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    Bessie with the family dog Shep. Bessie was born in Scotland. Nov 28,1882-Mar 11, 1959

    First hay crop of the season being brought in June in the early 1940's

    Wesley Down has taken a cab over Ford truck bought from Superior Propane and mounted a Fox harvest wagon on the back. Note the tow bar. This allowed him to tow the harvest wagon behind another piece

    Taken at HiHolm farm lot 26, Concession Rd 3 (now 1029 Cty Rd 41)

    Wesley and Fred Down harvest hay in the 1930's. Fred went on to study art in Mexico and painted from 1939 -1950. He eventually gave up art to take over the family farm. There is a oil painting of his

    Wesley Down is hauling in a load of logs cut on the family farm for the use as fire wood in the 1940's. Photo has been colourized..

    Arthur and Wesley Down his son harvesting logs on the family farm to be used as fire wood

    McCormick Deering 10-20 tractor driven by Wesley Down pulling a binder which cuts and binds wheat. The binder was invented in 1850 and was used until mid 20th century. Man at back of binder (just see

    Fred is pulling a Fox wagon harvester. The wagon has a conveyer belt in the bottom to allow the grain to be moved out of the wagon mechanically.

    Case self propelled swather. A swather cuts hay or other small grain and leaves it in a windrow, which is a flattish row. The rows once dry are bailed. Photo was taken in the 60's

    The Fox harvester wagon had a conveyer belt system in the bottom allowing to mechanical transfer the grain to a long conveyer belt system to fill a silo. Note opening with a screw mechanism at the lo

    This oil paint was inspired by a 1930's photo of Fred and his brother, Wesley harvesting hay. It would have been painted some time between 1939 and 1950

    The Steam Tractor is running a conveyer belt which is operating a threshing machine sometime in the early 1900's. Note the two men sitting on the boiler to the right. The farm is now the location of

    Tractor (McCormick Deering 10-20) belt running a blower to blow hay into a silo. The two men are feeding hay into the blower. Taken in the 1940's. Photo has been colourized

    McCormick Deering 10-20 tractor pulling a combine at Sylvan Farm owed by Wesley Down. Note the tractor has been converted from steel wheels to rubber, done as the former where banned from township ro

    Will Down plowing with a team of horses in 1920(circa) at HiHolm Farm, Orland. Note young child is his son John.

    Fred Down driving a McCormick Deering 10-20 tractor, the first bought for HiHolm Farm. He later would become an artist, studying in Mexico. Eventually he gave up art and took on the family farm