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The Miner Institute has a sound reputation for unbiased, practical agricultural research within the dairy industry. Research, frequently published in specialized professional journals, helps to enhance Miner Institute’s standing in the academic community.  The Farm Report, published monthly, reaches an estimated audience of over 10,000 farmers, industry professionals and academics.  The Stable Sheet, an equine newsletter, has a mailing list of more than 400. While we strive to continue enhancement of our reputation amongst the industry, we also understand that the local community is vital to our progression.  Our aim is to foster local understanding of who we are, what we do, and how that relates to you.

About Miner Institute

The William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute operates a demonstration dairy and equine farm and offers educational programs in dairy and equine management and environmental science. The Institute is operated under the philosophy and principles of William H. Miner, who grew up in Chazy and became a wealthy inventor of rail mechanisms in Chicago. Miner built Heart’s Delight Farm on his family’s Chazy homestead as a farm where scientific principles were researched and applied. Research at Miner Institute includes the animal-crop interface, animal comfort and behavior, and equine reproduction. The demonstration farms, which include the on-site Holstein dairy farm and Morgan horse herd, serve as models for other farms and research facilities. The Heart’s Delight Farm Heritage Exhibit is a permanent tribute to William and Alice Miner and the beautiful farm they developed on the Miner family homestead. The building of Heart’s Delight Farm began in 1903 and grew from a farmhouse and a couple of barns on 144 acres into a model farm of 300 structures situated on 15,000 acres. The farm utilized a scientific approach to agriculture on a vast scale, embracing hydroelectric power and technological advances to run an enterprise that employed 800 workers in its heyday. The Exhibit not only portrays the development of Heart’s Delight Farm but also chronicles William Miner’s youth and his career in the railroad industry. It shows innovations such as hydroelectric power production for farm use and fields brought under cultivation by extensive use of drain tiles.