. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. JOHN B. Baker. 364 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. lished in Bow, in which organization he served as over-seer in 1896. Five years ago, or in 1892, Mr. Bakerremoved from the homestead, and now has his residenceupon a small but productive and well-tilled farm near thenorthern boundary of the town, and two miles from thecentre of business in Concord. GEORGE B. KIMBALL, Grafton. The observing traveler by rail from Concord to Leb-anon, on approaching the Grafton station, beholds a finestretch of meadow to the right, and a spacious set of farm bu
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. JOHN B. Baker. 364 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. lished in Bow, in which organization he served as over-seer in 1896. Five years ago, or in 1892, Mr. Bakerremoved from the homestead, and now has his residenceupon a small but productive and well-tilled farm near thenorthern boundary of the town, and two miles from thecentre of business in Concord. GEORGE B. KIMBALL, Grafton. The observing traveler by rail from Concord to Leb-anon, on approaching the Grafton station, beholds a finestretch of meadow to the right, and a spacious set of farm buildings, indica-tive of thrift and pros-perity. Here is thewell-known Kimballfarm, of which the latePeter Kimball, one ofthe most prominentagriculturists of histime, was for manyyears proprietor. Peter Kimball, amember of the notedKimball family of Bos-cawen, was born inthat town, March 25,1817. He was rearedto tarm life, but en-. GeORGE B. KiMIiALL. gaged for a number of years in mercantile business indifferent places, and was subsequently for a time on thehome farm in Boscawen. He married, February 20, 1851, Nancy A. Adams of PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 365 Grafton, and two years later established liis home on thefarm in question, in tliat town, where he was extensivelyengaged in stock breeding, actively connected with agri-cultural societies, and a leading exhibitor at fairs, up to
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