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NEW HAMPSHIRE EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 255 



Five acres of the better pasture will support one cow, while 10 would 

 be required, on the average, for the scrub pasture type. At 5 acres 

 to cow, 256 cows could be fed from the well grassed pasture, leaving 

 265 for the juniper lands. Reserving 2650 acres of juniper and sweet 

 fern, then, for these cattle, there will be 847 left for the 708 sheep, each 

 of which sliould graze 1 3/7 acres. Evidently, some of the woodland 

 is grazed, but not to capacity. 



The area in woodland is all producing something which can be 

 marketed, so none of this can be classed as waste land. Very little of it 

 is cared for with an aim toward producing good quality timber. The 

 essential in prevention of waste land here is to make provision for a 

 second crop when logging. 2000 acres of the poorest pasture is a strong 

 reminder of this. While fire has caused comparatively little loss to 

 the woodlands of the town, its prevention is always a major problem. 



Roughly, then, it seems that there is a small idle land problem in the 

 town, but a correspondingly large problem of reclaiming the run out 

 lands insofar as they are needed to support the stock in town. This 

 is especially true of those lands so badly run out that they are idle 

 because the crop doesn't pay for the cutting. 



The extent of reclamation depends on the sale for the products — 

 hay. etc.. and. indirectly, of milk. meat. etc. This is a subject for 

 further investigation. 



Number and Size of the Farms in the Town 



Although the survey was conducted for the town as a whole, rather 

 than for eaeli farm in the town, the property lines were drawn in on 



TABLE 5.— NUMBER AND SIZE OF FARMS 



Non-agricultural 



lands 

 University of 



'New Hampshire 

 Ownership doubtful 

 Rivers, etc. 



2111/2 

 1,1301/2 



75 y2 



244 



Total acreage of town 



15,3241/2 



