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Title:Equine Notes Conference
Notice:Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:MTADMS::COBURNIO
Created:Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2080
Total number of notes:22383

1836.0. "What's in a farm name?" by STUDIO::BIGELOW (PAINTS; color your corral) Wed Dec 15 1993 14:32

    Last Friday my husband, cat and I moved into our new place.  I plan on 
    picking up two horses Friday after work and the third Saturday morning.
    We are totally psyched, as this is somthing we've been working towards
    for about 4 years.
    
    Anyway, we decided we wanted a farm name, and every one I come up 
    with sounds silly.  So seeing that this conference has not seen much
    activity lately, I though you guyes could  help us out with
    suggestions,  and maybe those w/ farm names might share their story 
    behind their name.
    
    thanks-
    
    Michele
    
    
    p.s.
    
    Some stuff to start with...
    
    Street name: Shady Lane
    Types of hores:  Paints and Fjords
    We are set back off the road, we have lots and lots of rocks and 
    stone walls, and there is a lake across the road.
    
    
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1836.1farm namesTOLKIN::BENNETTWed Dec 15 1993 15:4411
    Good luck with your new farm - where abouts did you move to?
    
    The unofficial name of my place is Ledgebrook farm (hopefully no one
    else has this name already) "Ledge" for the 2 acre table under the
    pasture and arena and "Brook" for the river that runs through all of it
    in the spring.
    
    How about Painted Rock Farm, or I saw a farm in AZ called Bucket'o
    Paint Farm.  Have fun!
    
    - Janice
1836.2Now the work begins....SALEM::ALLOREAll I want is ONE shot..well maybe 2Wed Dec 15 1993 17:047
    		How about Nev-r-done Farm.......only kidding.
    But since my wife and I built our barn and got our horses
    home, my work is NEVER DONE!  
    
    		Good Luck!
    
                    Bob
1836.3How to name a farm..:)CSLALL::LCOBURNPlan B FarmWed Dec 15 1993 17:499
    When we bought our place 6 years ago, we could never agree on a 
    'classy' sounding name. Then one day my sister-in-law was visiting,
    and commenting on how nice my (then) new ring was, and I said something
    to the effect of "Yes, it's small, Plan A was much bigger, but this
    is a good size for just our 2 horses". Thus, our small, 2 stall place
    became known as "Plan B Farm".  Silly maybe, but it suits me. :-)
    
    Linda
     
1836.4how about 2-tone GRANMA::JWOODWed Dec 15 1993 18:0928
    I'm having the same problem except we have lived at our place for
    almost 4 1/2 years now... and still haven't settled on a name...
    everytime we get close to a name, I change my mind.  We live on Hawkins
    Creamery Road, across the road from Silver Crest Drive in a subdivision
    named Finlandia in a farmhouse with a stone front. 
    
    Some of the names			You could try:
    we have tried are:
    
    Wood-N-Horses                       "your name"-N-horses
    Finlandia Farm                      Finlandia Fjords
    Silver Crest Manor                  Stonewall Manor
    Silver Crest Farm                   Stonewall Farm
    Creamery Ridge Farm                 etc...
    Creamery Knoll Farm                 etc...
    Stonehome Stables                   etc...
    Woodcrest Manor                     etc...
    Edgewood Manor                      etc...
    Woodland Hills                      etc...
    Woodhill                            etc...
    
    Sorry, nothing works for me either, but I thought you would like to
    know that you are not alone in this quest for a name.
    
    If anyone has suggestions for me... ( be kind ;} ) I would like to get
    some ideas, too.
    
    Thanks.
1836.5"2-tone Fjords Farm"GRANMA::JWOODWed Dec 15 1993 18:122
    The title was supposed to read "2-tone Fjords"   (sorry!)
    
1836.6Farm NameBSS::ZINNWed Dec 15 1993 20:061
    What about Naughty Lady (of Shady Lane) Farm?  OK, so this dates me.
1836.7Say it fast!STOWOA::MCKEOWNWed Dec 15 1993 20:564
    Since you have so many stones maybe it should be "Rock and Horse".
    
    (If you say it quickly you get it better!)
    
1836.8Midnight Sun FarmEEMELI::KORVENRANTAThu Dec 16 1993 06:5215
1836.9name gameCSOA1::AANESTISThu Dec 16 1993 11:304
    Midnight Sun was the name of one of the most famous Tenn. Walking
    horses. It might mislead people as to the breed of horse raised there.
    One of the neatest names I have seen is "Stone Broke Farm"!
    
1836.10Copper Penny Farm POWDML::MANDILEInney becoming an outeyThu Dec 16 1993 12:3813
    
    My farm name is:  Copper Penny Farm
    
    My farm logo is a penny with a horsehead (quarterhorse, 
    naturally! (8 ) on it.
    
    Why that name?  Well, my maiden name is Penney, and someone once
    told me that I should have been called Copper, then I would be
    Copper Penney.  I thought it was a neat sounding name, so.......
    
    May I suggest "Stonelake Farm" as a name for your place?
    
    Lynne
1836.11any Marx Bros. fans?ANGLIN::DUNTONThu Dec 16 1993 17:196
    Regarding racehorse names... here's one that can't be confused with a
    particular horse because I don't think it really exists.  It comes from
    a Marx Brothers movie "A Day at the Races"... Sun-up!  (Sun-up farms? I
    dunno). High Hat was another one from that movie.  My sister made me
    promise to name my next horse one of these two names.  If I had a farm
    maybe it could be High Hat Acres...: )
1836.12Wow, I'm not aloneAKOCOA::LPIERCEAint goin' downFri Dec 17 1993 12:3915
    
    I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who can't think of a name for
    our farm.  It seems all the good ones are taken.  The only
    thing at our farm that stand out is all our bad luck!  We have
    had things happend to us and our horses that no one has ever had
    done before... so we came up with 2
    
    	Sucide Stables & Unstable Stables
    
    They really seem to fit us, but some day when we become succussful
    we'd never be alot to use those names.. I think'd they'd scare
    off the potential customers :-)
    
    Louisa
     
1836.13How about Rockaway Stables... see noteGRANMA::JWOODFri Dec 17 1993 13:2513
    Louisa,
    
    The road to success is sometimes filled with rocks.  Maybe instead of
    being unstable, your road to success has been a little rocky.
    
    How about Rocky Way Stables?... or to smooth it out a little, Rockaway
    Stables.  That way it looks good, but you can pronounce it the way it
    really is.
    
    Got any ideas for me?
    
    JW 8)
              
1836.14I love itAKOCOA::LPIERCEAint goin' downMon Dec 20 1993 11:569
    
    Jw, thanks for the ideas.. I love the Rocky Way Stables name!
    
    I also love a name you have allready chosen for yourself.
    Wood-n-Horse .. I think that is perfect.  
    
    Thanks again
    
    Louisa
1836.15name gameCSOA1::AANESTISMon Dec 20 1993 17:474
    I just remembered another one. My friends dad helped her build her
    first barn, and when it was finished, he stood back and said" It isn't
    perfect, but it's pretty close". So she named her place "Pretty Close
    Stables"!
1836.16I liked Stone Broke FramSTUDIO::BIGELOWPAINTS; color your corralMon Jan 03 1994 14:487
    Well, I guess we're not alone w/ an unnamed farm....nice to know we 
    have company.  Some good ideas too, but I don't want to make any quick
    decisions....
    
    
    Michele