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 advertisement appeared in the July 13, 1940 edition of Canadian Countryman. It was taken out by the Bell Telephone Company of Canada (now Bell Canada) to advertise

This is one of the first “batch freezers” produced by Emery Thompson in the early twentieth-century. Based on a design he had originally patented in 1906, this

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Farm Help and Immigration

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | JULY 31, 1920 | CANADIAN COUNTRYMAN

Although present indications are that our agricultural production will be well maintained this year compared with former years, there is no doubt that if sufficient labor had been available we could have easily doubled production without turning a single furrow of virgin soil.

In spite of strikes, high passenger rates, shortage of vessels, and other difficulties connected with

JOHN BRACKEN

JUNE 22, 1883 - MARCH 18, 1969

John Bracken led an eventful life in the fields of agriculture and politics which included many high and low points. He was born June of 1883 near Ellisvale Ontario, but is most known for his time spent in the prairie provinces. Before moving west, Bracken attended the Ontario Agricultural College where he demonstrated great academic and athletic success.

Upon his graduation Bracken was offered a job in Manitoba as a seed control inspector at the Department of Agriculture which caused him to travel extensively through the prairies. He was exceedingly skilled at his job and his

George C. Creelman

MAY 9, 1869 - APRIL 18, 1929

George C. Creelman’s life was dedicated to his two greatest passions: higher education and agriculture. As president of the Ontario Agricultural College (O.A.C.), Creelman helped to establish the place of agricultural science as a legitimate and practical discipline, and earned international renown for himself and his school.

In spite of his later contributions to agriculture, George Creelman was not born on a farm. The son of a music teacher, George was born in 1869 in Collingwood, Ontario. When George was nine years old, the Creelman family moved to a fruit farm in Grey

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News from our rich agriculture history

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JOHN BRACKEN

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