Item F1980:055 - British Columbia Jersey breeders' summer outing

The item is a reel of documentary film from 1931. "Oliver Evans, President of the B.C. Jersey Breeder's Association and A. J. Cameron, Secretary. 'A Trip through Saanich (The Fair Land), The Home of the Jersey - May 26th'. A file of automobiles travelling along the two-track dirt roads of the Saanich Peninsula visiting the various dairy farms of the district, looking over the premises and chatting with the owners. The trees grow right down to the road, and the whole vision is warm and bucolic. Farms visited and shown are: Olympic Farm, W. Horsland; Babbacombe, H.E. Burbidge; Coleshill, Mr. Aldridge & Mrs. Clive; El Sereno, G.W. Malcolm; Dominion Experimental Farm at Sidney where lunch was served, courtesy of Mr. Straight, the Superintendent. The Hon. Dr. S.F. Tolmie, Premier of British Columbia, arrives to 'grace the occasion' and speeches are made at a long table set up outside in the sun. Following Lunch, more farms are visited: Blastree Farm, G. Hooper; Woodcote, Capt. F.C. Gibson; Easamo; Brackenhurst, A.W. Aylard; Duntulm Farm, Major & Mrs. MacDonald; Glamorgan Farm, S. Matson; Heather Farm, Capt. F.C. Wilson; and Sandy Gap, Geo. Clark. Home to the Parliament Buildings in Victoria. Other speakers at the Experimental Farm lunch included the Hon. Wm. Atkinson, Minister of Agriculture, and Hon. N. Lougheed. Also along for the trip were two members of the agricultural press: George Murray of the Vancouver Province, and H.B. Smith from the Nor'West Farmer." (Colin Browne)