. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. few, if any,that bear evidence of better cultivation or surpass in gen-eral appearance the Fisher homestead, located two milesnorth of the village of North Haverhill on the highwayleading to Woodsville, the county seat of Grafton county. Warren J. Fisher, the proprietor, comes of a familywell known in the an-nals of New EnglandHe was born at Spring-field, N. H., in 1830:a son of Deacon Sethand Polly (Stone) Fish-er. He received aneducation in the com-mon schools of Spring-field, and removed toHaverhill in the fall of1851, where he wasen
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. few, if any,that bear evidence of better cultivation or surpass in gen-eral appearance the Fisher homestead, located two milesnorth of the village of North Haverhill on the highwayleading to Woodsville, the county seat of Grafton county. Warren J. Fisher, the proprietor, comes of a familywell known in the an-nals of New EnglandHe was born at Spring-field, N. H., in 1830:a son of Deacon Sethand Polly (Stone) Fish-er. He received aneducation in the com-mon schools of Spring-field, and removed toHaverhill in the fall of1851, where he wasengaged in railroad-ing and bridge build-ing for the Boston,Concord & MontrealRailroad until 1858,when he purchasedthe farm upon which he now resides. It contains onehundred and fifty acres, fifty being under cultivation, andthe remainder for the most part heavily timbered. Fromi860 to 1875 M^- Fisher was an extensive feeder ofcattle and sheep for market, but of late has been engagedin mixed farming. He is a charter member of Pink Granite Grange, and. Warren J. Fisher. PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 179 has always taken an active part in that organization. Asone of the successful and thrifty farmers of the town,Mr. Fisher attends the prominent agricultural meetingsof this and otlier states, at the present writing having justreturned from the New York state fair, where he has beenrefreshing his ideas of husbandry. Politically he is aRepublican, and representing the best element of hisparty, was justice of the peace for many years. In 1858 Mr. Fisher was united in marriage to HarrietN. Morse of Haverhill, who died in 1872. Five vearslater he married Louisa H. Bedell of Bath, N. H., hispresent wife, and sister of the late Gen. John Bedell. WILLIAM H. RYDER, Bedford. Among the most thoughtful, practical, and progressiveyoung farmers in Hillsborough county, may very prop-erly be classed William H. Rvder of Bedford, alreadywell known as a successful milk producer and marketgardener. Mr. R
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