Claudette Meier
Bradley Lake Ltd.
Phone: 866-206-9075 ext. 5445
E-mail: owlsnest@tds.net

Ramona Strojevs
Chestnut Properties Realty of Chester, Inc.
Phone: 603.887.8800 ext 16
E-mail: ramona@homeforyou.com
We are a full service real estate company serving all of southern New Hampshire. Call us for Buyer Represention and all your real estate needs.

Thomas Beauchemin
RE/MAX Synergy
Phone: 603-647-8000

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Ross Therrien
Prudential Verani Realty
Phone: 603-537-5320

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Link Moser
New Hampshire Fine Homes
Phone: 603-581-2675

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Thomas Beauchemin
RE/MAX Synergy
Phone: 603-647-8000

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Ross Therrien
Prudential Verani Realty
Phone: 603-537-5320

Web Site
Serving All southern and central New Hampshire. Buyer and Seller representation.

Thomas Beauchemin
RE/MAX Synergy
Phone: 603-647-8000

Web Site
Search the entire NH Multiple Listings. Over thousand of properties you can search. Free Market Analysis on your home.

Charles W. Wibel
RE/MAX Dockside Country Properties
Phone: 603-859-5500

We service all of the Lake Winnipesaukee region and all the way south to Dover - Homes, Land, Equine Property and Businesses.

Thomas Beauchemin
RE/MAX Synergy
Phone: 603-647-8000

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Because of poor soil, a short growing season, and competition from more fertile regions, much of New Hampshire’s former farmland has returned to forest land. Most farms are in the Connecticut and Merrimack river valleys and the coastal lowlands.

New Hampshire’s dairy industry is concerned primarily with the production of fresh milk, both for local consumption and for shipment to Massachusetts markets. Because of their high productivity, New Hampshire’s dairy cattle are also sold, in embryo form, as breeding stock throughout the world. Other livestock raised, particularly as a sideline by dairy farmers, include beef cattle and hogs. Fresh eggs for market are the most valuable poultry product. Chickens, cattle and calves, and turkeys are also sold. New Hampshire farms derive 59 percent of their income from the sale of livestock and livestock products.

The chief commercial crops raised in New Hampshire are greenhouse and nursery products, Christmas trees, and apples. In addition, various vegetables and forest products are sources of agricultural income. Specialized nurseries, growing forest seedlings and flowers for the Boston and New York City markets, are scattered throughout the state. Hay grown to feed livestock is the chief field crop, and the leading vegetable produced is sweet corn. Lumber cut from farm woodlots is sold. Many farmers supplement their income by tapping the maple trees on their lands to produce maple syrup and maple sugar.

The products of the forest were of major importance to the regional economy during the colonial period, when New Hampshire timber produced masts for British navy warships. Later, many of the familiar Yankee clipper ships and the Concord stagecoaches used on the American frontier were built with New Hampshire lumber. In recent years the local supply of timber has gone into the manufacture of pulp and paper products, railroad ties, furniture, and fence posts. The manufacture of these forest products provided 9,300 jobs in 1997.

Most of the commercial forest land is privately owned. Individual holdings are generally small, mostly less than about 80 hectares (about 200 acres). Some of these holdings were formerly unprofitable farmlands. More than two-thirds of the timber consists of softwoods, including pine, spruce, fir, and hemlock. In order to discourage indiscriminate cutting on private land, the state collects no tax on timber until after it is cut.

Fishing plays only a minor part in the state’s economy, with a catch worth $12.5 million in 1999. A small fishing fleet, based at Portsmouth, brings in a catch of flounders and smelt. In addition, lobsters, shrimp, and crabs are caught in the coastal waters.

Although New Hampshire is known as the Granite State, the production of granite and other minerals is a relatively minor part of the state’s economy. New Hampshire ranks 47th among the states in the value of its mineral production. Sand and gravel, which account for two-thirds of the total output by value, are found in abundant quantities throughout the state, most often in association with glacial kames, mounds of material deposited by glacial meltwater. The second most valuable mineral is crushed stone, particularly granite, which is quarried in almost all of New Hampshire’s counties. In terms of end use by value, most of the state’s mineral output is used in highway and building construction. Clays are also mined and a few gemstones are collected.

For more than a century, New Hampshire has relied on manufacturing as a major source of income and employment. The state prides itself in providing a welcoming atmosphere for manufacturing. New Hampshire does not tax personal income or sales, nor does it tax the inventory and machinery of manufactures as in some states. The tax structure combined with ready access to major New England markets has encouraged many manufacturers to locate in the state.

A leading industry in terms of income generated was the manufacture of industrial machinery. Included in this sector is the making of computers and related products, bearings, and machinery for the paper industry. Another important industry is the manufacture of electronic and electrical equipment, including firms making printed circuit boards, electric lamps, and semiconductors. The manufacture of precision instruments, another high-ranking industry, includes industries making electricity-measuring devices, search and navigation devices, instruments used in surgery, and optical instruments and lenses. Other leading industries include the making of fabricated metal products; the making of rubber and plastic items; food processing; printing and publishing; and the manufacture of paper products.

Factories and mills in New Hampshire are generally small. Manufacturing centers are concentrated along the river valleys in the south, particularly in Hillsborough County. Berlin and several other milling centers in Coos County have large pulp and paper industries. The Portsmouth-Kittery Naval Shipyard, once an integral part of New Hampshire’s economy, declined significantly in importance during the 1970s.

The growth in manufacturing in New Hampshire has been due largely to a big influx of firms that manufacture electrical and electronic equipment, computer software, and telecommunications equipment.

Manchester, New Hampshire’s largest city, is now diversified in its industry, with factories that produce machinery and electrical and electronic products. Nearby Concord specializes in the electronics industry and printing. Nashua, the state’s second largest city, has plants that manufacture machinery and telecommunications equipment. The development of computer software is also a primary activity. The area around Portsmouth and Dover has diversified its industry, which now includes the manufacture of automobile parts and high-technology equipment. Other industrial areas center on Keene, Claremont, Berlin, and Laconia

The Seabrook nuclear power plant, located south of Portsmouth, generates 53 percent of the electricity produced in New Hampshire. The state’s sole nuclear facility began commercial operation in 1990. Another 30 percent of the electricity is generated in plants burning fossil fuels, primarily coal and oil. The rest comes from the 21 hydroelectric generators, at dams that have harnessed New Hampshire’s rivers, and co-generation plants, which are fueled by burning wood chips.

Two state-owned hydroelectric dams near Pittsburg are leased to private power companies. They provide, in addition to power, water-storage and recreation facilities at Lake Francis. Private utility companies in both Vermont and New Hampshire operate several power dams on the Connecticut River that also help to control floods. Among these are Wilder Dam, which has created a lake for water sports, and Samuel C. Moore Dam, near Littleton, which serves the largest hydroelectric power plant in New England.

New Hampshire has been a popular resort area for summer vacationers since the late 19th century and for skiers since the 1930s. Since the 1950s improved highways and the expansion of public facilities for camping and recreation have further stimulated tourism.

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