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Tractor and farm equipment manual collection

  • MS-14-51
  • Collection
  • [19-]
Collection contains tractor and farm equipment manuals that were collected and used by staff of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College for equipment used on the campus in the 20th Century. Included with the manuals were approximately 100 black and white photographs of fields and crops that need to be inventoried.

Generator propeller

  • MS-14-86 - Museum / SLC exhibit case
  • Item
  • [1900-1999]
Item is a wooden generator propeller.

Photograph of Stan Wood

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.
From https://search.canbarchives.ca/wood-family-of-sunnybrae-farm-carters-point-new-brunswick:
Stanley Freeman Spearin (Stan) Wood, born 5 March 1898 in Carter’s Point, Kings County, N.B., died 16 June 1991 in Fredericton, N.B., buried in Moncton, N.B. (Elmwood Cemetery, Oulton’s Lot).
Stan grew up on the family farm in Carter’s Point, and served a short time in the 9th Siege Battery of the Canadian Army towards the latter part of World War 1.
He graduated from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1918 with the Governor General’s Medal for highest standing. He continued his education in Guelph, graduating from the Ontario Agricultural College with a BSA degree in 1923.
His entire working life was spent with the N.B. Dept. of Agriculture, most of it in Fredericton. He served as Director of Livestock, Director of the Extension Branch, and finally Administrative Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture. He was a Fellow of the Agricultural Institute of Canada, honorary member of the N.B. Institute of Agrologists, the Canadian 4-H Council, and of the Canadian Society of Animal Science. He was a recipient of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal for service to the agricultural industry.
Stan was an Elder of St. Paul’s United Church in Fredericton, a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Fredericton, and also a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International.
He was an active curler in the Fredericton curling club and served for many years on its executive.
Stan built a cottage on the family farm property at Carter’s Point which he and his wife Emily visited regularly. After Emily’s passing, he continued going there every summer until his 92nd birthday.
He married Emily Blanche Oulton, (1898-1975), on the 9th of August 1930 in Moncton, N.B..

Canadian agriculture collection

  • MS-14-8
  • Collection
  • [1900?]-[1999?]
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.

Orchards and trees - R3

Item is a photograph of orchards and trees in Nova Scotia in the early 20th century. Photograph is a reproduction of a glass slide that may have been taken by Nova Scotia Agricultural College professor Fred C. Sears, original R3.

Spraying - R25

Item is a photograph of spraying in Nova Scotia in the early 20th century. Photograph is a reproduction of a glass slide that may have been taken by Nova Scotia Agricultural College professor Fred C. Sears, original R25.
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