Andrews. Historical weather patterns 

 along with crop yield, quality and milk 

 output were used to determine the 

 optimum time to begin forage harvest- 

 ing. 



Linear programming as a technique 

 could be exploited with the new uni- 

 versity computer. D. H. Harrington and 

 Andrews (1967) used linear program- 

 ming to optimize dairy farm incomes 

 and value additional amounts of major 

 resources with different milk prices, 

 milk responses and quantities of farm 

 resources. They established "break- 

 even prices which may be paid for 

 cropland and cows of varying quali- 

 ties. Discounting methods were ap- 

 plied to the marginal value products to 

 determine break-even prices of durable 

 assets." 



Andrews and Frick, using linear 

 programming, worked with a North- 

 east study committee to evaluate po- 

 tential milk production and market 

 equilibrium (1968). They concluded 

 that "short-run supply shifters are more 

 important in determining quantities 

 supplied in the Northeast than is the 

 elasticity of the supply functions." 



Henry resigned as chairman in 

 1965 and was succeeded by J. R. 

 Bowring. In 1969 the Department was 

 merged into the large multidisciplinary 

 Institute of Natural and Environmen- 

 tal Resources. This fostered interdisci- 

 plinary efforts. Andrews and R. R. 

 Weyrick, a forester, applied linear pro- 

 gramming to values and costs of sur- 

 face water use and treatment. 



With the expanded horizons of the 

 Institute, many new research topics 

 were undertaken. R. H. Forste investi- 

 gated the expenditures of lake trout ice 

 fisherman (1968). The average expen- 

 diture per lake trout ice fisherman was 



$29 and this was based on a $5,000 to 

 $7,000 average income. The 2.120 

 fisherman using Newfound, Sunapee 

 and Winnepesaukee Lakes averaged 

 2.02 trips per season. 



A major State Park was develop- 

 ing during the late 1960s. C. T. K. 

 Ching, E. F. Jansen, Jr., and Frick looked 

 at the effects of the Pawtuckaway Park 

 on the surrounding towns. One study 

 estimated park user expenditures in 

 the surrounding towns. In 1969 the 

 24,000 day users spent only $.32 per 

 person in the surrounding four towns. 

 The people who camped at the Park 

 totaled 49,900 camper nights and av- 

 eraged $.89 per person per night. Other 

 studies found small effects on adja- 

 cent property values or on municipal 

 expenditures and revenues of adja- 

 cent towns. For most measurable char- 

 acteristics, the park showed little im- 

 pact on the adjacent towns. The authors 

 concluded that the extreme rural char- 

 acter of these towns minimized the 

 disturbance. 





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A state park with facilities for both 

 summer and winter recreation 



In 1968 an amendment to the 

 State's constitution permitted a pref- 

 erential land assessment program, 



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