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achieve and protect the higher protein content, the hay must be harvested earlier and stored carefully. Because of all the effort required and the lower per acre yield, horse quality hay tends to sell at a higher price. Approximately 160 acres of the farm is now devoted to mixed hay (orchard grass, timothy, clover, and fescue) production for winter cattle feed.
“We were the first of the outsiders to move into Rappahannock County,” said McNear. “Land was fairly cheap — only about $70 an acre. The dollar was worth more.” The elder McNear, who served as Post Commander at Vint Hill Farms Station in Warrenton, bought the 500acre “Greenwood” in 1960. Since then, the family added about 500 acres more. Three years ago, the McNears lease/purchased the D. Lyle Miller farm, “Hilltop,” adjacent to Greenwood. The farms essentially operate as a unit.
“Everything had to be real Army for Father, neat and painted,” McNear observed.
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