on his return from Launching. His father got going so fast that junks of seaweed

were flying off the load into the air behind him. His father came in ahead and then continued up the ice to the hooting of the crowd.

FARM ER’S ORGANIZATIONS

In the late 1880’s, farming was carried out on a large extent and without any extensive government assistance farmers formed together to improve the quality of rural life. The Pioneer, a newspaper printed in Montague in 1879, com— plained of the poor quality of livestock shown at King’s County Exhibition in Georgetown that year. The Editor of this paper urged farmers to change their

old modes and join together to improve their lots. He suggested forming farmer's clubs.

Farmers did join together and the early 1900’s saw Big Run Livestock Association, Little Pond Cattleman’s Association, and Little River Cattleman’s Association being formed. The members would all pay a yearly fee of $1:00 and one member would be elected to keep a good breeding sire bought by the group

for the purpose of improved breeding stock. A service fee of $1.00 was charged for each cow.

A practical joke was played on one farmer in Little Pond who considered himself a real expert on good sires. When the new bull was purchased by the group, this man was very anxious to inspect the animal. He sent word to the farmer keeping it that he would arrive at a certain time to look over their new sire. However, before his visit some of the other members of the group got together and procured a scrub bull from a neighbor’s pasture, cleaned and de- corated the little scrub, and presented it as the wonderful new sire. The “expert”

proceeded to point out all the favorable assets the new bull posessed, and ap- proved of him heartily.

Existing farm organization today include Federation of Agriculture, Na- tional Farmers Union, and P.E.l. Artificial Breeding Association.

CHEESE FACTORIES

There were two cheese factories in the Boughton River area in the late 1800's. The largest one was located in Dundas and the other was situated in Little River or Howe Bay as it is now known.

Almost everyone had mixed farms then and most farmers found themselves with a lot of surplus milk during the summer months when the cows were “on the grass”. The local cheese factory provided an excellent outlet for this surplus milk as well as extra income for farmers.

The milk was shipped in steel cans after a careful straining process. The milk was put in the cans and cooled, usually in a spring or brook. Later it would be taken to the farmer’s gate and put on a wooden platform built about the same

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