over by nonfarmers before they were at least well along toward abandon- 

 ment as farms. There seemed little question but that most of these places had 

 no possibilities as modern farm units. However, some of the more accessi- 

 ble places might have been bought as supplemental acreage for other farms 

 had the houses and scenery not attracted competing buyers. 



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ACTIVE DAIRY FARMS 

 -30-39 COWS 

 "20-29 COWS 

 - 10-19 COWS 

 5-9 COWS 

 UNDER 5 COWS 



GILMANTON 



IDLE FARM LAND 

 LESS THAN COMMERCIAL SIZE 



— DOUBTFUL COMMERCIAL SIZE 

 COMMERCIAL SIZE 



Map 4. Idle places, active dairy farms, and dairy opportunity areas in the town of Gilmanton. 

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



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