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Header Houses

Looking southwest at the headerhouses. Flower garden in foreground; greenhouses and College Building in background. On back of photo: "Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories". Anatomy was in the fifth from left, Physiology in the sixth. The header houses were built at right angles to the greenhouses. The greenhouses were demolished in the late 1990s.

Horticulture - Research

Dr. Ed Maginnes, professor of Horticultural Science, and E. Brooks are checking the growth of tomatoes inside the experimental greenhouse which is heated with waste heat.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Edward Alexander Maginnes was born 19 April 1933 in Ottawa. He attended Lisgar Collegiate in Ottawa and then went on to attend MacDonald College in Montreal where he received his BSc in 1956. He then worked at the Experimental Farm in Ottawa and helped establish the family tree nursery, A.D. Maginnes and Son. From 1957-1964 he attended Cornell University where he received his MSc and PhD, following which he accepted the position of Professor of Horticulture Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Maginnes remained there teaching and conducting research for 36 years, retiring in 2000. Areas that were of particular interest to him included Waste Heat Greenhouse Management, turf grass growth and maintenance as well as hydroponics growing methods. Ed Maginnes died 20 May 2010 in Saskatoon.

Agricultural Extension - Poultry

A box of dressed fowl holding twelve birds, sign on the top reads, "Fancy Fatted Ducks".

Bio/Historical Note: The Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture gave every encouragement to poultry producers to improve the quality of their market. "Poultry Public", fattening stations were established and numerous killing and fattening demonstrations were given.

Agricultural Machinery - Tractors

Master and slave tractors pulling cultivators are being driven in a field. View of tractors from behind; trees in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Master/slave is a model of asymmetric communication or control where one device or process (the "master") controls one or more other devices or processes (the "slaves") and serves as their communication hub.

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