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Rich soil, poor farmers: Although southwestern Ontario's comfields seem to stretch endlessly, some farmers say they are often tempted just to walk away from their upprofitable livelihood
Rich soil, poor farmers: Although southwestern Ontario's comfields seem to stretch endlessly, some farmers say they are often tempted just to walk away from their upprofitable livelihood

Rich soil, poor farmers: Although southwestern Ontario's comfields seem to stretch endlessly, some farmers say they are often tempted just to walk away from their upprofitable livelihood

Date9/17/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rich soil; poor farmers: Although southwestern Ontario's comfields seem to stretch endlessly; some farmers say they are often tempted just to walk away from their upprofitable livelihood.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0006405F
      Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
      Jim Hewson says his father's farm might as well be used for housing because soil quality has been depleted by tenant farmers
      Bradnam, Sue
      1/25/1984
      Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
      Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
      Brazao, Dale
      11/27/1979
      Uneven increase: Dairy farmers have seen stable income growth, while others have done variously better or worse than Ontario's average 13 percent hike in realized farm net income
      Uneven increase: Dairy farmers have seen stable income growth, while others have done variously better or worse than Ontario's average 13 percent hike in realized farm net income
      Russell, Jim
      2/1/1983
      The scene at the Stockyard Farmers' Market in Waterloo is typical of farmers' markets across Southern Ontario - a blend of farmers, food and customers
      The scene at the Stockyard Farmers' Market in Waterloo is typical of farmers' markets across Southern Ontario - a blend of farmers, food and customers
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/8/1987
      Showing their displeasure, some 1,300 members of the Ontario Farmers' Union mass in Queen's Park to plead their cause for higher prices. [Incomplete]
      Showing their displeasure, some 1,300 members of the Ontario Farmers' Union mass in Queen's Park to plead their cause for higher prices. [Incomplete]
      Geo, Mario
      4/5/1966
      Fall Time: Apple farmer Ben Falk, above, says farmers can't afford higher wages
      Fall Time: Apple farmer Ben Falk, above, says farmers can't afford higher wages
      Bock, Tony
      10/1/1988
      Ordered to trim his flock of 22,000 birds while he was still paying for them, Mike Kolisnyk says the Ontario egg board is Killing farmers. The board says Kolisnyk isn't a typical producer
      Ordered to trim his flock of 22,000 birds while he was still paying for them, Mike Kolisnyk says the Ontario egg board is Killing farmers. The board says Kolisnyk isn't a typical producer
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/19/1974
      Not a farmers property rent it is a farmer's talk discusing the back campus M of T ready for seedig
      Not a farmers property rent it is a farmer's talk discusing the back campus M of T ready for seedig
      James & Son
      5/6/1924
      Farmer's friend: Dal Dalrymple has been helping farmers like Gordon Barrie (right) for 38 years with problems such as improving milk production with a different cattle diet.
      Farmer's friend: Dal Dalrymple has been helping farmers like Gordon Barrie (right) for 38 years with problems such as improving milk production with a different cattle diet.
      Dunlop, Alan
      5/27/1982
      To the farmers of Canada : it is claimed for Whitcombe's Farmer's Account Book, that by its use a thorough system of farm accounts may be kept in a simple form
      To the farmers of Canada : it is claimed for Whitcombe's Farmer's Account Book, that by its use a thorough system of farm accounts may be kept in a simple form
      Whitcombe, Charles Edward
      1873
      Farmers' market: The old West Toronto CP Railway station would become a farmers' market under the proposed $2-billion redevelopment
      Farmers' market: The old West Toronto CP Railway station would become a farmers' market under the proposed $2-billion redevelopment
      Canadian Pacific Railway Company
      9/23/1982
      Chief Joe Gibson is retiring. North York's fire chief Joe Gibson retires at the end fo January after 35 years with the department. He remembers when the office he sits in was just a farmer's field
      Chief Joe Gibson is retiring. North York's fire chief Joe Gibson retires at the end fo January after 35 years with the department. He remembers when the office he sits in was just a farmer's field
      Faught, Ken
      10/7/1991