My husband, Stephen, and I run Fleury's Maple Hill Farm. The farm was bought in 1929 by Stephen's grandfather, Noah Fleury. The dairy barn on the farm was originally built in the 1890's. Our dairy herd is still housed in that barn today, although over the years several additions have made it larger. Noah also built a sugar house and started a maple sugaring operation in 1936. We still use that sugar house for making our maple syrup. Stephen's father and mother, Daton and Virginia Fleury, bought the farm in 1960. They converted the grade, mixed breed dairy herd over to all registered Jerseys. In 1998, my husband and I took over management of this 260 acre rocky, hillside farm. We own the cows and equipment and rent the farm land and buildings from Stephen's parents. Our all registered Jersey herd consists of 35 milking cows and 25 heifers. The herd is rotationally grazed in the summer and housed in the tie-stall barn in the winter. We sell our milk to Agri-Mark/Cabot Cooperative. We also sell Jersey heifers to other farmers for dairy replacements. In addition, we have a 2000 tap maple sugar bush. High vacume pipeline transfers the maple sap to the wood-fired sugar house. The rustic sugar house does not have any electricity and is located a 1/4 mile walk into the sugar woods. We sell our retail maple syrup at the farm house and through the internet and sell our bulk syrup through the Franklin County Maple Sugar Makers Co-op. We really enjoy showing other people our farm and discussing agriculture with them, so we always welcome visitors to Fleury's Maple Hill Farm.
