Foreword 



Since November, 1952, the National Cooperative Soil Survey 

 has been a joint activity of the Soil Conservation Service and the 

 Agricultural Experiment Stations in the land-grant colleges of the 

 nation. In New Hampshire, soil maps and reports have been made 

 and published cooperatively by other agencies of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion for the following counties: Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hills- 

 borough, Strafford, and Sullivan. 



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Because of the demand, refinements in mapping techniques are 

 constantly being made. Also, individual farms are now mapped on 

 a larger scale and on an aerial photograph to serve as a basis for 

 farm planning. Within the next 20 years, all counties in the state 

 will have been remapped on a photographic base and on a larger 

 and more useful scale. 



The first part of this bulletin is background material for a 

 better understanding of soils and their use. There follows a dis- 

 cussion of 36 soil management groups and their major crojj adapta- 

 tions. A section then explains the relationships between forests and 

 soils, and types of farming and soils. The appendix lists all soil 

 types mapped in New Hampshire along with their soil manage- 

 ment group, and finally the characteristics are shown of soils in 

 need of drainage. 



We hope that this bulletin is the beginning of a series of joint 

 publications of the Soil Conservation Service and the New Hamp- 

 shire Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Harold C. Grinnell 

 Director 



