Joe L. Burney Trust
All Brick Home on 112 Acres m/l
Historic Webster County Farm
Bobcat Skid Steer, Backhoe, Tractors, Machinery & Trailer
Shop & Hand Tools, Hay Bales, Furniture, Antiques & Collectibles
REAL ESTATE & PERSONAL PROPERTY AUCTION
Historic Webster County Farm
Saturday, July 24, 10:00 AM
4792 Turnbo Rd., Marshfield, MO
Dir: From downtown Marshfield, MO go South on Hwy A to Commerce Rd. then West on Commerce Rd to Turnbo Rd then Left or South on Turnbo to auction. Watch for signs!
AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Don’t miss this opportunity to buy this historic farm in Webster County just South of Marshfield, MO! Real Estate sells 1st at 10AM sharp followed by skid steer, tractors, shop & hand tools, household & misc. This property is part of the Historic Casa Loma Farms purchased by the Burney family in 1961! SEE HISTORY DOCUMENT BELOW.
REAL ESTATE – OPEN SUN., JULY 11 & 18, 2-4PM
Property consists of 112 acres m/l with an all brick, 3-bedroom 2 bath home with unfinished walkout basement. Main floor features a formal living room with fireplace, open kitchen with dining area, utility room and 2 car garage. Lower level features unfinished basement with walkout door. Property also has 55’x100’ pole barn style shop building with partial concrete floor, electricity, two over-head doors and open lean-to side and other misc out buildings. Land consists of approximately 63 acres open pasture land, 45 acres wooded and has 2 spring fed ponds and year round live water creek!
YR BUILT: 2001. 2020 TAXES: $ 1,985. SQ.FT.: 2,945.
TERMS: 10% down auction day, balance due on or before 30 days after auction. REAL ESTATE SELLS “as is, where is”. If buyer desires home inspection prior to auction call office at 417-882- 5664.
BOBCAT SKIDSTEER, BACK HOE, TRACTORS, MACHINERY, TRAILER, SHOP & HAND TOOLS & 74 HAY BALES
Bobcat S185 Skid Steer w/ cab & 1191 hrs! Scag Tiger Cub, zero turn! John Deere 1530 diesel Tractor! John Deere 616 Brush Hog! Case 580 Backhoe, Construction King (needs work)! Ford 601 Work Master Tractor! 24’ triple axel Flatbed Trailer!Bobcat attachments incl: Forks, Bucket w/ grapple hook, Hydraulic Jackhammer, Tree Shear! 3pt Concrete Mixer! Two wheel truck bed Trailer! 7’ Box Blade! Two-wheel Trailer! 8’ Disc! 9’ Roller! Rock Rake! Troybilt Tiller! Misc. antique Farm Equipment! 5hp. Compressor! Cherry Picker w/ hydraulic lift! 55gal. Fuel Tank & Pump! Set of plywood Concrete Forms, 8’ & Short Wall w/ wall ties & rods! Ladders, Several Work Tables! Several Vises! Air Compressors! Grinders! Pallet Jack! Grinder on Stand! Parts Washer! Radial arm Saw! Fence Stretcher, Pulleys, Come-a-Longs, Chain Hoist! Fans! Wheel Barrels! Lot of Garden Tools! Lot of misc. Shop & Hand Tools! Gas & Oil Cans! Ramps! Cast Iron Stove! Dolley! Tool Boxes! Drill Press! Scroll Saw! Socket Sets, all sizes! Air Hose! Seeder! 3pt. Harrow! 8hp Motor! Wagon & Carts! Drop Cords! Barrels! Lumber! Fencing Supplies! Fishing Rods & Reels & Tackle! Lot old Shop Items, Nuts, Bolts, Nails, etc.! Old Trail-Lite Travel Trailer, (rough)! 74 large round hay bales!
FURNITURE, ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES, GUN & MISC. COINS
Camel back upholstered Sofa! Upholstered Sofa & Love Seat! Pair upholstered Rocker/ Recliners! Oak entertain Cabinet! Round lamp Table! Small Curio! Oak Dining Room Hutch! Sleeper Sofa! Pair metal Bar Stools! Small lamp Table! 4pc. pine Bedroom suite, queen 4 poster Bed, Dresser w/ Mirror, Highboy Chest & Night Stand! Oak student Desk! Computer Table & Office Chair! Octagonal Table! Antique Library Table! Curio clock! Arching Light Fixture! Card Table & 6 Chairs! Shelving Unit! Hat Rack! Step Ladder! Lot of Linens, Blankets, Sheets, Towels, Pillows & Bed Spreads! Lot of Kitchen incl: Pampered Chef Cookware, misc. Pots, Pans & Utensils! Corelle Dishware! Pyrex Bowls! Corning Ware Cookware! Samsung flat screen TV! Video Tapes! Kenmore Washer & Dryer! Two, 2 door Kenmore Refrigerators! Three Sun Twins! Shaw Sun System 2000 Tanning Bed (rough)! Nordic Sport! Two Exercycles! Trek 200 Treadmill! Aero Bike! Texas Ranger Single Shot 21 ga shotgun! Misc ammo! Sm lot misc coins!
TERMS: CASH, credit w/3% convenience fee, personal or company checks accepted only if known by us or w/a bank letter made to RLK, INC., No Exceptions! All items paid for day of Auction! All items sold As Is Where Is.
CASA-LOMA FARMS
Casa-Loma Farms, described in the history books as an Extraordinary Establishment was located about 2 miles southwest of Marshfield, on what is now Turnbo Road.
In the 1920’s a gentleman by the name of O. E. Jennings, a wealthy industrialist, started purchasing land in this area. Jennings, his wife and seven children had their home at that time in Kirkwood, MO. Jennings was a native of this area, born in Springfield. His wife was also from Springfield.
Jennings, purchased land farm by farm until he had 2000 acres, containing some of the finest farm land in Webster County. He steadily developed and improved it. He had a large dairy barn with a milking heard of 100 cows. All milking was done by machine. Remember this was early 30s and there were not many milking machines around. He had beef cattle, consisting of about 100 head of Hereford cows. The farm also produced 500 head of hogs each year for market.
In May 1932, a corporation was formed with Roy E. Wallace and David A. Hamilton as directors with O. E. Jennings. This was Marshfield Packing Company. The packing company was located on Casa-Loma land. Jennings gave a 99 year lease for 3 acres for his operation. They immediately started work. The main building of concrete blocks measured 65’ x 65’ and contained all modern equipment to meet rigid requirements as to cleanliness and sanitation. In the basement was a refrigerated room with capacity of 10 tons. The main killing room was equipped similar to other large packing companies. A portion of the building contained an order and preparation room, a chilling room, a sausage room (making several varieties of sausage), equipment to render lard, a smoking and curing room for hams, bacon and other pork products. There was also a poultry processing area and a miniature creamery to convert milk to butter and other milk products. These products would be marketed under the trade mark of “Casa-Loma Farm Maid Products”. Trucks were running daily to St. Louis to a retail established market already doing business. They would also make deliveries to local stores. They had an ice plant producing 2 tons of ice per day. The ice was used to keep the rucks refrigerated, thereby keeping all meats and other products properly chilled until they reached the market.
This $50,000 modern plant opened in early September 1932, with its Grand Opening being Saturday & Sunday September 17th & 18th. Over the two days of activities, over 5000 people visited the plant. The business opened with employment of 10 men, expecting 20 to 25 employees when the plant reached full capacity. The industry started with butchering 25 cattle and 79 hogs per day, beside poultry and other products.
Just think, what good news this was for Webster County. In the early 30s, our country had been in a depression for a few years. There was a drought in this area. We’ve all heard of the dirty thirties. There were no jobs, no money, and no feed for livestock. Now here was a local market for farmers’ livestock. As the Marshfield Mail said, serving all farmers for a radius of 50 to 60 miles. As to say, a light at the end of the tunnel. I personally was told by a local cattleman, that this was a life saver for many farmers. They would drive their whole herd of cattle here and sell them for cash. If the cattle were not ready for slaughter, they would be held on the Casa-Loma Farm until ready.
Casa-Loma Farms had widely diversified activities. They even had a large rock crusher on the farm which provided agricultural lime not only for the farm itself but supplied the need of other farmers. It also supplied crushed rock for construction of county roads.
There was also Casa-Loma Stables which acquired a national reputation for its fine saddle horses having won many competitions with the best in the country. The place had a private race track. At this site the Webster County Fair was held each year. There were also horse shows, other livestock shows, rodeos and other public events.
With all this going for them, this well thought-out and very self-sufficient plant was only in operation for 2 years or less. Experts from the Marshfield Mail, show that foreclosure proceedings started early in 1934. With land being sold in March 1934 at the east door of the courthouse to cover indebtedness. At this sale some of the farms were bought back by their original owners.
The history books tell us that at a later date, the Marshfield Packing Company building was set up to be Webster County’s first and only distillery but never opened. As you can see in pictures, there was painted across the front of the building Ozark Hills Distillery. As legend has it, Mr. Jennings used the large 2 story house on the property to entertain prospective investors for the distillery. I found no proof or disproof of this. In fact, the paper trail dies out about here.
Nearly 30 years later, 1961 to be exact, Jesse & Eva Burney purchased the building and a small acreage from Sylvia Thompson, the widow of Murray Thompson. This then became home to Burney Ready-Mix Concrete Company for the next 23 years. They not only sold concrete but built and sold concrete forms and accessories. Burney had the distributorship for Gates Forming System for all of Southwest Missouri. This type of form is still widely used today. They employed on average 10 to 15 full time employees. So the old building once again provided a service and employment for the community.
So we would have to say that Casa-Loma Farms touched the lives of many in this county either directly or indirectly. Now another 30 years have passed and you can still see remnants of its existence. I would say no matter how short lived Casa-Loma Farms and its endeavors, it still played a very important role in the history of Webster County.