Marilynn Crow has written a book about the seven generations
that have farmed in Puslinch Township, between Guelph and Cambridge, beginning
with those who cut fields out of the forest to her husband, Bill, who has
exported purebred pigs around the world.
It’s titled “To the Seventh Generation: The evolution of the
family farm in Canada 1823-2015”.
She has done a thorough job of researching the earliest
settlers and their descendants, including many neighbours of Ardyne Farm, which
backs on Highway 401 near Highway 6 that runs between Hamilton and Guelph.
She and Bill recently built a retirement home on the farm
and have stocked it with furniture and memorabilia saved by ancestors.
The book will obviously be of interest to Puslinch Township
and Wellington County farmers, but there is much that will resonate with any
Ontario family that has been farming here for more than two generations.
Copies can be ordered from Marilynn at ardyne.farm@sympatico.ca .
