SUMMARY 



For this survey the town of Durham, N. H., was separated into blocks 

 with definite boundaries, and strips run back and forth across each 

 block until it was mapped. Each strip was mapped by a paced line, 

 zig-zag enough to include all important points in the strip. This 

 method proved accurate to within 2 chains, and practicable. It is 

 recommended for this type of survey. 



The town was found to be about equally divided into hay (30%), 

 pasture (31%), a>id woodland (34%). The remaining ^(5 7o) is 

 swampland. 



Of the hayland, about 1100 acres, or 24%, is cared for and producing 

 well, while the other 3500 acres is going wild. Some of this wild land 

 does not produce enough to pay for cutting it. 



Nearly 1300 acres, or 27%, of the pasture, which amounts to 13% of 

 the open class of pasture, is well grassed, but tlie rest of the open, and 

 all of the other, pasture, except for small areas of little consequence, is 

 largely covered with non-forage vegetation. 



Of the woodland 40%. is pine, 53% hardwoods and 7%o gray birch. 



The annual production of the hayland is about 2110 tons, and the 

 pasture is estimated to be capable of supporting 606 cows. The total 

 estimate of the timber in the town is 12,777,000 board feet of lumber 

 and 2685 cords of hardwood. 



Only 188 acres of the 5267 acres of woodland would cut good quality 

 pine, and 80 of that is reserved. 



About 1650 acres of hardwoods would have been pine if cut properly. 



While little land in the town is actually idle, very little has been- 

 sufficiently cared for to preserve its productivity, so that some is too 

 poor to pay for cutting the hay, and all hayland and pasture, is 

 reduced in value. 



Two thousand acres of this unproductive land resulted from waste- 

 ful lumbering. 



There are 173 farms, totalling 13,660 acres, or 89%, of the town. 

 This does not include the land of the University of New Hampshire. 

 Of the 128 farms over 25 acres in extent, 26% are under 50 acres, 

 321/2 %o have between 50 and 100, and the other 411/2% exceed 100 acres.' 

 The largest has 428. Eight farms have been abandoned recently. 



The typical farm has about 30 acres of hayland, 30 of pasture without 

 tree growth, and 40 of woodland. Only 5 acres of the hayland and 71/2 

 of the pasture are improved. 



