Gallery 2 - Sense of belonging and taking roots into Greater Madawaska (1860-1960)
16. Drummond
Potato harvest on Pirie's lands in Drummond (am_2227)
Because of the market demand and the fertile soil of Drummond, the farming of potatoes rapidly
progressed andPirie bought lands in Drummond. The drivers of the tractors and the employees on the
two row potato diggers seen from behind are from left to right: Nil Lafrance, Wilfred Rivard,
Gabriel Poitras, Jos Langlais, Jérémie Michaud and Jos Michaud. Photo taken around 1950. Lent by
Jean-Guy Plourde.
