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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/>
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Wolffarth was for a time a Lubbock city commissioner and the guiding force of Citizens National Bank, which became Texas Commerce Bank. The Lubbock County City of Wolfforth, though mistakenly spelled, is named in his. The correct spelling is reserved for  Lubbock’s Wolffarth Elementary School. In 1909, Wolffarth brought the railroad to Lubbock, which at the time had a tiny population. In 1921, Wolffarth sold his 160-acre farm to the fledgling Lubbock Country Club, which developed the property into one of the finest golf courses and country clubs of the Texas Plains region.<ref name=caprock/>
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Wolffarth was for a time a Lubbock city commissioner and the guiding force of Citizens National Bank, which became Texas Commerce Bank. The Lubbock County City of Wolfforth, though mistakenly spelled, is named in his. The correct spelling is reserved for  Lubbock’s Wolffarth Elementary School. In 1909, Wolffarth brought the railroad to Lubbock, which at the time had a tiny population but became the hub of the South Plains over the next century. In 1921, Wolffarth sold his 160-acre farm to the fledgling Lubbock Country Club, which developed the property into one of the finest golf courses and country clubs of the Texas Plains region.<ref name=caprock/>
    
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