Wolffarth dammed Blackwater Draw which streamed through the farm, and fish thrived in the pond. In minutes, Wolffarth would catch enough fish for the evening meal. He was the first person in Lubbock County to produce successful alfalfa hay for livestock feed. For moe than two decades, Wolffarth reaped his harvest of hay without re-seeding. Beginning about 1900, he was among the first to raise registered Hereford cattle on the South Plains; in 1902, he conducted the first public auction of registered Herefords in Lubbock.<ref name=caprock/> | Wolffarth dammed Blackwater Draw which streamed through the farm, and fish thrived in the pond. In minutes, Wolffarth would catch enough fish for the evening meal. He was the first person in Lubbock County to produce successful alfalfa hay for livestock feed. For moe than two decades, Wolffarth reaped his harvest of hay without re-seeding. Beginning about 1900, he was among the first to raise registered Hereford cattle on the South Plains; in 1902, he conducted the first public auction of registered Herefords in Lubbock.<ref name=caprock/> |