June, 1937] 



Land Utilization in New Hampshire 



aggressively, hay may be sold or given away standing. When no longer 

 mowed, brush soon claims the field. 



The occupied places accounted for 15 per cent, and property asso- 

 ciated with summer residences about seven per cent, of the total area. 

 The remaining 78 per cent consists mostly of timber lots and wild lands, 

 held, usually in large blocks', by corporations and individuals for tim- 

 ber growth. The vacant or recently abandoned farms are usually held 

 for timber production and, of course, the occupied farms and summer 

 places are largely in forest growth. Table 2 is more a description of 

 land associated with occupancy than of land utilization. 



Agriculture 



For purposes of this study all the 289 occupied places were considered 

 as farms. The thirteen locations too small to be classed as census 



Table 2. Acreage and assessed value by types of occupancy. 



