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TOMPKINS COUNTY
FARM CITY DAY
2000 Host: Carey Farm
Dan Carey's great grandparents, Daniel and
Mary Healey Carey, purchased the current Carey
farm in 1899; the farm celebrated its 100th
birthday in 1999. Daniel and Mary both passed
away by the time their son, Daniel (Dan's Grandfather,
born 1897), was 13. Daniel and his younger sister,
Helen, were raised by Aunt Ellen Carey, who
not only cared for the children but also kept
the farm going until the 1920's. Daniel grew
up to follow in his father's agricultural footsteps,
serving as both New York State Commissioner
of Agriculture and Assistant to the United States
Sectretary of Agriculture under President Truman.
Dan's parents, D. James (Jim) and Mary, began
a tradition of environmental stewardship on
the farm, employing contour strip planting,
subsurface drainage and diversions, short-term
manure storage and a milk house waste water
treatment system.
Jim and Mary raised eight children on the farm.
Following his graduation from Morrisville and
then Cornell in 1976, Daniel, their eldest and
our host, returned to the farm. In 1978 he formed
a partnership with his father and they worked
the farm together. Farm ownership transferred
from father to son gradually between 1986 and
1992.
Dan married Ann Hatfield, a Cayuga County dairy
farm girl, in 1985. Today Dan and Ann operate
this 620-acre, 180-cow farm with the able help
of their four children, Andy, Ed, Megan and
Eric. They continue the tradition of environmental
stewardship and have added new measures such
as intensive rotational grazing, a greenhouse-style
calf barn, silage leachate control system, nutrient
management system and above ground fuel tank
protection.
For more information, call CCE Tompkins
County
at (607) 272-2292
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