It was inscribed with, “Here lies remains known only to God, Brentwood Poor Farm, circa 1841 – 1868”. Photo by Robbin Ray/University of New Hampshire Skeletal remains — once buried in an ...

Delegates attending this week’s Teagasc and CAFRE Uplands Symposium were told that a failure to address farm viability in ...

Each farm varied depending on needs and resources, as did its treatment of residents. Some poor farms provided a safe haven for those in need while others operated more like prisons. In 1868 ...