The straw stack at the Faris farm in the barnyard was a shelter for young livestock, a supply of bedding, and a warm spot for a rest on a sunny winter day.

Riley families house and barn on the 9th Concession, Lot 6 in West Gwillimbury.

This is a photo of a farm at the North West corner of highway 27 and Beeton Road. On the left hand side of the picture stand two hired men. Edith Stewart (nee Banting), Jane Banting (nee McDermott), Bertha Banting and Annie Agnew (nee Banting), with Charles Large Banting on the left hand side of the group.

Four of George and Elizabeth Reilly's children. Back: Alex, Mitchell. Front: Josephine, Clarence.

Loose hay on the way to storage on the Faris farm. The way hay was handled before the pick-up baler arrived in the 1940's.

Greenview Farm was the residence and farm of Richard H. Crake, wheat farmer, and covered 212 acres in 1906. It was located on the "Bond Head Rd.", or Highway 88 near Bond Head. It was first the Tyrwhitt Farm, owned by Colonel Tyrwhitt of Bond Head, before Crake bought it in 1903. Crake farmed here until 1914, when it was sold to F. Smelser. He was known to the town as Dick Crake.

A stooke loader and crew at the Crake Farm on Highway 88 and the 10th sideroad. The wagon was pulled by horses down the field and stooked grain was put on the conveyor and loaded on wagons. Cliff Crake is the 5th man on the left in the back row.

Greenview Farm was the residence of Richard H. Crake, wheat farmer, and covered 212 acres in 1906. It was located on the "Bond Head Rd.", or Highway 88 near Sideroad 10. It was first the Tyrwhitt Farm, owned by Colonel Tyrwhitt of Bond Head, before Crake bought it in 1903. Crake farmed here until 1914, when it was sold to F. Smelser. He was known to the town as Dick Crake.

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