Ploughing Matches were contests between local farmers to see who was the best ploughman. Whether pulled by oxen, horse, steam or tractor, ...

In 1879 the Honorable J H Pope, the Agriculture Minister of Canada, invited tenant farmers' delegates from the UK to visit the Domin...

My Grampa was the cook in his family. He might have learned as a survival tactic because my Granny was a businesswoman and didn't lik...

During our country's 150th anniversary celebration of confederation I will write posts titled Canada 150 with a link to a public...

During our country's 150th anniversary celebration of confederation I will write posts titled Canada 150 with a link to a public...

My Carter ancestors of Fold House Farm in Pilling, Lancashire, England were pig farmers. They developed an excellent breed of pigs that we...

Many of my ancestors were agricultural labourers, farm servants, or farm owners. My 2nd great-grandfather, Alexander Mavor, a young m...

Tithe Apportionments - Devon, UK I have heard many people say - "My ancestor was not very interesting, he was just a farmer. So th...