GOFF? As a child, Melvin Swart kept his toys with the care of an adult. As an adult, he collected toys with childlike enthusiasm. The extensive collection of this farmer who never outgrew his ...

John Gruber received his first toy tractor from his parents when he was born in 1947. Today, that toy is the oldest of the more than 1,000 pieces of toy farm equipment he and his wife Kathy recently ...

Two displays at a recent farm toy show in Wisconsin will be featured at the 46th National Farm Toy Show in Dyersville, Iowa. A scene in the 90s scale model farm made by Greg Rand at the Cashton FFA ...

Owen Harman, 5, of Harney admires a collection of antique toy tractors while joined by his brother Knox, 3, and father Jon Harman during the annual Farm Toy Show at the Carroll County Ag Center on ...

The world of farm toy sellers is generally one of gray-haired retirees, mixing socializing with business as they display at shows across the Midwest. At the 33rd annual Farm & Antique Toy Show at the ...

RANDOLPH - There are some toys that arent just for children. Collecting farm toys is growing in popularity. Stuart Vander Galien, a dairy farmer who lives south of Randolph, has a special reason for ...

MATTOON — Vintage John Deeres, International Harvesters and other tractors drew crowds of visitors to the Cross County Mall on Saturday for the East Central Illinois Antique Farm Equipment Club's Farm ...

Tim Talbert has loved farm toys for as long as he can remember. That’s what drove him to start the Central Maryland Farm Toy Show at the Carroll County Agriculture Center in Westminster 30 years ago. ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — The Fishel ...

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