. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. the ranking division upon the reorganization of thesame into the present Department of Labor. This posi-tion he held for seven years, when he resigned, andin April, 1895, he returned to the old family homesteadin Dunbarton, and resumed the life of an active, practi-cal farmer, in which he has since been engaged, hisleading specialty being the raising of milk for the Bos-ton market. This farm, wliich, aside from outlands,embraces about 400 acres, is located about a mile and ahalf from Dunbarton village, and three miles from Par-kers, the
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. the ranking division upon the reorganization of thesame into the present Department of Labor. This posi-tion he held for seven years, when he resigned, andin April, 1895, he returned to the old family homesteadin Dunbarton, and resumed the life of an active, practi-cal farmer, in which he has since been engaged, hisleading specialty being the raising of milk for the Bos-ton market. This farm, wliich, aside from outlands,embraces about 400 acres, is located about a mile and ahalf from Dunbarton village, and three miles from Par-kers, the nearest railway station, the situation beingmost delightful from a scenic point of view. The soilis strong, and yields generous returns to intelligent cul-tivation. The buildings are ample, including a barn 140feet long, provided with every convenience, while thebest of improved machinery is used in all farm opera-tions. Colonel Stinson believes in the silo, and carrieshis belief into practical effect. He was one of the pioneers in the movement for the. PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 277 organization of the New Hampshire Grange State Fair,was the first president of the association, subsequentlyserved as vice-president, and at the annual meeting inJanuar}, 1897, was again chosen president. He was alsoa member of the executive committee of the State Grangein 1894 and 1895, and has ever retained and manifesteda strong interest in the welfare of the order, and thecause which it represents. Colonel Stinson was united in marriage, in 1885, withEllen F., eldest daughter of Dea. W. H. Conant, of MontVernon, bv whom he has five children—three sons andtwo daughters. While engaged in departmental workhe made his home in Mont Vernon, and was a memberof the School Board three 3ears. In religion, he is aCongregationalist, and in politics, Republican. He waschosen town clerk of Dunbarton at the age of twenty-one years, and subsequently served as chairman of theboard of selectmen, treasurer, c
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