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Daddy Pete Farms Becomes a NC Century Farm

    

Daddy Pete Farms in Stony Point, North Carolina has been recognized as a North Carolina Century Farm. The state honors family owned and operated farms for 100 years of continuous agricultural heritage, which helps lead to the rich heritage of the state. The farm is honored by the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the North Carolina State Fair.   

The Smith family has owned and operated the farm since the early 1900's.   In December of 1907, Joseph Alan Smith bought 102 acres of land in Stony Point, North Carolina, for the sum of $2,500.  He was then faced with the task of building the farmhouse and barns from the timber he gained clearing the land.  After clearing the land, he built fences and sowed grass to prepare the farm for raising beef cattle.  Molly, Joseph’s wife, nicknamed him “Daddy Pete”.  
  Daddy Pete’s son, Sledge, took over the farm after the death of Daddy Pete.  Not only did Sledge inherited the farm from Daddy Pete and raised beef cattle and turkeys, but he also served as Sheriff of Alexander County from 1950 through 1959.
 Sledge had a son and named him Gar Alan Smith, who attended N.C.State University and studied agriculture.  Gar was drafted into the military during World War II, and after the war came back home to Stony Point, where he married and had three children.  Gar’s only son, Alan, took over the family farm in 1972 and made it a dairy farm in 1973.  

Learn more about North Carolina Century Farms

 JULY 2008

 

July Prize:

Daddy Pete Tote, Daddy Pete Gardening Calendar, a pair of gardening gloves and the summer edition of the Daddy Pete newspaper!

 

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What is the worst gardening chore?

 

Mowing the lawn

 

Pulling weeds from the flower garden

 

Hoeing the vegetable garden

 

Dealing with the heat

 

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Congrats to Kathy from Conover, NC for winning Pete's Prize Drawing for the month of June. Kathy will be receiving a Daddy Pete polo shirt, Daddy Pete hat, Gardening Calendar, and the summer edition of Daddy Pete's newspaper!
 

 

Daddy Pete Farms | 1210 Smith Farm Road | Stony Point, North Carolina 28678

 

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