. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. William H. Child. 204 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. school-board, and is also a director of the Cornish cream-ery. He is a Past Master of Cheshire Lodge F. andA. M., also Past D. D. G. M. of M. W. Grand Lodge ofNew Hampshire. In the year i860, a new barn 30 x 60 took the place ofan old one, and this was followed by other extensiverepairs. Considerable attention has also been given tothe orchard, and the farm produces an abundance of. Farm of William H. Child, Cokmsh. choice fruit. All these improvements required a con-stant outlay of money
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. William H. Child. 204 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. school-board, and is also a director of the Cornish cream-ery. He is a Past Master of Cheshire Lodge F. andA. M., also Past D. D. G. M. of M. W. Grand Lodge ofNew Hampshire. In the year i860, a new barn 30 x 60 took the place ofan old one, and this was followed by other extensiverepairs. Considerable attention has also been given tothe orchard, and the farm produces an abundance of. Farm of William H. Child, Cokmsh. choice fruit. All these improvements required a con-stant outlay of money, and in spite of hard work and themost rigid economy and careful management, the debthad not decreased but rather increased, and he began torealize they were no longer young people, and were asyet unprovided with sufficient means to secure the com-forts needful for those in declining 3^ears. At this crit-ical period, his attention was turned to the many acres ofswamp land, from which each year was secured but a PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 205 small crop of the poorest quality of hay. After carefullyconsidering the matter, and with the cooperation andassistance of his youngest son, who liad received a yearsinstruction at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture,he determined to begin the work of underdraining thisland, and in 1886 the first tile was laid. The successattending this effort far exceeded his expectation, and sothe work is still going on, with gratifying results. Over
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