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.
File contains a poultry plucking machine patent that was issued on July 4th, 1944 to Angus Edward Banting, Truro, NS. Banting signed all his rights, title and interest of the invention over to the Department of Agriculture and Marketing of the Province of Nova Scotia.
Item is a time capsule created by the Class of 2012, the last class of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College before its merger with Dalhousie University. The capsule contains approximately 50 articles deposited by graduating students, including pictures, a bottle of wine made at the college, frosh beanies, written memories, a synopsis of NSAC and banquet programs. The project was initiated by Matthew Lawless, co-chair of the graduating class, Jonathan Waugh and Jessica Dowe, and the capsule was built by NSAC engineering technician Chris Nelson.
Item is a black-and-white mounted photograph of the 1945-1946 Nova Scotia Agricultural College hockey team, championship team of the Truro and district hockey league. Players; front row, left, Bob Doyle, Dave Gillespie, Vernon Reid, Gus Kinsman, Angie Gillis, Moe Kennie ; bck row, left, Hermie Fielding, Dan McFadden, Bud Elderkin, Vic Holms, Hugh MacLeod, Ray Kennedy, Jack Gammon, Wayne Parker (manager). Absent is Win Langille, coach and Ron Fielding, mascot.
Item is a photocopy of a newspaper article with a black and white photograph of the 1945-1946 Nova Scotia Agricultural College hockey team. The caption is in regards to a reunion of the Truro and District Hockey League that took place May 9, 1992 [?] at Keddy's. The caption underneath the photo states: "The Nova Scotia Agricultural College champions of the Truro and District Hockey League in the 1945-46 season, will be among teams represented when the league holds its reunion May 9 at Keddy's. This photo, courtesy of Don MacNeil of Truro shows players; front row, left, Bob Doyle, Dave Gillespie, Vernon Reid, Gus Kinsman, Angie Gillis, Moe Kennie ; bck row, left, Hermie Fielding, Dan McFadden, Bud Elderkin, Vic Holms, Hugh MacLeod, Ray Kennedy, Jack Gammon, Wayne Parker (manager). Absent is Win Langille, coach and Ron Fielding, mascot."
Item is a photograph of 4 people seated at a dinner table in suites. Handwritten on the reverse: K. [Kenneth] Cox - Principal, NSAC, Dr. D MacLaughlin - President O.A.C., Dr. M. Cumming - Principal emeritus NSAC, W. MacLennan - Pres. St. [spelling?] - NSAC. 1949.
Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College College Royal in 1950. There is a group of people in front of the pavilion and Dr. [Melville] Cumming is in the foreground.
Item is a photograph of Stan Wood of Fredericton, NB, Nova Scotia Agricultural College class of 1918. Wood won the award for the oldest grad in attendance at what may have been an Alumni Association event or reunion.
Item is a photograph of C.M. Collins, Dr. WW Longley, Agric. Commissioner Robertson, Dr. Saxby Blair, and Eric Boulden at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Cumming Hall and the Water tower can be seen in the background.
Item is a book titled Memories : then and now : autobiographies of the [Nova Scotia Agricultural College]class of '62 [1962] : a look at the past 42 years. It includes the memoirs of professor Ian Fraser, the reprint of the "Class of '62 pipe dream, 35 autobiographies, photographs, and an "In Memoriam" section.
Photographs are of the Halifax Manual Training School, Halifax Industrial School, Oxford Street School, St. Patrick's Girls' High School, St. Patrick's Reformatory, and Halifax School for the Deaf.
Item is radio report of the "Farm Planning Series," that focuses on whether farmers can adapt to new opportunities from changing consumer diets, interference with trade, and shifts in markets.
Item is radio report of the "Farm Planning Series," that focuses on the factors that contribute to Canadian farm production, such as crop varieties, livestock breeds, transportation and refrigeration, specialization, and mechanization.
Item is radio report of the "Farm Planning Series," that focuses on the enumeration and examination of factors that contribute to the production and income of farmers.
