farm history

From: Elwood (Woody) Herr elwoodherr7@gmail.com Risha, found your pictures of the 2011 snow while looking up the place the house where I was born. The farm was in my family from 1929 until it was sold in 1993. I now live in TN with my wife Brenda. I lived there until 1977 and then my sister, Deloris Meiners, lived there until we sold the farm. Looks like it is being well taken care of. --------------------------------------- The Jacobs built our farm house in the 1860s. (written in the cement in the attic... the addition is the main home, the kitchen came first). Jenny and Mark Clay were the owners between 1993 and 2007 and made many improvements and changes before we started here... Thanks to everyone who helped make the farm what it is today!

Indian Summer

Today Alan went out to check on the water for the animals and called the whole family out to greet our new calf! The Cow that gave birth was just a calf nursing on the old Milk Cow, Nosey, spring 2010. Nosey passed away last winter, leaving her bull-calf... Now a new calf has been born. The unseasonably warm weather lead us to name the new little heifer "Indian" and her mother "Summer"... the first names for our cattle since we lost Nosey. We can't be sure if she is Nosey's grand-daughter... since there were 2 bull calves roaming in the field... And when we get the profits from the steer we just sold, we plan on investing in a Highland calf or cow-calf pair to adjust our growing herd's genetics... Such wonderful lessons we learn on the farm!

Baby Heifer born on Anonymous Farm, November, 2011.