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given in Appendix, Table A-5. Thie average quantity taken in the con- 

 servation program per operator, in 1943, varied from .9 ton in Carroll 

 county to 1.7 tons in Coos county, with an average for the state of 1.2 

 tons per farm operator. 



TONS 

 30,000 



25,000 



20,000 



I 5,000 



10,000 



5,000 



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mi 



ATE S 



OUftCES 



1938 



1939 



1940 



1941 



1942 



1943 



1944 



Figure 1. — Fertilizer consumption in New Hampshire from government 



and private sources 



Superphosphate Purchases Under AAA, 1942-1944 



In the three-year period, 1942-1944, from 32 per cent to 56 per cent 

 of all farmers obtained superphosphates under the conservation program. 

 This is a high level of participation, and an average of almost 41 per 

 cent of all farmers did participate. (See Appejidix, Table A-3.) Parti- 

 cipation averaged highest in Carroll county and lowest in Strafford coun- 

 ty. (See Figure 3.) In 1943, Grafton county used the most super- 

 phosphate (1364 tons or 20.8 per cent of the state total); Strafford coun- 

 ty used the least (309 tons or 4.7 per cent of the state total). 



Lime Used In New Hampshire 



The amount of lime reported as used in New Hampshire amounted 

 to 27,320 tons, in 1942, or more than six times that used 10 years earlier. 

 Complete figures are not yet available for 1943 and 1944, but the es- 

 timated amount purchased under the Soil Conservation program alone, 

 in 1944, is estimated at almost 35,000 tons. It is quite evident that use 

 of lime has been greatly stimulated by the Soil Conservation program. 

 (See Figure 4 and Appendix, Table A-4-.) 



