Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-25

Farming in Northern View Hanpshi,


Farming in Northern New Hampshire.
~. rrroa: Thi, region Il one ol Jls
most l,vuuf,I 20 New England. From al
M, any elevated roIa. ias sys may rs',
over hrrso granite, r1lsl pasture, god
upland tl'.ss. fertile iatcrvalo and r,,Jy
vEup-v,ry slg,atiou. from the hu.ock
. Mount Wash.ugion-sysry szs Of
stream, ,s,a the ril - .bo placid Coanss-
L,.L
Crh- F-rr5. The acres arr well d.,i.
dsl aaouS ihs r,9l.s-sa, farmer usually
p5..s,'us .uu enc igulrcl to four huul.
I'd acre.. Each farm usually presents ,as
diversified character og ths s1lasry a. Ilrsc
Almost every farm borden, on small
,ir-lu. There aye moist h5l'ovs f5r grsss.
warm hl'1,i' fy u'l-se, and high bills
fr T4';1rc-vt.'s here and th,-, ars la-
sa. 7',sl With l.,ayrt vegetable matter.
an av.r.r5vn with f,s ana ,va=p rr,,s
hrt farm IS well saTTIgl with water,
49, la! s:1us
TIE staple Ts5iustisa srr, 10 gras'. Tho
rg8-l.,t and u.s; distant portions 20 el-h
fsra -r- devoted O. Tasture-tis u1.t ua'si
I..,.r' 90 mav.1s. Oau, p7sltan aal
corn. cone mex. IN inror,aa,.. Wheat .'
e. uncertain cror, lrl lst htu, ca.tu-
90 Eaekvt,li arJ barley are uoso ,-I.
i.u..I tala iosu.y.
OfI Dr,l--, 10, dwellings nay
,, divided into Two classes. Tho fssi s.a.s
consist, Of us1r'y 'Iaars, one or tvo-.,o-
r.sl. .mag.wIu'lu-l. al,gJ1l.d. uur,sas-
az arl ire1Hvni,rt tuiilirs-. with saJr-
ns1. ,h,mosys ana low, dark. damp es,-
Jar. Nsruin swarm uuuoiss,,l, anil iaa
whole b, protested ty On salaaEmeut of
SlIT. .hrovu uT about ,as l5lE- rcaT.y %
tie windows Extending rom che DWELL
i1s 10 = long, low, narrow bu..d.us, 10
Which are assembled t. WAGON, 90, cart,
49,. saa. chains, cast-lE wasa.us.ua-
ct1a' and saurrs, -riai-5tpne, c,i
,sy,.,s, scraps ol iron, Oh harnesses, ash s'
an trs-v55i. Immediately above tae
v1oIr.,e g.. tto hsa.ro5st. and beyond ID,
d. ollr.i.rous ris-stv Near tAs sw.ao e
sr4r,u,ot are svi.l kettle. haustas in sae
u.st primitive styis.
Ils.e lve.in-, were erected from ,ugn-
iytJ .siy y,l-' sso. Bats different tlIio
s GOV prevailing. This class Of dwellings
snp.liy giving phee 70 second s,as- --
I-s second class consists 90 well pr'T,r-
toned, painted, lighted and ventilated
t-ull8-', w.;l mat ehinrcrs, and cellars
protected from c1lJ and vsru,a hg walls 5'
ts.ek, line and double windows Connect
81 vllh tae dwelling = vg5l.bou.e. Be-.
y5lI the woll.l5use "a carriage isro',
sal further building l1r swine, eoavsai-
sutv-arraus.I boiler, bins l1r v.s se,4hI.-,
r-.. sli.u. trough, aal warm s.s,g.ag
apartments
I.ru house arcbitsctlr, las rapidly in-
proved within Gle I-ss t.u years. Twenty
year. So ,ae la,'lsr a,usl az srsli size,
~. ,-.u1uy, b.aa;y, convenience and
',rt..,t o. were overlooked But tasrs il
ys; srsa; .urr5Jsmgs' 90 be- made. Flru-
srs' dwellings ars TO sEr11s.ve-s'ign iu-
eolyel.uty ,1sst-I-v.il1lt sdli, sr.ts.
an neat ,1I c11ren.laI adjacent ..aess
a. -ai.s Oat-huili.es, sv often 'iila-
t.i sl near taat 5yrry l.-sls triss' 90 she
Iar..- d.s4s,-aelr,ns stencil, aud every
silver s.is-, through ia1 clis., ysrl into
.. v..4,asl. Large, F.saiy.iurusssi.
i1s.ay.a.su; asi 'al.y located hru aalss,
tlv, Tl-..yz,i uaHy strong am, anI
baa.-I uaaya a blooming cheek Farm
house architecture is an important subject.
a.. .us .aai should bs uoss astsau,..y
u-a..I.
L.tu5rs 5f th.s in ny next. VIC.
L..a. Grafton Co., y. a.. oc'. 10. l,jl.