. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. r forty are in mowing and tillage, andthe balance wood and pasture. Mr. Graves has strong faith in the future of NewHampshire agriculture, provided it be conducted uponwell-chosen lines. He believes there is a great fieldhere in fruit culture and poultry, for men of enterpriseadapted to the business, and that the dairy can be madeprofitable in all sections where forage can be cheaplyproduced. He holds that hay should be a specialty onmany more farms than at present, and that a little morebrain and a little more muscle would work wonders
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. r forty are in mowing and tillage, andthe balance wood and pasture. Mr. Graves has strong faith in the future of NewHampshire agriculture, provided it be conducted uponwell-chosen lines. He believes there is a great fieldhere in fruit culture and poultry, for men of enterpriseadapted to the business, and that the dairy can be madeprofitable in all sections where forage can be cheaplyproduced. He holds that hay should be a specialty onmany more farms than at present, and that a little morebrain and a little more muscle would work wonders inmany cases. He was made a member of the state boardof agriculture for Sullivan county in 1893, and hasgiven earnest attention to his duties in that capacity. PROF. WM. H. CALDWELL, Peterborough. A prominent position in the ranks of the educated andprogressive dairymen of New Hampshire is occupied byWm. H. Caldwell of Peterborough, secretary of theAmerican Guernsey Cattle Club. Secretary Caldwell isa native of the town where he now resides, born April. PERSONAI. AND FARM SKETCHES. 77 i6, 1866. He is the son of Samuel Hutson and Eunice(Buss) Caldwell, both parents dying before he wasnineteen months old, leaving him to the care of a maidenaunt. His preparatory education was received at the famousAllen Bros. school, at West Newton, Mass. He en-tered the Massachusetts Agricultural College in the fallof 1883, graduating with high honors four years later,having been a leader in the class-room throughout hiscourse, and being awarded the first Grinnell agriculturalprize, under Major H. E. Alvord, then professor ofagriculture. From July, 1887, to April, 1888, he was assistant infield and feeding experiments, under Dr. Goesmann, atthe Massachusetts state experiment station. In April, 1888, he assumed the position of instructor in agricultureat the Pennsylvania state college ; also assistant agri-culturist in the experiment station. In August, 1893, hewas promoted to be assistant profes
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