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Price Control in Agriculture

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | JUNE 5, 1919 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

Not long ago I saw in one of our dailies a very good cartoon in which “Food” and “Wages” were standing on a high scaffold with a ladder leading therefrom, Each of these worthies was pointing to the ladder and urging the other to “go down first.” Food, wages, transportation and manufacture seem so inextricably interwoven in their welfare and existence that it

This cartoon appeared in a November, 1940 issue of the Canadian Countryman magazine. The broad context for the cartoon was the Second World War which Canada had entered on

This is an example of a hand planter, used in sowing corn crops. Mechanical hand planters like this particular model were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th

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Sowing by the Moon - Myth or Science?

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | OCTOBER 19, 1940 | CANADIAN COUNTRYMAN

American truck farmers and some of the most skilful market gardeners in the world, like the “maraichers” around Paris, have long planted certain vegetables according to the phases of the moon, the rule generally being to plant some varieties of seed with a waxing moon and others with a waning moon. The idea goes right back into the midst of antiquity. Foresters in many parts of

Eliza Jones

1838 - 1903

Credited with being one of the best dairywomen of her time, Eliza Maria Harvey was born in 1838 in Maitland Upper Canada, now Ontario. Her father, a successful miller, sent her to Montreal and Scotland for her education until Eliza’s mother’s early passing forced Eliza to return home to care for her five younger siblings. While caring for her siblings Eliza spent much time on her father’s farm which is where she began to develop her dairying skills.

In 1859, after marrying Chilion Jones, Eliza briefly moved to Ottawa. While there her husband, an architect,

William McCraney

DECEMBER 15, 1831 - JUNE 21, 1911

William McCraney was born on December 15, 1831 in Trafalgar township, Halton county, Upper Canada. His parents, Hiram and Louisa McCraney were one of the first settler families in Halton, being granted the land as did many other United Empire Loyalists who fled the newly-formed United States in the wake of the War of Independence. The McCraney’s were thus substantial landowners in the region, and contributed much to its early development. William McCraney used his family’s resources and his savvy business sense to make a name for himself and become a much-respected figure in

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