News from our rich agriculture history

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Canadian Citizenship: True and False Democracy

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | AUGUST 5, 1920 | FARMER'S ADVOCATE & HOME MAGAZINE | LONDON

The following article is focused on the concept of Canadian citizenship and whether our current system of democracy serves the needs of the public. This author reminds all Canadian citizens that it is their responsibility to ensure our government systems are not corrupted by human selfishness and hubris. With the celebration of Canada’s sesquicentennial, it is important to reflect on how

This cartoon first appeared in February 1940 edition of Canadian Countryman. It depicts a man representing “rising wages” leapfrogging over another

This is an example of an antique cast iron hand drill from an unknown time period. As with their modern, electrified counterparts, the human-powered hand drill was used to

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FOREST CONSERVATION

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

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

Peguis

1774 - SEPTEMBER 28, 1864

Peguis was born in 1774 near the St. Mary’s river, close to what would later become the town of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. A prominent member of the Saulteaux Ojibwa people, Peguis was the son of a chief. He inherited his father’s position as a young man. At the age of eighteen in 1792, Peguis led his band west from the Great Lakes region to take advantage of the lucrative fur trade. He and his people settled by Netley Creek on the Red River, in modern-day Manitoba. Peguis was a respected and fearsome chief who sacrificed much for the good of his band. To his enemies he was

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News from our rich agriculture history

Canadian Citizenship: True and False Democracy

Rising Wages and Rising Prices

Hand Drill

FOREST CONSERVATION

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Audrey Brown

Peguis