THERE are many farms​—some three million in the United States. And in Africa and Asia about two thirds of the people are farmers. Yet it can truthfully be said, that, of all these millions, Watchtower Farm is outstandingly unique.

Location does not make it so. Situated about a hundred miles north of New York city, Watchtower Farm lies in a fertile farming area. And its size​—1,700 acres—​although larger than the average American farm of about 320 acres, is small compared to many.

Also, Watchtower Farm’s fine dairy herd of some 200 Holstein milk cows and heifers is not in itself unusual. Nor is its excellent beef herd of 900 Hereford, Holstein, Angus and Charolais. Neither are its 500 hogs, 3,400 laying hens and 5,000 fryers in themselves unusual. Many modern dairy, beef, hog and chicken farms are much larger in size.

Unique in Diversity

Yet in these days of specialization, is not this diversification unique? True, small farms often have quite a variety of animals. But do you know of another farm that raises such large numbers of different livestock? Watchtower Farm even has fifty hives of bees that provide honey and pollinate crops.

The diversification extends to the crops as well. Seven hundred acres are in field crops, particularly wheat, oats and corn. Another hundred acres grow thirty-five different kinds of vegetables. Still another 200 acres are in woods, and the rest of the land is used principally for pasture, feed pens, barns and other buildings.

Unique In Self-Sufficiency

Watchtower Farm is also unique in its ability to care for its own needs. Few large farms process their own milk, make their own milk products, slaughter their own animals or formulate their own livestock feed. Yet this one does!

Watchtower Farm homogenizes and pasturizes its milk, has a sizable butter and cheese plant, a modern slaughterhouse, a feed mill that grinds and mixes the livestock feed, and a series of grain bins with a storage capacity of 60,000 bushels of various feeds. Also, it has a modern cannery that quick-freezes a hundred thousand quarts of vegetables each year, besides canning tens of thousands of quarts of various fruits and jellies. And, too, there is a large greenhouse in which are grown not only plants for the gardens, but also lettuce and tomatoes in the wintertime and flowers to beautify the farm.

The purpose of most large farms is to make money for their owners. But Watchtower Farm was started back in 1963 for an entirely different purpose. Commenting on this, the New York Times earlier this year said: “It is a veritable land of plenty​—in everything but profit, for not an ounce is ever sold.”

‘But, how can that be?’ you may ask. How is it possible for a farm ‘not to sell an ounce’ when it produces each year 80,000 gallons of milk, 50,000 pounds of cheese, 60,000 dozen eggs, and over 300,000 pounds of beef, pork and chicken?