Series contains publications related to agriculture and wildlife issued by the Government of Canada between 1878-2003. It is arranged into two subseries: Agriculture Canada and Miscellaneous Departments.
Series contains publications related to agriculture and wildlife issued from the government of Nova Scotia between 1908-1999. There are two subseries, the N.S. Department of Agriculture & Marketing Nova Scotia and Miscellaneous Nova Scotia Departments.
Subseries contains 6 books that were published by miscellaneous departments of the Government of Nova Scotia relating to wildlife and sheep identification program between 1977-1990.
Series contains a painting, a reproduction of an etching, and a photographic print depicting various farm and rural life settings in Nova Scotia between 1880 and 1914.
Item is a booklet for the Grassland field day in Port Williams [Nova Scotia], held by The Kings County Farmers' Association on June 11, 1962. They worked with the provincial and federal governments, and machinery companies, to plan the field day. The program ran from 9 am to 5 pm; the day included meals. Demonstrations were provided at the R.F. Newcombe, Henry Cogswell, and Fred Cogswell farms. Special thanks is given to Agricultural representative G.G, Smelzter for promotion. Page 8 contains an advertisement for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Pages 9-11 contains the article "Revolution in grass" by J.E. Shuh.
File contains a newsletter, Growing a Canadian garden, for the Bulletin for Boys and Girls Club. It includes the headings "The vegetable garden", "Selecting specimens for exhibition" and "Home canning."
Item is a hammer maker's bench & vice. It's a work bench with a third hand and leather seat; the clamp is shut by means of a tredle [sic treadle] made from a harrow blade. It was used at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College during the 1940's; have photograph corresponding to use at the N.S.A.C.
File contains Gordon Kinsman's papers and records related to the Hantsport Basket Company. They include a reproduction of from "The Busy East", June 1916: page 61, "Hantsport, on the Avon" by Rev. A.B. Dickie Hantsport, page 62 "Hantsport Fruit Basket Co. Ltd., page 64 an advertisement for Hantsport Fruit Basket Company Limited. The file also contains a reproduction of a Kentville advertisement "Apple Blossom festival" November, page 21, May, 1936, ad for Hantsport Fruit Basket company. Also included is a reproduction of an article "An excursion to opportunity" by H.M. Hatt, from "Port & Province", September 1936, page 12 (3 pages), regarding Hantsport Fruit and Basket Company and founder D.W. Murray.
Fonds contains records created and collected by Harry Brown related to sheep in Nova Scotia and Canada. There are two series', one in the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited, and the second includes records related to the exhibition and breeding of sheep, and Nova Scotia Sheep Breeders Association records. Records are meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, and memorandums.
Fonds contains Dr. Herbert MacRae’s obituary and tribute articles dedicated to the former Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal. Additionally, the fonds contains a plaque naming the NSAC library in his honour in 1990, and correspondence between Herbert F. MacRae and Layman T. Chapman from 1974.
File contains Dr. Herbert Farquhar MacRae’s obituary and tribute articles dedicated to the former Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal dated June 2002.
Series contains records relating to the history of the Nova Scotia Agriculture College and its relationship with agriculture in Nova Scotia and across the world. This includes early drafts for a university motto and crest, past principal's signatures, and contributions to the provincial government between 1904-2010. Subseries' includes History of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and agriculture in Nova Scotia. Record types found are textual files, reports, drawings, correspondence, books, and photographs.
Item is notes and plastic overheads associated with the class History of Agriculture taught by John Edward Shuh at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the early 1970's.
