Sosa gave parents simple board books, traditional toys such as blocks, puzzles and shape sorters, and battery-operated toys such as a talking farm and a baby laptop and cell phone. Sosa then asked the ...

As for the other toys, traditional blocks and puzzles stimulated more conversation than the electronic toys, and books outscored them all. But don't underestimate the humble block .

Vendor Brennan Robertson of Keymar answers questions about his assortment of collectibles for sale from customer Richard Nestor of Hanover, Pa., during the annual Farm Toy Show at the Carroll ...

Tim Talbert has loved farm toys for as long as he can remember. That’s what drove him to start the Central Maryland Farm Toy Show at the Carroll County Agriculture Center in Westminster 30 years ...

The National Farm Toy show is held twice a year, one on the first weekend of June and the other on the first weekend in November. Collections are rotated in and out by the museum.

About 700 people were expected to pass through the Farm Toy Show on Sunday. "It brings people out of the house in the winter," Vornholt said. "When this started, I was still teaching here.