Official history of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board . JA\Ii_^ BUXXIX. optimist and a booster, and his great faith in the boundless opportunities of thissection of the country as an agricultural and dairying centre is well known andserves as an inspiration to even cynical pessimists. The showing of Mr. Benmngs famous Avrshires throughout the world is atruly wonderful one. In the distant Orient, in Japan, he has travelled at therequest of high officials of that country, making records wherever he went withthese famous cattle, and bringing glory and fame to his native country, Canada. In the
Official history of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board . JA\Ii_^ BUXXIX. optimist and a booster, and his great faith in the boundless opportunities of thissection of the country as an agricultural and dairying centre is well known andserves as an inspiration to even cynical pessimists. The showing of Mr. Benmngs famous Avrshires throughout the world is atruly wonderful one. In the distant Orient, in Japan, he has travelled at therequest of high officials of that country, making records wherever he went withthese famous cattle, and bringing glory and fame to his native country, Canada. In the United States, at the great Worlds Fair, in Chicago, where the creamof the cattle world was on exhibition and judged by the best judges of all countries,the Red Ribbon indicating first prize and Worlds Champions gaily fluttered fromthe proudly-tossed heads of both male and female products of Mr. Bennings has also been a prize winner at both the Toronto and Ottawa exhibitions. 48 HISTORY OF THE CORNWALL CHEESE AND BUTTER BOARD ml^^i^i^-. gIvENhurst, home op jas. benning Mr. Benning is perphaps, more widely known tlian any local agriculturalist,and has needless to say, made a grand success of his chosen vocation. His farm,located Lots 9, 10 and 11, Second Concession (Glen), Charlottenburg Township,Glengarry County, is a large one, being over 300 acres in extent. The annual crop yield of this farm is over 2,000 bushels of grain, 140 tons ofhay, 375 bushels of potatoes, 175 tons of corn and vegetables and fruit in large(juantities. Seven horses and a large number of swine and fowl are a part of thefarm livestock equipment.
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