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      Farming with Jacob Fawley

      Pat Ritchie by Pat Ritchie
      May 9, 2022
      in Columnists, Columns, History, Local Legends, Pat Turner Ritchie
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      Jacob W. Fawley’s description of how he managed his farm

      Jacob W. Fawley was a witness in John Fawley etc. versus Margaret J. Fawley etc. He was a grandson of the late Jacob Fawley and owned a farm about a mile from Margaret’s. The attorney was trying to determine if the elderly widow Margaret J. Fawley should have been able to support herself on her 75-acre farm. The answers by Jacob W. Fawley have a lot of description of farming in 1900.

      Question—should his step-grandmother’s farm of 75 cleared acres be enough to support her?

      Answer by Jacob: There are so many different ways of farming, that that’s a hard question for me to  answer, but, if it was farmed as I farm my land, there could be a good deal. I will tell you how I farm mine—I have between 40 and 50 acres of farming land. I aim to farm one-third of it in corn, on third in wheat, and one third in grass to mow. That takes it all. I keep my horses in the stable till harvest, and my cows, cattle, sheep and hogs in the woods. This year I had 12 acres in wheat, and I threshed 177 bushels, and I mowed 16 acres, making 13 or 15 ton of hay, and I have 12 acres in corn, which I suppose will make 40 or 50 bushels to the acre. Take that land on an average with mine, it ought to do near the same.

      Question: Farming the property as you have above indicated, about how many head of cattle, sheep & c.  could be kept on it, per year?

      Answer by Jacob: Well, there ought to be 25 head of cattle and cows.

      Question: How many people does your farm support?

      Answer by Jacob: I have seven children living, and one dead.

      Question: State whether or not you have been able to support your family comfortably from your 40  acres of cleared land?

      Answer by Jacob: Well, we always have enough to eat and a good place to sleep.

      Pat Ritchie

      Pat Ritchie

      Pat Turner Ritchie’s families have lived in the Brocks Gap area for about 250 years. She has collected stories and researched the area since she was a teen.

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