News from our rich agriculture history

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How about Tariff for Chinese Famine Region?

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | MARCH 5, 1921 | THE CANADIAN COUNTRYMAN

Of late, the papers have been full of most heart rendering appeals for aid to the poor-famine stricken people of China. It seems to me that our protectionist politicians ought to take this situation to heart. Why should not the food growers in China be protected against outside competition? Anyone who happens to have a supply of food in the drought stricken area can make a fortune out of it

This diagram appeared in the Summer 1978 issue of the Small Farmers’ Journal. It was not an advertisement, but actually part of an article on new methods for

This antique scroll saw used a treadle, similar to old sewing machines, to power the motion of the saw. The user would place their feet on the pedals and alternate steps

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WHAT WILL KEEP THE BOYS ON THE FARM

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | OCTOBER 15, 1908 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

Again and again the plaintive quest is heard, “What will keep boys on the farm?” Will money-making do it? No, for the exceptionally clever boy can generally make more money in the city, where a certain number of opportunities are found to realize in the labor of others. Will the introduction of urban facilities and privileges into the country keep the boys there? Will rural

MARTIN BURRELL

OCTOBER 15, 1858 - MARCH 20, 1938

Martin Burrell was not the first Federal Minister of Agriculture. But he was, importantly, the first Minister of Agriculture to be a farmer himself. Burrell was born in Faringdon, England and immigrated to Canada in 1883, intending to work as a fruit farmer in the Niagara Peninsula.

Burrell lived in the peninsula for a short time and then settled down outside Grand Forks, British Columbia. He did, however, achieve his occupational goal. Burrell’s fruit farming enterprise was quite successful and he became a member of the B.C. Board of Horticulture as well as the

Gilbert “Gil” Henderson

SEPTEMBER 5, 1926 – JANUARY 30, 2017

Farmer and conservationist. Born Sept. 5, 1926; died Jan. 30, 2017 in Brantford, age 90.

Conservation influenced most of Gil Henderson’s work in agriculture.

He earned a 2010 Lieutenant Governor’s Heritage Award for lifetime achievement for his conservation efforts. Together with his wife Molly, Gil won the Environmental Stewardship Award from the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association in 1998. The couple also won the Brant County Farm Family of the Year Award in 1997. They ran Onondaga Farms, a

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News from our rich agriculture history

How about Tariff for Chinese Famine Region?

Life Cycle of the Bloodworm

Treadle Scroll Saw

WHAT WILL KEEP THE BOYS ON THE FARM

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MARTIN BURRELL

Gilbert “Gil” Henderson