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Tradition and Innovation: The Importance of Agriculture to Markham 1820-1920

 
Windsor side chair manufactured at A.B. Ramer's furniture factory in Mount Joy, Markham Township
19 of 100 		Victorian hall stand handcrafted by Charles Beierl on Main Street, Markham Village
20 of 100 		Markham resident Levi Raymer (1864-1915) running Wesley Roach's steam engine in Pickering Township
21 of 100 		Freeman Ramer (1872-1950) with his Rumley tractor and threshing machine at his home in Mount Joy
22 of 100 		This threshing at Abraham Grove's farm was unique, as he could afford to own a machine himself
23 of 100 		Demonstration on Clark Young farm of the first light tractor used in Markham
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Cutting grain on Fred Beare's farm combining the use of horses and tractors
25 of 100 		Markham Fair was an important opportunity to exhibit the newest or the best agricultural techniques
26 of 100 		Poultry in cages ready for judging at the annual Markham Fall Fair
27 of 100 		Masters warming up their horses for judging at the annual Markham Fall Fair
28 of 100 		Massey Ferguson showcased new farming methods and equipment at its experimental farm in Markham
29 of 100 		Combines manufactured by Massey Ferguson at the company's experimental farm in Markham Township
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Team of horses pulling a Massey Harris binder on the Hood farm in Buttonville, Markham Township
31 of 100 		Threshing day at the Lister farm
32 of 100 		Threshing season required the help of all family members, as seen here on the Lister farm
33 of 100 		Uriah A. Drudge and his wife Ruhama Alice cutting buck wheat on their farm
34 of 100 		Wood chopping bee for widow Mary Curtis in Unionville, Markham Township
35 of 100 		Lottie Stephenson bringing cows in from pasture on the Rodick farm
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