Agricultural History of Hastings County
- CA ON00156 HCHS/6/2/32
- File
- 2014
Display panels about the history of agriculture in Hastings County.
Agricultural History of Hastings County
Display panels about the history of agriculture in Hastings County.
Display panels on the women who were appointed to be the Hastings County Plowing Match 'Queen of the Furrow'.
C. E. Sexsmith calendar for 1948
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.
Postcards of Trenton High School and H. C. Pitcher & Son, Frankford
Two postcards:
File contains a newspaper article on the history of the Old Forge Inn farm, owned by four families since 1817.
Part of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School slides
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
Farmers' Institute East Hastings
File contains a newspaper clipping concerning a meeting of East Hastings' Farmers' Institute at Belleville, where crop yields and mixed farming were discussed.
Thurlow Township : maple syrup making 1966
File contains two copies of a newspaper article from the Stirling News Argus concerning maple-syrup making at the Charles Treverton and Sons Farm, near Plainfield in 1966.
Merle Clark discusses going to school in Actinolite, farming and church activities.
Clark, Merle Blanche
Resources Map of Hastings County
Part of Map collection
Resources map of Hastings County, Ontario, showing agricultural activity and natural resources.
Photograph of Mike Stanko and Clare Homan
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.
Part of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School slides
Lantern slides depicting chickens, turkeys and ducks. These slides were produced by the Province of Ontario Picture Bureau, probably in the 1920s, for use in Ontario schools.
Province of Ontario Picture Bureau
Part of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School slides
Lantern slides used for teaching agriculture at Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Belleville, Ontario, in the 1920s.
Part of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School slides
Lantern slides used for teaching agriculture at Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Belleville, Ontario, in the 1920s.
Ploughing Match, Hastings County : special edition, 1961
File contains a special edition of The Ontario Intelligencer, 3 October 1961, devoted to the opening ceremonies and daily programs of events of the International Plowing Match, which was hosted by Belleville and Hastings County.
Display of newspaper articles on 1986 International Plowing Match
Part of Records of the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County
Collection of scanned newspaper articles on the 1986 International Plowing Match held at Stirling, Ontario.
Display of photographs of 1986 International Plowing Match
Part of Records of the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County
Collection of scanned Intelligencer negatives taken at the 1986 International Plowing Match held at Stirling, Ontario.
Part of Map collection
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
Materials relating to the Hastings County Junior Farmers, including:
Hastings County Junior Farmers
The History of The Keilty Potato Farm
This file contains a copy of a school project written by Llarian Keilty from Foxboro Sr. Elementary School. It is titled The History of the Keilty Potato Farm originally purchased by Philip Ball in 1834 located in the Township of Hungerford, Lot 9, Concession #7.