Agricultural experimental stations√

Melfort Research Station

994-001-017
Item
[195-?]

Part of City of Melfort collection

Aerial photograph of the Experimental Farm and area around Melfort, Saskatchewan.

Jack McPhail and his wife Betty (Minnie).

996-026-003
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of Melfort General Photo collection

Black and white photograph of Melfort Research Station Superintendent Jack McPhail and his wife Betty (Minnie) around 1940.

Hay Storage Shed - Melfort, Saskatchewan

2004-100-012
Item
1967

Part of Melfort General Photo collection

View of the hay shelter or shed (stored bale system) at the Melfort Research Station.

Government Experimental Farm, Indian Head, Saskatchewan

MJ-133.94-356
Item
1910-1913

Part of Rice's Studio collection

Image of the federal government's agricultural farm at Indian Head, Saskatchewan. View of field of wheat stooks lined with trees.

Rice, Lewis

Fleshy Annual Pastures In Canada

IHM.2024.0097
Item
1926

Part of Agriculture Collection

7-page pamphlet about fleshy pastures in Canada. Specifically talking about cabbage and kale. Was put in the Swift Current Research Station Library May 21st 1971.

Canada Department of Agriculture

Experimental Farm scene showing the Indian Head grain elevators

IHM.2021.0285
Item
Feb. 16, 1908

Part of Town Collection

A picture taken of the Experimental Farm including the superintendent's residence in the foreground and nine grain elevators in the background. The picture is taken from above, likely from the roof of the Experimental Farm's historic big barn.

Experimental Farm postcard

IHM.2021.0284
Item
[ca 1910]

Part of Town Collection

A picture taken of the Experimental Farm looking out over Indian Head. No Experimental Farm buildings can be seen but there are multiple tents in the foreground, implying there was a major field day event at the time of the photograph.

Experimental Farm plaque

IHM.2021.0249
Item
[198-]

Part of Agriculture Collection

A photo taken of a plaque created by the Government of Canada's "Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada" giving a brief description of the federal Indian Head Experimental Farm in both English and French. The original plaque is on the grounds of the Indian Head Research Farm.

Cutting grass on the Experimental Farm

IHM.2021.0220
Item
1910

Part of Town Collection

This photograph includes two men cutting grass on the Indian Head Experimental Farm as well as superintendent Angus MacKay's residence in the background.