Forestry Work – Farmington NH

City:
Farmington, NH

Site Type:
Forestry and Agriculture, Pest Control

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1936

Completed:
1940

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

Between 1936 and 1940, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook forestry work in Farmington, New Hampshire, to clear the area of currant and gooseberry bushes. Below is a detailed list of the work undertaken:

1936
WPA funds expended: $2,550.26.
Area covered: 2,182 acres.
Currant and gooseberry bushes destroyed: 59,743.
Number of men employed: 18.

1937
WPA funds expended: $1,188.20
Area covered: 1721 acres
Currant and gooseberry bushes destroyed: 62,200
Number of men employed: 8

1938
Area covered: 1545 acres
Currant and gooseberry bushes destroyed: 28,216
Number of men employed: 9

1940
WPA funds expended in New Durham, with Farmington labor: $786.96
Area covered: 1,002 acres
Currant and gooseberry bushes destroyed: 24,892
Number of local men employed: 7

Source notes

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Receipts and Expenditures OF THE Town of Farmington, N. H.

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on January 26, 2016.

Location Info


Farmington, NH 03835
Strafford County

Coordinates: 43.389803, -71.065065

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