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A farmstead in Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.. Agriculture is a major industry in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] As of the most recent United States Census of Agriculture conducted in 2017, there were 53,157 farms in Pennsylvania, covering an area of 7,278,668 acres (2,945,572 hectares) with an average size of 137 acres (55 hectares) per farm. [2]
The Grand View Dairy Farm has eight contributing buildings and four contributing structures: a two-and-one-half-story, log farmhouse that was built on a stone foundation circa 1790, a frame farmhouse that was erected on a stone foundation circa 1890, a frame summer kitchen that was built sometime around 1890, a smokehouse, a butcher shop, a stone dairy barn that was built in 1849, a frame ...
Small-scale beef and dairy farming is common, and there are many small-scale producers of maple syrup in the region. Production of crude oil and natural gas are important to the local economy. The characteristics of Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil make it especially desirable for high-end uses.
The governor’s $48.3 billion budget proposal includes $5.6 million to incentivize participation in a federal dairy risk management program. Pa. dairy farmers could see financial boost from ...
Amish dairy farms in Lancaster County. ... Preservation, succession, and farming in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." Family Business Review 33.3 (2020): 244-264.
The barn was enlarged by his son in 1820 to a Chester County Stone-Posted-Forebay Barn (Dornbusch Type J). A granary was subsequently added about 1850. About the same time a dormer was added to the forebay. The farm remained in the Cheney family until 1875 as a commercial dairy farm.
Livestock farming was more popular in the county than crop cultivation. In 2002, the egg and poultry industry in the county generated $32 million in sales (the 7th highest of the Pennsylvania counties) and the dairy industry generated $17 million in sales (the 23rd highest of the Pennsylvania counties).
The Christian Schlegel Farm has eleven contributing buildings, one contributing site, seven contributing structures, and one contributing object, including: a 1 1/2-story, stone farmhouse with a rear ell (1789, c. 1850); 1 1/2-story, stone summer kitchen (1789); 1 1/2-story, brick school house (c. 1870); frame Pennsylvania bank barn (1887); three wagon sheds; privy; tool shed; milk house; and ...