Contents 



Summary of Findings 3 



Recommendations 4 



Chapter I The Background and Purpose of This Study 5 



Chapter II The Idle Land and Its Owners 10 



Chapter III Possibilities of Using Idle Farm Land 29 



Chapter IV Current Renting Practices 39 



Chapter V The Public and Private Interest in New Hampshire's 



Idle Farm Land 43 



Appendix Renting Practices and Terms 50 



Acknowledgments 



The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Harry C. Woodworth, 

 Agricultural Economist, in planning and developing this study; of John C. 

 Holmes, Research Assistant in Agricultural Economics, in preparing the maps; 

 and of many cooperative citizens in providing the basic data. 



