

(0) 

(0) 

1974 

Forms 

197 

189 

98 

(NA) 

94 

(NA) 

5 

(NA) 

173 

18 

6 

Irrigated 

land 

79 

II 

(0) 

-

-

(D) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Acres 

57 5911 19 142 

24 7981 5 51 I 

32 016 

13 263 

777 

368 

49 231 

7 689 

671 

Other-cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc __ 

~~------_r------~--~--------~-------r------~--T---------~ I (0) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

All forms Farms with soles of 

$2,500 or more All forms Farms with sales of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 1978 '1974 1978 1]974 1978 '1974 

208 192 256 250 182 172 

110 106 34 23 20 II 

28 25

1 

17 8

1 2 3 

27 13 166 134 135 113 

60 58 19 II 16 8 

74 85 14 18 8 7 

92 85 9 9 8 3 

63 54 13 17 6 8 

52.7 53.7 86 73 36 22 

lApplies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All forms Farms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($\.000) Farms ($1,000) 

livestock and poultry purchased _________________________ _ - 109 475 120 541 91 464 79 521 Feed for livestock and poultry ___________________________ _ - 247 4 042 239 3 252 163 3 939 171 3 197 Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ 

- 206 3 604 209 3 055 147 3577 165 3 023 Animol health casts _______________ " ___________________ _ 

- 134 142 (NA) (NA) 120 140 138 105 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees ___________________________ _ 152 207 187 155 142 205 134 152 Commercial fertilizer ___________________________________ _ 223 539 199 434 167 505 151 422 Other agricultural chemicals including lime _________________ _ 150 135 139 85 124 133 112 82 Hired form labor ______________________________________ _ 

- 146 I 414 160 I 163 143 I 409 139 1 147 Contract labor ________________________________________ _ 

- 12 42 10 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and 10 II (D) 8 (D) 

equipment __________________________________________ _ 

- 51 42 73 43 50 (D) 64 40 

320 762 (NA) (NA) 216 720 (NA) (NA) 

- 320 516 305 362 216 480 197 334 

- 296 253 (NA) (NA) 198 224 194 191 

- 117 82 (NA) (NA) 103 (D) 106 52 - 10 10 (NA) (NA) 10 10 14 8 - 43 107 (NA) (NA) 41 (D) } - - - (NA) (NA) - - 197 82 - 320 64 (NA) (NA) 216 59 

- 181 238 . (NA) (NA) 130 232 (NA) (NA) 

- 22 8 (NA) (NA) 22 8 (NA) (NA) 

Energy and petroleum products ___________________________ _ 

Petroleum products _________________________________ _ Gosoline __________________________________________ _ 

Diesel fuel _______________________________________ _ 

~~8y~ji Natural _~~t_a~~~_a_~d_~~~~~~~ gas ______________________________________ == == == == == == = = == == == == == = 

_ 

Kerosene. motor oil. and grease _____________________ _ Electricity __________________________________________ _ 

Other-coal, wood, coke, otc. _________________________ _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 147 
Table 6. Agricultural. Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

(1978 dote ore based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All forms Forms with saJes of $2,500 ar more 

1978 1978 

Forms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

Cropland fertilized, except posture __________________________ _ 

Pasture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ lime _____________________________________________________ _ 

Sprays, dusts, granules. fumigants. etc. to control-

- 211 12 697 161 

- 211 11 556 161 

- 38 1 141 31 

- 75 2 453 55 

Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ 

Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchords _____________________________ _ 

Weeds, grass, or brush in crops and pasture _________________ _ 

- 44 2 317 44 

- 6 864 6 

- 14 529 14 

- 94 5 100 81 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and paultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird conlrol _______________________ _ 

- 2 (0) 2 

- 70 (X) 63 

- 48 (X) 47 

Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ____________ farms_ - $1.000_ - Average per farm ________________ dollars_ - Farms by value group: $1 to $4,999 __________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $9,999 _______________________ _ - $10.000 to $19,999 _____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel troctors- __________________________ _ 

Grain and beon combines, self-propelled cnly:' __ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other corn pickers and picker-shellers ________ _ CottonpickerL ___________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ 

Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type _______________________ ._ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1978 dato ore bosed on a sample of farms; see text] 

All farms Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Can. 

Estimated market value of all 

320 305 216 197 machinery and equipment - Can. 8 529 6 542 7 216 5 340 $20,000 to $29.999 ______________________ 

26 653 21 449 33 407 27 107 $30,000 to $49,999 ______________________ 

$50,000 to $69,999 ______________________ 

15 47 8 20 $70,000 to $99,999 ______________________ 

104 56 50 24 $100,000 to $199,999 ____________________ 

40 86 33 55 $200,000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All forms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Forms Number Farms Number Farms Number 

218 288 84 97 145 191 274 505 87 93 237 412 

285 777 62 132 268 645 

8 8 - - 8 8 5 5 - - 5 5 

II 11 2 (0) 9 (0) 

- - - - - - 166 170 81 82 87 88 221 233 41 41 183 192 

81 99 26 28 64 71 

Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

Hired workers-All forms, 1978 

12 126 11 006 

1 120 

2 332 

2 317 

864 

529 

4 997 

(D) 

(X) 

(X) 

1974 

Forms Acres on which used 

151 11664 

(NA) 10 116 (NA) 1 548 

40 1 365 

(NA) 1 643 

- - 11 171 

(NA) 3 722 

3 261 

21 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

All forms Farms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

73 46 39 33 

41 41 39 37 

24 12 24 12 

1~ 1 ~ 8 1 17 13 16 

2 -' L 2 -' 

1974 

Manufactured 

Farms Number 1970 to 1974 

224 322 164 249 435 125 

283 713 146 

3 3 1 

10 18 3 

12 12 3 (NA) (NA) (NA) 

114 128 59 

171 175 47 

93 103 35 

Any hired workersForms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Working 150 days or more Working less tho n 150 days 

Any Forms Workers Forms Workers 1978 1974 

- 146 105 (X) 103 (X) 143 139 

- 732 (X) 281 (X) 451 729 796 

Forms ________________________ - _____ -- -- -----------------

Workers ______________________________ -- ____ -------------

Forms wilh- 1 worker __________________________ -- ---_ -------- -------

2 workers __________________ - ___ -_ - - -- -_ -------- ---- ---- 3 or.4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 workers _________________________________________ _ 

10 workers or more ________________ -----_____ ---- --------

- 19 32 32 16 16 16 22 

- 29 32 64 31 62 29 30 

- 54 26 88 30 97 54 43 

- 32 14 (D) 22 118 32 25 

- 12 I (D) 4 158 12 19 

148 BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Tobie 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY , 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ Any cattle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ 254 ()O 248 (X) 176 (X)' 167 ()O - DO 226 ()O 215 (X) 166 (X) 151 -

Sales, 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1,000_ 

Any cottle, hogs, or sheep ____________________ $1,000_ 230 11 439 234 8 779 171 11 369 166 8 705 - 206 1 151 209 (NA) 157 1 092 153 644 -

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Cows and heifers that had calved ____________________ _ Beef cows _____________________________________ _ Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ 

Sales: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Calves __________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Cattle ___________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Fattened cattle _________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Dairy products _______________________________ $1 ,000_ 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ _ Other hogs and pig,-______________________________ _ 

215 13 592 209 14 235 160 12 763 149 - 13 179/ 190 8 435 144 7 665 141 7963 - 194 8 098 

93 802 76 966 51 429 36 571 - 136 7 296 142 7 469 118 7 236 126 7392 - 181 4 871 (NA) (NA), 144 4661, 134 4 727 -

- 140 623 (NA) (NA) 98 437 101 489 

- 196 5 864 203 5 530 153 5 606/ 151 5 221 

- (X) 1 116 (X) (NA) (X) I 069 (X) 635 

- 154 3 693 (NA) (NA) 129 3 534/ 130 3 405 

- (X) 225 (X) (NA) (X) 210 (X) 121 

- 166 2 171 (NA) (NA) 136 2 072 145 1 816 

- (X) 891, (X) (NA) , (X) 859

1 

(X) 515

1 - 19 98 (NA) (NA) 11 69 10 62 

- (X) 39 (X) (NA) (X) 27 (X) 19 

- 110 9 041 (NA) (NA) 108 (0) 108 7 1361 

- 50 488 42 277 31 383 25 180/ 

- 13 95 (NA) (NA) 7 78 11 26 

- 46 393 (NA) (NA) 29 305 24 154 

litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ________________ _ 

Dec. 1 of preceding yeor and May 31 ______________ _ June land Nov. 30 _____________________________ _ 

- 15 72 15 41 8 55 11 32 

- 15 (0) 6 12 8 (0) 3 (0) 

- 5 (0) 11 29 5 (0) 10 (0) 

Sheep and lambs ____________________________________ _ 

Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ _ Goats _____________________________________________ _ 

- 15 243 15 341 8 133 7 161 

- JO 153 (NA) (NA) 5 84 5 96 

- 8 30 (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 1 (0) Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

Soles: 

- 78 350 72 317 46 206

1 

39 175 

Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ - 24 345 22 399 12 207 14 266 

- (X) 24 (X) (NA) (X) 16 (X) 7 Feeder pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 10 175 8 131 7 110 4 55 

$1.000_ - (X) 5 (X) (NA) (X) 3 (X) 1 Sheep and lambs-___________________________________ _ 

- 12 211 10 355 7 144 5 115 Sheep and lambs shorn ______________________________ _ 

- 13 261 (NA) (NA) 6 171 2 (0) Pounds of waol ___________________________________ _ 

- (X) I 354 (X) (NA) (Xl 884 (X) (0) 

Sheep, lambs, and wool ________________________ $1,000_ Goats _____________________________________________ _ - 14 11 (NA) (NA) 7 8 6 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) - ~I $1.000_ - (X) (D) (X) (NA) (X) (0) (X) - Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

- 13 56 9 88 8 48 7 (D) 

$1.000_ - (X) 35 (X) (NA) (X) 33 (X) 12 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

- 55 (X) 44 (X) 32 (X) 26 (X) Chickens 3 months old or alder ______________________ _ - 49 88 611 42 74 173 27 87 922 24 72 991 Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ - 49 (0) 42 71 107 27 (D) 24 70 205 Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

- 3 (D) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 3 2 775 Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ - 4 157 (NA) (NA) 2 (D) - - Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ - 12 145 4 1 144 5 73 2 (0) 

- 3 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) - - Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

- 3 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) - - Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ Other - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - poultry ____________________________________ _ 

- 13 (X) (NA) (X) 5 (X) 2 (X) 

Sales, Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

- 18 (X) 26 (X) 9 (X) 19 (X) 

- 8 101 203 22 59 225 7 (0) 17 58 995 Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ - 8 101 203 22 59 225 7 (0) 17 58 995 Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

- 4 (D) 6 2 370 1 (0) 4 (D) 

- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 2 (D) 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) 2 (D) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

Poultry and poultry products _____ • _______________ $1.000_ - 5 (X) (NA) (X) 1 (~\ - (X) 

- 25 1 134 35 887 14 1 131 21 883 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 149 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Farms with soles of $2,500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated Harvested Irrigated 

Farms Acres Quantity Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantify Forms Acres 

Com for all purposes -- _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

- 98 6 127 (X) I - - 94 6044 (Xl - - - 99 5 042 (X) (NA) (NA) 93 4 987 (X) - - - 16 581 56 495 - - 15 (D) (0) - - - 13 352 26 470 (NAl (NA) 13 352 26470 - - - 92 5546 92 050 - - 89 (D) 91 320 - - 1974_ For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NAl 87 4 635 77 717 - -

- - - (Xl - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ - 3 23 (X) - - 3 23 (X) - - 1974_ For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ - 2 (0) (X) (NA) (NAl 2 (0) (X) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ for silage or green cho.p (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - 3 23 (D) - - 3 23 (D) - - 1974_ Cut for dry foroge or hoy (tons, dry) __________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NAl 2 (D) (0) - - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ Hogged or grazed __________________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (HA) (HAl (X) (NA) (NAl - - (X) - - Wheot for groin (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ - 1 (D) (D) - - 1 (D) (D) - - 1974_ Oats for groin (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ - 1 (D) (D) (NAl (NA) 1 (D) (D) - -

- 10 214 12 025 - - 9 (D) (D) - - 1974_ Borley for groin {bushelsL _____________________ 197B_ - (NAl (NA) (HA) (NA) (NAl 10 157 7 366 - -

- - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ Rye for groin (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 3 13 740 - -

- I (0) (0) - - I (D) (D) - - 1974_ Other small groins for 9roin ____________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NAl I (D) (D) - .- - - - (Xl - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NAl - - (X) - -

Soybeans for beans (bushels) ___________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ - - - - (NAl (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 Cotton (balesl _______________________________ 1978 -- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Tobocco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 Irish potatoes (hundredweightL _________________ 1978 -- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

-- 7 (D) (0) I (D) 6 (D) (D) 1 (D) 

1974 -- 10 43 8690 (NA) (NA) 6 41 8 520 - -

Sweetpototoes (bushels) _______________________ 1976 -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see text} _________________ 1976 -- 246 18 264 36 973 - - 169 16 246 34 040 - - 1974 -- 222 16 041 32 500 (NA) (NAl 151 14 139 30 106 - - Alfalfo hoy (Ions, dry) ______________________ 1978 -- 86 3 521 8 476 - - 68 3 254 8 178 - - 1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 57 2050 5 211 - - Other tome dry hoy (tons, dry) (see text) ______ 1978 -- 167 9 929 19 809 - - 118 8 862 18 011 - -

field seed crops ______________________________ 1978 -- - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974 -- (NAl (NAl (X) (NA) (NA) - - (Xl - - Alfalfa seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- (NA) (NAl (NA) (NA) (HA) - - - - -

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) _______ 1978 -- 48 409 (X) 4 49 32 368 (X) 4 49 

1974 -- 31 326 (X) (NA) (HA) 21 288 (X) 2 (D) Sweef corn ________________________________ 1978 -- 39 303 (X) 2 (D) 27 273 (X) 2 (D) 

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 19 204 (X) 2 - Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978 -- 13 10 (X) 3 (0) 10 9 (X) 3 (D) 

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (X) (HA) (NA) 7 5 (X) 2 (D) 

Green peas excluding cowpeos ________________ 1978 -- 4 (D) (X) - - I (D) (X) - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) (X) - -

lond in orchards- ____________________________ 1978_ - 26 205 (X) I (D) 13 169 (X) 1 (D) 

1974 -- 23 133 (X) (NA) (NA) 13 107 (Xl - - Apples (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - 23 191 2 154 356 (NA) (NA) 12 160 2 150 956 (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 102 1 663 143 (NA) (NA) 

Peoches (pounds) ___________________________ 1978 -- I (D) - (NA) (NAl 1 (D) (D) (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NAl (NA) (NA) (D) (D) (NA) (NA) Grapes (pounds) (see text) ___________________ 1978_ - 3 I (D) (NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) (D) (NA) (NA) 

aerries _____________________________________ 1978_ - 13 11 (X) 2 (D) 8 8 (X) 2 (D) 

1974_ - 15 52 (X) (NA) (NA) 7 32 (X) - - Strowberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 1\ 7 34610 1 (D) 6 6 28 560 1 (0) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NAl 4 7 23 800 - - Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ Other crops _________________________________ 1978_ - 28 111 (X) 8 6 24 lOS (X) 8 6 

- I (0) (X) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) (X) (NA) (NA) 

150 BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Tobie 1. Farms, land in Farms, and land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Farms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

Farms ___ .. ______________________ -_ -_ -_ - ___ ---_ ---- --- Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

APp:~;~~i~~ ~~nta~~~o== == == == == == == == == == == ==== -p;;c~~t= 

554 45 408 511 42 0741 410 38 0281 382 35 273 - (X) 82 (X) 82 ()() 93 ()O 92 - (X) 354 5601 (X) 354 624 (X) 354 5601 (X) 354 624 - (X) (X) 11.9 (X) 10.7 (X) 9.9 - 12.8 

Value of land and buildings: I 

Average per form _____________________________ dollors_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollors- 171 916 (X) 104 820 (X) 202 445 (X) 119 272 (X) 

- (X) 2 010 (X) 1 273 (X) 1 986 (X) 1 292 -

land in forms according to use: Total croplond ______________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 500 24 119 450 20 270 371 21 280 330 17 125 - 461 15 774 422 14901 348 14 238 320 13 336 - By acres harvested: t to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

159 688 123 (NA) 103 434 74 (NA) - 90 (NA) 64 870 62 (NA) 93 1 237 - 51 45 (NA) 38 852 36 (NA) 1 146 - 65 (NA) 48 1 819 53 (NA) 59 2 178 - 68 (NA) 64 4 418 64 (NA) 68 4680 - (NA)I 24 3 340 30 (NA) 24 3340

1 

30 - (NAl 6 (0) - (NA) - 6 (0) - (NA) - - - (NA) - - -

1 (0) 1 (NA) I (0) I (NA) -

Cropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ Other cropland ______________________________ - ____ _ 

Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses, not harvested or postured _______________ _ Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

Cropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ Cropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

214 6 149 164 3 999 145 5 109 95 2 931 - I 370 88 1 933/ 42 858 - 114 2 196 69 

42 589 (NA) (NA) 27 407 8 45 - 13 61 (NA) (NA) 11 (0) 9 127 -

- 14 396

1 

(NA) (NA)I 13 (0)1 8 386 

- 57 1 150 (NA) (NA) 46 (0) 22 300 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

Woodland postured _______________________________ _ Woodland not postured ____________________________ _ 

- 300 13 840 253 13 122 208 10 290 181 10 487 

- 75 2 764 (NA) (NAl 53 2 363 58 1 960 

- 265 11 076 (NA) (NA) 185 7 927 147 8 527 

Other land _________________________________________ _ 

- 391 7 449 365 8 682 282 6458 282 7 661 

Postureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured _______________________________ _ 

land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc _______ _ 

- 64 2 583 (NA) (NA) 44 2 134 57 3 449 

- 372 4 866 (NA) (NA) 271 4 324 266 4 212 

Pastureland, all types __________________________________ _ 

- 261 11 496 (NA) (NA) 179 9606 (NA) 8 340 

Irrigated land ________________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland irrigated __________________________ _ Postureland irrigated ________________________________ _ 

Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ 

land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 ________ _ 

- 113 1 423 109 1 631 100 1 396 99 1 581 

- 112 1 406 (NA) (NA) 100 (0) 99 (0) 

- 1 (0) (NA) (NA) - - (NA) - - 3 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 1 (0) 

- 12 175 (X) (X) 9 156 (X) (X) 

11978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Tobie 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Farms ($1.000) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1.000) Farms ($1.000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold l _______________ _ - 554 19657 511 15 657 410 19437 382 15 454 Average per form ___________________________ dollors_ - (X) 35 482 (X) 30 640 (X) 47 407 (X) 40 455 

Farms by value of agriculfural products sold:' $100.000 or mare ___________________________________ _ 

- 43 10300 29 (NA) 43 10 300 29 (NA) $40.000 to $99.999 _________________________________ _ 

- 83 5 463 82 (NA) 83 5463 82 (NAl $20,000 to $39,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 68 1 894 79 (NA) 68 1 894 79 (NAl $10.000 to $19.999 _________________________________ _ 

- 66 955 67 (NA) 66 955 67 (NA) $5.000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 76 559 55 (NA) 76 559 55 (NA) $2.500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

less than $2.500 (see text) ____________ • ______________ _ $2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

- 74 267 61 (NA) 74 267 61 (NA) 

- 143 (0) 137 (NA) (X) (X) 9 (NA) 

- 25 54 (NAl (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) $L500 to $1.999 _________________________________ _ 

$1.000 to $1.499 _________________________________ _ 

less than $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal forms (see text) ____________________________ _ 

- 28 48 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 43 52 (NAl (NA) (Xl (X) (X) (X) 

- 47 (0) (NAl (NAl (X) (Xl (X) (X) 

- 1 (0) 1 (NA) (X) (Xl (Xl (X) 

Crops _______________________________________________ _ 

- 322 8 307 304 5 297 258 8210 (NAl 5 205 Grains ____________________________________________ _ 

Commodify Credit Corporation" loans _________________ _ Cotton and cottonseed _______________________________ _ 

- 1 (0) (NAl (NA) - - 3 3 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ Tobacco ___________________________________________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Field seeds, hoy. forage. and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetabfes, sweet corn, and melons-___________________ _ Fruits, nuts. and berries ______________________________ _ Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ 

- 107 358 (NAl (NA) 67 (D) 55 257 

- 155 2 218 (NAl (NAl 140 2 196 119 1 751 

- 64 758 (NA) (NAl 50 741 52 740 

- Other 75 4831 66 2 207 68 4 819 57 2 189 crops ________________________________________ _ 

- 18 (D) (NAl (NA) 16 (D) 19 265 

livestock, poultry. and their products ____________________ _ Poultry and poultry products __________________________ _ Dairy products _____________________________________ _ 

Cattle and calves ___________________________________ _ Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

Sheep. Iambs. and wool ______________________________ _ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

- 303 11 350 285 10 324 221 11 227 206 10214 

- 61 1 655 52 2 409 45 1 643 41 2372 

- 93 6 825 (NA) (NAl 90 6 802 100 5 838 - 201 1 806 (NA) (NA) 153 1 752 144 1 004 - 64 769 (NA) (NA) 47 758 39 871 - 31 15 (NAl (NA) 10 10 4 1 - 54 280 (NAl (NA) 33 262 19 128 

'1974 data include sales of forest products. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - COUNTY OAT A BRISTOL COUNTY, MASS. 151 
Tobie 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms 

Farms with harvested cropland 

Acres Acres Harvested 

1978 1974 in farms Forms in forms cropland 

All forms ___________________________ _ 

- 554 511 Forms with- 45408 461 42 347 15 774 

- 91 70 356 55 244 155 

- 207 178 5401 170 4500 1 992 

1 to 9 ocres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 ocres _____________________ _ 

50 to 69 ocres _____________________ _ - 59 65 3 341 50 2 821 1 229 70 to 99 ocre5 _____________________ _ - 57 63 4 652 52 4 227 1 507 100 to 139 ocreL __________________ _ - 57 59 6668 54 6 325 2 562 140 to 179 ocres ___________________ _ - 23 21 3 624 23 3 624 1 641 180 to 219 ocres ___________________ _ - 18 18 3544 17 3344 1 485 220 to 259 acreL __________________ _ 9 7 2 115 8 1 895 837 260 to 499 ocre5 ___________________ _ - 25 22 8 339 24 7999 1 971 SOD to 999 ocres ___________________ _ - 5 7 3 628 5 3 628 975 1,000 to 1,999 acreL ___ . ___________ _ - 3 1 3 740 3 3 740 1 420 

- - - 2,000 acres or more ________________ _ - - - -

Tobie 4. Operators- Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 

All forms 

1978 

Forms Acres 

554 45 408 

461 15 774 

332 19 200 

262 4 376 

158 22 009 

149 9 523 

64 4 199 

50 1 875 

479 33 723 

45 4 054 

22 5 881 

8 1 750 

All farms Forms with soles of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 ' 1974 1978 '1974 

317 312 

237 168 

10 6 

61 55 

99 59 

122 139 

161 136 

101 85 

51.7 53.1 

IApplies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

1974 

Farms 

511 

422 

313 

(NA) 

139 

(NA) 

59 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Acres 

42 074 

14 901 

19 281 

5 879 

15 820 

7 159 

6 973 

1 863 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Tobie 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

(1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All farms 

1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses 

Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) 

- 211 1 704 181 I 596 

- 275 4 009 289 4 219 

livestock and poultry purchased _________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and paultry ___________________________ _ 

- 168 2 951 247 3 398 

- 211 96 (NA) (NA) 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ 

Animal health costs ___________________________________ _ 

- 318 I 322 292 605 

- 442 663 355 563 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees __________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer ______________________________ -_ - __ 

- 398 281 261 190 

- 306 2 783 241 1 896 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ Hired farm labor __ • _________________________ -_ -_ ---- - __ 

Contract labor ____________________________________ - ___ _ - 39 64 22 56 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment ________________________________________ ---- 84 81 71 64 

- 549 1 440 (NA) (NA) 

- 549 I 102 484 741 

- 530 497 (NA) (NA) 

Energy and petroleum products __________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ______________________________ - __ _ 

Gasoline ____________________________________ --- __ _ 

Diesel fuel __________ • _______________ ---------- ----- 159 147 (NA) (NA) 

- 40 12 (NA) (NA) 

- 133 362 (NA) (NA) 

lP gas, butane, and propane ________________________ _ 

Fuel oil ____________________________ ------ ---- -- ---

- 8 12 (NA) (NA) 

- 549 72 (NA) (NA) 

- 368 322 (NA) (NA) 

- 38 16 (NA) (NA) 

Natural gas ____________________________ ------ -----

Kerosene, motor oil, and grease _____________________ _ 

Electricity ______________________________ -_ ---- ---- ---

Other-cool, wood, coke, etc. _________________________ _ 

Forms with irrigated land 

Acres Harvested 

forms in farms cropland 

113 7 884 2 675 

21 88 49 

46 1 239 468 

13 732 305 

9 741 212 

9 1 022 376 

5 770 509 

2 (0) (0) 

- - - 7 2 316 434 

1 (0) (0) 

- - -

- - -

1978 and 1974 

Forms wifh sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 

Forms 

410 

348 

224 

178 

133 

127 

53 

43 

350 

35 

21 

4 

Acres 

38 028 

14 238 

14 215 

3 339 

20 239 

9 145 

3 574 

1 754 

27 308 

3800 (0) 

1 044 

1974 

Farms 

382 

320 

230 

(NA) 

102 

(NA) 

50 

(NA) 

327 

25 

29 

1 

Irrigated 

land 

1 423 

42 

315 

218 

120 

199 

284 

(0) 

-

198 

(0) 

-

-

Acres 

35 273 

13 336 

14902 

5 212 

13 813 

6 358 

6 558 

I 766 

25323 

3 146 

6 724 

(0) 

All farms Forms with sales of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 1978 '1974 

426 347 312 249 

79 57 68 44 

49 76 30 59 

244 197 211 170 

22 14 15 II 

10 16 6 12 

27 9 20 7 

31 15 22 15 

198 132 118 55 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses 

Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

147 1 671 139 1 565 

204 3 945 202 4 137 

144 2 915 187 3 327 

163 91 136 82 

247 1 309 245 595 

343 641 282 538 

330 271 211 184 

254 2 753 210 1 856 

34 62 15 52 

57 60 51 61 

412 1 401 (NA) (NA) 

412 I 070 376 717 

393 473 365 362 

143 146 102 51 

34 (0) 70 48 

127 362 } 7 (0) 376 255 

412 67 

298 315 (NA) (NA) 

38 16 (NA) (NA) 

152 BRISTOL COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Tobie 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto ore bosed on a sample of forms ; see textJ 

All farms forms wifh sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1978 1974 

Forms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used forms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________ -_ - _____ _ 

Cropland fertilized. except posture __________________________ _ 

Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ lime ______________________ -___ - _________ -_ -_ -_ ---_ --------

432 14546 338 - 420 12434 1 336 - 70 2 112 55 - 181 4 293 141 - Sprays, dusts, gronules, fumigants, etc. to cootrol- Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ 

Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchords _____________________________ _ 

Weeds. gross, or brush in crops and pasture _________________ _ 

178 3487 144 - 15 395 14 . 97 I 395 71 - 165 - 197 4 777 

Chemicals for- Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control _______________________ _ 

12 126 12 -

- 150 (X) 128 

140 (X) 109 -

Tobie 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated morket value of all machinery and equipment ____________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Average per form ________________ dollars_ 

Farms by value group: $1 to $4,999 ___ • ______________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _______________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999. ____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel tractorL __________________________ _ 

Grain and bean combines, self-propelled only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers ________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Cottonpickers ____________________________ _ Mower - conditioners ______________________ _ 

- Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

- Field forage harvesters. shear bar or flywheel type ___ ._. __________________ _ 

-

(1978 dota are based on a sample of forms· see text] 

Forms with soles All forms of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

AU MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Can. 

Estimated market value of all 

554 486 412 366 machinery and equipment-Con. 

12 083 8 022 11 274 6 846 $20,000 to $29,999 ______________________ 

21 811 16 506 27 364 18 705 $30,000 to $49,999 _____ • ________________ $50,000 to $69,999 ______________________ 

84 100 48 65 $70,000 to $99,999 ______________________ 

143 118 43 70 $100,000 to $199,999 ____________________ 

150 124 145 102i $200,000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All farms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

farms Number Farms Number Farms Number 

331 492 135 160 240 332 476 986 150 204 395 782 474 I 119 49 66 464 I 053 

- - - - - - 2 (0) I (0) I (D) 

I (0) I (D) - - - - - - - - 76 120 12 12 64 108 110 148 11 41 102 107 

107 144 29 30 96 114 

Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data are bosed on a sample of forms; see textI 

Hired workers - All forms, 1978 

13908 282 10 253 

II 8311 (NA) 9 353 

2 077 (NA) 900 

4 135 65 I 407 

3 341 (NA) 2964 

(0) 3 104 

370 I 312 24 

4610 (NA) 3 8061 

126 2 

00 29 ()() 

(O~ (X) (NA) ()() 

All forms Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

71 65 71 54 

44 58 44 55 

19 II 19 10 

23 , IOI~ 22 , ~ ~ 10 1 20 20 

- .J L L - .J 

1974 

Manufactured 

forms Number 1970 to 1974 

327 425 218 

430 844 225 409 953 113 

2 (0) - 16 20 2 

3 3 - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

81 90 21 

123 130 21 

85 97 20 

Any hired workersForms with soles of $2.500 or more Working 150 days or more Working less than 150 days 

Any Farms Workers Forms Workers 1978 1974 

- 306 129 (X) 267 (X) 254 210 - 2 269 (X) 456 ()O I 811 I 946 I 569 

Forms __________________________________________________ _ 

Workers ________________________________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1 worker ______________________________________________ _ 

2 workers _____________________________________________ _ 

3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 workers ________________ • ________________________ _ 

10 workers or more _____________________________________ _ 

- 67 55 55 49 49 57 53 - 37 22 44 46 96 21 30 - 75 27 89 66 230 7S 51 - 70 18 106 58 394 70 37 - 57 7 164 46 I 042 31 39 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA BRISTOL COUNTY, MASS. 153 
Tobie 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Farms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Inventory; 

Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ 

Any cattle, hogs. or sheep __________________________ _ - 336 (X) I 301 (X) 233 (X) 209 (X) 

- 271 (X) 250 (X) 190 (X) 175 (X) 

Sales, 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1.000_ - 303 II 350 285 10 324 221 II 227 206 10 214 Any colf/e, hogs, or sheep ____________________ $1.000_ - 242 2 590 225 (NA) 179 2 520 167 I 876 

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

- 233 9977 220 10 789 166 9309 152 9966 Cows and heifers that hod colved ____________________ _ 

- 194 6 662 181 7348 141 6 380 132 6 997 Beef cows _____________________________________ _ 

- 106 I 095 89 I 064 62 866 50 774 Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

- 123 5 567 125 6 284 106 5 514 105 6 223 Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ - 158 I 918 (NA) (NA) 109 I 697 94 I 793 Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ - 161 I 397 (NA) (NA) 110 I 232 104 I 176 

Soles: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

- 201 6 489 189 6 257 153 6 217 144 5 780 

$1,000_ - (X) I 806 (X) (NA) (X) I 752 (X) I 004 Calves __________________________________________ _ 

- 134 2 948 (NA) (NA) 102 2 801 III 3 I II 

$1,000_ Cattle ___________________________________________ _ - (X) 230 (X) (NA) (X) 215 (X) 136 

- 159 3 541 (NA) (NA) 120 3 416 123 2669 

$1,000_ Fattened cattle _________________________________ _ 

$1.000_ 

- (X) I 576

1 

(X) (NA) (X) I 537 (X) 868 

- 44 I 168 (NA) (NA) 29 I 124 20 130 

- (X) 591 (X) (NA) (X) 578 (X) 47 Dairy products _______________________________ $1.000_ - 93 6 825 (NA) (NA) 90 6 802 100 5 838 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory; Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ 

-- 93 9 685 67 8 830 63 9 453 52 8 632 Used or to be used for breeding ____________________ _ -- 47 I 298 (NA) (NA) 34 I 249 21 863 Other hags and pigL _____________________________ _ -- 85 8 387 (NA) (NA) 57 8 204 52 7 769 

litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _______________ _ 

-- 49 I 554 30 I 083 35 I 506 22 I 041 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 _____________ _ '- 43 780 27 528 32 754 21 514 June 1 and Nov. 30 ____________________________ _ 

-- 39 774 26 555 30 752 19 527 Sheep and lambs ___________________________________ _ -- 39 466 29 304 15 202 8 63 Ewes 1 year old or older __________________________ _ 

-- 33 308 (NA) (NA) II 129 8 44 Goats ____________________________________________ _ 

-- 24 318 (NA) (NA) 10 249 I (D) 

Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ 

-- 84 461 70 522 51 301 32 363 

Sales: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ -- 64 II 123 48 I I 585 47 10930 39 II 412 

$1,000 -- (X) 769 (X) (NA) (X) 758 (X) 871 Feeder pigs _____________________________________ _ -- 21 4 581 10 792 17 4470 4 674 

$1,000 -- (X) 142 (X) (NA) (X) 139 (X) 14 Sheep and lombs ___________________________________ _ 

-- 25 253 16 75 8 162 4 32 Sheep and lambs shorn _____________________________ _ 

-- 29 397 (NA) (NA) 8 196 3 27 Pounds of wool __________________________________ _ 

-- (X) 2 153 (X) (NA) (X) 857 (X) 228 

Sheep, lambs, and wool ___ ._._._. ___ . __________ $1,000 -- 31 15 (NA) (NA) 10 10 4 I Goats ___________________________________________ _ 

-- II 268 (NA) (NA) 5 216 I (D) 

$1,000 -- (X) 13 (X) (NA) (X) 10 (X) (I) 

Horses and ponies ___ _ -- 20 56 25 163 14 43 15 143 

$1,000 -- (X) 98 (X) (NA) (X) 95 (X) 98 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry _______________________________________ _ -- 103 (X) 74 (X) 64 (X) 49 (X) 

Chickens 3 months old or alder _____________________ _ -- 82 147 970 70 153 441 49 144 846 45 150 754 

Hens and pullets of laying age ___________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older ____________________ _ 

-- 79 130 038 70 137 382 48 127 I II 45 134 932 

-- 14 17 932 (NA) (NA) 7 17 735 3 15 500 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickenL ______________ _ Turkeys ________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ___________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

Other poultry _. __________ . ___ . ___________________ _ 

- II 22 316 (NA) (NA) 5 20 615 2 (0) 

-- 13 6 538 5 9 020 4 5 227 3 (D) 

-- 13 2 431 (NA) (NA) 7 2 260 I (D) 

-- II (0) (NA) (NA) 6 (0) I (D) 

- 3 (0) (NA) (NA) I (D) I (0) 

- 44 (X) (NA) (X) 23 (X) 4 (X) 

Sales, Any poultry ________ ._. _____________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or alder ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older __________ . _______ . __ _ 

- 59 (X) 38 (X) 42 (X) 34 (X) 

- 40 146 880 33 224972 31 142 415 29 219 084 

- 38 (D) 32 126 632 29 (D) 28 (0) 

- 3 (D) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 2 (0) 

Pul/et chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys __________________________ - _________ - ____ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter _____________ - __ --- __ - ---- --- Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

Other poultry ______________ - ___ -_ -------- ------ ---

Poultry and poultry products ____________________ $1,000_ 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) - - - - - 6 (D) 4 13 900 2 (D) 4 13 900 

- 10 2 609 (NA) (NA) 5 (D) 2 (D) 

- 10 (D) (NA) (NA) 5 (0) 2 (D) 

- I (D) (NA) (NA) - - I (D) 

- 14 (X) (NA) (X) 5 (X) I (X) 

- 61 I 655 52 2 409 45 I 643 41 2372 

154 BRISTOL COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

All farms forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres Farms Acres Quantity farms ALres 

(orn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ For groin or seed (bushels) ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For silage or green chop (tons, green) __________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

4 956 (X)I 6 59 1 98 4 835 (JOI 4 

- 116 (JO 3 ~I 3 791 (X) (HA) (HA)I 96 3 724 - 109 6390 1 I (0) 8 (0) 7 260 I (D) 5 101 - 6 22 956 (NA) (HA) 4 (0) (0) - - - 4 820 77 158 5 58 96 4 734 75 837 3 (D) 

- III 52 717 3 60 (HA) (HA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 92 (0) - (X) - - 1 (0) (X) - - - - - (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - - - (NA) 

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

for groin or seed (bushels> ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Cut for dry forage or hay (tons, dry) __________ 1978_ 

1974_ Hogged or grozed __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

3 (0) (X) - - 3 20 (X) - - =1 43 (X) (NA) (HA) 3 43 (X) - 3 

=/ 

- - - - - - - - - - - (HA) (NA) - - - - - - - - 3 (0) 230 - - 3 20 230 - - 301 (HA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA~I 3 43 -

~I - - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - -

(HA) (NA) (X)I (NA) (NA) - - (X) I - - -I 

Wheat for grain (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Oats for groin (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 80rley for grain (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Rye for groin (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Other small groins for groin ____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - -

-I 2 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (0) - - - (0) (0) - - - - - - - 1 -

(NAl (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- (NA) (NA) (N~I (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) I (NA) (N~I - -

(Xli 

-

=1 - - - (X) - - - -

- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

Soybeans for beons (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ - - - - (NAl (NA) - - - - -

Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ - - - - (NAI (NA) - - - - - Cotton (boles) _______________________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NAl (NAl - - - - - Tobocco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Irish pototoes (hundredweight) __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 19 213 38 152 6 (D) 17 (0) (0) 5 (0) 

- 29 301 53 957 (NA) (NA) 23 293 52 733 9 89 

Sweet potatoes (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see text'-________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - -

-I 

- - -

- - - - (NA) (NAl - - - -

- 254 8 136 16 660 2 (D) 168 6 800 14 842 1 (0) 

- 206 7 103 16 419 (NA) (NA) 129 5 716 14 416 3 47 

Alfolfo hoy (tons, dry) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 102 2 125 5 661 1 (D)I 75 1 767 5 0771 1 (D)I 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 51 I 233 3 608 I (0) 

Other tome dry hoy (tons, dry) (see text) ______ 1978_ - 153 3 656 6 193 1 (0) 100 2 942 5 254 - -

Field seed crops ______________________________ 1978_ - 1 (0) (X) - - I (0) (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NAl 2 (D) (X) - - Alfalfo seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - -

All vegetables harvested for sole (see text) _______ \978_ - 155 2 513 (X) 50 780 140 2 486 (X) 48 (0) 1974_ - 140 2 860 (X) (NA) (NA) 121 2 795 (X) 50 812 Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978_ - 88 915 (X) 21 209 79 898 (X) 21 209 1974_ Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Green peas excluding cowpeos ________________ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 77 1 205 (X) 23 192 

- 64 77 (X) 21 25 60 76 (X) 20 (D) 

- (NA) (NA) (X) (NAl (NA) 80 172 (X) 34 53 

- 14 16 (X) 1 (0) 11 14 (X) I (0) 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 16 13 (X) 6 4 

Lond in orchards _____________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Apples (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Peaches (pounds) ___________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Grapes (pounds) (see text) ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- 28 198 (X) 5 21 16 148 (X) 3 (D) 

- 20 201 (X) (NA) (NA) 16 184 (X) 1 (0) 

- 24 133 1 059 008 (NA) (NA) 13 98 1 000 700 (NA) (NA) 

- (NAl (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 127 667 510 (NAI (NA) 

- 18 44 (0) (NA) (NA) 12 33 (0) (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 32 285 250 (NA) (NA) 

- 9 11 4 674 (NA) (NA) 7 (0) 4 674 (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) (D) (NA) (NA) 

Berries _____________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Strawberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ Other crops _________________________________ 1978_ 

- 56 311 (X) 36 292 46 300 (X) 30 282 

- 46 434 (X) (NA) (NA) 39 424 (X) 33 419 

- 31 26 131 143 12 13 25 24 122 696 10 (0) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 11 9 47 666 6 6 - 75 264 (X) 34 183 68 261 (X) 32 (0) 

- 5 9 (X) (NA) (NA) 5 9 (X) (NA) (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA BRISTOL COUNTY, MASS. 155 
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

- 53 11 782 22 9 116 29 8 038 12 8032 

- (X) 222 (X) 414 (X) 277 (X) 669 

- (X) 66 560 (X) 66 496 (X) 66 560 (X) 66 496 

- (X) 17.7 (X) 13.7 (X) 12.1 (X) 12.1 

Forms ______________________________________________ _ 

Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

Approximate land oreo _________________________________ _ 

Proportion in forms __________________________ percenL 

Value of land and buildings: 1 

- 411 351 (X) 356 727 (X) 440 471 (X) 406667 (X) 

- (X) 1 850 (X) 861 (X) 1 589 (X) 608 

Average per farm _____________________________ dollarsAverage per acre _____________________________ dollarsland in forms according to use: 

- 53 2 021 22 786 29 1 317 12 452 

- 50 1 014 22 418 28 782 12 350 

T otol cropland ______________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 

By acres harvested: 

- 22 59 11 (NA) 11 30 4 (NA) 

- 12 152 5 (NA) 5 69 4 (NA) 

- 8 (0) 4 (NA) 6 (D) 2 (NA) 

- 2 (D) - (NA) 1 (D) - (NA) 

- 5 (D) 1 (NA) 4 (D) 1 (NA) 

1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

- - - 1 (NA) - - 1 (NA) 

- 1 (D) - (NA) 1 (D) - (NA) 

- - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

- - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 fa 999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

Cropland used only for pasfure ______________________ _ - 19 (D) 13 350 9 468 4 92 Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

- 15 160 4 (ropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement 18 7 (D) 2 (D) 

grosses, not harvested or postured _______________ _ - 8 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 26 1 (D) Cropland on which all crops failed _________________ _ - 3 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) - - - 1 (0)\ (NA) (NA) - - - - - 5 65 (NA) (NA) 2 (D) 2 (D) 

Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______________ _ (ropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

- 34 6 551 16 4877 21 5 063 8 4 531 Woodland postured _______________________________ _ - 6 (0) (NA) (NA) 4 56 1 (D) Woodland not postured ____________________________ _ 

- 29 (D) (NA) (NA) 18 5 007 7 (D) 

Other land _________________________________________ _ - 36 3 210 21 3 453 22 I 658 12 3 049 

Pastureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

- 9 I 450 (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 3 1 173 land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc _______ _ - 31 I 760 (NA) (NA) 21 (D) II I 876 

Posture/and, all types __________________________________ _ 

- 27 2943 (NA) (NA) 12 658 (NA) I 665 

Irrigated land _______________________________________ _ -- 1O (D) 4 49 8 (D) 3 (D) 

Harvested cropland irrigated _________________________ _ 

-- 9 (D) (NA) (NA) 8 (0) 3 (D) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) - Posture land irrigated ________________________________ _ 

- I (0) (NA) (NA) - - - - Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ 

land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ________ _ - - - (X) (X) - - (X) (X) 

11978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold I _______________ _ 

Average per form ___________________________ dollars_ - 53 363 22 164 29 327 12 155 

- (X) 6 848 (X) 7 455 (X) 11 288 (X) 12 917 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold: 1 

$100.000 or mare ___________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $99.999 _________________________________ _ 

$20.000 to $39,999 _________________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ 

$2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 (see text) ___________________________ _ $2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

$1,500 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,499 _________________________________ _ 

less than $1,000 _________________________________ _ Abnormal forms (see text) ____________________________ _ 

- - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

- I (D) I (NA) I (0) I (NA) 

- 3 65 I (NA) 3 65 I (NA) 

- 6 84 2 (NA) 6 84 2 (NA) 

- 12 83 4 (NA) 12 83 4 (NA) 

- 7 (D) 3 (NA) 7 (0) 3 (NA) 

- 23 35 11 (NA) (X) (X) I (NA) 

- 6 13 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 6 11 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 8 9 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 3 1 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- I (0) - (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 41 235 15 121 25 212 (NA) 118 

- 1 (D) (NA) (NA) I (0) I (0) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 14 32 (NA) (NA) 8 24 2 (D) 

- 19 (0) (NA) (NA) 16 109 4 49 

- 4 (D) (NA) (NA) 3 (D) 2 (D) 

- 14 (D) 7 51 7 70 6 (0) 

- 3 2 (NA) (NA) 3 2 I (D) 

Craps __________________________________ ---_ -- --------

Groins ___________________________________ - -_ -------

Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ 

Cotton and cottonseed ________________ -------- ---- ----

Commodity Credit Corporation loons ____________ -- ----

Tobacco ________________ -_____ -_ -- ---- -------- ------ Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons ____________________ _ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ 

Other crops _____________ - ______ ------ ---------------

- 30 128 15 41 17 116 5 36 

- II 6 4 I 7 4 3 (D) 

- 5 (0) (NA) (NA) 4 (D) 2 (0) 

- 20 (0) (NA) (NA) 14 42 3 6 

- 6 14 (NA) (NA) 4 (D) I (l) 

- 6 13 (NA) (NA) 3 (D) 3 7 

- 5 19 (NA) (NA) 2 (D) - -

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ Poultry and poultry products __________________________ _ 

Dairy products ____ - ___ -- ---- -- ---- -- -- -------------- Cattle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Hogs and pi9L _________ -- __ -- ---- -- -- ---- ----------- Sheep, lambs, and wool ______________________________ _ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) ----------

1)974 data include sales of forest products. 

156 DUKES COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms 

Farms with harvested cropland Forms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested Irrigoted 

1978 1974 in forms Forms in forms cropland Farms in forms cropland land 

53 22 II 782

1 

50 II 505 I 014

1 

10 (0) (0) (0) -

8 2 8 (0) (0) 2 (0) (0) (0) - (0) 

(0) (0) (0) - 13 6 305 13 (0) (D) 4 

6 3 (D) 5 (0) (0) 3 165 74 27 -

All forms ___________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1 to 9 acres _______________________ _ 

10 fa 49 ocres _____________________ _ 50 to 69 ocres _____________________ _ 

- 70 to 99 ocres _____________________ _ 3 - (0) 3 (0) (0) - - - - - 100 to 139 ocreL __________________ _ 9 4 (0) 7 (0) (0) - - - - 140 to 179 ocres ___________________ _ 

- 6 2 903 6 903 20 - - - -

- 1 3 (0) 1 (0) (0) - - - - 180 to 219 ocreL __________________ _ 

- 2 - (0) 2 (0) (0) - - - -

- 3 - 1 llO 3 I llO 366 1 ([) (0) (0) 

220 to 259 ocreL __________________ _ 

260 to 499 ocres ___________________ _ 

- - 500 to 999 acreL __________________ _ - - - - - - - - - 1.000 to 1.999 ocres. _______________ _ - 1 1 (0) 1 (0) (D) - - - -

- 2,000 acres or more ________________ _ 1 I (D) I (0) (0) - - - -

Table 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

All forms forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Farms Acres Forms Acres 

53 11 782 

50 1 014 

34 9 544 

32 (0) 

14 (0) 

13 (0) 

5 243 

5 48 

44 3 726 

4 (0) 

1 (0) 

4 7 607 

All forms Forms with soles of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 

lApplies only to individual or family operations {sole proprietorships} and partnerships; see text. 

22 

22 

19 

(NA) 

2 

(NA) 

1 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

9 116 

418 

8 774 

395 

(0) 

4 

(0) 

19 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

t1976 data ore based on a sample of forms; see text) 

All forms 

1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses forms ($1.000) Farms ($1.000) 

livestock and poultry purchosed __________________________ Feed - 25 20 9 1 for livestock and poultry ____________________________ 

Commercially mixed - 29 81 16 20 formula ~eds ______________________ Animal health costs ____________________________________ - 15 45 13 16 

Seeds. - 18 6 (NA) (NA) bulbs. plants, and trees ___________________________ - 37 12 18 18 Commerciaf fertIlizer - 42 30 18 11 

~r~eeJ fug:~I~t~~~~~~~:i~~~~ ~~~~~i~~~ I~~~~ == == == == == == == == = 

- 39 18 12 2 

Contract labor _________________________________________ - 23 93 13 55 

- 5 10 1 (Z) Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment ___________________________________________ - 15 7 4 2 

Energy and petroleum products ___________________________ - 52 46 (NA) (NA) Petroleum products - 52 (0) 21 9 

Gasoline ________ ====== ====== == ==== == ========== ==== Diesel fuel ________________________________________ - 50 19 (NA) (NA) 

- 19 (0) (NA) (NA) lP ~as. butane. and propane _________________________ - 1 (0) (NA) Fue oil ___________________________________________ (NA) 

Natural gas _______________________________________ - 10 (0) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) Kerosene. motor oil, and grease ______________________ - 52 4 (NA) Eleclricily ___________________________________________ (NA) - 28 12 (NA) Other-coal. wood. (NA) coke. etc. __________________________ - 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 

29 

28 

17 

17 

11 

10 

1 

1 

25 

1 

1 

2 

8038 

782 

(0) 

244 

(0) 

(0) 

(0) 

(0) 

2 341 

(0) 

(D) 

(D) 

All forms 

1978 

42 

8 

3 

17 

3 

5 

1 

6 

21 

1 

'1974 

16 

1 

11 

1 

6 

12 8 032 

12 350 

11 (0) 

(NA) 331 

(NA) 

1 (0) 

(NA) 19 

354 

(D) 

(0) 

(0) 

Forms with sales of 

$2.500 or more 

1978 '1974 

24 6 

3 1 

2 11 

13 

1 

4 

1 

4 

6 

Forms with sales of $2.500 or more 

1978 

Forms 

14 

18 

10 

11 

21 

24 

22 

17 

4 

5 

29 

29 

28 

12 

1 

8 

29 

18 

1 

Expenses 

($1.000) 

11 

70 

36 

(0) 

(0) 

22 

12 

76 

(0) 

2 

38 

27 

16 

2 

(0) 

(O~ } 

(0) 

(0) 

1974 

Farms 

3 

6 

6 

4 

11 

9 

7 

9 

1 

3 

(NA) 

11 

11 

4 

3 

11 

(NA) 

(NA) 

DUKES COUNTY, MASS. 

Expenses 

($1.000) 

(Z) 

17 

15 

(Z) 

18 

9 

2 

48 

(Z) 

(0) 

(NA) 

8 

4 

(Z) 

(Z) 

3 

(NA) 

(NA) 

157 
Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto are bosed on a sample of farms; see text] 

All forms Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1978 1978 

Farms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

Cropland fertilized, except posture __________________________ _ 

Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ lime _____________________________________________________ _ 

Sprays, dusts, granules. fumigants. etc. to coolrol- Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ 

Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchordL ____________________________ _ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and pasture _________________ _ 

- 40 (D) 24 

- 40 605 24 

- 6 (D) 3 

- 20 189 11 

- 23 365 15 

- 6 72 4 

- 12 110 7 

- 12 231 10 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ Sonitotion and rodent and bird control _______________________ _ 

- 1 (D) 1 

- 21 (X) 11 

- 24 (X) 11 

Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated morket value of all 

machinery and equipment ____________ forms_ - $1,000_ - Average per form ________________ dollars_ - Farms by value group: $1 to $4.999 __________________________ _ 

- $5,000 to $9,999 _______________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 _____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ 

Wheel tractorL __________________________ _ 

Groin and bean combines, self-propel/ed only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers ________ _ Cotton pickers ____________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

- Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type ________________________ _ -

[1978 doto are based on a sample of forms; see textJ 

All farms Farms with sales 

of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Con. 

Estimated market value of 011 

52 20 29 10 machinery and equipment- Can. 

885 278 721 181 $20,00010 $29,999 ______________________ 

17 018 13 900 24 859 18 100 $30.00010 $49,999 ______________________ 

$50,00010 $69,999 ______________________ 

9 2 5 2 $70,00010 $99,999 ______________________ 

19 9 5 3 $100,00010 $199,999 ____________________ 

13 6 8 3 $200.000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All forms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Forms Number Farms Number Forms Number 

27 (0) 9 (0) 22 28 

40 61 22 (D) 25 (0) 

39 (0) 7 7 34 (D) 

- - - - - -

I (D) - - 1 (D) 

3 3 - - 3 3 

- - - - - - 9 12 2 (D) 7 (D) 

14 14 3 3 11 11 

B B 1 (0) 7 (0) 

Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto ore bosed on a sample of forms; see text) 

Hired workers-All forms, 1978 

563 

(D) 

(D) 

102 

294 

(D) 

86 

(D) 

(D) 

(X) 

(X) 

1974 

Forms Acres on which used 

9 271 (NA) 249 (NAl 22 5 40 

(NA) 39 

- - 1 (D) 

(NA) 95 

- - 1 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

All farms Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

4 1 4 - - 1 - I 

4 - 4 -

~1 { 3 1 I - I 

--' L - -' 

1974 

Manufactured 

Forms Number 1970101974 

15 30 17 

15 19 II 

16 27 10 

- - - - - -

1 (0) - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

6 6 4 

4 4 I 

1 (D) -

Any hired workersForms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Working 150 doys or more Working less thon 150 days 

Any Forms Workers Forms Workers 1978 1974 

Forms _______________ - -- ---- -- ---- -------- ------ ---------

Workers ______________ - ___ ------ ---- -- ---- ---- -- -- -- ------ 23 11 (X) 19 (X) 17 9 - 133 (X) 17 (X) 116 (D) 51 

- 5 6 6 3 (D) 3 6 

5 4 (0) 5 10 5 - - 5 I (D) 5 (0) 2 1 -

- 4 - - 2 (D) 4 1 

- 4 - - 4 (D) 3 I 

Forms with- I worker ___________ - -- ---------- -- -- ---------------- ---

2 workers __________ -- -- ---- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------- ------ 3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 workers _________________________________________ _ 

JO workers or more _____________________________________ _ 

158 DUKES COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Farms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ 

Any caffle, hogs. or sheep __________________________ _ 

I I I 

37 (X)I 16 ()()I 22 (X) 1 6 (X) 

- (X) 26 (X) 13 (X) 16 (X) 6 -

Soles: Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1,000_ 

Any cottle, hogs, or sneep ____________ "- ____ =-__ $1,000_ 30 128 15 41 17 116 5 36 - 25 73 6 (NA) 15 (D) 4 13 -

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: Cattle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Cows and heifers that had calved ____________________ _ Beef cows _____________________________________ _ 

Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

Steers. steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ 

23 463 13 158 16 387 6 120 -

- 20 208 9 95 15 173 5 72 

- 13 176 6 67 10 (0) 3 (0) 

- 7 32 4 28 5 (0) 3 (0) 

- 15 110 (NA) (NA) I 10 91 2 (0) 1 

- 16 145 (NA) (NA) 12 123 3 43 

Sales: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Calves __________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Cattle. __ • _______________________________________ _ 

$1.000_ Fattened cottle _________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Dairy products _______________________________ $1.000_ 

- 20 145 5 45 14 122 3 (D) 

- (X) 47 (X) (NA) (X) 42 (X) 6 

- 12 43 (NA) (NA) 7 32 2 (D) 

- (X) 3 (X) (NA) (X) 2 (X) (l) 

- 16 102 (NA) (NA) 13 90 3 14 

- (X) 44 (X) (NA) (X) 40 (X) 5 

- 4 211 (NA) (NA) 4 211 1 (0)1 

- (X) 10 (X) (NA) (X) 10 (X) (0) 

- 5 (D) (NA) (NA) 4 (D) 2 (0) 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ _ 

Other hogs and pigs _______________________________ _ 

- 13 (0) 2 (0) 10 (D) 2 (D) 

- 5 (D) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) 1 (D) 

- 11 37 (NA) (NA) 9 (0) 2 (D) 

litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ________________ _ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 ______________ _ June 1 and Nov. 30 _____________________________ _ 

- 5 24 1 (0) 3 (0) 1 (D) 

- 4 11 1 (D) 3 (0) 1 (0) 

- 5 13 - - 3 (0) - - Sheep and lambs. _____ •• _. __________________________ _ 

Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ _ Goats _____________________________________________ _ 

- 6 530 3 526 3 (D) 3 526 

- 6 (D) (NA) (NA) 3 (D) 3 434 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) - - 1 (0) Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

Sales: 

- 21 163 11 77 13 1211 4 37, 

Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 6 158 1 (0) 4 (0) 1 (D) 

$1.000_ - (X) 14 (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) (l) 

Feeder pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 1 (0) 1 (0) - - 1 (D) 

$1,000_ - (X) (D) (X) (NA) (X) - (X) (l) Sheep and lambs _______________________ • _____ • _. ____ _ 

- 6 272 3 309 3 156 3 309 Sheep and lambs shorn ______________________________ _ 

- 6 529 (NA) (NA) 3 (D) 3 444 Pounds of waol ___________________________________ _ - (X) 2 868 (X) (NA) (X) (0) (X) 2 100 Sheep, lambs, and wool _______ • _______ • __ • _____ $1.000_ Goats _____________________________________________ _ - 6 13

1 

(NA) (NA) 3 (O~I 3 7 

- 1 (0) (NA) (NA) - - - $1,000_ - (X) (D) (X) (NA) (X) - (X) - Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

- 2 (D) 2 (D) 1 (D) - - $1,000_ - (X) (0) (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) -

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry ____________ • ________________________ • __ _ 

- 21 (X) 11 (X) 13 (X) 4 (X) Chickens 3 months old_or older ______________________ _ 

- 21 495 11 300 13 348 4 183 Hens and pullets of laying age _____________________ _ 21 (0) 11 229 13 348 4 (0) Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

- 1 (D) (NA) (NA) - - 1 (0) 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old • ______ • __ ._ - 1 (D) (NA) (NA) - - - - Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ 

- 4 251 - - - - - - Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) - - Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) - - Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

Soles, - 7 (X) (NA) (X) 3 (X) 1 (X) 

Any paultry. ___________________ •• __________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and puliets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

- 6 (X) 1 (X) 2 (X) 1 (X) 

- 2 (D) 1 (D) 1 (D) 1 (0) 

- 2 (D) 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (D) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys ___ • ___ • ________ •• _____ • _____ • _________ • __ - 1 (0) - - 1 (D) - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ Other - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - poultry ____ • ____________ • __________________ _ 

Poultry and poultry productL ______ • ___ • ________ $1,000_ - 1 (X) (NA) (X) - (X) - (xq - 11 6 4 1 7 4 3 (0) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA DUKES COUNTY, MASS. 159 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Farms with soles of $2.500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated Harvested Irrigated 

farms Acres Quantity Farms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ - 6 109 (X) - - 5 (D) (X) - -

- 2 (D) (X) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) (X) - - - 3 (D) (0) - - 3 (D) (D) - - 1974_ For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

- 2 (D) (D) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) (D) - - - 5 85 (0) - - 4 (D) (D) - - 1974_ for silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) (D) - - - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ For fodder, hogged or grozed ________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

- - - (X) - Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ - - - (X) - -

- - - (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ For grain or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ 

For siloge or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ 

Cut for dry forage or hoy (Ions, dry) __________ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ Hogged or grazed __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

- Wheal - for groin (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - -

- 1 (D) (D) (NA) (NA) - - - - - - 3 (D) (D) - - 3 (D) (0) - -

1974_ Oots for groin (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (0) - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ Barley for groin (bushelsL _____________________ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ Rye for grain (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) (0) - - - - - (X) - - - - (X) - -

1974_ Other small groins for groin ____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

- - Soybeans for beans (bushels) ___________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - -

- 1974_ - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - Cotton (boles) _______________________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - -

- 1974_ - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - Tobacco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - -

- 1974_ - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Irish pototoes (hundredweight) __________________ 1978_ - 4 2 530 - - 4 2 530 - - 1974_ - 1 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) (0) 1 (0) 

Sweelpololoes (bushels) _______________________ 1976_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see lextl _________________ 1978_ - 29 781 1 428 - - 16 562 1 149 - - 1974_ - 12 283 684 (NA) (NA) 6 227 528 - - Alfalfa hay (Ions, dry) ______________________ 1978_ - 17 (0) (0) - - 10 202 482 - -

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (D) - - Other tame dry hoy (tons. dry) (see text) ______ 1978_ - 16 288 555 - - 11 212 492 - -

Field seed crops- _____________________________ 1978_ - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - - Alfalfa seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - -

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) _______ 1978_ - 19 68 (X) 6 21 16 64 (X) 5 (D) 

1974_ - 6 30 (X) (NA) (NA) 4 (D) (X) 2 (D) Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978_ - 9 (0) (X) 2 (0) 8 (D) (X) 2 (0) 

- 1974_ (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (X) 1 - Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978_ - 11 (0) (X) 4 3 10 (D) (X) 4 3 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 4 10 (X) 2 (D) 

Green peas excluding cowpeos-_______________ 1978_ - 3 1 (X) 1 (0) 3 1 (X) 1 (D) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (X) 1 (D) 

land in orchards _____________________________ 1978_ - 4 (0) (X) 1 (0) 3 (0) (X) 1 (0) 

1974_ - 2 (0) (X) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) (X) 1 (0) 

- 1 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Apples (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 

Peaches (pounds) ___________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- 4 43 18 350 (NA) (NA) 3 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

Grapes (pounds) (see lex I) ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Berries _____________________________________ 1978_ - 4 (0) (X) - - 3 (D) (X) - -

1974_ - 4 4 (X) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) (X) 1 (0) 

- 2 (D) (0) - - 2 (0) (0) - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) I (D) (0) 1 (0) 

Strawberries (pounds} _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- 14 10 (X) 2 (D) 7 7 (X) 2 (0) 

- - - (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ Olher craps _________________________________ 1978_ 

160 DUKES COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Acres Forms Acres forms Acres Forms Acres Forms 

344 30 216 311 28 8681 244 24 790 218 24067 - 88 00 93 (X) 102 (X) 110 

- (X) 

3160961 316 1601 (X) 316 096/ (X) 316 1601 (X) (X) - (X) (X) 9.1 (X) 7.8 (X) 7.6 

- 9.6 

Forms __ • __ • ___________ • ____ -- -. -----. -. -- -- ----.---- Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

AP~;g~~~~~~ ~~n~~~~a== == ==== == == == ==== == == ==== -p;;c~-nt= 

228 541 (X) 145 463 (X) 271 565 (X) J 72 945 - (X) I (X) 2 571 (X) I 567 

- (X) 2 555 (X) 1 567 

Value of land and buildings: I Average per form _____ • __ • ____________________ dollars- Average per ocre _____________________________ dollars_ 

314 16 672 276 15 175 220 14 957 192 13 526 - 291 12 286 266 II 984 211 11 249 184 10889 -

land in forms according to use: Total cropland ____________________________________ --- Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 

113 369 99 (NA) 70 207 53 (NA) 

44 551 38 (NA) 25 328 29 (NA) 

- 25 (NA) 16 372 11 (NA) 

- 25 581 28 (NA) 36 1 305 39 (NA) 30 I 105 - (NA) 37 2 498 32 (NA) 35 (D) 31 - 26 3 519 20 (NA) 25 (0)1 19 (NA) I - II (NA) 8 2 263 II (NA) - 8 (0) (NA) 2 (0) I (NA) 2 (D) I - - - I (NA) - - I (NA) -

By acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 

20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1.000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

115 2 914 82 2 362 65 2 509 47 I 909 - 98 I 472 63 829 73 I 199 46 728 -

(ropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ 

Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

25 184 (NA) (NA) 16 153 16 249 - 9 63 (NA) (NA) 6 27 10 128 - 10 152

1 

(NA) (NA) I 7 148

1 3 79

1 -

- 68 I 073 (NA) (NA) 52 871 25 272 

Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil·improvement grasses, not harvested or pastured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

Cropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ (ropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

- 172 9 202 147 7 830 109 6 386 97 5 893 

- 36 741 (NA) (NA) 20 583 26 I 240 

- 158 8 461 (NA) (NA) 102 5 803 82 4 653 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

Woodland pastured _______________________________ _ 

Woodland not postured ____________________________ _ 

Other land _________________________________________ _ - 231 4 342 212 5 863 164 3 447 151 4 648 

Pasturelond and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland postured _____________________ • _________ _ 

land in house lots, ponds. roads, wasteland. etc _____ • __ - 45 I 189 (NA) (NA) 28 979 24 2 164 

- 221 3 153 (NA) (NA) 158 2 468 143 2 484 

Pastureland, all types __________________________________ _ 

- 151 4 844 (NA) (NA) 90 4 071 (NA) 5 313 

- 84 914 76 I 248 72 889 62 1 162 

- 84 914 (NA) (NA) 72 889 61 I 158 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (D) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - I (0) 

- 6 54 (X) (X) 6 54 (X) (X) 

Irrigated land ________________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland irrigated __________________________ _ Pastureland irrigated ________________________________ _ 

Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ 

land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ________ _ 

11978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All farms forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1.000) Farms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold I _______________ _ - 344 11 789 311 9 926 244 II 593 218 9 761 Average per form ___________________________ dollars_ - (X) 34271 (X) 31 916 (X) 47 511 (X) 44 775 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold: I $100,000 or more ___________________________________ _ 

- 34 7 196 24 (NA) 34 7 196 24 (NA) $40,000 to $99,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 37 2 285 37 (NA) 37 2 285 37 (NA) $20,000 to $39,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 33 1 012 41 (NA) 33 1 012 41 (NA) $10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ $5,000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ - 42 566 39 (NA) 42 566 39 (NA) 

- 52 365 38 (NA) 52 365 38 (NA) $2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 (see text) ___________________________ _ $2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

- 46 168 35 (NA) 46 168 35 (NA) 

- 99 (D) 96 (NA) (X) (X) 4 (NA) 

- 15 32 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) $1,500 to $1.999 _________________________________ _ 

$1.000 to $1.499 _________________________________ _ 

less than $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal forms (see text) ____________________________ _ 

- 21 36 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 28 33 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 35 (D) (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- I (D) 1 (NA) (X) (X) (X) (Xl 

Crops _______________________________________________ _ 

- 229 6 528 213 5 493 178 6 428 (NA) 5 403 Groins ____________________ ... _______________________ _ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ Cotton and cottonseed _______________________________ _ 

- I (D) (NA) (NA) I (D) 3 2 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ Tobacco ___________________________________________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Field seeds, hoy, forage. and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons ____________________ _ Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ Other crops ________________________________________ _ 

- 84 609 (NA) (NA) 58 575 40 227 - 89 I 807 (NA) (NA) 76 I 786 65 I 174 

- 47 672 (NA) (NA) 34 649 31 445 - 75 3 406 80 3 549 65 3 385 64 3 525 - 16 (D) (NA) (NA) 13 (0) 10 31 

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ 

Poultry and poultry products __________________________ _ 

Dairy products _____________________________________ _ 

Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Hogs and pigL _____________________________________ _ 

Sheep, lambs, and wooL _____________________________ _ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

- 169 5 261 157 4401 116 5 165 110 4 327 - 36 1 416 43 I 334 24 1 387 28 I 309 - 34 2 616 (NA) (NA) 33 (D) 45 2 265 - 88 747 (NA) (NA) 67 730 65 316 - 38 281 (NA) (NA) 31 277 20 296 - 23 12 (NA) (NA) 12 6 3 (Z) 

- 52 189 (NA) (NA) 29 (D) 24 141 

1J974 data include sales of forest products. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA ESSEX COUNTY, MASS. 161 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms 

Farms with harvested cropland Forms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested Irrigated 1978 1974 in forms Farms in forms cropland Farms in forms cropland land 

- 344 311 30216, 291 28 755 12 286 84 5027 2 505 914 

- 73 58 (0) 50 (0) (0) 18 65 38 35 

- 116 123 2572 97 2 161 1 004 34 673 346 260 

- 28 26 1 604 25 1 435 717 7 375 269 167 

- 33 16 2 763 28 2 362 884 5 427 191 70 

- 28 25 3 267 26 3 047 1 360 8 950 411 189 

- 20 17 3 187 19 3020 1 324 4 609 368 46 

- 12 14 2322 12 2 322 950 3 (0) (0) (D) 

- 8 8 I 926 8 I 926 786 2 (0) (0) (0) 

- 20 17 6 761 20 6 761 2 703 3 877 401 III 

- 5 6 3 492 5 3 492 1 753 - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

All forms ___________________________ _ 

Farms with- 1 to 9 acreL ______________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres _____________________ _ 

50 fa 69 ocres _____________________ _ 

70 to 99 ocres _____________________ _ 

100 to 139 acre'- __________________ _ 

140 to 179 ocres ___________________ _ 

180 to 219 Dcres ___________________ _ 

220 to 259 ocres ___________________ _ 260 to 499 ocres ___________________ _ 500 to 999 acres ___________________ _ 

1,000 to 1.999 acres ________________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ________________ _ - I I (0) I (0) (0) - - - -

Table 4. Operators - Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 

1978 

Forms 

344 

291 

234 

192 

85 

81 

25 

18 

283 

26 

28 

7 

'1974 1978 >1974 

Operators by principal occupation: Operators by place of residence: 

1978 

Farms 

244 

211 

154 

129 

70 

67 

20 

15 

187 

24 

28 

5 

Farming ____________________ 198 159 178 129 On farm operated _____________________ _ 

Other ________________________________ 146 126 66 64 Not on form operated __________________ _ 

Operators by age group: Not reported __________________________ _ 

Under 25 years ________________________ 6 4 6 4 Operators reporting days of work off form: 25 to 34 years_________________________ 33 10 26 8 None ________________________________ _ 

35 to 44 yeors_________________________ 63 43 39 33 1 to 49 days __________________________ _ 

45 to 54 years_________________________ 92 72 64 55 50 to 99 days _________________________ _ 

55 to 64 years_________________________ 86 92 66 50 100 to 149 days _______________________ _ 65 years and over ______________________ 64 64 43 43 150 to 199 days _______________________ _ 

Average age___________________________ 51.5 55.1 51.2 53.5 200 days or more _____________________ _ 

Acres 

24 790 

11 249 

10 030 

3 510 

13 440 

6 842 

1 320 

897 

17 959 

(0) 

3 608 

(0) 

All forms 

1978 

279 

46 

19 

145 

27 

4 

20 

22 

106 

1974 

Forms Acres 

218 24 067 

184 10 889 

148 10370 

(NA) 3 635 

55 12 512 

(NA) 6 637 

15 1 185 

(NA) 617 

178 16 690 

15 1 804 

21 4546 

4 1 027 

Farms with sales of 

$2,500 or more 

>1974 1978 >1974 

225 196 147 

30 34 28 

30 14 18 

107 123 77 

9 19 6 

6 2 6 

11 14 6 

14 10 6 

82 57 41 

~----------~--------~ ~----------~--------~ 'Applies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

{1978 data are based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses 

Farms ($1.000) Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) 

- 110 1 028 97 370 58 984 67 353 

- 162 1 541 173 2 206 100 1 505 116 2 161 

- 44 1 105 152 2 071 29 1 085 114 2041 

- 91 52 (NA) (NA) 59 47 70 44 

- 212 664 184 489 164 652 129 483 

- 229 508 190 295 172 494 142 285 

livestock and poultry purchosed _________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poulfry ___________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ 

Animol health costs ___________________________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plonts, and trees __________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer __________________ -_ - _________ -----

- 194 243 134 110 149 237 104 106 

- 155 2 545 154 2 114 131 2 493 132 2 071 

- 33 34 11 4 19 31 7 3 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ 

Hired form lobar ________________________ ---------------

Controct lobar __________________ -- -_ -- -- -------- ---- ---

- 72 55 51 26 45 44 39 26 Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment ____________________________ ---- -----------

- 344 974 (NA) (NA) 245 938 (NA) (NA) 

- 344 800 290 578 245 777 215 564 

- 332 298 (NA) (NA) 234 280 214 220 

- 93 54 (NA) (NA) 88 (0) 47 29 

45 31 (NA) (NA) 44 (0) 26 26 

75 359 (NA) (NA) 75 359 } 14 8 (NA) (NA) 14 8 215 289 

- 344 50 (NA) (NA) 245 46 

213 173 (NA) (NA) 171 160 (NA) (NA) 

16 .2 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

Energy and petroleum productL _________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ______ - _____ -- -- ---- -- ------------ Gasoline ____________________________ - ___ ------ ----

Diesel fuel _______________________________________ _ 

lP gas, butane. and propane _________________________ _ 

Fuel oil ____________________ - ___ -_ -_ ------------ ----

Natural gas ____________________ -_ -_ -- -- -- -- -- -- ----

Kerosene, motor oil, and grease _____________________ _ 

Electricity ______________________________ ---- ----------

Other-coal, wood, coke, etc. __________________________ _ 

162 ESSEX COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

(1978 dote ore based on 0 sample of forms· see textJ 

All farms Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1978 1978 1974 

Forms Acres on which used Farms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________ ---- -----

Cropland fertilized, except posture __________________________ _ 

Pasture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ Lime ________________________________ -_ - ___ - - ---- ----------

2ll 9439

1 

160 - 210 8560 159 - 26 879 15 - 2 385 89 - 107 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchards _____________________________ _ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and pasture _________________ _ 

101 2 781 86 - 30 10 - 10 

- 34 606 27 

100 301O 80 -

Chemicals for- Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sonitotioo and rodent and bird cootrol _______________________ _ 

- 9 161 9 

- 55 (X) 39 

- 44 (X) 29 

Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

AU MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of aU machinery and equipment ____________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Average per form ________________ dollors_ 

Forms by volue group: $1 to $4,999 __________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _______________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 _____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel troctors ___________________________ _ 

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers ________ _ Cottonpickers ____________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type ________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

[1978 data are based on a sample of farms- see text] 

All forms Forms with soles 

of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

AU MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Con. 

Estimated market value of all 

345 286 246 205 machinery and equipment - Con. 

10264 5 291 9 194 4 529 $20,000 to $29,999 ______________________ 

29 749 18 500 37 373 22 093 $30,000 to $49,999 ______________________ 

$50,000 to $69,999 ______________________ 

62 43 28 20 $70,000 to $99,999 ______________________ 

62 62 40 33 $100,000 to $199,999 ____________________ 

68 81 39 59 $200,000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All forms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Farms Number Farms Number Forms Number 

203 263 113 133 108 130 

294 652 167 209 202 443 240 634 78 117 197 517 

2 (D) - - 2 (0) 

14 (Dj 2 (D) 12 12 

- - - - - - - - - - - 81 89 41 42 46 47 

92 107 19 20 74 87 

50 63 18 19 33 44 

Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

Hired workers-All farms, 1978 

9029 142 6 357 

8 1961 (NAl 5 697 

(NA) 660 833 2 263 37 509 

2 695 (NA) 2 016 

30 6 70 

590 14 306 

2 901 (NA) 1 793 

161 2 (0) 

00 11 (X) 

(X) (NA) IX) 

All forms Forms with sales 

of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

49 38 40 33 

52 44 47 42 

21 14 21 14 

1~ 1 41{ 

5 -, 15 r 41 

Il -' i L II -' 

1974 

Manufactured 

Farms Number 1970 to 1974 

210 279 156 

241 472 148 

247 612 ll5 

3 3 - 9 II I 

2 (D) I 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

54 61 25 89 98 23 

31 39 5 

Any hired workersFarms with sales of $2,500 or more Working 150 days or more Working less than 150 days 

Any Forms Workers Farms Workers 1978 1974 

- 155 82 (X) 137 (X) 131 132 - I 134 (X) 353 (X) 781 1 053 I 340 

Forms __________________________________________________ _ Workers ________________________________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1 worker ______________________________________________ _ 2 workers _____________________________________________ _ 

3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

S to 9 workers _________________________________________ _ 

10 workers or more _____________________________________ _ 

- 16 30 30 17 17 8 20 - 19 11 22 21 42 18 18 - 35 16 52 46 161 29 19 - 53 ll· 63 35 204 44 36 - 32 14 186 18 357 32 39 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA ESSEX COUNTY, MASS. 163 
Tobie 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY I 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ 

Any cottle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ - 199 (X) 176 (X) 126 (X) 120 (X) 

- 131 (X) 120 (X) 87 (X) 81 (X) 

Sales; 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1.000_ - 169 5 261 157 4 401 116 5 165 110 4 327 Any cottle, hogs. or sheep ____________________ $1.000_ - 114 I 040 106 (NA) 83 1 013 75 611 

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory; Cottle ond calves ___________________________________ _ 

Cows and heifers that hod colved ____________________ _ Beef cows _____________________________________ _ 

Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

- 107 4 151 101 5 246 73 3 871 68 4910 

- 81 2 465 83 3 373 58 2 359 59 3 224 

- 44 411 42 427 22 343 24 347 

- 51 2054 60 2 946 42 2016 49 2 877 Heifers and heifer carves ___________________________ _ 

Steers. steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ - 82 I 365 (NA) (NA) 60 I 272 53 I 429 

- 68 321 (NA) (NA) 47 240 36 257 

Soles: (offle and calves ___________________________________ _ - 88 2 729 93 2 270 67 265O 65 2 162 $1,000_ Calves __________________________________________ _ - (X) 747 (X) (NA) (X) 730 (X) 316 

- 52 1 269 (NA) (NA) 42 1 229 51 I 222 $1,000_ Cottle ___________________________________________ _ - (X) 89 (X) (NA) (X) 84 (X) 60 

- 75 I 460 (NA) (NA) 61 1 421 53 940 

$1,000_ Fattened cottle _________________________________ _ - (X) 658 (X) (NA) (X) 646 (X) 255 

- 23 167 (NA) (NA) 16 154 - - $1,000_ Dairy products _______________________________ $1,000_ - (X) 77 (X) (NA) (X) 71 (X) - - 34 2 616 (NA) (NA) 33 (D) 45 2265 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ 

-- 45 2 991 32 5 435 31 2881 21 5 404 Used or to be used for breeding ____________________ _ 

-- 19 382 (NA) (NA) 15 377 10 435 Other hogs and pigs ______________________________ _ 

-- litters of pigs farrowed between- 44 2 609 (NA) (NA) 30 2 504 19 4969 

Dec. J of preceding year and Nov. 30 _______________ _ 

-- 19 458 II 573 15 451 10 (D) Dec. J of preceding year and May 31 _____________ _ -- 19 231 9 281 15 224 8 (0) June 1 and Nov. 30 ____________________________ _ 

-- 13 227 10 292 13 227 10 292 Sheep and lambL __________________________________ _ 

-- 27 233 II 183 14 83 5 23 Ewes 1 year old or older __________________________ _ 

-- 23 136 (NA) (NA) 10 54 5 10 Goots ____________________________________________ _ 

-- II 141 (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 1 (D) Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ 

-- 76 801 66 1 044 42 523 40 934 

Soles: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ 

-- 38 3 175 27 4 343 31 3 141 20 4314 

$1,000 -- (X) 281 (X) (NA) (X) 277 (X) 296 feeder pigs _____________________________________ _ 

-- 6 491 1 (0) 4 (D) 1 (0) 

$1,000 -- (X) 18 (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) (0) Sheep and lombs ___________________________________ _ -- 18 130 8 55 9 67 2 (D) Sheep and lambs shorn _____________________________ _ -- 21 184 (NA) (NA) 10 80 2 (0) Pounds of wooL _________________________________ _ 

-- (X) I 380 (X) (NA) (X) 468 (X) (0) Sheep, lambs, and wool ________________________ $1,000 -- 23 12 (NA) (NA) 12 6 3 (Z) Goats ____________________________________________ _ 

-- 6 43 (NA) (NA) 2 (0) - - $1,000 -- (X) 2 (X) (NA) (X) (0) (X) - Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ -- 33 186 26 206 21 165 19 194 

$1,000 -- (X) 154 (X) (NA) (X) 140 (X) 113 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry _______________________________________ _ 

-- 58 (X) 52 (X) 31 (X) 32 (X) Chickens 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

-- 51 65 441 49 106 811 27 61 184 29 103 814 Hens and pullets of laying age ___________________ _ 

-- 48 (D) 48 89 998 26 (0) 28 87 048 Pullets 3 months old or older ____________________ _ 

-- 10 (0) (NA) (NA) 5 (0) 3 13 518 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old __________ _ -- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 4 13 250 

Broilers and other meat-type chickenL ______________ _ -- 8 30600 5 (D) 3 30075 2 (0) Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

- 7 2 809 (NA) (NA) 3 2 649 1 (0) Turkeys for slaughter ___________________________ _ 

-- 7 (D) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) I (D) 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ - 3 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) - - Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

- 18 (X) (NA) (X) 7 (X) 2 (X) 

Sales, Any poultry __________________________________ • ____ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or ofder ______________________ _ 

-- 33 (X) 32 (X) 22 (X) 28 (X) 

- 23 44 791 30 150 370 16 42 129 26 148 599 Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ - 23 44 646 28 99 125 16 41 984 24 (D) Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ - 4 145 (NA) (NA) 4 145 2 (D) 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) - - - 6 (0) 3 (0) 4 (D) 2 (0) 

- 6 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) I (0) 

- 6 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) 1 (0) 

- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) - - Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

Poultry and poultry products ____________________ $1,000_ - 5 (X) (NA) (X) 4 (X) 2 (X) 

- 36 I 416 43 I 334 24 I 387 28 I 309 

164 ESSEX COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

For groin or seed (bushels) ••••.•.•••..••.•.•• 1978. 

1974. 

For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

1974. 

For fodder, hogged or grazed •.•.••..•.....•. 1978. 

1974. 

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ 

1974. For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

For silage or green chop (tons, 9reeo) __________ 1978_ 

1974. 

Cut for dry forage or hoy (tons, dry) •••.•••••. 1978. 

1974. 

Hogged or grazed ..•.....•....•.....•.•..•• 1978. 

1974. 

Wheat for groin (bushels). ..•.•...•.•..••.•.••. 1978. 

1974. 

Oats for groin (bushels) .........•.•••.•.•.•.•• 1978. 

1974_ 

8arley for groin (bushels) .•.•.•..••...•.•.•.••. 1978. 

1974. 

Rye for groin (bushels) •.•..........•.....•...• 1978. 

1974. Other small grains for groin ____________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

Soybeans for beans (bushels) .•••..•...•........ 1978. 

1974. Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

Cotton (boles) .••• _ .•••••..•..•......•...•.•• 1978. 

1974_ 

Tobacco (pounds) •••••.••...•...•.•..••.•.••• 1978. 

1974. 

Irish potatoes (hundredweightl-.....••..••.••••• 1978. 

1974. 

Sweetpotataes (bushels) ..••.•.••••••••.•••.•.• 1978. 

1974. 

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· Hay crops (tons, dry) (see text) •••.•..•.•.•.•.•. 1978. 

1974. · 

· Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) .•..••.••••. _ ...•..•.. 1978. 

1974. 

Other tome dry hoy (tons, dry) (see text) •.•••• 1978. 

Field seed crops. .•.••..•.•... _ •..••••.••••••• 1978. 

1974. 

Alfalfa seed (pounds) ...•.••••••••••.••..... 1978. 

1974. 

Red clover seed (pounds) •••••••••.••..•..•.. 1978. 

1974. 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ••.••.• 1978. 

1974. Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

Tomatoes ..••..•• " •••••..•••.•....•.•••••• 1978. 

1974. Green peas excluding cowpeas ________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

land in orchords. •••••..•••.•••.•..•.•.•••••• 1978. 

1974. 

Apples (pounds) •.••.•••.•••••••...••.••.••• 1978. 

1974. 

Peaches (pounds1-••••....••••••....•••••••• 1978. 

1974. 

Gropes (pounds) (see text) •....•.•••..••..... 1978. 

1974. 

Berries •••••••..••••......•..••..••......... 1978. 

1974. 

Strawberries (pounds) •...••••••.••••••.••..• 1978. 

1974. Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ 

Other crops •••.•••••••••••.••.••....•.••.••• 1978. 

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Forms 

48 

41 

6 

3 

42 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

3 

3 

-

-

3 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

1 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

1 

(NA) 

-

(NA) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13 

16 

1 

-

150 

125 

56 

(NA) 

97 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

89 

90 

58 

(NA) 

45 

(NA) 

10 

(NA) 

27 

21 

25 

(NA) 

9 

(NA) 

6 

(NA) 

40 

35 

33 

(NA) 

75 

4 

Harvested 

Acres 

1 453 

1 250 

34 

3 

1 419 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

(0) 

29 

-

-

(0) 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

(0) 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

(0) 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

23 

43 

(0) 

- 8 297 

8 434 

1 501 

(NA) 

4909 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

1 826 

1 838 

967 

(NA) 

69 

(NA) 

10 

(NA) 

381 

429 

356 

(NA) 

8 

(NA) 

4 

(NA) 

60 

44 

42 

(NA) 

392 

418 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 

All forms 

Irrigated 

Quantity Farms Acres 

(X) I 2 (0) I (X) (NA) (NA)I 

25001 1 (0) 

120 (NA) (NA) 

22 420 1 (0) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) - -

(X) (NA) (NA) 

(X) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

(0) - -

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

(0) - -

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

(NAll 

- - (NA) (NA) 

(0) - -

(NA)I (NA) (NA~I (X) - (X) (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

2 603 6 17 

6 529 (NA) (NA) 

(0) - - - (NA) (NA) 

16 701 - -

13 599 (NA) (NA) 

3 306 -

(NA) (NA) (NAll 

10 592 - -

(X) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

()O 50 751 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 26 337 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 26 45 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 6 6 

00 (NA) (NA~I (X) - (X) (NA) (NA) 

3 727 414 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

36 071 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

1 948 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 26 45 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

174 943 23 35 (NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 40 125 

(X) (HA) (NA) 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

Harvested Irrigoted 

Forms Acres Quontity Forms Acres 

37 1 395 (X) I 2 (0)1 

32 1 205 (X) 5 85 (OJ 4 (0) 1 (OJ - - - (0) 33 (0) 21 734 1 

30 1 185 18 518 5 85 

(X) - - - -

2 (0) ()() - -

1 (0) (X) - -

- - (X) - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

1 (0) (0) - -

- - - - -

- - - .. -

- - - - -

- - (X) - -

- - (X) - -I 

- - - - - - - - - -

1 (0) (0) - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

2 (0) (0) - -

1 (0) (0) - -

3 30 840 -

=1 - - (X)I -

1 (0) (X) - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

8 20 2 159 5 (0) 

11 40 6408 8 34 

1 (0) (0) - -

- - - - -

96 7 373 15 413 - -

84 7564 12 430 - -

42 1 270 2 967 -

33 935 2 015 - =1 63 4 479 9 936 - -

- - (X) - - - - (X) - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

76 1 779 (X) 45 735 

66 1 777 (X) 34 822 

49 942 (X) 23 331 

56 1 107 (X) 24 475 

40 64 (X) 24 (0) 

46 75 (X) 23 37 

10 10 (X) 6 6 

19 10 (X) 8 4 

14 338 (X) - - 11 387 (X) 2 (0) 

13 321 3 596 464 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) 367 4 010 418 (NA) (NA) 

5 6 (0) (NA) (NA) 

(NA) 7 43 300 (NA) (NA) 

1 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) 

28 48 (X) 20 42 27 38 (X) 15 27 27 39 166 991 20 34 23 22 107 275 13 15 65 386 (X) 35 121 4 418 (X) (NA) (NA) 

ESSEX COUNTY, MASS. 165 
Tobie 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Farms with safes of $2 . .500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Farms Acres Forms Acres 

- 456 80325 404 72 909 342 69 222 283 62024 

- (X) 176 (X) 180 (X) 202 (X) 219 

- (X) 453 120 (X) 453 312 (X) 453 120 00 453 312 

- (X) 17.7 (X) 16.1 (X) 15.3 (X) 13.7 

forms ______________________________________________ _ 

Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

Approximate land area _________________________________ _ 

Proportion in forms __________________________ percentValue of land and buildings: 1 

- 151 880 (X) 119 250 (X) 175418 00 146905 (X) 

- (X) 879 (X) 661 (X) 894 (X) 670 

Average per farm _____________________________ doUors_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollars_ 

land in forms according to use: 

- 449 34 537 395 29920 338 31 202 278 25997 

- 432 23 772 388 20 937 331 22 07B 275 19 144 

T otol cropland ______________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 

By acres harvested: 

- 72 320 73 (NA) 42 163 30 (NA) 

- 69 910 56 (NA) 36 512 23 (NA) 

- 51 1 164 44 (NA) 31 715 22 (NA) 

- B2 3 012 63 (NA) 67 24B6 53 (NA) 

- 64 5 754 65 (NA) Bl 5 590 60 (NA) 

1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

- 54 7 067 5B (NA) 54 7067 5B (NA) 

- lB (0) 7 (NA) lB (0) 7 (NA) 

- 2 (0) 2 (NA) 2 (0) 2 (NA) 

- - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

Cropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ - 262 9 493 191 6 771 190 6069 131 5619 Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

- 91 1 272 79 Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement 2 212 67 1 055 52 1 234 

- 43 636 (NA) (NA) 36 611 20 362 

- 10 34 (NA) (NA) 9 (0) 4 29 

- 10 92 (NA) (NA) 9 (D) 13 352 

grosses, not harvested or postured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

Cropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ Cropland idle ___________________________________ _ - 46 510 (NA) (NA) 29 324 22 491 

- 345 39 101 288 34 166 256 32404 213 28 482 

- 129 6901 (NA) (NA) 97 5 B69 97 7 105 

- 306 32 200 (NA) (NA) 22B 26515 175 21 377 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

Woodland pastured _______________________________ _ Woodland not pastured ____________________________ _ 

Other land _________________________________________ _ 

- 315 6 667 292 6 623 235 5616 206 7 545 Pastureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

- 74 3 371 (NA) (NA) 58 2 B94 83 5 100 land in house Jots, ponds, roads, wastelond, etc _______ _ - 302 3 316 (NA) (NA) 227 2 722 190 2 445 

Pastureland, all types __________________________________ _ 

- 330 19 765 (NA) (NA) 242 16 852 (NA) 17 824 

Irrigated land ________________________________________ _ 

- 25 526 23 596 23 (D) 19 565 Harvested cropland irrigated __________________________ _ Posture/and irrigated ________________________________ _ - 25 (0) (NA) (NA) 23 (0) 19 565 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) - Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ - 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) - - land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 ________ _ - 4 52 (X) (X) 4 52 (X) (X) 

'1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Tobie 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All forms farms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1976 1974 197B 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) forms ($1,000) forms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold' _______________ _ - 456 19443 404 15 125 342 19 319 2B3 15 007 Average per farm ___________________________ dollors_ - (X) 42 637 (X) 3743B (X) 56486 (X) 53026 

Forms by 'Value of agricultural products sold: l 

$100,000 or more ___________________________________ _ - 50 11 960 27 (NA) 50 11 960 27 (NA) $40,000 to $99,999 _________________________________ _ - 72 4 559 74 (NA) 72 4 559 74 (NA) $20,000 to $39,999 _________________________________ _ - 55 1 56B 60 (NA) 55 1 568 60 (NA) 

$10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 44 62B 52 (NA) 44 62B 52 (NA) $5,000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ - 44 304 36 (NA) 44 304 36 (NA) $2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 77 2BO 32 (NA) 77 2BO 32 (NA) Less thon $2,500 (s.e text) ___________________________ _ - 114 124 123 (NA) (X) (X) 2 (NA) $2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

- lB 39 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) $1,500 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 22 39 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) $1,000 to $1,499 _________________________________ _ - 27 32 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) Less thon $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal forms (see text) ____________________________ _ 

- 47 14 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- - - - (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Crops _______________________________________________ _ 

- 244 6699 237 6 566 199 6 648 INA) 6 520 Groins ____________________________________________ _ 

- 11 15 (NA) (NA) 9 (0) 7 23 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

Commodity (redit Corporation loons _________________ _ 

Cotton and cottonseed _______________________________ _ 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- 13 2 694 (NA) (NA) 13 2 694 13 3 441 

- 137 526 (NA) (NA) 107 496 78 630 

- 75 747 (NA) (NA) 70 740 44 524 

- 41 1 479 (NA) (NA) 33 1 469 23 1 066 

- 29 64B 21 322 2B (D) 19 (0) 

- 26 590 (NA) (NA) 25 (D) 22 (0) 

Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ Tobacco ________________________________________ ----

Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons- ___________________ _ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ Other crops __________________________________ -_ -_ ---

- 311 12 744 261 B372 242 12671 201 6 325 

- 36 562 21 410 26 561 17 410 

- 141 9 850 (NA) (NA) 140 (D) 140 6 636 

- 260 2 075 (NA) (NA) 216 2 036 189 1 052 

- 29 33 (NA) (NA) 17 25 5 6 

- 31 14 (NA) (NA) 16 6 3 1 

- 37 211 (NA) (NA) 20 (D) 15 20 

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ Poultry and poultry productL _________________________ _ 

Dairy products __________________________ -- - ___ ------ Cattle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Hogs and pigs ____________________________________ ---

Sheep, lombs, and wool ______________________________ _ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

11974 dota include sales of forest products. 

166 FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms 

forms with harvested cropland farms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested irrigated 

1978 1974 in forms Forms in forms cropland Forms in forms cropland land 

All farms ___________________________ _ 

- 456 404 80 325 432 78 045 23 772 25 3092 1 165 526 

forms with26 33 115 20 96 51 5 27 17 15 - 1 to 9 ocres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres _____________________ _ 

- 86 63 2 390 82 2 289 1 150 4 72 22 14 

31 22 1 791 29 I 678 600 3 178 17 3 - 50 to 69 Qcres _____________________ _ 

70 to 99 acreL ____________________ _ 

- 34 27 2840 33 2 755 671 3 240 90 21 100 to 139 acres ___________________ _ 

- 66 47 7 757 61 7 175 2 198 2 (0) (0) (D) 

140 to 179 acres- __________________ _ 

- 39 56 6 198 37 5 893 1 985 2 (0) (0) (O) 

180 to 219 acres-__________________ _ 

- 44 38 8 762 42 8 362 2 742 I (0) (0) (0) 

220 to 259 acres ___________________ _ 

- 25 28 6014 24 5 759 1 857 I (O) (0) (0) 260 to 499 acres-__________________ _ 

- 76 65 26457 75 26 037 7 555 3 I 075 484 277 500 to 999 acres-__________________ _ 

- 29 24 18001 29 18001 4 963 I (D) (O) (0) 

- - 1,000 to 1,999 acres-_______________ _ - - - - - - - - - - - 2,000 ocres or more ________________ _ I - - - - - - - -

Table 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

land in forms __________________________________ _ 456 80 325 Harvested cropland ____________________________ _ 432 23 772 

Tenure of operator: Full owners __________________________________ _ 214 29 279 HO.0'ested cropland __________________________ _ 192 5 043 Port owners __________________________________ _ 218 48 181 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 217 17 861 Tenants _____________________________________ _ 24 2 865 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 23 868 

Type of organization: Individual or family ____________________________ _ 388 60 619 Partnership __________________________________ _ 48 13 996 

18 (0) 

2 (0) 

Corporation __________________________________ _ 

Other-cooperative. estate or trust, institutional, etc._ 

All forms Farms with soles of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 1978 '1974 

281 252 

175 132 

5 2 

52 38 

85 68 

101 85 

130 108 

83 83 

52.0 53.4 

lApplies only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

404 

388 

198 

(NA) 

178 

(NA) 

28 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

72 909 

20 937 

27 191 

5 248 

41 066 

13 854 

4 652 

I 835 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data are based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All forms 

1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1.000) 

livestock and poultry purchosed _________________________ _ Feed for livestock and poultrv ___________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds: ____________________ _ Animol health costs ___________________________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants. and trees __________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer ___________ . ______________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ Hired form labor _______ • ________ • ____________ • ________ _ Contract labor _________ • _____________________ . ________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rentol of machinery and equipment ___________ . _. ___________________ . ________ _ 

- 192 957 151 547 - 312 3 909 287 3 107 

- 200 3 456 241 2 753 

- 284 224 (NAl (NA) 

- 289 359 252 214 - 353 942 296 820 

- 303 410 206 293 - 250 3 419 219 3 341 - 38 91 15 33 

- 148 164 122 72 

Energy and petroleum products __________________________ _ Petroleum products _________________________________ _ Gasoline _________________________________________ _ 

Diesel fuel _______________________________________ _ 

}~eY~~i Natural _~~~~~~_a_n_d_~~~~~~~==== == == == ==== ==== == ==== = gas ______________________________________ _ 

Kerosene, motor oil. and grease _____________________ _ Electricity __________________________________________ _ 

0ther- coal. wood, coke, etc. _________________________ _ 

- 457 I 018 {NAl (NA) 

- 457 750 389 627 

- 448 414 (NAl (NA) 

- 213 128 (NA) (NA) 

- 40 109 (NA) (NA) 

- 64 (O) (NA) (NA) 

- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 

- 457 58 (NAl (NAl 

- 298 255 (NA) (NA) 

- 39 12 (NAl (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 

342 

331 

138 

127 

182 

182 

22 

22 

276 

47 

17 

2 

69 222/ 22 078 

20 969/ 4 141 

45 426 

17 075 

(0) 

(0) 

49 598 

(0) 

(0) 

(0) 

All forms 

1978 

389 

38 

29 

207 

23 

14 

21 

32 

132 

1 

11974 

314 

29 

411 

158 

26 

14 

4 

20 

109 

283 62 024 

275 19 144 

109 18 431 

(NA) 4 070 

150 39002 

(NA) 13298 

24 4 591 

(NA) I 776 

239 48 553 

24 7 425 

19 (O) 

I (0) 

Forms with soles of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 

291 213 

27 22 

24 28 

181 135 

18 17 

12 II 

12 2 

16 12 

78 40 

Forms with sales of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) 

140 941 108 522 239 3 850 211 3 059 178 3 439 197 2 729 213 217 168 91 244 353 191 208 284 921 227 802 263 403 178 290 224 3 400 191 3 330 27 90 II 32 

88 138 93 65 

342 977 (NA) (NA) 342 720 281 607 333 389 279 315 202 126 118 73 37 J09 22 166 61 (0) } 2 (0) 281 53 342 54 _ 

237 245 (NA) (NA) 23 II (NA) (NA)\ 

FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASS. 167 
Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 dota ore based on a sample of farms: see text] 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1978 

Forms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

Cropland fertilized, except pasture __________________________ _ 

- 343 18460 277 17 821 

- Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ 343 16 120 277 15 578 

lime _____________________________________________________ _ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants. etc. to control- Insects on hoy and of her crops _____________________________ _ 

- 101 2 340 88 

- 192 6 166 156 

- 91 3 020 78 Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchords _____________________________ _ - 34 680 27 

- 82 2 559 76 Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and pasture _________________ _ - 193 6 734 172 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control _______________________ _ 

- 32 1 198 29 

- 174 (X) 155 

- 147 (X) 123 

Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

All MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ____________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Average per farm ________________ dollars_ 

forms by value group: $1 10 $4,999 __________________________ _ 

$5,00010 $9,999 _______________________ _ 

$10,000 10 $19,999 _____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel trocforL __________________________ _ 

Groin ond bean combines, self-propelled only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other corn pickers and picker-shellers ________ _ cottonpickerL ___________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ 

Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

field forage harvesters, shear bar 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

or flywheel type ________________________ _ -

[1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All farms Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

All MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Can. 

Estimated market value of all 

457 394 342 281 machinery and equipment - Can. 

13 487 8 496 12 773 7 337 $20,000 10 $29,999 ______________________ 

29 513 21 563 37 348 26 110 $30,000 to $49,999 ______________________ 

$50,000 to $69,999 ______________________ 

59 55 31 26 $70,000 to $99,999 ______________________ 

98 76 28 42 $100,000 to $199.999 ____________________ 

89 124 74 87 $200,000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All forms Monufoctured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number farms Number 

310 447 140 176 216 271 

410 951 164 242 357 709 

410 1 080 118 153 372 927 

6 6 - - 6 6 

15 15 3 3 12 12 

11 15 - - 11 15 

- - - - - - 191 201 109 110 85 91 

205 207 31 32 175 175 

150 170 42 45 118 125 

Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

{1978 data ore based on a sample of forms; see text] 

Hired workers-All farms, 1978 

2243 

5 863 

2979 

664 

2 532 

6 625 

1 189 

(X) 

(X) 

1974 

Forms Acres on which used 

227 13 624 

(NAl 11 825 (NA) 1 799 

75 3 204 

(NA) 2 175 

9 655 

29 1 625 

(NA) 5 499 

7 322 

35 (X) 

(NAl (X) 

All farms Farms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

71 68 70 58 

66 42 65 39 

38 11 38 11 

2~ 1 ~ 5 1 18 22 18 

9 .J L 9 .J 

1974 

Manufactured 

Forms Number 1970 to 1974 

313 422 230 

347 779 179 

374 896 155 

2 (0) - 7 7 1 

10 10 2 (NA) (NAl (NA) 

131 136 70 

209 213 63 

116 132 53 

Any hired workersForms with sales of $2.500 or more 

Working 150 days or more Working less thon 150 days 

Any forms Workers Forms Workers 1978 1974 

- 250 134 (Xl 196 (X) 224 191 

- 3 325 (X) 683 (X) 2 642 3 222 4 980 

farms ________________________ ---- -_ ------------ ---------

Workers _________________________ - ____ - __ - ------ ---------

farms with- 1 worker ________________________ -- ---------------------

2 workers ____________________ -- ---- -- ---------- -------- 3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 workers _________________________________________ _ 

10 workers or more _____________________________________ _ 

- 46 52 52 40 40 43 34 

- 31 26 52 25 50 24 33 

- 53 37 131 28 110 44 21 

- 62 13 80 47 313 58 39 

- 58 6 368 56 2 129 55 64 

168 FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry-Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ Any cattle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ 

1 1 

339 Dol 295 (X) I 252 (X) 208 (X) 

- 305 (X) 266 (X) 232 (X) 198 (X) -

Sales: Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1.000_ 

Any cottle, hogs, or sheep ____________________ $1,000_ 311 12 744 261 8372 242 12 671 201 8 325 - (NA) 226 2069 189 I 059 - 282 2 121 240 

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: CoHle and calves __________________________________ _ 

Cows and heifers that had calved ____________________ _ Beef cows _____________________________________ _ 

Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ 

286 16 055 262 14 923 225 15 429 198 14 197 - 249 8 587 226 8 087 197 8 342 175 - 7 855/ 112 719 84 691 68 518 47 524 -

- 177 7868 177 7396 162 7 824 151 7 331 

- 242 6476

1 

(NA) (NA) 201 6 210 165 4921

172 992 1 (NA) (NA) 125 877 138 I 421 -

Sales: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Calves __________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Cottle ___________________________________________ _ 

260 8 000 231 6 757 216 7 839 189 6 542 

- (X) 2 075 (X) (NA) (X) 2 036 (X) I 052 

- 195 4377 (NA) (NA) 169 4 309 149 4 005 

- (X) 313 (X) (NA) (X) 307 (X) 249 

- 243 3 623 (NA) (NA) 206 3 530 179 2 537 

$1,000_ fattened cottle _________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Dairy products _______________________________ $1,000_ 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ _ 

- (X) I 761

1 

(X) (NA)I (X) I 730, (X) 803, 

- 29 221 (NA) (NA) 23 209 20 259 

- (X) 98 (X) (NA) (X) 93 (X) 86 

- 141 9 850 (NA) (NA) 140 (0) I 140 6 836 

- 61 641 29 246 34 ~I 13 86 

- 21 92 (NA) (NA) 10 2 (D) Other hogs and pigs _______________________________ _ 

- 59 549 (NA) (NA) 34 288 12 (0) 

litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ________________ _ 

- 22 79 11 40 11 50 3 7 

Dec. I of preceding year and May 31 ______________ _ - 17 42 8 16 8 25 I (D) June I and Nov. 30 _____________________________ _ 

- 13 37 8 24 8 25 2 (D) 

Sheep and lambs ____________________________________ _ 

- 35 665 19 294 19 336 8 68 Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ _ - 32 437 (NA) (NA) 16 246 6 47 Goats _____________________________________________ _ 

- 12 66 (NA) (NA) 6 46 I (D) Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

Sales: 

- 98 468 67 345 55 277, 37 236

1 Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 29 529 14 153 17 358 5 58 

$1,000_ - (X) 33 (X) (NA) (X) 25 (X) 6 Feeder pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 14 318 6 58 7 193 - - $1,000_ - (X) 10 (X) (NA) (X) 7 (X) - Sheep and lambs ____________________________________ _ 

- 28 291 9 91 16 142 3 37 Sheep and lambs shorn ______________________________ _ 

- 28 528 (NA) (NA) 13 294 3 48 Pounds of wool ___________________________________ _ 

- (X) 3 794 (X) (NA) (X) 2 000 (X) 342 Sheep, lambs, and wool ________________________ $1,000_ 

Goats _____________________________________________ _ - 31 141 (NA) (NA) 16 8 3 I 

- 6 32 (NA) (NA) 2 (D) - - $1,000_ - (X) 2 (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) - Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

- 24 60 15 24 12 40 10 17 $1,000_ - (X) 92 (X) (NA) (X) 76 (X) 19 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ___________ •• ____ • ____ _ 

Hens and pullets of loying age _________________ • __ _ Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________ • _______ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter _______ • _______________ • ____ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

- 60 (X) 41 (X) 36 (X) 24 (X) 

- 53 33 114 36 37 255 32 32 553 21 36 903 

- 53 (D) 36 34 316 32 (0) 21 (0) 

- 5 (D) (NA) (NA) 4 (D) 2 (D) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - I (D) 

- 9 135 4 122 3 61 I (0) 

- 6 640 (NA) (NA) 3 (0) 2 (0) 

- 6 (D) (NA) (NA) 3 (D) 2 (0) 

- Other 2 (0) (NA) (NA) - - - - poultry ____________________________________ _ 

- 18 (X) (NA) 

Sales, 

(X) 9 (X) 4 (X) 

Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying oge ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens _________ • ______ _ Turkeys _________________________________ • _______ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breedi.ng ____________________ _ Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

Poultry and poultry products ____________________ $1,000_ 

- 27 (X) 15 (X) 18 (X) 13 (X) 

- 16 57 053 11 25 768 12 57 005 10 (D) 

- 15 (D) 11 25 483 11 (0) 10 (D) 

- I (D) (NA) (NA) I (D) - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - I (0) 

- 5 40 3 2 211 - - 2 (D) 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) I (D) 3 6 118 - 2 (D) (NA) (NA) I (D) 3 6 118 - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - 3 (X) (NA) (X) 2 (X)I I (xq - 36 562 21 410 26 561 17 410 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASS. 169 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

Alilorms Farms with sofes of $2,500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ For grain or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ For siloge or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

- 191 5 924 (X) 1 (0)1 178 5 852 (X) - - - 174 5 310 (X) (NA) (NA)I 148 5 158 (X) - - - 34 643 57 S40 1 (0) 25 609 56023 - -

- 20 356 36 605 (NA) (NA) 11 331 34 620 - -

- 164 5 281 97 617 - - 159 5 243 97 121 - - 1974_ For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 136 4 793 85452 - -

- - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) 00 (NA) (NA) 4 34 (X) - -

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ - 4 (0) (X) - - 4 (0) (X) - - 1974_ For grain or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ - 5 39 (X) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) (X) - -

- - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ For silage or green chop (tons. green) __________ 1978_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- 4 (0) (D) - - 4 (D) (D) - - 1974_ Cut lor dry loroge or hoy (tons. dry) __________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) 103 T -

- - - - - - - - - ~ - 1974_ Hogged or grazed __________________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

Wheat for groin (bushelsL _____________________ 1978_ - 1 (D) (D) - - - - - - - 1974_ Oots for groin (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- 3 4 (0) - - 2 (0) (0) - - 1974_ Borley for groin (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (D) - -

- - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ Rye lor groin (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- 5 10 162 - - 5 10 162 - - 1974_ Other small groins for 9fOio ____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (N~I 4 24 625 - - - 1 (0) (X) - 1 (D) (X) - -

- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

Soybeans for beans {bushelsL __________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ Cotton (boles) _______________________________ 1978_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ Tobocco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- 13 344 454 270 5 209 13 344 454 270 5 209 

1974_ - 14 634 1 008 771 (NA) (NA) 13 (0) (D) 9 432 Irish potatoes (hundredweight) __________________ 1978_ - 26 741 149 799 2 (D) 25 (D) (0) 2 (0) 

1974_ - 31 694 173 840 (NA) (NA) 27 691 173 232 - -

Sweetpotatoes (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see text) _________________ 1978_ - 339 15 580 34 384 1 (D) 254 14 039 32 192 1 (0) 

1974_ - 297 13 238 29 667 (NA) (NA) 212 11 712 27 340 - - Allallo hoy (tons. dry) ______________________ 1978_ - 133 3 417 9 359 - - 117 3 263 9 097 - -

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 82 2 467 7087 - - Other tome dry hoy (tons. dry) (see text) ______ 1978 -- 256 9 440 20 190 1 (D) 194 8 492 18 722 1 (0) 

Field seed crops ______________________________ 1978_ - 3 (0) (X) - - 3 (D) (X) - - 1974 -- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - - Allalla seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - - 1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - Red dover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978 -- - - - - - - - - - -

1974 -- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - -

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) _______ J978 -- 75 765 (X) 10 179 70 758 (X) 10 179 

1974_ - 69 765 (X) (NA) (NA) 46 714 (X) 7 117 Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978 -- 37 288 (X) 1 (D) 36 (0) (X) 1 (D) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 28 273 (X) 2 (0) 

Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978_ - 15 14 (X) 4 8 14 (D) (X) 4 8 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 11 16 (X) 2 (D) 

Green peas excluding cowpeos ________________ 1978_ - 5 3 (X) 2 (D) 5 3 (X) 2 (D) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (X) - -

land in orchards _____________________________ 1978_ - 35 827 (X) 1 (0) 22 725 (X) 1 (D) 

1974_ - 29 850 (X) (NA) (NA) 19 822 (X) 1 (D) Apples (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - 32 785 9 488 328 (NA) (NA) 19 696 9 409 960 (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 806 13 767 380 (NA) (NA) Peaches (pounds) ___________________________ 1978_ - 13 30 104 780 (NA) (NA) 7 19 98 400 (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 14 14 000 (NA) (NA) 

Gropes (pounds) (see text) ___________________ 1978_ - 2 (0) (D) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) 

Berries _____________________________________ 1978_ - 28 209 (X) 6 37 23 204 (X) 6 37 

1974_ - 19 272 (X) (NA) (NA) 11 265 (X) 1 (D) 

Strawberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 18 25 133 789 4 12 16 (0) (0) 4 12 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 8 13 106 413 - -

Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ Other crops _________________________________ 1978_ - 29 128 (X) 8 68 28 (D) (X) 7 (0) 

- 1 (0) (X) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) (X) (NA) (NA) 

110 FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
TobIe 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

Farms __________________ -------_ ---- ------ ---- ---- --- Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

AP~;~;~~?~~ ~~nf~~~~Q==== == == == == ====== == ====== -p;;c~-"t= 

367 43 4331 31 I 42 1231 259 33 9371 242 35 815 

- 118 (X) 135 (X) 131 (X) 148

1 - (X) 396 1601 (X) 396 160 

- (X) 396 1601 (X) 396 160 (X) (X) 9.0 (X) (X) 10.6 (X) 8.6 - 11.O 

Value of land and buildings: I Average per form _____________________________ dollors_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollors_ 161 856 (X) 114 141 (X) 182 538 (X) 130 215 (X) 

- (X) 880 (X) I 373 (X) 843 (X) I 462 -

land in forms according to use: T otol cropland ______________________________ - _______ _ Harvested cropland ______________________ - ________ _ 346 19 746 297 18468 251 17077 229 16432 

- 326 13 526 291 13 667 241 12 211 227 12 588 

- By acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

101 369 69 (NA) 58 188 48 (NA) 

- 26 49 655 49 (NA)I (NA) 33 447 - 30 (NA) 37 840 39 (NA) 28 642 - (NA) 56 2 003 40 (NA) 44 I 587 34 - 3 225 53 (NA) 42 2 913 48 (NA) 47 - (NA) I 26 3 601 I 27 (NA) 26 3 601 27 - (0) 14 (NA) 9 (0) 14 (NAI 9 - (D) (NA) I (0) - (NA) I - - (NA) - - - (NA) - - - -

Cropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 122 4 035 ))9 3 784 84 3 063 80 3 004 - 91 2 185 65 I 017 67 I 803 48 840 - Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses, not harvested or postured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops failed _________________ _ 

Cropland in cultivated summer fallow ______________ _ Cropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ Woodland pastured _______________________________ _ 

Woodland not pastured ____________________________ _ 

Other land _________________________________________ _ 

Pastureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured _______________________________ _ 

land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc _______ _ 

27 487 (NA) (NA) 21 445 1O 127 - 12 122 (NA) (NA) 10 (D) 8 67 - 7 67

1 

(NA) (NA)I 7 67

1 

5 45 -

- 56 I 509 (NA) (NA) 40 I 211 30 601 

- 243 18 9661 204 17 614 163 13 051 ISO 14 095 

- 66 2 861 (NA) (NA) 40 I 734 49 2 105 

- 218 16 105

1 

(NA) (NA) 148 )) 317 134 II 990 

- 259 4 721 225 6 041 180 3 809 170 5 288 

- 51 I 502 (NA) (NA) 35 1 202 40 I 640 

- 240 3 219 (NA) (NA) 168 2 607 162 3 648 

Pastureland, all types __________________________________ _ - 175 8 398 (NA) (NA) 115 5 999 (NA) 6 749 

Irrigated land ________________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland irrigated __________________________ _ Pastureland irrigated ________________________________ _ Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ 

land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ________ _ 

- 42 880 42 I 452 37 869 40 (D) 

- 42 (D) (NA) (NA) 37 (D) 40 I 435 

- - - (NAI (NAI - - (NA) -

- I (0) (NA) (NA) I (D) 2 (D) 

- 4 61 (X) (X) 4 61 (X) (X) 

11978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

TobIe 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold I _______________ _ - 367 14 179 311 13 595 259 14 061 242 13 510 Average per form ___________________________ dollars __ (X) 38 635 (X) 43 714 (X) 54 290 (X) 55 826 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold: l 

$ 100,000 or more ___________________________________ _ 

$40,000 to $99,999 _________________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 40 9 189 29 (NA) 40 9 189 29 (NA) 

- 45 2 820 44 (NA) 45 2 820 44 (NA) 

- 34 956 48 (NA) 34 956 48 (NA) $10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ - 47 642 48 (NA) 47 642 48 (NA) 

- 39 266 34 (NA) 39 266 34 (NA) $2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 (see text) ___________________________ _ 

$2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

- 54 188 37 (NA) 54 188 37 (NA) 

- 108 118 71 (NA) (X) (X) 2 (NA) 

- 17 37 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) $1,500 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1.499 _________________________________ _ 

less than $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal farms (see text) ____________________________ _ 

- 20 33 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 24 30 (NA) (NA) (XI (X) (X) (X) 

- 47 19 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- - - - (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Crops _________________________ "1 _____________________ _ 

- 224 8 893 214 9051 175 8 840 (NA) 8 999 Grains ____________________________________________ _ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ Cotton and cottonseed _______________________________ _ 

- 8 17 (NA) (NA) 7 (D) 3 18 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ Tobacco ___________________________________________ _ 

Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons ____________________ _ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ Other crops ________________________________________ _ 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- 8 2 746 (NA) (NA) 8 2 746 9 4 584 

- 66 (D) (NA) (NA) 44 180 46 280 

- 76 I 900 (NA) (NA) 68 1 894 43 I 130 

- 69 I 253 (NA) (NA) 54 I 241 51 1 015 

- 78 2 434 57 1 771 68 2 422 50 I 762 

- 9 (D) (NA) (NA) 9 (D) 9 211 

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ 

Poukry and poukry products __________________________ _ 

Dairy products _____________________________________ _ 

Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Hogs and pigs-_____________________________________ _ 

Sheep, lambs, and wool ______________________________ _ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

- 190 5 286 162 4 495 125 5 221 127 4 468 

- 23 740 22 760 18 738 13 758 

- 64 3577 (NA) (NA) 62 (D) 83 3 276 - 128 574 (NA) (NA) 90 535 108 339 - 25 324 (NA) (NA) 12 317 13 79 - 14 14 (NA) (NA) 5 10 8 5 - 35 56 (NA) (NA) 17 (0) 5 12 

'1974 data include sales of forest products. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASS. 171 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms 

Farms with harvested cropland Forms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Horvested Acres Harvested Irrigated 1978 1974 in forms Forms in farms cropland Forms in forms cropland land 

- 367 311 43 433 326 41 441 13 526 42 3 469 I 596 880 All forms ___________________________ _ 

Farms with-

- 39 31 131 30 100 55 8 27 11 11 

- 104 69 2 606 85 2 175 864 14 268 108 101 

- 36 31 2 176 32 1 956 804 4 254 85 65 

- 43 36 3 690 40 3 436 I 019 2 (0) (0) (D) 

- 37 31 4 338 34 3 983 1 679 3 355 261 44 

- 31 30 4844 30 4 694 I 692 6 985 558 329 

- 23 26 4 655 22 4455 1 557 I (D) (D) (D) 

11 11 2 557 11 2 557 821 1 (D) (D) (D) 

- 32 37 11 135 31 10 784 3 082 3 992 296 296 

- 10 9 (0) 10 (0) (0) - - - - - 1 - (0) 1 (0) (0) - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

1 to 9 acres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres _____________________ _ 50 to 69 acres _____________________ _ 

70 to 99 acres _____________________ _ 

100 to 139 ocres ___________________ _ 140 to 179 ocres ___________________ _ 

180 to 219 ocre5. __________________ _ 

220 to 259 ocres ___________________ _ 260 to 499 acres ___________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres ___________________ _ 

1.000 to 1,999 ocres. _______________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ________________ _ 

Table 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

land in farms __________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland ____________________________ _ 

Tenure of operator: Full owners __________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 

Part owners __________________________________ _ 

Harvested crop/and __________________________ _ Tenants _____________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 

Type of organization: Individual or family ____________________________ _ 

Partnership __________________________________ _ 

Corporation __________________________________ _ 

Other - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc._ 

All farms 

1978 

Farms 

367 

326 

240 

206 

III 

105 

16 

15 

319 

28 

20 

'1974 

Acres 

43 433 

13 526 

21 584 

4 336 

20974 

8 847 

875 

343 

36983 

3 670 

2 780 

Farms with soles of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 

Forms Acres 

311 42 123 

291 13 667 

207 22677 

(NA) 5 085 

92 18 206 

(NA) 7 971 

12 1 240 

(NA) 611 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

Operotors by principal occupation: Operators by place of residence: 

Farms 

259 

241 

149 

135 

95 

92 

15 

14 

215 

24 

20 

Farming ______________________________ 205 202 181 184 On form operated _____________________ _ 

Other ________________________________ 162 93 78 42 Not on farm operated __________________ _ 

Operators by age group: Not reported __________________________ _ 

Under 25 years ________________________ 4 1 - Operators reporting days of work off form: 25 to 34 yeors __ __ __ ______ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ 27 28 17 17 None ________________________________ _ 

35 to 44 yeors.________________________ 50 33 33 23 1 to 49 doys __________________________ _ 

45 to 54 yeors_________________________ 91 80 68 65 50 to 99 doys _________________________ _ 

55 to 64 yeors_________________________ 121 94 95 77 100 to 149 doys _______________________ _ 

65 yeors ond over ______________ . _______ 74 60 45 44 150 to 199 doy'- ______________________ _ 

Averoge oge___________________________ 53.9 54.6 54.1 55.3 200 doys or more _____________________ _ 

Acres Forms Acres 

33 937 242 35 815 

12 211 227 12 588 

13 690 149 17 285 

3 382 (NA) 4 154 

(0) 83 (0) 

(0) (NA) 7886 

(0) 10 (D) 

(0) (NA) 548 

27691 205 29429 

3466 21 3 679 

2 780 16 2 707 

All forms Farms with sales of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 1978 '1974 

297 239 208 184 

45 21 34 17 

25 35 17 25 

163 140 135 125 

22 10 17 9 

7 6 5 5 

13 13 9 II 

32 22 19 12 

116 66 62 30 

~----------~--------~ ~----------~--------~ 'Applies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

[J 978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses 

Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1.000) Forms ($1.000) Farms ($1.000) 

- 85 184 91 436 41 160 65 432 

- 199 1 921 173 1 813 126 I 874 130 I 790 

- 127 1 617 152 1 649 104 1 605 123 1 633 

- 125 72 (NA) (NA) 93 67 85 49 

- 217 365 203 322 181 362 159 316 

- 259 694 249 616 206 681 202 603 

livestock and poultry purchased _________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry ___________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ 

Animal health costs ___________________________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees __________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer __________________________ ---------

- 255 344 201 250 202 318 167 245 

- 197 3 334 150 3 330 157 3 306 138 3 326 

- 40 108 17 30 35 105 13 27 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ 

Hired form lobar ________________ -- -- -- -- -------- -- -- ---

Contract lobar ____________________ -_ - - -- ---- - - -- -- -----

Custamwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment __________________ -_ ------ -- ---------- -- ---- 79 85 60 35 66 78 48 34 

- 367 1 157 (NA) (NA) 259 I 130 (NA) (NA) 

- 363 920 309 654 259 900 240 643 

- 347 376 (NA) (NA) 243 361 240 251 

Energy and petroleum products __________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ______________ -_ ---- ---------- ---- Gasoline __________________________ -_ - _ -------- ----

- 101 68 (NA) (NA) 91 67 72 38 

- 30 123 (NA) (NA) 30 123 26 157 

- 87 276 (NA) (NA) 83 276 

- } II 20 (NA) (NA) II 20 240 196 

- 363 57 (NA) (NA) 259 53 

- 292 230 (NA) (NA) 219 223 (NA) (NA) 

- 33 8 (NA) (NA) 29 7 (NA) (NA) 

Diesel fuel ______________ -- ------ ------ ------------

~~eY~~i _~~t_a~~~_o_n_d_~~~~~~~ == == == == == == ====== == == === Natural gas __________________ -_ -_ -- -- -------------

Kerosene, motor oil, and grease _____________________ _ 

Electricity ______________________ -_ -_ -- -------- ---- ---

0ther- coal, wood, coke, etc. __________ -_ - ___ ------ ----

172 HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - COUNTY DATA 
Tobie 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto ore based on 0 sample of forms- see text} 

All farms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1978 1974 

Forms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used Farms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ____________________________ - _____ -- -----

Cropland fertilized, except pasture __________________________ _ Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ lime ________________________ - _________ - _____ -----_ --------

Sprays, dusts. granules, fumigants, etc. to control- Insects on hay and other crops _____________________________ _ Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchards _____________________________ _ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and posture _________________ _ 

Chemicals for- Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control _______________________ _ 

- 253 11 045 204 

- 247 100151 199 

- 41 1 030

1 

32 

- 132 2 107 98 

- 104 3 0171 80 

- 29 878 21 

- 95 2984 70 

- 149 5 5641 117 

- 16 94

1\ 

16 

- 49 (X) 44 

- 80 (X) 59 

Tobie 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ____________ farms_ - $1,000_ - Average per form ________________ dollars_ - Forms by value group: $1 to $4.999 __________________________ _ 

$5.000 to $9.99L ______________________ _ 

$10.000 to $19.999 _____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel troctors ___________________________ _ 

Groin and bean combines. self-propelled only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers ________ _ Cottonpickers ____________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ 

Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bor or flywheel type ________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1978 data are based on a sample of forms· see text] 

All forms Farms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Con. 

Estimated market value of all 

367 302 259 237 machinery and equipment - Can. 

8 647 6424 7 452 5 666 $20.000 to $29,999 ______________________ 

23 561 21 272 28 771 23 907 $30.000 to $49,999 ______________________ $50.000 to $69,999 ______________________ 

34 55 17 39 $70,000 to $99,999 ______________________ 

104 65 60 44 $100.000 to $199.999 ____________________ 

136 62 100 44 $200.000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All forms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Forms Number Farms Number Forms Number 

254 329 132 147 154 182 310 597 143 169 245 428 315 796 51 72 299 724 

1 (0) - - 1 (0) 

1 (0) - - 1 (0) 

3 3 1 (D) 2 (0) 

- - - - - - 104 113 29 29 79 84 116 118 11 11 105 107 

74 83 12 12 66 71 

Tobie 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto ore based on a sample of forms; see text] 

Hired workers-All farms, 1978 

10 751

1 

202 8 555 

9 775 (NA) 7 672 

976 (NA) 883 

I 892 67 I 478 

2 929 (NA) 2 667 

870 15 516 

2 791 33 1 483 

4 432 (NA) 3 186 

945 I (0) 

(Xl 12 (X) 

(X) (NA) (Xl 

All farms Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

18 52 14 46 

21 29 21 26 

22 26 15 26 

13 "1 

13 ~ 13 17 r 17 1 121 

2 J L 2 J 

1974 

Manufactured 

Forms Number 1970 to 1974 

232 325 154 261 570 162 274 709 134 

- - - 6 6 1 

3 3 - (NA) INA) (NA) 

62 64 28 116 119 29 

68 83 25 

Any hired workersFarms with soles of $2,500 or more Working 150 days or more Working less tho n 150 days 

Any Forms Workers Forms Workers 1978 1974 

- 197 94 (X) 174 (X) 157 138 - 2 900 (X) 504 (X) 2 396 2 808 3 634 

Forms __________________________________________________ _ 

Workers ________________________________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1 worker ___________ • _________________________ • ________ _ 

2 workers _____________________________________________ _ 

3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5109 workers _________________________________________ _ 

10 workers or more _____________________________________ _ 

- 85 43 43 86 86 65 21 - 20 20 40 19 38 16 17 - 27 13 39 11 36 15 18 - 13 8 57 11 73 9 20 - 52 10 325 47 2 163 52 62 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - COUNTY DATA HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASS. 173 
TobIe 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Farms Number Farms Number Forms Number Farms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ 

Any cottle, hogs. or sheep __________________________ _ - 220 (X) 175 (X) 143 (X) 130 (X) 

- 170 (X) 155 (X) 116 (X) 118 (X) 

Soles: 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1.000_ - 190 5286 162 4 495 125 S 221 127 4 468 Any cottle, hogs. or sheep ____________________ $1,000_ - 149 912 143 (NA) 102 862 115 423 

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

- 152 6 163 143 6 829 105 5 617 110 6 415 Cows and heifers that hod colved ____________________ _ - 133 3 696 133 4 331 94 3 440 104 4 099 Beef cows _____________________________________ _ - 61 499 50 453 28 263 28 267 Milk cows _____________________________________ _ - 82 3 197 /02 3 878 73 3 177 91 3 832 Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ 

- 125 1 851 (NA) (NA) 91 I 713 101 2 004 

- 101 616 (NA) (NA) 63 464 64 312 

Sales: Cottle and colves ___________________________________ _ - 128 2 895 131 2 776 90 2 729 108 2 662 

$1,000_ - (X) 574 (X) (NA) (X) 535 (X) 339 Calves __________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Cottle ___________________________ • _______________ _ 

- 98 2 075 (NA) (NA) 80 2 008 85 1 809 

- (X) 244 (X) (NA) (X) 240 (X) 74 

- 110 820 (NA) (NA) 75 721 90 853 

$1,000_ Fattened cottle _________________________________ _ 

$1,000 

- (X) 329 (X) (NA) (X) 295 (X) 265

1 - 24 88 (NA) (NA) 14 66 9 88 

-- (X) 36 (X) (NA) (X) 27 (X) 30 Dairy products __ . ____________________________ $1,000 -- 64 3577 (NA) (NA) 62 (0) 83 3 276 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs-____________________________________ _ 

-- 39 2 332 21 1 147 21 2 201 16 1 088 

Used or to be used for breeding ____________________ _ 

-- 12 294 (NA) (NA) 8 284 7 168 Other hogs and pigs ______________________________ _ 

-- 37 2 038 (NA) (NA) 20 I 917 15 920 

Ufters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _______________ _ 

Oec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 _____________ _ June 1 and Nov. 30 ____________________________ _ 

-- 13 440 11 206 8 419 9 (D) 

-- 13 217 9 109 8 (0) 9 (D) 

-- 10 223 7 97 7 (D) 5 (0) 

Sheep and lambs ___________________________________ _ 

Ewes 1 year old or older __________________________ _ Goats ____________________________________________ _ 

-- 18 347 13 386 7 199 8 292 

-- 13 174 (NA) (NA) 4 79 8 219 

-- 10 41 (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 1 (0) Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ -- 68 292 34 232 36 143 21 170 

Soles: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ 

$1,000 -- 25 3 601 16 1 274 12 3 469 13 1 234 

-- (X) 324 (X) (NA) (X) 317 (X) 79 Feeder pigs _____________________________________ _ 

-- 6 (0) 6 309 4 (0) 4 (0) 

$1,000 Sheep and lomhs ___________________________________ _ 

Sheep and lambs shorn _____________________________ _ 

Pounds of wool __________________________________ _ 

-- (X) (D) (X) (NA) (X) (0) (X) 6 

-- 12 246 13 170 5 149 8 150 

-- 13 224 (NA) (NA) 4 101 7 264 

-- (X) 1 670 (X) (NA) (X) 714 (X) 1 711 

Sheep, lambs, and wool ________________________ $1,000 -- 14 14 (NA) (NA) 5 10 8 5 

Goats ____________________________________________ _ 

-- 3 47 (NA) (NA) - - - -

$1.000 Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ 

$1,000 

-- (X) 1 (X) (NA) (X) - (X) -

-- 18 56 8 34 11 43 5 17 

-- (X) 39 (X) (NA) (X) 35 (X) 12 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry _______________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying age ___________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens _______________ _ Turkeys ________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for sla ughter ___________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ___________________ _ Other poultry ___________________________________ _ 

-- 54 (X) 35 (X) 34 (X) 21 (X) 

-- 45 (0) 26 52 474 28 (D) 14 52 032 

-- 44 (0) 25 44814 28 (D) 14 (D) 

- 4 (0) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) 1 (0) 

- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) - - 1 (0) 

-- 7 I 040 4 (D) 3 1 000 2 (0) 

-- 6 13494 (NA) (NA) 6 13 494 6 4 685 

-- 6 (0) (NA) (NA) 6 (0) 6 (0) 

-- I (0) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) I (0) 

-- 16 (X) (NA) (X) 7 (X) 5 (X) 

Sales, 

Any poultry __________________________ -- __ -----------

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat·type chickens ________________ _ 

Turkeys ____________________ - ___ -_ -_ -_ -------- ----

Turkeys for slaughter _______________________ - -- ---

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

Other poultry ____________ ---_ -- ---- ---------- ----- Poultry and poultry products ____________________ $1,000_ 

- 19 (X) 13 (X) 16 (X) 11 (X) 

- 9 22 521 10 44618 8 (0) 8 (0) 

- 8 (D) 9 32 588 8 (D) 7 (0) 

- 1 (D) (NA) (NA) - - 1 (0) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 3 1 250 I (D) 3 1 250 I (D) 

- 4 36 600 (NA) (NA) 4 36 600 4 40 525 

- 4 (D) (NA) (NA) 4 (D) 4 (0) 

- 1 (0) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) I (0) 

- 3 (X) (NA) (X) 1 (X) - (X) 

- 23 740 22 760 18 738 13 758 

174 HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - COUNTY DATA 
Tobie 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

AU farms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated Harvested Irrigoted 

Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For groin or seed CbushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

for silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For fodder, hogged or groled ________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

82 3 176 (X) I I (0)1 72 3 128 (X) I - - =1 80 3 134 (X) (NA) (NA)I 70 3 077 (X) -

=1 

- 16 562 47 326 I (D) 12 553 46 420 I - - 7 119 II 172 (NA) (NA) 4 (D) 10 272 -

- 69 2 614 43 445 I (0) 62 2 575 42 767 - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 67 2 957 45 795 -

=1 

(NA) (NA) - (X) - - - - (X) - - - - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) I (0) (X) - -

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

2 (0) (X) - - 2 (D) (X) - - - - 2 (0) (X) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) (X) - - For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Cut for dry forage or hoy (tons, dry) __________ 1978_ 

1974_ Hogged or grazed __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Wheol for groin (bushelsL _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Oafs for grain (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Barley for groin (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Rye for groin (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Other small grains for groin ____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Soybeans for beans (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ CoNon (boles) _______________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - 2 (D) (0) - - 2 (D) (0) - - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (0) -

~I - - - - - - - - - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - (X) - - - - (X) -

- (NA) (NA) (X) I (NA) (NA)I - - (X)I - -I 

- - -

-, - - - - - -

~I - I (0) (0) (NA) (NA) I (D) (0) -

- I (0) (0) - - - - - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - -

=1 

- - -

(NAll 

- - - - - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 2 (0) (D) - - I (0) (0) -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) I (NA) (NA~I 2 (D) (D) -

=1 - - - (X) - - - (X) -

- (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) I (0) (X) -

- ;1 - - - - - - - - -

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

J - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Tobacco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 8 391 501 180 6 (0) 8 391 501 180 6 (0) 

- 9 603 990 201 (NA) (NA) 9 603 990 201 7 506 

'rish potatoes (hundredweightL _________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 8 (D) (0) - - 8 (0) (0) - -

- 12 334 53 350 (NA) (NA) 9 332 53 160 - -

Sweetpotatoes (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see lexl} _________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - -

II 01 ~ 1 

- -

- - - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 172 6 399 12 652 - - 118 5 301 - -

- 154 6 921 12 975 (NA) (NA) III 5977 II 672 - - Alfollo hay (Ions, dry) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 65 I 295 3 006 - - 48 I 122 2 7191 - -

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 40 I 492 3 192 - - Olher tome dry hoy (Ions, dry) (see lexl) ______ 1978_ - 126 4 397 8 574 - - 90 3 606 7 335 - -

Field seed crops ______________________________ 1978_ - - - (X) - - - - (X) - -

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - - Alfalla seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ 

All vegelobles horvested for sale (see lexl) _______ 1978_ 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - -I - -

- 76 1 651 (X) 20 565 68 I 633 (X) 18 (0) 

1974_ - 55 I 415 (X) (NA) (NA) 43 I 378 (X) 24 868 Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978_ - 45 618 (X) 7 89 42 616 (X) 7 89 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 23 400 (X) 10 118 Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978_ - 42 91 (X) 12 44 37 84 (X) 10 (0) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (~A) 30 116 (X) 17 92 Green peas excluding cowpeas ________________ 1978_ - II 9 (X) 3 4 II 9 (X) 3 4 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) II 57 (X) 7 54 

lond in orchards _____________________________ 1978_ - 49 847 (X) I (0) 33 742 (X) - - 1974_ Apples (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - 35 818 (X) (NA) (NA) 28 788 (X) - -

- 48 754 8 460 954 (NA) (NA) 32 675 8 388 362 (NA) (NA) 1974_ Peaches (pounds) ___________________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 742 8 100 782 (NA) (NA) 

- 17 50 160 220 (NA) (NA) II 37 (0) (NA) (NA) 1974_ Gropes (pounds) (see lexl) ___________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 30 98 792 (NA) (NA) 

- 6 3 9 010 (NA) (NA) 3 3 9 010 (NA) (NA) 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (D) (NA) (NA) 

Serries _____________________________________ 1978_ - 51 496 (X) 7 51 37 476 (X) 7 51 1974_ Strawberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Nursery and greenhouse product'-______________ 1978_ Other crops _________________________________ 1978_ 

- 37 256 (X) (NA) (NA) 33 252 (X) 7 45 

- 27 82 413 699 7 46 21 80 408 669 7 46 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 16 60 342 922 7 34 

- 78 549 (X) 23 29 68 533 (X) 21 (0) 

- I (D) (X) (NA) (NA) I (0) (X) (NA) (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASS. 175 
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Farms Acres Forms Acres 

Forms ______________________________________________ _ 

Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

Approximate land areo _________________________________ _ 

Proportion in forms __________________________ percenL 

- 493 61 194 495 64 891 347 49 235 323 51 051 

- (X) 124 (X) 131 (X) 142 (X) 158 

- (X) 338 560 (X) 338 752 (X) 338 560 (X) 338 752 

- (X) 18.1 (X) 19.2 (X) 14.5 (X) 15.1 

Value of land and buildings: I 

Average per form _____________________________ dollars_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dolIors_ - 137 966 (X) 97 166 (X) 160 580 (X) 119 610 (X) 

- (X) 1 098 (X) 741 (X) 1 157 (X) 757 

land in forms according to use: Total cropland ______________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 

By acres harvested: 

- 481 32 581 480 33662 340 28354 315 28 677 

- 466 24431 466 23 221 332 21 881 309 20672 

1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

JO to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 

20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

- 130 555 123 (NA) 77 366 54 (NA) 

- 72 941 60 (NA) 34 440 32 (NA) 

- 63 1 464 61 (NA) 42 987 32 (NA) 

- 59 2 193 72 (NA) 48 1 822 47 (NA) 

- 75 5 224 97 (NA) 66 4 712 91 (NA) 

- 46 6 242 37 (NA) 45 (D) 37 (NA) 

- 18 5 613 13 (NA) 17 (D) 13 (NA) 

- 3 2 199 2 (NA) 3 2 199 2 (NA) 

- - - 1 (NA) - - 1 (NA) 

Cropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ - 179 6 596 200 8 269 125 5 172 145 6 818 Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

- 125 1 554 111 Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement 2 172 91 1 301 78 1 187 

grosses, not harvested or postured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

Cropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ Cropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

- 33 386 (NA) (NA) 24 338 28 163 

- 12 96 (NA) (NA) 11 (D) 12 82 

- 13 269

1 

(NA) (NA) 10 (0) 12 215 

- 82 803 (NA) (NA) 56 612 40 727 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

Woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

Woodland not postured ____________________________ _ 

- 287 22 258 281 23 586 198 15 787 194 17 060 

- 92 3563 (NA) (NA) 75 2 823 57 2 510 

- 254 18 695 (NA) (NA) 174 12 964 176 14 550 

Other land _________________________________________ _ 

- 323 6 355 336 7 643 229 5 094 228 5 314 Pastureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland postured ______________________________ _ -- 64 2 454 (NA) (NA) 54 2 220 63 2 612 land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc ______ _ -- 304 3 901 (NA) (NA) 214 2 874 214 2 702 

Pastureland, 011 fypeL ________________________________ _ 

-- 244 12 613 (NA) (NA) 180 10 215 (NA) 11 940 

Irrigated lond _______________________________________ _ 

-- 21 292 23 501 19 (D) 20 496 Harvested cropland irrigated _________________________ _ -- 21 292 (NA) (NA) 19 (D) 20 416 Pastureland irrigated _______________________________ _ -- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) 80 Other land irrigated ________________________________ _ 

-- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 _______ _ -- 3 (D) (X) (X) 3 (D) (X) (X) 

11978 data ore based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Volue Value Value 

Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold l _______________ _ - 493 21 741 495 18 220 347 21 303 323 17 955 Average per form ___________________________ doJlors_ - (X) 44 100 (X) 36808 (X) 61 393 (X) 55 588 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold: I 

$100,000 or more ___________________________________ _ 

- 46 14 179 30 (NA) 46 14 179 30 (NA) $40,000 to $99,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 70 4 423 66 (NA) 70 4423 66 (NA) $20,000 to $39,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 48 1 354 75 (NA) 48 1 354 75 (NA) 

$10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ $5,000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 45 630 59 (NA) 45 630 59 (NA) 

- 69 476 52 (NA) 69 476 52 (NA) 

$2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 69 241 39 (NA) 69 241 39 (NA) 

less than $2,500 (see text) ___________________________ _ $2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ - 143 166 172 (NA) (X) (X) 2 (NA) 

- 25 55 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

$1,500 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,499 _________________________________ _ less than $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal forms (see text) ____________________________ _ 

- 28 46 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 36 44 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 54 21 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 3 272 2 (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Crops ______________________________________ -_ - ___ ----

Groins __________________________________________ - __ - 327 9 750 367 8 900 232 9 562 (NA) 8 719 

- 30 203 (NA) (NA) 26 199 21 160 Commodify Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ Cotton and cottonseed _______________________________ _ - 1 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Commodify Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ 

T abacea ______________________ -_ -_ -- -- --------------

Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons- ___________________ _ Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ 

Other crops ______________________________ ---_ -- -- ---

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- 23 1 545 (NA) (NA) 23 1 545 26 1 900 

- 129 373 (NA) (NA) 83 324 72 402 

- 150 1 876 (NA) (NA) 115 1 835 122 1 266 

- 53 1 264 (NA) (NA) 39 1 179 44 728 

- 44 2409 40 2 226 40 2 405 34 2 217 

- 41 2080 (NA) (NA) 36 2 075 43 2 046 

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ Poultry and poultry products __________________________ _ 

Dairy products ____________________________ ------ ---- Coftle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Hogs and pigs ________________ - ___ -_ -- ------ --------- Sheep, lambs, and wool ______________________________ _ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

- 248 11 991 245 9 263 197 11 742 183 9 186 

- 36 2 886 33 2 845 27 2 872 24 2 832 

- 114 7 369 (NA) (NA) 112 (D) 122 5 457 

- 198 1 220 (NA) (NA) 165 1 159 152 678 

- 32 414 (NA) (NA) 25 411 19 187 

- 19 51 (NA) (NA) 9 40 7 23 

- 32 51 (NA) (NA) 19 (D) 12 8 

'1974 data include sales of forest products. 

176 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Farms 

forms with harvested cropland Forms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested Irrigated 

1976 1974 in forms Forms in forms cropland Forms in forms cropland land 

493 495, 61 194 466 56 441 24 431 21 I 130 575 

29:, -

71 337 60 305 212 4 13 4 - 55 149 140 3 852 142 3 636 I 971 9 185 134 94 -

All forms ___________________________ _ 

Farms wifh- \ to 9 ocres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 ocres _____________________ _ 

50 to 69 acres _____________________ _ - 34 36 I 936 33 I 676 676 I (D) (O) (0) 

70 to 99 ocres _____________________ _ - 39 37 3 263 36 3 203 I 651 2 (D) (D) (D) 

100 to 139 acreL __________________ _ 

- 41 45 4 662 36 4 327 I 670 4 453 196 75 140 - 39 50 6 141 36 5 961 2 166 - - - - to 179 acres ___________________ _ 

160 to 219 acreL __________________ _ 

- 36 34 7 169 35 6 969 2 169 - - - - 220 to 259 acreL __________________ _ - 13 24 3 182 13 3 162 I 331 - - - - 260 to 499 ocres ___________________ _ - 57 57 19 534 56 19 153 7904 I (D) (0) (D) 

500 - II 13 6 716 11 (0) (0) - - - - to 999 acreL __________________ _ 

- 3 2 4 380 2 (0) (0) - - - - 1.000 to ].999 ocres ________________ _ 

- - 2,000 acres or more ________________ _ - - - - - - - - -

Table 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1974 1976 1974 

Farms Acres Farms Acres Forms Acres 

1978 '1974 1978 '1974 

297 294 196 181 

13 12 45 22 57 51 106 116 

165 161 107 113 53.9 55.8 

lApplies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

495 

466 

309 

(NA) 

156 

(NA) 

30 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

64 891 23 221 

29 359 

7 291 

31 462 

13 878 

4 070 2 052 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 dota are based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All forms 

1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Forms ($1.000) Farms ($1.000) 

- 148 813 153 681 

- 235 4 467 252 3 704 

- 173 3 999 230 3 488 

- 211 158 (NA) (NA) 

- 328 620 317 689 

- 400 I 221 379 1 104 

- 351 488 289 435 

- 262 3 772 260 2 814 - 37 51 11 30 

- 114 66 134 99 

livestock and poultry purehased _________________________ _ Feed for livestock and poultry _____ J _____________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ Animal health costs ___________________________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees __________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer __________________________________ _ 

Other agricultural chern ieals including lime ________________ _ Hired farm labor ______________________________________ _ 

Contract labor ________________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment __________________________________________ _ 

- 468 1 780 (NA) (NA) 

- 488 1 396 489 937 - 486 583 (NA) (NA) 

- 188 158 (NA) (NA) 

- 29 61 (NA) (NA) 

- 103 515 (NA) (NA) 

- 3 1 (NA) (NA) 

- 468 76 (NA) (NA) 

- 366 373 (NA) (NA) 

- 51 12 (NA) (NA) 

Energy and petroleum products- _________________________ _ 

Petroleum products _________________________________ _ 

Gasoline _________________________________________ _ Diesel fuel _______________________________________ _ 

Natural ~~ef~~i _~~t_a~_e~_a_n_d_~~~~~~~ gas ______________________________________ == ==== == == == ==== == ==== == = _ 

Kerosene, motor oil, and grease _____________________ _ Electricity __________________________________________ _ 

Other-coal, woad, cake. etc. _________________________ _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 

347 

332 

172 

158 

150 

149 

25 

25 

280 

43 

23 

1 

49 235 323 51 051 

21 661 309 20 672 

13 426 161 17 564 

4462 (NA) 5 297 

31 651 137 29 452 

15 469 (NA) 13 340 4 158 25 4 015 1 950 (NA) 2 035 

34 459 276 39 059 (0) 27 6 333 307 18 5 659 (0) 

All farms Farms with soles of 

$2,500 or more 

1978 1]974 1976 1]974 

406 395 286 254 56 37 39 24 29 43

1 

22 27 

232 181 191 151 24 32 21 16 19 22 12 12 14 12 11 6 27 39 20 26 161 121 80 45 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) 

119 791 104 658 187 4 351 174 3 650 140 3 958 171 3 440 165 143 125 84 260 607 243 681 287 1 161 274 1 073 270 453 221 425 223 3 604 211 2 754 37 51 5 29 

91 71 98 881 

342 1 690 (NA) 342 1 330 (NA)\ 323 901 340 535 321 365 165 153 97 66 22 60 39 81

1 

95 510 } 3 1 321 389 342 71 263 351 (NA) (NA)I 23 10 (NA) (NA)i 

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 177 
Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto ore bosed on Q sample of forms; see texf1 

All forms Farms with saJes of $2.500 or more 

1978 1978 

Forms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

Cropland fertilized. except posture __________________________ _ - 381 21 263 286 19961 

- Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ 375 18 716 286 17468 

lime _____________________________________________________ _ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigonts, etc. to cootrol-

- 94 2 547 76 

- 202 4846 155 

Insects on hay and other crops _____________________________ _ Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchords _____________________________ _ 

- 144 5 146 III 

- 24 265 24 

- 106 3 054 69 Weeds. grass. or brush in crops and posture _________________ _ - 230 9 684 201 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation ond rodent ond bird control _______________________ _ 

- 21 950 8 

- 97 (X) 88 

- 92 (X) 65 

Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ____________ farms_ 

$1,000_ Average per form ________________ dollarsForms by value group: $1 to $4.999 _. ___ . ____________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 _______________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 __________ . __________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel tractors- __________________________ _ 

Grain and bean combines, self-propelled only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other carnpickers and picker-shellers ________ _ Cottonpickers- ___________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- Mower conditioners ______________________ _ - Pickup bolers ____________________________ _ 

- Field forage horvesters, shear bar or flywheellype _ .. _. _______ . ___________ _ -

[1978 doto are based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All forms Farms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Con. 

Estimoted market value of 011 

493 491 347 323 machinery and equipment - Can. 13 338 10 036 12 191 8 314 $20,000 to $29,999 ______________________ 

27 054 20440 35 132 25 740 $30,000 to $49,999 ______________________ $50,000 to $69,999 ______________________ 

99 95 53 37 $70,000 to $99,999 ______________________ 

140 106 67 52 $100,000 to $199,999 ____________________ 

88 113 64 82 $200,000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All farms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior fa 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

313 433 138 174 208 259 

424 I 042 134 178 354 864 

437 I 126 78 108 432 I 018 

2 (0) I (0) I (0) 

20 20 12 12 8 8 

30 30 3 3 27 27 

- - - - - - 152 155 58 58 96 97 

189 199 37 38 153 161 

110 130 35 37 78 93 

Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

(J 978 data ore based on a sample of farms; see text] 

Hired workers-All farms, 1978 

2493 

4 285 

4699 

265 2 789 

9 379 

870 

()() 

(X) 

1974 

Forms Acres on which used 

274 16879 (NAl 15080 (NAl 1 799 

105 2974 

(NA) 5 192 

12 240 

34 1 567 

(NAl 6224 

8 373 24 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

All farms Farms with sales 

of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

35 80 35 63 

58 56 57 49 

31 25 31 25 

13 1 16 { 12 1 20 19 15 

9.J i L 9 .J 

1974 

Manufactured 

Farms Number 1970 to 1974 

399 549 277 425 955 197 

458 I 090 169 

9 18 8 7 8 2 

27 30 3 (NA) (NA) (NA) 

133 151 55 201 207 51 

100 124 36 

Any hired workersFarms with safes of $2,500 or more 

Working 150 days or more Working less than 150 days 

Any Forms Workers Farms Workers 1978 1974 

Forms __________________________ ---- -- _- ------------ ----- Workers ____________________________ -- ____ ---------------- 262 135 (X) 220 (X) 223 211 

- 2 798 (X) 616 (X) 2 182 2 421 2803 

- 56 51 51 52 52 50 26 

- 51 36 72 52 104 27 18 

- 48 15 50 32 III 47 38 

- 53 24 145 41 262 52 60 

- 54 9 298 43 I 653 47 69 

Forms with- 1 worker ______________________ -- -- -- __ -- ---- -------- ---

2 workers ______________________ -- -- -- ------------ ------ 3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 workers _________________________________________ _ 

10 workers or more ________________ ----------------------

178 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

farms Number forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY , 1 I 

289 (X)' 274 (X) 210 (X) 185 (X) 

- 242 (X) 236 (X) 185 (X) 169 (X) 

-

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ Any cottle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ 

248 11 991 245 9 263 197 11 742 183 9 186 - 213 (HA) 178 1 610 165 888 - 218 1 685

1 

Sales: Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1,000_ 

Any cottle, hoys, or sheep ____________________ $1,000_ 

CATTLE AND CALVES 

222 11 558 219 11 619

1 

172 10 947 158 10 854 - 194 6468 200 6604 154 6 203 145 6 193 - 80 535 67 537 50 400 28 218 -

- 147 5933 165 6 067 130 5 803 134 5 975 

173 4 352

1 

(NA) {NAIl 142 4 120

1 

136 3 885 

- 133 738 (NA) {NAI 103 624 84 716 

Inventory: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Cows and heifers that had colved ____________________ _ Beef cows _____________________________________ _ 

Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ 

- 198 5 409\ 195 4984 165 5 151 152 4 726 

{Xl 1 220 (Xl (NA) (X) 1 159 {Xl 678 

- 154 

3 1151 (NA) (NA) 132 2 983 125 2 737 

- {Xl 189 (X) (NA) {Xl 179 (X) 96 

- 181 2 294 (NA) (NA) 152 2 168 136 1 989 

- (X) 1 031

1 

(Xl (NA) I (X) 981

1 

(X) 582

1 - 22 165 (NA) (NA) 15 148 12 503 

- (X) 87 (X) (NA) {Xl 81 (X) 140 

- 114 7 369 (NA) (NA) 112 (0) 122 5 457 

Soles: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Calves __________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Cattle ___________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Fattened cottle _________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ 

Dairy products _______________________________ $1,000_ 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

- 41 2 588 35 2 011 30 2 506 24 1 936 

- 20 465 {NAI (NA) 16 444 15 254 

- 40 2 123 (NA) (NA) 29 2 062 24 1 682 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ _ 

Other hogs and pigs _______________________________ _ 

- 20 749 17 452 16 731 16 (D) 

- 19 362 16 235 15 (0) 15 (D) 

- 17 387 11 217 15 (D) 10 (0) 

litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ________________ _ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 ______________ _ June I and Nov. 30 _____________________________ _ 

Soles: 

- 24 969 23 968

1 

10 624\ 11 431 

- 19 735 (NA) (NA) 10 541 8 338 

- 9 137 (NA) {NAI 5 79 1 (0) 

- 76 400

1 

86 289

1 

48 150

1 

40 140 

Sheep and lombs ____________________________________ _ 

Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ _ Goots _____________________________________________ _ 

Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ - 32 4 505 20 2 676 25 4 416 19 (D) 

- {Xl 414 {Xl (NA) (X) 411 (X) 187 Feeder pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 10 1 102 7 635 7 1 071 6 (01 

$1,000_ - (Xl 39 (X) (NA) (Xl 38 (Xl 10 Sheep and lambs ____________________________________ _ 

- 18 557 13 631 9 311 7 449 

Sheep and lambs shorn ______________________________ _ - 16 955 (NAI (NAI 9 658 7 464 Pounds of woo'- __________________________________ _ - {Xl 6 181 OQ (NAI (Xl 4 672 (Xl 3 328 Sheep, lambs, and wool ________________________ $1,000_ - 19 51 (NAI {NAI 9 40 7 23 Goots _____________________________________________ _ 

- 9 125 (NAI {NAI 5 91 1 {Dl 

$1,000_ - {Xl 4 (Xl {NAI {Xl 3 (X) (Z) 

Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ - 15 28 11 13 8 21 9 (0) 

$1,000_ - (X) 26 (X) (NAI (X) 18 (X) 7 

POULTRY 

- 70 00 61 (X) 45 (X)I 38 (X) 

- 60 287 026 56 223 822 38 282 515 34 221 650 

Inventory: Any poultry ___________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and puliets of laying age ____________________ _ - 60 (D) 52 223 422 38 (D) 34 (0) Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ - 8 (D) (NA) (NA) 5 (0) 2 (D) Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ - 3 (0) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) - -

- 6 239 3 415 2 (0) 2 (D) 

- 8 1 554 (NA) (NA) 4 1 492 2 (D) 

- 5 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) 2 (D) 

- 4 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) - -

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

- 23 (X) (NA) (X) 13 (X) 6 (X) 

Soles: 

- 30 (X) 25 (X) 21 (X) 19 (X) 

- 22 119 165 16 112 647 16 118 178 11 111 869 

Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

- 22 119 165 16 112 547 16 118 178 11 111 869 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

Hens and puliets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) - -

- 4 (0) 5 115 1 (D) 3 (D) 

- 5 (D) (NAI (NA) 4 (D) 2 (D) 

- 5 (D) (NA) (NA) 4 (0) 2 (0) 

- - - (NAI (NA) - - - -

- 5 (X~i (NA) (X) 3 (X;j 4 (X;I - 36 2 886 33 2 845 27 2 872 24 2 832 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ Other paultry ____________________________________ _ 

Poultry and poultry products ____________________ $1,000_ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 179 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres 

(orn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ - 148 6 340 (X) - - 127 6039 (X) - - 1974_ For grain or seed (bushels) ___________________ 1978_ - 155 5 872 (X) (NA) (NA) 130 5 726 (X) 2 (D) 

- 59 1 653 154 801 - - 45 1 507 149 985 - - 1974_ For siloge or green chop {tons. greenL _________ 1978_ - 48 1 464 109 406 (NA) (NA) 42 1 451 108 387 2 (D) 

- 109 4 687 82965 - - 101 4 532 80037 - - 1974_ For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 100 4 275 67 710 - -

- - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ - 5 22 (X) - - 5 22 (X) - - 1974_ For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ - 9 83 (X) (NA) (NA) 9 83 (X) - - - 1 (D) (D) - - 1 (D) (D) - - 1974_ For silage or green chop (tons. greenL _________ 1978_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - 4 (D) 150 - - 4 (D) 150 - - 1974_ Cut for dry forage or hoy (tons, dry) __________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 9 83 587 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ Hogged or grazed __________________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

Wheat for groin {bushelsL _____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ Oats for groin (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- 3 (D) (D) - - 2 (D) (0) - - 1974_ Borley for grain (bushels) ______________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 5 24 780 - -

- - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ Rye for groin (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - - - - 8 235 4 182 - - 5 210 3 602 - - 1974_ Other small grains for grain ____________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 4 65 1 086 - -

- - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) (X) - -

Soybeans for beans (bushels) __________________ 1978_ - 1 (0) (0) - - 1 (D) (D) - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Colton (bales) _______________________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Tobacco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - 23 343 581 352 4 (0) 23 343 581 352 4 (D) 

1974_ - 28 331 605 098 (NA) (NA) 26 (D) (D) 5 197 Irish potatoes (hundredweighO __________________ 1978_ - 34 2 020 441 195 1 (0) 31 2 010 440 625 1 (D) 

1974_ - 47 2 553 481 186 (NA) (NA) 39 2 536 478 751 3 46 

$weetpotatoes (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Hay crops (tons, dry) (see text) _________________ 1978_ - 286 13 396 29322 - - 199 11 434 26 757 - - 1974_ - 265 11 736 25 704 (NA) (NA) 174 9 628 22 602 2 (D) 

Alfalfa hay (tans, dry) ______________________ 1978_ - 103 2 300 6 337 - - 81 2 059 5 930 - -

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 76 2 175 6 423 - - Other tome dry hay (tons, dry) (see text) ______ 1978_ - 217 8 702 18 020 - - 150 7 203 16 145 - -

Field seed crops ______________________________ 1978_ - 2 (D) (X) - - 1 (0) (X) - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) (X) - - Alfalfa seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) (0) - - Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) (D) - -

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) _______ 1978_ - 150 2 066 (X) 8 129 115 1 932 (X) 8 129 

1974_ - 177 1 805 (X) (NA) (NA) 123 1 664 (X) 10 108 Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978_ - 66 713 (X) 5 88 55 673 (X) 5 88 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 49 496 (X) 4 80 Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978_ - 30 37 (X) 4 7 24 34 (X) 4 7 

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 25 30 (X) 6 6 Green peas excluding cowpeoL _______________ 1978_ - - - (X) - - - - (X) - -

1974_ - (NA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) 6 2 (X) 1 (0) 

land in orchards _____________________________ 1978_ - 35 768 (X) - - 23 613 (X) - - 1974_ - 39 850 ()() (NA) (NA) 29 758 (X) 1 (D) Apples (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 35 695 8 022 823 (NA) (NA) 23 557 7 371 848 (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 678 5 639 030 (NA) (NA) 

Peaches (pounds). __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 11 43 137 050 (NA) (NA) 8 31 (D) (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 48 73 864 (NA) (NA) 

Gropes (pounds) (see text) ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 3 1 60 (NA) (NA) 2 (D) (D) (NA) (NA) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) 

Berries _____________________________________ 1978_ - 36 69 (X) 3 3 26 51 (X) 1 (0) 

1974_ - 37 114 (X) (NA) (NA) 24 93 (X) 5 9 

Strawberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 26 42 85 583 1 (D) 20 31 70077 - - - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 18 24 68 900 5 9 

Nursery and greenhouse products- ______________ 1978_ Other crops _________________________________ 1978_ - 44 88 (X) 10 44 40 87 (X) 10 44 

- 13 62 (X) (NA) (NA) 11 (D) (X) (NA) (NA) 

180 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more I 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Farms Acres Forms Acres Farms Acres forms Acres 

Farms ________________________ --- _____ ----- ___ ---- --- Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

AP~;~;~~i~~ ~~nf~~~~a == == == == == == == == == == == == == -p;;c~-nt= 

574 41 5291 504 42 9741 434 32 961 I 365 33 4661 - 72 (X) 85 (X) 76 ()O 92 - (X) 

528 128/ 528 0001 (X) 528 128/ (X) 528 000 ()O (X) 

(X) 7.9 (X) 8.1 (X) 6.2 (X) 6.3 

Value of lond and buildings: 1 Average per form _____________________________ dollors_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollors_ 256 638 (X) 167 381 (X) 248 961 (X) 187 890 - (X) I 2 049 (X) 3 131 (X) I 963 (X) 2 914 (X) 

-

land in forms according to use: Total croplond __________________________________ - ___ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 520 23 131 463 22 320 396 20 063 331 18 866 - 319 15 846 - 475 17 260 441 18 088 367 15 477 

By acres horves1ed: J to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1.000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

Cropland used only for posture ______________________ _ Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses, not harvested or pastured _______________ _ (roplond on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

(ropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ (ropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

196 549 188 (NA) 143 361 124 (NA) - (NA) 37 492 36 (NA) 64 858 49 - 41 (NA) 38 909 22 (NA) 50 I 168 - 2 297 49 (NA) 51 I 881 35 (NA) - 62 

- 61 4 151 62 (NA) 58 3954 51 (NA) 

- 29 3 874 33 (NA)I 28 (D) 33 (NAJI 

- II (0) 17 (NA) 10 (0) 16 (NA) 

- 2 (D) 2 (NA)I 2 (D) 2 (NA)I 

- - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

- 168 4 282 127 2 668 112 3 321 68 I 884 

- 117 I 5891 80 I 5641 

85 I 265 52 I 136/ 

- 26 350 (NA) (NA) 21 323 II 129 

- 12 88 (NA) (NA) 8 (D) 6 471 

- 13 67 1 (NA) (NA)I 12 (D)I 6 233

1 - 88 I 084 (NA) (NA) 62 794 31 303 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

Woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

Woodland not postured ____________________________ _ 

- 289 12 709 242 14 4D4 200 8 533 151 9 998 

- 70 I 485 (NA) (NA) 53 I D87 47 2 31 I 

- 244 II 224 (NA) (NA) 168 7 446 117 7 687 

Other land _________________________________________ _ 

- 414 5 689 344 6 25D 317 4 365 253 4 602 

Posture/and and rangeland, other thon cropland and woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc _______ _ 

- 58 I 091 (NA) (NA) 40 883 28 768 

- 393 4 598 (NA) (NA) 303 3 482 242 3 834 

Pastureland, all types __________________________________ _ 

- 236 6 858 (NA) (NA) 158 5 291 (NA) 4 963 

Irrigated land ________________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland irrigated __________________________ _ 

Pastureland irrigated ________________________________ _ 

Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ 

land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 ________ _ 

- 128 I 279 121 I 633 118 I 227 118 I 576 

- 127 (0) (NA) (NA) 117 (D) 118 I 5481 - I (0) (NA) (NA) I (0) (NA) 10 

- I (0) (NA) (NA) I (0) 3 18 

- 5 79 (X) (X) 4 (D) (X) (X)i 

11978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Volue Value Value Volve 

Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1.000) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1.000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold 1 _______________ _ , 574 41 016 504 37 642 434 40 521 365 37 216 Average per form _~ _________________________ dollars_ - (X) 71 457 (X) 74 687 (X) 93 367 (X) 101 962 

forms by value of agricultural products sold: 1 $100,000 or more ___ , _____________________ , _________ _ 

$40,000 to $99,999 _, _______________________________ _ 

$20,000 to $39,999 _, _______________________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 _, _______________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 62 31 659 58 (NA) 62 31 659 58 (NA) 

- 85 5 396 93 (NA) 85 5 396 93 (NA) 

- 58 I 714 61 (NA) 58 I 714 61 (NA) 

- 74 I 023 56 (NA) 74 I 023 56 (NA) 

- 57 393 52 (NA) 57 393 52 (NA) $2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 (see text) ___________________________ _ $2.000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

$1,500 to $1,999 ________________________________ _ 

$1,000 to $1,499 _________________________________ _ 

less than $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal forms (see textL ___________________________ _ 

- 98 337 44 (NA) 98 337 44 (NA) 

- 136 162 136 (NA) (X) (X) I (NA) 

- 25 54 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 31 53 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 36 45 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 44 II (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 4 333 4 (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Crops _______________________________________________ _ 

Groins ____________________ .... _______________________ _ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ Cotton and cottonseed _______________________________ _ 

- 382 20 437 397 23 699 319 20 268 (NA) 23 563 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - 2 (D) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ T obaceo ___________________________________________ _ 

Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melonL ___________________ _ Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ Other crops ________________________________________ _ 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - 124 619 (NA) (NA) 94 (D) 71 580 

- 125 2 081 (NA) (NA) 103 2 028 104 2 561 

- 69 I 762 (NA) (NA) 60 I 754 57 ) 906 

- 149 15 952 151 18 450 138 15 930 134 18 435 

- 14 24 (NA) (NA) 12 (D) 15 72 

Uvestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ Poultry and poultry products __________________________ _ Dairy products __________________________________ , __ _ 

Cottle and calves , __________________________________ _ Hogs and pig,-_____________________________________ _ 

Sheep, lambs, and woo'-_____________________________ .. 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

- 264 20 579 221 13 836 190 20 253 147 13 556 

- 69 2 968 55 4 915 43 2 917 39 4 868 

- 51 2 934 (NA) (NA) 44 2 756 48 2 437 - 142 732 (NA) (NA) 103 671 89 616 - 60 I 450 (NA) (NA) 45 I 439 29 619 - 33 26 (NA) (NA) 17 18 7 2 - 54 12 469 (NA) (NA) 35 12451 20 5 013 

'1974 data include sales of forest products. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS. 181 
Table 3, Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

forms 

Forms with harvested cropland forms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested 1978 1974 in forms Forms in forms cropland Forms in forms cropland 

- 574 504 41 529, 475 37 768 17 260 128 5 591 3 159 

- 149 118 575 119 470 212 57 237 94 

- 189 145 5 070 141 3 845 I 963 39 938 473 

- 50 60 2 879 38 2 199 976 10 588 177 

- 55 47 4 552 51 4 214 2 231 8 675 475 

- 48 50 5 660 45 5 325 2 067 5 567 330 28 29 4 366 28 4366 I 645 3 440 259 

All forms ___________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1109 acres ________________________ _ 

10 to 49 acres _____________________ _ 

50 to 69 ocres _____________________ _ 

70 to 99 ocres _____________________ _ 

100 to 139 ocres ___________________ _ 

140 to 179 acreL __________________ _ 

180 to 219 ocreL _____________ . ____ _ - 19 II 3 757 19 3 757 I 717 3 613 351 II 12 2 690 II 2690 I 177 - - - 17 19 6 362 16 5 934 2 560 2 (D) (D) 

- 8 II 5 618 7 4 968 2 1I2 I (D) (D) 

- - 2 - - - - - - -

220 to 259 ocres ___________________ _ 

260 to 499 acres 

50010 999 ocres==================== I,OOOI0I,9990(re'- _______________ _ 

- - 2,000 acres or more ________________ _ - - - - - - - -

Table 4, Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

All forms 

1978 1974 

Forms Acres Forms 

land in forms __________________________________ _ 574 41 529 504 Harvested cropland ____________________________ _ 475 17 260 441 

Tenure of operator: Full owners ___________________ , _______________ _ 388 19 506 360 Harvested cropland _________________________ _ 310 5 014 (NA) Port owners _________________________________ _ 141 19 314 110 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 133 10 775 (NA) Tenants _____________________________________ _ 45 2 709 34 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 32 I 411 (NA) 

Type of organization: Individual or family ____________________________ _ 445 31 439 (NA) Partnership __________________________________ _ 45 2 104 (NA) Corporation __________________________________ _ 76 5 703 (NA) 

Other-cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc._ 8 2 283 (NA) 

Acres 

42 974 

18 088 

22 032 

6 244 

17 970 

10 088 

2972 

I 756 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 

Forms 

434 

367 

279 

228 

116 

109 

39 

30 

321 

38 

73 

2 

Acres 

32 961 

15 477 

12 587 

3 799 

17 703 

(D) 

2 671 

(0) 

25 001 

(D) 

5 466 

(D) 

1974 

Farms 

365 

319 

248 

(NA) 

87 

(NA) 

30 

(NA) 

272 

25 

66 

2 

Irrigated 

land 

I 279 

83 

261 

122 

282 

199 

51 

121 

-

(D) 

(0) 

-

-

Acres 

33 466 

15 846 

14 021 

4 597 

16 477 

9 496 

2 968 

I 753 

25 243 

(D) 

6 621 

(D) 

All forms Farms with sales of All forms Forms with soles of 

1978 '1974 

Operators by principal occupation: Forming _____________________________ _ 329 258 Olher _______________________________ _ 245 174 

$2.500 or more 

1978 

282 

152 

'1974 

Operators by place of residence: 222 On form operated _____________________ _ 

75 Not on farm operated __________________ _ 

Operators by age group. Not reported __________________________ _ 

Under25years________ _______________ 7 4 6 2 Operators reporting days of work off farm: 

71 27 25 to 34 yearL________________________ 57 21 None ________________________________ _ 

351044 years_________________________ 105 75 77 51 11049 doy'- _________________________ _ 

451054 143 120 years_________________________ III 77 50 to 99 day'-________________________ _ 

551064 yeGf'-________________________ 143 122 101 87 10010149 doys _______________________ _ 

105 84 65 years and over _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ __ _ _ __ __ __ 82 59 150 ta 199 days _______________________ _ 

Average age___________________________ 51.7 53.4 51.6 53.7 200 days or more _____________________ _ 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 1978 '1974 

448 344 331 228 

80 33 66 26 

46 55 37 43 

270 174 227 149 

25 19 22 14 

19 5 16 2 

27 12 24 6 

33 24 28 13 

L- 174 119 96 41 __________ ~ __________ ~ L-__________ ~ __________ ~ 

'Applies only to individuQI or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

Table 5, Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

I1978 doto ore based on a somple of forms; see text] 

All forms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses 

Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) 

- 172 2 593 141 891 142 2 567 90 873 

- 258 6 076 226 7806 183 5 924 142 7 689 

livestock and poultry purchased _________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry ___________________________ _ 

- 136 5 051 173 7 480 104 4965 133 7 380 

- 210 259 (NA) (NA) 150 251 103 84 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ Animol health costs ___________________________________ _ 

- 306 I 870 290 2 715 251 I 864 223 2 707 

- 408 620 353 494 326 593 271 471 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees __________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer __________________________________ _ 

- 370 385 268 385 303 369 204 375 

- 320 II 518 279 8 Oll 276 II 251 244 7 951 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ Hired form lobar ____________________________________ ---

Contract lobar ____________________________ -- -------- ---- 55 314 23 74 51 313 18 74 

Customwork, machine hire. and rental of machinery and equipment ____________________________________ - ___ ---- 99 594 98 79 65 586 57 70 

- 564 3 547 (NA) (NA) 428 3 504 (NA) (NA) 

- 564 2 607 477 2 812 428 2 579 353 2 786 

- 537 608 (NA) (NA) 402 586 345 504 

Energy and petroleum productL _________________________ _ 

Petroleum products ____________________ - _____ ---- ----

Gasoline ____________________________ -_ ------ -- ---- Diesel fuel ____________________________ -_ - _____ ----- 144 107 (NA) (NA) 131 104 70 50 

- 82 63 (NA) (NA) 82 63 63 59 

- 148 I 504 (NA) (NA) 145 I 503 

- } 25 83 (NA) (NA) 25 83 353 2 173 

- 564 242 (NAl (NA) 428 239 

39) 916 (NA) (NA) 325 903 (NA) (NA) 

- 51 23 (NA) (NA) 42 22 (NA) (NA) 

Natural ~~ef~~i _~~t_o_n_e~ _o_n_d_~~~~~:~ == == == == == == == == == == == == = gas ____________________________ - _____ -- ---

Kerosene. motor oil, and greos8 _____________________ _ 

Electricity ______________________________ -_ -_ ---- -- ----

Other-cool, wood, coke, etc. _________________________ _ 

182 MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

{l978 doto ore bosed on a sample of forms- see texll 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1978 

farms Acres on which used forms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________ -_ -_ - ___ _ 

Cropland fertilized, except posture __________________________ _ 

Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ 

lime __________________________ -_ -_ -_ -_ -- __ - ___ -- -- -_ -_ - __ _ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to conlrol- Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ 

Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchords ______________ .. _ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops ond pastore _________________ _ 

384 12 062

1 

311 11 369

1 

- 380 11 233 311 10 607 - 54 829 37 762 - 175 2 5741 143 2 332 -

143 2 3531 121 2 182 

10 187 10 187 - 155 2 167 122 2 086 

141 2 819 ll6 2 560 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ~~ ~~_ 

Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control ______ ~ ________________ _ 

33 676 33 676 

91 (X) 73 (X) - 122 (X) 84 (X) 

Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

{1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All forms Forms with sales All forms of $2.500 or more 

All MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ____________ farms_ 

$1,000_ 

Average per form ________________ dollarsForms by value group: $1 to $4,999 ________ . __ . __________ . ___ _ 

$5.000 to $9,999 ______________ . ________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 ____________ ._ .. _____ _ 

-

-

-

1978 1974 

573 481 

13 336 12 080 

23 273 25 ll4 

96 125 163 70 

103 110 

All farms 

1978 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT ~ Con. 

Estimated market value of all 

433 351 machinery and equipment - Can. 

12 331 10 834 $20,000 to $29,999 ______________________ 

28 477 30 866 $30,000 to $49,999 _____________________ . 

$50,000 to $69,999 ______ . ___ . _____ . _____ 

67 69 $70,000 to $99,999 __ . ___________________ 

71 42 $100,000 to $199,999 _. __ . ______ . ________ 

86 78 $200,000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Forms Number Farms Number Forms Number 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel tractors ___________________________ _ 

Grain and bean combines, self-propelled only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers ________ _ Cattanpickers- ___________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ 

Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

field forage harvesters. shear bar or flywheel type . ____________ • __________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: 

334 456 146 197 212 259 437 I 018 191 275 342 743 471 1 120 89 123 437 997 - - - - -

(D~I 8 8 4 4 4 I (0) - - I 

- - - - - - 129 149 59 67 70 82 144 165 54 54 97 III 

70 71 16 16 55 55 

1978 and 1974 

[1978 data ore bosed on a sample of forms; see text] 

Hired workers - All farms, 1978 

1978 

77 

58 

53 

8 "l 

10 

5 ~ .J 

Forms 

327 

377 

390 -

9 

6 (NA) 

60 

ll7 

61 

1974 

forms Acres on which us.ed 

271 10 436

1 (NA) 10184 

(NA) 252 

58 1 579 

(NA) 4 164 

3 31 

46 1 555 

(NA) 4 0101 

16 508J 25 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

Farms with sales 

of $2.500 or more 

1974 1978 1974 

76 77 65 

59 57 57 

21 53 21 

~ 8 1 20 9 19 1 L 5 .J 

1974 

Manufactured 

Number 1970 to 1974 

467 272 948 332 917 176 

- - 10 - 7 3 (NAI (NA) 

69 30 121 27 

71 22 

Any hired workersForms with sales of $2.500 or more 

Working 150 days or more Working less thon 1 SO days 

Any Forms Workers Forms Workers 1978 1974 

Farms __________________________________________________ _ 

Workers ________________________________________________ _ - 320 184 (X) 254 (X) 276 244 - 3 330 (X) 1 260 (Xl 2 070 3 219 3 397 

Forms witn-

- 47 75 75 28 28 38 29 - 65 41 82 66 132 37 25 - 61 28 97 68 235 56 45 - 84 19 123 48 306 83 57 - 63 21 883 44 1 369 62 88 

1 worker ______________________________________________ _ 2 workers _____________________________________________ _ 

3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 5 to 9 workers _________________________________________ _ 

10 workers or more _____________________________________ _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS. 183 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms forms with safes of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Number farms Number Forms Number Farms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ 

Any cottle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ 

- 303 (X)' 255 (X) , 207 (X) 153 (X) 

- 209 (X) 180 (X) 141 (X) 116 (X) 

Soles; 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1,000_ - 264 20 579 221 13 836 190 20 253 147 13 556 

Any cottle, hogs, or sheep ____________________ $1,000_ - 195 2 207 157 (NA) 138 2 129 107 1 237 

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: (ottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

- 162 5 719 152 6 592 104 4941 96 5 743 Cows and heifers that had colved ____________________ _ Beef cows _____________________________________ _ - 146 3 135 135 3 954 92 2 762 91 3 584 

- 99 919 83 I 266 50 704 45 1 027 Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

- 73 2 216 66 2 688 58 2 058 56 2 557 Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ 

- 109 I 842 (NA) (NA) 72 1 600 66 I 534 

- 114 742 (NA) (NA) 72 579 57 625 

Sales: Cottle and colves ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Calves __________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Cattle ___________________________________________ _ 

- 142 2 971 127 2 660 103 2 738 89 2453 

- (X) 732 (X) (NA) (X) 671 (X) 616 

- 97 I 636 (NA) (NA) 77 1 518 60 1 096 

- (X) 123 (X) (NA) (X) 111 (X) 63 

- 122 1 335 (NA) (NA) 89 I 220 84 I 357 

$1,000_ fattened cattle _________________________________ _ 

$1.000_ Dairy products _______________________________ $] ,000_ 

- (X) 609 (X) (NA) (X) 560 (X) 552, 

- 32 112 (NA) (NA) 19 72 10 70 

- (X) 45 (X) (NA) (X) 28 (X) 18 

- 51 2 934 (NA) (NA) 44 2 756 48 2437 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ _ 

Other hogs and pigs _______________________________ _ 

- 73 13 766 49 7 414 48 13 322 34 7 176 

- 39 1 249 (NA) (NA) 30 I 198 19 852 

- 67 12 517 (NA) (NA) 45 12 124 34 6 324 

Litters of pigs farrowed between- Oec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ________________ _ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 ______________ _ June 1 and Nov. 30 _____________________________ _ 

- 41 1 451 22 912 31 1 404 19 889 

- 36 629 18 435 27 600 16 (D) 

- 30 822 20 477 23 804 17 (D) 

Sheep and lombs ____________________________________ _ 

Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ _ Goats _____________________________________________ _ 

- 37 664 32 651 20 411 10 182 

- 30 379 (NA) (NA) 16 237 7 109 

- 18 126 (NA) (NA) 11 70 I (D) 

Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

Sales; 

- 125 998, 75 468 76 611, 40 327 

Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Feeder pigs ______________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Sheep and !ambs ____________________________________ _ 

Sheep and lambs shorn ______________________________ _ Pounds of wool ___________________________________ _ 

- 60 13 850 34 8 813 45 13 585 29 8672 

- (X) I 450 (X) (NA) (X) I 439 (X) 619 

- 16 876 6 971 11 754 6 971 

- (X) 31 (X) (NA) (X) 28 (X) 19 

- 29 362 21 301 15 240 5 95 

- 30 505 (NA) (NA) 16 321 5 108 

- (X) 3568 (X) (NA) (X) 2327 (X) 532 

Sheep, lambs, and wool ________________________ $1,000_ 

Goats _____________________________________________ _ 

- 33 26 (NA) (NA) 17 18 7 2 

- 8 101 (NA) (NA) 5 67 1 (D) 

$1.000_ Horses and pOflies __________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ 

- (X) 7 (X) (NA) (X) 5 (X) (l) 

- 29 188 17 161 20 174 14 158 

- (X) 270 (X) (NA) (X) 264 (X) 120 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pollets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys ______________________ ---_ - ___ ---- ---- ----

Turkeys for slaughter __________ - _______ -_ ---_ -- --- Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

- 102 (X) 81 (X) 59 (X) 44 (X) 

- 84 216 742 78 464 282 48 212 248 41 459 993 

- 83 193 502 72 365 700 47 189 188 40 362 042 

- 10 23 240 (NA) (NA) 6 23 060 10 89 941 

- 8 (D) (NA) (NA) 7 (D) 6 82 805 

- 11 14 416 4 9 767 5 13811 3 (D) 

- 9 7 038 (NA) (NA) 3 6900 4 4 250 

- 9 7 038 (NA) (NA) 3 6 900 4 4 250 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 38 (X) (NA) (X) 17 (X) 2 (X) 

Sales: Any poultry __________________ -_ ------ ------------ --- Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ 

Turkeys ______________________ -- -_ -- --------------

Turkeys for slaughter __________________ -_ ---- -- --- Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

Other poultry ______________ -- ---- -- -- ---------- --- Poultry and poultry product5-___________________ $1.000_ 

- 54 (X) 44 (X) 39 (X) 36 (X) 

- 34 136 600 39 356 770 28 134 857 31 354 016 

- 34 136 600 38 332 730 28 134 857 30 (D) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - 2 (D) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 6 (D) 2 (D) 3 (0) 2 (D) 

- 11 14 806 (NA) (NA) 8 14 692 7 17 600 

- 11 14 806 (NA) (NA) 8 14 692 7 (D) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - 1 (D) 

- 9 (X) (NA) (X) 4 (X) 2 (X~I - 69 2 968 55 4 915 43 2917 39 4 868 

184 MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

For groin or seed (bushels) ___________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

For silage or green chop (tons, green) __________ 1978_ 

1974. 

For fodder, hogged or grozed ________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ 

1974. For grain or seed (bushels) ___________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

For silage or green chop (tons, green) __________ 1978_ 

1974. 

Cut for dry forage or hoy (tons, dry) ._ .•.... _.1978. 

1974. 

Hogged or grazed •••..•••.••...•••...••..•. 1978. 

1974. 

Wheat for groin (bushels>-.•. _ .•.•......•...••• 1978. 

1974. 

Oats for grain (bushels) .•.•....•...•. _._. ____ .1978. 

1974. 

8arley for groin (bushels) ••...•......•.•.•• _._.1978. 

1974. 

Rye for groin (bushels) ....•...••...•••..••.•.• 1978. 

1974. 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· Other small groins for 9roio ____________________ 1978_ · 1974. 

Soybeans for beans (bushels) ...•.. _ •. _._ ..•...• 1978. 

1974. 

· 

· 

· Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ · 1974. 

Cotton (bales) •.• _ ••••••.•....•.•.••••..••..• 1978. 

1974. 

Tobacco (pounds) ••...•.......••...••..••...• 1978. 

1974. Irish potatoes (hundredweightl- _________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

Sweetpototoes (bushels) ..•.••..••••.•...•..... 1978. 

1974. 

Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see text>-_ ..•...••. _ ••..• 1978. 

1974. 

Alfalfa hoy (tons, dry) ..• _ •.••.•••.•••.•...• 1978. 

1974. 

Other tome dry hoy (tons, dry) (see text) ...... 1978. 

Field seed crops •• _ •••.•••••••.•.•••.......... 1978. 

1974. 

Alfalfa seed (pounds) ....••.••••...••..•••.• 1978. 

1974. 

Red clover seed (pounds) ...•...•......... _ .. 1978. 

1974. 

All vegetables harvested for sale (see text) ....•.. 1978. 

1974. Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· Tomatoes ..••••••••..••••..•••.•.••..•••.. 1978. 

1974. -

Green peas excluding cowpeas ________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

land in orchards _____________________________ 1978_ 

1974. 

Apples (pounds) ••••.•••••.•••••.••••••••••• 1978. 

1974. 

Peaches (pounds)._ •••. _ ••.••••••••.•••...•. 1978. 

1974. 

Gropes (pounds) (see text) ....••....•••.•••.• 1978. 

1974. 

Berries .•..••••.•.•.••.•••.. _ •••.••••••••••. 1978. 

1974. 

Strawberries (pounds). .•••.••••••••.•..•.... 1978. 

1974. Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ 

Other crops ••.••••••.••••.•.•••..•••.. _ ••.. _1978. 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

Farms 

62 

52 

4 

5 

59 

(NA) 

1 

(NA) 

-

1 

-

-

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

1 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12 

21 

-

-

221 

174 

97 

(NA) 

141 

- (NAl 

- (NA) 

-

(NA) 

125 

141 

80 

(NA) 

68 

(NA) 

10 

(NA) 

65 

68 

58 

(NA) 

18 

(NA) 

11 

(NA) 

36 

43 

27 

(NA) 

149 

3 

Harvested 

Acres 

1 867 

1 775 

(0) 

105 

1 849 

(NA) 

(0) 

(NA) 

-

(0) 

-

-

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

(0) 

(NA) 

-

(NA) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(0) 

128 

-

- 10 944 

10 106 

3 104 

(NA) 

5 046 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

2 569 

3 319 

1 495 

(NA) 

76 

(NA) 

14 

(NA) 

1 373 

1 961 

1 212 

(NA) 

64 

(NA) 

17 

(NAl 

68 

92 

27 

(NA) 

1 140 

3 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 

All farms 

Irrigated 

Quantity Forms Acres 

(X) I -

(X) (NA) (NA~i 1 5891 -

4 170 (NA) (NA~I 32 278 -

(NA) (NA) 

(X) - (NA~I (X) (NA) (NA) 

(X) I - -

,11 

(NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) - -

(X) (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

- - -

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

- - -

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

(0) - - (NA)I (NAl (NA) 

(X) - -

(X) (NAl (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

- - - - (NA) (NAl 

- - - - (NA) (NAl 

6 909 1 (0) 

24 602 (NA) (NAl 

- - -

- (NA) (NA) 

20 320 2 (0) 

19 650 (NA) (NA) 

7 842 -

(NA) (NA) (NAJI 

9 026 1 (D) 

(Xl - - (Xl (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NAl (NAl 

- - - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

(Xl 48 914 

(Xl (NA) (NA) 

(X) 20 453 

(X) (NA) (NAl 

(Xl 27 22 

(X) (NA) (NAl 

(X) 3 (0) 

(X) (NA) (NAl 

(X) 6 24 

(X) (NA) (NAl 

14 224 300 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

157 989 (NA) (NAl 

(NA) (NA) (NAl 

655 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NAl 

(X) 15 49 

(X) (NA) (NA) 

136 036 11 15 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 

(X) 82 258 (X) (NAl (NA) 

Farms with soles of $2,500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres 

52 1 765 (X) - 271 47 1 690 

i~ll 4 

2 (0) - -

4 (0) (0) - - 51 (0) 31 060 - -

40 1 543 25 5911 3 (0) 

- - - (X) -

I (0) 3 (0) (X) 

- - (X) - -

- - (X) - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - (X) - -

- - (Xl - -I 

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1 (0) (0) - -

- - (Xli -

- - =1 -

- - (X) -

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

11 (0) (0) 1 (0) 

18 108 23 173 5 34 

- - - - -

- - - - -

153 9 406 17 580 1 (0) 

109 8 265 16 792 4 45 

75 2 747 6 9511 -

44 1 532 4 394 1 (OJ 1 

99 4 085 7492 - -

- - (X) - -

1 (01 (X) - -

- - - - -

1 (0) (0) - -

- - - - - - - -I - -I 

103 2 481 (X) 43 905 

105 3 194 (X) 45 987 

68 1 459 (X) 19 (0) 

80 2 048 (X) 30 528 

58 70 (X) 22 22 

68 79 (X) 33 29 

10 14 (X) 3 (0) 

20 20 (X)I 8 10 

50 1 329 (X) 5 (0) 

43 1 875 (X) 7 87 

45 1 179 14 169 675 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) 1 740 16 951 987 (NA) (NA) 

17 (0) 157 989 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) 39 75 900 (NA) (NA) 

6 9 (0) (NAl (NA) 

1 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

27 61 (X) II 45 24 72 (X) 11 62 22 25 134 936 10 (0) 

20 23 107 182 9 14 

138 1 130 (X) 81 (0) 

1 (0) (X) (NA) (NA) 

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS. 18S 
Tobie 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

- 203 14 0131 172 11 965 149 11 077 122 9 11 I 

- (X) 69 (X) 70 (X) 74 (X) 75 

- (X) 252 160 (X) 252 160 (X) 252 160 (X) 252 160 

- (X) 5.6 (X) 4.7 (X) 4.4 (X) 3.6 

Forms ______________________________________________ _ 

Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

AP~;~;~~i~~ ~~n~~~~a== == == == == == == == == == == == == -pe;c"'e""nt= 

Value of land and buildings; I 

- 176 272 (X) 133 808 (X) 193 150 (X) 137951 (X) 

- (X) 2 186 (X) I 924 (X) 2 110 (X) I 847 

Average per form _____________________________ dollars_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollars_ 

land in forms according to use: 

- 184 5616 151 4 713 135 4483 105 3985 

- 170 3 714 137 3 309 128 3074 96 2 711 

Total cropland ______________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 

By ocres harvested: 

- 94 241 67 (NA) 72 157 41 (NA) 

- 18 237 17 (NA) 9 112 II (NA) 

- 17 401 13 (NA) 13 305 II (NA) 

- 18 659 15 (NA) 12 434 11 (NA) 

- 15 I 075 18 (NA) 15 I 075 17 (NA) 

- 6 (0) 6 (NA) 5 (D) 4 (NA) 

2 (D) I (NA) 2 (D) I (NA) 

- - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

- - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

10 to 19 ocres _______________________________ _ 

20 to 29 ocres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 ocres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 

200 to 499 acres __ 

500 to 999 acres __ ============================ 1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

Cropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ 

- 54 I 621 52 875 35 I 196 33 785 Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

- Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement 27 (D) 27 529 21 213 18 489 

- 7 50 (NA) (NA) 6 (0) 6 111 

- 6 (D) (NA) (NA) 5 (0) 2 (D) 

- 3 (D)I (NA) (NA) 3 (D) 3 49 

- 12 146 (NA) (NA) 8 99 10 304 

grosses, not harvested or postured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

Cropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ Cropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

TOfal woodland _____________________________________ _ 

- 89 6 758 70 5 214 65 5 359 48 3 642 

- 25 I 811 (NA) (NA) 19 I 722 10 661 

- 73 4947 (NA) (NA) 49 3 637 41 2 981 

Woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

Woodland not postured ____________________________ _ 

Other lond _________________________________________ _ 

- 139 I 639 123 2 038 106 I 235 84 I 484 Posturelond and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland postured _______________________________ _ - 21 346 (NA) (NA) 14 259 14 557 land in house lots, ponds, roods, wosteland, etc ______ _ -- 132 1 293 (NA) (NA) 101 976 80 927 

Postureland, all typeL ________________________________ _ 

-- 74 3 778 (NA) (NA) 48 3 177 (NA) 2 003 

Irrigated land _______________________________________ _ 

-- 49 257 40 385 42 210 25 351 Harvested cropland irrigated _________________________ _ -- 49 (0) (NA) (NA) 42 210 25 329 Posturelond irrigated _______________________________ _ 

-- I (D) (NA) (NA) - - (NA) 22 Other land irrigated ________________________________ _ 

-- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - land set aside in the federal farm programs in 1978 _______ _ -- - - (X) (X) - - (X) (X) 

1J978 dota are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold' _______________ _ - 203 5 829 172 5 130 149 5 700 122 4 997 Average per form ___________________________ dollars_ - (X) 28 714 (X) 29 826 (X) 38 254 (X) 40 959 

Forms by value of agricultural products sold: I 

$100.000 or more ___________________________________ _ - 14 2 794 12 (NA) 14 2 794 12 (NA) $40.00010 $99,999 _________________________________ _ - 24 1 539 25 (NA) 24 1 539 25 (NA) $20.00010 $39,999 _________________________________ _ - 28 770 17 (NA) 28 770 17 (NA) 

$10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ $5,000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ - 20 287 23 (NA) 20 287 23 (NA) 

- 22 164 24 (NA) 22 164 24 (NA) 

$2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 (seelext) ___________________________ _ 

$2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

- 41 145 18 (NA) 41 145 18 (NA) 

- 53 (0) 51 (NA) (X) (X) 3 (NA) 

- 8 (D) (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

$1,500 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ $1.000 to $1,499 _________________________________ _ 

less Ihon $1,000 _________________________________ _ Abnormal forms (see text} ____________________________ _ 

- 13 23 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 15 18 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 17 (D) (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- I (D) 2 (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 136 4 253 107 3 153 108 4 215 (NA) 3 113 

- I (D) (NA) (NA) I (0) - -

(raps __________________________________ -_ ------------

Groins ____________________________________ -_ - __ - ---

- - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ (otton and cottonseed ____________________________ - __ _ 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 35 109 (NA) (NA) 20 90 21 66 

- 34 330 (NA) (NA) 29 326 24 226 

- 15 68 (NA) (NA) 13 (D) 9 (D) 

- 77 3 733 56 2 744 68 3 719 45 2 732 

- 5 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (D) 2 (D) 

Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ 

T obaceo ____________________________ -_ --------------

Field seeds, hoy, forage, and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons ____________________ _ 

Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ 

Other crops ___________________ - -_ -- -- ------------ ---

- 85 I 576 93 I 958 59 I 485 63 I 867 

- 20 324 32 618 16 322 23 606 

- 21 912 (NA) (NA) 19 (D) 20 663 

- 40 179 (NA) (NA) 33 167 32 131 

- 13 105 (NA) (NA) 12 (D) 14 101 

18 17 (NA) (NA) 9 (D) 8 5 

- 21 39 (NA) (NA) 10 29 5 360 

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ Poultry and poultry products __________________________ _ 

Hogs g~;~ and ~not~~~~e~- pigL _________________________________ == ============ ==== == == ======== == ==== -----

Sheep, lambs, and wool _______________________________ _ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

1)974 data include safes of forest products. 

186 NORFOLK COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms 

Forms with harvested cropland Forms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested 

1978 1974 in forms Forms in farms cropland Forms in forms cropland 

- 203 172 14013 170 13 358 3 7141 49 1 793 S86 

78 52 267 64 217 119 26 114 SO 

- 60 56 1 450 43 1 096 368 15 343 116 

All forms ___________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1 to 9 ocres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 ocres _____________________ _ 

- 12 12 686 12 686 383 1 (0) (0) 

- 11 17 886 II 886 399 3 232 112 

50 to 69 ocres _____________________ _ 70 to 99 ocreL ____________________ _ 

100 to 139 ocre'-__________________ _ 

- 16 12 I 924 14 I 673 608 1 (D) (D) 

140 to 179 acres ___________________ _ - 9 6 1 422 9 1 422 576 1 (D) (D) 

180 to 219 ocre'-__________________ _ - 3 4 605 3 605 67 - - -

- 2 3 (D) 2 (0) (D) - - -

- 7 7 2 638 7 2 638 803 I (fl) (D) 

220 to 259 acre'-__________________ _ 260 to 499 acres ___________________ _ 

500 to 999 ocre'- __________________ _ - 4 2 2 508 4 2 508 258 1 (0) (D) 

1,000 to 1,999 acre'- _______________ _ - 1 1 (0) 1 (0) (0) - - - 2,000 acres or more ________________ _ 

- - - - - - - - - -

Table 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms 

land in forms __________________________________ _ 203 Harvested cropland ____________________________ _ 170 

Tenure of operator: Full owners __________________________________ _ 146 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 117 Port owners __________________________________ _ 43 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 41 Tenants _____________________________________ _ 14 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 12 

Type of organization: Individual or family ____________________________ _ 161 Partnership __________________________________ _ 10 Corporation __________________________________ _ 28 Other-cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc._ 4 

All farms 

Acres 

14 013 3 714 

6936 

1 435 

6 935 

2 184 

142 

95 

11 058 

909 

572 

474 

1974 

Farms 

172 

137 

128 

(NA) 

33 

(NA) 

11 (NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Acres 

11 965 3 309 

6 225 

1 519 

5 548 

1 709 

192 

81 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Forms with soles of -$2,500 or more 

1978 

Forms 

149 

128 

100 

82 

37 

35 

12 

11 

112 

8 

27 

2 

Acres 

11 onl 3 074 

4600 

933 

(0) 

(D) 

(0) 

(D) 

8 913 

(D) 

(0) 

(0) 

1974 

Forms 

122 

96 

81 

(NA) 

31 

(NA) 

10 

(NA) 

84 

12 

23 

3 

Irrigated 

land 

257/ 

49 

105 

(D) 

21 

(0) 

(D) 

-

-

(0) 

(D) 

-

-

Acres 

9 1111 2 711 

3 4671 980 

(0) 

1 651 

(0) 

80 

7 007 

1 630 

344 

130 

All forms Forms with sales of All forms Forms with sales of 

1978 '1974 

Operators by principal occupation: Forming _____________________________ _ 106 92 Other _______________________________ _ 97 52 

Operators by age group: Under 25 years _______________________ _ 3 4 25 to 34 yeorL _______________________ _ 12 3 35 to 44 yearL _______________________ _ 41 24 45 to 54 years ________________________ _ 41 38 55 to 64 years ________________________ _ 56 41 65 years and over _____________________ _ 50 34 Average age __________________________ _ 53.9 55.4 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 

90 

59 

69 

27 

Operators by pIoce of residence: On form operated _____________________ _ 

Not on form operated __________________ _ 

2 

7 

27 

35 

43 

35 

21 OP::~t:::or:::~;~~~~~-:~;~~;: ~~~~~~:---

53.6 

1 

14 

25 

30 

24 

56.9 

None ________________________________ _ 

1 to 49 doy'- _________________________ _ 50 to 99 days _________________________ _ 

100 to 149 days _______________________ _ 

150 to 199 days _______________________ _ 

200 doys or more _____________________ _ 

lApplies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

f1978 data are bosed on a sample of forms; see text] 

All forms 

$2,500 or more 

1978 11974 1978 '1974 

151 107 102 68 35 12 30 9 17 25

1 

17 19 

93 60 76 44 14 2 9 2 4 5 3 4 

6 3 7 5 4 5 71 39 43 14 

Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) 

- 59 146 68 218 41 134 43 207 - 85 606 96 827 58 512 64 791 - 46 411 86 761 35 380 63 730 - 66 16 (NA) (NA) 41 9 31 14 - 121 719 87 319 96 711 58 314 - 112 103 109 89 86 95 70 106 43 80 - 72 23 76 39 52 100 1 197 74 20 - 757 78 1 079 65 746 - 12 19 6 3 11 (0) 5 (D) 

- 16 12 18 5 11 10 10 4 

- 200 760 (NA) (NA) 149 730 (NA) - 200 651 165 324 149 (NA) 631 120 314 - 182 132 (NA) (NA) 139 122 120 113 - 31 12 (NA) (NA) 26 16 10 20 7 - 3 (NA) (NA) 10 3 71 - 481 18 10 (NA) (NA) 60 474 } - 5 2 (NA) (NA) 4 (0) - 200 22 (NA) (NA) 120 184 149 20 - 126 102 (NA) (NA) 103 93 (NA) - 17 (0) (NAl (NA) 15 (D) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

livestock and poultry purchosed _________________________ _ 

Feed for livestock and poultry ___________________________ _ 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ Animol health costs ___________________________________ _ 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees __________________________ _ Commercial fertilizer __________________________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ Hired farm labor ______________________________________ _ Contract lobor ________________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rentol of machinery and equipment _. ___________________ • ____________________ _ 

Energy and petroleum produc:ts __________________________ _ Petroleum products _________________________________ _ Gasoline _________________________________________ _ 

Diesel fuel _______________________________________ _ 

lP yos, butane. and propane ________________________ _ fue oil. _________________________________________ _ 

Natural gas ______________________________________ _ 

Kerosene, motor oil. and greose _____________________ _ Electricity __________________________________________ _ 

0ther- coal. wood, coke, etc. _________________________ _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA NORFOLK COUNTY, MASS. 187 
Tobie 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 dote ore based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All forms Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1978 

Forms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

Cropland fertilized, except posture __________________________ _ 

Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ lime _____________________________________________________ _ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to confrol- Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ 

Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchords _____________________________ _ 

Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and pasture _________________ _ 

- 104 1 823

1 

84 - 103 1 645 83 

- 9 178 8 

- 37 473 30 

- 53 512 39 

- 16 108 12 

- 60 234 43 

- 54 669 37 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control _______________________ _ 

- 4 22 2 

- 30 (X) 18 

- 31 (X) 20 

Tobie 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery ond equipmenL ___________ forms_ 

$1,000_ 

Average per form ________________ dollarsFarms by value group: $1 to $4,999 __________________________ _ 

$5,00010 $9,99L ______________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 _____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel tractorL __________________________ _ 

Groin and bean combines, self-propelled only __ _ (orn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other corn pickers and picker-shellers ________ _ (ottonpickerL ___________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ 

Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

Field forage harvesfers, shear bar or flywheellype ________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

[1978 data are based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All farms Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Can. 

Estimated market value of 011 

203 160 149 112 machinery and equipment- Can. 3 720 2 405 3 281 1 921 $20,000 to $29,999 ______________________ 

18 324 15 031 22 019 17 152 $30,000 to $49,999 ______________________ $50,000 to $69,999 ______________________ 

28 45 12 25 $70,000 to $99,999 ______________________ 

49 31 24 16 $100,000 to $199,999 ____________________ 

53 49 45 42 $200,000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All farms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Forms Number Farms Number Farms Number 

101 160 63 77 61 83 

170 309 104 131 110 178 

155 321 29 47 145 274 

- - - - - -

3 3 - - 3 3 

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

15 15 5 5 10 10 

52 58 II II 42 47 

16 17 II II 6 6 

Tobie 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 do to are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

Hired workers-All farms, 1978 

1 599 

1 446 

(0) 

387 

428 

79 

193 

521 

(OJ 

(X) 

(X) 

1974 

Forms Acres on which used 

70 1 610 (NA) 1 289 (NA) 321 

15 149 

(NAl 323 

2 (0) 

7 101 

(NA) 341 

2 (0) 

6 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

AU forms Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

31 18 27 15 

24 10 24 B II 3 10 3 

~1 ~ 7 1 31 4 -

- J l. - .J 

1974 

Manufactured 

Forms Number 1970 to 1974 

108 154 88 

132 253 78 

124 239 27 

- - - - - -

I (0) - (NA) (NA) (NA) 

23 30 II 

48 51 14 

12 14 I 

Any hired workersFarms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Working 150 doys or mare Working less tho n 150 days 

Any Farms Workers Farms Workers 1978 1974 

farms ________________________ -- ---- -- -- -----------------

Workers __________________ -_ -_ ---- -- -- -------------------- 100 56 (X) 81 (X) 78 65 

- 526 (X) 228 (X) 298 455 542 

- 14 17 17 22 22 7 17 

22 I (0) 21 (0) 19 10 - 29 26 93 18 60 20 II - 23 10 71 14 89 21 10 - 12 2 (0) 6 (0) II 17 -

Farms with- J worker ________________ ---- -- ---- -- -------------------

2 workers ______________ -- ---------- -- ------.----------- 3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 workers _________________________________________ _ 

10 workers or more _____________________________________ _ 

188 NORFOLK COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Number Forms Number Farms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY I I I I 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ Any cottle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ 102 (X) 98 (X) 64 (X) 66 (X) 

- (X) 73 (X) 44 (X) 46 (X) 

- 66 

Sales, 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1,000. 

Any cottle, hogs. or sheep ____________________ $1,000_ 

85 1 576 93 1 958 59 1 485 63 1 867 

- 237 59 301 61 (NA) 42 281 42 -

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: Cottle and colves ___________________ • ___ ._._. ___ • ___ _ 

Cows and heifers that had colved ____________________ _ Beef cows ___________________ ._. _. _._._. ___ • ___ • 

Milk cows _____________ ._. _____ • _._. ___ • _______ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves _._._._. _______ • ___________ _ 

Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves _._._. ___ • ___ _ 

53 1 572 55 1 867 39 1 330 37 1 585 - 47 1 160 34 842 34 1 015 45 947 - 193 28 280 14 157 16 221 - 22 

27 754 31 880 23 685 25 794 - 40 414 (NA) (NA) 26 304 26 460 - 29 211 (NA) (NA) 19 184 18 110 -

Sales: Cottle and calves ___________________ ._. _____ ._._. ___ • 

$1,000_ Colves __________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Cottle ___________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Fattened cattle _________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ 

Dairy products _______________________________ $1,000_ 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ _ 

Other hogs and pigs _______________________________ _ 

40 773 44 793 33 707 32 716 - (X) 179 (X) (NA) (X) 167 (X) 131 - 28 333 (NA) (NA) I 24 289 25 371 - (X) 18 (X) (NA) (X) 15 (X) 10 - (NA) (NA) 29 418 28 345 - 35 440 

(X) 161 (X) (NA)I (X) 152

1 

(X) - 1211 

- 5 92 (NA) (NA) 5 92 6 110 

- (X) 42 (X) (NA) (X) 

(~~I (X) 51 

- 21 912 (NA) (NA) 19 20 663 

- 19 1 331 31 1 276 12 1 3051 19 1 231 

- 10 187 (NA) (NA) 8 (0) 13 162 

- 18 1 144 (NA) (NA) 12 (D) 16 1 069 

litters of pigs farrowed between- De<:. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ________________ _ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 ______________ _ June 1 and Nov. 30 _____________________________ _ 

- 12 296 17 204 10 (D) 13 197 

- 11 166 13 109 10 (0) 9 (0) 

- 9 130 11 95 7 (0) 10 (D) 

Sheep and lambs ____________________________________ _ 

Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ _ Goats _____________________________________________ _ 

Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

Sales: 

- 19 503 23 334 9 324

1 

9 150 

- 15 395 (NA) (NA) 9 286 9 103 

- 6 52 (NA) (NA) 2 (D) - -

- 33 242 22 341

1 

15 60

1 

9 290

1 

Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 13 1 829 19 1 626 12 (D) 14 1 564 

$1.000_ - (X) 105 (X) (NA) (X) (0) (X) 101 Feeder pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 6 466 6 406 5 (0) 4 (D) 

$1.000_ - (X) 15 (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) 11 Sheep and lombs ____________________________________ _ 

- 17 382 14 182 8 279 7 119 Sheep and lambs shorn ______________________________ _ 

- 16 451 (NA) (NA) 8 309 7 146 Pounds of wool ___________________________________ _ 

- (X) 3 631 (X) (NA) (X) 2 034 (X) 702 Sheep, lambs, and wool ________________________ $1.000_ Goats _____________________________________________ _ - 18 171 (NA) (NA) 9 

(~I (D) 5 

- 6 61 (NA) (NA) 1 - - $1,000_ - (X) 2 (X) (NA) (X) (D) (X) - Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

- 13 28 7 109 9 21 4 106 

$1.000_ - (X) 34 (X) (NA) (X) 29 (X) 357 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens- _______________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

- 26 (X) 42 (X) 18 (X) I 24 (X) 

- 25 24 439 39 38 727 17 24 172 21 37 086 

- 25 (D) 38 37 642 17 (0) 20 36 051 

- 5 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (D) 3 1 035 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - 1 (D) 

- 3 157 6 606 1 (D) 3 256 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) 5 720 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) 5 720 

Other poultry ____________________________________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

Sales, - 5 (X) (NA) (X) 2 (X) 3 (X) 

Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ 

- 18 (X) 26 (X) 15 (X) 22 (X) - 14 18 101 23 16 799 13 (0) 19 15 815 

- 14 18 101 23 16 799 13 (D) 19 15 815 - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - 1 (0) (NA) (NA) - - - - - 1 (D) 3 609 1 (0) 2 (D) 

- 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 2 (D) 4 9 550 - 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) 4 9 550 

Other poultry ____________________________________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - -

Poultry and poultry products ____________________ $1.000_ 

- - 2 (X) (NA) (X) - (X) 2 (X) - 20 324 32 618 16 322 23 606 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA NORFOLK COUNTY, MASS. 189 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - For grain or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - For siloge or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ - 1974_ - For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ - 1974_ -

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Cut for dry forage or hoy (taos, dry) __________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Hogged or grozed __________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ - Wheat for groin (bushelsL _____________________ 1978_ - 1974 -- Oats for groin (bushels) _______________________ 1978 -- 1974_ - Borley for groin (bushels) ______________________ J978 -- 1974_ - Rye for groin (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ - 1974 -- Other small groins for groin ____________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Soybeans for beans (bushelsL _________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Peanuts for nuts (pounds) ____________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Colton (boles) _______________________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Tobocco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Irish potatoes (hundredweightL _________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Sweetpotatoes (bushels) _______________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see text) _________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Alfolfo hoy (tons, dry) ______________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Other tome dry hoy (tons, dry) (see text) ______ 1978 -- Field seed crops- _____________________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Alfolfo seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978 -- 1974 --

All vegetables harvesfed for sale (see text) _______ 1978 -- 1974 -- Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978 -- 1974 -- Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978_ - 1974_ Green peas excluding cowpeas ______ . _________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Land in orchards _____________________________ J 978_ 

1974_ 

Apples (pounds) _________________________ • __ 1978_ 

1974_ Peoches (pounds) ___________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Gropes (pounds) (see text) ___________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Berries _____________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Strawberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ Other crops _________________________________ 1978_ 

190 NORfOLK COUNTY, MASS. 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Farms 

18 

15 

2 

I 

17 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

2 

2 

-

-

2 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4 

8 

-

-

76 

64 

36 

(NA) 

50 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

34 

36 

24 

(NA) 

17 

(NA) 

6 

(NA) 

16 

14 

16 

(NA) 

5 

(NA) 

2 

(NA) 

7 

6 

5 (NA) 

77 

I 

All farms 

Harvested 

Acres Quantity 

462 (X) 

297 (X) 

(0) (D) 

(D) (D) 

(D) 6848 (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 

(NA) (X) 

(0) 

(D) (X) (X) I -

-

(0) (D) 

(NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 

(NA) (X) 

- - - - - - (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 

(NA) (X) 

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- - 4 (0) 

7 I 392 

- - - - 2 732 4 605 

2 326 5 433 

760 I 561 

(NA) (NA) 

I 395 2 322 

- (X) 

(NA) (X) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

408 (X) 

478 (X) 

213 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

38 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

7 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

76 (X) 

120 (X) 

71 461 498 

(NA) (NA) 

2 6 515 

(NA) (NA) 

(0) (D) 

(NA) (NA) 

8 (X) 

5 (X) 

3 II 225 

(NA) (NA) 

73 (X) 

(0) (X) 

Forms with soles of $2.500 or more 

Irrigated Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Farms Acres 

I (D) 14 407 (X) - - (NA) (NA) 13 (D) (X) - - - - I (D) (D) - - (NA) (NA) I (D) (D) - - I (D) 13 (D) 5 927 - -

(NA) (NA) 12 251 3 397 - -

- - - - (X) - - (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

- - - - (X) - - (NA) (NA) 2 (D) (X) - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) 2 (D) (D) - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - (X) - - (NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - < - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - -

(NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - - (X) - -

(NA) (NA) - - (X) - -

- - - - - - -

(NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - -

(NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - 2 (0) 2 (D) (D) - - (NA) (NA) I (D) (0) I (D) 

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - 4 33 48 2 182 3 822 2 (D) 

(NA) (NA) 45 I Bll 4 476 I (D) 

3 32 22 583 I 363 2 (D) 

(NA) (NA) 18 643 I 955 I (D) 

I (D) 34 I 066 I 796 - -

- - - - (X) - -

(NA) (NA) - - (X) - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

13 139 29 389 (X) II (0) 

(NA) (NA) 24 442 (X) 8 206 

7 60 19 198 (X) 5 (0) 

(NA) (NA) 20 274 (X) 7 116 

10 21 15 (D) (X) 8 (D) 

(NA) (NA) 17 23 (X) 6 5 

4 4 4 (D) (X) 2 (0) 

(NA) (NA) 3 2 (X) I (D) 

2 (0) 12 66 (X) 2 (D) 

(NA) (NA) 10 III (X) I (D) 

(NA) (NA) 12 63 459 098 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 96 (NA) (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 4 (0) (D) (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) (D) (D) (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 2 (0) (D) (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) - - - (NA) (NA) 

5 6 5 (D) (X) 4 (0) 

(NA) (NA) 3 I (X) 2 (D) 

3 2 4 (D) (D) 3 2 

(NA) (NA) 3 I 3 150 2 (0) 

32 43 68 70 (X) 30 (D) 

(NA) (NA) 1 (D) (X) (NA) (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 1. Farms, land in Farms, and land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Farms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

Forms __________________________ -- -- -- -- -- ------ -----

Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

Approximate land oreo _________________________________ _ 

Proportion in forms __________________________ percenL 

589 82 9241 532 77 4041 457 76 2711 392 70 677 - (X) 145 (X) 167 (X) 180 (X) 141 - 418 6881 (X) 418 5601 (X) 418 688 (X) 418 560 (X) 

- 18.5 (X) 18.2 (X) 16.9 

- (X) 19.8 (X) 

Value of land and buildings: 1 Averoge per farm _____________________________ dollars_ 

Average per acre _____________________________ dollors_ 155 348 (X) 122 406 (X) 167 977 (X) 146 577 (X) 

- 1 146 (X) 841 (X) I 036 (X) 813 - (X) 

land in forms according to use: Total croplond ____________________________________ --_ Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 554 22 274 506 21 6511 437 19 867 371 19 571 - 537 18 234 494 17 642 431 16933 366 16 184 - By acres harvested: 1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 

to fa J9 acres _______________________________ _ 20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

244 954 223 (NA) 173 705 129 (NA) - (NA) 110 1 440 84 (NA) 97 I 277 73 - (HA) 54 I 215 63 (NA) 45 1 024 51 - 43 (HA) 54 1 967 52 (NA) 45 1 652 - (NA) 40 2 712 39 (NA) 37 2 550 38 - 24 (NA)I 24 3 1141 24 24 3 114 (NA) I - 6 (NA) 7 (D) 5 (NA) 8 2056 - 1 (NA) 1 (D) 1 (NA) 1 (D) - (D) 2 (NA) 2 (D) 2 (NA) - 2 

Cropland used only for pasture ______________________ _ 

Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 97 2 005 91 3 081 60 1 580 47 2 505 - 96 2 035 49 928 69 1 354 36 882 - Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soil-improvement grosses, not harvested or pastured _______________ _ Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

Cropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ Cropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

24 576 (NA) (NA) 14 353 12 396 - 16 135 (NA) (NA) 10 125 10 97 - 5 271 (NA) (NA) I 5 271 3 16

1 -

- 65 1 297 (NA) (NA) 49 849 17 373 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ 

Woodland pastured _______________________________ _ 

Woodland not pas1ured ____________________________ _ 

- 318 38 710 292 34 305 254 35 551 211 31 576 

- 45 1 902 (NA) (NA) 33 1 565 39 1 785 

- 292 36 808 (NA) (NA) 232 33 986 184 29 791 

Other land _________________________________________ _ 

- 430 21 940 409 21 448 344 20 853 305 19 530 

Pastureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland pastured _______________________________ _ 

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland. etc _______ _ 

- 40 3 179 (NA) (NA) 30 3064 26 1 488 

- 424 18 761 (NA) (NA) 340 17 789 297 18 042 

Pastureland, alf types __________________________________ _ 

- 152 7086 (NA) (NA) 102 6 209 (NA) 5 778 

Irrigated land ________________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland irrigated __________________________ _ 

Pastureland irrigated ________________________________ _ Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ 

Land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ________ _ 

- 345 9464 309 9 205 306 9 329 263 8 930 

- 344 9 418 (NA) (NA) 305 9284 263 8 789 

- 4 (0) (NA) (NA) 4 (D) (NA) 2 

- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) 3 139 

- 6 324 (X) (X) 6 324 (X) (X) 

tl978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Forms with sales of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1.000) Forms ($/.000) 

Market value af agricultural products sold l _______________ _ 

Average per form ___________________________ dollars_ 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold: I 

- 589 25 581 532 18 734 457 25 30B I 392 18 432 

- (X) 43 431 (X) 35 214 (X) 55 378 (X) 47 020 

$100,000 or more ___________________________________ _ 

- 57 17 118 32 (NA) 57 17 118 32 (NA) $40,000 to $99,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 74 4 297 67 (NA) 74 4 297 67 (NA) $20,000 to $39,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 69 1 945 74 (NA) 69 I 945 74 (NA) $10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 56 826 68 (NA) 56 826 68 (NA) $5,000 to $9,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 104 757 70 (NA) 104 757 70 (NA) $2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

less than $2,500 (see text) ___________________________ _ $2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ 

$1,500 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ 

$1.000 to $1,499 _________________________________ _ 

less than $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal farms {see textL ___________________________ _ 

- 97 365 77 (NA) 97 365 77 (NA) 

- 129 159 143 (NA) (X) (X) 4 (NA) 

- 23 50 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 27 45 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 40 49 (NA) (NAl (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 39 15 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 3 114 1 (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

Crops ________________________ ' _______________________ _ 

- 468 19 310 433 11 2B3 389 19 150 (NA) 11 124 Grains ____________________________________________ _ 

Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ Cotton and cottonseed _______________________________ _ 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - 5 10 - - - (NAl (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Commodity Credit Corporation loons _________________ _ Tobacco ___________________________________________ _ - - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - Field seeds, hay, forage, and silage ____________________ _ 

Vegetables, sweet corn, and melon5-___________________ _ Fruits. nuts. and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ Other crops ________________________________________ _ 

- 64 (D) (NA) (NA) 43 (D) 19 95 - 67 721 (NA) (NA) 53 709 30 418 - 335 16047 (NA) (NA) 292 15 966 251 9 066 - 69 2 271 51 1 540 58 2 228 45 I 518 

- 3 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) 7 18 

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ Poultry and poultry praducts __________________________ _ Dairy products _____________________________________ _ 

Cattte and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Hogs and pigL _____________________________________ _ 

Sheep, lambs, and waaL _____________________________ _ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

- 176 6 270 143 7 425 123 6 15B 96 7 286 - 45 676 40 1 518 27 668 30 1 515 - 37 3 892 (NA) (NAI 34 3 B65 41 4 822 - 75 788 (NA) (NA) 57 762 56 691 - 39 484 (NA) (NA) 28 465 15 196 - 28 14 (NA) (NA) 14 9 7 15 - 59 417 (NA) (NA) 40 391 14 47 

<1974 data include sales of forest products. 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASS. 191 
Table 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Farms 

forms with harvested cropland Forms with irrigated land 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested 1978 1974 in farms Farms in forms cropland Farms in farms cropland 

- 589 532 82 924 537 80 951 18 234 345 53 537 10305 All farms __ Forms wifh~ -------------------------

- 109 82 436 85 359 216 49 219 150 

- 220 183 5 474 201 5 108 1 850 127 3 246 974 

- 49 51 2 796 49 2 796 917 32 1 822 513 

- 49 44 3 992 44 3 582 I 187 21 I 721 497 

- 53 62 6078 52 5 948 I 585 40 4 625 969 

- 23 26 3 620 22 3 480 I 020 12 I 914 444 

- 20 18 3 963 20 3 963 697 13 2 590 311 

- 13 16 3 163 12 2 913 1 007 9 2 191 627 

- 33 25 (D) 33 (D) (D) 27 9248 2 120 

- 12 17 (0) II (D) (0) 8 5 079 467 

- 5 4 5 975 5 5 975 857 5 (D) (D) 

- 3 4 28 907 3 28 907 4 776 2 (D) (D) 

1 to 9 acres _______________________ _ 

10 to 49 ocreL ____________________ _ 

50 to 69 ocres _____________________ _ 70 to 99 acres _____________________ _ 

100 to 139 acres ___________________ _ 

140 to 179 aCreL __________________ _ 

180 to 219 acres ___________________ _ 

220 to 259 ocres ___________________ _ 260 to 499 ocres ___________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres ___________________ _ 

1.000 to 1,999 ocre'- _______________ _ 

2.000 acres or more ________________ _ 

Table 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

All farms 

1978 

Forms Acres 

land in forms __________________________________ _ 589 82 924 Harvested cropland _________________ • __________ _ 537 18 234 

Tenure of operator; Full owners __________________________________ _ 482 61 391 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 436 II 813 Port owners ______ • ___________________________ _ 81 20 485 Harvested cropland __________________________ _ 78 5 944 T enonts _______ • _____________________________ _ 26 1 048 Harvested cropland _________ • ________________ _ 23 477 

Type of organization: Individual or family ____________________________ _ 452 30 786 Partnership _________________ • ________________ _ 62 7436 Corporation ___________ • ______________________ _ 63 39 836 

Other-cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc._ 12 4 866 

1974 

Forms 

532 

494 

452 

(NA) 

69 

(NA) 

11 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Acres 

77 404 

17 642 

48 336 

8 662 

28 642 

8 715 

426 

265 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 

Forms 

457 

431 

372 

349 

63 

62 

22 

20 

334 

55 

61 

7 

Acres 

76 271 

16 933 

56 009 

10 875 

19 581 

5 599 

681 

459 

26 558 

7 277 

(D) 

2 641 

1974 

Farms 

392 

366 

327 

(NA) 

55 

(NA) 

10 

(NA) 

298 

40 

47 

7 

Irrigated 

land 

9464 

135 

946 

404 

349 

798 

444 

311 

627 

2 014 

419 

(D) 

(D) 

Acres 

70 677 

16 184 

42 192 

7 380 

(0) 

8 540 

(D) 

264 

33 697 

5 847 

28 147 

2 986 

All farms Forms with soles of All farms Farms with sales of 

$2,500 or more $2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 1978 '1974 1978 '1974 1978 '1974 

Operators by principal occupation: Operators by place of residence: Forming ______________ 328 273 ._______________ 285 241 On form operated _____________________ _ 343 258 246 164 Other 261 204 ________________________________ 172 97 Not on form operated __________________ _ 193 148 170 116 

Operators by age group: Not reported __________________________ _ 53 71 41 58 

Under 25 years _______ • ____ __ __ ______ __ 6 13 4 9 Operators reporting days of work off farm: 

66 23 25 to 34 yeors_________________________ 51 19 None ________________________________ _ 234 168 199 141 

104 65 35 to 44 yeors_________________________ 81 46 I to 49 day'- _________________________ _ 30 29 27 19 45 137 104 to 54 yeors_________________________ 110 68 50 to 99 day'- ________________________ _ 25 16 23 II 

151 130 55 to 64 yeors_________________________ 114 94 100 to 149 days _______________________ _ 26 II 24 8 

125 142 65 yeors and over __ ____ ____ __ __ ____ __ __ 97 102 150 to 199 day'- ______________________ _ 34 20 25 6 Average oge___________________________ 53.0 56.2 52.9 56.4 200 doys or more _____________________ _ 203 151 131 80 

~----------~----------~ ~----------~----------~ 'Applies only to individual or family operations (sale proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data are based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All forms Farms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses 

Farms ($1.000) Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) 

- 148 808 112 I 003 86 789 70 991 

- 197 2 224 152 3 208 122 2 159 98 3 152 

livestock and poultry purchased _________________________ _ Feed for livestock and poul1ry ___________________________ _ 

- 142 I 740 136 2 469 91 I 704 92 2 416 

- 134 72 (NA) (NA) 90 63· 59 35 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ Animal health costs ___________________________________ _ 

- 199 441 138 263 140 430 91 257 

- 440 505 416 490 360 484 326 471 

Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees __________________________ _ Commercial fertilizer __________________________________ _ 

- 469 772 339 439 390 754 275 430 

- 299 4 032 270 3 559 259 3 998 226 3 527 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ Hired form labor ______________________________________ _ 

Contract lobar __________________ -_ - __ - -- ------ -- -------- 99 468 66 313 93 467 53 308 

Customwork, mochine hire, and rentol of machinery and equipment ________________________________ - ___ -- -- ---- 185 354 195 365 152 341 146 356 

- 583 I 431 (NA) (NA) 452 I 392 (NA) (NA) 

- 583 I 075 503 632 452 I 051 381 607 

- 560 551 (NA) (NA) 429 533 375 376 

Energy and petroleum products. _________________________ _ Petroleum products ________________________ - _____ ----

Gasoline ____________________ -_ -_ ---- -- -------- ----

- 113 81 (NA) (NA) 112 (D) 69 54 

- 80 55 (NA) (NA) 80 55 125 67 

- 116 279 (NA) (NA) 114 (D) 

- } 9 7 (NA) (NA) 9 7 381 110 

- 582 101 (NA) (NA) 451 97 

- 384 350 (NA) (NA) 313 335 (NA) (NA) 

- 21 6 (NA) (NA) 21 6 (NA) (NA)I 

Diesel fuel __________________ -_ -_ -------------- ---- lP gas, butane, and propone ________________________ _ 

Fuel oil ________________________ ---- ---- -- ------ ---

Natural gas _____________________ - - ___ -------- -----

Kerosene, motor oil, and grease _____________________ _ 

Electricity __________________________ - _____ -------- ---

Other-cool, wood, coke, etc. _________________________ _ 

192 PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Tobie 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data ore based on Q sample of forms- see text) 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1978 1974 

Forms Acres on which used Forms Acres on which used Farms Acres on which u~ed 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

(ropland fertilized, except posture __________________________ _ Posture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ lime __________________________________________ - ___ -_ ------

423 15 154

1 

349 - 402 13 805 334 - 43 1 349 25 - 108 5 185 83 - Sprays, dusts, gronules, fumigants, etc. fa contral- Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ 

Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchords _____________________________ _ 

Weeds. gross, or brush in crops and pasture _________________ _ 

375 10 166 315 - 731 13 - 19 

154 2 623 135 -

- 248 9 911 211 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth conlrol of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control _______________________ _ 

10 392 10 - 60 (X) 47 -

- 39 (XJ 39 

Tobie 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

All MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ____________ forms-

$1,000_ 

Average per farm ________________ dollarsForms by value group: $1 to $4,999 __________________________ _ 

$5,000 to $9,99L ______________________ _ $10,000 to $19,999 _____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups ______________ _ Wheel tractors ___________________________ _ 

Grain and bean combines, self· propelled only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other cornpickers and picker·shellers ________ _ Cottonpickers ____________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ 

Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type ________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

[1978 data are based on a sample of farms; see text] 

All forms Forms with soles 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Can. 

Estimated market volue of all 

588 466 457 345 machinery and equipment-Con. 

13 258 8 110 11 260 7 297 $20.000 to $29,999 ______________________ 

22 547 17 403 24 639 21 151 $30.000 to $49,999 ______________________ 

$50,000 to $69,999 ______________________ 

141 120 116 64 $70,000 to $99,999 ______________________ 

177 117 81 65 $100,000 to $199,999 ____________________ 

115 97 114 91 $200,000 or more _______________________ 

1978 

All farms Manufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to 1974 

Forms Number Farms Number Farms Number 

330 430 121 140 247 290 477 1 144 152 246 419 898 337 748 86 124 299 624 1 (0) - - 1 (0) 

3 4 2 (0) 2 (0) 

8 9 - - 8 9 - - - - - - 77 79 27 27 51 52 

77 79 28 28 49 51 

36 48 11 13 29 35 

Tobie 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto are based on a sample of farms: see text] 

Hired workers-All farms, 1978 

14 259

1 

326 15 052

1 

12 970 (NAJ 13 665 

1 289 (NA) 1 387 

5 059 29 337 

9 762 

725 

(NA) 

2 10~1 (OJ 

2 459 2 544 43 

9 616 (NA) 5 685 

392 9 107 

(X) 13 (XJ 

(Xl (NA) (XJ 

All forms Forms with sofes 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

58 78 57 73 

43 27 43 26 

22 14 22 13 

8 "l 

131~ 7 "l 

~ ~ 13 1 16 9 

8 .J iL 8 .J 

1974 

Manufactured 

Farms Number 1970 to 1974 

283 370 206 

408 925 318 

313 636 131 

3 6 2 

2 (0) 1 

4 6 - (NA) (NA) (NAl 

50 54 10 

58 61 16 

32 43 12 

Any hired workersFarms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Working 150 days or more Working less than 150 days 

Any Forms Workers Forms Workers 1978 1974 

Farms __________________________________________________ _ 

Workers ________________________________________________ _ - 299 138 (Xl 265 (Xl 259 226 - 2 272 (X) 455 (X) 1 817 2 219 2 540 

Forms with- 1 worker ______________________________________________ _ 

2 workers ___________ • ___________________________ • _____ _ 

3 or 4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 workers __________________________ . _______________ _ 

10 workers or more _______________ • _____________________ _ 

- 71 66 66 77 77 40 35 - 66 27 54 53 106 60 29 - 64 21· 70 46 152 61 41 - 47 15 110 54 370 47 47 - 51 9 155 35 1 112 51 74 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASS. 193 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Forms Number forms Number Forms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ 

Any cottle, hogs. or sheep __________________________ _ · 222 (X) 161 (X) 145 (X) 104 (X) 

· 140 (X) 121 (X) 93 (X) 73 (X) 

Soles; 

Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1.000_ · 176 6 270 143 7425 123 6 158 96 7286 

Any cotlle, hogs, or sheep •••..•.......•.••.•. $1,000. · 110 I 286 98 (NA) 79 1 235 63 902 

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Cows and heifers thot had colved ____________________ _ Beef cows _____________________________________ _ 

Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

- 105 4 783 104 7 598 71 4 525 65 7 171 

· 85 3 073 89 5 141 61 2981 58 4955 

46 180 43 235 26 118 19 134 

· 45 2 893 55 4 906 40 2 863 46 4821 Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

Steers. steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ 

· 64 1 399 (NA) (NA) 46 I 312 40 2 041 

- 65 311 (NA) (NA) 40 232 30 175 

Soles: Cattle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

· 75 3 012 75 3 632 57 2908 56 3470 $1,000. Calves __________________________________________ _ · (X) 788 (X) (NA) (X) 762 (X) 691 

· 51 I 377 (NA) (NA) 43 I 334 44 1 323 

$1,000. Cottle ___________________________________________ _ · (X) 74 (X) (NA) (X) 70 (X) 49 

· 70 I 635 (NA) (NA) 53 I 574 52 2 147 

$1,000 Fattened cottle _________________________________ _ 

.. (X) 714 (X) (NA) (X) 691 (X) 643 

· 18 65 (NA) (NA) 9 SO 11 160 

$1.000 

Dairy products ....... _ .... __ ...... _ .......... $1,000 .. (X) 30 (X) (NA) (X) 23 (X) 62 _. 37 3892 (NA) (NA) 34 3 865 41 4 822 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ .. 60 5 649 42 3 202 39 5 502 22 2 984 Used or to be used for breeding ____________________ _ .. 22 651 (NA) (NA) 15 620 11 508 Other hogs and pigs ______________________________ _ .. 55 4998 (NA) (NA) 37 4 882 20 2476 

lifters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 _______________ _ .. 23 703 18 964 16 658 12 920 Dec. I of preceding year and May 31 _____________ _ .. 20 353 15 505 14 327 10 482 June 1 and Nov. 30 ____________________________ _ .. 20 350 17 459 15 331 11 438 Sheep and lombs ___________________________________ _ .. 37 476 30 553 17 254 8 364 Ewes 1 year old or older __________________________ _ .. 28 305 (NA) (NA) 13 174 8 260 Goats ____________________________________________ _ 

.. 13 172 (NA) (NA) 4 103 1 (D) Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ .. 59 431 40 256 30 108 16 137 

Sales: Hogs and pigs _____________________________________ _ 

.- 39 6 408 28 2 994 28 6 135 15 2 672 

$1,000 .. (X) 484 (X) (NA) (X) 465 (X) 196 Feeder pigs _____________________________________ _ .- 12 630 8 293 9 550 6 (D) 

$1.000 .. (X) 18 (X) (NA) (X) 16 (X) 8 Sheep and lambs- __________________________________ _ _. 24 317 15 339 13 226 5 265 Sheep and lambs shorn _____________________________ _ _. 25 376 (NA) (NA) 12 194 6 251 Pounds of wool ___________________________________ _ - (X) 3 103 (X) (NA) (X) I 470 (X) 1 489 

Sheep, lombs, ond wool ...... _ .............. _ .. $1,000. · 28 14 (NA) (NA) 14 9 7 15 Goots ____________________________________________ _ .. 8 88 (NA) (NA) 4 67 1 (D) 

$1,000. · (X) 5 (X) (NA) (X) 4 (X) (Z) 

Horses and ponies _________________________________ _ .. 18 45 11 20 9 23 2 (D) 

$1.000_ · (X) 47 (X) (NA) (X) 35 (X) (D) 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry _______________________________________ _ 

· 63 (X) 47 (X) 35 (X) 32 (X) 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ · 54 25 165 43 107 402 28 24 233 28 106 814 

Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

· 54 24 856 41 88 135 28 (D) 26 87602 

· 11 309 (NA) (NA) 3 (D) 3 19 123 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hens kept for breeding ____________________ _ Orher poultry ____________________________________ _ 

· 7 (D) (NA) (NA) 4 (0) 6 20400 

· 5 287 3 510 4 (D) 2 (D) 

- 10 680 (NA) (NA) 8 (0) 4 3 023 

9 (D) (NA) (NA) 7 (D) 3 (D) 

· I (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) 2 (0) 

· 18 (X) (NA) (X) 8 (X) 6 (X) 

Sales, Any poultry __________________________________ ---_ ---

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

PuiJets 3 months old or older _____________________ _ 

· 32 (X) 32 (X) 22 (X) 29 (X) 

· 18 50 717 27 128 786 15 50646 26 (0) 

· 17 (0) 24 105 518 15 (0) 23 (D) 

· 2 (D) (NA) (NA) 1 (D) 2 (0) 

Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkeys ______________________________ - - -- --- - ----

Turkeys for slaughter __________________ - _______ ---

Turkey hens kepf for breeding ____________________ _ 

Other poultry ••..•... _ ..• _ •..•... _._._ ....... _ .•.• 

Poultry and poultry products .. _ ......... _ ....... $1.000. 

· 2 (D) (NA) (NA) I (D) 1 (0) 

· 1 (D) 3 675 - - 1 (0) 

· 8 (D) (NA) (NA) 7 (D) 3 6 794 

· 8 (0) (NA) (NA) 7 (0) 3 6 794 

· I (D) (NA) (NA) I (D) - -

· 3 (X) (NA) (X) 2 (X) 2 (X) 

· 45 676 40 1 518 27 668 30 1 515 

194 PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Farms with soles of $2.500 or more 

Harvested Irrigated Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres 

Corn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

for silage or green chop (tons. greenL _________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

39 3 496 (X) 4 

(H~i 34 3 455 <X) 3 (0) - 3 097 <X) (HA) 29 3 031 <X) I (0) - 34 (0) {D) 3 (0) 8 (0) (0) 4 6 - 8 123 7 100 (HA) (NA) 8 123 7 100 - - - 32 (0) 34 431 - - 29 (0) 33 908 - - - 35 810 1 (Ol (NA) (HA) (NA) (HA) (NA) 23 2 908 - <X) - - - - - (X) - - - -

(HA) (HA) (X) (HA) (HA) - - (X) - - -

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- <X) - - - - (Xl - - - -

2 (0) (X) (HA) (NA) 1 (0) <X) - - - For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (HA) (NA) - - - For silage or green chop (tons, green) __________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

CUI for dry forage or hoy (tons, dry) __________ 1978_ 

1974_ Hogged or grazed __________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - - (HA) (HA) (NA) 

(H~I 1 (0) - - - - (HA) - - - - - - - - - - (HA) (HA) (HA) (HA) (HA) - - - - - - (Xl - - - - - <X) - - -

(HA) (NA) (X) (HA) (NA) - - (X) - - -

Wheat for groin (bushelsL _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - - 2 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (0) - - - Ools for groin (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Borley for grain (bushelsL _____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Rye for groin (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Other small groins for groin ____________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

- - - - - - - - - - -

- (HA) (HA) (HA) (HA) (HA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- (HA) (HA) (H~I (NA) (HA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- (HA) (HA) (HA)I (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - - (X) - - - - (X) - -

- (NA) (HA) (X) (HA) (NA) - - (X) - -

Soybeans for beans (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ - - - - (HA) (NA) - - - - -

Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NA) (HA) - - - - - Colton (boles) _______________________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - - - - (NAl (HA) - - - - - Tobacco (pounds) ____________________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ - - - - (NA) (HA) - - - - - Irish potatoes (hundredweightL _________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 4 6 I 338 2 (0) 4 6 1 338 2 (0) 

- 17 36 4 834 (NA) (NA) 10 21 3 814 4 14 

Sweelpotoloes (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - -

1974_ - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see lext) _________________ 1978_ - 137 4 656 8 667 5 142 88 3 599 7 263 4 (0) 

1974_ - 121 4 615 9 298 (NA) (NA) 65 3 471 7 405 2 (0) 

A~olfo hoy (tons, dry) ______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ - 53 1 194 3 278 3 (0) 34 986 2 8761 3 (0) 

- (HA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 31 831 1 986 2 (0) 

Olher tame dry hoy (Ions, dry) (see lext) ______ 1978_ - 83 2 584 4 184 2 (0) 55 1 965 3 394 I (0) 

Field seed crop,- _____________________________ 1978_ - - - (X) - - - - (X) - - 1974_ - (HA) (NA) (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) - - Alfalfa seed (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (HA) (HA) (NA) (HA) - - - - - Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978_ - - - - - - - - - - - 1974_ - (NA) (HA) (HA) (HA) (NA) - - - - -

All vegetobles horvesled for sole (see lexl) _______ 1978_ - 67 854 (X) 23 283 53 823 (X) 20 277 1974_ - 56 1 058 (X) (HA) (HA) 31 999 (X) 10 239 Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978_ - 47 491 (X) 17 164 36 471 (X) 15 (0) 

1974_ - (HA) (HA) (X) (HA) (NA) 25 685 (X) 8 188 Tomatoes _________________________________ 1978_ - 32 26 (X) 8 5 28 25 (X) 7 (0) 

1974_ - (HA) (NA) (X) (HA) (HA) 22 77 (X) 6 7 Green peas excluding cowpeas ________________ 1978_ - 6 4 (X) I (0) 4 (0) (X) 1 (0) 

1974_ 

land in orchards _____________________________ 1978_ 

- (HA) (HA) (X) (HA) (NA) 8 6 (X)I 3 3 

- 31 142 (X) 7 9 19 96 (X) 4 7 1974_ Apples (poundsL ___________________________ 1978_ - 17 120 (X) (HA) (HA) 7 91 (X) - -

- 27 106 278 888 (HA) (HA) 18 (0) (0) (HA) (NA) 1974_ Peaches (pounds) ___________________________ 1978_ - (HA) (HA) (HA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 85 (NA) (NA) (NA) 

- 13 10 13 195 (NA) (NA) 6 4 I 840 (NA) (NA) 1974_ Gropes (pounds) (see texl) ___________________ 1978_ - (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

- 10 7 I 401 (NA) (NA) 4 I (0) (NA) (NA) 1974_ - (HA) (NA) (NA) (HA) (NA) 2 (0) (D) (NA) (NA) 

Berries _____________________________________ 1978_ 

1974_ Strawberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974_ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ Other crops _________________________________ 1978_ 

- 330 9 042 (X) 307 8 968 287 8 922 (X) 274 8 864 

- 304 8 608 (X) (NA) (NA) 250 8 457 (X) 240 8 402 

- 18 13 62 570 7 9 14 12 59 195 6 (0) 

- (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 8 31 78 850 I (0) 

- 69 187 (X) 26 50 58 174 (X) 24 (0) 

- - - (X) (NA) (NA) - - (X) (NA) (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASS. 195 
Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms with sales of $2.500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

forms Acres forms Acres Forms Acres Forms Acres 

- 864 129 516 816 130 746 600 102 397 576 104 359 

- (X) 150 (X) 160 (X) 171 (X) 181 - (X) 965 7601 (X) 965 7601 (X) 965 760 (X) 965 760 

- (X) 13.4 (X) 13.5 (X) 10.6 (X) 10.8 

Farms ______________________________________________ _ 

Average size of form ________________________________ _ 

Approximate land oreo _________________________________ _ 

Proportion in forms __________________________ percenL 

Value of land and buildings: I 

- 177 198 (X) 122 713 (X) 202777 (X) 142 467 (X) 

- (X) 1 109 (X) 766 (X) 1 092 (X) 786 

Average per farm _____________________________ doliorL 

Average per acre _____________________________ dallars_ 

land in forms according to use: 

- 808 59 387 766 56438 564 50 911 529 48 532 

- 770 41 635 718 40 945 544 36308 508 36 593 

Total cropland ______________________________________ _ 

Harvested cropland _______________________________ _ 

By acres harvested: 

- 149 560 149 (NA) 84 274 78 (NA) 

- 111 1 510 92 (NA) 52 698 36 (NA) 

- 103 2 315 89 (NA) 50 1 143 49 (NA) 

- 137 5 023 111 (NA) 102 3 780 82 (NA) 

- 136 8 992 155 (NA) 128 8 491 145 (NA) 

- 102 13 714 87 (NA) 98 13 153 85 (NA) 

- 30 (0) 31 (NA) 28 (0) 29 (NA) 

- 2 (0) 4 (NA) 2 (0) 4 (NA) 

- - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

1 to 9 acres _________________________________ _ 10 to 19 acres _______________________________ _ 

20 to 29 acres _______________________________ _ 

30 to 49 acres _______________________________ _ 

50 to 99 acres _______________________________ _ 

100 to 199 acres _____________________________ _ 200 to 499 acres _____________________________ _ 

500 to 999 acres _____________________________ _ 

1,000 acres or more ___________________________ _ 

(ropland used only for pasturL _____________________ _ - 418 14 590 380 13 492 287 12 128 243 10 554 Other cropland ___________________________________ _ 

- 160 3 162 112 (ropland in cover crops, legumes, and soH-improvement 2 001 111 2 475 75 1 385 

- 46 585 (NA) (NA) 36 478 22 394 

- 18 99 (NA) (NA) 13 60 11 57 

- 14 118

1 

(NA) (NA) 10 81 7 53 

- 95 2 360 (NA) (NA) 64 1 856 43 881 

grosses, not harvested or postured _______________ _ 

Cropland on which all crops foiled _________________ _ 

(ropland in cultivated summer follow ______________ _ (ropland idle ___________________________________ _ 

- 624 54 222 577 51 471 434 39414 389 38 289 

- 218 8 428 (NA) (NA) 158 6941 162 7 958 

- 536 45 794 (NA) (NA) 365 32 473 314 30 331 

Total woodland _____________________________________ _ Woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

Woodland not postured ____________________________ _ 

Other land _________________________________________ _ 

- 586 15 907 600 22 837 412 12072 415 17 538 Posture/and and rangeland, other than cropland ond woodland postured _______________________________ _ 

- 156 6447 (NA) (NA) 114 5 365 145 10 271 land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc _______ _ - 552 9 460 (NA) (NA) 385 6 707 375 7 267 

Postureland, all fypeL~ ________________________________ _ 

- 572 29465 (NA) (NA) 397 24 434 (NA) 28 783 

Irrigated land ________________________________________ _ 

- 56 612 47 604 50 582 38 569 Harvesfed cropland irrigated __________________________ _ - 53 576 (NA) (NA) 49 (0) 38 553 Posture land irrigated _______________________________ _ -- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) - - (NA) - Other land irrigated _________________________________ _ - 3 (0) (NA) (NA) 3 (0) 3 16 Land set aside in the federal form programs in 1978 ________ _ - 6 90 (X) (X) 4 (0) (X) (X) 

11978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text. 

Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

All farms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Value Value Value Value 

Farms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1,000) 

Market value of agricultural products sold I _______________ _ 

- 864 36 450 816 32 253 600 35 902 576 31 632 Average per farm ___________________________ dollars-- (X) 42 188 (X) 39 526 (X) 59 837 (X) 54 917 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold: 1 

$100.000 or mor"- __________________________________ _ 

- 92 22 458 67 (NA) 92 22 458 67 (NA) $40,000 to $99,999 _________________________________ _ 

- 128 8 321 125 (NA) 128 8 321 125 (NA) $20,000 to $39,999 _________________________________ _ - 103 3 076 127 (NA) 103 3 076 127 (NA) 

$10,000 to $19,999 _________________________________ _ $5,00010 $9,999 ___________________________________ _ 

- 71 985 82 (NA) 71 985 82 (NA) 

- 95 659 90 (NA) 95 659 90 (NA) 

$2,500 to $4,999 ___________________________________ _ 

tess than $2,500 (see text) ___________________________ _ 

$2,000 to $2,499 _________________________________ _ $1,500 to $1,999 _________________________________ _ $1,00010 $1,499 _________________________________ _ 

tess Ihan $1,000 _________________________________ _ 

Abnormal farms (see text} ____________________________ _ 

- 111 404 65 (NA) 111 404 65 (NA) 

- 260 301 256 (NA) (X) (X) 20 (NA) 

- 49 107 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 39 66 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 64 77 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 108 51 (NA) (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 4 247 4 (NA) (X) (X) (X) (X) 

- 441 11 248 466 8 698 319 11 061 (NA) 8 522 

- 3 8 (NA) (NA) 3 (0) 7 44 

Crops ____________________________ - ___ -- --------------

Grains ____________________________ -- -_ -_ -------- ---

- - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

- - - (NA) (NA) - - - -

- 239 925 (NA) (NA) 165 791 177 989 

- 107 1 226 (NA) (NA) 86 1 214 85 714 

- 115 5 459 (NA) (NA) 89 5 437 80 4 624 

- 75 3 602 75 2 115 63 3 583 64 2 101 

- 11 28 (NA) (NA) 10 (0) 8 50 

Commodity Credit Corporation loans _________________ _ 

Cotton and cottonseed ________________ - _____ -_ ---- ---- Commodity Credit (orporation loans _________________ _ 

Tobacco ________________________ -- -- -- ---- ----------

Field seeds, hay, forage, and silage ____________________ _ Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons ____________________ _ Fruits, nuts, and berries ______________________________ _ 

Nursery and greenhouse products _____________________ _ 

Other crops ________________________ -- - ___ ---- ---- ---

- 590 25 203 562 23 451 421 24 841 416 23 017 

- 85 6 121 73 8 432 55 6 111 52 8 422 

- 230 14495 (NA) (NA) 218 14 353 244 11 562 

- 445 2 891 (NA) (NA) 337 2 738 340 1 926 

- 100 1 356 (NA) (NA) 69 1 339 71 984 

55 39 (NA) (NA) 21 21 15 12 

- 84 300 (NA) (NA) 51 280 26 110 

livestock, poultry, and their products ____________________ _ Paullry and poultry praducts __________________________ _ 

Dairy products ____________________ -- - - -- -------- ---- Cattle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Hogs and pigL _______________________ -_ -_ ----------- Sheep, lambs, and woal _______________________________ _ 

Other livestock and livestock products (see text) _________ _ 

1)974 data include sales of forest products. 

196 WORCESTER COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
TobIe 3. Farms, Land in Farms, Land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Farms forms with irrigated lond Forms with harvested cropland 

Acres Acres Harvested Acres Harvested 

1978 1974 in farms Forms in forms cropland Forms in farms cropland 

864 816 129 516, 770 124 599 41 635, 56 5 162 I 616 -

76 65 274 52 191 112 10 38 14 - 147 4 725 134 3 884 I 761 19 446 214 - 166 

86 63 4982 70 4074 I 594 8 466 123 - 96 7 127 80 6 632 2 342 5 394 143 - 86 

- 124 119 14426 116 13 519 4 693 2 (D) (0) 

74 69 II 581 71 II 139 3 674 3 461 198 - 72 73 14 1831 68 13 398 4 324 - - - - 43 48 10 290 43 10290 3 548 1 (0) (0) - 104 36 323 106 35 867 12 187 7 2 345 584 - 107 

- 23 26 14 8611 23 14 865 4 703 1 (0) (0) 

- 6 4 (0) 6 (0) (D) - - -

- 1 2 (0) 1 (D) (D) - - -

All farms ___________________________ _ 

Forms with- 1 to 9 acres _______________________ _ 10 to 49 ocres _____________________ _ 

50 to 69 ocreL ____________________ _ 

70 to 99 acres _____________________ _ 

100 to 139 acres ___________________ _ 

140 to 179 ocres ___________________ _ 180 to 219 acres. __________________ _ 

220 to 259 acres ___________________ _ 

260 to 499 ocres ___________________ _ 500 to 999 acres. __________________ _ 

1.000 to 1,999 acres. _______________ _ 

2,000 acres or more ________________ _ 

TobIe 4. Operators-Tenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: 1978 and 1974 

1978 

Forms 

864 

770 

528 

445 

292 

286 

44 

39 

718 

85 

53 

8 

All forms 

Acres 

129 5161 41 635 

54 485 

12 184 

70 233 

27 559 4 798 

1 892 

94066 

17 970 

11 107 

6 373 

1974 

Forms 

816 

718 

520 

(NA) 

.- 247 

(NA) 

49 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Acres 

130 746 

40 945 

69 367 15 918 

57 104 

23 042 

4 275 

I 985 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 

Forms 

600 

544 

322 

274 

246 

242 

32 

28 

479 

68 

50 

3 

Acres 

102 397 

36 308 

34 468 

8977 

64 114 

25 660 

3 815 

I 671 

73 310 

16 623 10 931 

1 533 

1974 

Farms 

576 

508 

322 

(NA) 

218 

(NA) 

36 

(NA) 

494 

46 

36 

Irrigated 

Irynd 

612 

13 

130 

119 

78 

(D) 

9 

-

(0) 

213 

(D) 

-

-

Acres 

104 359 

36 593 

46 477 

12 590 

54122 

22 271 

3 760 

1 732 

82 301 

12 483 

9 575 

AU forms Forms with sales of All forms Farms with sales of 

1978 11974 

Operators by principal occupation: Forming _____________________________ _ 480 472 Other _______________________________ _ 384 304 

Operators by age group: 

Under 25 years _______________________ _ 12 4 25 to 34 years ________________________ _ 104 70 35 to 44 years ________________________ _ 155 126 45 to 54 yeors ________________________ _ 194 215 55 to 64 yeors ________________________ _ 235 226 65 years and over _____________________ _ 164 135 Average age __________________________ _ 51.8 52.9 

$2,500 or more 

1978 '1974 

419 

181 405 135 

Operators by place af residence: On farm operated _____________________ _ 

Not on form operated __________________ _ 

4 

75 

101 

124 

178 

118 

52.4 

41 oP~:~t:::o:::~~~~ ~-a-y~ -:; ~~:: ~~ ~:~~~ --- 57 

83 

136 

165 

95 

52.7 

None ________________________________ _ 

1 to 49 days __________________________ _ 

50 to 99 days _________________________ _ 

100 to 149 day'- ______________________ _ 150 to 199 day'- ______________________ _ 

200 days or more _____________________ _ 

$2,500 or more 

1978 11974 1978 11974 

741 597 51 I 413 

69 91 47 61 

54 88, 42 66 

365 320 317 272 

41 24 32 18 

20 15 15 10 

21 29 10 16 

60 39 31 19 320 224 168 97 

~--------~----------~ lApplies only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. 

Tobie 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1978 and 1974 

{1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

All forms Forms with soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Forms ($1,000) Forms ($1.000) forms ($1,000) Farms ($1.000) 

- 359 2 204 367 1 823 267 2 164 268 I 785 - 592 10 584 582 10 164 423 10 415 419 9 941 

livestock and poultry purchased ____ " ____________________ _ Feed for livestock and poultry_. _________________________ _ 

- 398 9 073 490 9 537 320 8977 392 9 413 

- 474 294 (NA) (NA) 356 283 304 160 

- 493 961 441 653 386 942 360 638 

- 586 1 256 536 821 444 I 154 415 767 

- 532 701 363 507 415 670 301 492 

- 461 5 839 341 4 132 400 5 739 299 4 060 

- 57 359 32 279 42 352 24 278 

Commercially mixed formula feeds _____________________ _ Animal health costs ___________________________________ _ 

Seeds. bulbs. plants, and trees __________________________ _ 

Commercial fertilizer __________________________________ _ 

Other agricultural chemicals including lime ________________ _ Hired farm labor ______________________________________ _ 

Contract labor ________________________________________ _ 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment __________________________________________ _ 

- 216 193 169 183 166 171 140 174 

- 855 2 537 (NA) (NA) 598 2 442 (NA) (NA) 

- 854 I 682 804 990 597 I 608 570 927 - 818 810 (NA) (NA) 572 766 561 568 - 361 228 (NA) (NA) 307 217 239 120 - 75 42 (NA) (NA) 58 38 56 47 - 182 458 (NA) (NA) 158 456 } - 9 26 (NA) (NA) 8 (0) 570 193 - 854 119 (NA) (NA) 597 104 

- 643 830 (NA) (NA) 493 809 (NA) (NA)I - 54 25 (NA) (NA) 48 (0) (NA) (NA) 

Energy and petroleum products __________________________ _ 

Petroleum products _________________________________ _ 

Gosoline _________________________________________ _ 

Diesel fuel _____________________________________ • __ 

~~e~~~i _~~t~~~~_o_n_d_~~~~~~~ == == == == == == == == == == == == = Natural gas ______________________________________ _ 

Kerosene, motor oil, and greas& _____________________ _ Electricity __________________________________________ _ 

Other-cool. wood. coke, etc. _________________________ _ 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA WORCESTER COUNTY, MASS. 197 
Tobie 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 doto ore bosed on a sample of forms; see textl 

AU forms Farms with sales of $2.500 or more 

1978 1978 

Forms Acres on which used Farms Acres on which used 

Commercial fertilizer ________________________________________ _ 

Cropland fertilized. except posture __________________________ _ - 550 31 239, 424 29 331 

Pasture and rangeland fertilized ____________________________ _ - 545 28 249 424 26413 

lime _____________________________________________________ _ 

Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants. etc. to control-

- 119 2990 102 

- 288 6895 233 

Insects on hoy and other crops _____________________________ _ 

Nematodes in crops ______________________________________ _ 

Diseases in crops and orchords _____________________________ _ 

- 204 5 623 158 

- 8 549 7 

- 145 4 242 94 Weeds. gross, or brush in crops and pasture _________________ _ 

- 293 10 512 249 

Chemicals forDefoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit ____ _ Insect control on livestock and poultry _______________________ _ 

Sanitation and rodent and bird control _______________________ _ 

- 60 I 587 38 237 (X) 200 

- 196 (X) 174 

Tobie 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1978 and 1974 

ALL MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Estimated market value of all machinery and equipment ____________ forms_ 

$1.000_ 

Average per form ________________ dolfars_ 

Forms by value group: $1 to $4,999 __________________________ _ $5,000 to $9,999 _______________________ _ 

$10,000 to $19,999 _____________________ _ 

SELECTED MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT 

Automobiles _____________________________ _ 

Motortrucks including pickups _________ . ____ _ Wheel troctor5 ___________________________ _ 

Groin and bean combines, self.propelled only __ _ Corn heads for combines __________________ _ 

Other cornpickers and picker-shellers ________ _ cottonpickers ____________________________ _ 

Mower conditioners ______________________ _ 

Pickup balers ____________________________ _ 

Field forage harvesters, shear bar or flywheel type ________________________ _ 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11978 doto are based on a sample of farms; see text} 

All forms Farms with soles 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

All MACHINERY AND 

EQUIPMENT - Con. 

Estimated market value of all 

860 793 598 560 machinery and equipment - Can. 

21 120 15 428 18 361 13 229 $20,000 to $29,999 ______________________ 

24 558 19455 30 704 23 623 $30,000 to $49,999 ______________________ 

$50,000 to $69,999 ______________________ 

102 124 53 60 $70,000 to $99,999 ______________________ 

242 180 118 94 $100,000 to $199,999 ____________________ 

158 195 102 131 $200,000 or mor"-______________________ 

1978 

Aif farms Monufactured 1974 to 1978 Manufactured prior to J 974 

Farms Number Farms Number Farms Number 

568 821 255 321 393 500 

751 I 510 270 312 618 1 198 

792 1 910 190 254 733 1 656 

6 6 4 (D) 2 (D) 

29 34 3 7 26 27 

26 26 3 3 23 23 

- - - - - -

325 346 142 147 194 199 

381 397 96 98 294 299 

200 225 48 49 157 176 

Tobie 8. Hired Farm Workers: 1978 and 1974 

[1978 data are based on a sample of forms; see text] 

Hired \~orkers-AII forms, 1978 

2 918 

6 373 

5 158 

(D) 

3965 

9921 

I 549 

(X) 

(X) 

1974 

Forms Acres on which used 

416 23041 

(NAl 20583 (NA) 2458 102 2395 

(NAl 5 598 

3 118 

57 3028 

(NAl 6056 

11 654 

58 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

All forms Forms with sales 

of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

98 125 86 112 

123 113 106 109 

73 37 70 36 ii1 { 43 1 18 1 19 17 

3 -' L 3 -' 

1974 

Manufactured 

Forms Number 1970 to 1974 

541 754 456 669 I 334 388 713 I 711 304 

- - - 20 20 6 

10 15 3 (NA) (NA) (NA) 

227 245 115 399 417 87 

174 213 70 

Any hired workersFarms with soles of $2,500 or more 

Working J 50 days or more Working less than 150 days 

Any Farms Workers Farms Workers 1978 1974 

Farms ________________________________ - ___ -- ---- -- -------

Workers ______________________ - _____ -- -- -- -- ---- -- -------- 461 259 (X) 372 (X) 400 299 

- 3 302 (X) 872 (X) 2 430 3 133 3 101 

- 116 88 88 112 112 84 63 

- 79 80 160 57 114 69 43 

- 88 53 176 63 218 76 49 

- 91 23 153 87 544 90 62 

- 87 15 295 53 1 442 81 82 

Forms with- 1 worker __________________________________ -- ---- -- -----

2 workers ____________ - ____ - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- ---- -- -- ---- 3 or.4 workers _________________________________________ _ 

5 to 9 workers _________________________________________ _ 

10 workers or more ____________________ -_ - _______ --------

198 WORCESTER COUNTY, MASS. 1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - COUNTY DATA 
Table 9. Livestock and Poultry -Inventory and Sales: 1978 and 1974 

All forms Forms wi1h soles of $2,500 or more 

1978 1974 1978 1974 

Farms Number Forms Number Farms Number Forms Number 

LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY , I 

Inventory: Any livestock or poultry _____________________________ _ Any cottle, hogs, or sheep __________________________ _ 644 ()O tlJ9 (X)' 438 (X) 429 ()O - 555 (X) 550 (X) 380 ()O 388 (X) 

-

Sales: Any livestock or poultry and their products _______ $1,000_ 

Any cottle. hog', or .heep ______ .• __________ .. $1.000. 590 25 203 562 23 451 421 24 841 416 23 017 - 512 4286 503 (NA) 371 4 098 376 2 922 -

CATTLE AND CALVES 

Inventory: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

Cows and heifers thot hod calved ____________________ _ Beef cows _____________________________________ _ Milk cows _____________________________________ _ 

Heifers and heifer calves ___________________________ _ 

Steers. steer calves, bulls and bull calves _____________ _ 

- 503 22 776 509 23 918 349 21 085 365 21 948 

- 439 13 716 430 14 331 318 12 831 325 13 313 

- 219 1 828 187 1 635 129 1 310 104 1 015 

- 284 11 888 308 12 696 238 11 521 269 12 298 

- 382 7 414 (NA) (NA) 292 6 914 281 7 084 

- 324 1 646 (NA) (NA) 218 1 340 204 1 551 

Sales: Cottle and calves ___________________________________ _ 

$1,000. Calves __________________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ Cottle ___________________________________________ _ 

$1.000_ Fattened cottle _________________________________ _ 

$1,000_ 

Ooiry product. ________________ . _____ . ________ $1.000_ 

- 445 13 454 447 12 263 337 12 812 340 11 426 

- ()O 2 891 ()O (NA) (X) 2 738 (X) 1 926 

- 319 8 425 (NA) (NA) 265 8 093 274 7 059 

- (X) 868 (X) (NA) (X) 839 (X) 463 

- 383 5 029 (NA) (NA) 292 4 719 286 4 367 

- (X) 2 023, (X) (NA) I (X) 1 899, (X) 1 463, 

- 72 432 (NA) (NA) 38 354 23 407 

- (X) 171 (X) (NA) (X) 139 (X) 127 

- 230 14 495 (NA) (NA) 218 14 353 244 11 562 

HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES 

Inventory: Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

Used or to be used for breeding _____________________ _ Other hogs and pigs _______________________________ _ 

- 125 15 012 109 13 368 77 14 629 79 13 228 

- 70 2 012 (NA) (NA) 51 1 935 46 1 906 

- 116 13 000 (NA) (NA) 71 12 694 77 11 322 

Litters of pigs farrowed between- Dec. 1 of preceding year and Nov. 30 ________________ _ 

Dec. 1 of preceding year and May 31 ______________ _ June land Nov. 30 ____________________________ ._ 

- 76 2 417 53 2 715 56 2 356 51 (0) 

- 60 1 187 43 1 489 47 1 153 42 (0) 

- 62 1 230 42 1 226 49 1 203 41 (0) 

Sheep and lambs ____________________________________ _ 

Ewes 1 year old or older ___________________________ _ Goats _____________________________________________ _ 

- 62 1 270 59 1 317 26 572 21 436 

- 52 797 (NA) (NA) 20 313 19 319 

- 26 116 (NA) (NA) 13 67 6 211 Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

Sales: 

- 176 880, 156 769

1 

87 483, 87 546, 

Hogs and pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 100 15 628 80 18 813 69 15 295 71 18 794 

$1,000_ - (X) 1 356 (X) (NA) (X) 1 339 (X) 984 Feeder pigs ______________________________________ _ 

- 41 2 419 27 7 731 29 2 215 26 (01 

$1,000_ - (X) 69 (X) (NA) (X) 64 (X) 134 Sheep and lambs ____________________________________ _ 

- 46 773 40 1 074 18 365 14 392 Sheep and lambs shorn ______________________________ _ - 49 969 (NA) (NA) 18 446 9 368 Pounds of woo'- __________________________________ _ - (X) 6 580 (X) (NA) (X) 2 757 (X) 2 255 Sheep, lomb., and wool ________________________ $1.000_ Goats ________________________ . ____________________ _ - 55 39 (NA) (NA) 21 ~, 15 12 

- 12 55 (NA) (NA) 8 3 76 $1,000_ - (X) 3 (Xl (NA) (X) 3 (X) 5 Horses and ponies __________________________________ _ 

- 41 110 21 167 25 85 13 148 $1,000_ - (X) 129 (X) (NA) (X) 116 (X) 52 

POULTRY 

Inventory: Any poultry ________________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

- 169 (X) 122 (X) 99 (X) I 77 (X) 

- 138 534 322 116 696 662 82 532 690 71 694 508 Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

- 133 438 924 112 589 116 78 437 427 69 587 063 Pullets 3 months aid or older _____________________ _ - 22 95 398 (NA) (NA) 13 95 263 10 101 149 Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old ___________ _ - 4 (0) (NA) (NA) 4 (0) 6 87 321 Broilers and other meat-type chickenL _______________ _ Turkeys - 11 1 387 3 220 2 (0) 3 220 _________________________________________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hen. kept for breeding ____________________ _ Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

Sale., 

- 15 2 294 (NA) (NA) 9 2 220 7 633 - 13 (0) (NA) (NA) 7 (0) 6 (0) - 5 (0) (NA) (NA) 4 (0) 1 (0) 

- 55 (X) (NA) (X) 31 (X) 9 (X) 

Any poultry ____ . ___________________________________ _ 

Chickens 3 months old or older ______________________ _ 

Hens and pullets of laying age ____________________ _ 

Pullet. 3 month. old or older _____________________ _ 

Pullet chick. and pullet. under 3 month. old ___________ _ 

Broilers and other meat-type chickens ________________ _ Turkey. ________________________ . ___ . ____________ _ 

Turkeys for slaughter ____________________________ _ 

Turkey hen. kept for breediQg ____________________ _ 

Other poultry ____________________________________ _ 

Poultry and poultry product. ____________________ $1.000_ 

- 66 (X) 49 (X) 50 (X) 40 (X) 

- 41 372 917 43 822 856 35 371 754 34 822 250 

- 41 (0) 38 502 404 35 371 754 33 (0) 

- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) - - 4 (0) 

- 2 (0) (NA) (NA) 2 (0) - - - 4 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) - 11 (0) (NA) (NA) 6 (0) 4 15 602 

- 11 (0) (NA) (NA) 6 (0) 4 15 202 - 1 (0) (NA) (NA) 1 (0) 1 (0) 

- 15 (X) (NA) (Xl 10 (X) 6 (Xl - 85 6 121 73 8 432 55 6 III 52 8 422 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA WORCESTER COUNTY, MASS. 199 
Table 10. Crops: 1978 and 1974 

(orn for all purposes _________________________ 1978_ · 

1974. · For grain or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ · 1974. · For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ · 

1974. - For fodder, hogged or grazed ________________ 1978_ · 1974. · 

Sorghums for all purposes _____________________ 1978_ · 1974. · For groin or seed (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ · 1974. · For silage or green chop (tons, greenL _________ 1978_ · 

1974. · Cut for dry forage or hoy (tons, dry) ...•.. _ ... 1978. 

1974. · 

· Hogged or grazed - _________________________ 1978_ · 

1974. · 

Wheat for grain (bushelsL _____________________ 1978_ · 1974. · Oats for groin (bushels) _______________________ 1978_ · 

1974. · Borley for groin (bushelsL _____________________ 1978_ · 1974. · Rye for grain (bushels) ________________________ 1978_ · 

1974. · Other small grains for grain ____________________ 1978_ · 

1974. · 

Soybeans for beans (bushelsL __________________ 1978_ · 

1974. · Peanuts for nuts (pounds) _____________________ 1978_ · 1974 .. Cotton (boles) ...••.•......•...•.•..•.•....•. 1978. 

1974 Tobacco (pounds) •........••..•.•.••......•.. 1978 

1974 

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.. 

_. Irish potatoes (hundredweightL _________________ 1978 

1974 

Sweet potatoes (bushels) _______________________ 1978 

1974 Hoy crops (tons, dry) (see textL ________________ 1978 

1974 Alfalfa hoy (tons, dry) ...•..••.....•. _ •••... 1978 

1974 Other tome dry hoy (tons, dry) (see text) ...•.• 1978 

Field seed crops-_____________________________ 1978 

1974 Alfalfa seed (pounds) •.••.....•••••......... 1978 

1974 Red clover seed (pounds) ____________________ 1978 

1974 

Allvegetobles harvested for sole (see text) _______ 1978 

1974 Sweet corn ________________________________ 1978 

1974 Tomataes _________________________________ 1978 

1974 Green peas excluding cowpeas ________________ 1978 

1974 

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land in orchards _____________________________ 1978_ · 

1974. Apples (pounds)._ ••••...•...•.•............ 1978. 

1974. 

Peaches (pounds) •...........•.............. 1978. 

1974. Gropes (pounds) (see text) ....••.•.•.•.•••••• 1978. 

1974. 

Berries _____________________________________ 1978_ 

1974. Strawberries (pounds) _______________________ 1978_ 

1974. Nursery and greenhouse products _______________ 1978_ 

Other crops •.. _ .•..••.•......••.•.•......... 1978. 

200 WORCESTER COUNTY, MASS. 

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· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

· 

Farms 

228 

237 

25 

25 

209 

(NA) 

- (NA) 

7 

2 

-

-

7 (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

1 (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14 

20 

-

-

599 

540 

256 

(NA) 

456 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

- (NA) 

107 

110 

80 

(NA) 

54 

(NA) 

10 

(HAl 

100 

92 

96 

(NA) 

33 

(NA) 

13 

(NA) 

54 

40 

36 

(NA) 

75 

2 

All farms 

Harvested 

Acres Quantity 

9 184 (X) 

7 802 (X) 

726 50 4741 453 35 308 8 458 141 740 (NA) (NA) 

- ()O 

(NA) (X) 

47 (X) 

(0) (X) 

- -

- - 47 536 (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

- (X) 

(NA) (X) 

- - - - (0) (0) 

(NA) (NAl 

- - (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA)I - (X) 

(NA) (X) 

- -

- - - - - - - -

- - - - - - (0) 6 114 

53 13 712 

- - - - 29 421 62 019 29 234 59 204 

7 208 17965 

(NA) (NA) 

17 618 35 818 

- (X) 

(NA) (X) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

- - (NA) (NA) 

1 514 (X) 

1 316 (X) 

960 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

53 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

11 (X) 

(NA) (X) 

3 222 (X) 

3 838 (X) 

3 010 43 148 562 (NA) (NA) 

153 521 696 

(NA) (NA) 

10 8 575 

(NA) (NA) 

203 (X) 

81 (X) 

69 348 100 

(NA) (NA) 

254 (X) 

(0) (X) 

Forms with sales of $2,500 or more 

Irrigated Harvested Irrigated 

Forms Acres Forms Acres Quantity Forms Acres 

- - 205 8 740 (X) - - (NA) (NA) 217 7454 (X) 2 (0) 

- - 20 713 49 578 - - (NA) (NA) 19 (0) 34 828 1 (0) 

- - 190 8 027 134 101 - - (NA) (NA) 202 7006 113 722 1 (0) 

- - - - (X) - - (NA) (NA) 2 (0) (X) - -

- - 5 (0) (X) - - (NA) (NA) 1 (0) (X) - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - 5 (0) (0) - - (NA) (NA) 1 (0) (0) - -

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - (X) - - (NA) (NAl - - (X) - -

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - 1 (0) (0) - - (NA) (NAl 1 (0) (0) - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NAl 1 (0) (0) - - - - - - (X) - - (NA) (NAl - - (X) - -

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - -

(NAl (NA) - - - - -

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - 3 (0) 11 29 6023 3 (0) 

(NA) (NA) 11 48 12 973 4 25 

- - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - -

- - 407 24 748 54995 - - (NA) (NA) 374 25 432 53 263 - - - - 207 6 184 16064 - -

(NA) (NA) 171 6 581 15 272 - -

- - 314 14 794 31 853 - -

- - - - (X) - - (NA) (NA) - - (X) - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NA) - - - - - - - - - - - - (NA) (NAl - - - - -

34 452 86 1 463 (X) 33 (0) 

(NA) (NA) 86 1 248 (X) 24 399 

21 208 67 916 (X) 21 208 

(NA) (NA) 75 810 (X) 19 183 21 21 47 52 (X) 21 21 (NA) (NA) 49 40 (X) 20 17 4 2 9 (0) (X) 4 2 

(NA) (NA) 13 12 (X) 8 9 

3 (0) 71 3 080 (X) 2 (0) 

(NA) (NA) 70 3 749 (X) 1 (0) 

(NA) (NA) 69 2 888 43 054 242 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 3 551 43 535 984 (NAl (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 29 147 (0) (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) (NA) 163 758 400 (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 5 6 (D) (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 2 (0) (0) (NA) (NA) 

15 46 39 163 (X) 14 (0) 

(NA) (NA) 23 56 (X) 6 13 

14 44 30 63 336 975 14 44 (NA) (NAl 14 28 149 357 6 13 

21 53 63 245 (X) 19 (0) 

(NA) (NA) 2 (0) (X) (NA) (NA) 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 
A·1 

APPENDIX A. General Explanation 

TAKING THE CENSUS ..................... . 

DATA PROCESSING ...................... . 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA ................. . 

MAJOR CHANGES IN DATA COLLECTED ......... . 

FOLLOW-ON SURVEYS AND THE CENSUS OF HORTI· 

CULTURAL SPECIALTIES •.................. 

DISCLOSURES ........................ . 

1974 DATA CORRECTIONS .............. . 

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS .......... . 

FARM CLASSIFICATIONS ..........••...... 

UNPUBLISHED DATA ........................ . 

NONSAMPLING ERRORS ...................... . 

CENSUSCOVERAGE ......................... . 

STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENTS ................... . 

TABLES 

A. PERCENT OF STATE TOTAL REPRESENTED BY ADJUSTMENT FOR WHOLE FARM NONRESPONSE: 1978 

B. ESTIMATES OF THE SAMPLING RELIABILITY OF 

STATE TOTALS FOR SELECTED ITEMS: 1978 .. 

C. ESTIMATES OF THE SAMPLING RELIABILITY OF 

FARMS REPORTING AN ITEM IN THE COUNTY: 1978 .. 

D. ESTIMATES OF THE SAMPLING RELIABILITY OF 

COUNTY TOTALS FOR SELECTED ITEMS: 1978. 

TAKING THE CENSUS 

Method of Enumeration 

A·1 

A-3 

A·4 

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A-S 

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A-16 

A·16 

A-17 

The 1978 Census of Agriculture was the first census to 

include a mailout/mailback enumeration supplemented by a 

thorough direct interview of all households in a sample of area 

segments. This combination list-direct enumeration sample 

approach was instituted to improve completeness of coverage 

for State level agriculture census statistics. 

In censuses prior to 1969, enumerators were assigned to a 

specific area and called on all farms within the area. Beginning 

with the 1950 census, copies of the report form were mailed 

prior to the enumeration date to each boxholder served by post 

offices in predominantly rural areas and farmers were asked to 

complete the forms and have them ready for the enumerator to 

pick up. Enumerators going door-to-door in rural areas collected 

and reviewed all forms that had been completed; they also 

completed forms for those places with agricultural operations 

which did not have forms ready. 

For the 1969 and 1974 censuses, data were collected 

primarily by a self-enumeration, mailout/mailback procedure. 

This procedure was made possible by the availability of 

specialty lists and several administrative lists, including records 

from the prior agriculture census, from which a list of 

agriculture-related names and addresses was constructed. 

The mailout/mailback enumeration procedure was not used 

in taking the agriculture census in Puerto Rico, Guam, the 

Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. A discussion 

of the direct enumeration methods used appears in the reports 

for these outlying areas. 

Mail List 

The mail list for the 1978 census was comprised of all 

individuals, businesses, and organizations that could be readily 

identified as being associated with agriculture. The list was 

assembled from the records of the 1974 census and administrative records of various government agencies, primarily the 

Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Agri· 

culture. The administrative lists used for 1978 were more 

accurate and extensive than those used for the 1974 and 1969 

censuses. For 197~, most administrative lists were used in their 

entirety; whereas, for 1974 and 1969 some lists were sampled so 

that only selected records were included in the census mailing 

list. 

Lists of large or specialized operations, such as nurseries, 

broiler growers, fish farms, and livestock range and feedlot 

operations, which might not be identified in other administrative records, were obtained from State and Federal agencies, 

trade associations, and similar organizations: Lists of multiestablishment companies having one or more establishments (or 

locations) producing agricultural products or providing agricultural services were obtained from the 1974 census and 

updated using results of the 1976 and 1977 Company Organization Surveys conducted by the Economic Surveys Division of 

the Census Bureau. 

A preliminary census mail list was assembled using names and 

addresses from the 1974 census and administrative source lists 

available early in 1978. Those records identified as most likely 

not to be farms, since the name appeared on only one source list 

or on selected combinations of list sources which had yielded a 

low percentage of farm operators for the 1974 census, were 

then selected for inclusion in the 1978 Farm and Ranch 

Identification Survey. Slightly over 4 million of the short 

identification forms were mailed in May of 1978 to identify 

persons who were not active farm operators, to identify tenant 

and successor operators who were not on administrative source 

lists, and to update the name, address, and size information for 

the identified active farm operators. Approximately 1.9 million 

survey returns were classified as out-of-scope (nonfarms), and an 

additional 400,000 reports were returned by the Postal Service 

as being undeliverable, reSUlting in over 2.3 million names and 

addresses being deleted from the census mail list as a result of 

the 1978 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey. The final 

census mail list containing 4,241,000 names and addresses was 

developed using results of the 1978 Farm and Ranch Identification Survey, names and addresses from the unduplicated 

preliminary list that were retained without precensus verification, and new or updated source lists acquired after the 

prel iminary unduplication. 

The preliminary and final census mail lists were both 

constructed by merging and unduplicating the names and 
A-2 APPENDIX A-Continued 

addresses from the various source I ists on the basis of Employer 

Identification numbers, Social Security numbers, and names and 

addresses. To facilitate processing, each name on the administrative source lists was assigned a geographic code indicating the 

State ahd county location of the operation and a size code 

indicating an estimated value of sales. Most duplicates were 

identified and resolved during computer processing; an additional group of possible duplicates idernified during computer 

processing was resolved clerically. Other duplicate names not 

identified prior to mail ing were either reported by respondents 

or located during office processing. 

Direct Enumeration Area Sample 

When the evaluation survey conducted for the 1974 census 

confirmed the results of the evaluation survey for 1969 (i.e., an 

unacceptable number of midsize and a larger number of smaller 

farms were not included in the mail list), the decision was made 

to incorporate into the 1978 data collection procedures a direct 

enumeration area sample to provide State level estimates of the 

number and statistical characteristics of farms found not to be 

included in the mail list. The effect of this combination mail 

list-direct enumeration sample approach has been to drastically 

reduce the number and effect of missed farms in State totals. 

The direct enumeration sample consisted of approximately 

6,400 segments in "rural" areas (areas outside places with 2,500 

or more population in 1970) in all States, except Alaska and 

Hawaii. The segments were created and selected using enumeration district maps and data from the 1970 Census of Population 

and Housing. In October and November 1978, enumerators 

visited each household in these segments to determine if 

anyone in the household was associated with an agricultural 

operation. A 78-A 1 (A) report form was completed for each 

person with agricultural operations. This form was similar to the 

78-A 1 (S) sample form but collected additional information on 

alternate names and addresses and other individuals associated 

with the operation for use in matching these cases to the census 

mail file. The front page of the 78-A 1 (A) report form is reproduced in appendix D. During the enumeration, each operator 

received an orange-colored sticker and was instructed that if 

he/she received a census form in the mail, the form should not 

be filled but returned with the sticker attached indicating that 

a report had already been completed. 

During office processing, a concentrated effort was made to 

match the direct enumeration sample returns to names and 

addresses on the census mail list using the sticker returns, 

microfilm search of the mail file for all associated names, 

telephone calls to all cases that could be reached by phone, and 

any other available information. Direct enumeration sample 

returns not matched to the census mail list after this extensive 

research comprise the sample representing farms in the State not 

on the census mail list. Data from these unmatched direct 

enumeration sample returns were used to provide estimates at the 

State level for farms not on the census mail list. For each State, 

these data have been tabulated and published as a "pseudo" 

county and are an integral part of the State totals. The direct 

enumeration sample estimates have not been included in 

individual county totals. 

Report Forms 

The Census Bureau recognizes the need to mtnlmlze both 

respondent burden and census cost by limiting the number of 

items for which data are requested to those most needed by 

users as the basis for current understandi ng and future planning. 

I n addition to limiting data items, the most recent eight 

censuses of agriculture have also used sampling techniques to 

further minimize reporting burden and census cost. For 1945, 

additional items were included in the enumeration of designated 

geographic segments, but were omitted from the report forms 

used for all other areas. For the 1950, 1954, 1959, and 1964 

censuses, similar goals were met by instructing the enumerators 

to determine whether to ask or omit the items in designated 

sections of the report forms. For the 1969, 1974, and 1978 

mailout/mailback censuses, two report forms were used again 

with the result of minimizing the reporting burden, particularly 

for smaller farms. 

For 1978, the two report forms were a 5-page report form 

(78-A 1 (S)) containing all the items asked in the census, and a 

4-page form (78-A1 (N)) omitting the sample items (sections 22 

through 27). Form 78-A 1 (N) and the 78-A 1 (S) sample 

items are reproduced in appendix D. In all States except 

Alaska and Hawaii, the sample form (A1 (S)) was mailed to all 

certainty addresses (large farms) and to 20 percent of the 

noncertainty addresses; the nonsample form (A1 (N)) was mailed 

to the remaining noncertainty addresses. The sample form was 

mailed to all Alaska addresses. For Hawaii, a modified version of 

the sample form was used for all farms. The modifications were 

made principally in the crops section in order to cover the 

special ized agriculture on the islands. The Statistical Adjustments 

section of this appendix defines certainty farms and includes a 

discussion of the criteria used to determine whether the sample 

or nonsample form was to be mailed to noncertainty addresses. 

Initial Mailing 

The report forms were distributed by the U.S. Postal Service 

during the last week of December 1978 to all individuals, 

businesses, and organizations on the mail list. Approximately 

4,241,000 forms were included in the initial mailing (3,140,000 

nonsample forms and 1,101,000 sample forms). 

From February through August 1979, additional initial 

mailings were sent primarily to new tenants and successors 

identified during report form processing. Thus, the total mailing 

list for the 1978 Census of Agriculture was 4,430,000. 

An information sheet containing detailed instructions for 

completing the form was included with each report form (see 

appendix D). Additional special instructions were included with 

report forms sent to identifiable producers of poultry under 

contract, bees and honey, laboratory animals, feedlot operations, and nursery and greenhouse products. 

In an effort to provide additional help in completing reports, 

approximately 60,000 copies of a Farm Census Guide booklet 

were sent to county agricultural agencies and related institutions 

or businesses to whom farmers might turn for help. Included 

were rural banks, accountants, vocational agriculture instructors, and the following U.S. Department of Agriculture county 

offices: Agricultural Stabi lization and Conservation Service, 
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Farmers Home Administration, and Agricultural Extension 

Service. This guide contained descriptions and definitions for 

various items in more detail than the instructions included with 

each report form. Representatives of the above agencies graciously consented to assist farmers in completing their report· 

forms if assistance was requested. In addition, the telephone 

number for the Jeffersonville, Ind. processing office was provided in the original mailing in case the respondent requested 

assistance or had additional questions which were not covered 

in the instructions. 

Followup Procedures 

The data collection effort included seven followup letters to 

nonrespondents, three of which were accompanied by a report 

form. To evenly distribute the workloads in mailing, receipts, 

and processing, the mail list was divided into three groups for 

followup purposes. I n late January, the first followup letter was 

sent to all nonrespondents reminding them of the February 15 

due date. The other reminders followed on a flow basis at 3- to 

4-week intervals starting in late February and continuing into 

July. 

In low response areas, additional efforts were made. State 

Commissioners of Agriculture were asked to issue supporting 

statements urging farmers to complete and return their reports. 

In early April 1979, nonrespondents in about 300 counties with 

the lowest response rates were mailed an additional letter using 

simpler language in large print suggesting that if they needed 

help in completing their report, they could call collect to the 

Jeffersonville, Ind. processing office. 

From March to November 1979, telephone calls were made 

to nonrespondents who were large (for most States, those with 

expected sales of $80,000 or more) or were located in about 

60 counties with low response. Data for large farms were obtained by telephone from secondary sources if the addressee 

could not be contacted or refused to provide information. Most 

of the nonresponse calls were made by the staff of the Jeffersonville, Ind. processing office. However, calls to the larger and 

more complex operations were made by the Agriculture Division 

staff. Upon completion of data collection, all counties had 

response rates exceeding 75 percent of the final mail list including additional addresses. The overall response rate for the 

50 United States was 88 percent for all addresses and nearly 

95 percent for addresses with a known history of farm operations. A significant proportion of the nonresponse cases was 

found not to have qualifying agricultural operations for 1978. 

For a description of .the adjustment for nonresponse, see Statistical Adjustments. 

DATA PROCESSING 

All report forms were subjected to a clerical screening review, 

during which they were corrected to make them acceptable for 

keying onto magnetic tape. Farm operators completing a 

nonsample form who reported sales or acres above the certainty 

level were sent correspondence requesting the additional sample 

data. Reports for special I ist cases identified on the mail I ist as 

producing specific products such as broilers or cattle were 

checked to insure that the special item had been reported. 

Problem reports requiring special review or additional handling 

were referred to technical assistants, or if necessary, to 

statisticians for resolution. Report forms with sales or acreage 

above levels I isted as State "must" were subjected to a more 

stringent precomputer review, including completeness checks for 

key basic data items. Reports from multiunit operations and 

institutional and government-operated farms were reviewed and 

edited by statisticans. All farms with expected or reported sales 

of $1,000,000 or more or 30,000 acres or more, all Alaska and 

Hawaii reports, selected multiunit operations, and other selected 

problem reports were reviewed by statisticians in the Agriculture Division. Omissions, inconsistencies, and other problems 

that could not be resolved by reference to other information on 

the report were resolved by contacting the respondents by 

telephone or correspondence. 

All successors and the more significant tenant names and 

addresses reported in the census were researched on microfil m 

of the census mail file. Report forms were mailed to addresses 

not located on the mail file. Research was also conducted on 

reports from selected respondents claiming that they had 

previously completed a census form to eliminate possible 

duplication. 

Data for each report form were subjected to a detailed 

item-by-item computer edit. The edit included comprehensive 

checks for consistency and reasonableness, corrected data found 

to be in error or inconsistent, supplied missing data based on 

similar size farms within the same county, and assigned farm 

classification codes wh ich were necessary for tabulating the 

data. Entries of large magnitude and significant computergenerated changes to the data were manually verified. Obvious 

errors such as reports of cotton or citrus in the Northern States 

were also identified and corrected. 

Many of the acceptability limits on data were necessarily 

wide making it impossible to identify and correct all errors or to 

always supply precise estimates for all the incompleteness in the 

reports. These factors and others may affect the rei iabil ity of 

data for some minor items, but they should not have a 

significant effect on major data items in any county. 

I n the computer edit, those farms with sales or acreage 

exceeding State "must" levels were tested for historical consistency. Key items such as acreage, number of I ivestock sold, 

crops, and sales were compared for significant changes between 

1974 and 1978. Problems in historical consistency were resolved 

usually by telephone. 

In order to reduce duplicate reporting because of more than 

one completed report being received for the same operation 

under different names, computer listings of reports with similar 

operator names and size of operation were produced and 

duplicate reports were deleted prior to tabulations. 

After each report was screened, computer edited, and had all 

identified problems corrected, each data item on the report was 

added into the total for that item for the county. The result was 

a computer tabulation matrix for each county containing the 

sum of individual entries for each data item. This matrix 

enabled the easy and precise construction of the published 

tables. 

Prior to publication of preliminary reports and volume 1 

reports, tabulated totals were reviewed by statisticians to 
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identify remaining inconsistencies and potential coverage 

problems. Comparisons were made with historical census trends 

as well as current year State level estimates published by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture and other agencies as part of the 

coverage review. Selected report forms were reviewed and 

problem entries were either verified as being correct or the data 

were corrected. 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA 

Significant changes were made to the data collection pro· 

cedures to improve the coverage of the 1978 census, including 

a more complete mail list and the use of a direct enumeration 

area sample to supplement the mail list. The effect of these 

improvements has been to increase the 1978 State farm counts 

above what they would have been using previous methods. 

The 1978 State farm counts, consisting of totals from the 

mail list and the direct enumeration area sample, include farms 

that would have been missed in the 1974 and 1969 censuses. 

The 1978 county farm counts do not include any totals 

from the direct enumeration sample. However, for some 

counties, the counts may have increased s'-lbstantially because 

of the improved coverage of small farms in the 1978 mail list. 

County level data on acreages and inventories are generally 

comparable. 

Estimates of the net proportion of farms missed in the 1974 

census varied widely by State, from a low of 0.7 percent in 

Nebraska to a high of 33.0 percent in West Virginia. Appendix C 

shows adjusted farm counts by State. Because missed farms 

were typically small, the percent missed was generally higher in 

States having a relatively large proportion of small farms and 

urbanized areas having a sizable number of part-time farms. The 

proportion of the total farms in each State represented by the 

direct enumeration sample in 1978 can be expected to follow a 

pattern similar to that for missed farms in 1974. 

Since most of the farms identified in the direct enumeration 

sample were small, these farms have a much greater effect on 

the State counts of farms and farms reporting than on measures 

of agricultural production such as land in farms, sales of 

agricultural products, acres and production of crops, and 

inventory and sales of I ivestock and poultry. 

Changes in the farm definition also affect the comparability 

of data. In general, data for 1978 and 1974 would be directly 

comparable with data for 1969 and earlier censuses only for 

farms with sales of $2,500 or more because the data for these 

farms are not affected by changes in the farm definition. A 

difference in timing and the change from personal interview to 

mail enumeration affect comparabil ity with data from censuses 

prior to 1969. The effect of the 1974 definition change for 

selected State and county totals is shown in appendix B. 

Dollar figures shown for expenses and agricultural product 

sales have not been adjusted for changes in price levels between 

census years. Crop and I ivestock production and sales and 

expense data are for the calendar year 1978, except for a few 

crops (such as citrus) for which the production year overlaps the 

calendar year. Inventories of livestock, poultry, and other 

specified items are as of December 31, 1978. The reporting 

period and inventory date are the same as for the 1974 and 

1969 censuses. 

Censuses prior to 1969 were taken by enumerators, each 

assigned to a specific geograph ic area. Field work for the 1959 

and 1964 censuses was completed mainly in October, November, and December of the reference year. Livestock and poultry 

inventories for these two censuses were as of the time of 

enumeration. Other variations in the time of enumeration 

occurred prior to 1959. 

MAJOR CHANGES IN DATA COLLECTED 

Unusually strong adverse reaction to the length and content 

of the 1974 census report form stimulated an intensive review 

and rejustification of all data inquiries accepted for collection 

on the 1978 census report form. Data users were requested to 

provide the Bureau with their data requirements, including the 

level of publication needed-county, State, or national. Each 

data item requested was reviewed to determine if it was needed 

at the county level and if so, whether on a complete or sample 

basis. Some data items needed only at the State or regional level 

were relegated to one or another of the follow-on surveys 

scheduled to be conducted in 1980 for calendar year 1979. By 

eliminating many items included on the 1974 report form, 

redesigning the form to accommodate two columns of items per 

page, and converting many more items to write-in status, 

especially in the crops sections, the report form was reduced 

from a 20-page booklet to a 4-page form for most farms and a 

5-page form for certainty and sample farms. Data items on the 

1974 report form which were eliminated on the 1978 report 

form were: 

Type of rental arrangement 

Sales of forest products 

Commercial fertilizer used for specific crops 

I rrigation methods and quantity of water used 

Drainage 

Grain storage facilities 

Futures markets 

Contracts 

Injuries and illnesses 

Other production expenses 

I ncome and expenses from farm-rei ated sources 

Farm credit 

Family income from off-farm sources 

Much of the detailed data collected in 1974 for costs of 

materials for individual types of agricultural chemicals and for 

quantities and costs of several feed categories including roughages purchased were deleted from the report form. I n addition, 

many of the redundant totals used on the 1974 report form for 

cross checking data, especially in the production expenses and 

value of agricultural products sold sections, were eliminated. 

The following high priority new data items were added to the 

1978 report form: 

Set-aside acres in Federal Farm Program 

Government Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) loans for 

grain and cotton 

Direct sales to consumers 

Foreign ownership of farmland 

Greater detail on expenses for energy 
APPEN DI X A-Continued A-5 

FOLLOW-ON SURVEYS AND THE CENSUS OF 

HORTICULTURAL SPECIALTIES 

I ntegral to each census of agriculture program are the 

follow-on surveys conducted after the main census. The purpose 

of these specialized surveys is to collect additional, much 

needed agriculture-related information from highly specialized 

operations or from only a sample of farms without burdening all 

farm operators. Thus, allowing the use of a shorter report form 

for the general census. The follow-on surveys are limited to high 

priority data items that yield United States, regional, or State 

level estimates, which in and of themselves or in association 

with general census data, are used as the basis for current 

decisionmaking and future planning. 

Data from ~he Farm Finance, the Farm and Ranch Irrigation, 

and the Farm Energy Surveys, conducted in 1980 covering 

calendar year 1979, are published in Volume 5, Special Reports, 

of the 1978 Census of Agriculture. 

The Farm Finance Survey provides detailed farm financial 

data, including debts, expenses, taxes, credits, assets, and farm 

and off-farm incomes for farm operators. Many of these items as 

well as detailed data concerning land ownership and landlord 

characteristics are also being collected from the landlords of the 

farms involved in the survey. 

The Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey provides high priority 

data on water use by irrigated farms. Included in the data are: 

acreage irrigated, yields for irrigated and nonirrigated crops, 

quantity of water used, methods of distribution, types of 

pumps, and number of wells. 

The Farm Energy Survey provides detailed data on energy 

purchased by type of energy source, storage capacity, and 

selected kinds of energy-consuming machinery and equipment. 

The 1979 Census of Horticultural Specialties covers the 

operations of producers of nursery and greenhouse products, 

mushrooms, and sod in much greater detail than the main 

census of agriculture. This census has been conducted in 1890, 

1930, 1950, and every 10 years since, in association with the 

census of agriculture. Data for this census are published in 

Volume 5, Special Reports. 

DISCLOSURES 

In many tables, data are suppressed and a (D) is used instead 

of a number. To ensure the confidentiality of information on a 

characteristic of an individual farm, it is necessary to suppress 

data when the value of an item for one or two farms can be 

definitely or approximately determined by mathematical 

manipulations. 

Suppressions of data made within frequency distributions are 

accomplished in a way that will maintain maximum integrity of 

the frequency groups as suppressions are made whenever 

possible in adjacent frequency classes. This allows the user, by 

subtraction from the total, to have a farm count and total 

quantity reported for the combined suppressed frequencies. 

Although the published frequency data are not complete, the 

truncated frequency distribution is available for analysis purposes. 

1974 DATA CORRECTIONS 

Some 1974 data have been revised since the 1974 volume I 

publications were released. The major revisions were for: 

Madera County, California-number of heavy breed turkeys 

sold and related data. 

Maricopa County, Arizona-acreage of improved pecans and 

related data. 

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS 

Definitions and explanations of terms in this section provide 

more detailed descriptions for selected items and terms than are 

available on the report form or in the tables. Differences in 

definitions between censuses, data deficiencies, and special 

processing performed for individual or related data items are 

also explained. For an exact wording of the questions on the 

sample and nonsample forms used in 1978 for the conterminous 

United States, and the information sheet which accompanied 

these forms, see appendix D. 

For all tables, historical data are shown whenever ind ividual 

items are comparable, otherwise an (NA) is used. Some 

historical data may differ slightly from totals included in prior 

census publications due to rounding of fractions and dollar 

values. 

Farms or farms reporting-The term "farms" or "farms 

reporting" in the presentation of data denotes the number of 

farms reporting the item. For example, if there are 3,710 farms 

in a State and 842 of them had 28,594 cattle and calves, the 

data for those farms reporting cattle and calves would appear as: 

Cattle and calves ............... farms . . . . . .. 842 

number. . .. 28,594 

Land in farms-The acreage designated in the tables as "land in 

farms" consists primarily of agricultural land used for crops, 

pasture, or grazing. It also includes woodland and wasteland not 

actually under cultivation or used for pasture or grazing, 

provided it was part of the farm operator's total operation. 

Large acreages of woodland or wasteland held for nonagricultural purposes were deleted from individual reports during 

the processing operations. 

Land in farms is an operating unit concept and includes land 

owned and operated as well as land rented from others. Land 

used rent free was to be reported as land rented from others. 

Except for open range and grazing land used under government 

permits, all grazing land was included as "land in farms" 

provided it was part of a farm or ranch. Grazing land operated 

by grazing associations was to be reported by the person chiefly 

responsible for conducting the business of the association. All 

land in Indian reservations used for growing crops or grazing 

livestock was to be included as land in farms. Land in Indian 

reservations not reported by individual Indians or non-Indians 

. was to be reported in the name of the cooperative group that 

used the land. In some instances, an entire Indian reservation 

was reported as one farm. 
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land area-The approximate total land area of counties and 

States shown for 1978 represents the land area as determined by 

records and calculations updated as of January 1, 1979. These 

data are updated periodically; however, the acreage shown for 

1978 are essentially the same as in 1974. Any differences 

between the land area in 1978 and 1974 are due to annexations, 

disincorporations, and other changes affecting county bound· 

aries. 

Land in two or more counties-With few exceptions, the land in 

each farm was tabulated as being in the operator's principal 

county. The principal county was defined as the one where the 

largest value of agricultural products were raised or produced. It 

was usually the county containing all or the largest proportion 

of the land in the farm. For a limited number of Western States, 

this procedure has resulted in the allocation of more land in 

farms to a county than the total land area of the county. To 

minimize this distortion, separate reports were required for large 

farms, identified from the 1974 census and prior special surveys 

as having more than one separately reportable farm unit. Other 

reports received showing land in more than one county were 

separated into two or more reports if the data would signifi· 

cantly affect the county totals. These reports were assigned to 

the appropriate counties during office processing. 

Value of land and buildings-Farm operators receiving the 

sample form were asked to report their estimate of the current 

market value of land and buildings owned, rented or leased from 

others, and rented or leased to others. Market value refers to the 

respondent's estimate of what the land and buildings would sell 

for under current market conditions. For 1978, this information 

is estimated from the replies of a sample of farms; whereas for 

1974, all farm operators were asked to provide these data. If the 

value of land and buildings was not reported, it was estimated 

during processing by using the average value of land and 

buildings from a similar farm in the same geographic area. 

Other land-This category includes land in house lots, barn lots, 

ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. The definition of "other land" is 

the same in 1978 and 1974 only for farms with sales of $2,500 

or more. In 1974, for farms with sales of less than $2,500, 

"other land" included pastureland and rangeland other than 

cropland and woodland pasture in addition to land in house 

lots, barn lots, ponds, roads, and wasteland. 

land set aside in the Federal Farm Program-The 1978 report 

form included a new inquiry on the number of acres set aside in 

1978 under the provisions of the Federal Farm Program. These 

data are for acres of cropland taken out of production by 

growers of wheat, corn, grain sorghums, and barley, and instead 

planted in cover crops, soil·improvement grasses, etc. No 

information was obtained as to which grains would have been 

grown on the acres set aside. 

Foreign ownership of agricultural land-An inquiry measuring 

the impact of foreign ownership of agricultural land was added 

to the 1978 report forms. All farm operators were asked to 

report the number of acres owned by individuals who are not 

u.S. citizens; or owned by foreign·held corporations, unincorporated associations, or foreign governments. 

I n some cases, operators using land owned by others may not 

know the beneficiary owner of the land or, if the owner is 

known, they may not know the citizenship of the landlord. 

Therefore, a "don't know" category was included on the report 

form. Corporations with 50 percent or more of the stock held 

by foreign investors were considered foreign owned. Any land 

owned and operated by such corporations was included as land 

held under foreign ownersh ip. 

County summary table 36 provides operators response to the 

foreign ownership inquiry. Counts are provided for those 

responding "yes", "no", "don't know", and "no response". No 

attempt was made to contact nonrespondents. 

Operator-The term "operator" designates a person who 

operates a farm, either doing the work or making day·to·day 

decisions about such things as planting, harvesting, feeding, 

marketing, etc. The operator may be the owner, a member of 

the owner's household, a salaried manager, a tenant, a renter, or 

a sharecropper. If he/she rents land to others or has land worked 

on shares by others, he/she is considered the operator only of 

the land which he/she retains for his/her own operation. For 

partnersh ips, only one partner is counted as an operator. If 

there is no clear·cut partner in charge, then the senior or oldest 

active partner is considered to be the operator. For census 

purposes, the number of operators is the same as the number of 

farms. I n some cases, the operator was not the individual named 

on the address label of the report form, but another family 

member, a partner, or a hired manager who was actually in 

charge of the farm operations. 

Operator characteristics-Data on characteristics such as resi· 

dence, race, Spanish origin, age, sex, principal occupation, and 

off·farm work were collected from all operators in 1978. In the 

1974 census, operator characteristics were collected only for all 

farms with sales of less than $2,500 and for farms with sales of 

$2,500 or more operated by individuals (sole proprietorships) 

and partnerships. If operator characteristics of race, age, sex, 

and principal occupation were not reported for 1978, they were 

derived based on reports with similar acreage size, tenure, and 

sales size. No adjustments were made for nonresponse to 

residence, Spanish origin, and off-farm work. 

Extensive verification and recontacting were done for 

positive responses to Spanish origin, especially in Southern 

States. It was found that a number of these responses were in 

error, apparently the word American in "Mexican American" 

was mistaken as American origin. 

Write-i n entries of "other" race were clerically reviewed and 

recoded where necessary; entries without an accompanying 

write-in description were not verified by recontacting the 

respondent. Based on demograph ic classifications, "other" race 

is limited to native non·Spanish populations of Central and 

South American countries. 

In the presentation of data on race of operator, the 

classification "Black and other races" includes Blacks, American 

Indians, Asian or Pacific Islanders, and any other separate racial 

group excluding White. For the 1978 census, operators of 
APPENDI X A-Continued A-7 

Spanish ongln are tabulated by reported race. Prior censuses 

included Spanish origin as "White" whenever separate data for 

the Wh ite race were shown. 

The 1978 Census of Agriculture is the fi rst census to collect 

data on the sex of the operator. For farm operations where both 

husband and wife participated, the response was determined by 

the parties involved. 

Selected production expenses-Data on selected production 

expenses incurred in 1978 were requested from farm operators 

reporting on the sample form. Only selected production 

expenses were requested; thus, the expense data cannot be used 

in combination with gross sales to calculate net farm income. 

The 1974 census attempted to gather selected expenses plus a 

category "all other production expenses" to arrive at total 

expenses. This category was to include items such as depreciation, taxes, interest, rent, and insurance for the farm business. 

Because of the burden to respo nde nts and inaccuracy in 

reporting, the "all other production expenses" inquiry was not 

included on the 1978 report form. The 1979 Farm Finance 

Survey provides estimates on net farm income. 

For 1978, as with earlier censuses, expense data in some 

cases were not fully reported especially by operations producing 

crops, I ivestock, or poultry on a contract basis. Many such 

operators were unable or unwilling to estimate the value of 

production inputs furnished by the contractor. Estimates were 

made for individual expense items based on reported crop and 

livestock information, or on averages or ratios of expense items 

reported by similar farms in the same geographic area. 

Commercial fertilizer-The expense for commercial fertilizer 

is the amount spent on fertilizer during 1978, excluding the 

cost of application. Some fertilizer purchased in 1978 may 

not have been applied during the year. If the fertilizer was 

applied by someone other than the operator, the cost of 

application is included as an expense for customwork, 

machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment. Some 

operators may have included the cost of application with the 

amount spent on fertilizer. 

Other agricultural chemicals, including lime-Expenses include the cost of all insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, other 

pesticides, lime, etc., excluding costs of application. Data 

exclude commercial fertilizer purchased. 

Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and 

equipment-This e~pense represents costs incurred for having 

customwork done on the place and for renting machines to 

perform agricultural operations. The cost of cotton ginning is 

excluded. The cost of labor involved in the customwork 

service is included in the customwork expense. The cost of 

labor used on rented or hired machinery is included as a 

hired farm and ranch labor expense. 

Energy and petroleum products-More extensive data on energy 

usage for the farm business were collected in the 1978 census 

than in prior censuses. Data were collected on expenses, gallons 

purchased, and storage capacity for gasoline; diesel fuel; LP gas, 

butane, and propane; and fuel oil. In addition, data on expenses 

for natural gas; kerosene, motor oil, and grease; electricity; and 

all other energy sources were collected_ Data for 1974 include 

only storage capacity and expenses for gasoline; diesel; LP gas, 

butane, and propane; and a combined total expense for motor 

oil, grease, piped gas, kerosene, and fuel oil. The 1978 energy 

data were collected from a sample of farms. Additional data on 

energy usage and storage capacity are available from the 1979 

Farm Energy Survey. 

Caution should be used in evaluating storage capacity. Farms 

not reporting storage capacity were not identifiable from farms 

with no storage capacity; therefore, the totals understate the 

actual storage capacity available. 

Value of agricultural products sold-This item represents the 

gross market value before taxes and production expenses of all 

agricultural products sold or removed from the place in 1978 

regardless of who re'ceived the payment. It includes sales by the 

operator as well as the value of any sh ares received by partners, 

landlords, contractors, and others associated with the operation. 

The value of agricultural products sold represents the sum of 

all crops including nursery products sold, and livestock and 

poultry and their products sold. It does not include income 

from farm-related sources such as customwork or agricultural 

services, or income from nonfarm sources. For 1974 and 1969, 

the value of agricultural products sold included sales of forest 

products from farms and ranches. 

The value of crops sold in 1978 does not necessarily 

represent the sales from crops harvested in 1978. Data include 

sales from crops produced in earlier years and exclude some 

crops produced in 1978, but held in storage and not sold in 

1978. For crops sold through a co-op which made payments in 

several installments, only the total value received in 1978 was to 

be reported. 

The value of agricultural products sold was collected from all 

operators. Where the operator failed to report a value of sales, 

estimates were made based on the amount of crops harvested or 

the number of livestock or poultry sold. Extensive estimation 

was required for operators growing crops or livestock under 

contract. 

Caution should be applied when comparing sales in 1978 with 

sales reported in earlier censuses due to the extreme fluctuations 

in per-unit prices between census years. 

Income from machine work, customwork, and other agricultural 

services-This category consists of gross income received during 

1978 by farm operators for providing machine work, customwork, and other agricultural services for others such as plowi ng, 

planting, harvesting, etc. Entries were deleted when duplicate 

information was reported in the 1978 Census of Agricultural 

Services, or when entries were large enough to consider the 

agricultural services activity separate from the farm or ranch. 

The agricultural services part of a farming operation was 

generally consi,dered a separate operation when income from 

agricultural services was greater than $500,000, or when it was 

'$10,000 or more and greater than the value of agricultural 

products sold. Data for establishments primarily engaged in 

agricultural services are published separately in volume 3. 
A-8 APPENDI X A-Continued 

Value of agricultural products sold directly to individuals for 

human consumption-This item represents the value of agricultural products produced and sold directly to individuals for 

human consumption from roadside stands, farmers' markets, 

pick-your-own sites, etc. By definition, it excludes nonedible 

products such as nursery products, cut flowers, wool, grains, 

etc. Sales of agricultural products by vertically integrated 

operations through their own processing and marketing operations were excluded where identified. 

Fertilizer and lime-Detailed inquiries on acreage fertilized and 

tonnage of fertilizer applied by crop, which were included on 

the 1974 census form, were not collected in 1978. Data 

collected for 1978 are limited to total acres of cropland 

fertilized excluding cropland used only for pasture, and total 

acres of pastureland and rangeland fertilized. Data on lime use 

were requested in both 1978 and 1974. Land fertilized and 

limed data were collected from a sample of farms in 1978. Total 

acres of cropland fertilized in 1974 were obtained by adding the 

acres of individual crops fertilized and, therefore, may include 

duplication where two or more crops using the same acreage 

were each fertilized during the year. 

Irrigation-The 1978 report forms included inquiries on acres 

irrigated for specific crops and total acres irrigated for harvested 

cropland, pastureland or rangeland, and any other land. Data 

on methods of irrigation and estimated quantity of irrigation 

water used by farms and ranches collected in the 1974 and 1969 

censuses are available from the 1979 Farm and Ranch Irrigation 

Survey and are included in Volume 5, Special Reports. 

Irrigation data collected on the 1978 report form are summarized in more detail in volume 2, Part 9, Irrigation on Farms 

and in Volume 4, Irrigation, which also includes data from 

off-farm water suppliers covered in the 1978 Census of 

Irrigation Organizations. 

Value of livestock and poultry on farms-Data for the value of 

livestock and poultry on farms were obtained by multiplying 

the inventory of each major age and sex group by the State 

average price. The State average prices for cattle, hogs, sheep, 

angora goats, hens and pullets of laying age, and turkeys were 

obtained primarily from data published by the Economics, 

Statistics, and Cooperatives Service of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture. Prices applied to other livestock and poultry were 

census-derived averages based primarily on reported value of 

sales in the 1978 Census of Agriculture. The 1974 and 1969 

data were developed in a similar manner. 

Poultry hatched-The 1978 data include all poultry hatched 

during the year that were placed or sold; whereas for 1974, data 

include only poultry sold. For example, chickens hatched and 

raised for layer replacement on the same farm are included in 

1978 data for poultry hatched, but excluded from 1974 totals. 

The value of hatchery sales is included in the category "Poultry 

and Poultry products." 

Fish and other aquaculture products-The raising of fish and 

other aquaculture products in captivity was included as agricultural production by the 1972 Standard Industrial Classification, and data for such operations were included in the 

agriculture census for the first time in 1974. The value of fish 

and other aquaculture products sold is included in the category 

"Other livestock and livestock products." Production in salt 

water was considered not to be in captivity and was excluded. 

Bees and honey-Bee and honey production was enumerated 

and tabulated in the county in which the home farm was 

located (even though hives are often moved from farm to farm 

over a wide geographic area for pollination of crops). The 

completeness and accuracy of these data are affected by the fact 

that some bee operations may not have been on the mail list and 

some operators on the mail list may not have considered 

beekeeping to be an agricultural operation, and therefore did 

not report. 

Citrus enumeration-For the 1978 census, reports for selected 

citrus caretakers in Arizona, Florida, and Texas were obtained 

by direct enumeration. This special enumeration has been used 

in recent censuses because of the difficulty in identifying and 

enumerating absentee grove owners who often do not know the 

information that is needed to adequately complete the report 

form. A citrus caretaker .is an organization or person caring for 

or managing citrus groves for others. Each citrus caretaker was 

enumerated as a farm operator and requested to complete one 

report form for all groves cared for and to furnish a list of grove 

owners' names, addresses, and number of acres of citrus. The 

names on the lists were matched to completed grove owners' 

reports to eliminate duplication. The caretaker was also requested to inform the grove owner that he h?d already reported 

for the citrus under his care and that the grove owner was not to 

report agai n. In the 1978 census, 8 caretakers in Arizona 

reported 250 grove owners having 12,000 acres of citrus; the 

100 caretakers in Florida reported 6,600 grove owners having 

240,000 acres of citrus; and 27 caretakers in Texas reported 

1,500 grove owners having 30,000 acres of citrus. 

More detailed information by State and county are included 

in volume 2, part 6. 

Crop year or season covered-Acres and quantity harvested are 

for the calendar year 1978 except for citrus fruits, avocados, 

and olives; vegetables in Florida; sugarcane in Florida and Texas; 

and pineapples and coffee in Hawaii. 

Citrus fruits-The data relate to the crops harvested from the 

bloom of 1977 for the 1977·78 marketing season. 

Avocados-The data for California relate to the quantity 

harvested from November 1, 1977 through November 30, 

1978; the data for Florida relate to the quantity harvested or 

to be harvested from April 1978 through March 1979. 

Olives-The data relate to the quantity harvested from the 

bloom of 1977 for the October 1977 to March 1978 harvest 

season. 

Vegetables-The data for Florida relate to the crop harvested 

for the September 1, 1977 through August 31, 1978, harvest 

season. 
APPENDIX A-Continued A-9 

Sugarcane-The data for Florida and Texas relate to the 

reported cuttings from November 1977 through April 1978. 

Pineapples and coffee-The data for Hawaii for pineapples 

relate to quantity harvested for the year ending May 31, 

1978, and coffee for the 1977-78 crop. 

Acres and quantity harvested-Crops were reported in whole 

acres, except for the following crops which were reported in 

10ths of acres: Irish potatoes, sweetpotatoes, tobacco, fruit and 

nut crops including land in orchards, berries, vegetables, and 

nursery and greenhouse products; in Hawai i, taro, ginger root, 

and lotus root. Totals for crops reported in tenths of acres were 

rounded to whole acres at the aggregate level during the 

tabulation process. 

If two or more crops were harvested from the same land 

during the year, the acres would be counted for each crop. 

Therefore, the total acres of all crops harvested generally 

exceeds the acres of cropland harvested. The exception to 

this procedure is hay crops. When more than one cutting of hay 

was taken from the same acres, the acres are counted only once 

but the quantity harvested includes all cuttings. However, hay 

cut for both dry hay and green chop or silage would be reported 

for each applicable crop. For interplanted crops or "ski p-row" 

crops, acres were to be reported according to the portion of the 

field occupied by each crop. 

If a crop was planted but not harvested, the acres were not to 

be reported as harvested. These acres were to be reported in the 

"land use" section under the appropriate cropland itemscropland used only for pasture or grazing, cropland used for 

cover crops, cropland on which all crops failed, cropland in 

cultivated summer fallow, or cropland idle. 

For crops grown purposely for grazing, quantity harvested 

was not requested. Acres for these crops were to be reported as 

"cropland harvested" and not as "cropland used only for 

pasture or grazing." This procedure applies to the following 

crops: 

Corn cut for dry fodder, hogged or grazed 

Cowpeas hogged or grazed or cut for sil age 

Sorghums hogged or grazed 

Soybeans hogged or grazed or cut for silage 

Quantity harvested was not obtained for crops such as 

vegetables, nursery and greenhouse products, and soybeans 

plowed under. 

Acres of land in bearing and nonbearing fruit orchards, citrus 

or other groves, vineyards, and nut trees were to be reported as 

harvested cropland regardless of whether the crop was harvested 

or failed. However, abandoned orchards were to be reported as 

cropland idle, not as harvested cropland or for the individual 

crop acreages. 

Data for hay represent all hay crops, including grass silage 

and hay crops cut and fed green. In production data, dry tons 

represent dry tonnage for the various hay categories and dry 

weight equivalents for grass silage and hay cut and fed green. 

The conversion used was 3 tons of green weight to 1 ton of dry 

weight. 

Crop units of measure-For some crops, the operator could 

report quantity harvested in a uhit of measure currently in use 

in the area. These crops were: Corn for grain or seed, in bushels 

shelled or hundredweight shelled; sorghums for grain or seed, in 

bushels or pounds; rice in 100-lb. bags, bushels, or 162-lb. 

barrels. Corn for grain and sorghums for grain are published in 

bushels and rice in 100-lb. bags. Grapes could be reported in dry 

weight or fresh weight; plums and prunes in fresh weight or 

prunes in dry weight; and in Hawaii, coffee in pounds 

parchment or pounds cherry, and macadamia nuts in pounds 

husked, unshelled or pounds shelled. For other fruit and nut 

crops and citrus, the operator was given a choice of units of 

measure of pounds, tons, or boxes. The quantity harvested for 

these crops are published in pounds. 

Write-in crops-To reduce the length of the report form, only 

the major crops for the United States were prelisted (see 

sections 2 and 3 of the report form). For the other crops, the 

respondent was requested to look at a list of crops in each 

section and write in the crop name and its code (see sections 4, 

5, 6, 7, and 8 of the report form). For crops that had no 

individual code listed on the report form, the respondent was to 

write in the crop name and code the crop into the appropriate 

"all other" category for that section. Crops not coded by the 

respondent were coded during processing before keying. Writein crops coded as "all other" were reviewed and assigned a 

specific code when possible. Crops not assigned a specific code 

were left in the appropriate "all other" category. 

I n some cases, the reviewers were unable .to determine the 

specific crop reported by the respondent because of incomplete 

or generalized crop names. To ensure proper coding, most of 

these respondents were telephoned; reports for those not 

telephoned were changed on the basis of other reports for the 

area. 

Misreported or miscoded crops-In a few instances, tabulated 

data may be inaccurate because respondents misunderstood or 

misinterpreted questions on the report form. Data may have 

been reported on the wrong line or in the wrong section of the 

report, or the wrong crop code may have been placed beside the 

name of a write-in crop. Some of these errors as well as some 

keying errors may not have been identified during processing 

and therefore were not corrected. Reports with unusual crops 

for the area were examined to minimize the possibility that they 

were in error. 

Comparability of crop data-For the 1974 and 1969 censuses 

data for all crops are available for farms with sales of $2,5000; 

more while only data for the major crops-corn, sorghums, 

soybeans, peanuts, wheat, cotton, tobacco, potatoes, hay, 

vegetables, land in orchards, and berries are available for all 

farms. For 1978, data for all crops are available for farms with 

sales of $2,500 or more and for all farms. 

For a number of commodities, less detailed data were 

collected in 1978 than in 1974. In these instances, 1974 data 

have been combined to provide comparable figures wherever 

possible. 

The "acres of vegetables harvested" in 1978 and 1969 was 

the summation of the acres of individual vegetables harvested, 
A-l0 APPENDI X A-Continued 

but in 1974 it was the total land used for vegetable crops. 

For "land used for vegetable crops," the acres were to be 

reported only once even though two or more harvests of a 

vegetable or more than one vegetable were harvested from the 

same acres. 

The "other crops" in the tables are not comparable from 

census to census as crops are added and deleted from the report 

form each census. 

Value of crop production-This item represents the estimated 

value of all crops harvested during the 1978 crop year. Data for 

the value of crops harvested were obtained by multiplying the 

average estimated value per unit by the reported acres or 

quantity harvested. Generally, harvested units of production 

(pounds, bushels, bales, etc.) were multiplied by State estimates 

of prices per unit. If only acres harvested were reported, State 

esti mates for value of production per acre were used. The State 

average production price and production value per acre used in 

these calculations were obtained in most part from publications 

of the Economic, Statistics, and Cooperative Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). When USDA estimates 

were not available, Bureau of the Census statisticians made 

estimates using available sources such as data from adjacent 

States, respondents, report forms, county extension agents, and 

other persons knowledgeable about specific crops. 

"See Text" References 

Items in the tables which carry the note "See text" are 

explained or defined in this section. Also, additional definitions 

and explanations for some items are provided. 

Data for 1978 are based on a sample of farms-Sections 22 

through 27 of the census report form 78-A 1 (S), wh ich include 

inquIries on commercial fertilizer and lime, chemicals, 

machinery and equipment, expenses for energy and petroleum 

products, selected production expenses, and value of land and 

buildings, were requested of all certainty (large) farms and 

approximately 20 percent of all other farms. As these data are 

subject to sampling er'ror, estimates of the sampling reliability of 

county totals for selected items are shown in table D. 

Farms operated by Black and other races-For 1974 and 1978, 

"other races" includes American I ndians, Asian and Pacific 

Islanders, and all other racial groups other than White. The 1969 

data are limited to farms operated by Blacks. Additional 

information on race of operator is provided under "operator 

characteristics" . 

All other races-This category is limited to native non-Spanish 

populations of Central and South American countries. 

1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole 

proprietorships) and partnerships-For 1974, farm operator 

characteristics were not collected from corporations, cooperatives, prison farms, grazing associations, and Indian 

reservations. For 1978, characteristics and occupation of the 

senior partner or person in charge were collected from all farms, 

regardless of the type of organization. 

Other type of organization-This category includes cooperatives, 

estates or trusts, prison farms, grazing associations, and Indian 

reservations. 

llllarket value of agricultural products sold-This item represents 

the gross market value, before taxes and expenses, of all 

agricultural products sold in the census year including livestock 

and poultry and their products, and crops including nursery 

products and hay. The qata include landlords' and contractors' 

shares. The 1974 and 1969 data include sales of forest products. 

Farms with value of agricultural products sold less than 

$2,500-ln 1978, this category includes all farms, except 

abnormal farms, with sales less than $2,500. In 1969 and 1974, 

farms reporting sales less than $2,500 but having the production 

potential for sales of $2,500 and over are included in the 

category farms with sales of $2,500 and over. In frequency 

distributions, the 1969 and 1974 farms with potential sales of 

$2,500 and over are included in the $2,500 to $4,999 sales 

group. 

Other livestock and livestock products-Production of fish and 

laboratory animals is included in this category in 1974 and 

1978; whereas, production of these items was excluded entirely 

from the 1969 census. 

Poultry hatched-For 1978, th is category includes all poultry 

hatched during the year that were placed or sold; whereas for 

1974, it only included poultry sold. Incubator egg capacity on 

December 31, 1978, is tabulated under the column heading 

Inventory and the number of poultry hatched is under the 

heading Sales. 

Worms-For 1978, the production of worms was separately 

identified; whereas for 1974, it was not. Inventory consists of 

the number of standard worm beds in production. A standard 

worm bed was considered to be 24 cubic feet measuring 8 feet 

by 3 feet by 1 foot. Sales of worms are shown in pounds. Worm 

casting sales are included in livestock products sold. 

Hay crops (tons, dry)-Datd shown for hay represent all hay 

crops, including grass silage and hay crops cut and fed green. In 

production data, dry tons represent dry tonnage for the various 

hay categories and dry weight equivalents for grass silage and 

hay cut and fed green. The conversion used was 3 tons of green 

weight to 1 ton of dry weight. 

Other tame dry hay-The 1974 categories clover-timothy hay, 

lespedeza hay, coastal Bermuda grass hay, and other hay have 

been combined into "other tame dry hay" in 1978. 

All vegetables harvested for sale-In 1978 and 1969, the acres of 

vegetables harvested is the summation of the acres of individual 

vegetables harvested; while in 1974, it is the total land used for 

vegetable crops. 

Land used for vegetables-Data are the total land used for 

vegetable crops. The acres are reported only once, even though 

two or more harvests of a vegetable or more than one vegetable 

were harvested from the same acres. 
APPENDI X A-Continued A-11 

Grapes (pounds)-Farm operators were given the option of 

reporting the quantity of grapes harvested in dry weight or fresh 

weight. For publication purposes, all quantities of grapes 

harvested have been converted to pounds fresh weight. 

All nursery and greenhouse products-Data are a summation of 

the individual items presented. 

Excludes abnormal farms-Abnormal farms include institutional 

farms, experimental and research farms, and Indian reservations. 

Institutional farms include those operated by hospitals, 

pe n i tentiaries, schools, grazing associations, government 

agencies, etc. 

Farms by standard industrial classification-See explanation 

under Farm Classifications. 

FARM CLASSI FICATIONS 

State tables 29 throu~ 35 present detailed 1978 data for all 

farms classified by specified characteristics-tenure of operator, 

type of organization, age and principal occupation of operator, 

size of farm (acres), value of agricultural products sold, and 

standard industrial classification. In 1974, comparable detailed 

data were tabulated only for farms with sales of $2,500 or 

more. Other tables include data classified by value of sales 

groups, or other characteristics of the farm or the operator. 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold or value of sales-In 

a number of State and county tables, data are shown separately 

for all farms and for farms with sales of $2,500 or more, and for 

various value of agricultural products sold or value of sales size 

groups. 

For 1978, all farms except abnormal farms have been 

tabulated by size based on reported sales. Thus, the category 

"farms with sales of $2,500 or more" includes only farms with 

actual sales of $2,500 or more. For 1969 and 1974, farms 

reporting sales of less than $2,500 but having the production 

potential for sales of $2,500 or more are included in most tables 

under the category farms with sales of $2,500 or more based on 

potential sales. 

In 1969, 1974, and 1978, abnormal farms were not tabulated 

based on actual or potential sales. Detailed data for abnormal 

farms are included in all farm data shown in State table 34, but 

are excluded from totals for all farms shown in other State 

tables 29 through 35. Otherwise, data for abnormal farms are 

included in totals for.all farms, but are excluded from totals for 

farms with sales of $2,500 or more. 

In 1969 and earlier censuses, data were classified into nine 

groups referred to as "economic classes." For farms with sales 

of $2,500 or more, the value-of-products-sold classifications 

used in 1974 and 1978 are the same as the value ranges used for 

establishing economic classes 1 through 5. Data for farms with 

sales of less than $2,500, classified in 1969 and earlier censuses 

as class 6, part time and part retirement, are not directly 

comparable to the 1974 and 1978 value-of·product classes 

because of the change in farm definition and modifications in 

farm classification. 

Farms by tenure of operator-The classifications of tenure used 

for both the 1978 and 1974 censuses are: 

Full owners, who operate only land they own. 

Part owners, who operate land they own and also land they 

rent from others. 

Tenants, who operate only land they rent from others or 

work on shares for others. 

Detailed 1978 data by tenure of operator are shown in State 

table 29 for all farms, excluding abnormal farms, and for farms 

with sales of $2,500 or more. 

Farms by type of organization-The 1978 Census of Agriculture 

was the first census in which all farms were classified by type of 

organization. In the 1969 and 1974 censuses, these data were 

collected and tabulated only for farms with sales of $2,500 or 

more. 

The classifications used were: 

Individual or family operation (sole proprietorship), excluding partnership and corporation. 

Partnership operation, including family partnership. 

Corporation, including family corporation. 

Other, such as cooperative, estate or trust, institutional farm, 

etc. 

For 1978, corporations were subclassified by two additional 

characteristics into: 

a. Family held. 

Other than family held. 

b. More than 10 stockholders. 

10 or less stockholders 

These subclassifications were not used in the 1974 Census of 

Agriculture. However, somewhat similar classifications were 

obtained in a follow-on survey of all corporations identified in 

the census, which were published in volume IV, part 5 of the 

1974 Census of Agriculture. This survey collected detailed 

information on family and nonfamily corporations, number of 

shareholders, and other classifications and characteristics of 

corporations at both the firm (company) and farm levels. In the 

1969 census, corporations were classified only by number of 

shareholders; those having more than 10 or those having 10 or 

fewer shareholders. 

Caution should be exercised when comparing 1978 corporation data to those of the 1974 survey and the 1969 census. For 

the 1974 survey, respondents were given a choice of four kinds 

of corporations from which to select the one that best described 

their operation: Family corporation, independent corporation, 

parent corporation (with one or more subsidiaries), and subsidiary of another corporation. Classification rules used prevented an independent, parent, or subsidiary corporation from 

being classified as a family corporation. The two-way choice of 

family held or other than family held used in 1978 has resulted 

in a decrease in the number and proportion of nonfamily held 

corporations reported. 

A followup study of the 1969 data indicated that a sizable 

. number of farms were incorrectly reported as corporations, 

especially in the Southern States. The 1974 survey was used to 

identify and correct the misreporting of corporations in that 
A-12 APPENDI X A-Continued 

census. In the 1978 census, some reports incorrectly had both 

individual or family operation (sole proprietorship) and family 

held corporation indicated. These reports were reviewed during 

the processing phase and resolved based on whether or not the 

respondent operated under a corporate name, had reported as a 

corporation in the 1974 census, or was shown to be a 

corporation on one or more of the administrative records used 

in developing the census mail list. 

Farms by age and principal occupation of operator-Data on age 

and principal occupation were obtained from all operators for 

1978. In 1974, these data were collected only for all farms with 

sales of less than $2,500 and for farms with sales of $2,500 or 

more operated by individuals (sole proprietorships) and partnerships. Detailed characteristics are shown by six age-of-operator 

groups in combination with occupation information for all 

farms in State table 31 and for farms with sales of less than 

$20,000 in State table 32. The principal occupation classifications used for 1978 were: 

Farming-The operator spent 50 percent or more of his 

work time in 1978 in farming or ranching. 

Other- The operator spent 50 percent or more of his 

worktime in 1978 in occupations other than farming. Some operators engaged in ranching marked 

"other" as their principal occupation. Most such 

obvious errors were corrected during processing. 

Farms by size-All farms were classified by size according to the 

total land area in each operation. The land area of a farm is an 

operating unit concept and includes land owned and operated as 

well as land rented from others. Land rented to or assigned to a 

tenant was considered the tenant's farm and not the owner's. 

Detailed characteristics of all farms by 12 size-of-farm groups 

are presented in State table 33. 

Farms by standard industrial classification- As in the 1974 

census, agricultural production establishments (farms, ranches, 

nurseries, greenhouses, etc.) are classified by the Standard 

I ndustrial Classification (SI C) system in the 1978 census. These 

classifications, found in the 1972 SIC Manual, an: used to 

promote uniformity and comparability in the presentation of 

statistical data collected by various agencies. 

An establishment primarily engaged in crop production 

(major group 01) or livestock production (major group 02) is 

classified in the 3- or 4-digit industry group which accounts for 

50 percent or more of the total value of sales of its agricultural 

products. If the total value of sales of agricultural products of 

an establishment was less than 50 percent from a single 4-digit 

industry, but 50 percent or more from the products of two or 

more 4-digit industries within the same 3-digit industry group, 

the establishment is classified in the miscellaneous industry of 

that industry group; otherwise, it is classified as a general crop 

farm in industry 0191 or a general livestock farm in industry 

0291. 

All farms in the 1978 census were classified by SIC. In the 

1974 census, farms with sales of less than $2,500 were not classified by SIC. In 1978, those agricultural producers having no sales 

reported were retained as farms and classified as general 

livestock farms in industry 0291 if livestock or pasture were 

reported or as general crop farms in industry 0191. Characteristics of all farms by selected SIC groupings are shown in State 

tables 11 and 35. Additional and more complete 1978 data for 

various SIC classifications are published in volume 2, part 8. 

UNPUBLISHED DATA 

Additional data have been assembled in a series of unpublished tables. The unpublished State table "Summary by 

Standard Industrial Classification of Farms by Value of Sales: 

1978" has a format similar to State table 34. The largest size 

group in the boxhead is $100,000 or more. Data are shown for 

the following SIC groupings: 

Cash grain farms (011) 

Field crop farms except cash grain farms (013) 

Cotton farms (0131) 

Tobacco farms (0132) 

Sugar crop, Irish potato, hay, peanut, and other field crop 

farms (0133) 

Vegetable and melon farms (016) 

Fruit and tree nut farms (017) 

Horticultural specialty farms (018) 

General farms, primarily crop (019) 

Livestock farms except dairy, poultry, and animal specialty 

(021) 

Beef cattle farms, except feedlots (0212) 

Dairy farms (024) 

Poultry and egg farms (025) 

Animal specialty farms (027) 

General farms, primarily livestock (0291)' 

The following unpublished county summary tables include 

data tabulated by detailed size groupings: 

Farms by Size of Farm: 1978 and 1974 

Acreage and Value of Owned and Rented Land: 1978 

Farms by Acres of Cropland Harvested: 1978 and 1974 

Place of Residence of Operator by Occupation and Off-Farm 

Work: 1978 

Hired Farm Labor by Number of Hired Workers: 1978 

Farms by Expenses for Hired Farm or Contract Labor: 1978 

Broilers Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1978 

Cows and Heifers That Had Calved-Inventory by Number 

Per Farm: 1978 

Beef Cows Inventory by Number Per Farm: 1978 

Milk Cows Inventory by Number Per Farm: 1978 

Cattle and Calves Inventory by Number Per Farm: 1978 

Cattle and Calves Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1978 

Fattened Cattle Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1978 

Hogs and Pigs Inventory by Number Per Farm: 1978 

Hogs and Pigs Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1978 

Feeder Pigs Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1978 

Other Hogs and Pigs Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1978 

Sheep and Lambs Inventory by Number Per Farm: 1978 

Sheep and Lambs Sales by Number Sold Per Farm: 1978 

Data similar to that shown in State table 28 for the acreages 

of crops harvested and production by acreage size have been 

summarized at the county level, but have not been tabulated. 
APPENDI X A-Continued A-13 

These summaries can be tabulated at a minimal cost depending 

on the detail of data requested. 

For information on the availability and cost of unpublished 

tabulations, please write to the Chief, Agriculture Division, 

Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. 

NONSAMPLING ERRORS 

Every census or survey is subject to errors. In addition to 

sampling variability, errors may arise from such sources as 

incorrect or incomplete reporting, processing, and the inabil ity 

to obtain a report from each eligible reporting unit. Sampling 

variability is discussed in Statistical Adjustments. 

Reported data in the census may be incorrect as a result of 

the misunderstanding of questions or because of the use of 

esti mates in reporti ng. Duri ng processi ng, adjustments were 

made to data items which appeared to be inconsistent with 

other items reported for the same farm. 

Respondents may have failed to provide all of the information requested. In some cases, the respondent may have 

indicated the presence of an item but not the amount. 

I mputations were made for missing data on the quantities and 

sales of crops and livestock but no imputations were made for 

place of residence or foreign ownership of land. 

Careful efforts were made to keep errors introduced during 

clerical and electronic processing to a controlled level through 

the use of quality control, verification, and check measures on 

specific operations. 

Extreme values in the direct enumeration sample (those 

contributing a substantial proportion of the estimated total) 

were reviewed individually and sometimes reduced. This will 

result in a possible downward bias in estimated totals. 

Inclusion of the direct enumeration sample in 1978 resulted 

in a matchi ng operation to identify names and addresses 

included in both the direct enumeration sample and the mail 

list. This matching operation was subjected to critical review 

and verification, including telephone calls to most respondents 

in the direct enumeration sample who were not matched in 

normal processing. Duplicates which were not identified during 

the matching process will result in an upward bias in estimated 

totals. 

An adjustment was made for nonrespondent operations on 

the mail list. This adjustment employed sampling of both 

nonrespondent and respondent cases and variation from the 

adjustment is measured in sampling error; however, any systematic bias is not measured. 

An evaluation of coverage is being conducted to measure the 

extent of undercount or overcount of farms in the census. A 

description of this evaluation is included in Census Coverage. 

CENSUS COVERAGE 

Although a complete and fully accurate count of farms, 

farmland, and farm production is the aim of each nationwide 

census of agriculture, the complex structure of America's 

agriculture makes this aim difficult to achieve. Among the 

complexities are the many places to be included, the variety of 

arrangements under wh ich farms are operated, the continuing 

changes in the relationship of operators to the farm operated, 

the expiration of leases and the initiation or renewal of lea5es, 

the problem of obtaining a complete list of agricultural 

operations, the difficulty of locating and identifying some types 

of farms, the operator's absence from the farm during the data 

collection period, and the operator's opinion that part or all of 

the operation does not qualify and should not be included in 

the census. 

An evaluation of coverage has been conducted for each 

census of agriculture since 1945. Although the primary purpose 

of these evaluations is to identify problem areas and supply 

evidence as a basis for improvements, they also provide users of 

census data with esti mates of the completeness of census 

counts. The results of the coverage evaluation study were published for the 1974 census in Volume IV, Special Reports, part 

3. This report included estimates of the net percentage of all 

farms missed in the census. Farm counts for 1974, adjusted for 

this net undercount, are shown in appendi x C. 

The inclusion of a direct enumeration sample to supplement 

the mail list for the 1978 census partially eliminates the major 

source of undercoverage of farms, namely, incompleteness of 

the mail list. However, inaccurate counting may still occur 

because (1) by design, the sample omitted the selection of area 

segments in places that had 2,500 or more population in 1970; 

(2) direct enumeration sample interviewers may have under 

counted or over counted farms; and (3) respondents may have 

been misclassified as farms or nonfarms during processing. 

The coverage evaluation for the 1978 census includes a 

re-€numeration of a subsample of the direct enumeration 

segments with matching and verification of differences, identification of operators not included on the mail list in places with 

2,500 or more population in 1970 using supplemental questions 

on the Annual Housing Survey, and verification of the farmnonfarm classification for a sample of respondents. 

The changes in data collection procedures implemented for 

the 1978 census should substantially reduce undercoverage, and 

the proportion of farms not included in the census is expected 

to be between 2 and 3 percent for the United States. Results of 

the coverage evaluation and other evaluative material are 

included in volume 5. 

STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENTS 

Report forms were obtained and tabulated for all the 

identified larger farms (in general, those with expected sales of 

$80,000 or more). In the few instances where the operator did 

not supply the required information, data were obtained from 

secondary sources. By means of detailed, programed edit 

specifications, adjustments or corrections were made during the 

computer edit operation for internally incomplete or i nconsistent data. The review procedures provided for computer 

printouts of edit changes that exceeded specified limits for the 

item. These changes were then reviewed for reasonableness by 

members of the processing staff and necessary corrections made. 

Nonresponse 

The statistics for each State and county were adjusted to 

account for nonrespondent smaller operations. The number of 
A-14 APPENDIX A-Continued 

farms for which adjustment was made was estimated on the 

basis of the results of a canvass of a random sample of mail list 

addressees who did not respond to the census during the regular 

fol!owup period. The canvass, using an abbreviated form, was 

accomplished with the use of the mail and telephone. The 

sample for each State was designed to provide estimates of the 

number of nonrespondent farms with a relative standard error 

of approximately 6 percent. However, approximately one third 

of the sample could not be contacted resulting in a potential 

bias in the estimates. The sample estimate of the number of 

nonrespondent farms at the State level was allocated to strata at 

the county level using the number of nonrespondents and the 

proportion of census farms among respondents. A sample of 

respondent data records was selected by stratum and weighted 

to represent the nonrespondent farms. 

Table A shows for selected items for the State the percent of 

the published total that the whole farm nonresponse adjustment 

represents. Adjustment for individual item nonresponse on 

respondent forms is not included in the percentages. These 

percentages indicate the potential for bias in published figures 

resulting from nonresponse, i.e., the extent to which the actual 

data for nonrespondents may not agree with the nonresponse 

adjustments. The probable range of difference is unknown. 

However, the degree of uncertainty regarding the accuracy of 

the data increases as the percentage of the total represented by 

the non respondent adjustment increases. 

Direct Enumeration Sample 

Because of undercoverage problems with the mail list for the 

1969 and 1974 censuses, a direct enumeration area sample was 

included to supplement the mail list for the 1978 census. 

Enumeration district maps and data from the 1970 Census of 

Population and Housing were used to construct the sampling 

frame from which the direct enumeration sample was selected. 

The frame was stratified by State and by a farm density ratio 

(the ratio of farm households to total households). In this State, 

the selected sample consisted of 82 segments. The expected 

number of farms per segment varied by strata from none in 

residential areas to 12 in intensive farm areas and averaged about 

10 farms. Farms enumerated in the direct enumeration sample 

were matched to the mail list and the data for the unmatched 

farms were weighted by the reciprocal of the probability of 

selection for the segment to make State estimates for farm 

operations not represented on the mail list. 

TableA. Percent of State Total Represented by Adjustment 

for Whole Farm Nonresponse: 1978 

Item 

Fa:rtns •••.••..•••.•••.•••....•..•..•.. ··• •• ·••••···••·• • 

Land in fanns ......................................... . 

Value of agricultural products sold ................... . 

Harvested cropland .................................... . 

Corn for grain or seed acres ........................... . 

Wheat for grain acres.· ... ·.······················ .. ···· 

Inventory: 

Cattle and calves ................................... . 

Hens and pullets of laying age ....................... . 

Hogs and pigs .........•.......••..........•... · .... ··· 

Percent 

of total 

4.7 

3.1 

1.2 

2.8 

(D) 

(D) 

2.0 

.4 

.5 L..-___ ..J 

Mail List Sampling 

To obtain county data for appropriate items without 

burdening all farm operators, data for Sections 22 through 27 of 

the report form 78-A 1 (S) were collected only from a sample of 

farms. The sample was selected from the mail list and consisted 

of all addresses in a certainty stratum and a random sample of 

addresses from the noncertainty stratum. The certainty stratum 

consisted of all addresses meeting specified size criteria in terms 

of indicated acreage and/or value of sales. Certainty size criteria 

varied by State from 1,000 to 5,000 indicated acres and from 

$40,000 to $200,000 indicated value of sales based on historic 

or mail I ist source data. All addresses in counties with less than 

100 farms in 1974 were also selected as certainty. Noncertainty 

addresses in counties with 100 to 199 farms in 1974 were 

sampled at a rate of 1 in 2, and noncertainty addresses in 

counties with 200 farms or more in 1974 were sampled at a rate 

of 1 in 5. 

Several elements of the sampling from the mail list and 

associated data collection may introduce substantial variation 

and a potential bias into the resulting data. First, the mail list 

from which the sample was selected contained about 50 percent 

nonfarm names and addresses which were not identifiable at the 

time of selection. Both farm and nonfarm names and addresses 

were selected into the sample. As a result, the farm data actually 

tabulated came only from part of the sample, specifically the 

names and addresses which represented farms. Secondly, the 

stratification was based on size information from several sources 

and of varying quality. Size information was not available for a 

substantial proportion of the names and addresses. In addition, 

sample and nonsample forms may have been returned at a 

different rate by respondents. 

In order to improve the precision and minimize the bias of 

estimates from the sample, post-stratification was used to 

produce estimates. Basically, this consisted of classifying all 

farms into relatively homogenous strata and weighting sample 

farms within each stratum by the ratio of total farms to sample 

farms. 

Farms meeting certainty size criteria during sample selection 

and those identified during processing as meeting similar criteria 

were assigned to a certainty stratum. All other farms were 

assigned to 64 strata. Farms with sales of less than $2,500 were 

classified into eight size-of-farm groups (less than 10 acres, 10 to 

49 acres, 50 to 69 acres, 70 to 99 acres, 100 to 199 acres, 200 

to 259 acres, 260 to 499 acres, and 500 acres or more); within 

each of two value-of-sales groups (less than $1,500 and $1,500 

to $2,499); within each of two type-of-farm groups (crop or 

general farms and livestock or poultry farms). Farms with sales 

of $2,500 or more were classified into four size-of-farm groups 

(less than 50 acres, 50 to 99 acres, 100 to 259 acres, and 260 

acres or more); within each of the four value-of-sales groups 

($2,500 to $4,999, $5,000 to $9,999, $10,000 to $19,999, and 

$20,000 or more); within each of two type-of-farm groups (crop 

or general farms and livestock or poultry farms). 

Each stratum was examined and collapsed into another 

stratum if (1) the stratum contained less than 20 sample farms; 

or (2) the calculated weight for the stratum was greater than 10 

in counties sampled at a rate of 1 in 5 and greater than 4 in 

counties sampled at a rate of 1 in 2. 
APPENDI X A-Continued A-15 

The post-stratification provided weights to be assigned to 

farms in each of the final collapsed strata such that the total of 

the weights for sample farms in the stratum would be equal to 

the total number of farms in the stratum. 

Estimates were prepared for items in Sections 22 through 27 

of the report form by multiplying the data for each item for 

each farm in the sample by the weight assigned to the farm. 

The weight for a certainty farm was 1. 

Reliability of Census Estimates 

Sampling variabil ity in census data may arise from several 

sources, some affecting all data and others affecting only certain 

items or geographic levels of tabulation. 

The sampling involved in the imputation for nonrespondents 

affects all data items at all geographic levels of tabulation. 

However, farms above specified size limits were not eligible for 

selection to represent nonrespondents. The size limits varied by 

State from $60,000 to $150,000 and from 1,000 to 2,000 acres. 

As a result of these limits, the sampling variability arises 

pri marily from smaller farms. For computing the estimates of 

variability due to weighting for nonresponse, the farms selected 

for weighting were considered to be a random sample of all 

farms in the stratum from which they were selected. 

Estimates from the direct enumeration sample are not 

included in county totals but contribute to sampl i ng variabil ity 

of State totals for all data items. 

The sample selected from the mail list provides estimated 

data only for Sections 22 through 27 of the report form. It 

contributes to sampling variability only for the items in these 

sections. Including the certainty farms and sample farms, data 

for Sections 22 throug, 27 were collected on approximately 26 

percent of the farms nationwide. 

Table B includes esti mates of sampling rei iability of State 

totals for a selected set of items. The estimates of sampling 

reliability for total number of farms, land in farms, harvested 

cropland, irrigated land, crops harvested, livestock, and value of 

agricultural products sold include components of variation for 

nonresponse imputation and for the direct enumeration sample. 

The component of variation for nonresponse imputation is 

relatively small and the direct enumeration sample is the major 

source of variation for these items. Estimates of sampling 

reliability for fertilizer use, chemical use, value of machinery 

and equipment, and value of land and buildings contain 

components of variation for the direct enumeration sample and 

the mail list sample. 

Table C contains estimates of sampling reliabil ity for the 

estimated number of farms in a county reporting an item in 

table D. These estimates of sampling reliability contain components of variatIOn arising from the mail list sample. The 

approximate standard error in percent may be read directly 

from the table based on the number of farms reporting the item. 

For a number of farms not shown in the table, a Ii near 

interpolation will provide a reasonable approximation. These 

estimates should not be applied to counties indicated to be 

certainty in table D. 

Table D shows estimates of the sampling variability of 

selected items for each county and for the portion of the State 

total pertaining to farms not on the mail list. Estimates for 

county totals contain variation from the mail list sample and 

estimates for the portion not on the mail list contain variation 

from the direct enumeration sample. Items for counties indicated to be certainty in the table are subject to some sampling 

error but this is expected to be small and is not included. Items 

in county publications with data collected from all farms contain a component of variation from nonrespondent imputation. 

This component is usually small and is not shown in the sampling variability tables. 

The sample esti mates and the esti mates of standard errors 

presented in tables B, C, and D permit the construction of 

interval estimates with prescribed confidence that the interval 

includes the average result of all possible samples. 

If all possible samples were selected, each of these surveyed 

under essentially the same conditions, and an estimate and its 

estimated standard error were calculated from each sample, 

then: 

a. Approximately 67 percent of the intervals from one 

standard error below the estimate to one standard error 

above the estimate would include the average value of all 

possible samples. 

b. Approximately 95 percent of the intervals from two 

standard errors below the estimate .0 two standard errors 

above the estimate would include the average value of all 

possible samples. 

For example, suppose the estimated number of farms in a 

State is 50,000 with a relative standard error of 3.0 percent. 

Then the standard error is 1,500 (3.0 percent of 50,000) and 

the chances are 2 out of 3 (67 percent) that complete coverage 

using the same survey methods would yield between 48,500 and 

51,500 farms. 

As calculated, the standard error also partially measures the 

effect of nonsampling errors but does not measure the effect of 

any systematic biases in the data arising from incorrect 

reporting by respondents, adjustments for nonresponse, incomplete unduplication, or incomplete coverage of farms. 
A-16 APPENDIX A-Continued 

Table B Estimates of the Sampling Reliability of State Totals for Selected Items: 1978 

Item 

Farms ......................................................... nUDlber •. 

I..a.nd in fanns .................................................. acres .. 

Harvested cropland ............................................ fal1lls .. 

acres .. 

I rrigated land ................................................ fal'1Ils .. 

acres .. 

Agrlcul tural products sold., .................................. farms .. 

$1,000 .. 

Crops ........................................................ farm.s •• 

$1,000 .. 

Livestock, poultry, and their products ................ 0 ••••• farms .. 

$1,000 .. 

Value of machinery and equipment .............................. fams .. 

$1,000 .. 

Average value of land and buildings per farm ••. _ ............ dollars .. 

Corn for grain or seed ........................................ faITlls .. 

acres .. 

bushels .. 

Wh.eat for grain ................................................. farms .. 

acres, . 

bushels .. 

Soybean for beans ............................................. fartn9 .. 

acres .. 

bushels .. 

Cattle and calves inventory ................................... farms .. 

number .. 

Cattle and calves sold ... , .................................... fanns .. 

number .. 

$1,000 .. 

Hogs and pigs inventory....... . .............................. fanns .. 

number .. 

Hogs and pigs sold .•......................•........•.....•..•. farm.s .. 

number .. 

$1,000 .. 

Sheep and lambs inventory ..................................... farms .. 

ntunber .. 

Sheep and lambs sold .. , ....................................... fams .. 

number •• 

Hens and pullets of laying age inventory ...................... fams .. 

ntunber .. 

Hens and pullets of laying age sold ........................... farms .. 

number .. 

COIIUllercial fertilizer used ....... , ........................... fams .. 

acres .. 

COIIUllercial ferti I izer purchased ............................... fams .. 

$1,000 .. 

Agricul tural chemicals purchased .............................. farms .. 

$1,000 .. 

Chemicals used on crops for insect control .................... farms .. 

acres .. 

Chemicals used on crops for disease control ................... farms .. 

acres .. 

Gasoline purchased....... . ................................... farms .. 

1,000 gallons .. 

$1,000 .. 

Diesel fuel purchased ........................................ · .. faI'JDs .. 

1, 000 ga lIons •. 

$1,000 .• 

Livestock and poultry purchased ............................... farms .. 

$1,000 .. 

Feed purchased.................. . ............................ farms .. 

$1,000 .. 

Hired fann labor ............................. · ........ ······· .fanns .. 

$1,000 .. 

All farms 

Quantity 

5,891 

678,714 

5,107 

213,669 

1,027 

16,941 

5,891 

214,675 

3,427 

100,829 

3,144 

113,846 

5,888 

127,697 

168,952 

240 

(D) 

421,211 

2 

(D) 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

(D) 

2,599 

102,226 

2,061 

53,860 

12,630 

909 

59,626 

551 

66,722 

5,632 

419 

7,153 

293 

4,208 

924 

1,314,400 

247 

989,537 

3,827 

155,283 

4,008 

7,360 

3,791 

4,035 

1,795 

42,157 

1,112 

22,881 

5,536 

8,044 

4,824 

1,738 

2,237 

1,117 

2,042 

11,382 

3,319 

40,503 

2,768 

40,716 

Standard error 

(percent) 

8.6 

3.3 

9.1 

2.3 

26.0 

4.1 

8.5 

.6 

11.0 

.9 

11.0 

.6 

8.6 

4.0 

6.2 

52.0 

(D) 

18.0 

11.0 

(D) 

(D) 

2.6 

(D) 

(D) 

4.8 

2.0 

3.3 

1.9 

1.7 

29.0 

6.5 

39.0 

4.7 

5.1 

8.6 

4.5 

9.3 

5.4 

11.0 

1.9 

4.8 

2.4 

11.0 

2.9 

11.0 

3.0 

12.0 

2.9 

20.0 

5.4 

24.0 

6.6 

9.0 

4.1 

3.6 

4.1 

5.4 

5.3 

15.0 

4.0 

12.0 

1.9 

12.0 

2.1 

Table C. Estimates ofthe Sampling Reliability of Farms Reporting an Item in the County: 1978 

Farms with sales of 

Quantity 

3,859 

535,675 

3,409 

184,241 

889 

16,510 

3,859 

211,420 

2,522 

99,469 

2,090 

111,951 

3,865 

111,514 

195,905 

148 

4,476 

398,804 

1 

(D) 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

(D) 

1,620 

93,290 

1,487 

50,946 

11,988 

487 

55,488 

381 

64,272 

5,515 

159 

3,585 

113 

2,341 

427 

1,287,200 . 

188 

976,782 

2,846 

144,299 

2,938 

6,920 

2,782 

3,833 

1,324 

39,192 

813 

21,522 

3,632 

(NA) 

4,470 

1,497 

(NA) 

1,085 

1,280 

11,002 

2,071 

39,163 

2,277 

39,625 

Farms reporting i tern Standard error 

(percent) Farms reporting item 

$2,500 or more 

Standard error 

(percent) 

6.3 

2.4 

7.0 

1.7 

2.8 

.9 

6.3 

.5 

9.2 

.9 

2.9 

.6 

6.4 

3.9 

4.3 

63.0 

5.7 

6.4 

.0 

(D) 

(D) 

26.0 

(D) 

(D) 

2.5 

1.9 

2.5 

1.9 

1.6 

6.4 

2.7 

8.0 

3.1 

3.1 

4.8 

4.0 

2.3 

4.9 

3.3 

1.9 

4.0 

2.4 

8.4 

2.8 

8.1 

2.9 

8.5 

2.6 

16.0 

5.1 

5.5 

6.8 

6.7 

(NA) 

3.7 

4.0 

(NA) 

5.4 

4.3 

3.8 

3.6 

1.8 

2.6 

1.5 

St andard error 

(percent) 

25 farms......... ........................................ 20.0 1,000 farms............................................... (NA) 

50 farms. •••.•....... ...... ........................ ...... 12.0 1,500 farms...... ....................... .................. (MA) 

100 farms................................................ 12.0 2,000 farms............................................... (MA) 

250 farms................................................ 7.0 3,000 farm................................................ (NA) 

500 farm................................................. 3.0 4,000 farm ........................................... •••·• (NA) 

750 farm ................................................. '-_____ 1_._0-'5,000 farm ................................................ '-____ .:..(NA-')'-' 
APPENDI X A-Continued 

Table 0 Estimates of the Sampling Reliability of County Totals for Selected Items: 1978 

County 

Barnstable ................. . 

Berkshire .................. . 

BristoL ••.........•.•.••••. 

Dukes •.....••....••••••••••• 

Essex •.•....•..••••..•.•.•.. 

Franklin ......•....... " .... 

Hampden ••..•..•..•••.•..•••• 

Hampshire ........•...•.•.••. 

Middlesex .................. . 

Nantucket ...•............... 

Norfolk .................... . 

Plymouth .................. .. 

Suffolk .................... . 

Worcester. 0 ................ .. 

Farms not on mail list •..... 

County 

Barns tab Ie •..............•.. 

Berkshire .................. . 

Bristol .. 0 •••••••••••••••••• 

Dukes ••••...•••••••••..••••• 

Essex ••••...••.••••.•••.••.. 

Franklin .................. .. 

Hampden ••.•.••..••......•.•• 

Hampshire .................. . 

Middlesex ••..••••.•..• , '" •• 

Nantucket .................. . 

Norfolk •••...••..••.••.•.••• 

Plymouth ...•••••.•••••••••.. 

Suffolk ................... .. 

Worcester .................. . 

Farms not on mail list. ..... 

Average value of 

land and buildings 

per farm 

Standard 

Value error 

dollars (per~ent ) 

136,201 9.1 

206,552 7.0 

171,916 10.0 

411,351 .0 

228,541 18.0 

151,880 7.8 

161,856 6.5 

137,966 4.3 

256,638 8.2 

535,889 .1 

176,272 7.0 

155,348 5.5 

48,000 .0 

177,198 5.6 

93,650 29.0 

Gasoline 

Standard 

Expense error 

($1,000) (percent) 

91 12.0 

253 5.0 

497 5.4 

19 .1 

298 7.5 

414 7.5 

376 4.5 

583 5.1 

608 3.7 

5 .1 

132 7.3 

551 5.5 

4 .1 

810 3.8 

183 39.0 

Value of machinery and 

equipment Acres fertilized 

Standard Standard 

Value error error 

($1,000) (percent) Acres (percent) 

2,146 12.0 955 11.0 

8,529 5.6 12,697 5.1 

12,083 9.0 14,546 11.0 

885 .0 CD) CD) 

10,264 13.0 9,439 16.0 

13,487 4.9 18,460 6.3 

8,647 7.8 11,045 9.8 

13 ,338 5.6 21,263 5.6 

13 ,336 4.0 12,062 6.6 

271 .1 241 .1 

3,720 5.2 1,823 15.0 

13 ,258 7.6 15,154 4.8 

55 .1 CD) CD) 

21,120 3.7 31,239 5.4 

6,560 33.0 5,577 32.0 

Farm production expenses 

Diesel fuel Li vestock and, poul try 

purchased 

Standard Standard 

Expense error Expense error 

($1,000) (percent) ($1,000 ) (percent) 

CD) CD) 13 39.0 

82 8.2 475 8.6 

147 34.0 1,704 5.3 

4 .1 20 .1 

54 17.0 1,028 18.0 

128 6.1 957 6.4 

68 8.1 184 8.1 

158 7.1 813 8.8 

107 6.3 2,593 2.3 

3 .1 CD) CD) 

12 12.0 146 8.7 

81 7.4 808 18.0 

CD) CD) CD) CD) 228 6.6 2,204 13.0 

44 43.0 433 38.0 

A-17 

Chemicals used on crops for--

Insect control Disease control 

Standard Standard 

error error 

Acres (percent) Acres (percent) 

750 14.0 523 17 .0 

2,317 6.4 529 4.4 

3,487 11.0 1,395 19.0 

365 .1 110 .1 

2,781 27.0 606 10.0 

3,020 11.0 2,559 17 .0 

3,017 8.0 2,984 17.0 

5,146 10.0 3,054 12.0 

2,353 16.0 2,167 15.0 

CD) CD) 80 .1 

512 9.8 234 12.0 

10,166 5.5 2,623 9.7 

CD) CD) - .0 

5,623 8.2 4,242 9.5 

2,385 40.0 1,775 55.0 

Feed Hired farm labor 

Standard Standard 

Expense error Expense error 

($1,000) (percent) ($1,000) (percent) 

24 20.0 337 13.0 

4,042 8.3 1,414 8.9 

4,009 4.4 2,783 7.8 

81 .1 93 .1 

1,541 6.0 2,545 12.0 

3,909 7.3 3,419 5.1 

1,921 8.2 3,334 3.7 

4,467 3.6 3,772 2.7 

6,076 3.1 11,518 1.1 

CD) CD) 65 .1 

606 10.0 1,197 11.0 

2,224 12.0 4,032 4.4 

CD) CD) 33 .0 

10,584 2.6 5,839 4.3 

1,012 30.0 335 69.0 

APPENDIX B. Farms by Current and Prior Definitions and Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 

1978 and 1974 

Definition used for 1974 and 1978 Definilion used for 1959, 1964, and 1969 Operations excfuded by current definition but not by 

1959 definition 

Forms Value of products sold Forms Value of products sold forms Value of products sold 

($1.000) ($1,000) ($1.(100) 

1978 1974 1978 1974 1978 1974 1978 1974 1978 1974 1978 1974 

Massochusetts _____________ _ - 5 891 4497 214 675 179 653 8 824 5 127 215 389 179 832 2933 63D 713 179 

Barnstable ________________________ _ 

- 117 102 2 D48 2051 140 118 2 056 2057 23 16 8 6 Berkshire _________________________ _ - 318 305 13 289 10506 383 348 13 303 10520 65 43 14 14 BristoL ___________________________ _ 

- 554 511 19 657 15 657 662 572 19 690 15 673 108 61 33 16 Dukes ____________________________ _ 

- 53 22 363 164 66 29 370 167 13 7 7 3 Essex ____________________________ _ 

- 344 311 11 789 9 926 434 358 11 812 9940 9D 47 22 14 franklin __________________________ _ 

- 456 404 19443 15 125 549 457 19470 15 138 93 53 28 13 Hampden _________________________ _ 

- 367 311 14 179 13 595 444 375 14203 13 612 77 64 24 17 Hampshire ________________________ _ 

- 493 495 21 741 18 220 593 556 21 772 18 235 100 61 31 15 Middlesex __________________________ _ 

- 574 504 41 016 37 642 666 587 41 045 37 666 92 83 29 24 Nantucket _________________________ _ 

- 9 6 249 152 10 6 250 152 1 - 1 - Norfolk ___________________________ _ 

- 203 172 5 829 5 130 250 199 5 842 5 139 47 27 13 9 Plymouth _________________________ _ Suffolk ___________________________ _ 

Worcester ________________________ _ 

Farms not on maillisL ______________ _ 

- 589 532 25 581 18 734 680 594 25 613 18 751 91 62 33 17 

- 5 6 360 496 6 6 361 4961 1 - 1 - - 864 816 36 450 32 253 1 017 922 36492 32 28:/ 153 106 42 31 

- 945 (NA) 2 681 (NA) 2 924 (NA) 3 111 (NA) 1 979 (NA) 429 (NA) 

8-1 

c-, 

APPENDIX C. Comparison of 1974 Farm Counts With 1978 Farm Counts 

The 1978 Census of Agriculture rreliminary reports show 

that there are 2,475,171 farms in the continental United States 

(excluding Alaska and Hawaii). In 1974 there were 2,310,702 

farms reported. However, these figures are not directly comparable because improvements in methodology and coverage 

account significantly for the higher 1978 counts. If the improved 1978 procedures had been used in 1974, an estimated 

2.6 million farms would have been included in the census. It 

should be noted that farms missed in the 1974 census were 

generally small and affected the farm count to a greater degree 

than other data. The missed farms accounted for about 5 

percent of the land in farms and 3 percent of the total value of 

agricultural products sold. This appendix briefly describes 

census procedures and provides 1974 farm counts adjusted for 

net missed farms and compared with 1978 farm counts. 

The State totals from the 1978 Census of Agricultu re are 

based on two separate sources. 

The primary source is the mail portion of the census. As 

in the 1974 and 1969 censuses, this part of the operation 

involved mailing out a report form to each name believed to 

be associated with agriculture. Mail and telephone followups 

were used to secure the highest possible rate of return of 

completed forms from the operators of the Nation's farms. 

However, the evaluation studies conducted show that 

some farms were missed in the 1974 and 1969 censuses. 

Despite every effort to assemble a complete list, some 

operators did not get on the mail list. 

To improve the coverage of the 1978 census, additional 

mail list sources were used. Also, recognizing the shortcomings of the mail method, especially in counting the 

number of small farms, it was decided to take another step 

to ensure a more complete count. 

The second step involved conducting a complete enumeration of all households in approximately 6,400 sample segments in rural areas in all States, except Alaska and Hawaii. 

Farms enumerated in this sample were matched to the mail 

list. The sample farms not located on the mail list provided 

reliable estimates by State of the nu mber and characteristics 

of the farms not represented in the mail portion of the· census. 

Estimates for· such farms are an integral part of the State 

counts in 1978, but they are not a part of the county counts. 

The sample was not large enough to provide reliable estimates for each county. 

Because of the procedu res descri bed above, the State 

counts for 1978 are not directly comparable with the counts 

for 1974 and 1969. 

To bridge the gap between the 1974 and the 1978 farm 

counts, this appendix provides adjusted farm counts for 1974 

which are approximately comparable with farm counts for 1978. 

The adjustment factors are based on data from table 13 of 

1974 Census of Agriculture volume IV, Part 3, Coverage Evaluation, which presented data showing the estimated percent of 

farms missed and overcounted by regions and States. The estimated net percent of farms missed was derived by subtracting 

overcounted farms from missed farms. 

The 1974 coverage evaluation did not include Alaska and 

Hawaii; thus the 1978 and the 1974 data for these States are 

exclusively from farms on the mail list. Improvements in the 

1978 mail list, especially for Hawaii, have contributed to the 

increased farm counts. 

Table A presents adjusted 1974 farm cou nts by value of 

agricultural products sold categories. For each State, the adjusted farm counts for the two value-of-sales categories were 

derived using the 1974 published farm counts and the net 

percent missed. The adjusted counts for the two size categories 

were then added together to obtain the adjusted State count. 

The State counts were summed to obtain division, region, and 

U.S. level counts. As a result, adjusted counts derived by summation may not be exactly consistent with the indicated percent 

missed. The 1978 farm counts are from the preliminary reports 

and may differ slightly from final counts. 

Table B shows 1974 reported and adjusted counts compared 

with 1978 counts for regions by farm size and tenure of operator 

categories. Adjusted counts in these tables were proportionally 

adjusted to regional counts from table A and summed to the 

U.S. level. As a result, the indicated percent missed will not 

always agree with adjusted data. 

All data published in 1974 were based on reported numbers. 

The adjusted counts should be used only for comparison with 

1978 counts and not for comparison with other 1974 data. 

Both the 1974 and 1978 farm counts are subject to sampling 

variability. For 1974, the coefficient of variation for the adjusted farm counts is approximately 0.4 percent at the U.S. 

level and ranges from 1.0 percent to 6.0 percent for individual 

States. Measures of sampling variability for 1978 counts are 

presented in appendix A. 
C-2 APPENDIX C-Continued 

Table A. Farms by Areas and Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 

United States 2 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Farms with sales of--

$100,000 or more •...•.•..•.••••...•..•..•.•••..•• 

$40,000 to $99,999 ••..•••••..•..••••••••••••••••• 

$20,000 to $39,999 .••.••••..••..•••••.•••••.•••.• 

$10,000 to $19,999 ••.••.••••••.•••••••.••..•.•.•• 

$5,000 to $9,999 ••.•••••••••••.••••••••••••.•.••• 

$2,500 to $4,999 •••••....•••••.••.••••••••..•.••• 

Less than $2,500 •.•.••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Northeas t ................................... . 

Farms with sales of--

$100,000 or more .••.••••••••....•.•.•••••••..•••• 

$40,000 to $99,999 •••.• _ ..•.•...•.••.•••••••••••• 

$20,000 to $39,999 •.•.••••..•.•••.••..•.•.••.•.•• 

$10,000 to $19,999 ...••.••.•...••.••.....•.••.•.. 

$5,000 to $9,999 .•.•••..•.•..•...•.....•...•••••• 

$2,500 to $4,999 •.....••..•...••..•••.•.••..•..•. 

Less than $2,500 .••••••••••....•.•..•.•...•••••.• 

North CentraL •••.•••.•••••.•.••...•..••..••• 

Farms wi th sales of--

$100,000 or more ......•..•..•.••...•..•..•....... 

$40,000 to $99,999 ...............•...•..••....•.• 

$20,000 to $39,999 .•.......•.•....••...••••.••••• 

$10,000 to $19,999 .•••••.••••••••••.•••.••.••••.• 

$5,000 to $9,999 ••••••..•.•••••••.•.••.•••.•••••• 

$2,500 to $4,999 ••..•••..••••••••••.••••••••••••. 

Less than $2,500 •.•••••••.••••••.••••••••••.••.•. 

South ••••.•....•.....••..•..••••••••••••••• " 

Farms with sales of--

$100,000 or more •.••.••••.••••••.••••.•.••••.•••• 

$40,000 to $99,999 ••••...••••.•..•.••••.••••••••• 

$20,000 to $39,999 .......•..•..•.•......••.•••••• 

$10,000 to $19,999 •••..••..•......•......•....•.• 

$5,000 to $9,999 ........•..••.••..•..•.••••.••••. 

$2,500 to $4,999 ..••.••.••.••..........•..•..•.•. 

Less than $2,500 ••...•.•.•••..•..•••...•••..••..• 

West 2 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Farms with sales of--

$100,000 or more •........•...........•........... 

$40,000 to $99,999 ..•..•...•..•.•••......•...•••• 

$20,000 to $39,999 •••••..•..•••.••••.••........•• 

$lO,OOO to $19,999 ..•••....•..••••••••.•.••.••••. 

$5,000 to $9,999 .•...••.• '" .•....•...••..•.••••. 

$2,500 to $4,999 •••.•.••.••••.•...•.•••.•.•..•••• 

Less than $2,500 •••.••..•.••..•.•.•...•..••..•••. 

New Eng land 3 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ........ H ••••••• 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .•...•.••.••••• 

Middle Atlantic •.....•...••..••....••..•..••.•• 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more .•..•....•..•.••. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .•.........•... 

New york ................................... · .. ·.· 

Fa~ with sales of $2,500 or more .••....•••..•...• 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .••..•.....•.•• 

New Jersey ••••....•.•.••.•••••..•..•.••. '" ..•••• 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more .•.•.•••••.•••••• 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ••....•..•...•• 

Pennsyl vania .................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more •••.•..•••.•••••• 

Farms with sales of less than $Z,500 ••.•••••.••.•.• 

East North Central ............................ . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more •••...•.•.•••.••• 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •.••..••.••.••• 

Ohio .•• , •.••...•••• •••········•·••·••••••··••••• . Farms with sales of $2,500 or more .............•... 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •.•..•.•.••.••• 

Indiana ......................................... . 

Fanns with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than :}2, 500 •.•..•... " ... . 

Illinois ........................................ . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ....•••.•• · .• ·•·• 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ..•.••••.•••••• 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Farms, 1978 1 Published 

2,475,171 2,310 ,70Z 

223,268 152,850 

364,010 324,417 

306,483 321,733 

309,250 309,876 

330,464 296;043 

331,329 289,511 

610,367 616,Z72 

149,385 127,531 

12,699 8,003 

25,835 22,358 

15,820 20,543 

14,194 14,900 

16,734 13,173 

19,609 13,148 

44,494 35,406 

1,027,319 1,017,367 

106,649 69,440 

215,707 192,962 

173,422 194,488 

148,064 165,864 

126,879 131,677 

103,363 103,914 

153,235 159,022 

1,016,070 930,099 

67,430 45,765 

84,887 73,981 

85,965 75,791 

116,407 99,629 

155,115 124,106 

174,997 145,243 

331,269 365,584 

282,397 235,705 

36,490 29,642 

37,581 35,116 

31,274 30,911 

30,587 29,483 

31,736 27,087 

33,360 27,206 

81,369 56,260 

30,157 23,269 

18,844 16,667 

ll,313 6,602 

119,228 104,262 

86,047 75,458 

33,181 28,804 

49,323 43,682 

35,095 32,230 

14,228 ll,452 

9,932 7,409 

6,742 5,530 

3,190 1,879 

59,973 53,171 

44,210 37,698 

15,763 15,473 

452,213 444,695 

366,051 360,619 

86,162 84,076 

95,821 92,158 

73,841 70,338 

21,980 21,820 

88,458 87,915 

71,681 70,986 

16,777 16,929 

109,770 lll,049 

96,389 97,738 

13,381 13,311 

Fanus, 1974 Percent change, 

Net percent adjusted 1974 

missed Adjusted to 1978 

10.7 2,622,416 -5.6 

-Z.O 149,471 +49.4 

1.1 327,834 +11.0 

2.0 327,438 -6.4 

5.8 326,852 -5.4 

8.1 322,002 +2.6 

11.4 326,432 +1.5 

25.9 842,387 -27 .5 

16.5 152,730 -2.2 

1.9 8,282 +53.3 

4.7 23,812 +8.5 

9.8 21,019 -24.7 

9.5 14,680 -3.3 

3.1 13,797 +21.3 

16.7 16,019 +22.4 

35.5 55,121 -19.3 

6.3 1,096,353 -6.3 

-3.1 67,123 +58.9 

.2 192,692 +11.9 

2.3 198,391 -12.6 

4.0 172,189 -14.0 

6.1 139,755 -9.2 

10.6 115,841 -10.8 

23.0 210,362 -27.2 

15.2 1,107,200 -8.2 

-2.7 44,568 +51.3 

3.2 76,455 +11.0 

1.6 77,05J. +11.6 

8.2 108,567 +7.2 

10.4 138,561 +1l.9 

1l.6 164,350 +6.5 

25.5 497,648 -33.4 

9.5 266,133 +6.1 

.2 29,498 +23.7 

.0 34,875 +7.8 

.9 30,977 +1.0 

6.8 31,416 -2.6 

10,0 29,889 +6.2 

10.6 30,222 +10.4 

27.8 79,256 +2.7 

17.8 28,548 +5.6 

5.2 17,517 +7.6 

39.6 ll,031 +2.6 

16.2 124,182 -4.0 

5.7 80,092 +7.4 

34.6 44,090 -24.7 

14.2 50,847 -3.0 

4.3 33,678 +4.2 

33.3 17,169 -17.1 

14.5 8,760 +13.4 

4.5 5,791 +16.4 

36.7 2,969 +7.4 

18.3 64,575 -7.1 

7.2 40,623 +8.8 

35.4 23,952 -34.2 

7.1 486,098 -7.0 

2.9 371,995 -1.6 

24.1 114,l03 -24.5 

4.9 96,899 -1.1 

2.1 71,847 +2.8 

12.9 25,052 -12.3 

7.2 95,341 -7.2 

3.6 73,637 -2.7 

22.0 21,704 -22.7 

9.1 126,295 -13.1 

3.8 lOl,599 -5.1 

46.1 24,696 -45.8 
APPENDIX C-Continued 

Table A. Farms by Areas and Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 -Con. 

East North Central--Con. 

Michigan ........................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more •••.•••••••••.••• 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ••••••••••••••• 

Wisconsin ........................................................ . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .............. . 

West North CentraL ........................... . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .............. . 

Minnesota .................................................. . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .............. . 

Iowa ................................................ . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ............. .. 

Missouri ............................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .............. . 

North Dakota •...••••..••..••.••••.••.••••••.•.•.• 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ............. .. 

South Dakota .................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ............... .. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ••.••••..•••••• 

Nebraska ................................................ . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ••••••••••••••• 

Kansas ................................................• 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................. . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .............. . 

South Atlantic ....................... a ............... . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ............... .. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ............. .. 

Delaware and Maryland) ................................................... .. 

Farms with sales of $2;500 or more ............... .. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •••.•....•..••• 

Virginia .......................................................................... .. 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ............... .. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ............. .. 

Wes t Virginia ..................................................................... .. 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ••••••••••.•••. 

North Carolina ............................................................... .. 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ............... .. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ............. .. 

South Carolina ...................... "." ...................... " .......... . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more •......•.•••..... 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •.••.•••.••••.. 

Georgia .................. " .. 0" .................................................... .. 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more •••••••....••.•.• 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •••...••...•••• 

Florida •••••....••.•.••..••••••.•••..••...•••.••• 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ............... .. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •••••.••••••••• 

Eas t South Central ................................................. .. 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ............... .. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •••••••••.••••• 

Kentucky ........................................ . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ............... .. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .............. . 

Tennessee ........................................................................ .. 

Farms w<. th sales of $2,500 or more ••..••••.•••••••• 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ............. .. 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Farms, 1978' 

68,158 

47,767 

20,391 

90,006 

76,373 

13,633 

575,106 

508,033 

67,073 

102,984 

87,753 

15,231 

126,379 

117,704 

8,675 

121,826 

97,848 

23,978 

41,172 

38,914 

2,258 

39,667 

36,927 

2,740 

65,991 

61,507 

4,484 

77,087 

67,380 

9,707 

325,678 

216,297 

109,381 

22,600 

17,287 

5,313 

56,685 

38,416 

18,269 

20,619 

9,603 

11,016 

89,477 

64,897 

24,580 

33,450 

18,979 

14,471 

58,682 

38,906 

19,776 

44,165 

28,209 

15,956 

318,640 

211,915 

106,725 

110 ,002 

83,433 

26,569 

96,792 

63,407 

33,385 

Published 

64,094 

46,670 

17,424 

89,479 

74,887 

14,592 

572,672 

497,726 

74,946 

98,537 

85,926 

12,611 

126,104 

117,142 

8,962 

115,711 

82,421 

33,290 

42,710 

40,681 

2,029 

42,825 

39,849 

2,976 

67,597 

62,594 

5,003 

79,188 

69,113 

10,075 

296,103 

189,339 

106,764 

18,563 

14,592 

3,971 

52,699 

31,738 

20,961 

16,909 

6,122 

10,787 

91,280 

62,518 

28,762 

29,275 

17,534 

11,741 

54,911 

35,874 

19,037 

32,466 

20,96l 

11,505 

306,010 

171,372 

134,638 

102,053 

67,662 

34,391 

93,659 

48,320 

45,339 

Farms, 

Net 

C-3 

1974 Percent change, 

percent adjus ted 1974 

missed Adjusted to 1978 

9.9 71,213 -4.3 

6.0 49,649 ·3.8 

19.2 21,564 -5.4 

5.3 96,350 -6.6 

.5 75,263 +1.5 

30.8 21,087 -35.3 

5.6 610,255 -5.8 

3.2 513,996 -1.2 

21.8 96,259 -30.3 

9.0 108,614 -5.2 

5.5 90,927 -3.5 

28.7 17,687 -13.9 

4.4 133,125 -5.1 

3.2 121,014 -2.7 

26.0 12,111 -28.4 

9.6 128,948 -5.5 

4.7 86,486 +13.1 

21.6 42,462 -43.5 

4.4 45,649 -9.8 

3.2 42,026 -7.4 

44.0 3,623 -37.7 

1.5 43,420 -8.6 

1.6 40,497 -8.8 

-1.8 2,923 -6.3 

.7 68,480 -3.6 

.0 62,594 -1.7 

15.0 5,886 -23.8 

3.7 82,019 -6.0 

1.9 70,452 -4.4 

12.9 11,567 -16.1 

16.6 362,451 -10.1 

7.0 203,934 +6.1 

30.3 158,517 -31.0 

7.1 19,952 +13.3 

3.0 15,043 +14.9 

19.1 4,909 +8.2 

13.5 61,636 -8.0 

4.5 33,234 +15.6 

26.2 28,402 -35.7 

33.0 26,195 -21.3 

11.7 6,933 +38.5 

44.0 19,262 -42.8 

14.1 105,774 -15.4 

9.2 68,852 -5.7 

22.1 36,922 -33.4 

22.8 43,034 -22.3 

.8 17,675 +7.4 53.7 25,359 -42.9 

13.2 63,l33 -7.1 

8.1 39,036 -.3 

21.0 24,097 -17.9 

22.6 42,727 +3.4 9.5 23,161 +21.8 41.2 19,566 -18.5 

14.8 360,164 -11.5 7.8 185,880 +14.0 22.3 174,284 -38.8 

10.5 113,897 -3.4 6.3 72,211 +15.5 17.5 41,686 -36.3 

18.8 115,683 -15.3 11.2 54,414 +16.3 26.0 61,269 -45.5 
C-4 APPENDIX C-Continued 

Table A. Farms by Areas and Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1978 and 1974 -Con. 

East South Central--Con. 

Alabama ............•.•..........•..•..••••....... 

Farms with sales of $2)500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .•••.....•..•.. 

Mississippi ..................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2) 500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •..•••••....••• 

West South Central ............................ . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more .......•......... 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •••••••.••.•... 

Arkansas ........................................ . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •••••••.•••.••. 

Louisiana ....................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .•...•..••..... 

Oklahoma .....•.••.•......•.••.•......•.•••.•..•.. 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .•..•••...••... 

Texas ........................................... . 

Farms wi th sales of $2) 500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 .............. . 

Mountain 3 ..................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2) 500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ••••..••.•••••• 

Pacific 2 ............. " ...•.................... 

Farms with sales of $2) 500 or more ................ . 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ••.••••.••.•••• 

Wash ington ...................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2)500 or more ...........•..... 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 ..•.......••••• 

Oregon .......................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2)500 or more ................ . 

Farms' wi th sales of less than $2,500 .•.•..•..•.•... 

California ...................................... . 

Farms with sales of $2,500 or more .....•••..•••••.. 

Farms with sales of less than $2,500 •....•..•••.••• 

Farms, 1978' Published 

57,540 56,678 

34,665 29,303 

22,875 27,375 

54,306 53,620 

30,410 26,087 

23,896 27,533 

371,752 327,986 

256,589 203,804 

ll5,163 124,182 

58,788 50,959 

40,669 31,299 

18,119 19,660 

38,973 33,240 

22,683 18,580 

16,290 14,660 

79,530 69,719 

58,781 47,833 

20,749 21,886 

194,461 174,068 

~34,456 106,092 

60,005 67,976 

127,881 111,868 

97,876 90,449 

30,005 21,419 

154,516 123,837 

103,152 88,996 

51,364 34,841 

37,778 29,410 

24,737 21,079 

13,041 8,331 

34,875 26,753 

21,071 17 ,043 

13,804 9,710 

81,863 67,674 

57,344 50,874 

24,519 16,800 

IData are from preliminary reports and may differ slightly from final counts. 

2Alaska and Hawaii not included. 

3Data not compiled for individual States. 

Farms, 1974 Percent change, 

Net percent adjusted 1974 

missed Adjusted to 1978 

13.3 64,821 -11.2 

7.5 31,679 +9.4 

17.4 33,142 -31.0 

17.2 65,763 -17.4 

5.4 27,576 +10.3 

27.9 38,187 -37.4 

14.5 384,585 -3.3 

7.3 219,738 +16.8 

25.0 164,847 -30.1 

16.7 61,489 -4.4 

10.0 34,777 +17.0 

26.4 26,712 -32.2 

23.7 43,264 -9.9 

12.3 21,186 +7.1 

33.6 22,078 -26.2 

11. 7 79,243 +.4 

5.6 50,671 +16.0 

23.4 28,572 -27.4 

12.6 200,589 -3.1 

6.2 ll3,104 +18.9 

22.3 87,485 -31. 4 

6.7 122,588 +4.3 

2.4 92,673 +5.6 

28.4 29,915 +.3 

11.6 143,545 +7.6 

5.6 94,204 +9.5 

27.5 49,341 +4.1 

10.8 32,999 +14.5 

6.4 22,520 +9.8 

20.5 10 ,479 +24.5 

15.5 31,788 +9.7 

6.3 18,189 +15.8 

28.6 13,599 +1.5 

10.5 78,758 +3.9 

4.9 53,495 +7.2 

33.5 25,263 -2.9 
APPENDIX C-Continued 

Table B. Farms by Size of Farm and Tenure of Operator: 1978 and 1974 

UNITED STATES 2 

Farms •......•.........•.....•.•.•.•.••.••.. 

Farms by 5 ize : 

1 to 9 acres .................................... . 

10 to 49 acres •••.•••••.••••..•..•••..•••••.••.•• 

50 to 179 acres ................................. . 

180 to 499 acres ••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••• 

500 acres or more ................................ . 

Tenure of operator: 

full owner ...................................... . 

Part owner ...................................... . 

Tenant .......................................... . 

NORTHEAST 

Farms ••••.••.••..••....•••.••.••••.••....•• 

Farms by size: 

1 to 9 acres .................................... . 

10 to 49 acres .................................. . 

50 to 179 acres ................................. . 

180 to 499 acres .••......•••..•.••••.•.....•.•... 

500 acres or more ............................... . 

Tenure of operator: 

full owner ...................................... . 

Part ovnler .....•.•.....•........•...••........... 

Tenant ..........................•................ 

NORTH CENTRAL 

Farms ..•..............•.. 0 •• 0 •••••• 000 •• 0 •• 

Farms by size: 

1 to 9 acres. 0 •••••• 0 •• 0 ••••••••••••••••• 0 ••••••• 

10 to 49 acres .................................. . 

50 to 179 acres ................................. . 

180 to 499 acres ................................ . 

500 acres or more ..•................•............ 

Tenure of operator: 

Full owner .. o ••••••• .o •••••••••••••• 0 ••••••••••••• 

Part owner ...............•....................... 

Tenant ...................•.....................•. 

SOUTH 

Farms •..•..••.••.••...•••...••••..••...•..• 

Farms by size: 

1 to 9 acres ......•................•.......•..... 

10 to 49 acres ................................. .. 

50 to 179 acres ................................ .. 

180 to 499 acres ............................... .. 

500 acres or more .........•....•...........•..... 

Tenure of opera tor: 

Full o~mer ••...•..••....•••...••....•••.•....•..• 

Part oYlner ..........••...•....................... 

Tenant .•.•....................................... 

\</EST2 

Fanns ....................•................. 

Farms by size: 

1 to 9 acres .................................... . 

10 to 49 acres ................................. .. 

50 to 179 acres ................................. . 

180 to 499 acres ............................... .. 

500 acres or more .•............................•. 

Tenure of operator: 

Full owner ...................................... . 

Part oW'Iler ....•........•..........•.............. 

Tenant •.....•••..........•..•.....••......•...••. 

Farms, 1978' Published 

2,475,171 2,310,702 

213,110 126,604 

474,535 378,631 

813,944 827,506 

596,268 615,913 

377,314 362,048 

1,450,414 1,422,367 

712,844 627,648 

311,913 260,687 

149,385 127,531 

13,534 7,689 

28,098 19,416 

61,017 54,901 

38,288 37,864 

8,448 7,661 

93,880 83,389 

43,680 36,112 

11,825 8,030 

1,027,319 1,017,367 

58,168 36,065 

138,016 108,756 

324,583 350,343 

321,482 345,610 

185,070 176,593 

542,504 568,866 

334,287 313,364 

150,528 135,137 

1,016,070 930,099 

95,711 55,659 

232,908 194,050 

370,928 369,648 

197,023 196,395 

119,500 114,347 

633,455 623,219 

264,029 214,061 

118,586 92,819 

282,397 235,705 

45,697 27,191 

75,513 56,409 

57,416 52,614 

39,475 36,044 

64,296 63,447 

180,575 146,893 

70,848 64, III 30,974 24,701 

IData are from the preliminary reports and may differ slightly from ~inal counts. 2Alaska and Hawaii not included. 

C-5 

Farms, 1974 Percent change, 

Net percent adjusted 1974 

missed Adjusted to 1978 

10.7 2,622,416 -5.6 

26.1 174,773 +21. 9 

22.9 494,024 -3.9 

11.0 936,797 -13.1 

3.9 646,957 -7.8 

1.5 369,865 +2.0 

13.0 1,650,942 -12.1 

5.2 667,402 +6.8 

12.6 304,072 +2.6 

16.5 152,730 -2.2 

16.8 9,301 +45.5 

31.2 28,403 -1.1 

17.1 66,655 -8.5 

6.0 40,542 -5.6 

1.5 7,829 +7.9 

19.5 103,110 -9.0 

4.9 37,797 +15.6 32.4 11,823 .0 

6.3 1,096,353 -6.3 

30.8 52,227 +11.4 18.5 133,716 +3.2 6.8 376,663 -13 .8 2.5 355,187 -9.5 .9 178,560 +3.6 

7.5 620,166 -12.5 4.0 329,173 +1.6 7.3 147,014 +2.4 

15.2 1,107,200 -8.2 

31.1 81,428 +17 .5 24.2 258,033 -9.7 4.0 433,227 -14.4 7.8 214,701 -8.2 3.8 119,811 -.3 

17.4 757,206 -16.3 7.5 232,239 +13.7 20.9 117,755 +.7 

9.5 266,133 +6.1 

12.7 31,817 +43.6 22.0 73,872 +2.2 10.8 60,252 -4.7 -.8 36,527 +8.1 -1.8 63,665 +1.0 

12.1 170,460 +5.9 4.1 68,193 +3.9 8.3 27,480 +12.7 

APPENDIX D. Report Forms 

DUE BY FEBRUARY 15 1979 Form Approved: O.M.B. No. 41·578025 

NOTICE R"poIISO to this 11I<I"lr), Is r"'lWtd by law (title 13, U.S. Code). By lhe SBIIIe I .... YOUR REPORT TO THE CENSUS BUREAU IS CONFIDENTIAL. It may be seen only by sworn Cens.s employees and may be used only tor otatlstleal purpOseS •. Your report CANNOT be ustd for p.-pose. of taxation. hwestigatlon, Of regulatl<>n. 

The 1ll'H .'so 1II'00Id •• that' coole$ retained in v.,;;,. "ti lea are immune from leeal ptoee.$. 

FORM 78-Al(N) 0.8. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SlIAE:AlJ OF' THE CENSUS 

1918 CENSUS 

OF 

AGRICULTURE 

(Ptea$t1 t;Dt7flCI 4TrOlS In _. addret;$. IH>d ZIP cotifJ.) 

SECTION 1 ACllfAGE IN ma "tItII_,11I1 *""""" iii 1~. t#IIIIJ/I!!ddw/ntl titII_ • .-(Q tItII INFORW<TION4If1t1f't. $Hu. ,. 

Report land owned, r.e!lted. or .used by you, your spouse, or by the partnership. corPOliltioo. Qr organizatioo for which you ale reporting. Include ALL LAND, 

REGARl)tESS OF l.,OeATIOR OR USE - Clopland. pasture land, 

rangelaild, woodland, idle land. noose lots, etc. None Humber of aer •• 0.3 

1. Alilaild OWned ••• , ,_ - •••••••••••••••• , ••••••••• ,. 0 

2. AI! laild I.e!lted or leased FROMOfHERS, including land worked by 1------1 

you ~ sharllS,1ISeO r.e!lt free, in excltarJge for serviC\lS, paylll.e!lt 

of lax~.&tj;. InCl.ud.e leased Federal, Sta~i aild raitrl)9l\ laild. 

(DQ.!40T illtlude laild u~ on a pet·bead basis iJl!det a grazing 

0 •• 

pemut.} Also CClJll)t~!,e Item 5below.. , •..•.• , . . . • . . . . . •. 0 1--___ -1 

3. AIJ land:rentedQ( leaw1 TO OTIlERS, including laild woll<ed on $bares byollte(s )I!ldl~1id SIIbl~, AIM complete item 6 belGw. o~~_~ 0 •• 

... ACREllff 1:1.f1$ ~ADDacre$owned (item 1) alid 

acnisretjted (item llien SUPTRACT acresnented TO ___ .... 

OTIjERS{ilei1i entNthereSliltinlbisspace. - II 

-~-.... F«d!h!" .... n,iorl: ........ "."A!1IiIf$IN. ~ I>I.AC£. .. '"-____ ...... tIf th$ 4I1ftfl!lz"",p1iJItH:r.e"" 1Oth$ !NFOF/MATION SHEET. _loti t. 

$, If yOu fimted:1andFR()MOTHERS (item 2) enter tIte following information 101 e8CIllandl()fd.. 

0'7 

0'8 

0 •• 

I.I.t <lddIllCtlaI ~01ft on It otpIIrall! _ 0/ _. 

6,If yoU f*lted land TOOTHEftS(ltem 3), enter the IQUawing informalioo lor e8CIl renter. 

I

) Bur .... of UIa Ca ..... COMPLETE AIID RETURN TO 1201. £ast T_ St .. at J." ......... II. 'adl .... 7132 

Note"" Please read the Information Sheet before completing the form. 

If book figures are not available, reasonable estimates may be USed. If 

~~Ili l':i ;t!b.~~a=e:~'1~1::4~~ \i~,;ft'eE:~:~: ~::r (CFN) 3$ shoWn In your _05S labe I j n a II corr05llOnclance to us. 

If ~ received mOfe tIIan one reo ITT T I' I I I I 

portform.enler extra Cens .. File I--+-++-+-rl---·'HI--I--HHH 

Numberjs) here all4 return extra I I I I I. _I I I I I copies with your cOlllllle1ed report. I-I I. 

I04Z 

CENSUSI 03. I o~e 

USE II .3. I' 040 OIiLY 

oS? 

Sections 2 through S provide space for reporting ClopS harvested 

INSTRUCTIONS during J.978, Please reperl your crops in the appropriate section. 

Do not include crops grown 00 land rented to otIlers. Use section 8 

to report ONt Y !/lose crops NOT listed in sections 2 through 7. 

SECTION 2 Were lIlY of tile FOLLOWING CROf'S harvested fnIm IIlf. plae in 197.1 

Acres Q.""Uly l>an/esled Acres 

None I>an/eSltd irrigated 

1. Field COrR for grain or 0'7 i 068 Bu. ~o •• 

seed (Repori quantity Or> ,----- OR ----

B _119d_fght bB.I.) .•• 0 Cwt. 

t. Field com for silage 070 071 072 

Tons, or green chop .....•.... 0 green 

3. Wheat for grain ......... 0 073 07' 075 

Bu. 

4. Oats for gJain ......... 0 07. 077 078 Bu. 

5. Sarley for grain ........ 0 '7' 080 08 

Bu. 

oa2 1 083 r' Bu. 

S. Sorgllums for grain or ,----- OR ----

steil (include milo) - •••.• 0 Lbs. 

1. $()fgllums for silage 085 08. 087 

or greei1 cMil (exclude Tons, 

sorghum,sudan ClosseS) ••• 0 green 

8. Soybeans for beaIIs •••••• 0 088 08. 090 

Bu. 

9.Cotton .............. 0 091 092 093 

Bales 

10. Tobacco - all types .••.• 0 09' 0.5 09. , /10 Lbs. , /10 

11. Irish potatoes •......... 0 097 I 098 09. , , /10 Cwt. , /10 

12. $weelpolatoes alid yams ••• 0 100 , 101 '02 , /10 Bu. /10 

. SECTION 3 Iu lIlY ORY HAY. GRASS SUG£. HAYLAGE. Of GREEN CHOP QIt 

050 

051 003 

OSZ 

Page 1 

OfhaMsted fnIm 1111. ,*' In 197$1 (~/"'" ____ ..-- -lilly CIOt"""~) 

'0 YES -eo.t_tIrl.-n. 

Acres 

harvested 

103 

10. 

109 

112 

Quantity morveSIed 

(Re/X>tt etflU>f dry Acres or 9'"" weight till In<#iCSrted) 

(rrlgated 

'0. Tons, 105 

dry 

107 Tons, 108 

dry 

110 111 

Tons, 

dry 

113 Tons, 11. 

ory 

11. Tons, 117 

green 

119 Tons, 120 

green 

D-1 
0-2 APPENDIX D-Continued 

SECTION 4 Was lllere a COftIbined lolal 01 20 Of _ FRUIT TREES, includinc GRAPEVINES, CITRUS and NUT TREES Oft TtlIS PLACE 1ft 19181 (00 not include abandoned trees) 

a04 1 0 YES - C_I.t.lIII ... cl/on 

2 0 NO - Go 10 SflCtion :; 

1. TOTAL ACRES in bearing and nonbearing fruit orchards, citrus or other gloyes, vineyards, and nut trees on this place .•...•...•.. 

Totalacr«s 

Whol. acres : TenlM 

121 1 

1 /10 

Acres Itfl~1ed 

Whole aCf~S JT entlls 

122 1 

1 /10 

2. From the list at the rieht, enter name and cooe fOl the fruit trees, grapevines, and nut trees on tbis place in 1918. RellOrlthe 

requesled Information for.each crop even if not harvested because of low prices, damage from hail, IIpst, etc. For interplanted 

trees, estimate the area covered by each kind of fruit. If other crops wete interplanled with trees, see Infornlation Sheet. 

Crop name COde 

NotfClTltUS CltOP$ cllll. CITRUS CROPS Cad, 

Appl.. • • • • • • • • •• 123 (F/'poIt qua.tlty . Apri'lf'tt • • • • • • • •• 129 haM .. h>II In 19?7-re 

AVQ~ado$. -'s... ',!lIn b(OI)In 011971) 

Infotrllalfon Sh$et •• 135 (l'apeffUil •••••• '. • •• 217 

ClltI:rie$ • .. • .. ... 141 4er!l<)i\$.. ........ 279 Grapes ~cdry weight 111 (iran81's........... 2$1 

(lr$8$ - fresh welgltt. 117 r""glfl.US ••• ;...... 103 OINe. ":"$.. n.ngetines .arld • 1';(Q_aon $/fest...7 mandllf·iM • • • • • • • •• 309 

PeaChe.' ••••• ~ .,. 22$ Ol~ 1\llru,. ;,. Swolt!! ., 315 P~ars ••• ' •••••• '. 2)1 PlurllS,arldcP<lIt1/!.... .Ul'CRQP Codo 

!rMbcm.12ht ......... 243 fR"""IIql/Sntlty In Prijt1e. ~dl)r wefellt. '249 tllfj;lIhall) 

~c~.~n::~t:U.$.::. '.' U ... l. ·Almolidli .•....... ; ... ail 1--------+--+----,h----+,---+-...L:.~,_----t._:4..:::"'+,.:::+.;-1 ..., Fllbartsapd lla~eJnuts,. la1 p~n$,Jnjj)roYed. • • •• ~19 

SECTION 5 Were any VEGETABLES, SWEET CORN, MELONS, etc., harvested 005 FOR SALE !rom Ibis place in 19181 

lOY ES - ContpI"'- eftl • • ocIi"" 

2 0 NO - Go 10 .... tlon 6 

SECTION 7 

2 0 NO ~G" IG $i#;tl.<XJ: 6 

34S 

3$7 

3113 

For Florida, 'eport fo, soptember I, 1971 thrO<Jgh From the list below, enler crop flaniilaJid~ooe. R"portqusntltyh<\t~t<ld In 

Augu.t othBl States 31. 1978 report "",_t fot ca/endsr H .. OII; yrMt '01./1 1978~ h~~~~~;;f;~~~~~~t":::n~It~-;~lf~'ed~w:lt/1~ef(op~-;· r'~~~~~'~' ~.~. 'f< ;~0;' ~~'~:;'~~~~~d 1. Land from which vegetables wtre CtOl>"~m~ harvested in 1978 .••..•..•..•••••. , , • 

!~~~~~-.-----+-+---+~----~--~~ 

If more sptlCfl 1$ need«J. use separste sheet 01 patJef+ 

Cr.p no... C"- C'''I' •• .,. Coo!- C,"I' .,'"'' 

Asparaeus ...•••.•• 371 Cuc"",bers Md pickle... 411 Peppetsi'~w~t •• ,. eeans, snap (bush ESePlant. • • • • • • • • •• 415 Peppers, hOI ••••• :. and pole) .... .... »1 (larlic............ 421 Pl/InIlIIlns .... : .... 

Broccoli Beets. . . . . . • • • • • • • . • • • • • • •• •• 313 315 Lettuce Honeyd.w and me toma Jon ••••• Ine ••• , en 421 Sjijnactt IlMishllS .•• ••.. '" :. •. ; • .:. •• ;~ •.• t=:3~~~::::+]i~=!~~~~!M=lJ~~~~;~~~~!i~q Caboose • • • . . • • . . •• St1 Lima boal1$, green ., .• 48 SAua.~ ••• ; '. • • •• ' Canta loups and Mustard 8'''''11$ •••••• , 431 Sweet corn •••• ; " Per.ian melD... . . • •• 59$ Onions. dry. • • • • . . •• 4U TomatDes, •••••• :. 

g:~~~ .. w'.; :.:~.; ;;~:~--~~~.~~:~;;:: :;;·:fi~:~lrtr~en$·:;::: c..lery . • • . • • • • • • •• 401 P •••• Sreen, Including WoWm.la •••••••. , Collards. . • . . . • . . •• 407 English (e<clude 01l1er YlW>lable.- Cowpea. Waen cowpeas) ••••• 441 SpegI1j1 •• , .' •••• , 

other 40S 

SECTION 6 

006 

Were any NURSERY and GREENHOUSE PRODUCTS, SOd .• bIl1l!s,lIower~ 

flower seeds, vetttable seeds and plants, .aelableJulII\$' .1aSs or .• t 

ptot!l:tlon, 01 MUSilROOMS,awn FOR SALE on tIJIs pla~ in 1975? 

1 0 YES - Compl.t. III". _II... r-~---;"...,..~=:7"-,...,.'"-r_-------t--t-----1'----12----1 

2 0 NO - Go to >eetlOf> 7 

1. Nursery and greenhouse plooucts irrigated in 1978 

Ploduct name Code 

/I more sp6C6 I B ftfIfIrHd, use 

Produet •• .,. Cod. Bedding plants (Ineludevegetable plants) 47' Bulbs ••.•••.•••••••••••••.• 412 Cui flowers .nd cut nor;st freens •... 4&5 Nursery products - environmentals, 

linin,..,.,! .Iock, Iruit and nut lIee., and V;"" • ....................... 

FOAM 78-.... ' (N) (".10-781 Page 2 
APPENDIX D-Continued 

SECTION 9 of CROPS tIIla 11_1111911. BEFORE Iaus SECTION 12 Old you or anyone else Itave IIIJ or CALVES 0/1 tIIIf place ia 

•• 1tS (tttItwtoIlltINfJQI/MATIDIIJHIUlT.IM1tIon'.) 012 '0 YES-c __ ..... _ 

Report your be$t estlma~ of tha, value fot eac!l of tI1e follf)W~ 8I01fPS of crops 2 0 NO - Go to _Uon 13 

sold flOtillflis place ill 1973. Include lIle valUfl of the landlord $ and/ilr COIItractor's 

shale, estimating ifnecess$y. Include y~lu&of Government eee loans. • OEC£MBaI31, 1918 INVENTORY .....----.....---1 

1. Graln$ sold in 1973, IncluolngGlMlIliment cee loans - Hone '=~=~--+==-t 1. CATIlE AND CALVES of aU ~ com fOlgralrt;glain sor~ms,!tce,wIleat aJidotilet {ToI4' <>1-. b. c, tII1d d btHOW} ..••••••••••••• [J 

small grains, soybeans, dl)i beans, dry peasaJidCQwjlta$, flaxieed. SUilflowtr $!led; pop~orn. and safHower • • • • • •• 0 

J. Of the t~al, hpw _h wn llon •• J-.,,,,....:=.;:;.::..-+'-'-'-'-

received.in 1$78 110m 

GdWrnilentCCC loa.os? •• 0 ~ __ ~--l. __ 

2. cotlon and ~tooseed;lncludi ng QovernmentCCC loans ........... , ........... . 

•• Of tl)1i Iota I, Jrow mucnwas NoBe I-=::-:-'==~-+=::: receIved in 1978 from Gov~lnmenl cee loa."s? " 0 LL ____ -'-_ 

4. Field seeds, grass $eeds, hay, forage, and silage •••••• 

$, Vegelables .• sww com,and mel(lJls-oo NPT /ncludsltl$1I 0 

a. BEEF COWS - /ncllld9 be¢ hl>1,.,. Ihst 

hadca/Vad ••• < •••••• '. <,., < <., ••• < •• 0 

b. MILK COWS kept for production 1)1 milk or cream 

~fl;:':'~::! u,: ~::~~,~ ,:,~i~ ~ ~. 0 

~.IIEff'ERS M10 HEIFER CALVES - E1l<'/1Id9 "-If_thatlledcal""" ... ,,, .... ,, ..... ' 0 

d. STEERS STEER CALVES, BULLS 

AND BULL CALVES ........ , ......... ,< 0 

_ CAmE AltD CALVES SOlO 

FROM THIS PLACE Iff 1975 Incllld9 those fad "" this place OIl • 

confnJC/ or CU3_ oa"'~, Allie 'fJ(J011 

as $Old, cattle m;wed trQm thl$ plSCIJ 

to 8 IttBdlot tot fyt1hM feeding. 808 

807 

80' 

MJlk 

cows 

Heifers 

and 

heIfer 

pot"t~. or _tpotat.,.#, 'fJ(JOrt lhamllt 11_·8 below. •• f.::.~---""';'--I 

6.F!glls.nGts.lM!lfj~$ - apples,pea\:haS,grapes, Z. Cal~s weigbillg less thanSOO pounds ., 0 1-0.-;;----+...------;--....., 

CItrus, petans, Slr.awbernes, etc .•• , , • • • • . • • • • • • • •. 0 3. Cattle, incfuoillg calves we ighing 

7.N.ui~1y and greenhouse prooucts ................. 0 500 pooods 01 nwe . • • . • • . . . . . . ... 0 \-___ + ____ -+_....., 

8. Ollteter1lPs -peanuts, l.tl.sn po~toe., sweetjltitat!le$, a. Of the total cattle sold, bow lIIaAy 

sUgar beets, sugslCane,.mint were FATIEffED on Iflis place on GRAIN 

lor oil,hops, ~c; - $p«:lty 0 $ or CONCENTRATES for 30 days Of mare 

812 813 

. . and SOLO fot SLAUGHTER? . " . . . .. 0 SECTION 10 LAf!D ~Iff 191. L-__ --"-____ ...L----j 

l.C4f1YACRESIIlTtl!SPtACEflltm SettloR i,item 4, page 1. . . . .. ____ Acres - DAIRY PRODUCTS SOLD FROIIJ - THIS PLACE 1ft 1918 ROTE: ·lfthesame IlJnilhad mOr¢.tIlan 1)ne use fn 1978, REI'ORT THAT LAND 

ON!.Y ONCE -il1tlIe u~ fifstiist~ below tIlat applies. For e~anJlIfe, cropland 4. Gross vahle of sales of OAIRY PRODUCTS 

barve$tedand M$Hasturedis to btirepoited only as "Cropl<!nd barvested;" !!2:!~,~ ~:N:,;~~8: .~~~ s:::.~': < < • • 0 

2.CftOPLAftO rtoneJ--!'!!~!J!!.!!E!!'-I-... "'~~ __ ----------I.:---------'---I a. Cr~la!\d baMsted'''':IIl~ltJite alf I<mJI 1_ whlcltOtOl'" ....,., 787 SECTION 13 Die! yeu or anyone else hMIIIJ 80GS Of PIGS Oft IIIls ,lace 11119181 hsr",~I!1fI"""IIY~~'''''t;W''1I1._Jn _1IAI:t,cllAA1gr_. Q" 0 YES 

vlhsy<>t4"tII1d:!tll(I!$t'y oitd g"1<l/fllOUs& p,r_t •• .••...•• _ .. 0 1------1 1 - c~.t. lI>Ie .otlon 

b., Cloplllt1!!uSet1.!IIlty fotllaslilte OIN~jng -'lncI_ mf>!/1IIIt 788 20 NO - Go to .-1"" 14 

"",SWlVand grilZ·1M'Jat"Nh.t·cWI,th$ve/lWIl li$et!. f()f C£O!1S wUhOl!I_ftlriMl f/tlflto"""*'tS . . " • • • • • .• • • • • • • • • • • .• 0 • DECEMBER 31, un IlCYElfTORY 

t.·CJoptal1d'·~ .. fQ( c~ve( ~ops, ]egu~, aad sDi.J.impt4vement f-7

-

8-. -----It .. HOGS and PiGS of all ages (TOt41 01 a and b beJcwJ. ~ ••••• " 

gt8.$Ses, 1M /i()TbllfiJ~s~ and NOT pastured • < •••••••••• 0 I "",---__ -1 ,.., a. HOGS and PIGS used or to be us~ fOf BREEDING ••••••• 

II. OTHER HOGS and PI GS ......•..•••.••.••..•..• 

. e. Cropl8no In curUvat~ summer fallow ,., .. < •••••••••••• 0 • UTTERS FARROWED 

kCrl)l!land. idle .•• '" ., ........ < •••••••••••••••••• 0 +-=.-------12. ~1::~rA~~~~E~ :s3~:a~7~!~~~ ~ .•. , N; 8~~ber of Hue" 

3. WlIOdliitid-lnOl<I<i'uU_161. { 81' 

=.~~." .. "($at. tr:;~~f~~, .' 1I.' WOOdl.' an!! \18. ~uted...... 0 b. June 1, 1~18 and November 30, HI78 . . . • . • • .. 0 ;...... ____ -' 

tlm/f6(riroWli>, ..' . b.'(t1lndlandnot\18stured ., 01-=",-___ .... .-___ .,---::-_-,.._.,..-_,....j 

4/01l1er".wrelJil4a\11~'~ .~. tnclll<t .... y "..._Ioitd- t14Itt~rr"PIIIiI<I","'d,"'*'<11mt1~· •••••••. •••••••••• i •• 0 

5.Auott*ll!'d ~ l.~ndinhpUselpts. ponds,rolids, wasteland,etc. f-"..,.,,----.... 

IIIC(ur:Ie ... tt""d noNopotl!1flllt' Il_ Jl1/t.f<ltJJlh 4 ~ •••••• -:, 0 J.. ...... ---.. 

. 1 ... .,........,,5 

~·MYtlll1ll 

~tmclalot """troI,lSd'~;' 

'''''''''''~ ....... ,." ill!<*, .tIt(;,/rn;Iur:/eIl!ii!PI_tal, ~d~Ir.liil~tlitf!lal!l1I'; 

~~mj)er of ae,e$ 

• IfOGS AliD PIGS SOLO 

Old YClU or anyone else .Itave lIlY 

C"10YES-~"~ 

20NO -.GoIO .... ,/OfI1S 

.. J."""",_.ilr_lt:;.lt_teO_-Il. SHEEP and lAMBS of aU ages ..•...• 

FORM 'a-AI tN) 14-10-78) 

. it. EWES I year old Of older .... , .. 

f-=,--__ -Il. S.HEEP and LAMBS SHORN ......•. 0 L-___ .....L ___ ........l 

Page 3 

What was the gross value of sales of Sheep, lambs. and wool from tllis place in 197111 .•.•. 

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0-4 APPENDIX D-Continued 

SECTION 15 Did you or anyone else have any HORSES, BEES, FISH, OTHER 

LIVESTOCK, or ANIMAL SPECIALnES in 1978? 015 

I 0 YE S - Compl.,. 'hI • •• cllon 

20 NO - Go to section 16 

~~~----II----~ 

Total number Gross value of sales 

SECTION 17 Income from MACHINE WORK, CUSTOMWORK, and OTHER LTURAL 

SERVICES PROVIDED for oifters in 1978 

Total amounl received from machine work, customwork, None [ Dollars ~ Cents 

and other agricultural services PROVIDED FOR OTHERS Ib919~--'--'--'---+=-i:.c.;..:-l 

in 1978 - planting, plowing, spraying, harvesting, etc... 0 ~L'--____ -L_--l 

'N~~~ia1r Nonek~~~~~L~~ 19i~~~ ________ ~~~~ __ ~~~_~S~~CffY~kl~nd~of~w~o~rk~do~n~.~====================================~ 

I. HOises and ponies of 8,0 SECTION 18 During 1978 did you SELL any crops, livestock, 01 livestock products 

sold in 1978 Doll~;;- i Cents 

8" 832 

all ! ages .............. 0 $ DlRECTL Y to individuals FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION - roadside 

2. Mules, burros, and r8::-:,:::,--------t:::---------t:-:::-------t----I stands, farmers markets, pick your own, etc.? 

donkeys .............. 0 

5. livestock or ani mal 

products (Enter name and 

code 'rom "List B" below.) 

Name Code 

Name Code 

1

834 8'S 

r8::-:3~.--------t~--------t:-:::-------r----I $ i 

1

837 8'8 

Cod, 

018 

Tota I number 

of partners 

2oNo 

20 Negro or Black 

'22 

, 0 Amencan Indian 

12. RACE of operatOi (senior partner or person In charge). . • 0 ASian or PaCifiC Islander 

'{24 I 0 White 

9 0 Other - SPecffr.t 

If more space IS needed, use separate sheet of paper 

SECTION 16 Did you or anyone else have any POULTRY such as CHICKENS, TURKEYS, f, '2S 

DUCKS, etc., on this place in 1978? (includ. poultry gr ..... ro, o'hll. on. I" AGE of operator (senior partner or person in charge) ..... -------- Years old 

contract basis.) ~--=--c=,.......r---------I .2. 

01' ~~~i~_~;T:DRY Total number 14. SEX of operator (senior partner or person in charge) ..... I 0 Male 20 Female I 0 YES - Compl.t. thl ••• crron 

is ola.":__ sold in 1978 15. SPANISH ORIGIN - Is the operator (senior partner 20 NO - Go to section 77 None Dec: -3L-191H or person in charge) of Spanish origin or descent 927 

1

892 18., (Mexican, Mexican American, Cuban, or other Spanish)? .. I 0 Yes 2 0 No I. HENS and PULLETS of laying age .............. . 

2. PULLETS 3 months old or older not yet of laying age ... 

3. PULLET CHICKS and PULLETS under 3 months old 

(E'Kc/ude comtrJ1rcial broilers.) ...••..•••...•... 

4. BROILERS, fryers, and other meat type chickens, 

Including capons and roasters ................. . 

5. TURKEYS 

a. Turkeys for slaughter (Exclude breeders.) • .•••.... 

b. Turkey HENS kept for breeding .............. . 

6. OTHER POULTRY raised in captivity - ducks, geese, 

pigeons or squab. pheasants, quail, etc. (Enl.r poullry 

name and code 'rom the list be/ow.) 

Poultry name _________________ Code 

Poultry name ________________ Code 

Name 

Ducks. 

Geese. 

Code Name 

904 Pigeons or squab 

906 Pheasants 

7. POULTRY HATCHED on this place In 

1978 and placed or sold - chickens, 

0 

8 •• 8.S 

0 

18 •• 80C 

0 

8.8 8" 

[] 

1.00 901 

[l 

j902 1

90 ' 

0 

I 

I 

Code Name 

908 Quai) .......... 910 All other poultry -

Specify. 

Cod. 

. 912 

. 914 

16. PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION - At which occupation 

did the operator spend the majority (50 percent or 

more) of his work time in 1978? For partnerships 928 . consider all members of the partnership togetl"IfJr ••••••• 1 0 Farming 2 0 Other 

. OFF FARM WORK - How many days did the operator .2. 

(senior partner or person in charge) work at least {' 0 None 

4 hours per day oil this place in 1978? Include work 20 1-49 days at a nonfarm jolt!, business, or on someone else's farm. 3050-99 days 

(Exclude exchange farm work.) •••••• .• • • •• •• • •• 40100-149 days 

sO 150-199 days 

• 0 200 days or more 

SECTION 21 Was any of the land in this place held under FOREIGN OWNERSHIP in 1978? 

'0 YES - Comple'. 'his secl/on 

2oNO } 30 Don't Go to sect/on 28 

know 

Of the total acres in this place, how many were owned byNone "'1.~30- Ac_res_-l 

I. Individuals who are NOT citizens of the United States? .... 0 b~-------l 

2. A foreign held corpolation or unincorporated [l 1

93 

association, orafore~g.n...gover~ ... 

None Numbel I SECTIONS 22 - 27 Not applicable to this form 

turkeys, ducks, etc. - SpeCify klndof pouftry _______ __ U ~1"6"-___ 1J1 S~ECTIO~NI~ 28~PERS0Q!!NI~ COMP~LETINi!Q.G;~ THIS'BE~fQIlll!!.-=-'-~~~'-"""'-~,__ __ __l 

8. Incubator egg capaci ty on Decembel 31. 1978. . . . . . . . . .. [] L--------------I,_N_am_e ___________ r:-__ --: ________ -r::--:-JL-'99_' D_ate _________ -I 

9. What was the gross value of sales of poultry ,---~---~-al-ue' 0-"- sal--es--' i To'lonh""o II Area code I Number 

and poultry products (eggs, etc.) from thIS Cent' I ""e"v'" 

place In 1978? Include esUmaled value 01 None f-___ =Do,'II~la=rs ____ _J.'== . rl_'_ .lnh"lnlnrl rln 02. 

and poullry producls moved from Ihls 1. ,8 I WShheeent' .'U~,~"-....... n_~_~~.:'~~"-'.~~: ~~. """ __ ._,,,, ry ..., ,," 2'-' N"n place 'by contractors and others. ..••...••• 0 1$ [ snowl rrl:!: malOr 1.t'II::'U::' It'::'UI1~ lUI yUUI I.UulUy~ 1 LJ T t.) ~ U i'W 

FORM 76·A\·NI 14·\0·76) Page 4 
APPENDIX D-Continued 

(Sections 22 through 27 were collected from only 20 percent of the farms; see text) 

SECTION 22 IYaSlIlIYcor.1MERC1Af. FEftTII.JZER. illellldl", ROCK PHOSPlfATE. or l.IME UItCI.1III tl)i$ PIa" din!", 19781 . oa2 

lOY ES - cwpplm IItIII_1oI> 

2 0 NO -I''' to. UCliOh 23 

.1. Acres lilcropland fJ1ltiliz:edln X$78; other than tropland 1J$.o.,pnl}'forp~tes (eportt4in ~tjon 10. it~ 2b •.•.•••• . . . , . , 

SECTION 25 EXPEftDITURES FOR EltERGY ad lItIroteum prududs lor lite 

fllll\MiDe» dUll", fg18 

Inclulk ... pen4ltuces paid by YOU r-------r------r-----i 

and olllers for production of CI'llj)S, L-~~~~-1 livestock. and ol!lef agricullUtal 

rn1:iJ~ from lItls plOCf None ~,._--_+--+=----+,~'--_1 

1. Gasoline for {arm btisilJ8ss 

Oj~1 fuel for !he falm 

busifle$$ •• , ........ .. f.ertsli!pattultlamj andtangefand fellilized 

ml!}l&lepcmIlIO$8ttIOlllO. flems 2band 4 •..•..• ,. " .. '--_~ __ "", LP gas, bUtane, propane fOI 

tile farm bU$ifless (4,a Ibs ... 19a1lo~) ............ . 

~to~;-lii.i~i~·~ .. i·~·~··i· ~~:~:fE:~:~~~1s Natural Fuel oil gas for for !he tbe farm Illfm business 0 

ooStness ... ; •.•.••.•.• 

YOU, your landlords. or conltactors. Fet eacb . If l1lultiPllrpose chemicals were U$ed, rtport 

Kerosene. mala oil, grease. for tile farm business ...•• 

ElettTicily for the farm OOSifleSS ............ . Otbet-cilal, wood. toke, etc. 

SECTION 26 SELECTED PRODucnON EXPEIlSES paicllly you .111.111181'$ .------1 for litis pl~ iQ 1913 

l1Iciooe your best eslimates 01 e~petlso:s .paid ~ you. your farnHold, conlractofS. 

buyelS, 3!ld otilefs flJf ploouction of. CfOjl$. livestock, and oilier agricultural 

products in 1978. DO NOT INCLU OE expe!1$8S WlWlCted willi peJfolllling cusl_k for olhe!S; operation of noofarm acliYitles, busifleSSes, OJ selVi«s; 

01 flousell&ld expenses oot related to tile larm business. 

livestock and PIlultl)' purchased - catlle, alive •• flags, pigs, _P. Iambs. goats. horses, cbicks. 939 poults, startedpulfels. etc .......................... 0 

m.;--------f2. Total flledpJlldlased for livestock and poultry _ gJain, ~,----~----,.---i 

O"---~ __ --I 

bay, silage, mil\8d feeds, com:enllales, etc .•••••••••••••• 0 

.. Coml!iercially mj~ed 1000000la feeds purchaser! - ~rete. sl!jlfllement. c~llC$ll1ates. 

(00 Il0l/'''''''$ ..----r--.,----....,..-- Ingr/ldw.rt$ pur¢t!/IMd *_!It!iIt. 

~ 

sucI> as ... aI. cott(!ltSMd meal, 

Blt/"_.) , •••• ". 0 L..._-'--'-~=-___ .l.----< 

Animal heallh costs for livesloek and jlCul!ry" Im;ltH19 

ve~f11Jtt .. (lfIfJ 66tll'lees, Ht'ttmSt "seclneli, mediCJ~Sf etc. ~ . • . .• 0 m,,----;.----i 

~~~~==~~=!~~~:!:1~~=~~~~:--1~Seed$.OOfbs. plants, 3IId trees putthased •.••••••••••••• 0 5. CommerCial fllltili:w purcbaser! - all forms, intluding lOck rn..-------1 

pnosphate and GYp3Uln. R9pott CU$t"", _ficatlOtl CO$t$ In 

~;;;C~I::~i·~;S·~u;~h~ed·.:. ;~s~ti~id~$·. herbici~: ... 0 ~;;---~----1 funeicides. IlIllel pesticides, lime. etc.. RtJl/Cf:t C<t$/Om 

appllCIJfjortcos .. In it ... 9 below, •••••••••••••••••••• 0 r7::,,----;---1 

.1-____ .,...;...,..;.~l.liired farm Of ~h labor IS.., Infotmatlon She6t) • •• " •••••• 0 a. Of \!Ie hired workels, im:!uding paid !emjly WOrkers,oow mall)' -

(1) WOIIted 150 days or more? •. •••• 

Pleeseglv~yool tiest ESTIMATE 1lf lila. CURRENT 

MARKeT VALUE qf lam aM buildings for lite acr:es lePllf\ed illsecij~ 1, items 1, 2, and 3,page L 

1-::-:----i-------I1. Allland1lWlJId ......... , .. " " .•. " .... . 

rented OJ leaser! TO OTHERS .".,".,". 

Page 6 

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FORM78-A1(1) 

ItI-11·18' 

GENERAL INFORMATION 

WE NEED A COMPLETED REPORT FORM 

FROM EVERYONE receiving this request. Please 

follow the instructions given below for completing 

section 1. You will then be able to determine 

what additional information is to be provided. 

,. The enclosed census report form is being used 

by farms and ranches throughout the entire 

United States. Because it is meant for use in 

all parts of the country. it may contain sections 

and inquiries which do not apply to you. [n 

this case, mark the "None" or "No" box and 

go on to the next item or section. 

2. If You Receive More Than One Report Form 

If you have multiple farming operations. you 

should complete a report for EACH SEPARATE 

and DISTINCT production unit, that is, each 

individual farm, ranch, feedlot, greenhouse, 

etc.; or combination of farms, etc., for which 

you maintain SEPARATE records of operating 

expenses and sales, livestock and other inven· 

tories, crop acreages, and production. Return 

any duplicate or extra report forms in the same 

envelope with the report(s) you complete so 

we can remove the extra addresses from our 

mail register. In the space provided to the 

right of the address label of the report form 

you complete, write the 11 <Jigit number from 

the label of the extra form or forms. 

3. Partnership Operation. 

A partnership is an association of two or more 

persons who have agreed (informally or under 

legal contract) on the amount of their contri· 

butions and profit distributions. 

Complete only ONE report for the entire 

partnership farm and ranch operation, including 

all partners' shares on the same report. If two 

or more report forms were received for the 

partnership see 2 above. 

Partners who also have separate operations 

of their own should complete reports for those 

separate operations. For additional information 

on Partnerships see section 19 below. 

4. How To Enter Your Re.ponses On Ttle Report 

Form 

Please enter your answers in the proper spaces, 

on the correct lines, and in the units requested, 

i.e., dollars, bushels, tons, etc. Write any 

explanation outside the answer spaces or on a 

separate sheet of paper. 

EntElr whole numbers unless the "Tenths" 

column is provided, such as reporting acres of 

Irish potatoes in section 2. If you have 112, 

1/4, or 1/3 of an acre, convert to tenths, For 

example convert 1/2 to 5110, 1/3 to 3/10, 

1/4 to 2110, etc. 

If you do not recall exact figures, please give 

your best estimate, You may indicate "Est." 

(for estimated) beside the answer, if you like. 

For al! dollar items, we need only whole 

dollars, although a "Cents" column is provided 

for those who wish to report cents, 

COMPLETING THE REPORT FORM 

Section 1 - ACREAGE IN 1978 

This section determines the land for which you 

should report agricultural activities. It also pro· 

vides space for reporting landlords, renters, and 

location(s) of agricultural activities. 

Changes in the Acres Operated in 1978 - Report 

all land that YOU USED during 1978, and the 

crops and livestock production on that [and, even 

jf some or all of it was no longer a part of your 

operation on December 31,1978. 

If you had agriculture operations at any time 

during 1978, but Quit farming before December 31, 

1978, report your 1978 crop and livestock pro· 

duction and sales from that land for the portion 

of the year that you operated the [and. Please 

explain in the margin of the report form (or on 

a separate sheet of paper) that you Quit farming 

or ranching during 1978 and give the approximate 

date an1 the name and address of the present 

operator, if known. 

APPENDIX D-Continued 

INFORMATION SHEET 

1978 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 

If you acquired land for agricultural operations, 

but did not use it for livestock or crop production 

in 1978, include the land in section 1. Please 

explain in the margin or on a separate sheet of 

paper. 

Completing Items 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Section 1 -

Use items 1, 2, and 3 to determine the acres of 

land that are your responsibility for the purpose 

of making the agriculture census report. Include 

all land that you were associated with in 1978, 

regardless of location or use, but do not include 

holdings of residential property not associated 

with agricultural operations. Report all land in 

whole acres in this section. 

Item 1 - Land Owned - Report all land owned in 

1978 whether held under title, purchase contract 

or mortgage, homestead law, or as heir or trustee 

of an undivided estate, by you and lor your spouse, 

or by the partnership, corporation, or organi!ation 

for which you are reporting. 

Item 2 -= land Rented or leased FROM Others -

Report all land rented by you, even though the 

landlord may have supplied equipment, fertilizer, 

or other materials andlor some supervision of the 

work. 

INCLUDE in item 2 -

a. Land (for agricultural uses) that you rented 

FROM others for cash payments 

b. Land worked on a share basis 

c. Land (owned by someone else) which you 

used rent-free 

d. Federal, State, Indian, or railroad land 

rented or leased by the acre 

DO NOT INCLUDE in item 2 - Land used on a 

per-head or animal unit license or permit basis. 

such as land used under section 3 of the Taylor 

Grazing Act. National Forest Land, or Indian 

Reservation Permit Land. 

lIem 3 - Land Rented TO OTHERS - Cash 

tenants, share tenants, and share croppers are 

farm operators for census purposes and are respon· 

sible for making the agriculture census report tor 

the !and they operate. 

INCLUDE in item 3 -

a. Owned land rented TO others for cash or 

a share of the crops or livestock 

b. Land which you rented from others and 

then subleased to others in t 978 

c. Land rented out for residential or other 

nonfarm purposes, if it was part of the 

land reported in item 1 or 2 

d. Land worked for you by someone else on 

a share·of<rop basis 

e. Land which you allowed others to use rent· 

free 

NOTE: Please enter the names and addresses of 

renters, tenants, and sharecroppers in item 6. 

Item 4 - Acres in this Place - This is the sum of 

the [and that you owned in 1978 (item 1). PLUS 

the land that you rented F ROM others (item 2). 

MINUS the land that you rented TO others (item 

3). It is very important that you report this 

figure correctly (even if "0" acres), since the 

remainder of your report should cover only those 

operations on "the Acres in This Place" reported 

in item 4. 

"Zero Acres in Place" - Should you complete the 

rest of this form? 

If you yourself had crop or livestock activities on 

the land for any portion of the year, you should 

complete the rest of the form. See "Changes in 

Acres Operated in 1978," above. 

If all your [and was operated by a renter or share· 

cropper for all of 1978. you do not have to 

complete the entire form. In this case, you 

should: 

a. Complete item 6 for renter. 

b, Skip to section 28 and complete Name. 

Address, Telephone number, etc. 

c. Explain briefly in the margin or on separate 

paper that you did not operate a farm or 

ranch in 1978. For example, "All land 

rented out," "Sold Farm," "Retired," 

etc., and give the approximate date that 

U.S. OEPA.RTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF' THE CENSUS 

you quit operating. If you sold your farm. 

please give the name and address of current 

owner or operator, if known, 

d. Mail the form in the return envelope provided. 

Item 7 - Grazing Permits - In some States, 

government lands and Indian lands are used 

for grazing livestock under permit or special 

license, with payments on a per·head or animal 

unit basis. This land should NOT be included 

as part of item 2, "Land rented or leased FROM 

others," or item 4, "Total Acres in This Place." 

But you should include in your report any live· 

stock located on permit land in 1978. 

Sections 2-8 - CROPS 

Sections 2 through 8 provide space for reporting 

crops harvested during the 1978 crop year from 

the land shown in section 1, item 4, of your report. 

Please report your crops in the appropriate section. 

Do not include any crops grown on land rented, 

leased, or worked on shares by others during 1978. 

Acres Harvested - Enter the acres harvested in 

1978. Round fractions to whole acres except 

where tenths are requested, as for Irish potatoes. 

Quantity Harvested - The units of measure on the 

report form are those most commonly used 

throughout the country. If you use a different 

unit of measure, please convert your figure for 

quantity harvested to the unit requested. If 

harvest is incomplete by December 31, 1978, 

please estimate the total quantity harvested. 

Crop irrigation - For each crop irrigated, report 

number of acres irrigated. Irrigation is defined 

as land watered by artificial or controlled means -

sprinklers, furrows or ditches, spreader dikes, 

purposeful flooding, etc. Include acres that 

received supplemental, partial, and preplant 

irrigation. For any crop not irrigated, leave 

"Acres irrigatt!d" blank. 

How to Report Crops Harvested 

8. Sections 2 and 3 - In these two setrtions, 

separate lines are provided for reporting each 

of several crops widely grown in the United 

States. Do not write in data for any other 

crops. 

b, Sections 4-8 - In each of these sections, 

report any of the crops listed in the same 

section. To report a crop in any of these 

sections. (1) find the crop name and the code 

number in the list in the section; (2) enter 

crop name and code in the first two columns 

of the first available answer line in the section; 

(3) enter the information requested in the 

headings of the remaining columns. 

Example: A farmer harvested 20 acres of alfa[fa 

seed, yielding 6.000 pounds, and 30 acres of 

red clover seed, yielding 8,400 pounds. (He 

did not irrigate either crop.) He would enter 

the following in section 8: 

UCTlOll. l"t..,OTKERCROPS"-nlIMlf_IJI"PlKt",UII. n(,._ ... 11 

oo.J.'III~.iIoIpI(1"".OfolJlft(l*~OIP1'"',cu'IJfljlOt1"" 

,~Y!S·e_'., ... ,..o<"'" ,0110 _c.o'o.o<'·""~ 

If more space IS needed, use separate sheet of peper. 

Two or More Crops Har~erted From The Same 

Land (Double·Cropping) - Report the total 

acres and production of each harvested crop in 

the appropriate section of the report form. 

Example: A farmer harvested 1,230 bushels of 

wheat from 40 acres in 1978, then planted and 

harvested 1,550 bushels of soybeans from the 

same 40 acres before the end of the year. He 

irrigated the soybeans but not the wheat. 
Sectiom 2-8 - CROPS - Continued 

Intlrpllnted Crops and "Skip Row" Planting -

If two crops were grown at the same time in 

alternating strips in the same field. report the 

portion of the field used for each crop. 

Exsmple: A 60 acre field was planted in cotton 

and soybeans, with two rows of cotton followed 

by an area of the same width planted in soybeans. 

Thirty acres of soybeans would be reported in 

section 2, item 8, and 30 acres of conon in section 

2, item 9. 

Veget.bl •• - Report acres of vegetables harvested 

FOR SALE. Do not report acres of vegetables for 

home use. Report the total acreage of each 

vegetable crop harvested. 

Example: You harvested 10 acres of lettuce from 

a field in 1978. then replanted the field to lettuce 

and harvested the 10 acres again. Enter only 10 

acres of land from which vegetables were harvested 

in item 1 of section 5, but write in 20 acres of 

lettuce harvested in item 2 of section 5. 

Fruit Ind Nut. - In counting the combined total 

of 20 or more trees and vines, inctude those for 

home use as well as those maintained for sale of 

the production (exclude abandoned trees). 

If crops other than fruit and nut trees and vines 

were interplanted with trees or vines, report the 

total acres for BOTH the orchard and the inter· 

planted crops harvested. 

Ex.ample: If 20 acres of cotton were grown in a 

30 acre pecan orchard, you would report 20 

acres of COtton in section 2, item 9, and 30 acres 

of pecans in section 4. 

Avocado., Olives, Sugarcane 

Avocados - For California report the quantity 

harvested from November 1, 1977 through 

November 30, 1978. For Florida report the 

quantity harvested from April 1978 through 

March 1979, estimating if necessary. 

Olives - Report the quantity harvested from the 

bloom of 1977 for the October 1977 to March 

1978 harvest season. 

Sugarcane - For Florida and Texas report cuttings 

from November 1977 through April 1978. For 

louisiana and Hawaii report for the 1978 crop 

year. 

Section 9 - GROSS VALUE OF CROPS SOLD 

Report the values received during 1978, regardless 

of the year in which the crops were harvested. 

Give gross values (before deducting taxes and 

expenses). If full payment was not received for 

a crop or crops sold in 1978, report only the 

amount actually received in 1978. 

For value of grains and cotton, include as sold the 

value of government cec loans received in 1978 

but not loans obtained from any other government 

or private source. 

Section 10 - LAND USE 

The purpose of this section is to classify the acres 

you reported in section 1, item 4, by principal 

use in 1978. Do not include any acres you rented 

TO others (reported in section 1, item 3). 

land Used for Multiple Purposes - If part of your 

land was used for more than one purpose in 1978. 

report that land on the line for the use first listed, 

and NOT on the line for the second use. For 

example, if you plowed under a cover crop, and 

planted and harvested a grain crop, report the land 

in item 2a, "Cropland harvested," but NOT as 

"Cropland used for cover crop, legumes, .. etc." 

litem 2c). 

Double Cropping - When more than one crop was 

harlJested from the same land in 1978, report that 

land only ONCE as "Cropland Harvested." item 

2a of this sec\ion. 

'nterpllnted Crop. - If you interplanted crops, 

such as cotton in an orchard. report the total 

land used for both crops only ONCE, as "Cropland 

Harvested," in item 2a. 

APPENDIX D-Continued 

s.ction 12-16 - LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 

Animll. and Poultry to be Included in the Report -

Report all animals and poultry on the place on 

December 31. 1978. Include all owned by you 

and any kept by you for others. Include animals 

on unfenced land, on National Forest land, on 

district land or cooperative grazing association 

land, or on rangeland administered by the Bureau 

of Land Management on a per·head or lease basis 

(such as on wheat pasture). Include poultry 

(broilers. layers, turkeys, etc.) fed under contract 

on "This Place." Include livestock and poultry 

kept on this place for home use, 4H projects, etc, 

Number lOki - Report all animals and poultry 

sold or removed from this place including those 

sold for a landlord or given to a landlord as his 

share or to others in trade or in payment for goods 

and services. Include animals of all ages without 

regard to ownership or who shared in the receipts 

if the animals were located on the place 30 days 

or more and were sold or removed from the 

place in 1978. 

Sal" from Contract end Custom Feeding Opera· 

tions - Include animals and poultry (including 

poultry under contract) fed on this place on a 

contract or custom basis If they were removed 

from the place in 1978. 

Value of Sales - Be sure to report the total gross 

value of sales of animals and poultry without 

deducting cost of feed, cost of livestock purchased, 

cost of hauling and selling, etc. If the sale Price 

or value is not known, give your best estimate of 

their value when they left this place. 

Animals Moved to Another Place - For anImals 

removed from this place to another place, such as 

for further feeding, report the number as sold and 

give your best estimate of their market value when 

they leit this place. 

Animals to be Excluded from the Repon - Do 

not report any animals or poultry kept under a 

share arrangement on land rented TO others in 

1978. 

Animals Sold from Another Place - Animals 

owned by you, but held and sold from someone 

else's place should NOT be included. For example, 

do not report cattle purchased elsewhere, fed in, 

and sold from a feedlot not part of this place. 

Animals Bought and Sold- Do not include animals 

bought and resold within 30 days. Such purchases 

and sales are considered "dealer" transactions. 

Fat Cettle Sales - 00 not include with fattened 

cattle in item 3a of section 12: 

a. Veal calves which were fattened primarily 

on milk, or 

b. Dairy cows fed only the usual dairy ration 

before being sold, or 

c. Cattle and calves that were sold tor further 

feeding. 

All Other Livestock - Specify' the name of any 

other livestock. animal specialty, or livestock pro· 

ducts on or sold from this place that have not been 

accounted for elsewhere on this form. 

Example: Bees sold (colonies, packages, pounds); 

semen sales, animals bred and sold for laboratory 

use; birds, frogs, etc. 

Section 19 - TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

Use the following definitions to assist you in 

determining the tlpe of organization for your 

operation: 

Individual or Family Operation (Sole Proprietor· 

ship) - Defined as a farm or business organization 

controlled and operated by an individual. Includes 

family operations that are not incorporated and 

not operated under a partnership agreement. 

Partnership Opere1;c,n - Defined as two or more 

persons who have agreed on the amount of their 

contribution (c.pital and effort) and the distribution of profits. Co-ownership of land by husband 

and wife or joint filing of income tax forms by 

husband and wife does not constitute a partner· 

ship, unless the agreement to share contributions, 

decisionmaking, profits, and liabilitifl exists. 

Producing products under contract or under I 

share rental agreement does not constitute a 

pannership. 

Corporation - Defined as a legal entity or arti· 

ficial person created under the laws of a State 

to carryon a business. This definition doe<.! 

not include cooperati ... es. 

Other - Such as cooperative (defined as an incor· 

porated or unincorporated enterprise or association 

created and formed jointly by the members), estate 

or trust (defined as fund of money or property 

administered for the benefit of another individual 

or organization), prison farm, grazing association, 

Indian reservation, etc. 

Section 20 - OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

AND OCCUPATION 

This section applies to the characteristics and 

occupation of the individual owner, operator, 

senior partner, or person in charge for the type of 

organization reported in section 19 of the form. 

For Individual or Family Operation (Sole Pro· 

prietorship) - Complete this section for the 

operator. 

For Partnership Operation. - Complete items 1 

through 5 and 7 (of this section) for the "Senior 

Partner." The "Senior Partner" is the individual 

who is mainly responsible for the agricultural 

operations on this place. Consider the oldest 

partner as the "Senior Partner" if each shares 

equally in the day·to-day management decisions. 

For item 6 (Principal Occupation) consider all 

members of the partnership together. Please 

include as "Farming" worktime at all types of 

agricultural enterprises, inCluding specialties, such 

as greenhouses, nurseries, mushrooms, ranching, 

feed lots, broiler feeding, etc. 

For Incorporated and Other Operltion. (Co· 

operati"es, Eltatel, etc.) - Complete section 

20 for the person in charge, such as hired manager, 

business manager, or other person primarily 

responsible for the on·site, day·to-oay operation 

of the farm or ranch business. 

Section 22 - COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER 

Report acres on which commercial fertilizer was 

applied during 1978. If some acres where fertilized 

more than once, report acres ONL YONCE. 

Section 24 - MACHINERY AND EaUIPMENT 

The estimated market value in item 1 refers to 

ALL machinery and equipment kept on this place 

and used for the farm business. The value should 

be an estimate of what the machinery and equipment would sell for in its present condition, 

not the replacement or depreciated value. 

Section 26 - SE LECTED PRODUCTION 

EXPENSES 

Include expenses paid by you and by anyone else 

for the production of crops, poultry, livestock, 

and other agricultural products on this place. Also 

include expenses incurred even if payment was not 

made in 1978. Please give estimates if you do not 

know the exact figures. For example, if you grew 

broilers or fed cattle for others, include in item 1, 

as purchases, your best estimate of the value of the 

baby chicks or cattle at the time they were brought 

to this place. Also include in item 2, the value and 

amount of all feed purchased by you or someone 

else for use on this place. 

Do not include expenses related to nonfarm 

activities (trading and speculation, or livestock 

dealer activities). 

Hired Labor - Expenditures for hired labor should 

include gross wages or salaries, commissions, paid 

bonuses, and leave pay before deductions, plus the 

value of benefits paid by you - Social Security 

taxes, unemployment insurance, etc. 00 not 

include room and board, house rent, or other 

items paid in kind. 

0-7 
0-8 APPENDIX D-Continued 

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A 

Abnormal farms ......... . 

Age of operator ......... . 

Agricultu ral products sold, 

value. 

Agricultu ral serv ice income .. . 

Alfalfa hay ............ . 

Alfalfa seed ........... . 

Almonds ............. . 

Alsike clover seed ........ . 

Angora goats. . . . . . . . . . . . 

Animal health costs ....... . 

Apples .............. . 

Apricots ............. . 

Aquaculture products ..... . 

Artichokes ............ . 

Asparagus ............ . 

Assets, value ........... . 

Austrian winter peas ...... . 

Automobiles ........... . 

Avocados ............. . 

B 

Bah ia grass seed. . . . . . . . .. 

Bait and tropical fish sold ... . 

Balers, pickup .......... . 

Bananas ............. . 

Barley for grain ......... . 

Beans, castor. . . . . . . .... . 

Beans, dry field and seed .... . 

Beans, dry lima ......... . 

Beans. green lima ........ . 

Beans, snap (bush and pole) .. . 

Beans, soybeans .... ' ..... . 

Bedding plants .......... . 

Beef cows ............ . 

Bees, colon ies . . . . . . . . . . . 

Beets, sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Beets, table . . . . . . . . . .. . 

Bentgrass seed. . . . . . . . .. . 

Berm uda grass seed. . . . . . . . 

Berries .............. . 

Birdsfoot trefoil seed ...... . 

Blackberries ........... . 

INDEX 

(I ndex items not reported for the State will not appear in designated tables) 

County tables 

State County 

tables Summary report 

8-Con. 

10,34 7 2 Black operators and other 

4,29-35 6 4 races ............... . 

10,1317 9-11 2 Blueberries ............ . 

29-35 Bluegrass seed,.Kentucky ... . 

12,29-35 37 - Boysenberries .......... . 

25,26, 30 10 Broccoli ............. . 

28-35 Broilers .............. . 

25,26 30 10 

28-35 32 - Bromegrass seed ......... . 

- 30 - Broomcorn ............ . 

23 22 - Brussels sprouts ......... . 

6,29-35 12 5 Buckwheat. ........... . 

25,28-35 32 10 Bulbs ................ . 

- 32 - Bulls, bull calves, steers, and 

24 25 - steer calves. . . . . . . . . . . . 

- 31 - Burros, donkeys, and mules ... 

- 31 -

1,2,13,17, 1, 15 1,7 

29-35 C 

- 30 - Cabbage ............. . 14,29-35 - 7 Cantaloupes and Persian melons. - 32 - Carrots .............. . 

Castor beans. . . . . . . . . . . . 

Catfish sold ........... . 

Cattle an d calves . . . . . . . . . - 30 -

24 25 - 14,29-35 - 7 

Cattle and calves sold, value ... 

- 32 - Cauliflower ........... . 25,26, 28 10 

28-35 

- 35 -

Celery .............. . 

Chern icals, expense ....... . 

26,28-35 29 -

- 29 - - 31 -

- 31 -

25-35 29 10 

- 34 - 18,20, 16 9 

29-35 

23 24 - 26,28-35 29 -

Chern icals used ......... . 

Cherries ............. . 

Chickens 3 months old or 

older .............. . 

Chicory .............. . 

Chinchillas and their pelts ... . 

Chinese cabbage ......... . 

Chinese or ming peas ...... . 

Citrus fru its . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Clover seed ............ . - 31 -

- 30 -

- 30 -

25,27 33 10 

Clover seed, red ......... . 

Coal, wood, coke, etc., 

expense ............. . 

Coffee .............. . - 30 - Collards ............. . 

- 33 -I> Colonies of bees ......... . 

Index-1 

County tables 

State County 

tables Summary report 

4,5,29-35 39-41 -

- 33 -

- 30 -

- 33 - - 31 -

18, 19, 19,26 9 

29-35 

- 30 -

- 35 -

- 31 -

- 28 -

- 34 -

20,29-35 16 9 

23 27 -

- 31 -

- 31 -

- 31 -

- 35 -

24 25 -

17,18,20, 16 9 

29-35 

10, 18, 20, 16 2,9 

29-35 

- 31 -

- 31 -

6,15,17, 12 5 

29-35 

15,29-35 - 6 

28-35 32 - 18, 19, 18 9 

29-35 

- 31 -

23 27 -

- 31 -

- 31 - 28-35 32 -

- 30 -

25 30 10 

7,29-35 13 5 

- 32 - - 31 -

23 24 -
Index-2 

C-Con_ 

Combines, grain and bean ... 

Commercially mixed formula 

feed purchased ........ . 

Commodity Credit Corpora· 

tion loans ........... . 

Contract labor, expense ... . 

Corn, field ........... . 

Corn heads for combines ... . 

Cornpickers and picker-shellers 

Corn, sweet .......... . 

Corn, sweet, for seed ..... . 

Corporation, type of organiza· 

tion .............. . 

Family held ........ . 

N onfam ily held ...... . 

Cotton ............. . 

Cotton Commodity Credit 

Corporation loans ...... . 

Cottonpickers ......... . 

Cotton, value sold ....... . 

Cowpeas for dry peas ..... . 

Cowpeas, green ........ . 

Cowpeas, hogged or grazed 

or cu t for silage ....... . 

Cows and heifers that had 

calved .............. . 

Crambe ............. . 

C ran berries. . . . . . . . . . . . 

Cropland for cover crops, legumes, and soil·improvement 

grasses .............. . 

Cropland harvested ....... . 

Cropland harvested, irrigated .. 

Cropland idle .......... . 

Cropland in cultivated summer 

fallow .............. . 

Cropland on which all crops 

failed .............. . 

Cropland pasture ........ . 

Cropland total. ......... . 

Crops, farms, acres, production. 

Cucumbers ......... . 

Cu rrants ............. . 

Customwork, machine hire, 

and rental of machinery and 

equipment, expense ...... . 

Customwork, machine work, 

and other agricultural services, 

income ............. . 

State 

tables 

14,29-35 

6,29-35 

10,29-35 

6,9, 17, 

29-35 

25-35 

14,29-35 

14,29-35 

25,28-35 

-

4,5,29-35 

4,5,29-35 

4,5,29-35 

25-35 

10,29-35 

14,29-35 

10,29-35 

-

-

-

18, 20, 29-35 

-

-

1,2,29-35 

1-4,13,17, 

29-35 

16,29-35 

1,2,29-35 

1,2,29-35 

1,2,29-35 

1,2,29-35 

1,2, 17, 

29-35 

25-35 

-

-

6,29-35 

12,29-35 

INDEX-Continued 

County tables 

County 

Summary report 

- 7 

12 5 

- 2 

12 5 

28,30,35 10 

- 7 

- 7 

31 10 

35 -

5 4 

5 -

5 -

29 10 

- 2 

- 7 

- 2 

29 -

31 -

35 -

16 9 

35- -

33 -

2 1 

2 1,3,4 

3 1 

2 1 

2 1 

2 1 

2 1 

- 1 

28-35 10 

31 -

33 -

12 5 

37 -

o 

Daikon .............. . 

Dairy cows-milk cows ..... . 

Dairy products sold, value .... 

Dates ............... . 

Dewberries ............ . 

Diesel fuel purchased ...... . 

Diesel fuel storage ........ . 

Dill for oil ............ . 

Direct sales income ....... . 

Disease, chemical control ... . 

Donkeys, bu rros, and mu les .. . 

Ducks ............... . 

Ducks, geese, and other 

poultry ............. . 

E 

Eggplant ... 

Electricity expense ....... . 

Emmer and spelt ........ . 

Endive .............. . 

Energy expense . . . . . . ... . 

Equipment and machinery .... 

Escarole ............. . 

Ewes 1 year old or older .... . 

Expenses, farm ......... . 

F 

Family and individual, type 

of organization ......... . 

Family held corporations ... . 

Farms by age and principal 

occupation of operator ..... 

Farms by age and principal 

occupation of operator for 

farms with sales of less than 

$20,000 ............. . 

Farms by size of farm ..... . 

Farms by standard industrial 

classification .......... . 

Farms by tenure of operator. .. 

F arms by type of organization . 

Farms by value of agricultural 

sales ............... . 

Farms, number ......... . 

County tables 

State County 

tables Summary report 

- 31 -

17,18,20, 16 9 

29-35 

10,20, 16 2,9, 

29-35 

- 32 -

- 33 -

7,8,29-35 13 5 

8 13 -

- 35 -

11,29-35 38 -

15,29-35 - 6 

23 27 -

- 26 -

19 - -

- 31 -

7,29-35 13 5 

- 28 -

- 31 -

6-8,17, 12, 13 5 

29-35 

13,14,17, 15 7 

29-35 

- 31 -

22,29-35 20 9 

6-9, 17, 12-14 5 

29-35 

4,5,29-35 5 4 

4,5,29-35 5 -

31 - -

32 - -

1-3,33 - 3 

13,35 8 -

4,29 4 4 

4,5,30 5 4 

10,34 7,9-11 2 

1-3, 13 1,2 1,4 

17,29-35 
F-Con. 

Fattened cattle sold ...... . 

Feed purchased ........ . 

Feeder pigs sold ........ . 

Female operators ....... . 

Fertilizer applied ....... . 

Fertilizer expense ....... . 

Fescue seed .......... . 

Field seed crops ........ . 

Field seeds, hay, forage, and 

silage sold, value ....... . 

Figs ............... . 

Filberts ............. . 

Fish sold ............ . 

Flaxseed ............ . 

Florist greens and flowers, cut 

Flower and vegetable seeds .. 

Flowering and foliage plants .. 

Flowers and florist greens, cut. 

Fol iage and flowering plants .. 

Forage harvesters ....... . 

Foreign ownership ...... . 

Foxtail millet seed ...... . 

Fruit crops ........... . 

Fruits, nuts, and berries sold, 

value ............. . 

Fuel expense .......... . 

Fuel oil purchased ...... . 

Fuel oil storage ........ . 

Full owners .. ~ ....... . 

G 

Garlic .............. . 

Gas, natural, expense ..... . 

Gasoline and other petroleum 

fuel and oil purchased .... . 

Gasol ine purchased ....... _ 

Gasoline storage ......... . 

Geese ................ . 

Geese, ducks, and other 

poultry ............. . 

Ginger root ........... . 

Goats ............... . 

G oats, Angora. . . . . . . . . . . 

Goats, milk ........... . 

Goats milk sold ......... . 

G oats, other. . . . . . . . . . . . 

Gooseberries ........... . 

Grain Commodity Credit 

Corporation loans ....... . 

State 

tables 

20,29-35 

6, 17,29-35 

18,21, 

29-35 

4,29-35 

15,29-35 

6,15,17, 

29-35 

-

25,28-35 

10,29-35 

-

-

24 

28-35 

-

-

-

-

-

14,29-35 

-

-

25-35 

10,29-35 

6-8,29-35 

7,8,29-35 

8 

4,29-35 

-

7,29-35 

6-8,29-35 

7,8,29-35 

8 

-

19 

-

23,29-35 

23 

23 

23 

23 

-

10,29-35 

INDEX -Continued 

County tables 

County 

Summary report 

16 9 

12 5 

17 9 

6,43 -

- 6 

12 5 

30 -

30 10 

- 2 

32 -

32 -

25 -

28 -

34 -

34 -

34 -

34 -

34 -

- 7 

36 -

30 -

32 10 

- 2 

12, 13 5 

13 5 

13 -

4,40 4 

31 -

13 5 

13 5 

13 5 

13 -

26 -

- -

35 -

- 9 

22 -

21 -

21 -

27 -

33 -

- 2 

G-Con. 

G rain hay 

Grains ............. . 

G rains sold, value ....... . 

G rapefru it .......... . 

Grapes ............. . 

Grass silage and haylage ... . 

Green chop hay ........ . 

Greenhouse products ..... . 

Greenhouse vegetables. _ .. . 

Guar .............. . 

Guavas ..... 

H 

Hatcheries ........... . 

Hay crops ........... . 

Haylage and grass silage ... . 

Hazelnuts ........... . 

Health care expense for 

anim als ............ . 

Heifers and heifer calves ... . 

Hens and pullets of laying age .. 

Herbs ............... . 

H ired farm labor, expense ... . 

Hogs and pigs .......... . 

Hogs and pigs sold, value ..... 

Honey sold. 

Honeydew melons ..•..... 

Hops ............... . 

Horses and ponies ........ . 

I ncome from direct sales. 

I ncome from machine work, 

customwork, and other 

agricultural services ...... . 

Individual and family, type 

of organization ......... . 

I nsects, chern ical control. ... . 

Irish potatoes .......... . 

Irrigated farmland ........ . 

K 

Kale ........ . 

Kenaf ............... . 

Index-3 

County tables 

State County 

tables Summary report 

I 

I 

I 

26 30 -

25-35 28 10 

10,29-35 - 2 

28-35 32 -

25,28-35 32 10 

26,28-35 30 -

26 30 -

25 34 10 

- 34 -

- 35 -

- 32 -

- 26 -

25-35 30 10 

26,28-35 30 -

- 32 -

6,29-35 12 5 

20,29-35 16 9 

18, 19, 18 9 

29-35 

- 35 -

6,9, 17, 12,14 5 

29-35 

17,18,21, 17 9 

29-35 

10,18,21, 17 2,9 

29-35 

23 24 -

- 31 -

- 35 - 18,23, 27 9 

29-35 

11,29-35 38 -

12,29-35 37 -

4,5,29-35 5 4 

15,29-35 - 6 

25-35 29 10 

1-3,16,17, 3 1,3 

29-35 

- 31 -

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K-Con. 

Kentucky bluegrass seed ..... 

Kerosene, motor 0 rI, and 

grease, expense ......... . 

Kiwifruit ............. . 

Kumquats ........... . 

l 

labor. 

land and buildings, value .... 

land in farms .......... . 

land owned .......... . 

land rented from others ... . 

land rented to others .... . 

land use ............ . 

lemons ............. . 

lentils ............. . 

lespedeza seed ........ . 

lettuce and Romaine ..... . 

lima beans, dry ........ . 

lim a beans, green ....... . 

lime and other agricultural 

chemical expense 

lime applied .......... . 

limes .............. . 

litters farrowed. . . . . . . . . 

livestock and livestock 

products sold. 

livestock and poultry ..... 

livestock and poultry 

purchased ........... . 

livestock, poultry, and their 

products sold ......... . 

loans, Commodity Credit 

Corporation ......... . 

loganberries .......... . 

lotus root ........... . 

lP gas, butane, propane 

purchased ........... . 

lP gas, butane, propane 

storage ............ . 

M 

Macadamia nuts ........ . 

Machine hire, rental of machinery and equipment, and 

customwork expense ..... 

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7,29-35 

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6,9,17, 

29-35 

1,2, 17, 

29-35 

1-3,13,17, 

29-35 

29-35 

29-35 

29-35 

1-3,17, 

29-35 

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-

6,15, 

29-35 

15,29-35 

-

21,29-35 

13,17,18, 

20,29-35 

18 

6,29-35 

10, 18 

10,29-35 

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7,8, 

29-35 

8 

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6,29-35 

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County 

Summary report 

30 -

13 5 

32 -

32 -

12, 14 5,8 

1 1 

1,2 1,3,4 

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- -

- -

2 1,3 

32 -

29 -

30 -

31 -

29 -

31 -

12 5 

- 6 

32 -

17 9 

10, 11 -

- 9 

12 5 

- 2, 9 

- 2 

33 -

35 -

13 5 

13 -

32 -

12 5 

M-Con. 

Machine work, customwork, 

and other agricultural 

service income ......... . 

Machinery and equipment ... . 

Male operators .......... . 

Mandarins and tangerines ... . 

Mangoes ............. . 

Market value of farmland 

and buildings 

Melons .............. . 

Milk cows ............ . 

Milk goats ............ . 

Millet, proso .......... . 

Millet seed, fox tail ...... . 

M ink and their pelts ..... . 

Mint for oil .......... . 

M ohair sold .......... . 

Motor oil, grease, and 

kerosene purchased ..... . 

Motortrucks including pickups 

Mower conditioners ...... . 

Mules, burros, and donkeys .. 

Mungbeans for beans ..... . 

Murcotts ............ . 

Mushrooms .......... . 

Mustard cabbage ....... . 

Mustard greens ........ . 

Mustard seed. . . . . .. . 

N 

Natural gas expense ...... . 

Nectarines ........... . 

Nematode control in crops .. . 

N onfam ily held corporations . 

Number of farms ....... . 

Nursery and greenhouse 

products ........... . 

N ursery and greenhou se 

products sold, value ..... . 

Nursery products-shrubs, 

trees, etc ........... . 

o 

Oats for grain ......... . 

a ccu pation of operator . . .. 

Off·farm work by operator .. 

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State County 

tables Summary report 

12,29-35 37 -

13, 14, 17, 15 7 

29-35 

4,29-35 6 -

- 32 -

- 32 -

1,2,17, 1 1 

29-35 

- 31 -

17, 18,20, 16 9 

29-35 

23 21 -

- 28 - - 30 -

23 23 -

- 35 -

23" 22 -

7,29-35 13 5 

14,29-35 - 7 

14,29-35 - 7 

23 27 -

- 35 -

- 32 -

- 34 -

- 31 -

- 31 -

- 28 -

7,29-35 13 5 

- 32 -

15,29-35 - 6 

4,5, 29-35 5 - 1·3, 13, 17, 1,2 1,3 

29-35 

25 34 10 

10,29-35 34 2 

- 34 -

25,26, 28 10 

28-35 

4,29-35 6, 7 4 

4,29-35 6 4 
O-Con. 

Okra ............... . 

Olives ............... . 

Onions, dry and green ..... . 

Operator characteristicsresidence, age, race, occupa· 

tion, off-farm work, sex, 

Span ish origin . . . . . . . . .. 

Oranges .............. . 

o rchardgrass seed ........ . 

Orchards ............. . 

Organization of farm ...... . 

Otherfield crops sold, value .. . 

Other livestock and livestock 

products sold, value ... _ ... 

Other poultry .......... . 

Owned land ......... . 

p 

Papayas .............. . 

Parsley .............. . 

Part owners . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Partnership, type of organization ............... . 

Passion fruit ........... . 

Pasturelan'd and_grazing land .. . 

Pastureland irrigated ...... . 

Payroll and employment .... . 

Peaches .. _ ........... . 

Peanuts for nuts ......... . 

Pears _ .............. . 

Peas, Austrian winter. _ .... . 

Peas, Chinese or mingo ..... . 

Peas, dry field and seed ..... . 

Peas, green. . . _ . . . . . . .. . 

Pecans . . _ . . . . . .... _ .. 

Peppers ..... _ ....... _ . 

Persian melons. _ ... '.' ... . 

Persimmons. _ ......... . 

Petroleum expense ....... . 

Pheasants. . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 

Pickup balers ... _ . _ .. _ .. 

Pigeons or squab ........ . 

Pim ientos .. _ . . . . . .... . 

Pineapples ............ . 

Pistachios .. _ ... _ ..... . 

Plums .......... _ .... . 

Pomegranates _ . _ ....... . I 

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28-35 

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25-35 

4,5,29-35 

10,29-35 

10,23, 

29-35 

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29-35 

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4,29-35 

4,5,29-35 

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1,2,17, 

29-35 

16,29-35 

6,9,17, 

29-35 

25,28-35 

25-35 

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-

-

-

25,28-35 

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-

-

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6,7,17, 

29-35 

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14,29-35 

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27 

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P-Con. 

31 - Ponies and horses .... 

32 -

31 - Popcorn .... 

Potatoes, Irish ......... . 

Potatoes, sweet .... . 

Poultry and pOUltry 

6, 7 4 products sold. 

32 -

30 - Pou Itry hatched ....... . 

32 10 Principal occupation of 

5 4 operator ............ . 

- 2 Pro"!lction expenses .. . 

27 2 Proso millet ........... . 

Pru nes .............. . 

26 9 Pu lIets .............. . 

- - Pumpkins ............ . 

Q 

32 - Quail ............... . 

31 -

4,40 4 

R 

5 4 Rabbits and their pelts ..... . 

32 - Race of operator ........ . 

2 1 Radishes ............. . 

Rangeland ............ . 

3 1 

12,14 5,8 Rapeseed ............ . 

Raspberries ........... . 

32 10 Red clover seed ......... . 

29 10 Redtop seed ........... . 

32 - Residence of operator ..... . 

30 - Rhubarb ............. . 

31 - Rice ................ . 

29 - Romaine and lettuce ...... . 

31 10 Rye for grain .......... . 

32 - Ryegrass seed .......... . 

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31 -

32 - s 

12, 13 5 Safflower. ............ . 

Sales of agricultural products .. 

26 -

- 7 Salt hay ............. . 

26 - Sanitation chem icals ...... . 

31 - Seeds, bulbs, plants, and 

35 - trees purchased. 

32 - Set aside program, acreage .. . 

32 - Sex of operator ......... . 

32 - Shallots .. _ ......... __ . 

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18,23, 27 9 

29-35 

- 28 -

25-35 29 10 

25,27-35 29 10 

10,13 10,11 2,9 

17-19, 

29-35 

- 26 -

4,29-35 6, 7 4 

6-9, 17, 12-14 5 

29-35 

- 28 -

- 32 -

19,29-35 18 9 

- 31 -

- 26 -

23 27 -

4,5,29-35 39-41 -

- 31 -

1,2, 17, 2 1 

29-35 

- 35 -

- 33 -

25 30 10 

- 30 -

4,29-35 6 4 

- 31 -

26,28-35 28 -

- 31 -

25 28 10 

- 30 -

- 28 -

10,13,17, 9-11 2 

29-35 

- 35 -

15,29-35 - 6 

6, 17, 12 5 

29-35 

29-35 - 1 

4,29-35 6 -

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S-Con. 

Sheep and lambs ........ . 

Sheep and lambs shorn ..... . 

Sheep, lam bs, and wool sold, 

value. 

Size of farm, average ...... . 

Small grain hay ......... . 

Snap beans, bu sh and pole ... . 

Sod ................ . 

Sorghums ............ . 

Soybeans ............. . 

Spanish origin, operators of .. . 

Spelt and emmer ........ . 

Spinach .............. . 

Squash ............. . 

Standard industrial classifica· 

tion of farms (SIC) ...... . 

Steers, steer calves, bu lis, 

and bull calves ........ . 

Storage, selected petroleum .. 

Strawberries. . . . . . . . . . . 

Sudangrass seed ....... . 

Sugar beets ........... . 

Sugarcane ........... . 

Su nf! ower seed . . . . . . . . . 

Sweet corn ........... . 

Sweet corn for seed ...... . 

Sweetp otatoes. . . . . . . . . . 

T 

Tangelos ............ . 

Tangerines and mandarins .. . 

Taro .............. . 

Tenant operated farms .... . 

Tenure ............. . 

Timothy seed ......... . 

Tobacco ............ . 

Tobacco sold, value ...... . 

Tomatoes ........... . 

Tractors, wheel ........ . 

Triticale .............. I 

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tables 

17,18,22, 

29-35 

22,29-35 

10,18,22, 

29-35 

1,2,29-35 

26 

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-

25-35 

25-35 

4,29-35 

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13,29-35 

20,29-35 

8 

25,26 

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26,28-35 

26,27, 

29-35 

28-35 

25,28-35 

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25,27-35 

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4,29-35 

4,29-35 

-

25-35 

10,29-35 

25,28-35 

14,29-35 

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20 

20 

1 

30 

31 

34 

28,30 

35 

29, 30 

42 

28 

31 

31 

8 

16 

13 

33 

30 

29 

29 

28 

31 

35 

29 

32 

32 

35 

4,40 

4,40 

30 

29 

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31 

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28 

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report 

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9 

2,9 

1 

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10 

10 

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9 

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10 

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10 

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10 

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4 

4 

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10 

2 

10 

7 

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T-Con. 

Tropical and baitfish sold ... . 

Trout sold ............ . 

Trucks including pickups .... . 

Turkeys ............. . 

Turnip greens .......... . 

Turnips .............. . 

Type of farm (SIC) ....... . 

Type of organization ...... . 

v 

Value of agricultural products 

sold. 

Value of land and buildings ... 

Value of machinery and 

equipment. 

Vegetable and flower seeds .. . 

Vegetables, greenhouse ..... . 

Vegetables harvested for sale .. 

Vegetables, sweet corn, or 

melons sold, value ....... . 

Velvetbeans for beans ..... . 

Vetch seed ............ . 

w 

Wages paid to farm workers ... 

Walnuts, English or Persian .. . 

Watercress ............ . 

Watermelons ........... . 

Weeds, chemical control .... . 

Wheat for grain . . . . . . ... . 

Wheatgrass seed. . . . . .... . 

Wheel tractors. . . . . . . . . . . 

Wild hay ............. . 

Wild rice ............. . 

Woodland ............ . 

Wool, pounds shorn ...... . 

Work off·farm by operator ... . 

Workers on farms ........ . 

Worms .............. . 

Wormseed oil ......... , . 

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tables Summary report 

24 25 -

24 25 -

14,29-35 - 7 

19,29-35 26 9 

- 31 -

- 31 - 13,29-35 8 -

4,5,29-35 5 4 

, 

10,13,17, 9-11 2 

29-35 

1,2,13,17, 1 1 

29-35 

13, 14, 17, 15 7 

29-35 

- 34 -

- 34 -

25-35 31 10 

10,29-35 - 2 

- 35 -

- 30 -

6,9,17, 12,14 5 

29-35 

28-35 32 -

- 31 -

- 31 -

15,29-35 - 6 

25-35 28 10 

- 30 -

14,29-35 - 7 

26,28-35 30 -

- 28 -

1,2,29-35 2 1 

22,29-35 20 9 

4,29-35 6 4 

9,29-35 14 8 

23 27 -

- 35 -