Vol. LXX1X 
Published Weekly by The Rural Publishing Co.. 
333 W. 30th St.. New York. Price One Dollar a Year. 
NEW YORK, JULY 31. 1920 
Entered as Second-Class Matter, June 28, 1879, at the Post - T 
Office at New York. N. Y., under the Act of March 3. 1879. No. 459< 
Dairy Herd 
L OCAL CHARACTERISTICS.—It is perhaps not 
unfair to say that Carroll County, New Hamp¬ 
shire, presents a concentration of all the handicaps 
that face the New England farmer. As Summer 
resort country it is magnificent. As farming country 
it is angular, to say the least. Yet Carroll County 
lies within a hundred miles of the Mg cities of the 
North Atlantic seaboard. And therein—in a nut¬ 
shell—is the general background of much New 
England agriculture: a difficult country to work, yet 
on a Ne w England Farm 
as drought-, rabbits and Summer boarders. Never¬ 
theless it is a beautiful land of mountain and valley, 
and in its valleys there are some good farmers. When 
I say good farmers I do not mean of the corn belt 
type. But I mean good farmers, nevertheless. It 
has its Quota of men who work the soil as lovers 
thereof; who make a comfortable living from the 
land; who send forth children into the world well 
grown and well educated. It has farmers who make 
incomes fairly comparable to those in more favored 
of the State. To maintain their dairy herds at a 
profit is therefore perhaps the leading concern of a 
majority of Carroll County farmers. One man who 
has made the fundamental step toward solving this 
problem is Frank Wiggin, who lives about three 
miles west of Sanbornville. Briefly, Mr. Wiggin has 
a herd of fairly high-producing cows. That is a very 
simple statement, but it carries with it a much longer 
story. The story is that of a man working without 
resources; living in a country whore corn cannot he 
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within five hours of the best markets in tl 
" s h Which means, of course, that all its availab 
' S ' illl( ! will be, farmed after some fashion. 
!lAivi» CONDITIONS.—Now farming in Carre 
1 flinty is no game for men of weak fibre. It 
a one thing after another—all of the 
! lu, ' mo t>v ' en te- It is a struggle with rocky, mom 
|.'‘ n ‘ (,lls lail(1 - isolation, frosts, lack of help, poor raj 
1 facilities, forest fires, and such minor detai 
regious. For though it is mainly rugged, difficult 
land, yet the great towns of Massachusetts, New 
Hampshire and Maine constantly reach their hungry 
antenna; up into this country, seeking always more 
milk, butter, eggs, meat and vegetables. It is less 
than five hours from ten million people. 
DAIRY OPPORTUNITIES.—Dairying in this re¬ 
gion is beset with difficulties, yet the dairy cow i> 
the leading type of stock, just as in most other parts 
grown except in favorable seasons; practically with¬ 
out a market for milk; handicapped in many other 
ways. But Frank Wiggin is a lover of cows; he can 
make good butter; liis farm grows good bay: and 
there you are! 
THE HERD AND ITS PRODUCT.—There arc 
only eight cows in the Wiggin herd at present—this 
is no story of big doings. Neither are they pure- 
breds. nor fancy stock in any way. Just plain grade 
