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pjfleivbjbr qcxhjeraij987 wl ballantrae farmer keeps up tradition by bruce stapley recently harry simpson became a grandfather again to a bouncing baby boy another potatopicker he nods approvingly when you come from a family thats been growing potatoes ever since it arrived here from ireland in the 1850s youre always pleased at the prospect of a new generation continuing the tradi tion i guess im just picking up where mv parents left off says harry with reference to his potato operation on hwy 48 in the middle of ballantrae i suppose weve come a long way from the days when my grandparents used to load the potatoes in box cars on the old grand trunk railroad for transport to toronto today harry along with wife marlene and son larry put in about 70 hours a week keeping up with the challenge of planting spraying picking packaging and transporting potatoes to groc ery stores the entire operation involves 185 acres the central location at ballantrae accommodates the main building and the residence where harry and his family reside they own land a mile north of the hamlet and rent an additional 100 acres in the area harry is proud of the fact there are four generations of simp sons currently living on the ballantrae acreage harrys mother recalls how she used to pick potatoes by hand when i started we only had a onerow picker pulled by a horse this has been replaced by a modern tworow harvester pulled by a tractor harry has always attempted to maintain the standard of quality established by his great great grandparents all potatoes are washed packed in five and tenpound bags and sold to grocery stores they set up shop every saturday at the stouffville sales barn a day harry looks forward to because it gives him an opportunity to meet people after a long gruelling week on the farm this is a break for him harry hopes to enlarge the existing building that serves as head of the operation while he claims hell never get rich he admits its satisfying doing something he knows how to do well no theres no big money in it he says and its a lot of hard work but i enjoy it he also feels a certain amount of pride when he traces his familys contribution to both the municipality and the province his great grandfather seneca baker was an mpp at queens park in the 1920s and instrumental in founding baker hill baptist church where harry and his family currently attend harrys father the late herb simpson served on the whitch- urchstouffville council from 19701972 both his dad and grand father were trustees at ballantrae public school harry claims hes been approached time and time again by developers wanting to turn his farm into a subdivision but hes not anxious to sell the lands been in the family name over 100 years he says if you dont have to sell then why sell harry enjoys his selfsufficient lifestyle hed like to see his potato operation span another five generations in the meantime hed be happy to let up just a little bit perhaps allowing himself and wife marlene 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