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Aerial 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…

Man 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.

Peter Morgan Swartz is flanked by sons standing in front of topped out hay stack.

Peter C. (left) and Jayson Swartz stand in front of their display of Karakul sheep pelts.

Man 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…

Grain thresher in transport mode parked beside barn.

Man 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.

A 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…

Man, 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…

Man and boy standing near truck loaded with alfalfa hay bales. Sign on truck reads "Paul Schaefer, Cartage Contractor, 376-19th St."

Apple orchard with trees perhaps 3-4 years old. Line of utility poles in background.

Four 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 sickle bar mower as boy looks on.

Two girls standing in field where the grain has been stacked into shocks.

A specimen in the growing Swartz orchard

Two 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.

Peter 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.

Four men and boy examining alfalfa crop. The small white bags may be for collecting samples.

Peter L. Swartz displays a Karakul lamb

The man standing at the edge of the cut alfalfa indicates the height of this stand of alfalfa.