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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 advertisement appeared in the June 1949 issue of Canada Lumberman. Taken out by the chemical manufacturer, Canadian Industries Limited, it is an advertisement for

This is an example of a late-19th century draft-powered potato planter. It is unclear when this particular model was produced and by whom. The mechanical potato planter,

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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

Morley Weatherall

APRIL 11, 1930 – JULY 17, 2012

Born in 1930, Morley Weatherall was, in many ways, the epitome of a good Canadian farmer. Weatherall ran a symbiotic system of properties. He owned Ontarian farms in Honeywood, Dufferin County as well as Badjeros, Grey County. The latter included a large feedlot that Weatherall supplemented with his third property, a grain farm in Manitoba. But what made Weatherall exceptional was not what he did, but how he did it.

In 1975 Weatherall became the Ontario Cattleman’s Association’s representative on the board of the Farm Safety Association. In 1982 he was promoted to

Brenda Lammens

SEPTEMBER 19, 1955 - FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Farmer and industry leader. Born Sept. 19, 1955; died Feb. 11, 2017 in Woodstock, age 61.

Interest rate challenges 30 years ago led Norfolk County farmers Brenda and Raymond Lammens to their Spearit Farms asparagus operation near Langton.

That decision led, in turn, to Brenda’s distinguished career as a champion of fresh, local produce and her advocacy for a higher profile for women in agriculture. Brenda was a past winner of the American Agri-Women Vision Award. She also served, in 2007, as the second female Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’

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News from our rich agriculture history

A Farm Museum

Chromated Zinc Chloride Ad

Potato Planter

Lament of the Ex-Farmer

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Morley Weatherall

Brenda Lammens