. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. C A X A 1) A LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Horses for the Lumber Camps The Union Stock Yards of Toronto, Limited, located at Keele street. West Toronto, are the largest shippers of horses in Toronto, specializing in lumber horses as well as heavy draught horses. This firm started business in West Toronto in 1908 and every year since has shown a steady increase. During the past season they supplied horses to many of the largest lumber camps in Ontario. Their b
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. C A X A 1) A LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Horses for the Lumber Camps The Union Stock Yards of Toronto, Limited, located at Keele street. West Toronto, are the largest shippers of horses in Toronto, specializing in lumber horses as well as heavy draught horses. This firm started business in West Toronto in 1908 and every year since has shown a steady increase. During the past season they supplied horses to many of the largest lumber camps in Ontario. Their barn. Horses for Lumber Camps - Union Stock Yards, Toronto. system, which is up to date in every way and has stabling accom- modation for over 300 horses, is under government inspection. There is also a track for exercising horses while on the company's premises. Owing to their splendid rail facilities, being on the lines of the G. T. R., C. P. R. and C. X. R., they are in a position to ship horses at an hour's notice and are specially prepared this season to take- care of fhe camp trade. J. M. Ashcroft, Jr., is the general manager and W. W. Sutherland, assistant manager. The River Drivers' Visit to Toronto By William Henderson. Bob had come into the office to buy a plug of tobacco and he and Archie, the foreman, were comparing notes of former experience. "Do you remember the time we were on the drive, passing through Bracebridge?" said Bob, "when, after we had a horn or two, we went into a milliner's shop and bought all the stock of ladies' bonnets she had and wore them all day?" "Remember," replied the other, "will I ever forget?—and we kept them to wear the rest of the drive. W asn't it the darndest looking sight, to see fellows riding logs with those big flowery things on their heads the rest of the summer?" "That reminds me," continued Archie, "of one time when we were driving into Huntsville and decided before we got
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