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| Farming: Ploughing, Harvesting, Milking, Threshing, etc. | |||
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Horse-drawn Reaper A horse drawn reaper, an early piece of
farm machinery, in mid-19th century Ontario. ID #20449 |
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Massey Light Binder The horse-drawn Massey Light Binder in
the late 19th century, an early product of a Toronto, Ontario based farm machinery company that
rose to Canada-wide eminence from the 1880s onward.
ID #20456 |
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Ploughing Match A post-Confederation ploughing match in Nova
Scotia. ID #20718 |
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Reaping Grain Farming in post-confederation Ontario included
raising and reaping grain with horses. ID #20442 |
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Barley Farmer Ontario barley-farmer at work in Haldimand
County, early 1900s. ID #20234 |
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Dairy Farming Dairy farming and milking the cows, c. early
1900s. ID #21931 |
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Steam Farming Discing and harrowing the Canadian Plains,
powered by steam. ID #20786 |
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Ukrainian Farmer A Ukrainian farmer working with oxen on his
homestead in Alberta, 1907. ID #20792 |
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Eaton Farm Harrowing on Eaton Farm, Toronto, Ontario,
1922. ID #20238 |
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Apple Harvesting Post-confederation apple harvesting at
Clarkson, Ontario, both for Ontario and export markets. ID #20443 |
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The Hay Wagon An early farm on the edge of the Canadian
Shield. ID #23090 |
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Winnowing Grain Winnowing grain at Black Creek Pioneer
Village in Toronto, a method employed by pioneers since ancient times by utilizing the wind to
blow away the lighter chaff from the kernels of wheat. ID #23116 |
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Oxen Plowing A team of oxen plowing at Black Creek Pioneer
Village in Toronto. Although slow, the strong beasts were basic to the emerging farms in Upper
Canada. ID #23115 |
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