Copithorn farm - threshing wheat
- IHM.2021.0344
- Item
- [ca 1925]
Part of Agriculture Collection
A threshing machine with a wagon full of wheat and a large pile of hay with horses.
Copithorn farm - threshing wheat
Part of Agriculture Collection
A threshing machine with a wagon full of wheat and a large pile of hay with horses.
Horses and wagons outside of barn
Part of Agriculture Collection
3 pairs of horses, each with at least one rider and two have wagons attached. All in front of a large white building
Railroad bed with a horse drawn grader
Eight horses hitched to a pull type road grader with three men riding on the grader. Another team of horses follows with at least six horses attached by a beam, 1919 style.
Five horses a hitched to a riding plow with a man sitting on the seat. Geo. Sinclair and daughter Gladys are standing beside the plow.
Mother and foal beside a dugout.
Two horse drawn teams, one pulling a stook wagon and the other pulling a stook loader.
Three teams of horses pulling disc plows are summer fallowing in the Herschel area.
Man holding horse in show harness
Draft horses lined up in front of the Javens barn with men holding the horses at intervals.
J. Dalziel with horse and buggy
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Black and white photograph of two men sitting in a buggy hitched to a horse; one man, J. Dalziel, is standing beside the buggy
Part of Military Collection
Joseph Glenn in full military uniform on a rearing horse
Agriculture - Class in Session
Students Judging a class of draft horses; Livestock Pavilion and Rutherford Rink in background.
Bio/Historical Note: By 1910, 19 horses had been purchased by the College of Agriculture that were good work horses or suitable for student class work. Two were purebred Clydesdales. Three light horses were also purchased. One named Barney was used in the morning to deliver milk to faculty in Nutana and in the afternoon on the buggy as Dean Rutherford made his farm rounds. In 1920 the Province asked the Animal Husbandry Department to establish a Clydesdale breeding stud. This led to development of an outstanding collection of prize winning horses that became a focus of the Department. In the 1920s the Percheron and Belgian breeders also demanded support for their breeds and so they were included in the university stud and some cross breeding was undertaken. The campus horses were used for field work for all Departments, general hauling and site work for new buildings. An unofficial use was for the Lady Godiva ride across campus each fall. By the 1940s it was clear that the era of horses as a main source of farm power was over. The final stallion used in the breeding program was the imported "Windlaw Proprietor," grand champion stallion at the 1946 Royal Winter Fair.
Yorkton 1901- sketch Stanley Turner
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Sketch of Yorkton from First Avenue
Part of Seager Wheeler and Family fonds
Horses working in the field.
Part of Seager Wheeler and Family fonds
Image of a horse in a field.