The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-31

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J. Bachelor. Governor Of New Hampshire)
CONCORD, N. H.. Jan. SO.-''To what
use do folks put your abandoned farms.
after adopting them? asks a cor
respondent
Health. rest, and recreation, largely.
and that pursuit of happiness which,
our inalienable right according TO the
Declaration OF Indepenence. Is much
easier of successful issue in New
Hampshire than elsewhere. especially in
the good old summer time.
But. doubtless. this is not the sort Of
a reply the inquirer desired; nor would
he be entirely satisfied with having
as an answer the story of the plucky
New Hampshire girl who took the old
been abandoned but for her and went
to taking summer boarders.' One OF
the first boarders to arrive fell in love
with this young landlady and most
happy marriage resulted.
Romance in Farm Houses.
Romance. comedy and tragedy take
up their abode as often within the
weather-beaten walls of our farm homes
as in marble halls across the sea or
i'm the plush palaces of new-rich Amer
lea. One who sees into the heart of
things through the clear air of our hills
matches in his daily walk the printed
page of Alice Brown, Miss Jewett, or
Mrs. SIosson.
Books like these. and others. histories.
poems. plays. works of science. criticism
and biography, are nowadays the product
of summers spent upon adopted farms.
World-famous sculptures. paintings. and
ergravings come from studios that once
were barns in which, on these January
mornings, the farmer broke thick Ice in
the pals before he watered his stock.
From lands devoted to rather more utili
tartan ends, yet not, perhaps. within
the scope of the correspondent Inquiry.
are those whereon are located the
scores of school camps within our Dor
ders. for young men. big and little
boys. and few for girls.
A Regular Crop.
Summer boarders as a regular crop
form profitable source of revenue on
not a few farms that might otherwise
deserted. There are varieties and
degrees in keeping boarders. as IN every
thing else and, it Is by almost imper-
ceptible gradations that one traces the
evolution from the homely but hospit-
able farm house into which comes one
guest. or two or three. at 81 a day or
even less. up to the magnificent million
dollar hotels with their hundreds of
guests. some of whom ply hundreds OF
dollars a week and demand and re-
ceive service and entertai lment In pro-
portion.
Golf links and other nIoiern devices
for out-of-door enjoyment i.ave required
our hotels to maintain more spacious
grounds than in the past; so that not
few abandoned farms have been re-
claimed by alert bonifaces and devoted
to tee. bunker and hazard. When, as in
few cases. the hotel holdings reach to
thousands OF acres and are managed
as estates. their returns are more WIS.,
ihie, II not more directly. In dollars and
cents.
Scientific Forestry.
Here scientific forestry is practiced. as
II is also by some corporations, asso-
Citations. and private individuals. In this
way the timber land that formed part
OF many OF the abandoned farms is
made a source OF permanent profit An
exemplihcatton of this IS to be seen Ia
the Blue Mountain Park. where not only
are trees preserved, but animals as
well. for this is the largest and most
successful game club in America
Aided by the laws of the State, many
individuals are doing something in this
latter line by stocking brooks and ponds
with FISH and in other ways. One sum
mer resident purchased the fine place
he now owns principally because a col
ony of beavers had buItl a dam upon
brook within it's limits. They are still
his tenants. and the most highly priced
feature of his property.
All this is scarcely answering the
question OF the correspondent who, very
likely. seeks TO learn how he may make
living upon hie abandoned farm IN
case he adopts oue. The keeping OF
boarders. the marketing OF timber upon
well-ordered plan. the possibly profit
able preservation o. fish and game have
received mention. but there are other
ways more certainly and quickly profit
able.
Dairy Business Good.
TIL, dairy business at once suggests
Itself. Here one has his choice OF sell
ing milk. cream, and butter direct TO in
dividual consumers. to ( creamery. or to
the Boston market The splendid Leigh
ton farms. near Dublin. which supply
that famous resort. and the really pa
fatal Whipple creameries at New Bos-
ton. sources of supply for the Whipple
hotels in old Boston. are highly devel-
oped examples OF this suggestion.
Some OF the finest cattle in the coun-
Try are thus added to the taxable prop
erty OF New Hampshire. while upon
other stock farms it is highbred horses
that are kept. The Riverside farm at
Stratham. of the Whitcombs. father and
son. OF Boston. is widely known. as was
the Winniepauket farm in Webster, OF