| HISTORY OF THE CORNWALL CHEESE AND BUTTER BOARD |
| JAMES R. McDONELL |
His farm of 130 acres, located North 1/2 Lot 15, Second Concession, Charlottenburg Township, is stocked with 30 cattle, 7 horses, 15 swine and 60 |
![]() Jas. R. McDonell and His Home |
fowl. Its average yield is 800 bushels grain, 40 tons hay, 6 acres corn, 250 bushels potatoes and vegetables for own use. His sugar bush consists of about 350 trees. He owns a fine herd of high-grade Holstein cattle, and sends 400 pounds of milk daily to the Glengarry Creams' Factory. He has followed farming as an occupation for the past ten years, and has also been a patron of the Cheese Board for the same duration of time. Previously, Mr. McDonell has spent five years mining in British Columbia and Cobalt. |
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