GREAT 



STRATHAM and GREENLAND 



2 Mi. 



ACTIVE DAIRY FARMS 

 40-49 COWS 

 30-39 COWS 

 20-29 COWS 

 10- 19 COWS 

 5-9 COWS 

 UNDER 5 COWS 



Map 2. Idle places, active dairy farms, and dairy opportunity areas in the towns of Stratham 

 and Greenland. Dairy opportunity areas are numbered from 1, the best, to 7, the poorest. 



The Picture in Six Representative Townships 



The situation found in the 20 towns can be depicted more briefly and about 

 as adequately through a treatment of six towns representing somewhat typi- 

 cal situations. A rather detailed description for these towns seems necessary 

 to convey a realistic picture of the idle farm land situation. 



A. Stratham and Greenland — Southeaitern Towns With Good Farm Land and 

 Strong Nonfarm Employment Alternatives 



Description of the Area. Stratham and Greenland are adjoining towns 

 in eastern Rockingham Count) . They border the Great Bay on the north 

 and are one town removed from the Atlantic Coast on the east. The cities 

 of Portsmouth, Exeter, and Newmarket are near on the northeast, southwest 

 and northwest, respectively. New Hampshire Circular 53 classifies the type 

 of farming as wholesale milk, hens, apples, and vegetables in that order of 

 importance 2 . This circular says, "The most intensive type of farming (of 

 New Hampshire) is in a small area (of which Stratham and Greenland are 

 a part) in the extreme southeastern corner of the stale. The various enter- 

 prises assume the position of a specialized business on individual farms. 



2 Harold C. Grinnell, Type-of-Farming Areas in New Hampshire, Station Circular 

 53, New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. June. 1937. 



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