It all began sixteen years ago
when the Hodge's purchased
Echo Farm in Hinsdale, NH
with the intent of owning a
horse and a few sheep.
That all changed when they
met the Schofield family, who
had recently built a barn and
were raising and showing
Jersey calves.
The two families became good
friends who agreed on
virtually everything, except
the breed of cows to own. The
Schofield's loved the Jersey
breed, while the Hodge's
preferred the Milking
Shorthorn breed.
In 1990, the Hodge's
purchased five Milking
Shorthorn heifers: Lolly,
Ticket, Candle, Royal, and
Megan. That same year,
Maple (a Jersey) was born
into the Schofield family, from
their cow Misty. Misty was
bought in 1988 as a show calf
and lived at a farm in Walpole
after Maple was born (almost
every Jersey on the farm with
a name beginning with "M" is
related to her).
Both families had no idea that
the purchase of those first few
animals would give rise to the
modern dairy farm that exists
today!
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