Vehicles and people gathering in a field at the Sadlemeyer farm; vehicles in the foreground and wood building at left; trees, cattle and horses in the background.

A crowd of children (in front) and adults (in the rear) gathering for a demonstration, with unidentified staff member speaking from a flat car with various livestock. Taken at Debden, Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: From 1914 to 1922 a Better Farming Train (BFT) toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. Funded by the Agricultural Instruction Act, equipped jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture, and staffed by the University of Saskatchewan, the BFTs were operated free of charge by the railways. Consisting of between 14 to 17 cars they toured the province for several weeks each summer. During part of one summer two trains operated. The train was divided into five sections: Livestock; Field Husbandry; Boys and Girls; Household Science; Poultry; and Farm Mechanics. A converted flat car acted as a platform for the display and demonstration of the "well-selected" horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Each section usually contained a lecture car accompanied by one or more demonstration cars.

View of cattle on feeding trails; feed mill in background and cattle within the pens.

View of the feedlot pens holding cattle.

Cattle in pens and crowds of people in foreground; buildings and vehicles in background.

10 or 11 mules harnessed as a team and unknown man riding a plow.

Gertrude Buchanan's mother is carrying pails of milk as the just milked cow stands docilely by.