. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. s in direct descent, from its settlementto the present day. This farm was one of the first settled in this fine oldagricultural town, and is located on the highest point ofland within its limits, in the southwestern portion, abouttwo miles from New London village, eight miles westfrom Kearsarge mountain, and two miles east of Sunapeelake. Here Belden, son of William and Mary (Stevens)Morgan, was born October 8, 1824, and here he hasspent his life, with the exception of a few years in Lowell,Mass., and in Manchester. In April, 1855, Mr.
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. s in direct descent, from its settlementto the present day. This farm was one of the first settled in this fine oldagricultural town, and is located on the highest point ofland within its limits, in the southwestern portion, abouttwo miles from New London village, eight miles westfrom Kearsarge mountain, and two miles east of Sunapeelake. Here Belden, son of William and Mary (Stevens)Morgan, was born October 8, 1824, and here he hasspent his life, with the exception of a few years in Lowell,Mass., and in Manchester. In April, 1855, Mr. Morgan was united in marriagewith Miss Susan A. Merrill of Lovell, Maine, by whomhe has three children, a daughter and two sons—FloraB., Fred S., and John K. Morgan, all living at home, andthe sons actively and earnestlv devoted to the same call-ing which tlieir ancestors have successfully pursued. The home farm embraces about 200 acres of land, andaside from this they have some 300 acres of pasture andwoodland. The soil is strong and productive, well. Belden Morgan. 254 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. adapted for nearly all kinds of crops grown in thisregion, and especially for wheat, of which, until quiterecently, fine crops were always raised, the flour forfamily use being made therefrom, as was the custom inearlier days so generally in the hill towns of the state ;but of late wheat has not been raised to any great extent,from the fact that there are now no good flour mills inthe vicinit}-. Mixed farming has always been pursued on this fifty acres of land are in mowing and tillage, pro-ducing annually, upon an average, fifty tons of hay, 500bushels of corn on the ear, 100 bushels of barley, 100bushels of potatoes, and a variety of other crops, with afair supply of fruit. The stock kept consists of cattle,horses, sheep, and swine, the cattle including about tenmilch cows, the cream from whose product, raised in acooler, is sold at the creamery in Sutton, five miles d
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