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Get cracking
Get cracking

Get cracking

Date4/8/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Get cracking: Stewart Simpson is a 59-year-old London-area egg farmer who's operating at two-thirds capacity and making twice as much money as when he was farming full blast. He calls marketing boards a license to print money. Others farmers say boards benefit consumers by ensuring a steady supply of food at stable prices.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023184F
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
6/3/1992
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
Seeing double: Franz Henke watches as Bam Bam and Pebbles, the latest pair of twin calves born on his Goodwood-area farm, get a meal from their mother
6/3/1992
Easter surprise. Wesley Glaspell's neighbors Kira Klein, 2 1/2, left, and Charlene Watson, 3, are finding it easy to get into the Easter mood with a v(...)
Easter surprise. Wesley Glaspell's neighbors Kira Klein, 2 1/2, left, and Charlene Watson, 3, are finding it easy to get into the Easter mood with a v(...)
3/18/1986
Food prices are going up and city people will just have to get used to the idea, according to Ed Thompson, who farms 350 acres near Guelph. The farmer(...)
Food prices are going up and city people will just have to get used to the idea, according to Ed Thompson, who farms 350 acres near Guelph. The farmer(...)
5/30/1974
It's business as usual, or better, when women like Patti Alsop run the family firm
It's business as usual, or better, when women like Patti Alsop run the family firm
2/25/1983
Borrowing money is the only way farmers are able to keep off welfare, according to Del Busche, whose income has dropped sharply with the falling price of grain
Borrowing money is the only way farmers are able to keep off welfare, according to Del Busche, whose income has dropped sharply with the falling price of grain
1/16/1970
Billy Bayles, whose 87-acre farm lies just south of Brougham, decided there was no use trying to fight Queen's Park and sold the farm to the government. Now many of his neighbors won't speak to him
Billy Bayles, whose 87-acre farm lies just south of Brougham, decided there was no use trying to fight Queen's Park and sold the farm to the government. Now many of his neighbors won't speak to him
5/8/1973
Food prices have been increasing rapidly in recent months and consumers will have to pay even more in the future, Ontario farmers warn. Joe Alexander,(...)
Food prices have been increasing rapidly in recent months and consumers will have to pay even more in the future, Ontario farmers warn. Joe Alexander,(...)
5/30/1974
Debt-ridden farmers: George Bothwell, left, and Jerry Riddell, both carry huge debts caused by high interest rates
Debt-ridden farmers: George Bothwell, left, and Jerry Riddell, both carry huge debts caused by high interest rates
6/4/1981
Glenn Coates has no shiny, new equipment on his farm
Glenn Coates has no shiny, new equipment on his farm
10/5/1986
Eugene Bourgeois
Eugene Bourgeois
7/24/1986
Bankrupt farmers
Bankrupt farmers
2/11/1985