C. Z. Yoder Farm

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About
Name
  • C. Z. Yoder Farm
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Founded
  • Date unknown
  • Date unknown
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Location
    • Smithville, 44677, Ohio, United States



J. S. Yoder built a hot house on Buchwalter Farm. Expansions left farm with 173,000 sq. foot covered with glass by 1957 [1]

Quick Facts

  • 1868 - Bought 102 acres of land
  • 1890 - Purchase his father's farm
  • 1893-1896 - Lost his father's farm during the depression
  • 1895 - Built the first hot houses to produce leaf lettuce

Gallery

  1. History of Smithville & Surrounding Area: 1776-1976 - In celebration of the American Revolution bicentennial. p. 51.