 In 1927 Davis bought a property known as Parkfield near Trinity Church in Jersey.In November 1927 the States of Jersey accepted this property consisting of a house, farm buildings and some 40 vergées of land.A Deed of Covenant stated that the bequest was made on the understanding that it be renamed the Howard Davis Farm and that it should be used as an experimental center for the development and study of agriculture and for the instruction in this science of young Jersey people and other interested parties.