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Lament of the Ex-Farmer

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | OCTOBER 1. 1908 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

I wish I’d never left the farm,
To please my wife I done it;
She said “‘Twould do our darters harm
Ef they wuz raised upon it;
They’d grow up frowsy, rough and wild,
And marry some simple Harry,
While in the town a well-bred child
Would hev’ some chance to marry.”

And now we’re here shet up

This cartoon, appearing in the September 27, 1940 issue of the Canadian Countryman depicts Uncle Sam and Johnny Canuck standing together resolutely, pledging to keep

This artifact is a milk strainer, separator or “cream harvester”. The device’s function is to take raw milk and separate its cream and skimmed milk

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Looking for the Reason

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | DECEMBER 18, 1919 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

Some almost unbelievable things have taken place in our Province in the course of the past few weeks. A year ago it would have taken a pretty hardy prophet to have faced the ridicule he would have brought on himself by predicting a “Farmer’s” Government in Ontario. It has all come so suddenly and unexpectedly, at least to the majority of us, that we are still wondering how it

Frederick Stimson

NOVEMBER 27, 1842 - JANUARY 15, 1912

The son of a wealthy merchant and farmer Frederick Stimson, born in 1842, had many advantages while growing up in Compton, Quebec. Upon his father’s death Stimson inherited the family farm and much of his father’s money. While in charge of the farm he grew it until it was one of the largest farms in the district with 124 cattle and 23 horses over 1,000 acres of land.

In 1881 Stimson decided to change his path and become a rancher out west due in part to the economic difficulties faced by English speaking farmers in the east. He moved to Alberta to take advantage of

Freeman Boyd

OCTOBER 7, 1952 – JUNE 22, 2017

Farmer; outdoorsman; passionate local food advocate. Born Oct. 7, 1952; died June 22, 2017 in Meaford, age 64.

A foundational figure for local food in Grey and Bruce Counties, Freeman Boyd died suddenly following a cardiac event at his home in late June.

Raised on a Guelph-area poultry farm, Freeman and his wife, Marion, acquired their own farm near Walters’ Falls in the 1970s.

“We travelled a bit and … wanted to buy some property in Ontario somewhere (but) didn’t have much money,” Marion said in a recent interview,

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News from our rich agriculture history

Lament of the Ex-Farmer

Dictators Keep Out

MILK STRAINER

Looking for the Reason

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Frederick Stimson

Freeman Boyd