Archives Catalogue

Series
1915-1983

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Series consists of 42 publications relating to entomology published by the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, the Canadian Department of Agriculture, and the United States Department of Agriculture between 1915-1983.

Report of the dominion entomologist for the year ending March 31, 1915 / C. Gordon Hewitt

MS-14-REF, Box 3, Folder 7
File
1915

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Insects, agricultural pests, and crops government documents

MS-14-REF Box 18, Folder 8 & MS-14-REF Box 20, Folder 1
File
1923-1980

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

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.

The Dominion Exhibition of the Morning Chronicle

MS-14-REF, OVR Box 3, Folder 7
Item
1906

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Extension reference resources

Series
1957

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Series contains a record regarding extension staff.

The next five years / E.D. Haliburton [speech]

MS-14-REF, Box 6, Folder 8
Item
1957

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Item is the speech presented to the summer conference of the Extension Services Staff, Experimental Station, Kentville, N.S. June 14-15, 1957.

Farms and experimental farms reference resources

Series
1922-1986

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Series consists of booklets and reports on farms and experimental farming in Nova Scotia that were published between 1922-1986.

Experimental station, Rosthem, Saskatchewan. Report of the superintendent for the year 1922

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 9
File
1922

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Dominion experimental farm, Nappan, N.S. Results of experiments 1932-1936 / W.W. Baird

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 20
File
1938

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

100 years of agricultural research : the history of the Experimental Farm Nappan, Nova Scotia / Anon

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 21
File
1986

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Guide to the experimental farm, Nappan, Nova Scotia.

MS-14-REF, Box 13, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
[19-]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S. report of the superintendent for the year 1923

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 12
File
1923

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S. report of the superintendent for the year 1927

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 16
File
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S. report of the superintendent for the year 1928

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 17
File
1928

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Canadian war orders and regulations

Subseries
1942-1944

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Subseries consists of 4 Canadian war orders and regulations between 1942-1944.

Canadian war orders and regulations / Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Volume II. 1943

MS-14-REF, Box 11, Folder 2
File
1943

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Regulations to the Weed Control Act / [Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing]

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 14
File
1968

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

The Marshland Reclamation Act / Department of Agriculture and Marketing, Halifax [Nova Scotia]

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 16
File
1975

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

The Marshlands Reclamation Act. And Amendments / [Nova Scotia] Department of Agriculture and Marketing

MS-14-REF, Box 12, Folder 18
File
1951

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Farming in Canada / Canada. Department of Agriculture

MS-14-REF, Box 18, Folder 7
Item
1975

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Item is Publication (Canada. Department of Agriculture), 1296. Revised.
This publication is a general review of farming in Canada. It outlines the physical and social conditions under which farming is carried out, the various types of production found from coast to coast, the means by which farm products reach the consumer, and the steps taken by the federal government to assist the farmer and safeguard the nation's food supply.

Government of Canada and Nova Scotia agricultural publications, statistics, and newsletter

MS-14-REF, Box 7, Folder 17
File
1963-1979

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

News release re: establishment of N.S. Egg Marketing Board

MS-14-REF, Box 7, Folder 17, Item 3
Item
April 7, 1971

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Agricultural Facts and Figures. No. 1. March 25, 1969

MS-14-REF, Box 7, Folder 17, Item 5
Item
March 25, 1969

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Beans as a crop to grow in orchards

MS-14-REF, Box 16, Folder 1, Item 4
Item
1914

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Pasture renovation in the Maritime Provinces / F.W. Calder, and F.S. Warren

MS-14-REF, Box 26, Folder 8
Item
1960

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Item was published by the Research Branch of the Canadian Department of Agriculture.

Briefs by the Institute of Agrologists of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

MS-14-REF, Box 13, Folder 12
File
1977

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

File contains "A brief to the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission" by the New Brunswick Institute of Agrologists, March 15, 1977. Also included is a copy of a "Brief to the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission" presented by Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists, April 15, 1977, Halifax, N.S. Both reports support the development of the four year degree program at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, and even that the institute operate separate from the N.S. Department of Agriculture.

Insect pests of red clover / by Marie Thorne

MS-14-REF, Box 28, Folder 2
Item
August 1980

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Item is a report titled Insect pests of red clover by Marie Thorne, Summer assistant, Soils and Crops Branch [Ottawa Research Station, Agriculture Canada], August 1980. The report covers the geographic area of Northern Ontario.

Master farmers of Canada 1935 / Nor-West Farmer

MS-14-REF, Box 28, Folder 4
Item
[1935]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Proposals and plans for the establishment of a British community settlement near Amherst in the Province of Nova Scotia in accordance with the "Hornby Plan"

MS-14-REF, Box 28, Folder 10
Item
[193-?]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Item is a document titled: Proposals and plans for the establishment of a British community settlement near Amherst in the Province of Nova Scotia in accordance with the "Hornby Plan". It is undated and gives no authoring body. It was created after the 1931 census was made available. It contains two maps, and has sections describing NS geography, climate, education, cities and towns, roads, communications, agricultural development, farmers' organizations, women's institutes, and several descriptions of farms from representatives of the district.

Experiments in plant-hybridisation / by Gregor Mendel

MS-14-REF, Box 28, Folder 12
Item
1926

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

The burpee way of home canning / Anon

MS-14-REF, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1946

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

The cooking and canning of vegetables / Jennie Fraser and P.J. Shaw

MS-14-REF, Box 5, Folder 2
File
1916

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Instruction manual for set-up and use of burpee simplex sealer

MS-14-REF, Box 5, Folder 3
File
[19-]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Preserve by freezing / Anon

MS-14-REF, Box 5, Folder 4
File
[19-]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Little helps for expectant mothers / Better Babies Bureau of the Woman's Home Companion

MS-14-REF, Box 13, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

What every mother wants to know about her baby / Better Babies Bureau of the Woman's Home Companion

MS-14-REF, Box 13, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Expectant mothers club newsletter / Woman's Home Companion

MS-14-REF, Box 6, Folder 22
File
[1927?]

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Little Blue Books series

Series
1923-1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Series contains publications from "The Little Blue Books Series", Department of Health. They offered advice on childcare and on the building and running of healthy, happy Canadian homes, published between 1923-1927.

The Canadian mother's book / Helen MacMurchy

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 3, Item 1
Item
1926

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

How to take care of the baby / Helen MacMurchy

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

How to take care of the mother / Helen MacMurchy

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

How to take care of the father and the family / Helen MacMurchy

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
1923

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

The Little Blue Books Series - Department of Health; Pub #7-11

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1923-1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

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.

Beginning a home in Canada / Helen MacMurchy

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 4, Item 1
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

How to make outpost homes in Canada / Helen MacMurchy

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 4, Item 4
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

How to avoid accidents and give first aid / Helen MacMurchy

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 4, Item 5
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

How to take care of household waste / Helen MacMurchy

MS-14-REF, Box 8, Folder 5, Item 4
Item
1927

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Livestock reference resources

Series
1880-2007

Part of Agricultural archives reference collection

Series consists of reference material relating to Maritime livestock shows, sales, and auctions, as well as livestock in Canada and in India. Subseries include materials covering beef cattle, dairy cattle and dairy practice, horses, sheep and goat, and swine published between 1880-2007.

Profitable beef production in Nova Scotia / Nova Scotia Advisory Sub-Committee on Beef Cattle [booklet]