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United stares Department of the Intention
<br />National Park Service
<br />National Register of Historic Places
<br />Continuation Sheet
<br />Holden Roberts Farm
<br />5ectionnumber R Paged Cringe County, NC
<br />The ao mltorel a,,su; of 1880 slowed that Addition adder had forty -five acres under
<br />eiltfva¢oq and 108 setae frakew or in onowls. The value of hat faros was given as $600_
<br />Farmhtg hnplenoras and mach, e- were valued at seven, -Eve ddlvs, and livestock,iadeduH
<br />ne house No sulk cows, two other cows, had salver, and two cattle slaughtered far meat, at
<br />$100. nw total tint production a as worth $710, un ugh this induced 200 roc. of butter, 200
<br />bushes of Aldan cone, 200 bushels of m us, "" bussed, of wheat, and 100 bushs of apples,
<br />the Holders' satin cash drop was 1,)OD lbs. of toba¢o wWdr was, no doubt, sold at newly
<br />established sales warehosedain Aufwn. But 1880 bmddakeses, too, Increased cattle strayed,
<br />,care staws,rdiad, and a branch orchardist seventy, treeabote so final s
<br />Around 1900, Hidden adages the noise by encanding the northam tw,-didds of a large lwrdi
<br />on the east decoder to create a Radar add a Ichdtm At the same now, he also released a
<br />shallow shedporchl with a smell gable - roofed skrrmne at the noM end from the cast identified
<br />of the enclosure. The wrighut detached kinhm is n,d to have served as a o-ash Swiss vael it
<br />was destroyed in the 1950s,,m
<br />Although se subelmrs -le Omung;n Orate Couniv carom ed into the early tears of this
<br />amtieth r,ra,7, an abnndanac of cash rppees resulted in overs�dns and further prim
<br />edinss. stand far tn;s rcasnn, orbernussdie'guntw fanning aeteRe Cls¢rnuoua
<br />mr Aaahon anti Balsa. nowmm.lr Iota years, m. pmperq was awmmc ge c'n Roberts
<br />ford,¢ aw,of s2000 N l9as. °.
<br />N has architectural survey report evaluating the St. Money Road emdidm, ceadrey B. ]Irnry
<br />notes a shift from sin subsisrenre farming and cssh crop; to king chickens and dairy came
<br />wig sores wines, a the sea dancing the study- BvenSCtn o tcW7, Appropriate mubmadmgs
<br />were onsbntlel oRon amtMing to standareBZM designssm plans supplied by the Agnculmml
<br />Exteruion Service or Amwultur'd £rFerenenf Stab,, at NC State College (now NC state
<br />Urhevsi y).' Cain Roberts added fear trine docket noses to the faint ca 1910, add Gorge
<br />Washington Widow,Jq a Beaty neighbors an St. kfaryo Road eonrtrvctea shrdlaz at
<br />abort the acme dine.
<br />Cn;n and le, an f,, Came Banco Roberts. made a specialttyy of raisinfgh chid rns, Np,"Ito keeping
<br />about E00 White deg heads as a lag acrid . $71619 whmaG 's Staffers �atate was setdaa°
<br />Noww 1191 ee hF arch
<br />Nowwhh 199 aan of ces ful here eo vBy. 19 ffiw,'s vine gren;ly untie led the rs to be
<br />a line"verage and dy, anci successful couple.` 8y ditcl chew, parr greatly esreeded the Orat6e
<br />Cardty;averegesof �ety, nos and tvaty- cightddefiars per fz.m'
<br />Cam and Carrie Roberts had no chhdme, bid took Edne tdartn, aged eight; Aubrey Martin,
<br />seven;
<br />and varies t lvtin, f our, m five with them after vugudn, than mmhc and Ca;n s sister,
<br />rued in 1926." 1n 1930, Aubrey March helped his mile rermdelthe kitchen and add the one
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