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A Farm Museum

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | OCTOBER 1935 | THE FARMER

I wonder how many rural people have thought of the possibilities of a farm museum. During the past few years, while travelling through some of the rural districts of Old Ontario, I have seen some very fine collections of old-fashioned farming tools and pioneer relics. The array of old spinning wheels, ox-yokes, cradles, flails, cowbells, candle lanterns, etc., is always very interesting and in

This cartoon appeared in the March 1955 issue of Better Farming Magazine. It depicts Jupe Pluvius - a shorthand name for the Roman God Jupiter, the “Rain

This boxed hand churn was used primarily by women on the farm to make butter for household consumption. Like all butter churns, the boxed hand churn involved agitating

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A Look At the Next 50 Years

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | WINTER 1964 | JUNIOR FARMER AND 4-H QUARTERLY

One can hardly mark the fiftieth anniversary of Junior Farmer organization in Ontario, without being tempted to dust off the old crystal ball, to take a peak at what the next fifty years may have in store.

CRYSTAL BALL GAZING

Now, before you become too enthused, let’s remember that our crystal ball may have a few cracks in it, and we can’t guarantee its

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,

Charles W. Nash

AUGUST 15, 1848 – FEBRUARY 13, 1926

Charles William Nash was a distinguished Ontarian scientist who was most well known for his service for the Farmers’ Institute. A man of tremendous knowledge with a lifelong passion for ecology, he was diligently involved in spreading scientific information to farmers for the betterment of agricultural development.

Nash was born in Bognor, Sussex, England on August 15, 1848. During his early childhood he developed an acute fascination with the wildlife around his family’s seaside estate. Demonstrating a scientist’s inquisitiveness at a young age, he would

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News from our rich agriculture history

A Farm Museum

Jupe Pluvius

BOXED HAND CHURN

A Look At the Next 50 Years

CRYSTAL BALL GAZING

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Freeman Boyd

Charles W. Nash