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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'.

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.

Two postcards:

1. Trenton High School (duplicate of 2017-27-19 https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/38551591382/ )
2. H. C. Pitcher & Son buildings on Pitchers Road, Frankford, Ontario (online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/52962542235/ )

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.

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.

File contains a newspaper clipping concerning a meeting of East Hastings' Farmers' Institute at Belleville, where crop yields and mixed farming were discussed.

Merle Clark discusses going to school in Actinolite, farming and church activities.

File contains a newspaper article on the history of the Old Forge Inn farm, owned by four families since 1817.

Resources map of Hastings County, Ontario, showing agricultural activity and natural resources.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

The fonds consists of 633 photographs, 23 negatives, letters, sympathy cards, business cards, newspaper clippings, genealogy and family history and a few business papers belonging to the Smith family, primarily Frank Smith of Madoc. The photographs found in this fonds mainly depict the area around Madoc, with some from Bancroft, Maynooth and other places in Hastings County. A large number of the photographs were taken on vacation or while travelling through Canada and the United States. The photographs were taken in Florida, Atlantic City, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Healy Falls, Shaw Falls, Coppercliffe, Ottawa, Port Carling, Gaspe, Napanee, Madoc, Bancroft, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.

The families primarily depicted in the photographs are the Smith family, McCaw family, Swayne family and Cassidy family. Many of the photographs have names and places written on the back of them. Other people mentioned on the photographs include: Jean Phillips Thompson, Mary Smith Barton, Aunt Vera, Muriel Smith, George Wright, Hugh Pepper, Frank Smith, Frank and Jane Packer Ingersoll, Elizabeth Baker, Martin Porter, Kay Seaton, Helen Whycock, Bessie Woods, Tom Ross, Jack and Ann Yonkers.

There are 3 letters from Henry and Eliza Smith between 1872 and 1874; a birth certificate for Frank Smith, news clippings on the Smith and McCaw families and events in Madoc. There are also family trees and other genealogical information connecting the Smith, McCaw and other families. Much of the information appears to have been gathered by Mary Elizabeth Barton (born Smith: lived from 1921 to 2017).

A map of Prince Edward County featuring information about local historical traditions, agriculture, community life and geography. Published in 1937 through Picton Times by Conger Allison. Dimensions: 72cm x 53cm.

Printed prize list of the 1961 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration in Belleville, Ontario.

Printed brochure of rules, classes, judges, awards, and suggestions for the Hastings County Farmstead Improvement Contest, part of the 1961 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration in Belleville, Ontario.

A silk ribbon and badge from the 1961 International Plowing Match, belonging to Official T.G. Wrightmeyer.