A.M. (Mac) Cuddy made his fortune with Cuddy Farms, which is the world's largest producer of turkey poults and turkey hatching eggs; the adjacent hatchery currently ships eggs and poults from its 35 Strathroy area farms worldwide. A.M. Cuddy, the founder of Cuddy Farms had always taken a keen interest in horticulture and the landscape and insisted that the corporate properties exemplify the finest in horticultural and landscape management practices.