June, 1939] The Agricultural Conservation Program in N. H. 



to drift in production without much physical effort in developing bet- 

 ter production. 



Next the non-commercial farms were divided into three groups. The 

 farming done in the first group was of the subsistence type. Some of 

 the operators had partially retired on account of old age or ill health. 

 Some farms were for sale because the owners could operate them no 

 longer. The next group is comprised of locations which had sufficient 

 acreage to be considered farms but were primarily residences. The oc- 

 cupants were not attempting to farm. They usually had a garden, 

 many had a few hens, and a few kept a cow. Most of these locations 

 had been farmed in the past and a few had considerable tillage. 



Table 2. Comparison of the average organization of commercial and 



non-commercial farms, 1937. 



Table 3. Acreages and livestock numbers on commercial and non-commercial 



farms, 1937. 



