ternative. In the other case the last farmer received a good offer for his 

 place to be used as a summer home. 



Some Other Land Use Signs. There are other signs of whether agri- 

 culture is thriving and competing successfully for land use. In Lancaster 

 a few farms had less cows in 1948 than in 1941 and some with very few cows 

 in 1941 had none at all in 1948, but several farms had more cows in 1948 

 than in 1941 and some farmers are using considerable land outside their own 

 farms. Altogether, Lancaster seemed to be in a relatively healthy agricultural 

 condition with only a few symptoms of land use problems which are more 

 acute in some towns. 



Table 11. Number of Unused and Partially Used Places and 

 Acres in the Town of Walpole, 1948. 



Number of Places 

 in Each 



Acres of Farm Land in 

 Each Size Group 



Tillable Nonwooded 



*Nonwooded pasture acres for the two smaller size groups may be incomplete. 



Table 12. Principal Uses and Types of Owners of Agriculturally Idle Places, 



Town of Walpole, 1948 



Number of Places 



Commercial size places 



Residence 



Part-time farmer 



Summer home 



Professional man 



Doubtful commercial size places 

 Residences 



Business and professional men 



Nonfarm worker 



Farmer's widow 

 Residence and cattle quarters 



Trader 

 Less than commercial size places 

 Residences 



Nonfarm workers 



Business and professional men 



Retired farmers 



Farmer's widow 

 Summer homes 



Occupation unknown 

 Poultry farms 

 No current use 



Cattle dealer 



Occupation unknown 



Unsettled estate 



22 



13 



2 

 3 



2 



1 

 1 



6 



4 

 2 

 1 



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