A34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 23,1984
Randy Watson is owner of Blue Angel Flats, which houses a
Butter Ridge Farm is home for Brian and Patty Watson,
pictured with Roy Watson, right.
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continue his policy to establish his
sons, but yet a way to recoup some
of his capitol.
“It was a golden opportunity,”
he says of this sale idea. “The state
Jersey club needed funds for its
upcoming hosting of the 1985
National Jersey convention and I
needed to get back some of my loss
fromSchepps.”
“I have surplus cattle,” he adds
and has given the state club rights
to a commission for managing the
sale.
After the sale July 14, Watson
looks forward to January when his
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last two sons will take over on their
own. “In January I’ll be a free
man,” he says with a big smile.
He looks forward to no longer
having to milk twice a day, but
adds, “I’m hoping my boys will
still need my advice.”
But Watson is also a progressive
thinker and says, “I hope they
don’t do just as I did, you should go
with the times, as long as it’s
practical.”
While many people might think
that Roy Watson is a rich man in
terms of dollars and cents, Roy
states, “I don’t have any money,
it’s all invested.”
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He flourishes his arms over his
sons and their land. Like most
farmers, Watson’s riches lay with
his land, his sons and the friend
ship and trust of his neighbors and
acquaintances.
At times when he is discussing
the upcoming sale it is with sad
tones that he speaks of ending a
part of his life. But he speaks with
great admiration of his own father,
Ivan, who is still farming at 79
years of age. “I just hope that my
boys will look back like that on
me,” he says.
Watson does not need to worry.
When speaking to his boys, they
make it clear that their biggest
asset has been their father, and
their farms thrive on Watson
philosophy.
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