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Allie Messer Farm - 4

Allie Messer Farm - 4

Address
Rt. 124, Woodfield Road
Laytonsville 20882
 
Closest town: Laytonsville

Allie Messer Farm - 4

Owner 1
Owner Name: Allie Messer
Purchase Date: Wednesday, December 14, 1938
Sold Date: Thursday, November 5, 1959
Date of Operation: 1936-1955 counting the two years (1936-1938) he rented a farm on Goshen Road
Cows Milked: 51 - 100
Breeds Milked: Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey
 
Owner 2
 
Owner 3
 
Owner 4
 
Owner 5
 
Owner 6
 
Tenant 1
 
Tenant 2
 
Tenant 3
 
Tenant 4
 
Rental 1
 
Rental 2
 
Rental 3
 
Rental 4

Allie Messer Farm - 4

  Photo by Richard Rowe 2020 - Charles Iager Collection Photo by Richard Rowe 2020 - Charles Iager Collection

Allie Messer Farm - 4

   The Montgomery Business of Farming Education Program - 1957   Maryland 4-H Dairy Judging Team - 1955 Maryland 4-H Dairy Judging Team - 1957 

Allie Messer Farm - 4

    June 1959 Messer story part 1  

Allie Messer Farm - 4

Allie Messer Farm - 4

Allie Messer Farm - 4

Other Written History Images: 1960 sales ad from Frederick County Annual Farm Convention of Sandy Spring  1956 Upper Montgomery County Land Use Map          Allie Messer sale 1959 part 1 Allie Messer sale 1959 part 2 

Allie Messer Farm - 4

Awards Received:

Allie Messer was inducted into the Maryland Dairy Shrine in 1981.

Pat Messer was a member of the 1955 Maryland 4-H Dairy Judging Team.

Roberta Messer was a member of the 1957 Maryland 4-H Dairy Judging Team.

Received 1952 MD-VA Milk Producers Association Production Bonus.

Montgomery County Fair 1949 Open Champion Jersey Jr. - Female - Allie Messer, Jr.

Montgomery County Fair 1958 Fitting and Showing Winner - Patsey Messer.

Western Maryland Holstein Field Day 1952 - Frederick News article "Montgomery Takes Many Top Honors" - Allie Messer showed the grand champion female, best uddered cow, heifer 18 months and under, and cows 4 and under; Roberta Messer showed a senior heifer calf.

Allie Messer listed in the 1960 Maryland Holstein News for Cows Classified Excellent.

Other Comments:

This was a King Farm Dairy MOOseum Featured Farm in September 2015.

Visit the Knig Barn Dairy MOOseum to see the full  Allie Messer Family and Dairy Farm History written by Bill Duvall.

Allie Messer started off with Jersey cows and farm name Pin Oak then switched to Registered Holsteins with farm name Maryland Pond View.