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MYSTERY FARil
Fourteen people identified the Mystery' Finn correctly as that of W, H. Massie, III located three miles east of Washington, Va. on route 211. The 870 acre farm was named by a previous owner whose middle name was Hampton and considering it his ‘den’, combined the two, to call it “Hampden Hair:.
The farm was purchased from Fassett and Rudacille in 1905 and has been handed down 53 years through four generations of Mas*»«• . V ' , V r. 4nd Mrs, .Wadfe H. Massie, III and children,. Wade Wallihan,
Michael Miller and^Mary Brooke now live there. Theyha've
120 head of Hereford catt|l and 140 acres df the farm is a)^ple orchards.^ Corn, corn.silas® and hay i are also grown for UdStock feed.^ with tractors and cnhfr machinery
(used and. 500 lbs. <$T>-10-10 ferti'lizcr applied' to corn and 800 lbs., ftr the orchards. < ' > ■' ,
Mr. Massie-is an avid fox hun-, ter and fisherman and is a’member of the Rappahannock Hunt Club, Blue Ridge Fruit Growers Coop., a junior director of the Rappahannock Farmers Coop., and Mr. and Mrs. Massie are both. members of Trinity Episcopal Chdrch.
Frank Huff of Washington) Va. was the first to identify the farm. Others guessing correctly were Mrs. Cary Thornhill, Mrs. P. Lee Thornton, Mrs. Wade Massiepx ' Jr., James Falls, Mrs. C. Bruce, Shirley Brown Mrs. Havana Jeffries, Carolyn Brown, Molly Smith Floyd Hitt, Mrs. Roland Welch, ■ Mrs. Ifertha Brock, and Edward Menefee. ■ : v
Editors note—We are enjoying .bringing you this series of pictures f. and talking'with you when you call to identify them. Hope you are also.
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