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A tall order: Mike Crosby, owner of Erin Tree Farm in Erin Township, shoulders a Scotch pine Christmas tree and prepares it for shipment. His pay-and-cut farm is on Concession 10, 4 kilometres north of Highway 24.
A tall order: Mike Crosby, owner of Erin Tree Farm in Erin Township, shoulders a Scotch pine Christmas tree and prepares it for shipment. His pay-and-cut farm is on Concession 10, 4 kilometres north of Highway 24.

A tall order: Mike Crosby, owner of Erin Tree Farm in Erin Township, shoulders a Scotch pine Christmas tree and prepares it for shipment. His pay-and-cut farm is on Concession 10, 4 kilometres north of Highway 24.

Date11/25/1990
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