. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. Mr. Woodward is a native of the town of Salisbury,born February 9, 1845. His parents, Daniel S. andDorcas (Adams) Woodward, both came of Revolutionarystock. They removed to Penacook (then Fisher-ville) in 1848, and in 1852 to Franklin, where in thepublic schools and at Noyes Academy Frank R. receivedhis education. In 1868, he went to Manchester wherehe was engaged as superintendent of the Forsaith latchneedle factory, which business he purchased in 1870,and, two years later, removed it to the town of Hill. In1873, he sold out the needle
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. Mr. Woodward is a native of the town of Salisbury,born February 9, 1845. His parents, Daniel S. andDorcas (Adams) Woodward, both came of Revolutionarystock. They removed to Penacook (then Fisher-ville) in 1848, and in 1852 to Franklin, where in thepublic schools and at Noyes Academy Frank R. receivedhis education. In 1868, he went to Manchester wherehe was engaged as superintendent of the Forsaith latchneedle factory, which business he purchased in 1870,and, two years later, removed it to the town of Hill. In1873, he sold out the needle business and engaged inthe manufacture of glass-cutters and other light hard-ware, for which he has established a world-wide reputa-tion. Mr. Woodward is a public-spirited citizen and hasdone much to advance the prosperity of the town in theway of building, and carrying out local improvements,putting in an efficient system of water-works, donatingthe land, laying out, grading, and fencing a fine ceme-tery, etc. Although his agricultural operations are. PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 123 incidental in a measure they are by no means limited inextent. He has two farms—Pleasant tlill farm, justoutside the village, and Birchdale, three and a halfmiles away. At Pleasant Hill butter-making for localconsumers is the specialty, and at Birchdale milk sold atthe cars is the main product. He has seven hundredacres of land altogether, much of which is in wood andtimber, whose product is cut for use in his manufactur-incr. He has expended a great deal in improving stock andin experiments on farm crops to get the most profitableforage, and has met with good success in this line, havingdemonstrated to the farmers of the locality that the old,worn-out farms may be made to keep a stock of cowsthat will yield a profit, and bring up the farms to a goodstate of production by first using commercial fertilizersto raise the corn crop to fill the silo. He makes his hogshelp to renovate the old brush la
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