Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment - Town of Guilford

Endnotes
1 For statutory definition of agriculture and farming, see CGS 1-1(q).
2 Daniels 1979.
3 According to Merchant (1989), Connecticut’s population in 1750 was estimated at 100,000. In 1790, at the time of the first
Census, the state population was 237,635. As the population expanded, the average family farm size in Connecticut declined
rapidly from 486 acres in 1680, to 166 acres in 1750, to 81 acres in 1790. According to Jenkins (1925), as late as 1790 it was
possible that nine out of ten breadwinners were engaged in some form of agriculture. One century later in 1890, the number
was three out of ten.
4 Reference supplied by Nona Bloomer, Reference Librarian, Guilford Free Library.
5 According to the State of Connecticut Department of Agriculture, “The Connecticut Grown Program is an ongoing initiative
to increase the demand for Connecticut products from within and from outside the region, increase sales and value of
Connecticut products, increase farm product profitability, increase farm numbers and production to ensure equilibrium
supply and demand, diversification of farm products and farm use capabilities, increase visibility of Connecticut products.”
6 John Hammarlund, personal communication.
7 One of 1,300 designated nationwide as part of the Library of Congress’s collection of American Folklife Center.
8 Forest land is defined by the State as any land one acre or greater with wooded vegetation.
9 Conservation and Development Policies Plan for Connecticut: 1998-2003, State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management.
10 Ibid.
11 Figures dated August 6 2003
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