TOMPKINS COUNTY
FARM CITY DAY
1998 Host: Lew-Lin Farm
1998 Recipients
New York State Environmental Stewardship Award
When Lewis and Linda Stuttle were married in
1963, they bought a 145-acre farm on Livermore
Road, which was next to the home farm where
Lewis and his parents had been farming since
1947. The Stuttle's raised their four children,
Brian, Karen, Lee and Steven on the farm. Three
of the four Stuttle children and their families
live in homes that border the farm property.
The Stuttle's now own 430 acres plus rent 100
additional acres to produce feed for their 183
registered Holstein milking cows and young cows
(heifers and calves) that will become the future
milking herd. Cows are milked two times a day.
Milk is sold to Cortland Bulk Dairy Cooperative
and sold in the New York City area. The average
milk produced per cow per year at Lew-Lin farm
is 21,749 pounds.
The main crops grown at Lew-Lin Farm are 200
acres of alfalfa and grass hay, 180 acres of
corn, and 165 acres of land fenced for pasture.
In 1994, Lewis converted his cropland to permanent
pasture as a means of reducing labor, feed and
fuel costs.
Stuttle's employ other conservation practices
to save soil and protect water quality. Strip
cropping, tile diversions, filter beds, crop
rotation, integrated pest management and manure
stored for use at planting are means for maintaining
crop productivity while protecting the environment.
Non-farm neighbors that surround the farm enjoy
the open space and pastoral scenery with cows
grazing and feel assured that Lewis is doing
all he can to protect the environment.
For more information, call CCE Tompkins
County
at (607) 272-2292
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