June, 1937] 



Land Utilization in New Hampshire 



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tJirough long tradition we cling to locations and the political niacliineiy 

 established over 150 years ago. 



The necessity and possibilities of realignment of people to resources 

 can be studied by arbitrarily dividing the entire area into sub-areas by 

 priorities of location. In doing this both the opportunities and the cost 

 involved in public and social services should be considered. Such a 

 task can most accurately be done through many conferences with local 

 people, and this should be the procedure if the action stage should 

 materialize. However, for illustration and study of the problem in 



Buildings liave been remodeled into summer homes on a few farms. 



more detail, the area was divided into five main sub-areas according to 

 priority. (Plate 8, p. 40) This classification was varied for Alexandria 

 on account of recreation possibilities and a greater concentration of lo- 

 cations. 



Realignment of People 



Area 5, which includes the more isolated locations and is unshaded 

 on the map, (Table 14) contained 70 occupied places with an assessed 

 valuation of $58,541 or an average of $836.00. The tax revenue totaled 

 $1,598, or an average of $22.83 per location. For the most part these 

 farms are valued on the basis of potential timber possibilities; if all 

 were abandoned and the buildings destroj^ed, the loss of tax revenue 

 V would be negligible. The actual additional tax revenue associated with 

 I the occupancy of the 70 places is not in excess of $550 annually.^ 



I ^ If based on average assessed value of wild land of $7.74 per acre, the 

 I average valuation of the 70 farms would be $557 instead of $836, and the 

 tax revenue would be reduced approximately from $22.83 to $14.83. 



