A History of Elmsdale , West, and Brockton , Lillian Adams Coll. Stewart Farms Ltd. 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 Alberton by train until the trains stopped running. 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 1976 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 . In November 2003, George Stewart died. Today Stewart Farms Ltd. is owned and operated by Lea and Donald Stewart. They grow potatoes for the processing market and barley, which is sold as a cash crop. Farms (Elm Farms - Farms - W. R Griffin Inc.) - 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- I Pany were: Jeanetta Ogden as office worker; George Williams , Roy Williams , Dan- 119