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1940-1979, predominately 1959-1971 (Creation)
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Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast was incorporated in Nova Scotia on May 23, 1961 to sell by-products from the brewing process to farms and grain dealers and brokers. Through an agreement with Industrial Estates Limited, a crown corporation of the Government of Nova Scotia, a grain drying plant was built on Young Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was officially opened on January 17, 1963. The company dried wet, or "spent" grains used to brew beer and packaged and sold them to farmers for bulk cattle feed. It also handled brewer's yeast. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Oland and Son Limited and was managed out of the head offices of Oland and Son Limited at Keith Hall on Lower Water Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On December 29, 1961, Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast purchased Lindwood Farms and Northfield Farms from Sidney C. Oland for $257,127.49. Prior to this purchase, Sidney Oland had been acquiring land to increase the size and capacity of the farms. At the time of the sale, the farms occupied over 4500 acres of land in Hants County and Halifax County. Alex Lamond was General Manager of Lindwood Farms and he continued to live on and manage the farm under Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast.
Oland and Son Limited, the parent company to Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast, sold its brewing assets to John Labatt Limited on June 1, 1971. After the sale, Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast became Culverwell Holdings. See the Culverwell Holdings series for more information.
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Series contains records relating to the administration and operation of Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast. Series is broken into seven subseries: Administrative, Correspondence, Financial, Labour and Employee Relations, Lindwood Farms, Marketing and Advertising, and Production and Inventory Reports.
Administrative subseries contains a register of shareholders, property assessments, and other documents relating to the general activities of the company.
Correspondence subseries contains correspondence regarding fairs, exhibitions, and other events Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast participated in or sponsored. Subseries also includes orders and correspondence from Smith Brokerage Limited, a grain dealer used extensively by Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast.
Financial subseries contains financial statements, statements of cattle and feed purchases, a journal, and a ledger.
Labour and Employee Relations subseries includes labour agreements with Local 361 of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink, and Distillery Workers of America and an indenture to Ronald Lamond, an employee of Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast.
Lindwood Farms Sub-Series contains records relating to the operation and management of Lindwood Farms and Northfield Farms. Records were primarily created after the sale of the farms to Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast, but some earlier records are extant. Sub-series contains a blueprint of a farm building and a map of Halifax with the farm property outlined, correspondence regarding cattle, fairs and exhibitions, and the general activities of the Farm, inventories of cattle, feed analyses, documentation on farm procedures, appraisals of land and cattle, meeting minutes, and other records relating to the general operation and administration of the Farm. Sub-Series also contains financial statements, statements of expenses, sales reports, a journal, deeds to farm land and a copy of an expropriation agreement with the Province of Nova Scotia.
Photograph Sub-Series contains photographs from the Atlantic Winter Fair and from Northfield Farm in Kennecook, Nova Scotia.
Marketing and Advertising subseries contains two pamphlets titled "Valuable information on the use of Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast." Additional marketing and advertising materials that relate to Oland's Brewers Grain and Yeast and other subsidiaries of Oland and Son Limited are filed in the Marketing and Advertising subseries of Oland and Son Limited.
Production and Inventory Reports subseries contains monthly production reports and inventory reports of grain and yeast.