Canada's Co-Op Farm: Co-op Farmer of the future is bo~ny, 2-year-old Ralph Barlow Photographed with his pet cat. Ralph's father is director of livestock on the farm.
Canada's Co-Op Farm After Six Years: One of Canada's biggest experiments in co-operative farming, 40 miles north of Swift current, Saskatchewi~, is finishing up its sixth year with its granaries and storage bins full. The matador, 14 square miles of what was once parrt of an old west cattle ranch, was organised in 1946 by 17 veterans of World War II. They began their collective venture under a Government lease using their war service grants as initial payment. With this, plus a pool fo whatevr resources they had, they bought an old jeep, a couple of tractors, a flew surplus airport buildings which they moved to the site. In six years they have brought 8,400 acres of tough prarie range land under cultivation in spite of hail, drought, and early frost which brought three poor crop yields. Houses are built horseshoe style to give close neighbours for the w~es and children. The community now numbers 18 men, 14 wives and 32 children and each family owns a chare in assets totaling more than ~200,000.00.
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