Farm

Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

Address
22401 Mt. Ephraim Road
Dickerson 20842
 
Closest town: Dickerson

Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

Owner 1
Owner Name: Arthur R. & Peggy and Bobby Johnson
Farm Name: Jr.
Purchase Date: Friday, November 20, 1981
Date of Operation: 1981 - current
Cows Milked: unknown
Breeds Milked: Holstein
 
Owner 2
Owner Name: Robert T. Dayhoff
Daily Production: Dayhoff did not have a dairy operation on this land.
 
Owner 3
Owner Name: William Linwood and Mary Nellie Jones Hoyle
Purchase Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1909
Sold Date: Tuesday, April 9, 1918
Date of Operation: 1909-1918
Cows Milked: unknown
 
Owner 4
 
Owner 5
 
Owner 6
 
Tenant 1
 
Tenant 2
 
Tenant 3
 
Tenant 4
 
Rental 1
 
Rental 2
 
Rental 3
 
Rental 4

Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

Photo by Richard Rowe 2008 Photo by Carol Mills Weiger 2014 Photo by Carol Mills Weiger 2014 Photo by Carol Mills Weiger 2014 Photo by Carol Mills Weiger 2014 Pot of Gold Johnson Farm

Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

  

Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

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Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

Other Written History Images: 1956 Upper Montgomery County Land Use Map  1961 FFA Judging team             

Arthur and Peggy Johnson Farm - 24

Awards Received:

Arthur and Peggy Johnson were inducted into the Maryland Dairy Shrine in 2015.

Farm currently (2024) called "Arti-Jay Farm".  Previous names were "The Hoyle Farm" and "The Dr. Hicks Farm".

Other Comments:

Registered Holsteins.  Selected as a King Barn Dairy MOOseum Featured Farm in July 2011.

In addition to the 70+ ac. sold to Arthur Johnson, Jr. and wife Margaret (Peggy) Dayhoff Johnson in 1981, a furthur 106 ac. were tansferred from the estate of Virginia E. Dayhoff to Margaret E. Dayhoff Johnson in 2001. 

William Linwood Hoyle ran a dairy operation on this land in the early 20th Century.  "The History of Dickerson, Oakland Mills, and Sugarloaf Mountain" by Donna L. Cutler includes a section on teh Will Hoyle Farm which states: "...until 1909 when William Linwoood Hoyle and his wife Mary Nellie Jones Hoyle purchased the land and ran a dairy farm."  Additionally, the 1910 U. S. Census lists him as owning a dairy farm in the Barnesville District.