Six Century Farms Awarded
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tor with the U.S. House Agricul
ture Committee. O’Conner
reported on the 1990 Farm Bill, the
reasoning behind its form and the
probably impact to local farmers.
Of the families which received
the century farm awards, two can
trace family ownership back to
1841.
. The 104-acrc farm owned by
John D. and Deborah L. Meek
located in Strasburg Township was
first purchased by John’s great
great-great-grandfather, Jacob
Barge. Barge had originally
bought 110 acres for $3,834 from
Samuel Weaver.
The Barge surname left the farm
in 1889 when Reuben and Susanna
(Barge) Shaubach took over. The
Robert S. and Muriel Smith receive a Century Farm Award
for their 140-acre dairy farm In Drumore Township that
dates back to 1841 in their family.
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Shaubachs were John Meek’s
great-grandparents.
The Meek surname came to the
farm when John’s grandfather,
John K. Meek, married Annie
Shaubach and they took over the
farm in 1937.
In 1960, Parke S. Meek and M.
Ethel Meek took over the farm.
Their son, John Dwight Meek took
over the farm in 1982.
• The Smith surname is linked
directly to a 140-acre dairy farm in
Drumore Township starting with
the 1841 purchase of 186/2 acres
by Preston Smith. Preston was the
great-grandfather of present owner
Robert S. Smith, who with wife
Muriel Smith, took over the farm
in 1948 from his father Horace
Smith.
AND
The homestead farm was pur
chased originally from Thomas
Neel for $3,000, however, none of
the original building remain. The
Smith’s present home, however,
was built in 1850.
The four other farms began a
family a heritage a little later in the
1800 s.
• The Century Farm plaque for a
56-acre dairy operation in Earl
Township was presented in the
names of Samuel M. and Katie K.
Augsburger, although the farm in
now owned by their daughter and
son-in-law, D. Lamar and Edith
(Augsberger) Weaver.
The Augsburger name on the
farm goes back four generations to
the Sept. 19, 1856, purchase by
Christian Augsburger, the great
great-grandfather of Edith Weav
er. Christian was bom and lived in
Germany prior to coming to the
United Slates and buying 48 acres
from John Hurshberger for $137
per acre. He was 42 years old when
he made the purchase.
• Meadow Spring Farm in Rapho
Township is a 97-acre mixed lives
tock farm jointly operated by Mar
tin and Ruth Kready and their son
and daughter-in-law Gerry and
Melva Kready. Currently Gerry
and Melva’s children make the
seventh generation Kreadys to
grow up on the farm that was first
purchased in 1860 by the father
and son team of George Kready Ist
and George Kready 2nd.
When the first Kreadys pur
chased the farm, it consisted of 79
acres and sold for $72 an acre. In
addition to farming, the George
Kreadys also butchered as a
vocation.
The Kreadys’ current home was
built in 1890 and the bam was built
by the first Kreadys in 1871.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 24, 1990-Al9
John D. and Deborah L. Meek are presented with a Cen
tury Farm Award for their 104-acre farm located In Stras
burg Township. It has been in the family since 1841.
Ralph and Verna Hosteller receive their Century Farm
Award for their RaphoTownshlp 76-acre farm that’s been in
their family since 1864.