1918 Bulletin #79: Oats and Wheat and Barley Grow and there's a Bonus: our ANCESTORS listed off as Farmers of BC.

Update: "Movember" 9, 2012:   "Cow-Testing Association of British Columbia 1926"

What is unique about this file, and we don't mean to Butter you up with too many details... but it's back to that old Ancestry stuff, and locations of Ranches, Farms...etc.  Page 3 of many.... AND names of Cows... so if you're looking for a new name... like "Katie" or "Jersey" or "Tibby Two" why not take a look?

 J. A. Higginson, Sardis.
Raine & Carmiehael, Chilliwack.
C. Kerr, Chilliwaek.
Raine & Carmichae!, Chilliwaek.
Raine & Carmiehael, Chilliwack.
Fleming Bros. & Ileeee, Sardis•
W. L. Maeken, Chilliwaek.
W. L. Macken, Chilliw.ack.
E. Unsworth, Sardis.
I. W. Clark, Sardis.
P. Travis, Sardis.
P. Travis, Sardis.
E. Unsworth, Chilliwaek.
C. Kerr, Chflliwaek.
Fleming Bros. & Bocce, Sardis.
li'leming Bros. & Reeee. Sardis.
Raine & Cariniehsel, Chilliwaek.
Fleming Bros. & Reeee, Sardis.
I. W. Clark, Sardis.
Fleming Bros. & Reece, Sardis.
Fleming Bros. & Reeee, Sardi

ETC.

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Farmers!  Can't live without them.  Especially if they're Organic!  Consumers are willing to pay a higher price just to be free from pesticides, and other such chemicals.   When we saw Bulletin #79 at the BC Legislative Library, it made our hearts sing with a childhood song:

chorus:

Oats and wheat and barley grow,
Oats and wheat and barley grow,
But not you nor I nor anyone know
How oats and wheat and barley grow.

Verse 1

First the farmer sows his seed,
Then he stands and takes his ease,
And he stamps his feet and clasps his hands,
While the sun shines on the land.

chorus:

Oats and wheat and barley grow,…..etc

The BC Legislature Library isn't all bad news.  There are some exceedingly high points.... like this one.  To you, it may be dry reading, but if you persevere, you'll discover a Silver lining in this Document.   It starts out like this;

FIELD CROP AND SEED COMPETITIONS
BULLETIN No. 79
1918

But there's a catch though, both in the emotion of what is to unfold in three days time, memories of those who were lost to all wars.   94 years ago World War One ended on November 11th.  The folks at home, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends too, had been working for four long years on their fields, to support those who Volunteered for the War in Europe.

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Returning Soldiers, not necessarily as sound as when they left, were given a stake in Canada, free land, forested land, land that needed to be cleared of trees and trunks, land to be plowed, harrowed, and leveled in preparation for "Oats and Wheat and Barley to Grow", but the first crops were Strawberries and Raspberries.

In the closing pages, starting at Page 14 of Bulletin No. 79, there are thirteen pages:

"A list of the winners in the Field-crop Competitions conducted during 1917":

What you have in the Document above, is a history of where our Ancestors were, before 1918.  The data above is an image, a ScreenShot, which means anyone looking for their Ancestors won't find this Blog, however..... we've started to type in the First of Thirteen Pages, in our "spare time".

Names and Residences, like this.... with a few links too and using GeoBC you can find where the old towns are and what they are called now:   Westholme

Cowichan	Solley, I.F.	Westholme
Cowichan	Kingston, F.L.	Duncan
Cranbrook	Taylor, L.	Wycliffe
Cranbrook	Smith, A.B.	Cranbrook
Cranbrook	Clarke, F.	Wycliffe
Cranbrook	Fleming, C.S.	Wycliffe
Cranbrook	Mitchell, John	Cranbrook
Crawford Bay	Bayliss Bros.	Port Crawford
Crawford Bay	Palmer, O.	Port Crawford
Crawford Bay	Richardson, H.	Port Crawford
Crawford Bay	Johnson, M.	Port Crawford
Crawford Bay	Kean, J.W.	Port Crawford
Eagle River	Anderson, A.	Malakwa
Eagle River	Somerville, B.F.	Malakwa
Eagle River	Johnston, J.	Malakwa
Eagle River	Humphrey, J.M.	Malakwa
Eagle River	Erickson, E.	Malakwa
Grand Forks	Little, J.	Grand Forks
Grand Forks	Laws, E.F.	Grand Forks
Grand Forks	Padget, T.	Grand Forks
Grand Forks	Heaven, C.C.	Grand Forks
Grand Forks	Lawrence, J.T.	Grand Forks
Hendon (River?)	Parkhurst, Fred	R.R. #1, Salmon Arm
Hendon	Buchart, D.B.	R.R. #1, Salmon Arm
Hendon	Andrews, W.J.	R.R. #1, Salmon Arm
Hendon	Hoover, Willie	R.R. #1, Salmon Arm
Hendon	Curtis, A.J.	R.R. #1, Salmon Arm
Kelowna	Fleming, W.H.	Kelowna
Kelowna	Hereron, M.	Kelowna
Kelowna	Crawford, W.	Kelowna
Kelowna	Walker, W.D.	Kelowna
Kelowna	Taylor, F.A.	Kelowna
Kootenay River	Tarry, F.	Tarrys
Kootenay River	Pratt, Wm.	Thrums
Kootenay River	Power, R.I.M.	Thrums
Kootenay River	Scheavan, L.	Shoreacres
Kootenay River	Richards, E.A.	Thrums
Lake District	Blair, T.	Vanderhoof
Lake District	Lampitt, O.R.	Vanderhoof
Lake District	Bice, I.	Vanderhoof
Lake District	Hargraves, J.	Vanderhoof
Lake District	Seager, F.	Vanderhoof
Langley	Mead, J.J.	Langley Fort
Langley	Stockdale, W.	Langley Fort
Langley	McIvor, K.	Langley Fort
Langley	Simpson, Geo.	Langley Fort
Langley	Gay, F.	Langley Fort
Maple Ridge	Laity, R.	Hammond
Maple Ridge	McIver, J.	Hammond
Maple Ridge	Tapp, A.	Hammond
Maple Ridge	Reddcliffe, R.	Hammond
Maple Ridge	Laity, J.H.	Hammond
Matsqui	Israel, J.I.	Mount Lehman
Matsqui	Jackman, Phillip	Denman Island
Matsqui	Aish, Thos.	Matsqui
Matsqui	Towland, W.	Mount Lehman
Matsqui	Bailey, W.	Denman Island
Martin's Prairie	Amey, Jones A.	Pritchard
Martin's Prairie	DeLeenkeer, Pete	Pritchard
Martin's Prairie	Deroo, Pete	Pritchard
Martin's Prairie	Matthewson, Wm.	Pritchard
Martin's Prairie	Charlton, Wm.	Duck Range

Google Search Criteria:  Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia 1918

There's this too from and earlier Post here at the BBC

"......... where did Grandpa move to after the First World War Da?

Genealogy, sort of......

All this researching through the local libraries, started us thinking about the movement of people caused by religious persecution, pandemics, war, ......itchy feet too...... which then had us staring at

this and directly to this search: Letters from Dieppe.



 

Your family name, may be in the link above

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Back to Grandpa, and family, in 1913
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 Poultry Farm Survey
A Report on Sixty-five Commercial Poultry
Farms in the Lower Fraser Valley and
Vancouver Island

By
E. A. LLOYD, B.S.A. Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry
V. S. ASMUNDSON, B.S.A., M.S.A. Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry
R. J., SKELTON, B.S..A. Field Enumerator

Department of Poultry Husbandry, College of
Agriculture, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver

Funding from the Argicultural (sic) Instruction Act, 1913, Canada

NOTE: Readers, who don't favour the current (2012) Conservative Government spending habits, will like this.....found by looking at a result for a link to the Agricultural Instruction Act, 1913, Canada

Linda M. Ambrose -  “BETTER AND HAPPIER MEN AND WOMEN”: THE ...

 (with two sources provided:  Farmer’s Advocate and the Weekly Sun) Page 3 of 30

In April 1919, the Weekly Sun, published in Toronto, was purchased by the Farmers Publishing Company, renamed the Farmers’ Sun, and declared to be the official organ of the United Farmers of Ontario

Page 1  English and French

In 1913, the Canadian government introduced The Agricultural Instruction Act, a measure which granted ten million dollars to the provinces over ten years to aid agriculture. The Conservatives predicted that the Act would help in “aiding and advancing the farming industry by instruction in agriculture” but this paper argues that, ironically, the funding actually served to heighten rural discontent, not assuage it. By examining public documents and the rural press, the paper explores the rationale, rhetoric, and politics of this initiative. The funding designated for women’s groups is closely examined to determine its impact on the growth of groups like the Women’s Institutes.

"...... where did Grandpa move his family to in Canada?  Did they come to British Columbia?  Were they British or Ukranians?  Were they invited by old Clifford Sifton himself, ..... before the Great War, when he said:

'I think a stalwart peasant in sheepskin coat, born on the soil whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and a half a dozen children, is good quality.'

 Poultry_farm_survey_1921

INTRODUCTION.

In the Lower Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island districts of British Columbia there is a large number of poultry farms. Nearly all of these farms are highly specialized. Over 90% of the revenue from them being derived from the sale of poultry products. Yet the typical poultry farm in British Columbia combines breeding with production of market eggs. For while market eggs are the chief product sold, very few farms can be classed as strictly commercial egg farms on account of the very considerable revenue produced on them from the sale of baby chicks, hatching eggs, and breeding stock.

Since the war there has been a rapid development in poultry farming in certain districts of British  Columbia. Many returned soldiers have taken up poultry farming under the Soldier Settlement Board. More over, many of the older established poultry-men have materially increased their flocks, and a considerable number of other settlers have gone into poultry farming in a specialized way.

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 page 19 of 19

 (13) The average selling price per' dozen eggs on twenty-nine farms was $0.394, and the average estimated cost of production, including interest on investment at 7% and operator's wages at $80 per month, was $0.456. Wthout allowing operator's wages the cost of production was $0.32 per dozen.

Would you leave a Hogshead in your Will? In 1665 Turnpikes were owned by Trusts (we call them Concessionaires today)

Family trees, we all came from somewhere.  Most of us know of our Parents and Grandparents, but beyond????? them?

Anne, not my Anne (1665 - 1714)

Way back in 1665, My Great Great Great Great Grand Mother Anne understood the spoken word, but not the written word, so she put her trust in her lawyers to do her bidding on legal matters.

This 1665 ancestor of mine knew that an X was her written authority that said she understood that her lawyer had acted on her behalf, and here we are into the tenth year of the BC Liberals being the Government of British Columbia, and we're still signing with an X, and not  trusting their lawyers how they spend our tax dollars.

Our family has one document from 1665, signed with an X by Grandmother Anne, it is her Will:

"In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this three and twentieth day of February in the eighteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second over England Anno Domini 1665."  Anne _______,X

Interesting isn't it, that way back in 1665, 346 years ago, it was a requirement of lawyers to know that they were in the Eighteenth year of the Sovereign Lord King Charles II.... and now, if Wills were signed in the same fashion, it would be Queen Elizabeth the Second reign  ....let's see, every BC MLA in their landslide victory of 2001 gave themselves the Queens Jubilee Medal in 2002 based on her 50th year of ascension to the throne of England in 1952.... plus nine  years.... makes it 59 years 5 months 26 days as of August 2, 2011.    Let's just call it Sixtieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth the Second over England Anno Domini 2011.

Charles II was restored as King of England in 1660.

However, as you read further here, there is a partial timeline of English History.   You'll discover that King Charles the Second became King in 1660, which sort of puts a lie to his reign over England as being 18 years... Right?  To explain, and I'm no Historian, but a guy by the name of Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, came along after the death of Charles the Second's Father (Charles I) and disrupted the normal procedure of King to King.

Maybe that's being a tad too polite.

Charles Father was EXECUTED at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War.

Cromwell then defeats Charles II in battle (He's called Charles II because the Parliaments of Scotland and Ireland voted in favour of Charles as King, but the English Parliament, run by Cromwell, over-ruled those two.)

Charles II flees to France with Cromwell assuming a Dictatorship of England until his death in 1658.  Richard Cromwell steps in as the Dictator of England after his Father's death and within a year "Tumbledown Dick" is gone.

As to the math not being right:

"After 1660, all legal documents were dated as if Charles had succeeded his father as king in 1649."

At this point I'm starting to wonder why Anne took so long to make a Will, or maybe she had to.



My Will's contents are far different than what Anne left, especially where it came to assets in her Will:

Item I give unto my daughter Mary the sum of Three Pounds, one
          Emptio half hogshead and one pair of sheets.

(Emptio meaning to give via a contract eg. a will)
(A Hogshead = 52.5 Imperial gallons of wine, therefore half would be 26.25 Gal)  not bad!

And for the princely sum of Three Pounds that Anne left, one pound could buy:  Click on this next link to find other products that could be purchased:  17th Century Prices in New England
 
Malt, one hogshead          1£

One Pound!!!!!

Item I give unto my grandson John the sum of Three Pounds to be paid out of the money which is due to me from my son-in-law John.
Item I give unto my grandchild Christian the other Three Pounds which is in John hands
Item I give unto my grandson Thomas Twenty Shillings to be paid him out of the Forty Shillings which is in his father's hands.
Item I give unto my grandson John the other Twenty Shillings which is in my son Thomas his hands.

You might be asking here .... isn't Anne planning on clawing back, from her grave, money that was borrowed by her Son and Son-in-Law, but never returned, when she was alive, and needed?   Yes!

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Item I give unto John S   five children which he had to my daughter Susannah Five Shillings each of them one.
Item I give unto my son Thomas the bedstead which is in my fore chamber
          and half a crown in money.

Hmmmmm, I give my son in law John S. five children ........   Gee whiz, I think I know how I would react if I was told by my mother-in-law that she gave me five children.

And the bedstead, just what were people sleeping on if it wasn't a bed or a bedstead?











  A half crown in 1665 is best explained here:

Milled halfcrowns were issued with the portrait of Oliver Cromwell in 1656 and 1658. Those of Charles II started in 1663, and the halfcrown was issued regularly until 1751, during the reign of George II. All in this period have the regal year inscribed on the edge.

Oliver Cromwell Half Crown

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I'd say it's similar to how the BC Liberals have put our children's children into debt (when they promised not to in 2001) with all their billions of dollars of infrastructure programs going on.    Payments will be coming from our pockets to the day we die, and our children's children too, via tolls and shadow taxes.

And now the HST repayment program, YES or NO, written by Finance Minister Kevin Falcon, will take the gouging to the third generation of British Columbians!

If you're wondering as to what else was happening in Jolly Old England in 1665 which might have driven Anne to write a Will......you've seen a bit of it above regarding Charles I through to Charles II:

1661
Robert Boyle publishes his great work The Sceptical Chemist

1662
The Royal Society (a Scientific organization) is given its charter by Charles II Charles II marries a Portuguese princess, Catherine of Braganza
The Act of Uniformity is passed

1663
The first turnpike road is opened. (Turnpike roads were owned by turnpike trusts that maintained them. You had to pay to use them).

1665-1667
Plague in London. This is the last outbreak of bubonic plague in England. The second Anglo-Dutch war

1666
The Great Fire of London. Most of the city is destroyed but it is soon rebuilt. 1667 John Milton publishes Paradise Lost

1670
Hudsons Bay Company is formed

1694
The Bank of England was founded. Which probably means that GrandMother Anne had no way of having a Bank Account to save her money in 1665, therefore she lent the money to her Son, and Son-in-law, knowing that one day it would be "collected" by her Grandchildren from them.

For enthusiasts of the Napoleonic era and much later, the writings of Douglas Reeman/Alexander Kent series on Bolitho:

The Battle of Trafalgar Admiral Lord Nelson at the helm... didn't happen until October 21, 1805