[?] Gowen sitting on a furrow plow and driving a twenty horse outfit during a plowing match.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1910 the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture turned over to the University the responsibility for the development and delivery of agricultural and women's extension programs throughout the Province. To fulfill this mandate, the Department of Agricultural Extension (1910) and Women's Work (1913) were established within the College of Agriculture. Initially the activities of Agricultural Extension focused on services to the Agricultural Societies--short courses, institutes (meetings and conferences), plowing matches, field crop contests, stock judging, etc.

W.R. Motherwell (left), Member of Parliament for Melville and former Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture, looking on as three men grade their poultry as they stand amongst crates of birds indoors.

Cross bred [Barred Rock hens and New Hampshire males] feeding at the trough.

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.

Dr. Wilf Rae and Percy Vials, Poultry Science, standing at each end of boxes of chickens that are crated ready for shipping.

Head and shoulders image of Frank E. Riches, Business Manager, 1921-1942.

Bio/Historical Note: Frank E. Riches was the business manager at the University of Saskatchewan from 1921 to 1942, during those inter-war years when the institution was developing rapidly. To him fell the responsibility of establishing a.business routine that could match and at the same time regulate that growth. He set up the University Bookstore and the post office. He instituted a budgeting system for all university departments. Riches died in Ontario in 1968.

Head and shoulders image of Alfred J. Pyke, Department of Mathematics, 1924-1944.

Bio/Historical Note: Alfred J. Pyke was born in 1879. He acquired his MA from the University of Toronto and his PhD from the University of Chicago. Pyke was principal of Saskatoon Collegiate Institute until 1924. He joined the Mathematics Department at the University of Saskatchewan as a professor from 1924 until his retirement in 1944, when he was named professor emeritus.

Head and shoulders image of Mr. Justice Fred Sheppard, College of Law, 1929-1938.

Bio/Historical Note: Mr. Justice Frederick Anderson Sheppard was born in 1890 in Belwood, Wellington County, Ontario. He graduated in Arts (1912) from the University of Toronto and in Law (1916) from the University of Saskatchewan. After practicing law in Saskatoon from 1916-1928, Mr. Justice Sheppard joined the College of Law in the U of S, where he was professor of Law for the next ten years. He moved to Vancouver and in 1955 was appointed to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia. Mr. Justice Sheppard retired in 1965 and was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by the U of S in 1967. Fred Sheppard died in Vancouver in 1980 at age 90.

Head and shoulders image of Valdimar Alfred Vigfusson, Department of Chemistry, 1931-1943.

Bio/Historical Note: Valdimar A. Vigfusson was born in 1895. He earned a degree in Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan in 1917. He was professor of Chemistry from 1931 to 1942. He died in 1942 at age 46.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Cecil F. Patterson, College of Agriculture, 1922-1960.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1892 at Watford, Ontario, Dr. Cecil Frederick Patterson graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College with a BSc in Agriculture. He then took his MA and PhD at Urbana, Illinois. He came to the University of Saskatchewan in 1921 as a lecturer in horticulture. In the following year, a Department of Horticulture was organized, and plans laid for a program of fruit variety testing and fruit breeding. In his 39 years as head of the department, Dr. Patterson was responsible for the introduction of more than 30 new varieties of hardy fruits, including apples, pears, plums, cherries, raspberries and strawberries. Dr. Patterson was also responsible for an improved potato variety, well adapted to prairie growing conditions. In the realm of floriculture, his name became synonymous with a collection of lily varieties in pink, white, rose and other colours - the result of 20 years of patient crossing and selection. Other flower introductions included geraniums and gladioli. Dr. Patterson was a charter member of the Agricultural Institute of Canada, a Fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, a charter member of the Western Canadian Society for Horticulture, and an honourary life member of the Saskatchewan Horticultural Societies Association. Dr. Patterson died in 1961. He was posthumously inducted into the Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame in 1973. Patterson Garden is an arboretum on campus that is named in his honour.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Alexander R. Greig, professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1909-1937, and superintendent of Buildings, 1909-1939.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Alexander Rodger Greig was one of the first professors appointed at the University of Saskatchewan and also served as superintendent of Buildings. Born in 1872, raised and educated in Montreal, Dr. Greig graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University in 1895. After graduation he became successively chief draughtsman of the Mechanical Departments of the Canada Atlantic Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway. In 1906 Dr. Greig entered upon his career as an academic with his appointment as professor of Agricultural Engineering at the Manitoba Agricultural College in Winnipeg. In 1909 he accepted two appointments at the University of Saskatchewan: professor of Mechanical Engineering, held until 1937, and superintendent of Buildings, held until 1939. From 1939-1943 he was acting professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. Dr. Greig died in Saskatoon in 1947.

Head and shoulders image of John G. Rayner, director of Extension, 1918-1952.

Bio/Historical Note: John George Rayner was born 1 Oct. 1890 in London, England. At age 2 his family came to Canada, settling on a farm near Virden, Manitoba. After completing his high school education there, he attended the Manitoba College of Agriculture in Winnipeg and graduated with a BSA in 1913. In 1914 Rayner was employed as agricultural representative with the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture, his district taking in a large portion of the northwest part of the settled area of the province. With an appointment in 1918 as director of boys' and girls' club work at the Extension Department at the U of S in Saskatoon, Rayner began a 34-year association with the rural young people of Saskatchewan. He was dedicated to the principle of development of the individual, and was one of the founders of the Canadian Council of Boys' and Girls' work in 1933. Rayner served as the council's president in 1937 and 1947, and was instrumental in getting the name "4-H" applied to rural youth clubs in Canada. He served as director of the Extension Department from 1920 until the time of his death in 1952. Rayner was a charter member of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists (now the Agricultural Institute of Canada) of which he became a fellow. He was also a charter member of the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists. In 1965 the 4-H Foundation's Camp Rayner was named in Rayner’s honour, and in 1973 he was posthumously named to Saskatchewan's Hall of Fame. John Rayner died in Saskatoon on 30 June 1952.

Club members posing with trophies, and holding banner noting "Buck Jones Award" at annual Saskatoon Exhibition. Shrubs in background.

Leader Fred Fasnacht and three members pose informally indoors.

Evan A. Hardy, professor of Agricultural Engineeering, demonstrates plows at the Saskatoon Exhibition. Crowds observing; large building in background.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. L.E. Kirk, Dean of Agriculture, 1937-1946.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Lawrence Eldred Kirk was born in 1886 in Bracebridge, Ontario. He received a BA in 1916, a BSc in 1917, and an MSA in 1922, all from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1927 Dr. Kirk received a DPhil from the University of Minnesota. He was an instructor in agronomy at the U of S from 1917-1919. From 1919-1920 he taught agriculture at Moose Jaw Collegiate. He returned to the U of S to become professor of Field Husbandry. In 1931 Dr. Kirk was appointed Dominion Agrostologist and head of the Division of Forage Crops of the Experimental Farms Service in Ottawa. He returned again to the U of S in 1937 with his appointment as dean of Agriculture at the U of S. In 1946 [or 1947] Dr. Kirk became chief of the Plant Industry Branch in the Agricultural Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome. He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 1949. He retired in 1955. In 1968 Dr. Kirk was awarded the Medal of Service (S.M.) of the Order of Canada (which later became the Officer level) "for his service in various branches of agriculture at home and abroad." Dr. Kirk died in 1969.