GEOG 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Farm Credit Canada, Seal Hunting
3 Dec 2017
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A founding director of the canadian farmers" survival association. Farm community was able to organize because they had a community which was a threat to the government. Auctioning starting at 1 penny, 2 penny : could only bid if they were part of the farmers survival association, equipment was sold for nickels and dims, all equipment, hay, cattle sold for about 18 bucks. Farm debt review act: farm credit canada - given a billion dollars to help farmers. Concept of not owning the farm in ontario, done harm, 50 acres sold 20k per acre: when land sells for so much, you need higher pay for product, but you"re not getting that. Push for big agriculture, after world war - chemical companies that needed to dump chem but no market, they turned to ag. Compensate low price by overproducing: produce more, buy another tractor, rent more land but also need more credit.
