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had exceeded 400, and volume had reached a peak of over 1,000 cases a week. 

 The Auction has stimulated greater interest in weights and quality. 

 The new fresh egg law effective July 1, 1935, will require still greater atten- 

 tion to be given these factors, and a large per cent of New Hampshire eggs 

 will now be sold on a weight-quality basis. (L. A. Dougherty — Pnnicll 

 Fund.) 



Type of Farming Areas in New Hampshire 



New Hampshire agriculture has been definitely separated into type of 

 farming areas. This has been made possible through cooperation with the 

 Agricultural Adjustment Administration in a nation-wide regional planning 

 project. One of the specific features of this project in attaining its broad 

 objective was to difl^erentiate the agriculture of each state and region into 

 areas and sub-areas with respect to soil conditions, erosion problems, crop 

 and livestock systems and farm practices. A comprehensive survey of New 

 Hampshire agriculture was accordingly undertaken. With the assistance of 

 selectmen and other town officials, all commercial farms were located on 

 town maps. A list of farmers including number of cows and number of 

 hens was deducted from the town inventory. This list was checked against 

 those names appearing on the map and supplemented with facts concerning 

 other farm enterprises such as potatoes, maple sirup, tree fruits, small fruits, 

 cord wood, vegetables, etc. For each farm having three or more cow's it was 

 noted whether the business was retail or wholesale, to whom the milk was 

 sold and where it was consumed. From these town maps and the supporting 

 details, large county maps were constructed showing the exact location of 

 each farm in accordance with a definite legend adapted to indicate the kind 

 and size of each enterprise. After diligent study of these county maps a state 

 map was deducted which outlines 10 definite type of farming areas on an 

 enterprise and use basis as follows : 



Wholesale milk and pulpwood 



Wholesale milk and potatoes 



Wholesale milk 



Wholesale milk and hens 



Wholesale milk, apples, and hens 



Wholesale milk, hens, apples and vegetables 



Hens, wholesale milk, and apples 



Apples, wholesale milk, and hens 



Retail milk 



General farming — mostly small scattered farms hav- 

 ing some good farms among numerous marginal 

 farms 



The White Mountain National Forest, State Forest Reservations, and 

 other non-agricultural lands were also outlined. 



The commercial dairy farms (three or more cows) located on the county 

 maps represent about 40 per cent of all the census farms in the state but have 

 90 per cent of all the cows. This is evidence to the numerous one and two- 

 cow farms which predominate, especially in the general farming regions. 



To supplement the maps and charts, numerous statistical tables based 

 on the 1930 census have been effected. A correlation of the type of farming 

 area map with the soils map, supported by statistical tables, gives evidence 



