Item is a notebook with entries dating from 1903-1908 detailing the number of eggs laid and/or for what they were sold, as well as observations about hens. It was possibly kept by a woman in Sheffield, New Brunswick.
Fonds contains records created by The Council of Maritime Premiers regarding intergovernmental cooperation in the Maritimes and press communiques containing highlights from the CMP's sessions between 1981 and 1984.
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.
Collection contains "Sheep have an important place in Nova Scotia Agriculture. Leaflet No. 9" and transcripts from broadcast #20 and #21 of "The Vanishing Flock". Also included are a variety of agricultural reports.
Collection contains records related to sheep and wool breeding, genetics, carcass evaluation, wool specimens, and statistics of live stock and shorn wool.
Item is "A boy from Cherry Hill" by Garth Coffin, former principal of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia. A Boy From Cherry Hill is a story of a lad who grew up in a warm and loving family on a small farm in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It recounts his experiences and highlights his good fortune through receiving the Eaton Agricultural Scholarship, attending university in both Canada and the U.S. and successful pursuit of a series of career opportunities leading back to the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC) where his university studies began. Along the way, the memoir that spans eight decades includes international work and personal interests of the boy from Cherry Hill.
Fonds contains books, textbooks and government documents, and eight classroom notebooks kept by Milford Pierce during his studies at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (1905-1907), as well as a book dating to his year at Macdonald College (1912-1913).
Fonds contains agricultural records, government documents, reports and photographs that were created by, or belonged to, George MacKenzie. Subjects include agriculture, crops, the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, and the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture.
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.
File contains textual records related to terracing crops in Nova Scotia that were created and collected by E.A. Olafson, Chief Conservationist, Atlantic Region. Records include correspondence, reports and publications.
Fonds consists of records created and collected by the Jamaica Agricultural Society. Records include publications, program outlines, meeting descriptions, serials, and booklets. Materials are related to JAS operations, bylaws, finances, proceedings of seminars, the history of agriculture in Jamaica, and development of better agricultural practices.
Fonds contains records that belonged to William Henry Peers and Daniel George Peers, including books related to agricultural equipment, guernsey cattle, and a soil test for their home in Head of Wallace bay (RR#1 Wallace Bridge).
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.
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.
Collection contains textual records, reports, and photographs related to Canadian agriculture. Topics include the development of agriculture in Canada, the banning of pesticides, the agricultural industry, exhibitions and garden clubs.
Item was prepared for : Department of Government Services, Province of Nova Scotia. Purpose of this study was to provide an information system strategy to satisfy the known current and future needs of the government organizations located in Truro Nova Scotia : The Nova Scotia Farm Loan Board, Nova Scotia College of Agriculture, The Department of Agriculture and Marketing, The Nova Scotia Teacher's College and the Department of Lands and Forests
File contains photographs of the 1938 South Side Baddeck, etc. Garden Club Show, 1938, "Club work". People and individuals are depicted in front of tables of fruits and vegetables and plants on exhibit. Also featured are groups of people in a field where they appear to be showing cattle, beef or dairy.
Item is a photograph of barley grown on the farm of Alex McKay, esq. Lyons Brook, Pictou, Co. 1923. May have belonged to W.A. McKay (dairying) who graduated from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1914. McKay. Depicted is Barley from a part of a field to which Malagash [Nova Scotia] potash land salt was applied and from a part of the same field with the same treatment except no Malagash potash land salt was applied.
Item is a hardcover notebook with loose and pasted newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and small booklets related to egg production and laying hens from the 1920s.
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.
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.
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.
