In 1971, the first bulk milk tank in Clinton was installed by Donald Pickering . FOX FARMING In the early part of the 20th century, fox farming was car¬ ried on in various parts of the province, and some of the Clinton farmers had taken shares in company ranches, from which good dividends were received. Company ranches in Clinton were oper¬ ated by James Pickering Sr. and George Riley who paid a good dividend for a few years. As the pelts went down some in price and breeding stock was within the means of the individual, almost every farmer owned his own small ranch. With pelts selling at $200 each, a farmer could make some additional money, if he were lucky enough to have success with his litters. This was in the early 1920's, but prices declined soon after this and, in the 1930's, the number of fox ranches began to diminish. I CLINTON MAIL DELIVERY In 1880, according to Meacham 's Atlas, residents of Clinton ere getting their mail with the P.O. address: Margate , Clinton or Graham's Road. But in 1884 the first post office opened in Clinton opened at the home of John W. Woodside , who lived where Junior Montgom ¬ ery lives now. In 1886 the post office was moved to the home of James Pickering Jr. , now Ivan Pickering's home, where it remained till the Clinton post office was closed. In 1894 mail was transported between Clinton and New Lon¬ don by G. MacKay . By 1909 this task had been taken over by Charles MacGregor . At this time, James Warren hauled the mail from Bradalbane to New London , at the post office in charge of Archibald Campbell . In this era mail was received two or three times a week. From 1909 - 1914 the mail was transported between Clinton jnd Margate by Hartford Woodside. The above dates were taken from the Postmaster General's annual reports. Following Hartford Woodside's term of driving College Bowness took over and still later Mrs. Thomas Stewart who fas assisted by John Carr and Arthur Warren . Soon after this, rural mail delivery began and we had two mail routes in Clinton. Residents from the New London border to Murray's Hollow and those who lived on the received their mail from Emerald and the remainder of the district received mail from Kensington . —13—