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W. E. AITKEN
E. AITKEN is of Scotch
descent. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Aitken,
and by his wife, Emma Carey,
he has two sons and four daughters.
He is a Liberal in politics. His farm
of 100 acres, located West 1/2 Lot 22,
First Concession, Charlottenburg
Township, carries a stock of 26
cattle — graded Ayrshires and Holsteins
— 6 horses, 10 swine and 30 fowl,
and the annual yield is 400 bushels
grain, 70 tons hay, and an assortment
of fruit, and vegetables for own use.
Mr. Aitken's herd of cattle show a
daily average of 300 pounds milk for
a period of seven months, which he delivers at the River Bank Factory. Our
subject has spent his life at farming, and for twenty-one years has been a patron
of the Cheese Board.
PETER B. BAKER
ETER B. BAKER was born sixty-eight years ago at Summerstown, Glengarry
County. He is the son of Stephen Baker. His wife was Katherine
Murchison. He has four sons and one daughter. He is a Presbyterian and
an Independent.
Mr. Baker has a farm of 106 acres, located East 1/2 Lot 16, Charlottenburg
Township. His stock consists of 22 cattle, 4 horses, 6 sheep, 8 swine, and 40 fowl,
and the yearly yield is 400 bushels grain, 25 tons hay, 2 acres corn, 100 bushels
potatoes, and 250 bushels vegetables. From his sugar bush of 1,500 trees he makes,
annually, about 150 gallons of syrup. He sends 350 pounds of milk daily to the
River Bank Factory. Mr. Baker has been salesman for this factory for many
years, and a patron of the Cheese Board for twenty-one years.
DAVID McGIBBON
AVID McGIBBON was born fifty-four
years ago at Huntingdon,
Que. His parents were Wallace
McGibbon and Agnes Sterling. He married
Margaret McPherson and has one
son and two daughters. He is a Presbyterian
and an Independent. His farm of
100 acres is located East 1/2 Lot 22,
Charlottenburg Township. He has a
stock of 25 cattle and sends an average
of 350 pounds of milk daily to the River
Bank Factory for a period of seven
months. His farm yields annually 600
bushels grain, 30 tons hay, and fruit and
vegetables for own use. His life work
has been farming, and for twenty-one
years he has been a patron of the Cheese
Board.
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