Jewish refugees who immigrated to Canada in the last 17 years, some from Poland and other East European countries, including Hungary, have had “most inspiring success” in developing prosperous and healthy farms in Southern Ontario and the Niagara Peninsula, a periodic survey by the Jewish Colonization Association revealed here today.
J.A. Lister, manager of the JCA offices here, named a number of Jewish farmers who, he said, not only prospered themselves but have aided their general communities to raise their farming standards. These Jewish farmers, he said, are located in this province, and had very little, or no, agricultural experience when they started farming with the aid of the JCA.
Some of the refugees had come from Poland and other East European areas as early as 1949 and 1950, he reported, while others immigrated from Hungary between 1956 and 1958. All had been assisted by the JCA in getting bank loans to start their farms.”It would be fair to say,” declared Mr. Lister,”that the Jewish farmers have played a significant role in advancing the entire economy of the Peninsula.”
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