Regina Municipal Railway Car #101. Transport unit, probably hauling coal, outside the Regina Municipal Railway offices.

A crowd gathers in front of the Livestock Car with railroad tracks in foreground and four elevators in background.

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.

An unidentified man lectures to crowd in front of the Livestock Car. "Better Farming Train" banner on railroad car.

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.

Louis Brehaut (standing), head, Department of Philosophy, and Reginald J.G. Bateman, head, Department of English, looking at [some papers].

Bio/Historical Note: Louis Brehaut (1881-1932) was born in 1881 in Nova Scotia and graduated from Dalhousie University in 1904 with high honours and medal in Greek and English. Brehaut spent several years teaching at Oxford and St. Andrews University in Scotland. Brehaut eventually returned to Oxford and finished his degree. He then lectured in Manchester University (England) and acted as examiner for St. Andrews. Brehaut joined the University of Saskatchewan. He enlisted in 1914, became a victim of shell-shock in 1915 and was invalided home to Canada. Brehaut was unable to continue teaching and resigned in 1916. He died in [Prince Edward Island] at age 51.
Bio/Historical Note: Reginald J.G. Bateman (1883-1918) enlisted in 1914, went overseas in 1915, and returned to the U of S in 1916 to raise a company of the 196th (Western Universities) Battalion. Of the 5,374 men in the 46th Battalion, 4,917 were either killed or wounded. Bateman was killed near Dury, France on 3 September 1918.

A straw gas retort made of brick with a metal front in [Engineering Building]. In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances.

Bio/Historical Note: Prof. R.D. MacLaurin, head, Department of Chemistry, was interested in the production of gas from straw as a fuel for heating and for engines. Though he was not alone in the research field, MacLaurin built a small extraction plant in the late 1910s and operate a McLaughlin Motor Car using straw gas. The research was promising but far from a breakthrough. The volume of gas produced was small and the mileage between fill-ups low. The most significant aspect of the research was not scientific but financial. MacLaurin felt cheated when Walter C. Murray, University President, distributed provincial research funds to several campus projects. Though he had the largest share of the grant, MacLaurin felt he deserved it all. He alleged Murray had misappropriated funds. A battle ensued for the control of the University administration. Murray was able to maintain the confidence of the Board of Governors and MacLaurin and three of his supporters - Samuel Greenway, Extension director; Ira MacKay, professor of Law; and John L. Hogg, head, Physics - were dismissed. Research into straw gas was discontinued.

Lloydminster Canadian Legion Hall, corner of 49th Avenue & 51st Street in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan

View of town of Frenchman Butte looking east. Grain elevators seen in the distance.

First Prize for Two Rowed Barley in the Saskatoon Industrial Exhibition, class 53.

First Prize for Sheaf Oats in the Saskatoon Industrial Exhibition, class 59.

Image of the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) meeting with Fort San Veterans.

Image of Percy Wheeler's second house and new car.

Image of potatoes.

Group photograph of (from left to right) Alice Cadreud, Jeannette Dunbar, Eloise Ferguson, and Majorie McConachic standing in front of a house

An aerial view of Biggar Saskatchewan taken from the top of a building on the east side of Main Street