Five horses hooked to a Sulky plow plowing stubble. A woman seated on plow with hat on her knee.

Men wearing suits and hats gathered around Evan A. Hardy, professor of Agriculture, for a lecture on the operation of plows.

Rumley Oil Pull tractor pulling two three bottom disc plows. Four men are also seen on the machinery with farm buildings in the background

A display of farm equipment and posters on the Farm Machinery 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.

John Carlson with a tandem 6 horse team pulling a two bottom plough with packers.

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.

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

Eight bulls in harness hitched to a plow. Javens's land is located one mile east of Rosetown.

Same five horse team and plow as seen in AG7.002 with a man on the plow.

Breaking the sod with steamer and plow. Man and woman posing on steamer.

Two men in a steam powered tractor which is hooked to a plow

A man. identified as Jim Booth, on a tractor with a plough hooked to it and a dog following behind.

Unidentified man atop a tractor used at the plowing match working in the field.

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.

Ed McDonnagh's compound S & M Steam engine pulling eight furrow plows.

Rumley Oil Pull drawing 6 bottom plow. Two ladies in long dresses are standing on the plow and a man is leaning against the tractor.