. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. Henrv F. Ca 33^ NEW HAMPSHIRK AGRICULTURE. sold to retail dealers for the Rochester market, but upto the fall of 1896 had been sold to Hood & Sons forseveral years, by whom it was pronounced the best re-ceived along tlieir entire route, testing for a year cent, of butter fats. The farm produces about sixty tons of hay, and a siloof eighty-five tons capacity is also filled. Eight hundredbushels of ears of corn have been raised in a year. Thestock now kept includes some twenty-five head of cattle,of which eighteen are cows,
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. Henrv F. Ca 33^ NEW HAMPSHIRK AGRICULTURE. sold to retail dealers for the Rochester market, but upto the fall of 1896 had been sold to Hood & Sons forseveral years, by whom it was pronounced the best re-ceived along tlieir entire route, testing for a year cent, of butter fats. The farm produces about sixty tons of hay, and a siloof eighty-five tons capacity is also filled. Eight hundredbushels of ears of corn have been raised in a year. Thestock now kept includes some twenty-five head of cattle,of which eighteen are cows, and three horses. The. Fakm of H. F. Cater, Bakuincjton. location is about four and a half miles from Rochester,and the North Harrington post-office has been kept onthe farm for thirty-four years continuously, except forthe interruption of a short period during the last ad-ministration. The buildings, which include a substantialtwo-story house, and barn 40x96 feet, with cellar underthe whole, and all necessary outbuildings, are in ex-cellent condition, and abundantly supplied with purewater. Modern farm methods are pursued and a fullcomplement of superior implements is to be found on thefarm. Ayers pond, a delighttul sheet of water, borders PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 337 the farm on the west, and in a charming pine grove onthe shore, a favorite resort of picnic parties, Mr. Caterhas erected a tasty summer cottage, where the family areenabled to enjoy the beauties of the lakeside withoutgoing away from home, and many friends are hospitablyentertained. On November 17, 1877, Mr. Cater married MissAu
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