ivlay, 1932) SURVEY OF FREMONT AND BOSCAWEN 9 



FiiTure 1 illustrates the method, indicating by arrows the path to 

 be followed in mapping. -The line shown starts as a barbed w^^^ 

 fence heading southwesterly, oninig: onto a stone wall which heads 

 nc rtLv^s e b-. At the end of the wall, the Ime continues as a 

 chlng^^ in the growth due to recent cutting to the ed^e of a swamp, 



FIG. 1. Example of method used in Fremont mapping. 



where there is a stone monument. The line continues into the 

 swamp, but is somewhat doubtful, and obscure. 



A more complete description of the field methods is given in the 

 Durham bulletin.* 



The problem of present land use required assembling: data for a 

 map to show the uses of land, independent of property lines 1 o do 

 this, all changes in the kind of land use (hay to pasture, tc.) n^t ced 

 in miDDino- the property lines were recorded m the field book, wnere 

 hrio\T were s7lar'ge tLt they could not be -aPP^^^/^^-P f ^^.^ X 

 this data, special strips had to be run across ^^e center to map the 

 interior These strips also acted as checks on the accuracy oi ine 



The woodland areas were divided roughly as to age and aens y 



white pine. 



The classification used in the Durham f"-^^ ^^ J°J^°,^,t ^""P' 

 for the division of open pasture into first and second classes. 



^University of New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 

 255. March. ioSl. 



