Family Farming Legacies

[skyhightree1]

My cousin and I are the last remaining farmers in the family everyone else ran for city jobs and living in the city. I wondered how many of us in here are farming from a legacy that began generations ago ?

 

[Bigfoot]

Same farm for over 200 years. One of my brothers farms is the same way. Neither of us are full time.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Since 1834...trying to catch up to bigfoot. :lol:

 

[skyhightree1]

We aren't quite 200 years but is well over 130 years.. I can't say im full time either cause im running a business / cattle farming/ row crow farming in which im still learning and figuring stuff out. My grandmother is the president over the farms and I am vice.

 

[Bigfoot]

The original deed to my farm appears to be written on some kind of animal skin. The first property corner starts out reading from the point I am now standing. That might be hard to find now.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Probably is sheepskin. All important docs use to be written on sheepskin till 1850 something I believe.

 

[skyhightree1]

another question I have is I guess for people with adult children... Is there anyone thats gonna step up to the plate and wants to keep the legacy going or does the legacy end with you? My kids are too young for me to answer that question.

 

[1982vett]

I'm 3rd generation, 112 years on ours. How many years before on other pieces of ground I do not know.

 

[3waycross]

My family farming legacy ended in 1965 when my grandfather offered my dad 8,000 acres of pasture, 50pairs of good hereford cows, and 300acres under cultivation for $150,000. My father being the knowledger he was turned it down and bought some duck hunting property instead.

I was 15 and begged him to take it.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

my farming legacie goes way back....................all the way back to the early 1980's :cowboy:

 

[TexasBred]

My family farming legacy ended in 1965 when my grandfather offered my dad 8,000 acres of pasture, 50pairs of good hereford cows, and 300acres under cultivation for $150,000. My father being the knowledger he was turned it down and bought some duck hunting property instead.

I was 15 and begged him to take it.

Sounds almost like my dad turnign down an offer to get into the East Texas Oil Field bank in the 30's for a grand total of $300....said it was just too much money to gamble with. :cry2: :cry2:

 

[bigbull338]

lets see how far we go back.my great grandfather started farming in the 1880s or 1890s.he grew alot of crops from cotton to oats.he also had his own cotton gin on 1 of the farms.he had upwards of 2500acs.his passion was reg horned herefords wich he had until his death.he was a well know texas herefod breeder in his day.my grandfather farmed in the 30s an 40s.then moved to town.then my dad took the farm over in the 60s an ran it till his death in 91.now us boys will run it till we die.nephew got into cattle last year.so him or my great neice may take over the farm 1 day.

 

[greybeard]

My cousin and I are the last remaining farmers in the family everyone else ran for city jobs and living in the city. I wondered how many of us in here are farming from a legacy that began generations ago ?

Ag has always been in my family, but not many of us in it now. My cousin keeps a cow/calf operation going in NE Texas near New Boston, just as his dad and grandfather did, and my old Great Uncle's place is still going, but that's about it. My great uncle's place has a sign out front put there by the Texas Dept of Agriculture that looks just like the one here, but with a different name of course. 100+ years of continuous agriculture by the same family.
Your state's dept of agriculture may have something similar Skyhightree. If so--you have to apply for it if it is the same as Texas.

(not my uncle's sign)

Me? I'm a relative newcomer, tho my father raised cows and so did my grandfather.

 

[skyhightree1]

Grey I will have to look into that and see what I can find out. How long would you say you have farmed for Grey ?

 

[sim.-ang.king]

My cousin and I are the last remaining farmers in the family everyone else ran for city jobs and living in the city. I wondered how many of us in here are farming from a legacy that began generations ago ?

Ag has always been in my family, but not many of us in it now. My cousin keeps a cow/calf operation going in NE Texas near New Boston, just as his dad and grandfather did, and my old Great Uncle's place is still going, but that's about it. My great uncle's place has a sign out front put there by the Texas Dept of Agriculture that looks just like the one here, but with a different name of course. 100+ years of continuous agriculture by the same family.
Your state's dept of agriculture may have something similar Skyhightree. If so--you have to apply for it if it is the same as Texas.

(not my uncle's sign)

Me? I'm a relative newcomer, tho my father raised cows and so did my grandfather.

We were going to get one of those signs, but we are waiting till a Southern Republican gets elected governor to sign it.

Probably be dead and gone before that happens, unless the state divides.

 

[dieselbeef]

im the first in my family....any kind of ag..im starting the legacy for my son..i got time..hes only 6

 

[ALACOWMAN]

my maternal gg grandfather and his father had a farm here on the other side of the Tn. river.. cousins still live on.. but a big gap of no farming sob's in between me and them

 

[skyhightree1]

im the first in my family....any kind of ag..im starting the legacy for my son..i got time..hes only 6

mine are 7 and 5 the legacy started a long time ago i just hope they will continue to carry it on.

 

[cow pollinater]

My dad and I are buying the family farm back a piece at a time. The land I'm on now has been in my family since it was first recorded except for the previous owner. When my grandfather died there were so many kids and grandkids that were all involved that there was no way to divide it up so they sold it to other pioneer families and now we're buying it back.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

My dad and I are buying the family farm back a piece at a time. The land I'm on now has been in my family since it was first recorded except for the previous owner. When my grandfather died there were so many kids and grandkids that were all involved that there was no way to divide it up so they sold it to other pioneer families and now we're buying it back.

I bet that's fun.