High Lawn Farm

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High Lawn Farm has been in continuous operation since before 1900. It is internationally recognized for the quality of its Jersey cow herd and breeding program. For over sixty years the farm was owned and operated by Col. H. George Wilde and Marjorie Lila Field Wilde. In 1935 the Wildes purchased the farm from the estate of Mrs. Wilde's parents. Mrs. Wilde was a direct descendant of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and a great-granddaughter of William H. Vanderbilt. Col George Wilde spent his childhood in Minnesota, where he attended St. Mary's College before winning an appoinment to the U. S. Military Academy at the age of 15. Because West Point required applicants to be at least 17 to enroll, a special act of Congress was passed to allow Wilde admittance.

The Jersey herd dates to at least 1918, with official production records continuous from 1923. Certain cow families in the present herd trace direct lineage across 15 generations to the original herd of 1918. Breeding stock from High Lawn Farm have been sought by Jersey farmers seeking to improve milk production in their herds both in the United States and internationally. High Lawn Farm cows have been shipped as far as India for breeding purposes. In 1995, Western Dairyman recognized High Lawn Farm by saying, "The record is clear that High Lawn Farm has bred more bulls that have helped the Jersey breed make more production progress than any other existing herd."

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