NEW HAMPSHIRE 



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NEW HAMPSHIRE 



THE FACTORY 

 Cooperage 



Prtntine,Pubhshing 

 Tobacco 



Fumrture.Refrigerators 

 Beer etc. 

 Bread etc. 

 Marble, Stone 

 Flour.Grist 

 Hosiery, Knit Goods 

 Fbundry.Machine shop 

 Paper,Wood Pulp 

 Lu m ber ,~R rn b er 

 Wbolen.Fett Goods 

 Cotton Goods 

 Shoes 



NEW HAMPSHIRE PRODUCTS CHART 

 Figures Based on U.S. Government Reports 

 Millions of Dollars Annually 



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THE MINE 



Granite 

 THE FARM 



Tim othy,C lover 



MilK 



Cattle sold 



Eggs 



Cultivated Hay 



Butter 



Potatoes 



Garden Vegetables 



Apples 



Poultry raised 



Corn 



Horses sold 



Coarse Forage 



Hampshire ranks fifth among the states in its 

 production. The sugar maple, birch, beech, 

 white oak and cedar are also abundant. The 

 government cooperates with the state in forest- 

 fire protection, and there is an organization of 

 private owners for the same purpose. New 

 Hampshire ranks seventh among the states in 

 its appropriation for the support of the state 

 forest department. 



Minerals. Granite and mica are quarried in 

 large quantities and are the chief mineral prod- 

 ucts of the state. Until 1867 New Hampshire 

 produced all of the mica in the United States, 

 but now North Carolina has a greater output. 

 At the census of 1910, New Hampshire ranked 

 fifth in the production of granite, and has held 

 this place in most of the succeeding years. 

 The principal quarries are in Hillsboro, Merri- 

 mack, Cheshire and Carroll counties, and the 

 annual output of the state is valued at one to 

 one and a half million dollars. Scythestones, 

 slate, limestone, spar, occasional gems and 

 mineral waters are other mineral products. 

 Gold, silver, copper, lead and other ores are 

 found only in small, often inaccessible and 

 usually unprofitable, quantities. 



Manufactures. New Hampshire's importance 

 as a manufacturing state is due to the great 

 amount of available water power, the prox- 

 imity of markets, numerous towns and excel- 

 lent transportation. In 1910, this little state 

 ranked third among the New England states in 

 the output of cotton goods, being surpassed by 

 Massachusetts and Rhode Island; seventh 

 among all the states in the same industry; 

 fourth among the states in the production of 



boots and shoes; eighth in the manufacture of 

 paper and wood pulp ; eighth in woolen, worsted 

 and felt goods ; twenty-eighth in the total value 

 of its manufactured products. The leading in- 

 dustries are carried on in the south, along the 

 Merrimac River. Lumber, bakery and foundry 

 products, hosiery and knit goods and flour are 

 also important products. Manchester and 

 Nashua are the most notable manufacturing 

 cities. 



Transportation. There are excellent railroad 

 accommodations, especially in the southern 

 part of the state, where every town of impor- 

 tance has access to railroad lines. In 1915, 

 there were 1,221 miles of railroad in the state, 

 the chief lines being the Boston & Maine, 

 Maine Central, and the Grand Trunk. The 

 first cog railroad -in the United States was the 

 Mount Washington Railroad, which makes a 

 steep ascent of 3,625 feet in two and three- 

 quarters miles. It is operated during the sum- 

 mer for tourists. There are also over 200 miles 

 of electric railway in the state. A board of 

 three commissioners appointed by the governor 

 and council have the general supervision of 

 railroads. 



Government. The present constitution is a 

 revised and amended form of that adopted in 

 1877, which was practically the fourth constitu- 

 tion of New Hampshire. A convention for its 

 revision may be called every seven years if 

 voted for by two-thirds of the qualified voters. 



The legislative power is vested in the general 

 court, consisting of a senate of twenty-four 

 members and a house of representatives appor- 

 tioned according to the population; all towns 



