farmers were renting pasture but most of these were going farther and a 

 larger proportion were renting larger pastures. Derry does not have the 

 mountainous areas with scattered abandoned farms that permitted consider- 

 able pasture renting only a few miles from the renter's farmstead in Walpole. 

 Some of the pastures rented by Derry farmers were on abandoned farms in 

 the less agricultural areas of neighboring towns. 



Only one-sixth (5 of 30) of Derry farmers rented land for cultivated 

 ■crops. Four of these rented only one piece each, and from two to four acres 

 in size, for silage corn, potatoes, and other vegetables. Three of these four 

 were within a mile and the fourth within two miles of the renter's farm- 

 stead. The fifth farmer rented five pieces for potatoes and silage ranging 

 from three to 15 acres in size and up to seven miles from his farmstead. 

 Except for the fifth farmer, renting for cultivated crops was very small scale 

 in Derry as it was in Walpole. 



No farmers were found to be operating on or from rented farmsteads 

 in Derry, and there was only one farm operated by a hired manager. 



Table 9. Money Rents in the Towns of Walpole and Derry, 1949* 



*Rent was often rendered in nonmoney form, especially services for which the renter was 

 better equipped than the owner. Services were sometimes in addition to the lower money rates. 



"(•Improvements, if any, are made by the owner. 



tReseeding and fertilizing are generally done by the renter. 



§Any land improvements are generally made by the renter. 



1 1 Fence maintained and sometimes furnished by the renter. Rent quoted for the pasture 

 season. 



^Buildings, fences, etc., are genererally the responsibility of the owner, except for minor 

 repairs. Land improvements such as lime, fertilizer, and seed may be shared. 



**The extreme range of $15 to $58 per milk cow on the rented farm units is partly 

 justified by differences in improvements furnished by the owner and by differences in num- 

 ber of young stock relative to milk cows. 



tfRent for hay land in Derry was more often in nonmoney terms. 



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