. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. acres is mowingand tillage. The soilis hard and rugged,but yields to thoroughcultivation and pro-duces good crops. Theannual hay product isabout thirty-five tons,which is supplement-ed by oats and farming is fol-lowed, but dairying is a leading feature, the butter fromeight or ten cows, mostly grade Jerseys, being generallysold to private customers. Mrs. Farrs reputation as abutter-maker is first-class, her butter having commandedfirst premiums at state and local fairs, and her exhibit atthe Worlds Fair, Chicago, in 1893, hav
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. acres is mowingand tillage. The soilis hard and rugged,but yields to thoroughcultivation and pro-duces good crops. Theannual hay product isabout thirty-five tons,which is supplement-ed by oats and farming is fol-lowed, but dairying is a leading feature, the butter fromeight or ten cows, mostly grade Jerseys, being generallysold to private customers. Mrs. Farrs reputation as abutter-maker is first-class, her butter having commandedfirst premiums at state and local fairs, and her exhibit atthe Worlds Fair, Chicago, in 1893, having been award-ed a medal and diploma for excellence, the score beingone of the highest attainable. Formerly Mr. Farr madea good deal of maple sugar, of superior quality, and re-ceived premiums upon the same at various John W. I-akiv. 164 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. Mr. Farr first married Eliza D. Phelps, of Merritton,Ont., who died in 1861, leaving two daughters, Etta Nellie E., of whom the latter, now a trained nurse,only survives. His present wife was Miss Alwilda , of Lancaster, with whom he was united December29, 1863, and by whom he has had four children, onedying in infancy. Edward C, the eldest son, is a farmerin the town of Orange ; Mira L. is a teacher in Littleton,and, as well as the youngest son, John W. Farr., Jr.,resides at home. White Mountain Grange, Littleton, was organized in1875, and Mr. Farr was one of the charter has served seven years as overseer and five years asmaster, and has been a faithtul and devoted member ofthe subordinate and state granges, having been fouryears a member of the executive committee in the latterbody. He was a charter member of Northern NewHampshire Pomona Grange, and its chaplain in 1896. Mr. Farr was a member of the advisory counc
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