. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. Agriculture, for whose establishment he had long labored, he was ap-pointed a member of the same for the county of Merrimack, and continued inthat position, from term to term, for twenty-seven years, until November,1897, serving as president of the Board, and devoting much timeand labor to the success of its work. Mr. Humphrey initiated and carried out the work of building the Concordstreet railway, was its president and superintendent for many years, andeffected the change to electricity as a motive power, and has been fo
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. Agriculture, for whose establishment he had long labored, he was ap-pointed a member of the same for the county of Merrimack, and continued inthat position, from term to term, for twenty-seven years, until November,1897, serving as president of the Board, and devoting much timeand labor to the success of its work. Mr. Humphrey initiated and carried out the work of building the Concordstreet railway, was its president and superintendent for many years, andeffected the change to electricity as a motive power, and has been foremost inmany movements and enterprises looking to the progress of his city andstate. In politics he has been an earnest Republican. In religion he is a Uni-versalist, and has long been prominent in his denomination in city, state, andnation. On the occurrence of his ninetieth birthday anniversary, he was hon-ored with a public reception in the State House at Concord, which was amarked demonstration of the high esteem in which he is held bj- the Hon. Moses Humphrey, For Twenty-Seven Years President of the State Board of Agriculture. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 25 has been one of the most valued speakers at the insti-tutes held by the board ever since its organization. Hillsborough county—James O. Adams, Manchester ;B. F. Hutchinson, Milford; D. H. Goodell, Antrim;Joseph Farnum, Peterborough ; George A. Wason,New Boston; Joseph A. Hall, Brookline; Herbert , Temple. Mr. Hall, who had served two yearsupon his second term, died in August, 1897, and was appointed in his place. Cheshire county—Sampson W. Buffum, Winchester ;George K. Harvey, Surry; Jason S. Perry, Rindge;Willard Bill, Jr., Westmoreland. Messrs. Harvey andPerry served nine years each. Mr. Bill was appointedin September, 1895. Sullivan county—Edward H. Brown, Croydon ; JohnS. Walker, Claremont; Edmund Burke, Newport;Hiram Parker, Lempster ; Charles McDaniel, Spring-field; Bela Graves, U
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