X. H. Adu. Experiment Station 



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miliar with the wuud-using industries drawing upon llie area. Many of 

 the larger outlets for forest products of the section supplied facts regard- 

 ing their plant capacities and usual demand. 



A portion of the questionnaire used in this study referred to prices re- 

 ceived for timber sold. In many cases, owners had records of prices 

 received for sales in past years, but with few exceptions these did not 

 extend back of 1915. Accuracy tended to increase with proximity to the 

 present. 



Description of the Area 



Before proceeding with the analytical sections of the survey, a des- 

 cription of the area is necessary. For greater clarity this is presented 

 in three parts: woodland, agriculture, and market outlets. 



Woodland 



The area is located in the southern part of Carroll county and includes 

 the towns of Tamworth, Ossipee, Madison, Eaton, and parts of Sand- 

 wich, Moultonboro, Freedom, Effingham, Albany, and Tuftonboro. (See 

 Fig. II). 



Limits of the area were chosen to secure as nearly as possible a nat- 

 ural working circle from which practically all products move into the 

 same general markets. Natural boundaries such as mountain ranges and 

 large bodies of water served in many cases to set the limits. Esjiecially 

 on the west, south, and much of the north was this true. The character 

 of the woodland in the east made the exact location of this boundary of 

 minor consequence and in general the state line was taken as the limit. 



Fig. II. — M:ip ul tlif mca r^tudii'd, hhowini; I'ona'ntration of timber, cen- 

 ters of population, and princi])al road.s. 



