. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. rm operating mills in Hillsborough and Hen-niker, and, previous to 1895, in Moretown, Vt., their exten-sive plant in the latter place being then destroyed by a number of years in early manhood, previous toengaging in the lumber business, Mr. Tripp did a largebusiness in the purchase and sale of cattle, often handling2,000 head per annum or more. The original homestead embraces about 100 acres ofland, of which about fifty acres is mowing and tillage,but Mr. Tripp has other farms andoutlands, to the extent ofsome 400 or 500 acres
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. rm operating mills in Hillsborough and Hen-niker, and, previous to 1895, in Moretown, Vt., their exten-sive plant in the latter place being then destroyed by a number of years in early manhood, previous toengaging in the lumber business, Mr. Tripp did a largebusiness in the purchase and sale of cattle, often handling2,000 head per annum or more. The original homestead embraces about 100 acres ofland, of which about fifty acres is mowing and tillage,but Mr. Tripp has other farms andoutlands, to the extent ofsome 400 or 500 acres, besides his joint interest in severalhundred acres more, owned with Mr. Tennant. He win-tered the past season, 33 head of neat cattle, and eighthorses, the former stock being mostly grade milk from twenty cows goes to the Short Fallscreamery, a cooperative concern which Mr. Tripp waslargely instrumental in establishing, and w^hich hasproved of great advantage to the farmers of the Suncookvalley. The stock and forage are accommodated by a. l62 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICUI>TURE. spacious barn, 38x91 feet, and another for horses, 36 x 40,recently erected. There are two silos of 60 tons capacit}-each, in which are stored the product of eight or tenacres of corn, after the ears are picked therefrom. Thesoil of the home farm is of excellent quality, it beinglargely a high intervale, free from stones and easy ofcultivation. Its productive capacity has been greatlyincreased under Mr. Tripps management, and the bestimproved modern machinery is brought into use in alldepartments. Politically Mr. Tripp is a Democrat. He has servedas selectman, collector and treasurer of the town, andwas the candidate of his party for state senator in was a charter member and first vice-grand of Ever-green lodge, I. O. O. F., of Short Falls; was subse-quently noble grand, and has almost constantly held someoffice in the lodge. He is also a member of the Masonicfraternity, of Jewell lodg
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