. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. and theyreared a family of five children, two sons and threedaughters, Henry one of the W. Cater of BowLake, Strafford, a pros-perous merchant andfarmer, is the other son,and the daughters areMrs. J. D. Philbrick,Mrs. C. E. Smith, andMrs. H. F. Brock ofRochester. Henry F. Cater wasborn June 4, 1856, waseducated in the districtschool and at Austinacademy, in Strat^brd,and Franklin academy,Dover, and has devoted his attendon to agriculture at theold home up to the present time. This farm, which now embraces about ninety
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. and theyreared a family of five children, two sons and threedaughters, Henry one of the W. Cater of BowLake, Strafford, a pros-perous merchant andfarmer, is the other son,and the daughters areMrs. J. D. Philbrick,Mrs. C. E. Smith, andMrs. H. F. Brock ofRochester. Henry F. Cater wasborn June 4, 1856, waseducated in the districtschool and at Austinacademy, in Strat^brd,and Franklin academy,Dover, and has devoted his attendon to agriculture at theold home up to the present time. This farm, which now embraces about ninety acres ofland, though originally containing one hundred and fifty,has been noted many years for its excellent cattle, par-ticularly tine oxen and steers, and the present stock com-pares favorably with the best in the region, it being com-posed of fine Durhams, several of which, including asuperior bull, are registered full bloods, bred from repre-sentatives of the famous Sutton herd at Center cows are superior milkers and their product is now. 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
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