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C. E. Sexsmith calendar for 1948

  • CA ON00156 2017-99
  • Item
  • 1947

Printed monthly calendar for 1948 produced for C. E. Sexsmith, vendor of feeds, hardware, gas, oil, car accessories and radios in Melrose, Ontario. On the back of each page are hints and information for household and farm use, with 'Helpful Facts for the Housewife' on the first page. The calendar pages hold advertisements for Quaker 'Ful-O-Pep' animal feeds.

Milk and dairy

Lantern slides used for teaching agriculture at Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Belleville, Ontario, in the 1920s.

These slides were distributed by Scott & Van Altena of 6 East 39th St., New York, for the Educational Department of the De Laval Separator Company.

De Laval Separator Company

Photograph of Mike Stanko and Clare Homan

  • CA ON00156 2020-014
  • Item
  • c.1953

Photograph taken at John and Leatha Homan's farm on Harmony Road in Corbyville, Hastings County, Ontario. It shows Mike Stanko, a displaced person from Poland who came to Canada after the Second World War, and the Homan's son, Clare, next to a car.

Soil Map of Hastings County

A Soil Map of Hastings County Ontario, South Sheet, Soil Survey Report # 27. Published by the Experimental Farms Service of Ottawa. in 1958. Base maps supplied by the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Soil survey by the Department of Soils, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph and the Experimental Farms Service, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Scale 1 inch to 1 mile.

Canada. Department of Agriculture

Hastings County Junior Farmers materials

  • CA ON00156 2022-087
  • Collection
  • 1955-1987

Materials relating to the Hastings County Junior Farmers, including:

  1. Seven "Hasco Fain" yearbook publications: 1959 (2 editions), 1960, 1961, 1962-1963, 1964-1965, 1985 (60th anniversary edition)
  2. Three cloth patches, one with text "Thurlow Junior Farmer" and two with "1956 Hastings Champions Junior Farmer Girls"
  3. Four photographs: three of 1955 Junior Farmers members, including: Ross Bateman, Getha Sherry, Kay Summers, Ross Moorcroft, Bob Mallory, Harvey Homan, Eva Martin, Helen Harry, Jean Frost, Ralph Swan, Grant Richardson, Carl Reid, Marlene Moorcroft. Also a photograph of people dancing at the 1955 Hastings Formal Ball.
  4. Invitation to At Home and Dance at Tobe's County Gardens to the Top Hats Orchestra, 1 December 1950
  5. Order of service for church service at Foxboro United Church, 25 May 1957
  6. Announcement for Mixed Curling Bonspiel, 18 November 1978
  7. File of correspondence and programs for 60th anniversary celebrations, 1985
  8. Seven "Hastings Happenings" newsletters, June 1986- April 1987
  9. File of correspondence concerning the Hastings County International Plowing Match, 1986
  10. File of correspondence concerning the Hastings County Dairy Princess Competition, 1986
  11. "Plant a Seed for Need Junior Farmers 87" sign with text "We supported the Hastings County Junior Farmers effort to grow garden produce for the Gleaners Food Bank", 1987

Hastings County Junior Farmers

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