was based on the distance from the farmstead. The distance from the bam 

 to the pasture was such that milking animals could not move, or be eco- 

 nomically transported, to and from the pasture. Many of these pastures 

 were rented, and at one time were connected with a producmg dairy farm. 

 Burkett studied the renting pattern for the town of Walpole, New Hamp- 

 shire 3 2 Of the 45 active dairy farms, 26, or 58 percent, of their operators 

 rented some land away from the homestead. Moreover, of the 18 farmers 

 who did not rent land, 9 owned some land that was used for crops or 



J^ RENTED PLACES 

 /\ OPERATOR OWNE 



WALPOLE 



Figure 6. Pattern of renting in the town of Walpole, New Hampshire. 

 Dairy opportunity areas are numbered from 1, the best, to 7, the poorest.^ 



IW. K. Burkett, op. cit. 



32 W. K. Burkett, New Hampshire s Idle Farm Land, N. H. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 

 399, 1953. 



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