News from our rich agriculture history

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Yes, Education is Expensive

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | AUTUMN 1965 | JUNIOR FARMER AND 4-H QUARTERLY

The American humourist, Will Rogers, said: “The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.” This remark, made 40 years ago by a man with an ability to define in a light way some of the perplexing trends and facets of his society, is just as true today.

Of course, knowledge is relative. If the most highly educated man of a hundred years ago were to return to

This advertisement was originally published in 1920 for Carhartt Overalls, a U.S. based work-clothing manufacturer. The brand, originally created for railroad workers, is

This is an example of a riding cultivator from circa 1929, of a model produced between 1919 and 1945. Early draft-drawn riding cultivators, like their modern

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Agriculture as a Profession

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | OCTOBER 16, 1919 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

The word agriculture, derived from the Latin ager - a field plus culture, cultivation, meaning literally the cultivation of a field, the art or science of cultivating the ground, has gradually come to represent a great deal more than the original meaning was intended to convey. In Roman times, when class distinction played such a prominent part, the land was all owned by the patricians or

Gordon Ribey

June 1, 1927 – January 6, 2018

Auctioneer; retired farmer; founding member of the Bluewater Angus Club. Born June 1, 1927; died Jan. 6, 2018, age 91.

Gordon Ribey, a long-time Bruce County auctioneer, “was a landmark,” according to Garry Kuhl, Keady Livestock Market manager.

Ribey died suddenly in early January of an apparent heart attack, his younger brother Rodney Ribey said.

Until Gordon retired from farming and moved to Port Elgin, he maintained his purebred Ryebee Angus herd on 145 acres near Tiverton. Rodney’s Angus Knoll Farm herd still has animals he

Audrey Brown

MAY 24, 1930 – OCTOBER 1, 2017

Farmer; teacher; former executive committee member of the Shorthorn Lassies Auxiliary. Born May 24, 1930; died Oct. 1, 2017, age 87.

Audrey Brown operated Glenrothes Farm near Beaverton with George, her husband of over 65 years. The couple met at high school and eventually settled in Pickering, where they both taught school.

Audrey and George began their purebred herd in the early 1960s and moved permanently to the farm in 1984. Their 2008 “Legends of the Breed” award from the Canadian Shorthorn Association recognized the couple for their herd

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News from our rich agriculture history

Yes, Education is Expensive

Carhartt Overalls

Riding Cultivator

Agriculture as a Profession

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Gordon Ribey

Audrey Brown