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 ...

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 ...

He came to Rio to add to his collection. This is the second year that Rio High School has hosted a farm toy show to raise money for the Rio's Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, said Rio DARE ...

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 ...

Dyersville is known for the Field of Dreams but this weekend, the northeast Iowa community is the farm toy capitol of the world. Thousands of toy tractors and a wide array of farm implements are on ...

For Edith Bush, the best part of the Orange County Farm Toy Show may be eavesdropping on grandparents as they pause before an exhibit and explain to the little ones about their own childhood on a 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. ...

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DYERSVILLE, Iowa. -- Farmers and others on snowbird treks this year should consider swinging through picturesque eastern Iowa, and stopping at an agricultural and hobby mecca -- the National Farm Toy ...

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