News from our rich agriculture history

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University Agricultural Training

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | MAY 23, 1912 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

“The need of relating our present school system more closely to agricultural life has been brought very forcibly of late years to the attention of the Provincial (Ontario) Government, and various steps in that direction have been taken, with greater or less timidity. Now, at the suggestion of the Department of Education, and for the purpose of training High School teachers in

This cartoon, appearing in the September 27, 1940 issue of the Canadian Countryman depicts Uncle Sam and Johnny Canuck standing together resolutely, pledging to keep

A very important aspect of pioneer life in Canada was home butter-making. This could be achieved with the use of this device, a rocking butter churn. Butter churning was a

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The New Politics

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | NOVEMBER 6, 1919 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

A political revolution has swept the slate clean in the Province of Ontario, and a new era is dawning. During a revolution it is hard to predict whose head will go, and, in the upheaval still fresh in our minds, the weapon placed in the hands of Ontario’s electors fell with a vengeance. The ballot was not in every case, we think, used discreetly, but, unlike revolutions where the

James A. McSloy

SEPTEMBER 5, 1855 - APRIL 10, 1926

James A. McSloy was a manufacturer, fruit grower, dairy farmer, and horseman of considerable reputation and capability. He was most well-known for founding the Canadian Hair Cloth Co., a company which thrived under his leadership, and operating the Martindale dairy farm, which was famous for its Guernsey stock.

McSloy was born on September 5, 1855, in St. Catharines, where he would spend the majority of his life. He was educated at a private school before attending the St. Catharines Collegiate Institute. Upon graduating he made his first foray into the business world, opening a

Dr. Clarkson Freeman

FEBRUARY 26, 1827 - MARCH 1, 1895

Clarkson Freeman was born in Trafalgar township, Halton county, Upper Canada on February 26, 1827. His grandfather William was resident of Elizabethtown, New York until the American Revolution, in which he fought for the British and subsequently lost all of his property. The Freeman family emigrated to Canada in 1800 alongside many other United Empire Loyalists, and were granted land outside of Ancaster where they took up farming. Clarkson’s father Isaac fought under General Brock against the Americans in the War of 1812, after which he settled on a farm on concession 1, lot 16 of

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News from our rich agriculture history

University Agricultural Training

Dictators Keep Out

Rocking Butter Churn

The New Politics

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James A. McSloy

Dr. Clarkson Freeman