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Wabash County farm granted Centennial status
Posted: Friday, May 06, 2005 - 02:40:27 pm EST
ALLENDALE - Albert Earl and Ada Lee (Bince) Buchanan were recognized by the Illinois Department of Agriculture this week with a Centennial Farm designation for their Allendale area homestead.
Fred Clatfelter, legislative aide to State Rep. Roger Eddy (R-109), visited the Buchanan farm and presented the Buchanans with a certificate signed by Governor Rod Blagojevich and Agriculture Department Director Chuck Hartke, along with a sign announcing the family home's Centennial Farm designation.
"I am pleased to be able to recognize the Buchanan family," Director Hartke said. "This designation honors them today and their ancestors of yesterday who labored through prosperity and adversity to maintain their family farm. The Centennial Farm program helps to reinforce that family farming remains a viable entity in Illinois agriculture."
To qualify as a Centennial Farm, a straight or collateral line of descendants must own the agricultural property for at least 100 years.
Finding 100 years of lineage was no problem for the Buchanans; the farm actually can be traced as far back as the 1840's, according to the family. It's been passed down from generation to generation since.
The Buchanan family received the historical distinction to their farm after their application for designation as a Centennial Farm was approved.
After Earl and Ada, there are two more generations waiting in line with Gary Buchanan and Adam Buchanan to run the family farm.
The Illinois Centennial Farms program has recognized more than 8,000 farms since its inception in 1972.
Application information may be requested by writing to the Illinois Centennial Farms Program, Illinois Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 19281, Springfield, IL 62794-9281; by phone at (217) 782-6675; fax (217) 524-5960; or e-mail centfarm@agr.state.il.us.
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