News from our rich agriculture history

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STAND BY CANADA, VOTE FOR BENNETT

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | OCTOBER 1935 | THE FARMER

The Trusted Pilot Who Weathered The World-Wide Storm, When the Fair-Weather Sailors Quit Bennett Rode out the Gale

A Liberal Government ushered in the Great Depression into the farms and factories of Canada, and went out of office in 1930 leaving the Dominion practically defenseless in the face of the greatest economic storm in history. The Liberal

The horses referred to in this advertisement are of course symbolic, referring to the horsepower inside farmer’s farm and personal vehicles in 1955. Spark plugs, a

The Cradle scythe, also known as the grain cradle, is a modification to a traditional scythe. The traditional scythe, used in the harvest of grain, had the disadvantage of

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If Farmers go on Strike

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | JUNE 10, 1920 | FARMER'S ADVOCATE & HOME MAGAZINE | LONDON

A female farmer who wanted to highlight the importance of farmers to food production and stability wrote the following poem. In particular it focuses on how in 1920 the production of food did not meet the needs of the population. As of 2017, this issue continues to be a problem not only in Canada but worldwide. It is thus necessary to reflect on the important of farmers to human life and

Charles W. Nash

AUGUST 15, 1848 – FEBRUARY 13, 1926

Charles William Nash was a distinguished Ontarian scientist who was most well known for his service for the Farmers’ Institute. A man of tremendous knowledge with a lifelong passion for ecology, he was diligently involved in spreading scientific information to farmers for the betterment of agricultural development.

Nash was born in Bognor, Sussex, England on August 15, 1848. During his early childhood he developed an acute fascination with the wildlife around his family’s seaside estate. Demonstrating a scientist’s inquisitiveness at a young age, he would

David Fife

1805 - JANUARY 9, 1877

The history of Canadian agriculture owes a great debt to the experimental efforts of one man. A Scotch immigrant farmer, David Fife was responsible for introducing a strain of wheat uniquely suited to the harsh and unforgiving Canadian climate. Known as Red Fife, this wheat served as the foundation of Canada’s agricultural prosperity through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Born in Scotland in 1805, David Fife immigrated to the Province of Upper Canada (modern-day Ontario) with his family in 1820. The family settled on a farm on Lot 22, Concession 4 in Otonabee, near

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News from our rich agriculture history

STAND BY CANADA, VOTE FOR BENNETT

The Trusted Pilot Who Weathered The World-Wide Storm, When the Fair-Weather Sailors Quit Bennett Rode out the Gale

AC Spark Plugs

Cradle Scythe

If Farmers go on Strike

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Charles W. Nash

David Fife