Comparatively high milk prices and a relatively large amount of good pas- 

 tures give dairying first choice in competition with other enterprises. Or- 

 charding is a specialty on a limited number of large farms and not general- 

 ly combined with dairying. This densely populated region, along with the 

 summer trade at the beaches, offers splendid local markets for this intensive 

 farming area. Roadside marketing assumes an important position in the 

 selling of farm produce, the area having dense traffic and a well-developed 

 highway system. The growing season is longer than elsewhere in the state, 

 averaging 140 days." 



New Hampshire Bulletin 340 classifies most of the area of Stratham 

 and Greenland as "favorable for dairy farming". Most of the north half of 



Table 3. Number of Unused and Partially Used Places and 

 Acres in the Towns of Greenland and Stratham, 1948 



Size Group 



Number of Places 



in Each 



Size Group 



Acres of Farm Land in 

 Each Size Group 



Tillable 

 Land 



Nonwooded 

 Pasture 



Commercial size 

 Doubtful commercial size 

 Less than commercial size 



8 

 11 

 17 



Total of all sizes 



36 



507 

 410 

 405 



1322 



520 



270 



65 



855 



Table 4. Principal Use and Type of Owner of Agriculturally Idle Places, 

 Towns of Greenland and Stratham, 1948 



Number of Places 



Commercial size places 



Residences 



Farmers who lost herds on Bang's test 



(2 of 3 work at nonfarm jobs.) 

 Women heirs of farmers 

 Retired businessmen 

 Salesman, retired farmer 



Doubtful commercial size places 



Residences 



Nonfarm workers 



Businessman 



Unsettled estate of farmer 



No current use (for sale) 



Woman heir of farmer 

 Less than commercial size places 

 Residences 



Nonfarm workers 



Business and professional men 



Farm worker 



Retired farmer 



Retired nonfarm worker 



Woman heir of farmer 



Summer homes 

 No current use 



Old farm, estate long unsettled 



Cut-over field, owned by lumberman-builder 



Field, owner not found 



8 



11 



10 



17 



12 



2 

 3 



2 

 2 



1 



8 

 1 

 1 



4 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



13 



