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interesting to note that four lady mem- bers belonged to the club.

In 1929 farmers had shipped nine tons of dressed poultry. Not only did farm; ers ship out their farm produce as noted, they also brought in farm necessities for the farmers’ use. Mr. W.B. McLellan was bringing in loads of feed molasses at the railroad station in Alma in 1929. Leonard Williams, a member of the Boys’ and Girls’ Heifer Club, sold a purebred Ayrshire heifer in 1930 for $40.

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Club was assembling wool to be shipped w.B. and Mary Anne to markets. In 1931 the Cold Storage at “Ame” (MCInty‘e) MCLenan O’Leary was buying live fowl at Myrick’s store in Alberton. This signified the be-

ginning of the end of the poultry killing plants in Elmsdale, which had been oper- ated by Basil MacNeill and Hugh Williams.

An ad in the Island Farmer for January 7, 1931 seems to indicate the. Farmers’ Institute was beginning to lose ground. Along with advertising the date of the annual

meeting for 1930 the following information was given:

This Institute has done and is still doing much valuable work towards organizing the farmers of this section into some cooperation and should be generally patronized by the farmers. No doubt the meet- ing will be attended by many members but the attendance should not be confined to members alone.

All farmers are welcome and should attend. The following ad was located in the Island Farmer June 17, 1931:

Annual meeting of the Banner Livestock Shipping Club at Elmsdale Hall June 18th. All. farmers inter-

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