8 N. H. Agr. Experiment Station [Bulletin 289 



Land Utilization 



The survey was completed of all the occupied places in the southern 

 Grafton County area, and the data retabulated. The retabulation makes no 

 significant change in the summar}^ except to re-emphasize the self-sufficing 

 nature of the agriculture. Data for some sixty additional farms were in- 

 cluded. A definite area comprising 255 farms and 192,600 acres of land was 

 designated for special consideration. 



Average Gross Receipts on Farms By Groups 

 Receipts from Agricultural Products 



Per cent Pension, 



No. of Total Agr'l Forest Outside gifts, 



Group farms farms receipts products products work etc. 



255 100.0 



Confining the data to these 255 farms, the analysis shows very nearly 

 the same relationship that was reported last year for 577 farms. The area 

 immediately adjacent to the defined region is heavily influenced by its non- 

 agricultural character. With 46 per cent of the farms selling less than $50 

 worth of agricultural products, outside work for most farms in the area 

 supplies most of the cash for meeting necessary cash expenses. 



The small income from agricultural products and the limited opportunity 

 to increase this income by expanded farm production on farms in the first 

 two groups ofifer little inducement to attempt to rebuild the farm. The pro- 

 cess of deterioration on these farms as well as on some of the larger farms in 

 the area cannot be stayed for long without livestock. Hay fields are so rap- 

 idly growing up that even for the few the purchase of standing hay from one 

 farm to bolster up the lack of hay on another rundown farm is becoming 

 more and more difficult. 



While these farms may be dropped from consideration in so far as agri- 

 cultural production is concerned, they still ofifer town problems as to roads 

 when used as retirement and summer homes. (H. C. Woodzvorth and M. F. 

 Abell—PurncU Fund.) 



Study of Egg Marketing and Grading Methods, Prices, 



Quality, and Weights I 



Grading percentages on over 11,000 cases of large brown eggs during 

 the first year of the New Hampshire Auction have been summarized for 

 individual and all producers. About 95 per cent of the cases graded specials ; 

 about 7Z per cent averaged over 26 ounces per dozen net weight, and 12 

 per cent averaged 27^/^ ounces per dozen. This is an exceptional record for 

 weight and quality. Total membership on the Auction in November, 1935, 



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