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: 5) Louis Cairns 6) Andrew Jardine 7) Johnny Lewis 1) Allison Profitt 2) Charles Taylor 3) Colby 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 of herds have declined. Those remaining are much larger with better production. Many of the small factories in the area combined to form Amalgamated Dairies in 1953. Most of the local milk is still delivered to this dairy. A great improvement in dairy farming came about in 1954 when artificial insemination was introduced. 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. k Jm ^^^Pil»»««f i ||if Mttf: 4 '*?#*! ' i M tt;"7: * ; i |ipl JSMfc. George Jardine 's sow with litter of little pigs. *l :I:' 38