D4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 22,1980 Century Farm award winner
WASHINGTON BORO -
It’s pretty certain the deed to
the Heisey farm was tran
sferred in 1846 to Martin
Heisey’s grandfather, Henry
L. Heisey
There are actually, two
deeds for the same land
recorded as being tran
sferred to the same man that
day.
Martin W. and Mildred F.
Heisey, R 1 Anchor Road,
Washington Boro, were
among the II farm families
honored Thursday evening
at the fourth annual
Agriculture-Industry banq
uet.
Today, as it was when his
grandfather purchased the
operation, the farm con
sisted of 30 acres. While the
farm is a greenhouse and
vegetable operation now, it
has seen several changes
through the years
The land was owned and
farmed by the Undeman
family. Martin Heisey’s
grandmother was a Un
deman, so the operation may
have been m the family even
before 1846
iyopt. jgt« ly
a greenhouse and a truck farm today although Martin's father maintained a
dairy on its 30 acres.
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Four generations grew on 30-acre farm
Martin Heisey’s father
purchased the 30 acres for
$3OOO. At the time, the farm
was a dairy operation.
For a time the cows stayed
around. For a while, Martin
had 5000 chickens, on the
place, tpo, but poultry flocks
of that size soon became
obsolete.
Today the heart of the
Heisey farm is a pair of
greenhouses consisting of
7500 square feet under glass.
Heiseys grow greenhouse
tomatoes, sweet corn,
canteloupes, and other truck
crops which are sold at
market in Columbia.
“We reared seven children
on these 30 acres,” the
Heiseys say. All but one have
left farming altogether, that
son is getting a PhD. in
agronomy and, like his
brothers and sisters, won’t
be coming back to the
homeplace, Martin says •
“You just can’t make a
good living on 30 acres
today,” he says, although his
own presence on the farm
belies that statement to a
degree.
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The farm seemed fire
prone in the early days.
Twice lightening burned the
bam, and once an arson
torched it The last
lightening fire Martin
remembers it happened in
1917, during World War One.
Perhaps the PP&L lines
across the property today
attract the lightening,
saving the barn from further
strikes
PP&L did a further ser
vice to the farm None of the
deeds to the place ever was
recorded in the court house
in the early days. All tran
sfers were done by word of
mouth.
On March 21, 1934 the
utility recorded the deed,
establishing a permanent
record.
Heiseys have lived on the
farm for 37 years and con
tinue to ship produce to
market throughout the year.
Their 30 acres of Lan
caster County continue to
support a family with roots
deep m Lancaster County
soil.
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Martin and Mildred Heisey look over some of the original deeds to the family I*
farm. Many still have tax stamps, like postage stamps, affixed. Others are sealed
with wax.
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