Balsam Hill WI Tweedsmuir Community History - Community #2. Farms & Homes, p. 7

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Penview farm continued: of clapboard and a log barn,called the "upper barn" was erected on theffig§§7half of Lot 11 for extra hay and grain storage. In 1911,William married Flora Leitch,school teacher.Their children were Leslie,Mack,and Flora. Clearing the land of stumps and stones continued through the years.When the "stone road"was built in 1919-1920,Peter,now 70 years of age,like many other farmers was up at 4 A.M.and worked until dark hauling stones for the big stone crusher.Ten years later,William and sons Lesliednd Mack were doing the farm work and Peter looked after a two and a half acre field of raspberries and apple trees.Sarah died in 1932,Peter in 1947,William in 1952 and his wife,Flossie(Flora)in 1953.Mack became the owner of the property.He married Annie Naismith in 1941.They had six children -Ray,Jean,Lynn,Brian,Edythe and David.Through the years Mack acquired a good herd of Holstein cattle and for many years sold milk to Centre Side Dairy.The horse barn was converted to a dairy barn and modern milkroom was added. Ray graduated from Kemptville Agricultural College in 1963. In 1964,he bought the Mayhew farm,Lot 11,Concession A and 5, 200 acres.Ray worked with the Department of Agriculture in Renfrew and Hastings Counties.He married Karen Briscoe,a school teacher,in 1966.They had three children,Cheryl,Peter and Andrew. Ray and his family moved to the Fender homestead in 1972 and farmed in partnership with his father for two years.An expansion program was undertaken in 1972-73 when a dairy barn 36 feet/87 feet was built and the pure bred Holstein herd was doubled. Ray purchased the farm in 1975. Mack and Annie moved to the Edmunds farm,located at the East half of Lot 15,Concession 3 and they purchased the house and 1.3 acres of land in 1972.Ray leased the remainder of the Edmunds farm from A.R.D.A.(Agriculture Rural Development Act), and it was later purchased by him in 1983. Mack died June 12,1990.

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