The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following: Cattle in pasture. A combination grass-cutter and silage maker at work; filling the silo. Cleaning stable. Farm buildings. Cattle in pasture and going to stables. Mechanized milking and dairy operation.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:

1. Soil mixing. Preparing a garden: organic matter, fertilizers, sawdust, wood chips. Earthworms. Lime.
2. Manufacture of step ladders (for fruit picking) at Kal Craft Ladders in Oyama.
3. Ferry crossing a river. Views of a farm: house, garden, weather instruments (for Dept. of Transport); poultry, pigs. Milking cows and sampling milk. Calves. Cleaning all the milk-handling equipment. Sign: "Ayrshires, B.U. Schilling, Darfield, B.C.
4. Sheep. Sheep pavilion at PNE. Selecting sheep in corral; in pasture; grooming sheep at the PNE.

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
A1. "Heffley Creek, Apr. 68" [marked on head leader]: Sign: "Haughton Ranches Ltd." Ranch views. Crass-cutter. Cattle in corral. Snow-covered land. Dispersing hay in pasture for feed.
A2. "Dairy month, June 69" [marked on leader]: Cows move from pasture to holding area to mechanized milking area. 50 cows an hour. Bulk milk truck ("Okanagan Dairy Transport Ltd.") en route to dairy plant. Milk processing. Various sized cartons. Milk storage. Shipping to retailers. Customers selecting dairy products in supermarket. (00:19:21)
B. "Vegs Nov. 69" [marked on head leader]: A vegetable farm owner [?] describes the harvesting and packing of the asparagus crop. Portuguese farm workers and young people. Growing and harvesting cabbage. Potato harvesting machine. In partial partnership with man from Oliver. Sign: "Covert Farms". Grading and packing potatoes. Home scenes. (00:08:51)

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Agricultural conference, co-sponsored by the B.C. Beef Cattle Growers Association, speakers discuss marketing; cattle at ranch; milking and dairy operation; cattle at pasture; cutting grass; views of CI Ranch Ltd., Alexis Creek; hay turner, baler, bale collector, hay shredder; cattle at the ranch; small airplane takes off from ranch airstrip.

Footage. 12 reels of film (varying in length from 20 to 100 feet) showing different locations. Vancouver Airport, where crowd greets a Lancastrian aircraft [133, 102A]; English Bay sailing [102A]; Whytecliff Lodge (Horseshoe Bay) seaside resort activities [108]; Alpine Inn at Christina Lake [18]; Jones Lake fishing and mountaineering [209]; Cherry Creek cattle round-up [94]; Merritt sawmills, businesses and nearby coalmine "Middlebora" [45]; Harrison Lake Sasquatch celebration [120A]; haying at The Willows farm (Fraser Valley?) [58]; Coldstream Ranch (?) dairy cattle [14C]; Okanagan Lake sternwheeler "Sicamous" at Penticton and shots of Incola Hotel (pre-1935), and Westbank-to-Kelowna car ferry [175]; Herbert Arm (?) government dock and nearby mountaineering, wild flowers, and a semi-abandoned mine [103A-B).

The file contains newspaper clippings and magazine articles regarding dairy stock and miscellaneous certificates kept by John Jacob Grauer, a stock breeder at Sea Island.

This series consists of records of the Dairy Branch. Records include minute books, 1894-1910, correspondence, reports, account books, receipts and subscriptions of the Dairymen's Association of British Columbia, and Dairymen's and Live Stock Association of British Columbia.

The item is a documentary film from ca. 1929 on three reels:
"Reel one: A day in the life of a Cow Testing Association Supervisor from Chilliwack. Cow testing shown in every detail and its results explained to the farmer being visited by the Supervisor. All the results are marked in a book for future reference, such as weight of milk given, butterfat content, etc. The Supervisor moves on to the next farm.
Reel two: This film is concerned with Jersey cows and shows how conformation and good looks don't necessarily make a good milker. It is impossible to tell butterfat content from looking at a cow. A little drama is staged: "Mr. Byer" and "Mr. Sellar" do a little cow trading. Sellar at first balks at the higher priced cow, not the one he fancies, but is convinced to take her, once he sees her Cow Testing Association records. Mr. G. F. Thornberry, Assistant-in-Charge of Cow Testing Association, standing talking to the two farmers.
Reel three: Cow Testing Association picnic at Coldstream Ranch near Vernon. President W.R. Powley speaks. W.F. Kennedy, MLA. for Vernon, speaks. Professor Boving of UBC speaks about Feed Evaluations. J.W. Berry, MLA, President of BC Dairyman's Association, tells jokes. Views of good sires the other important factor, besides testing, in dairy herd improvement. Shot of Dairy Commissioner Mr. H. Rome. This reel may not have been shown on occasion, the first two being the most important." (Colin Browne)

Footage. Mainly shows commercial and tourist activities in the middle and upper Fraser Valley. Shots include: a small freighter on the Fraser River; Brackman-Ker Milling Company (New Westminster); aerial view of an urban area; Johnston Bros. & Byrnell Freight Lines (Chilliwack); "Valley Celery" packing plant; Harrison Lake tourists and resorts; lake barges; a residential street; dairy cattle; berry picking and packing (Hatzic, B.C.); a railway platform; and the Bungalow Garage and Cafe in Matsqui.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harry McQuillan recounts the arrival of his grandfather and five others, the first settlers, to Comox in 1862; early descriptions of the area; the "Three Prairies" in the Comox Valley; Indians; settlement; cattle shipments from England; interesting characters; Adam McGillvray; early settlers; and bush settlers. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A lady from London becomes a dairy farmer in North Saanich RECORDED: Saanichton (B.C.), 1982-01-28 SUMMARY: Miss Hilda Pearkes was a well-known dairy farmer in North Saanich. Her 40-acre farm adjoined Glamorgan Farm, a showplace owned by J.S.H. Matson on Mills Road. She still refers to England as "home", although she left that country 70 years ago. She speaks of her comfortable life in England; of emigrating to Canada (at age 17) with her mother and brothers in 1912; and of her mother's difficulty in adjusting to life in Canada. They moved to Victoria when her brothers went overseas during World War One. As a contribution to the war effort, Miss Pearkes purchased a cow, learned to milk, and gradually built up a small herd of dairy cattle. After the move to North Saanich, the herd eventually grew to 200 head of Jerseys, and she employed eight families, four of whom lived on the farm.

The item is a reel of 16 mm film footage. In it a large group of agriculturalists visit the Frasea Dairy Farm to inspect the cattle, grounds, barns, etc., and to have lunch.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Nancy Chaplin discusses how her father, David Salmond Mitchell, came from Edinburgh; Scotland, and was trained as an architect before coming to Vancouver; he eventually became a surveyor;, and worked on building the road from Salmon Arm to Enderby; more on her family and living at Tappen before moving to Salmon Arm; taking trains to Chase for the summer; what life was like back then; how her mother was the farmer; and a story about a pure-bred bull they acquired to improve their herd. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Victor Menzies recalls early years on Pender Island. His father who had traveled from Manitoba took a job on the Grimmer ranch in 1893; he later rented the Hope Farm and raised Jersey cattle and sent the cream to Salt Spring Island. Victor Menzies discusses some early settlers: the Grimmer family; Rutherford Hope; Auch. [TRACK 2: blank.]