This is my grandfathers farm. His name is Larry Foster. His father bought it in 1940 or 41. It was originally 100+ Acres, but is currently 73 Acres. Part if it was strip mined in the early 1970's around the time he married my grandmother, and then again in the mid 1980's. They had primarily a dairy farm but also raised horses, hogs, and crops. The tractor to the right of the driveway in the field is "the minnie", an infamous tractor in my family. Also, his 1977 Chevy k20 is parked on the barn bridge. This truck was nicknamed "the submarine truck" after the Beetle's yellow submarine song. It was Bannana yellow with a white stripe down the side. The dump truck is parked in the pasture. This picture was taken before the longer barm burnt down im the late 1980's. The 1948 Farmall M located between the barns by the light pole is still in our possession. It no longer runs, but i have high hopes for it. After this photo, My Pap, Uncle, and Great Granpap built another corn crib beside the driveway in the yard. The Longer barn with the elevator sticking out burned down, and a 40x60 Pole barn was built where it stood. The barn burnt because of faulty wiring chewed on by the heifers. The bank barn was bought by my great grandfather, and rebuilt on this ground. Underneath is were the cows were milked (where I currently raise hogs). It is 42x62. It was originally smaller, but the back part was added on to when they rebuilt it. The addition was constructed from timbers that were still green, so that back part is a little bowed currently. The pit silo on the side of the barn was dug with an Oliver OC6 that my great grandfather owned. My Pap dug a drain in the center of it, but got plugged when his dad poured the concrete. So now every spring, a puddle appears in the center of it. This photo was taken while the farm was being strip mined my Thompson Coal of New Springfield, Ohio. If you cross the road in front of the farm, you will be in Enon Valley, Pennsylvania. This photo was taken in 1982, in the early days of the farm crisis. They were still milking about 150 of dairy cattle, along with rasing 30(+ or-) head of horses and lord knows how many hogs. We have since stopped milking cows, but still have the same bloodline of Registered Morgan horses. We still raise a small number of hogs and currently have 32 head of beef cattle. This piece of ground is tired, but still in my family. I am the 4th generation to farm on this ground since my great grandparents bought it in the early 1940's. I am cery proud of this farm. My Pap was born in that house and he said he plans to die in that house. I hope to raise my kids there, just like he was raised, and how he and my grandmother raised my Mother, aunts and uncles. Oh if this old place could talk.