File includes translations of Russian-language newspaper articles and reports and issues of the Institute for the Study of the USSR's Analysis of Current Developments in the Soviet Union.
Item is a book called Lest we forget by Loran Arthur DeWolfe It is a history and reminiscence of the Normal College, or Summer School of Rural Science, which ran in Truro 1909-1930 and 1940-1942.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode features Stuart Hill, previously a professor at McGill University who established Ecological Agriculture Projects, on organic agriculture with Chris. The episode aired on July 21, 1988, and was rebroadcasted on July 25, 1988.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode aired on April 22, 1993, and was rebroadcasted on April 23, 1993 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode aired on May 18, 1989, and was rebroadcasted on May 22, 1989, August 7, 1989, and July 23, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs radio program.
Item consists of a typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at a meeting of the Women's Institute in Truro, Nova Scotia, dated November 4, 1931. Includes discussions on agriculture, the machinery industry, and economics.
Item consists of a typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address at the annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Farmers' Association, at the Halifax Hotel, January 24, 1933, discussing the relation between economics and agriculture.
Item consists of a witnessed letter stating that John Cyril (Chris) Snape was borrowing money from Oland and Son Limited to speed up the settlement from National Thrift Corporation Savings Plan after the National Thrift Corporation went bankrupt.
File contains photographs of the prize winning herd of Ayrshire cattle, included in the photographs : Hillhead Shamrock; Brownies Boy; Snowflake; Bonhams; Glengarry Lou; Regal Lou and Suncrest Lovely Pet (first prize winner for 1958-60.
File contains 40 photographs taken by Gene Fortney, Vince Zelazny, Dave Patriquin, David Gautier, and M. Willison (and collected by Bill Freedman), in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, in 1999. Photographs show agricultural scenes, such as hayfields near Calgary, strip cropping in Saskatchewan, soybean growing in Nova Scotia, and grape growing in southern Ontario.
Fonds consists of Leslie E. Haley's materials regarding his professional activities, researches, and involvement with the Science Council of Canada, the Gambia project, Nova Scotia Department of Education's Biology Task Force, and the Summer Science Institute. Fonds includes reports, correspondence, financial records, booklets, and other textual records.
Item is volume 12 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1973 -2081 and headings including agriculture, chemistry and engineering.
Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.
Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.
Item is a register of farmers' sheep and cattle marks, recorded by successive town clerks in Chester Municipality. Includes descriptions, diagrams, famers' names, dates, and the names of the recorder.
File contains two indentures evidencing the sale of lands in Pictou County. The first indenture (dated 1875) records a land sale from Robert Moran to John Ives Meagher. The second indenture (dated 1876) records a sale from Alexander and Sarah A. McKenzie to John Ives Meagher.
File contains typed drafts of articles by Barbara Hinds about herbicides and pesticides; a booklet of the 1967 Nova Scotia Weed Control Act; a booklet called "An Act to regulate the Sale of Products used in Controlling Agricultural Pests"; a newsletter called Science by the American Association for the Advancement of Science; an issue of The Young Naturalist, published by The Federation of Ontario Naturalists; copies of scientific articles; newspaper clippings; and correspondence with the Canada Department of Agriculture Research Branch and the United States Department of the Interior.
File contains typed drafts of articles about factory farming; a photograph of a man with cages full of chicks; two photographs of men struggling with bulls at a rodeo; correspondence from M. H. Sarty, the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing, the Canada Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Branch, and Joe B. Ternan; promotional flyers for chicken cages; and newspaper clippings about factory farming.
Fonds consists of Theodore Ross's correspondence concerning agricultural and personal matters, Dalhousie's centenary and capital campaign, and student residents at Pine Hill.
Fonds consists of two farm ledgers (1894-1936 and 1899-1906); one farm inventory (1899); one notebook containing estate inventories and administrative accounts (1837-1875); one notebook containing a weather diary (1949); and minutes from two Master of Rights Lodge meetings held in 1931.
Item consists of a facsimile of Dr. A.P. Reid's address before the Nova Scotia Dairyman's Association meeting, held in Halifax on March 18th, 1890, titled "The Dairy of the Future, or, Theory and Practice Combined", copied from the T.C. Allen-published pamphlet of the same year.
Item consists of a clipping from a 1976 issue of Harrowsmith, written by Susan Soucoup, titled "Prince Edward's Ark: Bringing The Homestead Indoors On Prince Edward Island", about the construction of the Ark project at Spry Point, Prince Edward Island.
Item consists of a clipping from a 1981 issue of Harrowsmith, written by Linda Gilkeson and Susan Mahoney, titled "The Salad Bar : Guavas to garlic in the organic greenhouse", about life in the Ark at Spry Point, Prince Edward Island.
Item consists of a clipping from the May-June 1978 issue of Perception, written by Bruce McCallum, titled "Renewable Energy Technology in P.E.I.: How P. E. I. leads the nation", updating progress on the Ark project in Spry Point, Prince Edward Island.
Item consists of a newspaper clipping from the May 29, 1976 Halifax Mail-Star written by James Scott titled "Land-locked ark will be scientists' home", about the opening of the New Alchemy Institute Ark in Spry Point, Prince Edward Island.