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P6528

ID Number: P6528
Item Name: Image
Title: Harrow Farmer's Cooperative Association Ltd. / Association Coopérative ltée de fermiers agricoles
Title (Fre): Association Coopérative ltée de fermiers agricoles
Date: 1941
Description: Black and white photograph of a farmer unloading crops by shovel at the Harrow Farmers Cooperative Association Ltd.; in the foreground there is a automobile, facing away from the camera, with a wagon attached to the back; there is a farmer standing in the wagon, which is filled with corn cobs, shovelling the product; the car and wagon are pulled up to the high porch of a coop building; there are several filled sacks on the porch; other buildings are visible in the background.
History: Cooperatives were an important feature in the farm economy of 1940s Essex County, which ranked among the leading counties in the field. Similar organizations to the Harrow Cooperative were in operation for the farmers of the Amherstburg, Comber, Cottam, Essx, Kingsville, McGregor, Mersea and Oldcastle areas. Cooperatives handled grain, and some handled livestock as well. They also bought supplies for the farmer, dealing through them in their respective areas.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Harrow
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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Agricultural facilities / Installations agricoles

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