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Wisconsin Agricultural High Schools

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | OCTOBER 8, 1908 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

In an excellent introductory article on the subject of Wisconsin’s Agricultural High Schools our bright and pithy contemporaries, the Wisconsin Farmer, observes:

"The popular conception of agriculture, until a few years ago, was that of an occupation which required no preparation but that of a large stock of muscle and brawn, and the relationship of a grandfather to show

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

This is an example of a mechanical hammermill, designed to crush grain used for livestock feed into smaller pieces or powder for easier digestion. This particular model

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Across the Plains of North Middlesex

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | JULY 11, 1912 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

That the Province of Ontario possesses a plains country essentially similar in some respects to that of the great Prairie West, will come as a surprise to most readers, but a trip north from London on the Huron & Bruce branch of the Grand Trunk, or west from Stratford along the Port Huron line will bring the fact home with depressing clearness. There are many wide, level stretches 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,

William Harrison Cook

1903 - 1998

Born in Alnwick England in 1903 William Harrison Cook moved to Canada at the age of eight where he was raised on an Alberta farmstead. It was on this farmstead where Mr. Cook developed an interest in agriculture which influenced his choice in education. He first began his education at the School of Agriculture in Claresholm, Alberta before moving to the University of Alberta and finally Stanford University where he graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemistry.

During his studies Mr. Cook met Robert Newton, a plant biochemist. Mr. Cook assisted the man with his research on the drying of

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