Farm Organization and Management in the 



Colebrook Area 



By Harry C. Woodworth and Arno Hangas 



HTHIS PROJECT was initiated in 1933 to study the management 

 ■'■ problems of farms in the Colebrook area, particularly to study 

 the efficiency with which major enterprises were handled on indi- 

 vidual farms, to note the effect of the various combinations of enter- 

 prises on income, and to suggest and check combinations that give 

 promise of highest returns. 



A field man visited each of the cooperating farms regularly to note 

 methods used in field operations and in chore work, to collect input 

 and output data and financial records, to map farms and note ar- 

 rangement of buildings. Detailed chore records were made. 



Thirty-eight farm operators completed records for the year end- 

 ing November 1, 1934. 



Mr. Charles W. Harris, Jr., initiated the field work of the study. On his res- 

 ignation to accept a position as county agent, Mr. Stanley W. Colby carried on 

 field work for a brief period. Mr. Arno Hangas completed the field work and did 

 much of the organizing and analyzing of data for publication. 



Acknowledgment is made to the following farmers for their patience in keep- 

 ing records and for their cooperation in studying farm management problems. 



Howard Clark 

 Eldon Corbett 

 Eugene Cree 

 Albert Dalton 

 C. R. Davis 

 Earl Davis 

 Walter Flanders 

 Fred Forbes 

 Lyman Forbes 

 Alpheus Frizzell 

 John Gadwah 

 Benjamin Gould 

 George Gould 



Allen Gray 

 Lynn M. Gray 

 Durwood Hapgood 

 Charles Hodge 

 Theodore Hughes 

 John Jefifers 

 Miles Jeffers 

 Earl Keach 

 James Kelsea 

 Ned Kelsea 

 Fred Lang 

 Charles Marshall 

 John Marshall 



Harry Munn 

 Chester Noyes 

 George Noyes 

 Rex Parrish 

 Robert Ramsey 

 Donald Rowan 

 Carroll Stoddard 

 Fred Sweet 

 Lew Wallace 

 Everett Wiswell 

 Arthur Young 

 Gerald Young 



The Colebrook Area 



Wholesale dairying, small scale potato production, and pulpwood 

 logging characterize the farming activities in an area in northern 

 Coos county comprising the agricultural lands of the towns of Stew- 

 artstown, Colebrook, Columbia, and the northern portion of Strat- 

 ford. (Fig. 1). 



The topography is rough and consists of broad, well-rounded hills 

 and a few narrow valleys. Many of the farmsteads and tillage fields 

 are on the broad tops or near the tops of these hills. For the most 

 part the fields are irregular in shape and often steep. 



The soil is good loam and the better fields are well drained. Many 

 small areas, however, are too wet for cultivated crops and are left 

 in permanent hay. 



