Table 11:3, Townships 26 and 27 Farm Production, 1941-197110

1941 1951 1961 Cattle: Twp. 26 2137 2928 3961 Twp. 27 1894 2119 2455 Milk cows: Twp. 26 1290 1403 1159 Twp. 27 1159 1081 823

Twp. 26 657 386 106 Twp. 27 562 443 107

Harvesting Gram at A.P. Mulligan ’5 Farm, Newton TWp. 26 817 1578 1513 (Courtesy of Gladys MulIigan)

Twp. 27 687 1047 903 _ , _ . , , _ , Morris Shur—Gain anlmal feed serv1ce mlll 1n Klnkora,

Twp. 26 20,195 11,751 38,276 discussed in the previous chapter, and which catered Twp. 27 20,395 11,034 12,586 specifically to beef, pork and poultry producers. The statistics, however, also point up less positive signs in far- ming. There were major declines in the number of sheep, horses and milk cows. The decline in milk cows had a

Twp. 26 444 220 244 Twp. 27 172 195 281 Oats: (in acres) Twp. Twp. Mixed Grains: (in acres) Twp. Twp. Potatoes:

(in acres)

Twp. Twp.

The statistics in Table 11:3 show that the increases in

f ' ' hi 26 nd 27 occurred in . . - arm prOduCtlon 1n Towns pS a AdenP. Mulligan: promment farmer from Newton, operated 500 acres

QOtatOCS, mixed grainS, Cattle, pigs and poultry. It seems in the 1950’s, Chairman ofProvinciaI Dairy Association, Chairman llkely that some of these increases took place 1n the five of ProvinciaI Liberal Association. communities; this is suggested by the success of PL. (Courtesy of Gladys Mulligan)

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