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MORNING JOURNAL BARNS & FARMS OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MAHONING COUNTY Friday, September 30, 2016
Baker Farm-Baker’s Golden Dairy NEW WATERFORD — In 1884 William C. Baker constructed the barn using timber he logged from the farm. Sadly, an accident occured as the barn was nearing completion causing Baker to succumb to his injuries a year later. Fast forward to 2016 where Kevin and Debra Baker now run the farm, Baker’s Golden Dairy. Married in 1981 and four children later, Kevin and Debra decided to expand the farm. Kevin’s dream had always been to bottle and sell his own milk, the way it used to be, so in 2010 the planning began. With four generations of Bakers working on the 500 acre plus farm, bottling finally began in 2011 after many trial runs and state inspections. This made Baker’s Golden Dairy the very first on-farm bottling plant in Columbiana County. The family milks about 100 cows which produce between 600-700 gallons of milk a day. The milk is pasteurized and nonhomogenized with no hormones added to milk production and absolutely no anitbiotics are used. In addition, they are farming more than 500 acres.
Baker Farm Baker’s Golden Dairy Farm Facts Owners: Kevin and Debra Baker Established: 1884 Location: New Waterford Acres: 500 plus Staple: Dairy and beef
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Bardo Farms DAMASCUS — First generation farmers, Michael and Karen Bardo, raise dairy cows and draft horses. The farm, which is located south of Damascus, sits on the highest point of elevation in Butler Township.
Bardo Farms Farm Facts Owners: Michael and Karen Bardo Established: Mid 1800s Location: South of Damascus Acres: Staple: Dairy cows and draft horses
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Bates Farm LISBON — Larry Bates understands how farming has changed over the years. “The technology change has improved productivity and quality of planting,” he said. He and his wife Nanette farm roughly 60 acres of crops just outside of Lisbon. About 15 years ago they were approached by a company wishing to construct a cell tower on the property, which is something long ago farms didn’t have the luxury of doing. The tower remains on the property and provides an additional portion of income for the family, which farms the property in addition to working full-time jobs. The Bates purchased the farm from Larry’s grandfather Clifford Shaw, and his wife Alma, 38 years ago. Clifford Shaw was inducted in the county’s Agriculture Hall of Fame during the Columbiana County Fair. Things are going well on the Bates farm, but the couple continues to hope for more rain.
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Crist Farm
HOMEWORTH—Farming for Crist Farm began with owner Steve Crist’s great-grandfather Joe who along with his grandfather, Wallace and father, Robert, made the younger Crist the fourth generation to run Crist’s Dairy Farm.
Crist Farm Farm Facts Owner: Steve and Edna Crist Eastablished: 1895 Location: Homeworth Acres: Staple: Dairy
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Eck Farm
Eck Farm Farm Facts Owners: Richard and Patti Eck Established: 1938 Location: Hanoverton
HANOVERTON — The Eck Farm, located at 5417 Woodsdale Road, Hanoverton, is owned by Richard and Patti Eck and run by the Ecks and a grandson. The farm was formed by the Dolance family before the Ecks purchased it. The Winona Gun Club was in the back but has since fallen down.
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Ellyson’s Inc. Farms
EAST ROCHESTER—Ellyson’s Inc. Farms, located at 9120 Ellyson Road, was purchased in 1941 by Clarence Ellyson. Initially Ellyson started with milking cows and moved on to raising chickens for seven years. However, in 1958 Ellyson decided to go back to milking cows. To date there are over 160 cows milked daily. In 1980 Clarence Ellyson passed away leaving his farm for the next generations to run. There are four generations, from the age of 79 to 12, of the Ellyson family who work the farm and care for the milking cows as well as raising corn, oats and alfalfa. There is another farm located at 28689 Speidel Road., East Rochester, that is used to raise the replacement heifers. The original farm had 141 acres and now consists of 535 with another 600 acres that is rented out. The farm was incorporated in 1958 by the name Sunkill Farms. The barn on Speidel Road was built in 1908 and the barn on Ellyson Road was built around 1910.
Ellyson’s Inc. Farms Farm Facts Owner: Charles Ellyson Established: 1941 Location: East Rochester Acres: 535 Staple: Grain and Dairy
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Farmer Farm
LISBON — The Farmer Farm operated as a dairy farm 1851 until 2010 when the Farmer decided to convert to grain only.
Farmer Farm Farm Facts Owner: Dean and Amy Farmer Eastablished: 1851 Location: Lisbon Acres: Staple: Grain
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Greenisen Farm SALEM — The Greenisen Farm as established on Depot Road in 1916. It was recognized as a Century Farm at the Columbiana County Fair this year. One of the barns was built about 1949 and the main barn was built in 1947 or 48. The farm has raised many different types of animals over the years. It has been a Jersey dairy farm which originally had a retail milk route. Registered Hampshire hogs were later added. The milking herd was sold and beef cattle were raised for a time. Today, the farm is primarily a hay and grain operation. Six registered Haflinger horses also live on the farm.
Farm Facts Owners: Phil and Marge Greenisen Established: 1916 Location: Salem Staple: Hay and grain
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McDonald Farm
Farm Facts Owner: Scott McDonald Eastablished: 1904 Location: Salem Acres: Staple: Dairy
SALEM — Purchased in 1904 by his grandfather, current owner Scott McDonald runs this dairy farm along with three other McDonald generations. The front main part of the barn is all hand hewn from the early 1800s. The back part was through saw work during the late 1800s .
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Sanor Farms
KNOX TOWNSHIP — Five generations have run the Sanor dairy farm in Knox Township since it was establisshed in the 1800s.
Farm Facts Owners: Harold H. and Margaret M. Sanor Established: 1800s Location: Knox Township Acres: Staple: Dairy
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Herron Farm SALEM — The Herron Farm was established in 1919 and there are still three generations involved with the day-to-day operations of the dairy farm. The barn itself was brought in from Poland, Ohio. Carl Herron started the dairy farm in 1963 and it has continued with his sons, Wayne and Tim.
Farm Facts Owers: Wayne and Tim Herron Established: 1919 Location: Salem Acres: Staple: Dairy
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Kishman Farm MINERVA — In 1913, the Lincoln Highway was built just a stones throw with what is now known as the Kishman Farm. Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Barker purchased the farm in 1930. Mrs. Barker had a Tourist House and D.E. had Barker’s Hatchery until the mid 1960s. Cows, hay and grain were the main staple during the early years on the farm. From the 1930s to the 1960s they switched to chicken and peeps. In the 2000’s the staple switched again and they began to raise sheep.
Farm Facts Owners: Jan and Tom Kishman Established: 1840s Location: Minerva Acres: Staple: Cattle, hay, grain, poultry and sheep 16
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Montan Farm
Farm Facts Owner: Jerry Montan and Valerie Ramsey Established: 1954 Location: Minerva
MINERVA —The Montan farm was purchased in 1954 by Jacob and Lucille Montan. The barn, which was erected sometime between 1750 and 1800, is a “crib” barn that is composed of multiple cribs which are used for feed storage or livestock pens. Crib barns are usually built of unchinked logs and may or may not have a hay loft. There is only two of these barns around; one in Pennsylvania and the Montan Farm barn. The logs go all the way down to the foundation. Hay was put into the cribs to cure while the animals were around the cribs to eat.
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Straub Farm Farm Facts Owner: Deborah Straub-Jones Established: 1880 Location: Rogers Acres: 30 plus Staple: Vegetables
ROGERS — Harry Burson first owned the property located on Pine Hollow Road, Rogers, and raised corn and hay. Burson then sold it to owner Deborah Straub Jones’ parents, Anna Manie and Jack Straub on May 22, 1964 and in 2007 the farm was passed on to her. Three quarters of the barn has the original wood. However, the front windows are covered as well as the hay mow door.
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Bernet Farm Farm Facts Owner: Dave Bernet Established: 1840s Location: Hanoverton Acres: 400 plus Staple: Grain
HANOVERTON — The Bernet Farm was established in the 1840s. In 1954, Anton Bernet purchased the farm from the barber in Hanoverton, Dutch Camp. Then in 1990 upon his death, Bernet left the farm to his nephew Dave Bernet. Initially the farm starting with raising hogs, dairy and beef, but now the farm soley produces grain.
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Lippincott Farm
Neil Lippincott said that while some days on the farm may have been “exhausting,” he has never worked. “It all came easy,” he said of the farming work, which he loves. Meanwhile, his wife has spent hours of her time researching the family’s farm history, and in addition to the original Madison deed she found inside the home, she has found other documents showing where her husband’s ancestors have come from ä countries like Holland, and Germany. The research gets difficult because women’s last names change over time through marriage, she explained. A family reunion held on the property in 1887 was featured in a local newspaper, a clipping of which helped Mrs. Lippincott along the way. The Lippincotts hope the farming tradition will continue in the family. LISBON - In 1815, President James Madison signed a deed that would later become the Lippincott family farm in Minerva. Neil and Carol Lippincott said it was 25 years after the deed was signed that the former government property became the family farm. Mrs. Lippincott is still trying to research the history between the time the deed was signed and when the farm officially began, to see if the farm’s history actually spans 200 years. The farm was recognized as an Ohio Sesquicentennial Farm during the opening ceremonies for this year’s county fair. The designation is an Ohio Department of Agriculture honor that recognizes farms that have been passed down from generation to generation, for at least 100 years. A sesquicentennial farm is one that has a family history of at least 150 years.
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Mr. Lippincott has tended the 371-acre farm alongside his son Richard and grandson Ryan Lippincott. A great-grandson, Brentley Neil Lippincott is being raised to take on the task as well. In addition to their own property, the family farms another more than 300 acres of property. It began as a dairy farm, but the Lippincotts now raise crops of corn, beans and rye.
Farm Facts: Owners: Neil and Carol Lippincott Established: 1815 Location: Minerva Acres: 371 Staple: First dairy, now corn, beans and rye
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FoxAyre Farm
The farm was then transferred to their son C. Richard Fox who began his law practice in 1955 in Columbiana and had served two years during the Korean conflict as a Special Investigative Agent in the Counter-Intelligence Corp. of the U.S. Army. Fox started leasing a portion of the farm’s tilled acres for planting in the early 1990s. Dairy cattle were sold and beef cattle were purchased. Following his death in 2011, Fox willed the farm to his neices and nephew, Marsha, William, Leann and Sandra, who formed FoxAyre Farm LLC. Today the partners Marsha and Leann Fox, Sandra Fox Clark, and William’s heirs, Amy Fox Last, Carrie Fox and Sarah Fox Fojut contine the family’s farming tradition on the 396- acre farm that extends from Ohio into Pennsylvania, supports corn and soybean crops, pasture and woodland. The family has also refurbished and maintained the historic home, barn and outbuildings.
EAST PALESTINE — Charles Long Sr., along with his wife, Catherine Firestone, and their family moved from Maryland. In 1801, he paid $2 an acre for land in Unity Township. The orginial deed was signed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The family raised sheep and grew wheat, oats, barley, corn, clover and rye. The farm then transferred to Charles Long Jr., then to his niece, Lucinda and her husband William Wallace, who was ranked among the
leading pioneer business men of Columbiana County. For several years the Wallace family continued ownership through several generations until Edith Wallace Fox acquired the land in 1938. Edith and her husband, Harold, were full-time dairy farmers, delivering milk for up to 200 customers for 40 years. Deliveries stopped in 1980 causing the farm’s milk production to be sold to a co-op.
Farm Facts Owners: Marsha and Leann Fox, Sandra Fox Clark, Amy Fox Last, Carrie Fox and Sarah Fox Fojut Established: 1801 Location: Unity Township Acres: 396 Staple: Grain
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Wild Duck Hollow Farm Farm Facts Owner: Mike and Sue Little Nat and Damion Wallace Established: 1907 Location: East Rochester Acres: 225 Staple: Dairy and poultry
EAST ROCHESTER — The original 60 acre farm and barn of Wild Duck Hollow Farm were purchased in 1907 by Edward and Rosa Little when they moved from Stark County. Edward died a few years later, leaving the farm, Rosa and their three children. Their son, Clyde, his wife, Mildred and their three children added improvements and additions beginning in 1935. As the farm continued to grow in 1968, Clyde’s son, Delmer, his wife Betty and their six children took over operations. A partnership was formed in 1997 by Delmer’s son, Mike, his wife, Sue, and Nat and Damion Wallace, grandsons. The partners continue operations today with family help from their wives, Stacy and Ashley. There are currently three generations working this 225 acre farm where about 95 Jersey, Holsteins and Aryshire cows are milked.
All of the 100 replacement heifers are raised on the farm by family members. In the broiler chicken facility, approximately 800,000 chickens are raised per year. All corn silage and hay are grown on the farm for the cows with supplemental grains purchased locally. The original double decker bank barn is still used for hay storage as well as housing for the cattle. The post and beam construction is clearly visible from the floor. In December 2011 the farm was awarded Century Farm by the Ohio State Deparment of Agriculture since records indicate that the farm has been in continuous farming operation for 104 years by the Little Family.
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