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Title: The Canadian horticulturist
Identifier: canhorticulturist1903 (find matches)
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario
Subjects: Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture
Publisher: St. Catherines (Ont. ) : Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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OFFICERS OF NORFOLK FAIR. ful groves in various places in the grounds, thus making the grounds and buildings second to none in the Province. The membership at present is between 400 and 500, and the entries average between 4,500 and 5,000. Mr. Murphy occupies the position of president of the Canadian Association ot Fairs and Exhibitions for the third term, is secretary-treasurer of the Simcoe Horticul- tural Society, and also secretary-treasurer of the Norfolk Poultry Association. He held, until its removal from Simcoe, for a number of years, the position of U. S. Vice- Commercial Agent at this point. Mr. H. H. Groff says of him: " It is a well known fact that in organized effort of this kind success is impossible without ^n efficient secretary, and the great and con- tinued success of this Fair is the best evi- dence of the efficiency and well known ability of Mr. Murphy, who, since its inception, has devoted his time and energy to a work that has become a monument to the honor of his name wherever the Fair is known. In spite of this great success and its merited recog- nition by the Provincial Association in the election of Mr. Murphy as its president, like all men of high mental qualities, he is a man of retiring disposition and modesty to the verge of self effacement, and these facts add to the satisfaction of his many friends, who recognize the force and ability of the man in the character and quality of his work." W. E. KYDD, SUPERINTENDENT. W. F. Kydd was born in the parish of Barry, County of Forfar, Scotland, the son of a farmer, who was a tenant on one of the finest farms on the Panmore estate. He left Scotland for America in 1878, and farmed for ten years in Kansas and Nebras- ka, leaving the latter state for Canada on account of his children's 'education. He settled in Simcoe thirteen years ago, pur-
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Fig. 2699. W. F. Kydd. chasing a small farm inside the corporation of said town. This farm he greatly im- proved, and turned many an acre of stumps into strawberry beds and fruit trees. He has been greatly interested in agriculture and horticulture, and has for twelve years been a very prominent member of the Fan- Board. For the last three years he has oc- cupied the position of general superintend- ent, which he has now managed with marked ability and success, and in connection with all the work which he has undertaken, has done much to place the Fair where it is at present as one of the most prominent in the Province. As a further evidence of his ability, Mr. Kydd has been selected by the Department of Agriculture to judge horses at various fairs, and also as a speaker a* Farmers' Institute meetings.

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