File contains photographs Walsh took of: -Lawrencetown fair -W.A. MacDonald - Pictou - noon feeding - 1925 -W.A. MacDonald's - Pictou - 1925 - Showing Roy and Arnold with their pigs -Judging team - Judique - 1924 -S.B. Bentley 1926 negatives -Sow and litter on pasture, taken Apoqui 1919 -Helen Chisholm sow - 1924 - North Grant -1st-3rd Club class - Maritime Winter Fair
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 contains 2 photographs of what appears to be College Royal or the Winter Fair at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. The photographs showcase exhibition skills of showmanship and judging of cattle.
This file contains 57 pages of handwritten notes by Dr. Melville Cummings with recordings from 1920-1926. These papers consist of notes from faculty meetings from 1920-1924, notes regarding 1925 Farm course, and notes on student;s behavior and performance and progress in debate. Pages of note include one piece of paper defining wealth, and another titled " “T___(?) year debate, Dec 18, 1925” City life vs. country life.
File contains correspondence to and from John M. Trueman, Professor of Agriculture. The letters are related to machinery used in farm buildings on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus. Most documents have "building" or "machinery" handwritten on them. Topics include barns, machinery, thrashers, silos, fences, new purchases for campus and repairs of equipment.
File contains a panoramic photographic print of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College from 1921. Printed on the back : "Mrs. Mathew [sic Matthew] Frizzell". Removed a piece of a receipt taped to the back of the photograph during processing; it may have been used to indicate cropping when an enlargement was made to hang behind the circulation desk of the MacRae Library. The receipt and description card are attached to the accession form in the case file. The blown up panoramic shot still hangs in the staff work area on Level 1 of the MacRae Library as of April 2020.
File contains 12 publications relating to sheep and wool, sheep diseases, breeding, husbandry, production, etc. published by the Canadian Department of Agriculture between 1927-1957.
File consists of Canadian Department of Health "The Little Blue Books Series" booklets #2-6. They offered advice on childcare and on the building and running of healthy, happy Canadian homes.
This file contains 5 textual records, which consists of a research article, along with accompanying work which include newspaper article, research table, and correspondences. These records were written by Dr, Melville Cumming in 1923.
File contains 40 government documents related to insects, agricultural pests, and crops published from 1923-1980, many are published by the Canadian Department of Agriculture, several from the Provincial departments of agriculture and several from the United States Department of Agriculture.
File consists of Canadian Department of Health "The Little Blue Books Series" booklets #7-11. They offered advice on childcare and on the building and running of healthy, happy Canadian homes.
File contains records related to Guernsey cattle breeding at the Wallace Bridge Peers family farm under the rules and regulations of the Canadian Guernsey Breeders' Association.
This file contains 4 textual records, which consists of a research article, along with accompanying work which include newspaper article, research table, and a correspondence. These records were written by Dr, Melville Cumming in 1924.
File contains the article Dairy Production in Lunenburg County, written for the Bridgewater Bulletin, October 6, 1925. Also included is the article, ''Nova Scotia's Agriculture" for the Financial Times, March 1926.
