March, 1931] LAND SURVEY OF DURHAM 2] 



the map in order that some facts about the individual farms could be 

 compiled. 



It was found that there were 173 owners of farm property in the 

 town, holding an aggregate of 13,633 acres, or 89% of the town lands. 

 The rest of the town's acreage is divided into residence, 2II1/2 acres; 

 holdings of the University of New Hampshire, II3O1/2 acres; and 751/^ 

 acres of doubtful ownership. The rivers, with 244 acres, bring the total 

 up to 15,3241/2. 



Table 5 was arranged to show this distribution of acreage, with the 

 niimber and size of the farms in the town. The farms have been 

 classitied into those under 25 acres, between 25 and 50, 50 and 100, and 

 over 100. and the number, average size, and total acreage of the farms 

 in each class is the main part of the table. In finding the size of the 

 average farm, whole farms only should be used, so those which spread 

 over the town line had to be separated out. For this reason Table 5 

 sliows three sets of figures : Those for farms wholly in Durham ; partly 

 in Durham, and the sum of the two. The average farm, then, has 971/^ 

 acres. Some of the "farms" which enter into this average are so 

 small, that they cannot be farmed as a unit. If only those in the 25-50 

 class and over are averaged, there would be about 113 acres per farm. 



Applying the results of the survey for the town as a whole, the 

 "average" farm would have about 30 acres of hayland, 30 of pasture, 

 and 40 of woodland. Only 5 acres of hayland and 7 14 of pasture 

 would be improved and the rest allowed to produce whatever it would 

 without treatment. 



The largest area under one management in the town is the 11301/^ 

 acres belonging to the University of New Hampshire. The largest 

 privately owned farm is Stone House Farm, with 428 acres along the 

 bay in the southeast section of the town. 



There are eight farms in the town which have been abandoned 

 fairly recently. Three of these are in the 0-25 acre class, one in the 25-50, 

 2 in the 50-100, and 3 in the 100 and over. Most of these resulted from 

 failure of the heirs to carry on farming when the owner died. Some 

 of these lands are rented out for pasture or hay. 



Additional data for any particular farm may be obtained from the 

 map. Brown-print maps showing property lines in the town have also 

 been made. 



PLAN FOR EXTENSION OF THE SURVEY 



The conclusions reached in this survey are only generally applicable 

 to other towns and in order to obtain similar facts for them it would be 

 necessary to survey each town. To provide for this, the plan in this 

 town was somewhat experimental, with the purpose of selecting what 

 appeared to be the best methods for this type of work. 



Cost of Present Survey 



One man spent 538 hours in the field mapping and estimating the 

 town at the rate of 28.4 acres per hour. The office work, making up the 

 map, and tabulating the data, exclusive of time spent in preparing this 

 report, took 450 hours, or 34 acres per hour. For each hour spent on 



