. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. The Wadleigh Mansion. common schools and at New London academy, and hasdevoted his life to the pursuit of agriculture upon theancestral acres, large additions having been made fromtime to time to the original farm of 150, so that there arenow about 300 acres in the home place, with outlyingwoodland and pasture to the extent of about 2,000 acresin all, including a frontage of half a mile or more on thefinest shore of the beautiful Keysar Lake. Mr. Wadleigh was engaged for many years in theproduction of beef, wool, and mutton, keeping fro
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. The Wadleigh Mansion. common schools and at New London academy, and hasdevoted his life to the pursuit of agriculture upon theancestral acres, large additions having been made fromtime to time to the original farm of 150, so that there arenow about 300 acres in the home place, with outlyingwoodland and pasture to the extent of about 2,000 acresin all, including a frontage of half a mile or more on thefinest shore of the beautiful Keysar Lake. Mr. Wadleigh was engaged for many years in theproduction of beef, wool, and mutton, keeping from 150 to PERSONAL AND I ARM SKETCHES. 267 175 sheep and raising young cattle also quite keeps now from 30 to 40 head of cattle, five horsesand about 75 sheep, having reduced tiie latter in num-bers, but improving the quality by the introduction ofthe Shropshire blood from the well-known Keyes stockat Haverhill. In his farm operations he has practisedrotation of land from pasture to field for many yearswith very satistactory results. His a
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