The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . utation. It won a bronzemedal at the Columbian Expositionin Chicago in 1803, and helped ma-terially to win for New Hampshirethe first place among- all the states ofthe Union as a butter-making state atthat great exposition. It was alsoaccorded a silver medal at the ParisExposition of 1900, and contributedto secure for the United States theGrand Prix for butter exhibited onthat occasion; while a few years sincean exhibit of butter, from his dairy These farms, which were mostly ofthe ordinary type of run-downNew Hampshi
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . utation. It won a bronzemedal at the Columbian Expositionin Chicago in 1803, and helped ma-terially to win for New Hampshirethe first place among- all the states ofthe Union as a butter-making state atthat great exposition. It was alsoaccorded a silver medal at the ParisExposition of 1900, and contributedto secure for the United States theGrand Prix for butter exhibited onthat occasion; while a few years sincean exhibit of butter, from his dairy These farms, which were mostly ofthe ordinary type of run-downNew Hampshire hill farms, whentaken in hand by Mr. Leighton, havebeen improved and brought into ahigh state of productiveness, so that120 tons of hay and 200 tons of ensi-lage are now secured for the mainte-nance of the splendid stock, whichhas been gradually increased in pro-portion to the increase in the cropproduct. Perfect system, order andcleanliness—the most approved sani-tary methods—are observed in themanagement of these farms and theproduction of their output, thus fur-. Farm Number Four gained for Mr. Leighton the firstprize of a gold watch, at the annualexhibition of the Granite StateDairymens Association in farm number four, known asthe poultry farm, several hundredWhite Plymouth Rocks are kept, anda number of incubators are in opera-tion, and Monadnock poultry andeggs vie in reputation with Monad-nock butter. About 1,500 rock mapletrees, on farms number two andthree, are tapped every spring, and aproduct of some 250 gallons of thefinest maple syrup, manufactured bythe best improved methods, finds aready sale at gilt-edged prices, toclubs in Boston, New York and nishing a desirable model and a gen-uine inspiration for the farmers ofthe surrounding region, which hasnot been without a stimulating anduplifting influence. And right hereit may properly be said that nothinghas contributed more to the rejuve-nation and uplift of New Hampshireagriculture in
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