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When the Magruders operated this farm in the 18th century, the crops were alternated yearly between tobacco and corn. This was called the "Maryland plan." Planters relied on enslaved laborers to do the back-breaking work that began in . . . — — Map (db m229731) HM
If you wanted to have more chickens, some of the flock would have to be able to sit on their eggs, or brood, so that the eggs would hatch into checks. This would take about three weeks. The brooding (broody) hens would have to be kept separate from . . . — — Map (db m197881) HM
After unsuccessfully trying his hand at the mercantile business in Frederick County, Thaddeus Bussard decided to try farming in Montgomery County where land was more plentiful and inexpensive. When the Bussards bought this property in 1888, the . . . — — Map (db m197874) HM
The main house was built by Thaddeus Bussard in 1908 on the foundations of an original house that had been built by Nathan Magruder around 1778. The oldest part of the structure is the kitchen wing to the right, thought to date to the early 1800s. . . . — — Map (db m105115) HM
This little house would give the chickens a place to roost for the night and to lay their eggs during the day they were usually given free-range to roam around the farm yard to keep it free of insects. The young girls of the family would usually be . . . — — Map (db m197880) HM
It was common for farmers to have a corn crib to store feedcorn in the outside walls and farm equipment inside the walls, thus providing two used within one building. This style corn crib was popular from the mid-18th century until the 1950s. Heavy . . . — — Map (db m197897) HM
The dinner bell was traditionally used to call farmers in from the fields when it was meal time. It was also rung during times of emergency or to celebrate a special event.
This bell was used by Thaddeus T. Bussard and his family from the . . . — — Map (db m197865) HM
This farm was originally settled and developed by the Magruder family who lived here from 1734 to 1878. By 1778, Isaac Magruder built a one-story composite house of stone and log that was the original main block of the larger structure . . . — — Map (db m197869) HM
Local farmers attempted to maintain their agricultural operations despite disorder caused during the Civil War. Out of necessity, planters paid particular attention to weather and planting information provided by Almanacs and newspapers. The . . . — — Map (db m105097) HM
This structure was used to store hay and straw to protect it from the weather. The simple open-sided building was first developed by the Germans and came to us through the Pennsylvania Dutch, who called it a "shotscheier." This pole barn was . . . — — Map (db m197896) HM
This building is where the farmer would keep all of his tools and small machinery for farm work and repairs. Including equipment for harness and wagon wheel repair. Farm tools needed for the fall would have included hayforks, hay rakes, scythes, . . . — — Map (db m197862) HM
The Restoration of this Corn Crib
is dedicated to the memory of
🌽 Mike Roth 🚜
1951 - 2005
Founding President of the Friends of the
Agricultural History Farm Park, Inc. — — Map (db m197898) HM
The outhouse, or privy, meaning "place of privacy," was the outdoor toilet for the farm family. Often it was utilized long after there was running water piped inside the house. The privy was placed over a 3-to-6 foot deep hole and would be moved to . . . — — Map (db m197875) HM
Fall was a time for butchering the animals that had been fattened over the summer. Since there was no refrigeration, meat from animals butchered on the farm was treated to preserve it from rotting by salting and then hung over a smoking fire in this . . . — — Map (db m197879) HM
The wooden water tank inside this building was placed on the highest point so that gravity would push water through underground pipes to the house and barn. There would then be running water in the house for toilets, tubs and sinks. Underground . . . — — Map (db m197864) HM
The only heating for the house came from stoves that would have been fueled with wood since trees were plentiful on the farm. Trees felled by winter storms were cut into large logs in the spring and left to dry until they were split into small . . . — — Map (db m197884) HM
