Located south of Atgien, off of Glen Run Road, the John and Elsie
Smoker family operate the 76-acre Glen Run Way Farm, named for
Glen Run, a stream that runs through the farm’s road-edging pas
ture. The farmstead itself sits backoff the road, and the 200-yard lane
is a older municipal roadway that used to cut through the farm, but
eventually was closed and reverted to farm ownership. John said he
has about 60 acres tillable and milks about 40 grade Holsteins out of
a 32-stall bank barn. Other buildings on the farm include an imple
ment shed, and shed for pet goats. One 18-by-55 silo used for corn
silage juts up from next to the barn. He and Elsie have seven sons
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ages ranging from 15 to 30. Four are married and the Smokers have
eight grandchildren, who love to come to visit. The Smokers’ young
son, Justin, 15, in high school, helps with field work and milking.
John said he dalrv farms pretty much the way he feeding hay
bales and corn silage by hand, and top dressing with minerals and a
supplement formulated by a mill. He has 15 acres of pasture and cou
ple of acres of woodland as well. “We live in a valley,” he said. “It’s
pretty and rolling with some hills,” he said. Care of the landscaping
and shrubbery around the house is done mostly by Elsie.
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