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esssrssstoe JJes,2 Aii,-,,g,t, or: History of farm of Leo "Heichevimgton-. East half of lot 28, Concession 10 in Township of Dereham, County of Oxford, 100 Acres. , This farm was owned by Daniel Hawkins and he sold to Mr. John Fulton Sr. He and his wife had five sons and one daughter. 0 John Fulton Jr. was married in 1889 and took over the farm. They had one son and two daughters. The son Frank worked with his father till the spring of 1919 when he had flu and had to leave farm. hr. John Fulton Jr. sold farm to Clarence HetherinCeriron _. March 1, 1928 at approx. $5100 an acre. Hr. C. Hetherington was married to Lottie Taylor and they had one son Leo and one daughter Euriel. They sold their farm for tobacco and came to this vacinity as land was better for dairy farming. The hyd-ro and telephone were already installed before ." .. s .they took over. The water came from shallow well. 'rcls,-r,rrz""" . The buildings then consisted of' the house which had been Fiéééi;;;7j;;5:\ ‘remodelled 1910, main barn which had been remodelled 1906, lliiii.ftiiiaici'ig"," 'Pi 1ti,"s, wood shed, garage and pig; pen. fie had twelve or Fifteen cows ' l ‘HNNTmfiEFEE;F§A£ to start. A year later, when his father sold out and cane to 'NSpringfield, he brought his cows here. Later sold all Ot the. . __ ' r Ti' ‘Cows and kept his own heifers and started his OWTI Reg. HOlstlen Sll mrHerd.(The history of the cattle can be found in Tweedsmuir [ii; I "/i'flWiifiihlsii'rii,ii1i'irHi-sreory Book). Garage near house added 1958. Implement building " a.s.;¥ifi%;fibehind barn was added in 1951, 22 by 80 feet. Cement Silo 1945, . prfsierwaVfl.cf~”3¢Pressure system 1944. 11:53.“ C; iiiiaf'/'t-j'uj,'ir'ilphe name Maple Heather was chosen in 1947 for the maple trees , 'L1iur'p'sAlll- " - "on farm and the name Hetherington. /EQZZZ First tractor purchased in 19tr7-(coceshutt)o Farm changed to . /ititc-sisi; Clarence Hetherington C.: Son in 1058 to 1965. Hay dryer added summer 1964. Leo was married Oct. 10, 1964 to Marian Lindsay. Farm changed to Leo B. Hetherington Jan. 1965. Daughter Nancy born Nov. 24, 1965. _ Heifer barn added 1966-50 by 52 feet. Pipe Line Milker 1967. Daughter Leanne born Oct. 24, 1967. Hen house and old pig pen _ taken down summer 1971 and replaced with new implement building 56 by 56 feet Nov. 1971. Harvestore 5110 purchased and summer i,rdb, 1972 bunk feeder installed and barn with £1109 stalls and calf s. Dense Taxes in 1928 were approxa $150.00 and Insurance $35.00 . _-,).,,,-,,,,,.:,, 1972 approx. $668.00. Q East‘s/hiéifl T CC?, - s r',,"? . fit,,, 1 "'s, _ :s.__ss iMg Il' a K-' 'b't't I his " T' La”? £20776) Len, I Mar/(5)7 MI I ' (irriii"5v _i"fii"srir'r.iz, _ s C, s E2 Pr/sr,": ri,.,)',',-',', AL; We] HefA€f<777 71,377 _'5r"i.5.iii.r P, 3‘:_1";“~~“: a:$.~s* E2 if ' "e, , _," tll , it (,;'-rii,(,,', V llr,rcTI, I _. - _),,. , _ "rl-rr/rr-si::--",,,":)-?-:,,,, t,i",,/r,,,,-ici: "ir/lu sl.--. ..,.r--,,;i/,rca-, i . i tiii iiliiiiiiiit itiiiiiiiiittdlllll 4,154; ', 'i--t!'r, it?, L, :-1. ' , s .s s Wait p "1,. _ . t 5;_sps r,r/r,/r, My}; 'illllllEB5t'i'talllMilll. qlMiMlllllllrEe'Ni, hi hi3