Working the Harvest

1925

McDonald College

After the earthquake, there was no work in Japan, so the Bruces returned to England. Sydney and the boys attempted to start a chocolate business without success. The family then made a fateful decision: immigrate to Canada.

The three boys signed up for a one year farming orientation course at McDonald’s College near Montreal, starting classes in early November, 1924. By the summer of 1925, they had completed the course and practicum, and Frank and Geoffrey were working as farmhands on the prairies. The third brother, Maurice, appears to have gone elsewhere.

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By the summer of 1925, they had completed the course and practicum, and Frank and Geoffrey were working the fall harvest on the prairies. The third brother, Maurice, appears to have gone elsewhere.