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The Acton Free Press Wednesday July 19 1978 Huge farming operation for Anthony brothers and families Festival Jennifer Two thousand acres to plant up to eight units of tractor plow and planter working round the clock and Anthony brothers working from in the morning to midnight Sounds like western Canada and the wheat fields but it and corn fields of Ontario Frank and Fred Anthony ore two young men with a large Idea of farming The entire Anthony family is involved in the business on a scale that would make a conventional farmer ash Crops The brothers have run a cash crop operation for nine years since the year their father died ind I rank borrowed money for his first few acres of cash planting Their are very active partners Marie taking care of the parts department and payroll while is Ihe communications expert wielding the telephone and radio to pull the operation together Mrs Anthony senior handles the herd of a hundred milking cows seeing to herd records books and generally overseeing that part of the The acre homL farm houses the livestock family homestead and the two modern bungalows for the brothers and their families frank Marie and son Kevin Fred and laughter The remaining land is leased and spreads from to south of Milton who has an agricultural diploma started to lease large amounts of land four or five years ago and everyone Ihought I was crazy he comments Now land is harder to come by because available land is already rented Custom work too With the enormous amount of machinery required for their crops it is not ing the Anthonys do irab1e custom work in tree time bo much ex pensive equipment needs to be used This year there are 1650 acres in corn in winter wit it spring gnin and in hay Add to this about acres of custom work and its apparent the Anthonys are super men A good crew helps and Frank declares his eight employees to be the best MAKERS Round balers are becoming more popular for one- man operations who feed livestock outofdoors The Anthony Brothers cash crop and custom farmers complete one of the huge hay bales at the farm of Ken Murray We pay a half decent wage and Ihrow In all the bitching they can take laughs Marie Anthony With eight and all the massive machinery it possible to plow prepare and plant 100 acres a day that to the one farm planting four acres a day the mind boggles In the spring machinery runs round the clock with shift work crews Frank and Fred work from early morning to midnight keeping Ihe crews moving Breakdowns are inevitable and where and Marie come in They are the gophers picking up parts transporting them to the field Our children think they were born with wheels under them Marie says I know every ports and machine shop around With radio and telephone communication the women are on hand to take care of coordinating the many emergencies But some days we get lucky and they don talk to Mine is enthusiastic about the employed for the past two years to look after the milking herd Two of vet students hive been hired one each year and both Frank and his wiR feel they ire more con efficient than most men They re out to prove something agrees Mara We find girls ire good with livestock and are maybe bit belter than men hastens to the Brothers outfit discriminate the bulk of their staff is male Were looking for people we keep an open mind I hive trouble finduifjielp to the common complaint of farmers Hut he in iff well and to keep the job interest 1 won ask them do I won do Ihe ire also to he ir ideas from their employees and imiividinl Is it wonder they have work appheitions coming in each year from January on Holiday from circus the moment there s a lull between haying and harvest I istmg about ten days Mind jou a lull to the Anthonys means they re just working a FRED AND FRANK ANTHONY gas up a tractor during haying The young brothers farm more than two thousand acres in one of the largest cash crop operations in the area 5 more channels remote switching convenience extended 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take turns week about preparing the food After come spring grain then the corn torn harvest may on until Christmas Tht majority of the corn sold directly to processors such as St Iawrence Starch Company During the winter the brothers tike turns milking and taking care of the never ending mechanic repair on machinery All members of family try to get some vie luring the quiet winter months I red won a cruise for the imount of seed he sold didn 1 travel iw hut Marie says I just got ugly went She young went to I loriili hanged Things hive m the firming business since the days of the one man mixed It not like it was20ytars itts ink I hint are more specialiyexl now With the price of machinery the it is it pays for one m in lo do one job on a I iree This is i different farmer Mine follow markets ittenilsenimirs hut can till out look it he leaves birds fell the we to do it I r ink els tin f innh firm Some Invaded July for the third annual Twelve hours of music were enjoyed by the throngs of people Professional and amateurs all vied for the microphone A In the morning kicked off the day spectators was mainly at to the fact that everyone In the village was In the parade some one and a half miles long NEW HYDRASWING SWATHER makes cutting raking and con hay one operation Here Archie Voss of Acton makes short work of a field Archie is employed by Anthony Brothers of custom farmers Region to fund child services TIDY CAR Low Cost Interior Exterior Car Protective Cleaning Treatment call 8776136 1 funding of child rens will be at the thief officer of Hilton told mi inters of the community Members iiithoriid him lo discuss the pi ins of the proline i nth tins mil hick to the Does il ifdcicnt I it most mil i i irmtr is to hue a definite feeling fir Nine yeirs ago people the boss in Children Council without fee I in not belittling e the just don like the f duplication of services ir delays Booth cited an imple where the Ho I did extensive the need for ing home the project was 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