The farm has been
in the same family
for 75 years with 3
generations working
on the farm today. |
Edgar and Mary Hurford who were
the first of the Hurford's to live
here at Farwood - 1930's |
Neille Crouch who was the dairy maid here around the mid 1950's |
There are 160 dairy cows with the milk going to Arla dairies every day: you are welcome to see the milking parlour working with prior arrangement with the family. Also, the family grows wheat for thatching some used locally and some going further afield. The harvest is carried out in mid July – August. So, if you are here in those weeks we are sure you would like to visit the harvest fields to see practices which have been a feature of the area for hundreds of years.
You can see bindering, “stoking” and , if the weather is good, the wheat will then be combed out in the field leaving the straw or thatch ready for thatching roofs.
