Cornfalfa Farms; Apple Production 161: Aerial view of Cornfalfa Farms
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyAerial view of Cornfalfa Farms taken after first subdivision had been started in one of the orchards. The farmstead is shown in the upper right, along with the long lane that connects to Racine Ave. o…
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 054: Top dressing field
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyMan viewing operation of fertilizer spreading implement. The spreading implement has a distribution box (RHUM PHOSPATE SPREADER) attached to the back of a wagon pulled by a team of horses.
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 152: The hay stack and crew
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyPeter Morgan Swartz is flanked by sons standing in front of topped out hay stack.
Cornfalfa Farms; Sheep 66: Karakul sheep pelt display
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyPeter C. (left) and Jayson Swartz stand in front of their display of Karakul sheep pelts.
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 026: Plowing with tractor
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyMan driving a tractor hitched to a plow normally drawn by horses. Two other men pose for the camera. 'The Bates Steel Mule ' is printed on the tractor sheet metal. This photo may have been taken durin…
Cornfalfa Farms- Binding to Combining 37: The Peerless is retired
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyGrain thresher in transport mode parked beside barn.
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 058: Top dressing field
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyMan viewing operation of fertilizer spreading implement. The spreading implement has a distribution box (RHUM PHOSPATE SPREADER) attached to the back of a wagon pulled by a team of horses.
Rocks to Roads 11: Steam shovel at work
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyA steam shovel loads a horse drawn wagon with soil as other wagons wait their turn. The scene is located on Racine Ave. in New Berlin just SE of the German Reformed Church. A man poses with his horse…
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 028: Disking ground with tractor
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyMan, probably Jayson Swartz, driving The Bates Steel Mule tractor which is pulling a disk harrow. The control configuration of the Bates Steel Mule allowed the operator to position himself on the impl…
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 180: SOLD, baled hay leaving the farm
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyMan and boy standing near truck loaded with alfalfa hay bales. Sign on truck reads "Paul Schaefer, Cartage Contractor, 376-19th St."
Cornfalfa Farms; Apple Production 067: Young apple orchard
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyApple orchard with trees perhaps 3-4 years old. Line of utility poles in background.
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 140: Building a hay stack.
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyFour men are shown in the process of building a hay stack with the aid of a winch system powered by a stationary engine mounted on a cart. A man driving a horse drawn mower, and a hay wagon are in the…
Man operating hay mower pulled by team of horses
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyMan operating sickle bar mower as boy looks on.
Young ladies amidst grain shocks.
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyTwo girls standing in field where the grain has been stacked into shocks.
Cornfalfa Farms; Apple Production 111: A maturing apple tree
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyA specimen in the growing Swartz orchard
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 086: Mowing alfalfa at high speed
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyTwo of these units were used to hasten the mowing task. One of the large barns at Cornfalfa Farms is shown in the background. Image is a frame from an 8 mm movie.
Cornfalfa Farms; Sheep 30: Signage for Cornfalfa Farms
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyPeter Charles Swartz looking at Cornfalfa ,Persian Fur Sheep and Drive In for Apples signs at entrance to Cornfalfa Farms lane. Paved road is Racine Ave. looking north. Son Peter Lewis looks on.
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 208: Men examining alfalfa crop
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyFour men and boy examining alfalfa crop. The small white bags may be for collecting samples.
Cornfalfa Farms; Sheep 42: A boy and his lamb
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyPeter L. Swartz displays a Karakul lamb
Cornfalfa Farms; Alfalfa Production 232: Alfalfa grows tall
View Full Item in New Berlin Historical SocietyThe man standing at the edge of the cut alfalfa indicates the height of this stand of alfalfa.