A History of Elmsdale, Elmsdale West, and Brockton, Prince Edward Island

Stewart Farms Ltd. - In 1970 Burton, Lea and George Stewart bought the warehouse of Kenneth Matthews, which was located on the railroad siding in Alberton. They grew, graded and sold their potatoes for the table market, mainly in Ontario. At that time they formed a company called Stewart Farms Ltd. Their po- tatoes were shipped from Stewart FarfinsLtd Alberton by train until the ' trains stopped running.

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Over the years the Stewarts’ company added two more warehouses to the original warehouse and a loading dock for trucks, as potatoes were now being transported by this means. In 197 6 the dairy barn on the farm property in Rosebank was partially destroyed in a Windstorm and the dairy herd was sold. After the barn was removed from the site a large new storage warehouse was built. Later more land and equip- ment were acquired. After Burton’s death, Lea and George operated Stewart Farms Ltd., growing potatoes and barley. In the fall of 1976 Stewart Farms Ltd. of Rosebank won first prize in the Potato Warehouse Improvement Competition for West Prince. In November 2003, George Stewart died. Today Stewart Farms Ltd. is owned and 0Perated by Lea and Donald Stewart: They grow potatoes for the processing market and barley, which is sold as a cash crop.

Mill River Farms (Elm Farms — Indian River Farms — W.P. Griffin Inc.) - Mill River Farms was begun by Claude Clark and Richard “Dick” Martin in 1965 or . 1966. Over a period of five or six years a number of farms were purchased. Garth Wilkie was hired as the on-site manager. Others who were employed by the com- Pany were: J eanetta Ogden as office worker; George Williams, Roy Williams, Dan—

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