Scott Cairns’ Homestead.

In the 1930’s, farms in Freetown had six to nine milk cows with a small increase in the 1940’s.

In the 1940’s and 1950’s dairy farmers on (record of production) R.O.P. in Freetown were:

1) Allison Profitt 5) Louis Cairns 2) Charles Taylor 6) Andrew Jardine 3) Colby Lewis 7) Johnny Lewis

4) Allan Clow

Since the second world war, dairying has become a more specialized and centralized industry. In the last thirty years the number ofherds have declined. Those remaining are much larger with better production. Many ofthe small factories in the area combined to form Amalgamated Dairies in 1953. Most ofthe local

milk is still delivered to this dairy.

A great improvement in dairy farming came about in 1954 when artificial insemination was introduced. Eastern Prince Artificial Insemination Unit was organized and Allan Clow of Freetown was its first president. Ken Walker was the first technician trained and that year 1500 cows were bred. In the early 1980’s another big improvement in dairy farming came about when embryo transplanting became available locally. Two of the first people to use this service were Elmer Smith and Colbourne Clow.

George Jardine’s sow with litter oflittle pigs, .

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