BETH MILLER
Cumberland Co. Correspondent
NEWVILLE (Cumberland Co.)
There are four floors of fas
cination in Harry and Revenna
Barrick’s bam.
That’s because it isn’t really a
bam any more.
These days, it is the Barrick’s
Farm Museum and it is packed
from flow to ceiling, largely with
one of the most impressive collec-
Revenna Barrick showing two special pieces from their
collection, a Oliver Super 55 tractor with mounted two bot
tom plow worth approximately $1,500/$2,000 and an Oliver
Gas Pump.
Barricks Use Bam For Fascinating History
tions of collectible toys you arc
likely to see anywhere.
Mrs. Barrick said it all started in
1976 when they bought their first
toy tractor, which was an Oliver
18SS, at the Silver Spring Flea
Market near Mechanicsburg.
He bought that toy for a song
then, she said. Today, she said, it
is valued at between $175 to $lB5.
Over the same time, their col
lection of toy Oliver tractors has
grown so much that the couple has
no idea how many they actually
have.
Most of that collection can be
seen on the fourth floor of the mu
seum.
The Barricks, who were dairy
farmers until several years ago
when they gave up fanning to run
their tire business full time, started
building the museum two years
ago. Harry and his son did most of
the work.
Most of Barrick’s tractor col
lection on the museum’s fourth
floor is not for sale.
The third and the second floors
contain all kinds of farm toys from
tractors to trucks, plus other types
of collectible toys. Some of the
toys are new and some are used.
The Barricks said they buy the
toys from close-out sales and auc
tions.
“we go a couple of times a week
to buy,” said Mrs. Bairick.
None of the items at the mu
seum can be bought at a regular
retail store, she said. Some of the
rarer items they have are horses,
wagons, and trucks that are hand
crafted by Amish from Indiana.
Not only do they have toy farm
equipment, the Barricks carry
popular toy gas company trucks
like those made for Hess and Win
ross, plus airplanes and motorcy
cles.
Mrs. Barrick said she recently
MAILBOX MARKET
FOR SALE
IH 3 btm. trailer plow on
rubber $lB5, Honda Elite
50 motor scudder new 80
miles $7O. Morris Co.
906-766-5530 after 6 p.m.
9' Bush hog semi mount ex.
cond. Pend. Co. WV.
304-249-5589.
5 stack battery brooder for
chicks $lOO, 5' snow plow
$lOO. 908-459-4957.
Carrier Skylark plug-in
refrigerator unit fits 8' pick
up, 75' cordless than 1000
hrs. running time, $5500.
Sch. Co. 717-622-3125.
Rye straw $2.70 bale.
Montg. Co. 610-287-7077.
Fast hitch T sicklebar fast
hitch 5' flail. Montg. Co.
215-489-7905.
MH 44 good $lO5O, Ford
1960 rolloff 24' poor 8.0.,
IH 3 pt. 2-14’ plow $175.
Bucks Co. 215-968-4808
nights.
2 btm. disk plow for new
ground like new 3 pth.
609-358-0367.
got hooked on collecting toy
banks, which usually are made to
look like trucks or tractors. Those
range in price from $lO to $7OO,
she said.
The Barricks said their custom
ers come from all over, from
places like Canada and North and
South Carolina. They advertise
their museum in toy magazines,
they said, and every year they at
tend the National Farm Toy Show
held the first week of November in
Dyersville, lowa.
The Barricks even have some
thing for people who aren’t inter
4-H
LANSDALE (Montgomery
Co.) A six-week course, “4-H
Babysitting and Child Care” will
be offered at the Lansdale Public
Library this summer on Wednes
day evenings from 7-8:30 p.m.
The course begins on June 1, runs
for five weeks, skips a week and
then concludes on July 13. The
normal fee of $5 is being waived
at this time, because of a special
grant from the Lansdale Kiwanis
Club, who will be sponsoring this
course in cooperation with the
Montgomery County 4-H Prog
ram. All course materials will be
provided.
Excellent Shropshire ram,
ewes, lambs, Riddick-
D'Ambra bloodlines, vacc
& wormed. Leb. Co.
717-949-3653.
2 w manure forks for a Int.
2001 loader less than half
price $4O ea., front end JD
roll-o-matic for a 3010 &
530. Union Co.
717-524-4901 call after 8
p.m. or 7.30 to 8.30 a m.
7 head Jersey heifers
breeding age, from May to
Nov all out of top bulls.
Adams Co. 717-334-7060.
2- 404 hay crushers, 1
good cond., $3OO, 1 needs
new roll 8.0. Clinton Co.
Gideon L. Miller. Mill Hall,
Pa. 17751.
Athens #B4 disk 14' field
ready, $l6OO. RR 2 Box
593, Millerstown, Pa.
17062.
1 ton dump body & hoist, 6’
chain link fence & asst,
poles. Chester Co.
610-644-7727
2 Reg. holstein heifers
breeding age, 1 reg. jersey
heifer breeding age, out
grown 4-H projects Burl.
Co. 609-859-8467.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 14, 1994-821
ested in toys.
That is Mr. Barrick’s collection
of more than 300 old tractors. He
has restored many of them and
they are on display on the fust
floor of the museum.
People who come to the mu
seum are sure to And something
they Hike, even if it is just a me
mory.
“A lot of our customers are peo
ple who didn’t have many toys as
kids.” said Mrs. Barrick. ‘‘We
have one older gentleman who
comes just to look around. He says
it brings back memories.”
Babysitting
Course
The following topics will be
covered: babysitter’s responsibili
ties, child development, and
appropriate toys for a child’s age,
feeding, diapering, infant care,
first aid and sitter safety. Those
who satisfactorily complete the
course will receive a 4-H achieve
ment certificate. The course will
be taught by Carolyn Fritz, 4-H
Program Assistant. Volunteers
from the community will also
assist in teaching first aid and sit
ter safety. Class size is limited. To
register for the course call Helaine
Brown, 4-H Agent, at (215)
489-4315.
1993 Ford Aerostar XL,
loaded, 22K, book price
$17,500, asking $15,000,
ex. cond. dog house, good
cond., $25. Lane. Co.
717-626-7435 after 7 p.m
Harvester silo 14'x40‘ all on
skid, could be used as a
chute silo, $650. Leb. Co.
717-272-5089.
23 mo. old Everready Hols
tein heifer, bred to Nick,
due June 3. Good frame,
$lO5O. Lane. Co
717-738-3925.
Pretzel salt used for lives
tock feed or weed control in
asparagus fields $3 25 per
hundred, $3.00 bulk. Lane
Co. 717-738-3925.
Chukar chicks day old or
started NPIP approved
very healthy birds will sell
any amounts
717-336-2251.
1590 Case IH Hydro swing
14' haybine, good condi
tion, 501 Dixon lawn mow
er, hydrostatic 16 horse
power. Leb Co
717-949-3952.
35’ steel gram trailer, auger
unload, 6 water tight lids on
top $950 080 Lane Co
717-733-8528.
Shade trees, pm oaks,
sweet gums, evergreens,
white pine Colorado blue
spruce hemlocks whole
sale. 1-800-468-5524 or
717-665-7917 eves.
Ewes 25+ targhee, 25+ x
Karakul excel fleeces meat
carcasses twinning out of
season breeders, excel
mothers. 717-247-7264
AC C partially restored
good tires, lots of extra
parts, $350 080. Lane.
Co. 717-866-6535
JD 750 no-till drill excel, JD
444 cornhead, vg , will
trade towards JD tractor 75
to 120 HP. Cecil Co.
410-398-7958
90 wooden folding chairs,
$2/ea , 16 sets, fold down
theatre seats, (5) antique
oak toilet seats. Lane Co
717-626-7435 after 6pm
NH #8 forage wagon,
$2850, Dion forage wagon
$lB5O, Wanted: Crawler
loader 35-45 HP Franklin
Co. 717-532-3989 before 8
p.m.
1200 bu round corn crib,
good cond best offer 130
Furnace Rd, Quarryville,
Pa. 17566
4 thread Riccar over-lock
machine, one only asking
$lOO Call Man/Lee at
717-866-5555 Strobel's
Sewing in Myerstown
Eskimo Spitz miniature
pups, cute and adorable
York Co. 717-259-9507
Farmall M-TA diesel wide
front, rebuilt TA, new clutch
live PTO & hydraulics
$2200. Bradford Co
717-265-6951.
Large cat/ferret playpen,
wheels, carpeted shelves,
linoleum floor, folds to carry
$lOO 080. Lane Co
evenings or weekends
717-336-3131.
FMC Weigh s-
yeigh sizer, 2 lane,
FMC return flow belt, dry
bin dumper, FMC bin filler,
1977 Ken worth tractor
717-993-2885
80 gal- hot water heater,
used 1 yr. ex cond
610-932-9762.
Two cows, one Jersey, one
Jersey Hols Lane. Co
717-354-5983.