What's New at the Barn
​August 2023

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Thanks to Kim Goodnight (ITC Great Plains Regional Manager) for the donation of $2,000 toward the ongoing preservation of the barn.

Presenting donation check to Barn Committee Members.
L to R: Beverly Ralstin, Darren McDonald, Norval Ralstin, Kim Goodnight of ITC Great Plains, Evelyn and Bob Neier. August 17, 2023

​Look for some siding repairs and a new white coat of paint coming soon.

​Built in 1912, Restored in 1995; new roof in 2022 matches green color from the original 1912 shingles

​H. W. Fromme and son Moritz

Vern Birney in his wheat crop, 1980's

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The barn was built 1912 for Henry W. Fromme to house his draft horses that pulled the machinery to grow the wheat crops. Four years later, the Fromme family bought their first tractor in 1916, thus the barn was obsolete in just four short years after it was built. The  machinery of today is pulled by large tractors and the farmers use new higher yielding varieties, fertilizers and pest management that produces higher yields than were produced in 1912. Stewardship of the land in maintaining soil quality allows for the farmers  to reach their goal of leaving this productive soil to produce crops for generations to come.