Three women in Slavic dress with two children, and two men standing near the [Better Farming Train]..

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.

Top image shows procession walking past Saskatchewan Hall during Convocation. Bottom image shows members of procession ascending the stairs into the College Building.

Graduates and guests gathered in front of the University of Saskatchewan Administration building after the ceremony in Convocation Hall. Cars in driveway.

Elevated view of procession walking past Saskatchewan Hall during Convocation.

Rows of sunflowers in foreground. People and vehicles in background. Scene is near Eston, Saskatchewan. (Annotated).

Club members taking short course walk in orderly rows on wide street to the Legislative Building. Trees at right and parked vehicles at left.

Group photo of junior club members kneeling and standing in front of a car. Bundles of grain and other sacks in foreground. Possibly the leaders with the club members.

Automobile pulling a two-wheeled cart; unidentified boy standing by the cart; another automobile in the distance. Event is at the Griffin, Saskatchewan, School Fair.

Horses lined up in a row and men standing in front of them; horse judging at the summer fair; outdoor scene with seated observers in the foreground and vehicles and buildings in the background.

Prof. L.M. Winters judging horses in an open field with people, buildings and vehicles in the distance.

People seated and standing on the grass listening to a speaker; barn and vehicles in the background. Sign on the roof of the barn reads "Golden North 1927 ASA Lobb and Sons." Annotation on the back of the photograph describes the event as MacEwan, G. speaking at the farm of Lobb, A.

Evan A. Hardy, professor of Agriculture, lecturing while crowd surrounds a plow; vehicles in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Plowing matches date from the beginning of settlement in Saskatchewan.

Women and children seated and standing outside a building. Annotation on the back of the photograph reads "The ladies who prepared the 'eats.' Eston Field Day 1922." Men standing with a vehicle in the background.

Large crowd gathered in front of the home of Charles Marks of Midale, Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: The event at the farm of Charles Marks was the first of its kind to be known as a Field Day. Charles M. Hamilton, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture; A.M. Shaw, professor of Agriculture, and John G. Rayner, director of the Extension Department, attended.

Bio/Historical Note: “A new feature was tried out this year, viz. that of holding a picnic or field day at the home of a farmer who had made good in some one or more lines of endeavor, such as crop or live stock production. One was held on the farm of Charles Marks at Midale. Mr. Marks has the only silo in his district and a herd of good Holstein cows, quite a large acreage of corn, sunflowers and sweet clover. What Mr. Marks had done was used by the speakers present from the College and the Department to show others what might be done to improve agriculture. An automobile tour was arranged in the Snipe Lake district and a number of good farms were visited to the end that suggestions might be found that would lead to improvement in farm practice.”
Dean of Agriculture’s Report, 1922.

View of large group of vehicles parked in front of the home of Charles Marks of Midale, Saskatcchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: The event at the farm of Charles Marks was the first of its kind to be known as a Field Day. Charles M. Hamilton, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture; A.M. Shaw, professor of Agriculture, and John G. Rayner, director of the Extension Department, attended.

Bio/Historical Note: “A new feature was tried out this year, viz. that of holding a picnic or field day at the home of a farmer who had made good in some one or more lines of endeavor, such as crop or live stock production. One was held on the farm of Charles Marks at Midale. Mr. Marks has the only silo in his district and a herd of good Holstein cows, quite a large acreage of corn, sunflowers and sweet clover. What Mr. Marks had done was used by the speakers present from the College and the Department to show others what might be done to improve agriculture. An automobile tour was arranged in the Snipe Lake district and a number of good farms were visited to the end that suggestions might be found that would lead to improvement in farm practice.”
Dean of Agriculture’s Report, 1922.