The old The Biscoes have been farming Belmont land forever, it seems. There s me, Daddy, Pop, William Biscoe counted back on his fingers. His father, Bill, and his uncle, Bruce, own the business about 100 milk cows and 100 head of beef cattle. It makes me feel sort of old, he said, standing outside his barn and surveying the land around him. There used to be a farm in this field, a farm in that field.
Times are tough, and the work is hard.
To unwind, the Biscoes hunt and fish. But you won t catch them on Lake Anna. There are too many people, Bruce Biscoe said. He d rather drive the two hours to Port Royal. Belmont s newer residents may come from and commute to Washington, but William Biscoe traveled as far as Fredericksburg only once this year.