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CANADA’S FISCAL POLICY: NO. 17 - THE LAND ROBBERS

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | JANUARY 17, 1920 | CANADIAN COUNTRYMAN

In the last article we discovered that the real strength of Protection lay in the fact of unemployment, wherefrom anything that will “make work” is taken to be a blessing. Similarly the effects of machinery, and of labor-saving inventions, have frequently been looked at with dismay by those whom these things ought to benefit, because, as a matter of fact, the benefit did not often

This cartoon appeared in the February 1955 edition of Better Farming magazine. It was drawn by the cartoonist Walt Wetterberg who made a career using humour and cartoons

This is an example of an antique cast iron hand drill from an unknown time period. As with their modern, electrified counterparts, the human-powered hand drill was used to

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Encourage Farm Girls

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | MAY 30, 1912 | FARMER'S ADVOCATE & HOME MAGAZINE

Scores, yes hundreds, of reasons have been advanced to account for the boys leaving the farm to engage in urban occupations. The problem is unsolved. Perhaps if all the sound reasons advanced were put together in one volume they would cover the case. In dealing with the subject of the trend of population cityward, by far the largest percentage of writers discuss the problem from a very

Dr. J.C. Berry

FEBRUARY 5, 1905 - FEBRUARY 19, 2002

Dr. John Coulter Berry was born in Langley, British Columbia, and spent his childhood and early life working on his Father’s dairy farm.

Deciding to pursue a more advanced career in agriculture Dr. Berry acquired a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Science at the University of British Columbia in 1927. Upon graduation Dr. Berry quickly secured a job at the UBC’s animal husbandry department. Dr. Berry received his Master’s degree in 1937 and then received permission to take a leave and further his education at Iowa State College. Dr. Berry returned to

Albert Edward Silverwood

FEBRUARY 15, 1876 – DECEMBER 2, 1961

The founder of Silverwood Dairies, A. E. Silverwood was born in 1876 in Victoria County, Ontario to parents William Alexander Silverwood and Mary Jane Cooney. In 1899 Silverwood got a job for Flavelles Limited of Lindsay Ontario. Two years later he got married to Eva M. Ferris of Lindsay. In 1903 the company placed him at their new location in London, Ontario, a hub for Western Ontario egg and poultry producers. Later that year Silverwood opened Silverwood Produce with just one assistant.

For the first six years Silverwood operated his company with half equity given to Flavelles

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News from our rich agriculture history

CANADA’S FISCAL POLICY: NO. 17 - THE LAND ROBBERS

Ada the Ayrshire

Hand Drill

Encourage Farm Girls

lives lived

Dr. J.C. Berry

Albert Edward Silverwood