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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

This cartoon first appeared in a December 1944 edition of Canadian Countryman. It depicts an imprisoned man representing “world trade” sitting in his cell,

This artifact is an old pre-electricity washing machine. Washers like these were designed to create a greater efficiency in labour and resources than hand washing

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Veterinary College at Guelph Opened

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | DECEMBER 30, 1922 | CANADIAN COUNTRYMAN

The official opening of the Ontario Veterinary College, which was instructed during the past year by the Ontario Government, on College Heights, Guelph, Ont., took place on Dec. 12 under most auspicious circumstances, Hon. Manning Doherty, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, officiating and formally declaring the College open for the instruction of students in veterinary science. In spite of the

James A. Garner

1898 - 1958

James A. Garner was born in 1898, in Grey County, Ontario. His parents, David Garner and Francis Garner, were of Scottish descent. He was part of the graduating class of 1923 of the Ontario Agricultural College. After graduating from college he entered the Extension Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, serving in Victoria, Grey, and Rainy River. It was when he moved to Kent County in 1929, however, that he had the greatest impact, as he served there for 17 years- more than half of his career.

It was Garner’s mission to ensure that farmers would have an easier

Rev. Norbert Jutras

1856 - 1929

Norbert Jutras was born in 1856 in La Baie du Febvre, near Trois-Riviers, Quebec. Jutras was raised on a farm, and he carried with him a keen interest in agriculture and rural communities even as he devoted his life to the Church, a career which would bring him to the Francophone communities of Manitoba. His persistent advocacy in favour of small-scale family farming in opposition to the growing commercialization of agriculture earned him the title, “The Apostle of Mixed Farming.”

A bright young man, Norbert Jutras excelled in his studies and attended the seminary at

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Encourage Farm Girls

IMPRISONED WORLD TRADE

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Veterinary College at Guelph Opened

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James A. Garner

Rev. Norbert Jutras