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Nova Scotia Agricultural College college herd summaries

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.

NSAC Web planning/development : guidelines/policy / by the Ad hoc Committee on Web Policy & Resources

File contains the report NSAC [Nova Scotia Agricultural College] Web planning/development : guidelines/policy / by the Ad hoc Committee on Web Policy & Resources for Dr. Garth Coffin. The committee was created at the Principal's request in August 1997 to examine and evaluate options concerning the NSAC's web presence.

A review of computing requirements and resources / by the Principal's Committee on Computer Resources

File contains the Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal's ad hoc Committee on computer resources report from January 1998 to Dr. Garth Coffin. The committee was established by the principal in March 1997 with a mandate to review the College's current computer resources, assess the needs for the next three years, and make recommendations arising from its review. Computer resources were delineated as hardware, software, and personnel.

Nova Scotia Agricultural College fox production short course outline

File contains an overview of the fox production short course held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Topics covered include vaccinations, nutritional diseases, setting up a fox ranch, basic fox genetics, feed and water analysis, tattooing foxes, farm management for the fox producer, and info on the Canadian Fox Breeders Association.

"Agronomy' and 'Animal husbandry' course examinations administered by Stan Curtis in 1938 and 1937 at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

File contains the first term examination for the 'agronomy' course, senior class, dated January 27, 1938, and the examination for the 'animal husbandry' course dated October 14th, 1937. Both we administered by Dr. Stan Curtis at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.

Horticulture, small fruits course and English course examinations administered by Stan Curtis in 1938 at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

File contains the first term examination for the course 'Horticulture, small fruits', dated January 29, 1938. Also included is the examination for the senior 'English' course, dated January 1938. Both examinations were issued from Dr. Stan Curtis at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.

AS202: Organic livestock production : resource manual

File contains the resource manual for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College course AS202: Organic livestock production. The manual contains the required readings for the course delivered in 2000. The course author was Julia Cooper ; editor Rosaria Campbell ; Project manager Linda Jack. Course development was funded by Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
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