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donated the funds for Nevins Farm's 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m) adoption center building that opened in 2004. The new facility is officially known as the Noble Family Animal Care and
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It is more difficult to find homes for larger animals and according to one employee "They tend to stay a little longer at the farm animal shelter ... It depends when the right person comes around."
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and relaxing in the fields of Nevins Farm. A common agreement was one in which a horses would rotate between spending a month on the farm and a month in Boston working.
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and the purchase of necessary farm implements and machinery. First known as "The Rest Home", the property was used for retired
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