Father of Britain's syndicates wins Royal Show Gold Medal
A. R. L. Aylward of Hampshire, dubbed the father of Britain’s machinery syndicates, receives the 1965 Royal Show Gold Medal for outstanding services to agriculture. He helped create 120 syndicates in Hampshire and advised on 600 in Britain, influencing Canada’s Farm Machinery Syndicate Credit Act. He farms 520 acres with cereals pigs poultry and dairy cattle and serves as County NPU chairman and Hampshire Hunt secretary.
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Britain
A. R. L. Aylward
Hampshire
National Farmers’ Union
Aylward
Canada
Winchester
Ayward
Syndicate Credits ‘Ltd
W. M. Miner
Canadian ‘High Commission
London
G. Owen
Farm Credit Corporation of Canada
Mr. Ayward
N.P.U
Hampshire Hunt
Saskatchewan family forms top farm machinery syndicate
In Pierceland a farmer Sydney Baker and his two sons Ronald and Raymond head Saskatche wan’s leading Farm Machinery Syndicate under the federal act. The Bakers, helped by R C Armstrong Regina Credit Advisor, secure 80 percent of the equipment cost from the Farm Credit Corporation with a 6 percent simple interest loan to be repaid in five years. They pool power units to cut costs, boost efficiency, and expand leasing, viewing the arrangement as a model for future mechanization. Sydney Baker notes the credit would have helped 25 years ago.
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Pierceland
Saskatchewan
Farm Credit Corporation
Farm Machinery Syndicates
Willis Duncan
Regina
Sydney Baker
Ronald
Raymond
R. C. Armstrong
Equipmet
Bakers
Syd Baker
Islands of Solomon Discoveries and Colonial History
The Solomons lie in the Pacific northeast of Australia with seven main islands Bougainville Choiseul Ysabel Malaita Guadalcanal New Georgia and San Christobal. Discovery began February 1568 by Alvaro de Mendana and later exploration by Bougainville Carteret Torres and others shaped colonization efforts. The group covers about 11 000 square miles with 120 000 people and a copra based economy led by Guadalcanal Rusell Islands San Christobal and Santa Ysabel. Honiara on Guadalcanal is the capital.
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Pacific
Coral Sea
Australia
Bougainville
Choiseul
Ysabel
Malaita
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
San Christobal
Alvaro de Mendana
Peru
Solomons
Mendana
Islands of
Solomon
Santa Cruz
Carteret
Torres
D’unville
Shortland
Buka
Britain
Germany
Samoa
Tulagi
Russell Islands
Santa Ysabel
Honiara
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Speed
Howick
Western
New Zealand
Japan
Countries
Family
First Farm Machinery Syndicate
Monet
British Solomon Islands
Fernandez Quiros
Department of Natural Resources
Wer Eee
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