Archives Catalogue

Address to the 1925 graduating class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

MS-14-1, Box 1, Folder 1
Item
1925

The present and the future of agriculture in Nova Scotia / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, Box 1, Folder 43
Item
December 4, 1908

Item is a booklet published by the N.S. Department of Agriculture, it is the address by Melville Cumming, then Secretary of Agriculture, before the Halifax Canadian Club on Dec. 4, 1908.

Methods of analysis (advisory soil samples)

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 13
Item
Feb.27, 1953

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Urea spray in nitrogen nutrition of apple trees

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 16, Item 2
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a 1 page report written by C.P Harley and H.H. Moon of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Ninth census of Canada 1951 agriculture Nova Scotia

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 20
Item
1951

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is published by authority of the R.T. Hon. C. D. Howe. It summarizes agricultural data of the Canadian provinces.

Foliar fertilization of peach trees with urea / A.L Havis and V.E. Prince

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 21, Item 1
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a paper written by A.L Havis and V.E. Prince of the Untied States Department of Agriculture.

Water-soluble and liquid fertilizers

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 21, Item 2
Item
1952

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a scientific paper written by M.S. Anderson of the Untied States Department of Agriculture in 1952

Reproduction of the article "The effect of phosphatic fertilizers on summer fallow wheat crops in certain areas of Saskatchewan" by J. Mitchell, from Scientific Agriculture, vol.26:no.11(Nov,1946)

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 28
Item
1946

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is 'The effect of phosphatic fertilizers on summer fallow wheat crops in certain areas of Saskatchewan' by J. Mitchell of the University of Saskatchewan.

Agriculture in Nova Scotia (revised copy 1952)

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 29
Item
1952

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is hand written notes of Agriculture in Nova Scotia by Melville Cumming.

Official opening of buildings on campus [speech]

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 8
Item
September 16, 1957

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a speech by Melville Cumming on September 16, 1957. The address was delivered on the occasion of the official opening of the men’s residence, Trueman House, and the naming of Cumming Hall, and the Harlow Institute.

Notes of speech by Melville Cumming for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's 50th anniversary

MS-14-1, Box 126, Folder 9
Item
1955

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Fertility and productiveness of Nova Scotia soils

MS-14-1, Box 128, Folder 5
Item
1950

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a 15 page manuscript by Melville Cumming

Former premier: memoirs of the honorable E.C. Drury

MS-14-1, Box 132, Folder 4
Item
1956

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a book titled "Former Premier: memoirs of the honorable E.C. Drury," published in 1966. First page contains inscription: “to my long time friend Melvine [Melville] Cuming, E.C Drury. Within the book folds, contains newspaper clippings of the passing of E.C Dryrrt

Cumming article on the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 1, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
[192?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is an article written by Melville Cumming on the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture prepared for the Premier.

Cumming article for MacDonald College Magazine

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 1, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
1919

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is an article prepared for MacDonald College Magazine August 1919 by Melville Cumming.

Melville Cumming article "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College"

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 2, Folder 18, Item 1
Item
1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is an article written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming for "The Herald" entitled "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College" from 1927.

Melville Cumming article "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N.S."

MS-14-1, MS-14 OVR Box 2, Folder 18, Item 2
Item
1927

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is an article written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming for MacDonald College Magazine entitled "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N.S.", from May 1911.

Agriculture in Nova Scotia and the Maritime provinces / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 10
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Agriculture in Pictou county / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 11
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Note on Nova Scotia's crop area

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a handwritten note by Dr. Cumming

Course design

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 3
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

This item is a handwritten note by Dr. Cumming on course design

Fertilizer consumption Canada

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 11, Item 4
Item
[19-]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Armistice day (1921) / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 12
Item
1921

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Armistice day (1922) / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 13
Item
1922

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Bacteria / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 14
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

A century of agriculture in Nova Scotia / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 15
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

A century of farm life and agriculture in Nova Scotia / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 16
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Commercial Club, Halifax [speech]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 17
Item
1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Farm or city life : for the pathfinder / [Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 19, Item 1
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

The rural problem : for pathfinder / [Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 19, Item 2
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

One phase of a farmer's religion / [Melville Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 19, Item 3
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

An interest in the farm / [Melville Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 19, Item 4
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Agricola [speech]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 2
Item
[1918?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is a speech by Melville Cumming about John Young and the Agricola Letters.

Feeding farm animals / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 20
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Greater returns from livestock through pasture improvement / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 21
Item
1923

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Henry Ford helped Nova Scotia to Increase food production 1916-17 / [Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 22, Item 1
Item
[1917]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Holstein cow Nova Scotia Agricultural College : Ayrshire cow Nova Scotia Agricultural College / [Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 22, Item 2
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Destruction of mustard and slurry in grain fields at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro / [Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 22, Item 3
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Permanent pasture experiment / [Melville Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 22, Item 4
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Hay story / [Melville Cumming]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 22, Item 5
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

History of agriculture in New Brunswick / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 23
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

History of agriculture in Nova Scotia / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 24, Item 1
Item
December 1, 1913

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Item is an article that includes a cover letter dated December 1, 1913, from F.W. Patterson (Director's Assistant, Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa) returning copy of original article.

History of agriculture in Prince Edward Island / Melville Cumming

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 24, Item 2
Item
[1913]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Growing a Canadian garden (introductory) [newsletter]

MS-14-1, MS-14, Box 1, Folder 25
Item
[1905?]-[1927?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

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."

Is it reasonable to expect the Nova Scotia city man to sacrifice in order that Nova Scotia agriculture may develop? / [Melville Cumming]