Wolfe farm
(1951). Vernon Wolfe harvesting alfalfa, using a Brady chopper to harvest alfalfa for silage. It was mowed and put in a trench silo.
(1948). The Noah Arbaugh Orchester. They played at church picnics; far right is the conductor of the orchestra. He played harmonica, a trombone, and other instruments.
(1942). Vernon Wolfe, Maurice Wolfe, Lillian Arbaugh Wolfe, and Ferdinand the bull, Holstein. They bought it as a calf from a purebred dairy herd from Sykesville hospital; around 1946, they started using artificial insemination on the farms.
(1941). Center is Vernon Wolfe, president of Bachman Valley 4-H Club, and Florence Hoke/Wolfe.
(1952). Vernon Wolfe went out to get the Christmas tree with Jack Hoke, on the farm.
Florence Hoke Wolfe building a birdhouse on the family farm.
(1942). These farmers are bailing hay on the Hoke farm in Bachman Valley. (Courtesy of the University of Maryland Extension Service, Carroll County.)
