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Wi'fir‘ Allan Pnechman Farm History , agp¢ ALVVV £m«w\ Cnx“*5( 1835‘ In 1925 the late Linus Poechman purchased the 50 acres lot 66, abn- 35;D.R. Brant Township from Alex Kerr who was a .7; _lawyer. 1; For a price of $2800. with interest at as. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Fritz had the farm rented at this time.2; Hr. Poecbman married the former Helen Weiler in 1926 and took up residency on the farm then. Taxes werei28.00 that year. There was an 80'x 50' barn and 405x 24‘, 9 story stone house. A cistern near the barn supplied water for the barn by cravity, supplemented by a drilled well. A silo flax ?O was built in the early 1950's. Mr Poechman ventured to operate the Raumeei Rum Killer plant on his farm about 1958, usin: marle from tle lake on the Pbechman homestead near Carlsruhe. The 2 star? building for this plant was built by the late Isadore Isnnin ere This building was later used for layinw hens. About 10?“ this building was demolishei, and a bat as seen in tie “icburn was found in one of the walls. The boiler for the P1W1h was bfiriEd were the building stood to the soutifgf ‘ne barn. Linus purchased their first tractor(Eord) about 1“3E to power the plant. Hydro was installed on the fur» nhout 1948 by Wm. Bucholtz from Carlsrunc. Mr. and Mrs Poechman produce1 a family of six children, Francis, Harold, Allan, Edith. Lillian and Willard. In 1961 Allan purchased the 50 acre form from his Fntzuv for £15,000. with interest at 5-. We dum out a cell r un‘ow the stone house in the fall of the same year rcioviu' "v Bu loads of dirt using a halo elevator. A coubinwtion {w for Oil and wood was installed then. 1‘, bathromw war. infinrlllod in the house that same year by the la‘w Isadore Hennineflfi- An addition to the house was built in1970 by Ray (iunbnrwnn of Walkerton. Tfie barn was renovated by :m Illnwbrun from mildmsy, 3 *ilot 12 x 40 were added in 1964 by Lloyd Yrsuter Prom TlmwOud. An addition BO'x BO'to the east of the barn. was hUth in 1974 by Wm. Illerbrun makind the complete born for loose housing for beef. Ten acres of buehto the southeast of farm was cleared in 1967. ( See caper clippinc.) An extra 50 acres was purchased to the southeast of tue farm, Sam”! 9“ 457‘s? , ‘/ lot-653 é§eut~+96§) This was purchased from Harold Voecnms11-*‘/ Who had bought it from the late Dave Hoffarth. Allan is Chi/ffmfifi) Sonia; FL”â€" ,& La-r {a7 4. l. 9 W W 1,? All“ (j "7,13,,- 1. (£0.44, a fin-3,