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Source of the Boys' Discontent

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | OCTOBER 22, 1908 | THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE

Having read with interest the article in the issue of October 1st, entitled, “School and Tariff Questions,” I would like to commend through your columns the note by “ed.,” appended to the above-mentioned article. Our friend, “Nottawasaga Farmer,” holds the idea that the school system of to-day is demoralizing the youth as regards the pursuing of farm life,

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

This is an example of a pedal-powered grinder produced by Deering in the late 19th-century. Using the simple combination of a grindstone turned by the operation of

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Drawing Dividends from a Silver Lining

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED | DECEMBER 20, 1919 | CANADIAN COUNTRYMAN

It is nearly fifteen years now since a blue-eyed pioneer farmer of keen vision, a man by the name of Partridge, away out on the bleak Saskatchewan prairie, pointed to a silver lining which he saw edging the dark cloud of conditions in the grain trade at that time. He called it co-operation.

“Why not let’s get together and market our own grain instead of taking so much

Morley Weatherall

APRIL 11, 1930 – JULY 17, 2012

Born in 1930, Morley Weatherall was, in many ways, the epitome of a good Canadian farmer. Weatherall ran a symbiotic system of properties. He owned Ontarian farms in Honeywood, Dufferin County as well as Badjeros, Grey County. The latter included a large feedlot that Weatherall supplemented with his third property, a grain farm in Manitoba. But what made Weatherall exceptional was not what he did, but how he did it.

In 1975 Weatherall became the Ontario Cattleman’s Association’s representative on the board of the Farm Safety Association. In 1982 he was promoted to

James Mills

1840 - 1924

James Mills was born in 1840 near Bond head in the county of Simcoe to parents of Irish descent. He was the eldest of ten children. Mills was a figure who was committed to the improvement of agricultural education in Ontario, and his name is one that will forever be associated with the Ontario Agricultural College, for which he served as president and instituted a number of important reforms.

Mills contribution to rural Ontario began at a young age. Although he lost his right arm in a farming accident when he was a young adult and was restricted from a further role in farm

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News from our rich agriculture history

Source of the Boys' Discontent

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Drawing Dividends from a Silver Lining

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Morley Weatherall

James Mills