File contains 7 photographs of C.A. Douglas' retirement. They are all stamped "Photo by Pridham Studio, Truro, N.S.". Charles Douglas was Deputy Minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing. Douglas also served as Assistant Agricultural Representative in Pictou, Agricultural Representative in Hants County, Assistant Director and, later, Director of Extension, and as Director of Livestock. Was inducted into the Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1979. https://www.dal.ca/diff/aahf/inductees/charles-douglas.html
File contains Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited annual shareholders meeting records. Records include meeting minutes, balance sheet, and statement of loss for 1949.
File contains Nova Scotia Rural Beautification Program pamphlets, newspaper clippings, a history by Marion Inglis, a biography of Charles Collins, and copies of the NS Department of Agriculture Horticulture and Biology Division organizational chart from 1961-1962. Also included are booklets and records related to Communities in Bloom Canada, including National winners for 1999 and 2000.
File contains three yellow Nova Scotia Rural Beautification Program signs that are all round in shape. - "Judge" (magnetic) -"1991 Property Recognition" (coroplast) -"1992 Outstanding Property" (coroplast)
File contains four booklets related to the Nova Scotia Rural Beautification Program. Topics include the activities they conducted, how to join the program, and the original and reproduction of a history of the Nova Scotia Rural Beautification Program written by Marion Inglis.
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.
File contains records related to the Nova Scotia Grain Marketing Board, the Grain and Forage Commission, and the Forage Council, and their formation of a joint board . Records have been filed in backwards chronology.
File contains Lily Fraser Cameron's scrapbook created from her attendance at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. It contains a combination of: - NSAC commencement booklets from 1 May 1940, 30 April 1941, 29 April 1942, 22 April 1943. - Black and White photographs - Newspaper clippings relating to NSAC academics and sports, as well as WWII - Personal letters, postcards, and greeting cards from family and friends - NSAC "winged" crest (sew/iron-on) - Dried flowers and dance cards - Acceptance letter dated May 29142 from the McDonald College of McGill University (stating her as the first female NSAC graduate to attend the agriculture program at McDonald College).
File contains Dr. Herbert Farquhar MacRae’s obituary and tribute articles dedicated to the former Nova Scotia Agricultural College principal dated June 2002.
File contains records related to berries, and the berry industry in Nova Scotia. There is correspondence from Gordon Kinsman to Joleen dated March 8, 1991. There are photographs of berry boxes, baskets and crates used in Nova Scotia, various reports and also correspondence related to berry crops, locations in Nova Scotia, their management and practices, and equipment used. Also included is the History of the blueberry industry in Nova Scotia, black and white photographs of the blueberry industry from the 1970s, shipping box blueprints, cards and tags used in blueberry boxes exported to the United States, Boston and New York from the 1930s-1980s, and black and white and colour photographs of people picking and enjoying blueberries.
File contains Gordon Kinsman's papers and records related to the strawberry industry in Nova Scotia from 1891-1958. Records include strawberry history newspaper mentions from the Kentville Star in 1891, and the Truro Daily News from 1895-1901. Included is information on strawberry production in Nova Scotia, the distribution of strawberries around the province and export to Boston and Montreal, Masstown Strawberry Growers Co-operative Ltd. (1946-1958) production and sales. A reproduction of the article "Strawberry boxes : Messers, Lewis & Sons" from the Truro Daily News, v.4:no.157, Saturday, July 7, 1894. A reproduction of the article "Strawberries" from The Busy East, 1917 about shipping strawberries in 1868. It also has information on blueberries shipped to Boston from Nova Scotia in the 1870s. A reproduction of a photograph "Picking strawberries in Yarmouth", from The Down East (1910-1917). Includes picture of picking strawberries in the Valley, with several handwritten notations about the crates and boxes in the photograph - NOTE - Dalhousie University Archives, Reference files: Dalhousie history, Price, H.B.A. Valley Farm in NS Date 1928-29; reprinted from the Dalhousie Review, Vol VIII, 1928-29, page 165, Box/File: MS-1-REF 117.19. Memorandum from an Agricultural representative, Truro, N.S., March 9, 1962, re: strawberry containers in 1964 were to be shipped in single layers to prevent bruising and damage to the berries, noted that 1960/61 growers ran short on boxes and crates, it is recommended to order more ahead of time next year. There is correspondence from an Agricultural representative, Dale Ells, Markets Representative, N.S. Department of Agriculture, Truro, N.S., September 5, 1963, re: Berries to Boston; 12 qy vs 32 qt for shipping: Boston finds 12 qt of higher quality, less damage to berries, more marketable. There's additional correspondence from Gordon Kinsman to Mrs. Thelma Pepper, May 29, 1986, re: Mrs. Pepper prepared an exhibit of photographs for the MacDonald Historical Museum. Beaver Brook strawberry sales, typed, "Digby" in ink, 1968, in two pieces, the old tape fell off. There was also a photocopy of a business card for Herrett's woodworking, specializing in boxwood and custom sawing - Springhill, N.S. and a sample of cellophane that was used on top of quart boxes between the 1920-1970s.
File contains correspondence from F. G. Gale (Grayburn Farms, Waterville QC) regarding jersey cattle dated July 12, 1927, and from Lee Boyce (Elm Hill Farm, Mass., U.S.A.) regarding jersey cattle dated November 10, 1927.
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.
