About Leroy & Claris

Leroy Strand was born on an Iowa farm in 1919. When Leroy was 13 years old, he purchased his first 2 calves for 4-H. They were fed in a barn a block from his home. The next year his father built a small barn south of the house. This barn had a pen for the calves, a double stall for the two ponies and space for a milk cow. Leroy milked the cow…