NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. 



PASTURES. 



Island Pastures 32 acres, 12 rods 



Little Pond Pasture 36 " 00 " 



68 acres, 12 rods. 



LOW MEADOWS. 



Improved Meadow 7 acres, 28 rods 



Unimproved Meadow 40 " 41 " 



47 acres, 69 rods. 



FORESTS. 



Livermore Lot 15 acres, 00 rods 



Parson Walker's Pasture Lot 30 " 00 " 



Little Pond Lot 110 " 00 " 



Dark Plain Lot 60 " 00 " 



215 acres, 00 rods. 



PONDS. 



Horse Shoe Pond 16 acres, 60 rods 



Little Pond 4 " 10 " 



• 20 acres, 70 rods. 



Whole Area of Farm 424 acres, 28 rods. 



The tillage land was in low condition, the pastures had been 

 closely fed and, together with portions of the meadows, were 

 largely encroached upon by willow, alder, and other bushes. 



The buildings consisted of a one-story cottage, two two-story 

 houses, two cattle sheds, a 'wood and carriage house, a hogpen, 

 a bacon house, and several other small structures. No one of 

 these was covered with a sound roof. Each, together with long 

 lines of farm fences, needed speedy repairs. 1 



To the present proprietor, who then possessed very little 

 agricultural knowledge and no experience, these neglected 

 lands and dilapidated buildings afforded larger opportunities 

 for making improvements and sinking money than the first sur- 

 vey of them revealed. But a few months' association with farm 

 hands, stone layers, carpenters, and other mechanics, accom- 

 panied by a painful void in the abdomen of his pocket-book, 

 gave him unwelcome information which he could have obtained 

 so well from no other source. He learned for the first time 

 that the glory of being a land holder was an expensive one. 



But, he had literally put his hand to the plow and he pushed 

 on into his unknown future, thinking that he " who looked 

 back " was not worthy of agricultural success. He observed 



1 For condition of First Minister's Farm in 1853 see Appendix E. 



