. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ^ and prosperous farmers who rankamong the substantial citizens of the county. One of thebest known of these is Samuel S. White, a son of George and Lavina (Ellis)White, who was bornSept. 18, 1850, on thefarm which he nowoccupies and whichhas been in possessionof the family since itsoriginal settlement-Mr. White was ed-ucated in the publicschools of the town,and at Springfield,Vt., and has alwayshad his home in Sul-livan. Sept. 18, 1873,he was united in mar-riage with Miss Fran-ces A. Locke, daugh-ter of John Locke of Sullivan. They hav
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ^ and prosperous farmers who rankamong the substantial citizens of the county. One of thebest known of these is Samuel S. White, a son of George and Lavina (Ellis)White, who was bornSept. 18, 1850, on thefarm which he nowoccupies and whichhas been in possessionof the family since itsoriginal settlement-Mr. White was ed-ucated in the publicschools of the town,and at Springfield,Vt., and has alwayshad his home in Sul-livan. Sept. 18, 1873,he was united in mar-riage with Miss Fran-ces A. Locke, daugh-ter of John Locke of Sullivan. They have one son,Winfred J. Another son, Charles E., died at the age ofthree years. The farm embraces about four hundred acres of landaltogether, about fifty acres in mowing and tillage andthe balance in pasture and woodland. The hay cropaverages from fifty to sixty tons per annum, and severalacres of corn are usually planted. The stock consists. Samuel S. White. 150 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. of about twenty head of cattle, four horses, and thirty-five sheep. The cattle are largely cows, and milk pro-duction is a leading feature of the farm business, the samebeing sold to the Whitings at the station in Keene, eightmiles distant. Another important item is the maple sugarproduct, which has amounted in some seasons to 3,000pounds, twelve hundred trees being tapped. There isalso a large apple orchard on the farm, the product otwhich reaches 1,000 bushels in good bearing years. Mr. White is an interested and active working memberof the order. Patrons of Husbandry, having joinedAshuelot Grange, of Gilsum, in June, 1890, and givenno little time and etibrt to promote the success of the or-ganization, believing it to be an effective agency foradvancing the interests of the farmer and his familv inevery community where it is established. He has servedseveral years as chorister, has filled the stations of stew-ard and overseer respectiv
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