Markstay WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 1, [1952] - [1968], p. 14

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_ AGRICULTURE - Continued _-""'-"------..--.--.---------- £52 “A 5 ------, ------, - ---.V An abundance of vegetables ' . can be grown if given proper . _ 1 care. Corn is not Town on _ _ _ account of early frosts But to- . , "tik/ill" , A ._ " M1KSN ee matoes and cucumbers thrive "[ MI I-t I y if; ' " s'i' - n ' well if properly protected. t'ljllllllllll8ll _ Wild and tame strawberries 'i;:'.,,?,-;';',-:-,',) tlj " ( - - ."' an l grow In abundance, also blue- Ea ii'iis _ 'ilWjCt I ( , berries and raspberries. ; W __ __ ,7 ,,,,i,,, _ "ii%iiri'1Trr.T-f-F'"-'"-"-T L-rr-S-UE-i-u-ri--.--;)']) Cabbages grown on y , in. 'Lih"tItttiit, ar. ’ 3” - “33.1: Mrs.Jas.McNamara's farm 1 a? 7 baEBlllltiiIr, "x-' ’ '" ... MT ', __m__ w", _ ' .. I “mi-3'; , - , . ',-r _ M --..- i " lllBlgl he "r /ceaa, W , . RV: l 1 l , l -_-_--_"_'"__---_-- George H1611? , _ with his 1 s “J Dairy farmers ship milk and cream and trucks are dis- patched into Markstay to pick it up. Some farmers ship out , by train to North Bay and Toronto. Pure bred Shorthorn, Hereford, Holstein and Ayrshire cattle are raised on a number of farms. One farmer has a flock of grade and purebred sheep. Dogs and bears have been a menace to the sheep Industry and in some cases far... mers have sold their entire flocks due to this danger. "

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