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Harris Brown's son Vernard visits the Ross Museum in Foresters Falls, Ontario, where the Fleury, "Scotch Thistle" plow used by his father at the plowing match in Ottawa in 1900 is on display in the Drive Shed of the museum.

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Brown, Vernard H. as a young boy with the team in front of the pig pen
1923
Westmeath Township, Ontario, Canada

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Horses have always been an important part of the Brown family's lives.
The interest in horses was instilled at an early age as shown in the photo of Vernard, Harris's son at a very early age.

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Brown,Vernard's Children at the farm. Bob, Barbara and Lance on Dolly.
1950
Westmeath Township, Ontario, Canada

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Vernard passed this love of horses on to his children. The photo shows Bob,Barbara and Lance Brown on Dolly, one of the last horses to be on the Brown farm.
Barbara Brown Hare has carefully documented the Brown family history from her great great grandfather David's arrival in Westmeath Township in 1846 through the five generations who spent their lives on the Brown Homestead.

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The Ploughman by Oliver Wendell Holmes, from the 'Country Life Reader' 1924
1924