Table 9. Number of Unused and Partially Used Places and 

 Acres in the Town of Lancaster, 1948 



Acres of Farm Land in 



Number of Place* Each Size Group 



in Each Tillable Nonwooded 



Size Group Size Group Land Pasture 



Commercial size 7 655 280* 



Doubtful commercial size 1 50 40 



Less than commercial size 2 60 



Total of all sizes 10 765 320* 



* Pasture acreage of three of the seven places not obtained. 



fPasture acreage not obtained. 



^Exceeds 320 acres by amount omitted at * and f- 



Table 10. Principal Use and Type of Owner of Agriculturally Idle Places, 



Town of Lancaster, 1948 



Number of Places 



Commercial size places 7 



Residences 3 



Retired businessman 1 



Retired farmer 1 



Absentee owner (2 houses rented) 1 



Hobby 1 



Professional man 1 



Cattle quarters 1 



Trader 1 



No current use 2 



Businessman 1 



Nonfarm worker 1 



Doubtful commercial size 1 



No current use 1 



Professional man 1 



Less than commercial size 2 



Residence 1 



Nonfarm worker 1 



Summer home 1 



Retired, former occupation not obtained 1 



four previous towns. Of the seven places of commercial size, two are for sale 

 (but have been for some time), a third is partially used by a trader as a 

 place to keep cattle and may be for sale, and the owner of a fourth place 

 has some plans toward farming. A fifth place is owned by a nonfarmer to 

 keep the old home place in the family, but it has been and probably could 

 be rented as a farm. The remaining two of the places of commercial size, 

 although having sufficient acreage, have some physical handicaps as farms; 

 one is nearly inaccessible in winter while the other is made up of two former 

 small farms with two houses (rented), one barn, and has too many rocks for 

 the easiest operation. 



Doubtful Commercial Size Places. The one place of doubtful commercial 

 size is also rather rocky. It ceased to be farmed when the buildings burned. 

 Some farms may be economic while the present buildings are usable, but when 

 they are gone the farm may not justify rebuilding. There may also be some 



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