. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. lso worked considerably at carpentering, and ac-quired a good knowledge of the business, which he hassince found advantageous in arranging his own buildingsand assisting others. At the age of twenty-five years hemarried Addie C, daughter of Capt. Samuel Morrill ofAndover, and was for several years engaged in the of Captain Morrills farm. Subsequently, in1867, he removed to Warner and settled upon the farmupon which he now resides. He found the buildingssomewhat out of repair, and very inconvenient, andcommenced to re-build
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. lso worked considerably at carpentering, and ac-quired a good knowledge of the business, which he hassince found advantageous in arranging his own buildingsand assisting others. At the age of twenty-five years hemarried Addie C, daughter of Capt. Samuel Morrill ofAndover, and was for several years engaged in the of Captain Morrills farm. Subsequently, in1867, he removed to Warner and settled upon the farmupon which he now resides. He found the buildingssomewhat out of repair, and very inconvenient, andcommenced to re-build in a thorough and systematicmanner, believing that what is worth doing at all isworth doing well, and he now has a well-arranged andconvenient set of farm buildings. He has also added tothe acreage, so that his farm now contains about 250acres. In his farming operations he believes in thorough cul-tivation, and in mixed farming. He has raised somevaluable colts, and breeds Delaine Merino sheep, ofwhich he usually has wintered from fifty to wo CO w H< W PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. II9 His sheep show the advantages of thoroughness in breed-ing, and careful selection. His dairy is mostly Guern-sey and Jersey, from which he usually disposes of hisbutter to regular customers. The skim milk is fed tohogs, which tends to greatly increase the fertility of thefarm. Although he is not averse to buying grain underordinary conditions, he considers it much more advanta-geous to raise it, and believes he can raise corn cheaperthan he can buy it. He usually raises from two to threehundred bushels of corn each year, besides other grain,which is all fed upon the farm. Mr. Sargent has served his townsmen as selectmanand as a member of the school board, and aided in theorganization of the Simonds Free High school. He hastaken an interest in all matters pertaining to agriculturalprogress and was for several years secretary of theKearsarge Agricultural and Mechanical
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