Farm

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

Address
20311 Beallsville Road
Beallsville 20839
 
Closest town: Beallsville

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

Owner 1
Owner Name: Charles (father) and Howard (son) Griffith
Purchase Date: Sunday, August 16, 1908
Cows Milked: 21 - 50
Breeds Milked: Holstein
 
Owner 2
Owner Name: William C. & Mabel Miller
Farm Name: Dr.
Purchase Date: Monday, June 7, 1937
Sold Date: Wednesday, July 24, 1946
Cows Milked: unknown
 
Owner 3
Owner Name: William & Mary T. Jeweler
Purchase Date: Monday, August 21, 1950
Sold Date: Monday, April 27, 1981
Date of Operation: 1950-1981  dairy operation likely done by renters, Jamison Purdum and later Barron Finneyfrock
Cows Milked: 51 - 100
Breeds Milked: Holstein
 
Owner 4
Owner Name: Allen K. Belt
Purchase Date: Monday, April 27, 1981
Date of Operation: 1981 - 1986
Cows Milked: unknown
Breeds Milked: Holstein
 
Owner 5
Owner Name: Edward J. Zimmerman
Purchase Date: Monday, April 11, 1904
Sold Date: Wednesday, September 6, 1911
Date of Operation: c.1904 - 1911
Cows Milked: 21 - 50
Breeds Milked: Mixed Breeds
 
Owner 6
Owner Name: Daniel P. Havens
Purchase Date: Wednesday, July 24, 1946
Sold Date: Monday, August 21, 1950
Date of Operation:

1946-1950

Robert Clark Myer and Daniel P. Havens each had 1/2 interest in this farm.  1950 U. S. Census shows Robert C. Myer as owning a dairy farm on the Barnesville-Beallsville Road.  February 15, 1950 DHIA report lists "R. C. Myer" as testing Grade Holsteins.
Cows Milked: unknown
Breeds Milked: Holstein
 
Tenant 1
 
Tenant 2
 
Tenant 3
 
Tenant 4
 
Rental 1
Owner Name: Barron C. Finneyfrock
Date of Operation: 1974 to 1981
Cows Milked: 100+
Breeds Milked: Mixed Breeds
Daily Production: According to Alan Finneyfrock, his father shipped 3000 lbs. of milk per day from as many as 200 cows.  He had two Mueller bulk milk tanks, 800 and 1000 gal. capacity.  Allan Pinkett did the artificial insemination.
Milk Destination: Shipped milk via MD-VA Milk Producers Association.
Mode of Milk Transport: First via Zent Trucking tanker truck then via Keilholz.   Apparently, Bill Koontz used his own tractor to pull the Zent tank.
 
Rental 2
Owner Name: Purdum Jamison
Date of Operation: ~1962 to 1974
Cows Milked: 51 - 100
Breeds Milked: Holstein
Daily Production: He had a 600-gallon Girton bulk milk tank.
 
Rental 3
Breeds Milked: Holstein
 
Rental 4

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

Photo by Richard Rowe 2008 Photo by Richard Rowe 2017

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

, , Image showing two milking parlors (cow barns) in 1995

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

Other Written History Documents: File Allen Belt Obituary
Other Written History Images:     Frederick News - help wanted ad - 1 Mar 1951   1956 UpperMontgomery County Land Use Map - Plate 22  

Charles and Howard Griffith Farm - 107

Other Comments:

The 1995 image on GoogleEarth shows a second large milking (cow) barn attached and in parallel to the one that is here today (2018).  That barn was gone by 2003; so only one remained until it was torn down around 2018.

Allen Belt was the last owner who ran a dairy operation on that farm (1981 - 1986) .  He participated in the USDA Whole Herd Buyout Program in 1986.  Allen Belt purchased the farm in 1981 and still owned it at his death in 2016.  

Purdum Jamison rented the farm from William Jeweler from ~1962 to 1974; Barron C. Finneyfrock then rented it from 1974 to 1981.

William Jeweler shows up on DHIA test results lists for up to 90 Grade Holsteins and help wanted ads for dairy helpers - Frederick News in 1951 and 1955

See Farm 60_Belt (Allen Belt # 2) and Farm 350_McBaine (Allen Belt # 3) for more information about Allen Belt farms.

List of owners, many of whom were dairy farmers:  Charles G. Griffith (1894-1904), Edward J. Zimmerman (1904-1911), Maurice Zimmerman (1911-1927), Harry Huddleson (1927-1937), Dr. William Miller (1937-1946), Daniel P. Havens and Robert C. Myer (1946-1950), William Jeweler (1950-1981) - with a hiatus 1953-1955 when he sold the land to John E. Carr who apparently did not satisfy the mortgage), and Alan K. Belt (1981-1986).