News from our rich agriculture history

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Immigration and Other Matters

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | FEBRUARY 11, 1922 | CANADIAN COUNTRYMAN

We recently received a letter from a subscriber which is of particular interest because it deals with questions which bear directly on the prosperity of the majority of the people of this country. Our correspondent starts out by asking: “What are the prospects this year for farmers?” This is a difficult question to answer definitely as so many factors have to be considered but,

This ad for the Pixtone Mechanical Stone Picker appeared in the June 1955 issue of Better Farming. It was designed to remove stones from others good topsoil to improve

This is the F-110 model of the two-row checkrow planter produced by the International Harvester Company between 1936 and 1940. Like most pre-war planters, this model was

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When Will Prices Fall?

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | MAY 13, 1920 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

The markets of the world are in a strange condition at the present time. Prices have reached a level that they have never reached before. Wages Are abnormally high, and there is a disposition on the part of most working people to keep one eye on the clock. People everywhere are complaining loudly about the high cost of living, but it is worth observing that extravagance and improvidence are

J. P. Griffin

J. P. Griffin was the manager and secretary of the Ontario Milk Producers’ Association. He was at the head of a movement to get cheese factories in Ontario organized and affiliated with the Association in 1929. His main objective, as stated at the annual meeting of the Ontario Milk Producer’s Association in 1929, was to keep dairy producing a profitable business, which hinged on the cheese sector, the “key” to the whole industry in terms of keeping exports high. Griffin also believed in strengthening the connection between city and town shippers in the industry and

Robert Miller

1857 - 1935

There are few names of more significance to the history of the livestock business in Canada than that of Robert Miller. The famous livestock man was born on July 15, 1857 in Brougham (Pickering), Upper Canada into a Scottish family of immense importance to the livestock community of Ontario. His father, John, had migrated from Scotland to Upper Canada in 1835, bringing livestock with him. His farm, known as Thistle Ha’, was known far and wide, and is currently a National Historic Site. The Millers specialized in Shorthorns, which would dominate the family industry during

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News from our rich agriculture history

Immigration and Other Matters

Pixtone Mechanical Stone Picker

Two-Row Planter

When Will Prices Fall?

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J. P. Griffin

Robert Miller