POSTWAR READJUSTMENTS IN AGRICULTURE 



BROOKFIELD 



Map 3 



BROOKFIELD 



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Map 4 



accumulated in this field. In a previous study- of land resources an analysis was 

 made of rural communities with respect to predominant types of soil and inten- 

 sity of utilization. The soil types in each town were classified into three groups 

 of good, medium, and poor suitability and then plotted on a map drawn on the 

 same scale as the land utilization maps made available from the land use survey 

 of the State Planning Board. It was possible, therefore, to make an analysis of 

 the character of the existing land utilization by superimposing the land use map 

 on that of soil classification. The results indicated the lands of good and medium 

 suitability not now used for crops and pasture, and likewise the presence and 

 location of poor land that is cultivated on the existing farms. This set of condi- 

 tions is illustrated on the maps for the towns of Hawley in Franklin County, 

 Brookfield in Worcester County, and Brimfield in Hampden County. 



The first pair of maps presents a town where the percentage of good and medium 

 land to total town area is low as compared with other towns, or, stated briefly, 

 with a low percentage of land suitability; the third pair, a town with a higher 

 percentage of land suitability; and the second pair, a town of an intermediate 

 type. The undeveloped lands of suitable quality indicated on these maps are 

 located both on and outside of the farms, while the poor land under cultivation 

 is naturally a part of some farming unit. 



^Rozman, David. Interrelationship of Land Uses in Rural Massachusetts. 

 Sta. Bui. No. .387. Dec. 1941. 



Mass. .\gr. Exp. 



