Item is a 1943 Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing organizational chart. The number of employees as at December 1, 1943 exclusive of seasonal staffs was 114. Note when one individual held more than one position it was indicated by like numbers. This pertains mainly to staff who worked for the Department and were teaching at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
Fonds contains some of the policies of Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing in 1996, correspondence from department staff from 1907 and 1972. There are Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing scrapbooks of clippings of agricultural activity in Nova Scotia from 1900 to 1949. Entries include pencil drawings of animals and plants, newspaper clippings, as well as agricultural events around Nova Scotia from the NS Dept. of Agriculture annual reports. Scrapbooks also include pictures of Nova Scotia Agricultural College buildings, animal breeds, and events on campus. There are also annual reports of various departments of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, and transcripts for Garden Guide Radio from 1980-2002.
Series contains scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and other materials related to the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing.
File contains five volumes related to agriculture. Titles include: 1. A reproduction of "A catalogue of the whole of the live and dead farming stock comprising 13 young and active cart horses.... steam engine.... also part of the household furniture.... which will be sold by Messr. W. Brown & Co. on Tuesday and Thursday September 28th and 30th, 1880... by direction of the trustees of the late Mr. Lasenby, who are giving up the Farm at Michaelmas. No. 1078. At head of cover "Charteridge, Chesham" 2. Herb garden : seeds for your herb garden / by Beatrice A. Clark. With authoritative books on herbs, a bifold cardstock with seed samples. Published by the Cypress Press ca. 1937. 3. Rothamsted Experimental Station : guide to the experimental farm -- Lawes Agricultural Trust. 1947. 4. Genetics of some new type foxes / C.K. Gunn. 1945. Publication / Dominion of Canada, Dept. of Agriculture ; no. 768. Technical bulletin / Dominion of Canada, Dept. of Agriculture ; no. 53. 5. Flax / William Saunders, Canada Department of Agriculture. 1896. Original issued in series: Bulletin / Dept. of Agriculture, Central Experimental Farm ; no. 25.
File contains four volumes related to agriculture. Titles include "The Catalogue of Albert H. Merrill [1912] of Danvers, Massachusetts (horse - pacers and trotters)", "Seaweed as a Fertilizer" by L.C. Harlow, "Report of a visit to Great Britain and the continent of Europe in the winter of 1897-98" by Duncan McEachran, published by the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa, August 1898, and Campineology : the story of the living egg machines / by J. Fred N. Kennedy [1914] related to campine chickens.
File contains three Nova Scotia government documents and reports related to agriculture between 1898 and 1930. Titles include "Game Laws, Nova Scotia 1919", "Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturalists List of Members 1930", and "Nova Scotia : its agricultural resources" by B. W. Chipman, Secretary for Agriculture, 1898.
Fonds contains records created by the Nova Scotia Grain and Forage Commission. Records include the Nova Scotia Grain and Forage Commission Forage Centre Background and Specifics (1984-1994), "Start-up", an operational policy, financial records, meeting minutes, membership information, grain and grain industry development records, and correspondence, created between 1976-1995. The Commission underwent several name changes from 1977-1994: Provincial Grain Commission / Nova Scotia Grains Commission / Nova Scotia Grain Marketing Board / Grain and Forage Commission / Forage Council.
File contains Nova Scotia Grain and Forage Commission "Start-up" records, including Memorandum of Understanding, GFNS management agreement, GFNS general manager position description, GFNS five year plan, Commission F94 and F95 statements & annual report, Commission & Marketing Board five year reviews, miscellaneous financials from 1994-1995.
Collection contains materials created and collected by the Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists. Series include biographies and photographs of notable Nova Scotia agrologists, many of whom were associated with the Nova Scotia Agricultural College or the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture.
File contains four booklets related to the Nova Scotia Rural Beautification Program. Topics include the activities they conducted, how to join the program, and the original and reproduction of a history of the Nova Scotia Rural Beautification Program written by Marion Inglis.
File contains Nova Scotia Rural Beautification Program pamphlets, newspaper clippings, a history by Marion Inglis, a biography of Charles Collins, and copies of the NS Department of Agriculture Horticulture and Biology Division organizational chart from 1961-1962. Also included are booklets and records related to Communities in Bloom Canada, including National winners for 1999 and 2000.
File contains three yellow Nova Scotia Rural Beautification Program signs that are all round in shape. - "Judge" (magnetic) -"1991 Property Recognition" (coroplast) -"1992 Outstanding Property" (coroplast)
File contains a study of 1984 costs, returns and production information of the Nova Scotia sheep enterprises by Esben E. Arnfast, BSc. (Ag.) Agriculture Canada and James C. Oxley, P. Ag. Agriculture Canada.
File contains two scrapbooks, or memory books, created to reflect the activities of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Nova Scotia Veterinary Medical Association from 1952 to 1984. The auxiliary dismantled in the mid 1980s; former member Joan MacAulay created these scrap books in May of 2014 to acknowledge the work and friendship auxiliary members had.
Series contains reports from the Nova Scotia Voluntary Economic Planning meetings, including forestry, agriculture, and secondary manufacturing sectors.
File contains select reports from the Nova Scotia Voluntary Economic Planning, agriculture sector meeting held December 11, [1962], at the NSAC, Truro. Highlights of the agenda : - The philosophy and method of planning - Chairman, Hon. E.D. Haliburton; - The introduction of planning for the Nova Scotia economy - Premier R.L. Stanfield; - The purpose and methods of economic planning - Hon. G.I. Smith; - Potential markets in industrial planning - Hon. E.A. Mason; - The effect of economic planning on the general economy - Prof. W.Y. Smith; - The effect of economic planning on agricultural development in European countries - F.W. Walsh; - Symposium - discussing trends in agriculture and the significance of economic planning to agriculture; - Organizing the Agricultural sector for planning - Chairman S.E. Lewis; - Organization of commodity work groups; - Assembling of work groups: dairy, general livestock, horticultural, field crops, and poultry
File contains further reports from the Nova Scotia Voluntary Economic Planning, agriculture sector meeting held December 11, [1962], at the NSAC, Truro. Highlights of the agenda : - The philosophy and method of planning - Chairman, Hon. E.D. Haliburton; - The introduction of planning for the Nova Scotia economy - Premier R.L. Stanfield; - The purpose and methods of economic planning - Hon. G.I. Smith; - Potential markets in industrial planning - Hon. E.A. Mason; - The effect of economic planning on the general economy - Prof. W.Y. Smith; - The effect of economic planning on agricultural development in European countries - F.W. Walsh; - Symposium - discussing trends in agriculture and the significance of economic planning to agriculture; - Organizing the Agricultural sector for planning - Chairman S.E. Lewis; - Organization of commodity work groups; - Assembling of work groups: dairy, general livestock, horticultural, field crops, and poultry
