centrates for cattle, hogs, and poultry according to the individual farmer's needs. A diesel caterpillar tractor powered the grain crusher and the mixer. In fall or early spring, farmers continued to bring their seed grain to be cleaned. Dirt and poor seed grain were removed to improve the grade. When Randall Boates operated the mill, it was registered in Ottawa, the seed grain was then subject to Federal gov¬ ernment inspection. It often won the distinction of being classified as No. 1 - Canada 's Best. Feed mill now Thomson's. Randall was the first to install a special machine for treating seed grain against diseases such as smut, bunt, root rot, etc. In the 1960's, most farmers kept cattle, hogs and poultry. Many turkeys were also raised in this area. Feed was cheap, hence a profit was ensured. Randall found ready sale for his feed which he hauled to farmers by the truckload. For many years he bought hogs and cattle from local farmers and shipped them every week to Swift Canadian Co. in Charlottetown . When Blair Thomson took over the feed mill business in 1974, he switched from diesel power to electric and for nine years he con¬ tinued to do custom work on a full time basis; but changes began to occur that affected his business. After the demise of many small farmers, large farmers bought machines to crush and mix their own feed grain. Others hired mobile trucks to do this work "on site"; and of course, the escalating cost of operations - fuel, electricity, machine parts, etc., all contributed to the closing of the mill on a full time basis in 1983. The work is now seasonal. The mill remains closed all 290