Farm

W. I. (Billy) King was inducted into the Maryland Dairy Shrine in 1982.

William King was a member of the 1941 Maryland 4-H Dairy Judging Team.

Spring Farm Silver King, senior and grand champion bull, and Sutton Oaks Pride Borbo, junior champion bull, both Holsteins shown by W. Lawson King at the 1951 Montgomery County Fair.

Western Maryland Holstein Field Day 1952 - Frederick News article "Montgomery Takes Many Top Honors" - W. L King and Son awarded the senior and grand champion bull ribbon, junior champion female award, one of the best three females bred and owned by the exhibitor, best uddered cow, junior get of sire, bull 2 and under 3, junior heifer calf, heifer 1 and under 18 months, cow 2 and under 3, and cows 3 and under 4.

Wickward Winning Way - Aged Bull category - 1962 All-Dixie Selection.

W. I. (Billy) King listed in the 1960 Maryland Holstein News for Cows Classified Excellent.

In 1956, The Holstein-Friesen Association of America reported Irvington Inka Annie had produced over 150,000 lbs. of milk in her lifetime.

Billy King was awarded the 4-H Ruby Clover certificate in 1974 for 30 years of club leadership.

In 1968, Billy King was awarded a certificate of appreciation for 6-years of loyal devotion while serving on the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association Board of Directors

Billy King was also noted as a 40-year member of the Holstein Association.

William I. King was recognized as a founder (in 1946) of the Montgomery County Agricultural Center/Fair.

Duncan McKenzie and George "Bud" Debnam were herd superintendents.  James Shaw was a farm manager.

Farm Size (Acres) is from the 1956 Upper (Montgomery) County Land Use Map.

Selected as a King Barn Dairy MOOseum Featured Farm in August 2012.

James Graff sold 122 acres to Lawson King in 1925.  Other names for the Lawson King farm were Fields Farm, Watkins Farm, and Frank Ricketts Farm.