Exhibits

stults farm

1915 Clifford Addison Stults purchased the 93-acre farm. Crops were potatoes and wheat
1944 His son Stanley C. Stults began farming with his father.
1950 Stanley C. Stults took over the farming business from his father Clifford Addison Stults.
1966 Stanley C. Stults bought the farm from his father's estate.
1968 Stanley C. Stults's son Stanley C. Stults jr. graduated from high school and they began farming together.
Soybeans added to potatoes and wheat.
1971Stanley C. Stults and Stanley C. Stults jr. formed partnership in farming. Stanley C. Stults married Jill Ellen Stults.
Late 1970's and early 1980's they leased and farmed 600 acres growing potatoes, field corn, soybeans and wheat.
1984 Stanley C. Stults jr. and Jill Ellen Stults purchased the farm from Stanley C. Stults. The partnership dissolved and Stanley C. Stults retired.
Leased farmland was becoming unavailable due to the increased demand for housing developments.
Diversifying into high density crops was essential to support the farm mortgage. "Pick Your Own" strawberries and peas was added along with the usual 140 acres of potatoes, some wheat and soybeans.
1986 "Pick Your Own" sweet corn and vegetables was added to the farming operation.
1987 The Stults Farm entered into the 8 year Municipally Approved Farmland Preservation program.
1988 An application was made for development easement purchase.
1990 On January 5, the development easements were purchased by Middlesex County and State of NJ. The Stults Farm was the first farm in Middlesex County to be permanently preserved through the Farmland Preservation Program!
1990 On February 12, a farm machinery auction was held to sell all of the potato related equipment, as the Stults Farm was discontinuing growing potatoes and would solely concentrate on growing different kinds of fruits and vegetable for Pick Your Own.
1995 Purchased 106 acres of prime farmland that had just been permanently preserved through the Farmland Preservation Program. This 106 acres was contiguous to the 93-acre Stults Farm.
1997 Stanley C. Stults jr. and his son Brian C. Stults, age 22, formed partnership in farming.
1998 A family farm since 1915, the Stults Family owns, manages and are the only work force on the farm. The family work force for the 200 acres are:
Stanley C. Stults jr.
Jill Ellen Stults
Amy K. Stults, daughter age 21
Brian C. Stults, son age 24
Stanley C. Stults, age 76, still helps out when needed!

Main source of income is by direct marketing of fruits and vegetables by "Pick Your Own" and retail from the farm wagon. Wheat and soybeans are grown as rotation crops.

The Stults Farm's future was secured when the farm was permanently preserved through the Farmland Preservation Program. Because the equity of the land had been received, the mortgage of the farm could be paid off and slowly capital improvements could be made: New equipment storage barn, upgrade irrigation equipment and purchase of the contiguous 106 acre permanently preserved farmland.

The Stults family takes great pride in their family heritage and in the care taking of their family farm.

Hired man loading 75-pound bags of potatoes onto Stults farm wagon. This was a manual, back breaking process. The wagon is pulled by a 2-horse team. Photograph circa 1920's