Harford Legacy Farm Commemorative Book

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Residence Farm - Barrow Farms est. 1909 - Bel Air, MD Current Owner: J. Carolyn Barrow Original Purchaser: Wilbur Barrow and Jennie T. Barrow Current Acreage: 29.5 Current Agricultural Products or Services: Boer goats and hay Preserved My grandparents Wilbur Barrow and Jennie T. Barrow purchased the residence farm on July 7, 1909. It was deeded to my father (James W. Barrow) in 1955. Upon the passing of my father, it was deeded to J. Carolyn Barrow and Fay E. Barrow. My grandfather, Wilbur Barrow, and my father, James W. Barrow, were cattlemen. They raised Hereford cattle and sold fat cattle over the years at Lancaster Stock Yards and New Holland Auction Barn. In addition, my father showed fat cattle at the Baltimore Stockyards in the 1940s. He won Grand Champion Carload Fat Cattle in 1940; Champion Steer Individual Steer Dept E, 1940; Reserve Champion Individual Steer 1940; Grand Champion Group of 5 Fat Cattle in 1942; Grand Champion Group of 5 Feeder Steer Calves in 1943. My siblings and I showed cattle at the Harford County 4-H fair and Eastern National Livestock Show during the late 1950s and 1960s. My family was in the cattle business up until 2015. Levering Line Farm est. before 1910 - Fallston, MD

Current Owners: Bill and Edith Miller Original Purchaser: Andrew Dietz Current Acreage: 28

The current farm is in the shape of a U. We no longer own the middle, including the original house now owned by the Gunther family. I believe my wife's family originally bought the farm in 1906. My wife's grandfather was named Jackson Dietz but some in the family spell it, Deitz. Jackson Dietz bought the property in 1919 from the Trustees of the Presbytery of Baltimore. The middle was sold off in 1935. My wife's parents Garnett and Edith Hash bought the property in 1949.