- Provincial Archives of Alberta
- Agricultural extension reference records
Agricultural extension reference records
series1895-1980
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Antol Swiczkar and Family, Taber, Alberta ; Antol Swiczkar, his wife Katie and family harvesting their sugar beet crop in Taber, Alberta. Swiczkar emigrated from Austria in 1949.
The Veldman Family, Coaldale, Alberta ; Veldman family finishing up the topping of 1300 ton crop worked by them in 1956. Their employer Angelo Boras, himself a 1927 immigrant from Jugo-Slavia (sic) is shown in the background with his son Mike and daughter Jane (both born in Canada) on their beet harvesting equipment. Coaldale. (Dutch).""
Mrs. Cornelius Van't Land, Coalhurst, Alberta ; Mrs. Cornelius Van't Land feeding chickens at the family farm in Coalhurst - 1200 laying hens. (Dutch)
Julius Witdouk, Picture Butte, Alberta ; Julius Witdouk feeding 50 pigs for market, Picture Butte. Belgium
Mrs. Teodor Fedaj, Picture Butte, Alberta ; Mrs. Teodor Fedaj feeding turkeys at Picture Butte where she, her husband and two children live. Polish.
Where
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- Held by
- Provincial Archives of Alberta via Provincial Archives of Alberta
- Creators
- Alberta. Agriculture. Agricultural Extension Service; Alberta. Agriculture. Agricultural Extension Branch; Alberta. Agriculture. Extension and Colleges Division; Alberta. Agriculture. Extension Division
- Dates
- 1895-1980 (indexed as 1895–1980)
- Level
- series
- Extent
- 0.14 m of textual records 335 photographs 510 negatives 17 posters 9 blueprints 90 maps 8 drawings 33 lantern slides
- Scope & content
- The series consists of reference materials assembled from various branches within the Department of Agriculture to support outreach and information about agriculture in Alberta. The records include photographs, photograph albums, negatives and lantern slides of department staff and events, meetings and banquets, weeds, crops, livestock, poultry, field crops, buildings at demonstration farms, rural life, creameries and other agricultural industries. The series also includes maps of crop production, plans of irrigation and drainage projects, pest control areas, and proposed community pastures; posters of farm equipment, production statistics, and Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act projects; and blueprints of experimental plots at the Olds Demonstration Farm, the Stock Show Pavilion, and a dairy barn. The records also include reports about the use of straw (1948), the sugar beet industry (ca. 1956-1957), pamphlets regarding agricultural pests, brochures as well as miscellaneous correspondence from the Agriculture Development Corporation.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Alberta Agricultural Development Corporation; Alberta -- Provincial government; Agriculture; Field crops; Weeds; Livestock; Poultry; Farm buildings; Creameries; Irrigation; Drainage; Farm equipment; Statistics; Agricultural experimental stations; Sugar beet industry; Pests
- Access & use
- Subject to the Copyright Act. Permission for use required. Subject to access and privacy legislation.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-16T18:01:45Z · source datestamp n/a · ead