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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | APRIL 1, 1920 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

I was much interested in a picture of a woodland scene shown in the “Advocate” two weeks ago, presumably a sugar-place- a pretty scene all right and one that might rightfully belong to a park, but pathetic when viewed from nature’s standpoint and man’s failure to grasp the intent of the all-wise Power guiding his destinies. Desecration! Can I choose a better word to

This cartoon appeared in a November, 1940 issue of the Canadian Countryman magazine. The broad context for the cartoon was the Second World War which Canada had entered on

A very important aspect of pioneer life in Canada was home butter-making. This could be achieved with the use of this device, a rocking butter churn. Butter churning was a

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Making the Christmas Tree

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | DECEMBER 18, 1920 | CANADIAN COUNTRYMAN

It is an easy task to make Christmas the happiest day of the year if we but only put a little thought and effort into fixing the tree and the presents. It does not take a great deal of money to make children happy, for usually they are satisfied with small things. But we older people will never forget the happy Christmas days of our childhood, when we were the recipients of pleasing little

Craig Switzer

DECEMBER 6, 1948 – FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Farmer; 4-H Club leader; life member and past-president of Erin Agricultural Society. Born Dec. 6, 1948; died Feb. 24, 2017 in Erin, aged 68.

Erin-area residents may have known Craig Switzer as the tractor pull announcer at local fairs.

June Switzer met her future husband “in 4-H, of course, showing cattle,” she recalled recently. At the time, Craig was among the University of Guelph’s first agricultural diploma students in farm mechanics. He commuted from his family’s Hillsburgh-area

Hanoverhill Starbuck

APRIL 1979 - SEPTEMBER 1998

Farming and agriculture is a large field with many hard-working men and women who dedicate their lives to their work. However, the most important part of many farms, and often the most overlooked aspect of the industry, is the animals who provide for us. One truly incredible animal who provided quite a lot for the agricultural industry and the food industry as a whole was the bull Hanoverhill Starbuck. Born in April of 1979 on Hanover Hill Holstein, Starbuck became an exceptional breeder.

In May of 1979 two sire analysts from Quebec were visiting Ontario looking for new young

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News from our rich agriculture history

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Rocking Butter Churn

Making the Christmas Tree

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Craig Switzer

Hanoverhill Starbuck