File contains manuscripts, reports, and clippings collected by the Ecology Action Centre, related to the Solsearch Architects the New Alchemy Institute Ark project, constructed and operated in the late 1970s in Spry Point, Prince Edward Island, testing organic agricultural and environmental monitoring techniques.
File contains photographs of the prize winning herd of Ayrshire cattle, included in the photographs : Hillhead Shamrock; Brownies Boy; Snowflake; Bonhams; Glengarry Lou; Regal Lou and Suncrest Lovely Pet (first prize winner for 1958-60.
File contains Nova Scotia Agricultural College farm class photos from 1948-1949. Photo taken outside of a wooden shingled building with pane windows. Photos have been cut and reattached as composites originally. Staples have been removed for preservation.
File contains 38 Nova Scotia Agricultural College trophies and plaques that were awarded during College Royal, also known as the Winter Fair from approximately 1905 to 2012.
File contains hand-written summaries of the animal herds at Nova Scotia Agricultural College [ca. 1900] to 1965. Records describe breeds of cattle: Guernsey, Jersey, Ayrshires, Herefords, and Holsteins; breeds of sheep: Scottish Blackface, Shropshire, and Hampshire; and horses: light horses, and Clydesdales. These descriptions include when and how many were purchased, herd book and individual animals name and numbers, and stud book records. The summaries also include details of two disease events that affected herd-wide health including 'Bovine Tuberculosis' and 'contagious abortion'. Mention is made of the conferring of a 'Superior Breeding Certificate' on Farm Superintendent, Archibald MacMillan. The summaries also make mention of the Nova Scotia Animal Breeders Coop Ltd with reference specifically to dairy cattle.
File contains tables of dates of sowing, plowing, and working plans of vegetables plots for the 1915 season on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus. Created by James Allan, Superintendent of Horticulture.
File contains two photographs of the Ayrshire field day [at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College] in 1948, one photograph has inscribed on the back: "Micmac [sp?]" Shubenacadie, [sp?]
File contains 4 negative prints of a Nova Scotia Agricultural College building prior to demolition, possibly the Principals house. The building was dormer roofed, 2 story (+ attic) building with 4 front bay windows, covered front stairs with veranda above, and side porch visible. Rear view has a lean-to porch and small side entry. The photograph is dated Feb 14, 1977.
File contains a report titled "Community development" by William Saxby Blair. Blair was the first supervisor of the Experimental Farm in Kentville, Nova Scotia from its creation in 1912 until his retirement in 1938.
File contains a final draft titled "Report of the Committee to study the Farm Courses of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College", by Mr. Kenneth Cox in 1960. Also included are a draft copy, meeting minutes, correspondence, farm class tour survey, recommendations, and other related materials.
File contains two crests designed for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College by Doug Edit. Correspondence regarding NSAC crests from Doug Edit to Tom Smith in 1995. And a document titled "Mens agitat molem", it explains the motto for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
File contains a poultry plucking machine patent that was issued on July 4th, 1944 to Angus Edward Banting, Truro, NS. Banting signed all his rights, title and interest of the invention over to the Department of Agriculture and Marketing of the Province of Nova Scotia.
File contains two articles written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming on the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and an article prepared for MacDonald College Magazine.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode aired on May 18, 1989, and was rebroadcasted on May 22, 1989, August 7, 1989, and July 23, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.
File contains three photographs, two of E.L. Eaton with the wooden chains and board he carved and mounted and one close up photograph of the board with wooden chains. The photographs were taken in 1983 of the work done in 1981.
File contains 5 photographs of the sheep and related activities on Gull Island in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, along with 1 textual record describing the sheep and activities.
