June, 1937] Land Utilization in New Hampshire 11 



It is technically possible from the production side to have many small 

 or large poultr.y enterprises in this area. Every location represents a 

 potential poultry site if we ignore the handicaps of hauling grain over 

 hilly back roads, of extra marketing costs, and the social costs involved 

 in maintaining public services of roads and schools to scattered and 

 isolated places. 



Since the availability of sites is not the limiting factor, the problem 

 is one of relating poultry to the best sites. The permanent presence 

 of specialized poultry enterprises can be considered quite apart from 

 the crop and livestock farms and may well be encouraged wherever 

 other factors or other poultry enterprises indicate good possibilities for 

 the communities' future. In evaluating an area from a viewpoint of 



This picture was taken to illustrate a small irregular field. It is an ex- 

 ample of the beauty of small vistas created by the encroaching forest. 

 Scenes such as this endear the State to summer residents. 



I'land, people and institutions, the presence of these isolated enter- 

 prises can be ignored because they have little relation to the land. 



If people are to continue to live in the back parts of the area and 

 to be dependent upon the land for a portion of their sustenance, they 

 should no doubt produce eggs and poultry for their own use and also 

 grow the grain that enters into such production. If the area is sub- 

 ject to further abandonment, the presence of an isolated poultry enter- 

 prise should not determine public policy. 



iSelf-Sufficing Agriculture 



Since 27 per cent of the places had no cows and 67 per cent had no 

 hens, it is inaccurate to describe all the non-commercial farms as self- 

 sufficing. Certainly a number of them are merely rural homes without 

 much attempt at either self-sufficing or part-time farming. 



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