Observation in connection with the present study indicates that the farm 

 enterprises ranked in about that same order in 1948, although there may 

 have been less combination and more specialization of enterprises in 1948. 

 New Hampshire Bulletin 340 classifies a large north-central area as favor- 

 able for dairy farming. The detailed town map made in connection with that 

 study shows the southern one-third of Hopkinton as No. 4 to 7 land — pre- 

 dominantly unfavorable to dairy farming. The central part of the northern 

 two-thirds, on the other hand, is shown as mostly No. 1 to 3 land — pre- 

 dominatly favorable to dairy farming. Traveling the. roads of Hopkinton 

 one will observe that, except for the Contoocook River Valley and relatively 

 small areas elsewhere, the topography is quite hilly. As a consequence, com- 

 mercial agriculture is largely confined to the valley and to the hills with less 

 broken slopes. Most of it is in the north central part of town. 



Table 5. Number of Unused and Partially Used Places 

 and Acres in the Town of Hopkinton, 1948 



Total of all sizes 



25 



466 



104 



Table 6. Principal Use and Type of Owner of Agriculturally Idle Places, 



Town of Hopkinton, 1948 



Number of Places 



Commercial size places 



Doubtful commercial size places 



Residences 



Semiretired farmer 



Nonfarm worker (also keeps summer boarders) 



Farmer's widow (summer residence only) 



Less than commercial size places 

 Residences 



Business and professional people 

 3 working locally (Concord) 



1 retired from local work 

 3 working outside 



2 retired from outside work 

 Nonfarm workers 

 Semiretired farmer 



Farmer's widow 



Summer homes 



Business and professional people 



3 from outside 

 1 from Concord 



Summer boarding house and residence 

 Orchard 

 Industrial plant 

 No current use 



Farm superintendent 



Retired part-time farmer 





 3 



22 



13 



1 

 1 

 1 

 2 



2 

 I 

 1 



17 



