opened small shops. The following is a summary of those who were in the machinery business.

Walter Gorrill was the first farm machinery dealer selling plows, hay mowers, harrows, and parts in the early 40’s. He sold for Fred Ramsay.

Claude MacNeill sold International machinery from his depart- ment store. Alvin Palmer was also a dealer for International and Oliver machinery.

In April 1967, Hall Manufacturing Company Ltd., Summerside, formerly Thos. Hall 8: Co., opened a shop in O’Leary with Don Yuill and Charles Willis working there. Don Yuill then took over the Irving Service Station in 1972 and sold Bellarius machinery. In 1981 he moved to his present location, north of the Royal Canadian Legion, O’Leary.

Edwin W. Turner was a Massey Ferguson dealer until early in 1960 when he went out of business and the stock was moved to J. Keir Ramsay & Son’s outlet. Keir had purchased a building in 1963 from J.W.D. Campbell. After Fred Champion’s electric light plant burned, his shop which escaped the fire was moved to the former site of the electric plant. Keir enlarged the building and now sells and services Allied, Zetor, and Massey-Ferguson machinery.

During this era the machinery changed over to large tractors, combines, etc. and Keir’s company filled the need for farmers by sup- pling and repairing the machinery. They employed up to five men and are still in business at the same location (1992).

The following is a list of some early manufactured machinery over the years, which were horse drawn or operated by tread horse power: manure Spreaders, threshers, hay presses, grain binders, hay rakes, reapers, hay mowers, hay loaders, corn binders, cultivators, disc harrows, seeders, scufflers, land rollers, farm wagons, fan mills, seed separators, potato planters, diggers and Sprayers.

The most common manufacturers included: International Harvester, Renfrew, Frost & Wood, Deering & McCormick, Massey Harris, Thomas Hall & Co. later known as Hall Mfg. Co. Ltd., Cockshutt, David Brown, and White.

The first tractors which came in 1930 had heavy iron wheels and had very little power. During World War II farm labourers were diffi- cult to find; therefore the need of mechanized machinery increased. Over the years improvements have been tremendous and in 1992 very large machinery capable of doing many jobs are in use on every farm.

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