Collection contains materials related to agriculture, which includes related organizations, industries, education, machinery, research, products, livestock, harvesting, management, crops, etc. These were published between 1846-2007.
Collection contains correspondence and an article, some are from Nova Scotia Agricultural College principals, or faculty, topics cover early education, the Canadian fruit trade, and trotting.
File contains a set of completed 'Agricultural values and wages' from James R. MacKenzie, crop correspondent from 1928-1934 for the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Statistics were gathered from Little Harbor, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
This file contains 4 individually unrelated papers, 3 of which are titled “Livestock”, “Crop Production”, and "Farm and Crop Areas and Number of Farms.”
Item consists of a clipping from a 1981 issue of Harrowsmith, titled "And as the Ark Sinks Slowly in the East...", about the decline of the Ark project in Spry Point, Prince Edward Island.
Collection contains records for Icelandic sheep in Nova Scotia, presented by Anne Bishop April 11, 2010 to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NS Icelandic Memorial Society.
Item consists of an architectural plan outlining the New Alchemy Institute's Prince Edward Island Ark project, showing building designs and garden bed plot layout.
Series contains addresses, articles, and correspondence written by Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal Melville Cumming between about 1905-1927 related to agriculture in Nova Scotia.
File contains typed drafts of articles about factory farming; a photograph of a man with cages full of chicks; two photographs of men struggling with bulls at a rodeo; correspondence from M. H. Sarty, the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing, the Canada Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Branch, and Joe B. Ternan; promotional flyers for chicken cages; and newspaper clippings about factory farming.
File consists if four artifacts created to commemorate the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's 100th anniversary and the postage stamp that was created.
Collection consists of records with information about individual co-operatives and credit unions in Atlantic Canada, as well as documents from larger region-wide co-operative organizations. There is also a large section of general co-op literature about co-operation as a social movement, in Canada and around the world. There are published books, serials, brochures, reports, photographs and slides, maps, audio and visual material, and artifacts. The age of the materials ranges from the early 1900s up to 2002, the majority spans from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Collection consists of material related to farm and rural life in Atlantic Canada. Including historical accounts of farm life and agricultural management in Atlantic Canada. Series include graphic materials, maps, surveys, and sketches of farms in Nova Scotia, and reports and diaries related to farm and rural life in Atlantic Canada. Series are arranged alphabetically and range between 1851-2004.
Item consists of a facsimile clipping from the August 2, 1981 Toronto Star, titled "Beached! An Ark hits sinking sand", written by David Miller, about the closing of the New Alchemy Institute Ark in Spry Point, Prince Edward Island.
Fonds consists of two farm ledgers (1894-1936 and 1899-1906); one farm inventory (1899); one notebook containing estate inventories and administrative accounts (1837-1875); one notebook containing a weather diary (1949); and minutes from two Master of Rights Lodge meetings held in 1931.
File contains the "The School of Agriculture 1885 - 1905" by Harvey W. MacPhee ; 1985, "The Nova Scotia School of Horticulture 1894-1904" by Sean D. Smith ; 1987, and "Alexander Forrester and the Establishment of a Normal School" by Robert P Harvey ; 1989.
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