. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. nd in 1893, it will be remembered, a largestring of premiums was captured by its superior exhibitat the Grange State fair at Tilton. While it is undoubtedly true that there will never be atime in the future when there will be so great a demandfor ordinary horses as has been the case in the past, thetime will never come when there will not be a fairdemand for well-bred, reliable driving horses, combiningthe qualities of kindly disposition, endurance, and spirit,such as are raised upon this farm. WILLIAM P. BALLARD, Concord. A representat
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. nd in 1893, it will be remembered, a largestring of premiums was captured by its superior exhibitat the Grange State fair at Tilton. While it is undoubtedly true that there will never be atime in the future when there will be so great a demandfor ordinary horses as has been the case in the past, thetime will never come when there will not be a fairdemand for well-bred, reliable driving horses, combiningthe qualities of kindly disposition, endurance, and spirit,such as are raised upon this farm. WILLIAM P. BALLARD, Concord. A representative New England farm home, whereincomfort and content abide, is that of William P. Ballard,on the Long Pond road, about two and one half milesnorth-west of the state house in Concord. The farmembraces about two hundred acres ot land, fifty beingmowing and tillage and the balance pasture and wood-land. It was originally settled by Nathan Ballard, in1792, when his son Nathan, into whose hands it subse-quently passed, was seventeen years old. John Ballard,. p-> 98 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. son of the latter, and the youngest of thirteen childrenborn on the farm, succeeded in its proprietorship, andhas passed an industrious and honorable life in its man-agement and in performing well the manifold duties ofgood citizenship : and now, at the age of seventy-eightyears, with his estimable wife, Hannah D., daughter ofthe late Reuben Abbott, of Concord, enjoys a respitefrom active labor. William P. Ballard is an only son, but has two sisters living. He was bornon the old farm, , 1848. He attendedthe New HampshireCollege of Agricult-ure and the MechanicArts at Hanover, fromwhich he graduated in1871, in the first classever graduating fromthat institution. OnDecember 2, 1875, ^married Mary E. Bart-lett, of Merrimack, asuccessful teacher, bywhom he has threechildren living, a sonand two son was born to them, but died in infancy. Mr. Ballard was a charter member a
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