Agriculture--Research--British Columbia

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Agriculture today : reel 23, part 1

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following: Cattle in pasture. Feeding cattle. Inoculating cattle. Laboratory, silo, empty corrals, new building. Panorama of location. Sampling, testing and analysis of hay. Sampling silage. Laboratory procedures Fruit-picking device. Tomato-picking machine. View of pickers. The film cameraman. Based on a label shown in the film, the location may be the experimental farm at Summerland.

ARDA files

  • GR-0492
  • Series
  • 1962-1971

The series consists of files created by the Dept. of Agriculture between 1962 and 1971 to manage the Agricultural and Rural Development Agreement (ARDA) project #29007 funded by the Governments of Canada and British Columbia.

This project, the Initial Rural Development and Research Study, was directed by B. Thorsteinsson and J.P. Allin of the Dept. of Agriculture, along with contract director C.C. Watson between 1966 and 1970. The purpose of the study was to determine ways and means of improving the socio-economic conditions in certain low income areas in British Columbia.

The files are arranged mostly in alphabetical order. Boxes 1 and 2 contain the administrative and organizational records including contracts, project outlines, correspondence, statistics, expenses and other financial information and reports relating to the Initial Rural Development and Research Study (project #29007). Boxes 3 and 4 contain files arranged by community name and include maps, lists of residents, correspondence and other documents relating to that community.

British Columbia. Dept. of Agriculture

Crop Protection Branch records

  • GR-2502
  • Series
  • 1948-1996

The series consists of records created by the Crop Protection Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and its predecessor bodies, from 1948 to 1996.

The records contain annual reports from Crop Protection Branch and Plant Pathology as well as monthly and progress reports for particular horticultural, entomology and greenhouse projects (1975 to 1995 with gaps). There are also miscellaneous meeting minutes and other general files relating to lab operations and summer students.

The series also includes copies of meeting minutes and proceedings relating to various apiculture associations (1948 to 1990 with gaps) and some correspondence files relating to apiculture.

British Columbia. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1991-1998)

Department of Agriculture reports

  • GR-0114
  • Series
  • 1927-1972

The series consists of reports acquired by the Deputy Minister of the British Columbia Department of Agriculture between 1927 and 1972. There are both published and draft reports which cover all aspects of agricultural issues including dairy farming, soil erosion, land reclamation, fruit farming, marketing, exports and irrigation. Many of the reports are illustrated with photographs, maps, graphs and other technical material.

The reports were written by the Provincial Department of Agriculture and other Provincial Departments such as Lands, Forests and the Water Rights Branch. Some of the reports are from the Federal Department of Agriculture or other agents. The reports are arranged numerically by numbers applied by the Deputy Minister's office although the attached numbers have come off some of the reports and there are gaps in the series.

British Columbia. Dept. of Agriculture. Deputy Minister