CONWAY — Like the Lucys, Abbotts, Richardsons, Allards, Marshalls, Thibodeaus, Westons and Shermans, to name a few, the name Hussey has been synonymous with agriculture here for years, with the late veterinarian and farmer Dr. Eugene Hussey (1920-2006) establishing his Eastern Slope Farm on West Side Road in 1965.
Hussey bought the 1815-built farm, originally owned by Thomas Merrill, from George Densmore, who had owned it for nearly a half-century. He also owned the former Hood Smith Farm on West Side Road near Side Track Road.
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Back somewhere in the early 80's my wife and I saw Doc's Percheron Hitch at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. Having grown up in the valley and knowing your Dad it was above and beyond special to see Eastern Slope Farms represented there with the other teams and hitches from across the nation. We even got Doc to let Steven have a day off and ski with us at Copper Mt. Our best to you and your family. Corky and Sherry McDonald
250 acres of land and those poor cows never set foot on grass! THINK of all the real human FOOD that could be grown instead of animal hay! I understand this is a "tradition" however it is not a humane, healthy, necessary, or wise tradition that produces a product known to cause multiple diseases, premature puberty in children, and 50 years of data confirms that the nations consuming the most bovine infant calf food , filled with natural estrogens, IGF.1 , puc cells allowable by USDA, have the highest rates of breast and prostate cancer and diet related type 2 diabetes. If the mantra of the SUN is "Seeking The Truth and Printing It." interview Dr. Neal Barnard and many other lifestyle doctors regarding the truth about human ingestion of cows milk. And ask the Hussey's whatr they do with all the male calves born to mother cows. Ask them also how long they keep their cows and whgat happens to them as their production drops.
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